Beginnings
The train will reach Osaka in 5 minutes.
"Umm… Excuse me?"
I opened my eyes to see a girl wearing a kimono looking at me. She looked kinda troubled. Maybe I should help her. Yeah, right after she interrupted my deep slumber.
"Can I help you?" I asked her, doing my best to sound gentle when I wanted to shout at her.
"Umm… This train. It goes to Osaka, right?" She asked looking like the matter depended upon her life and death.
"Yeah, you heard the lady on the microphone. We're going to reach Osaka right in a few minutes."
Suddenly the girl got all smiley. She sat down at the seat adjacent to me and introduced herself.
"Thanks for the help! I'm Isumi Saginomiya. This is the first time I did not get lost!"
What the heck is she talking about? Why is she looking at me like I've saved her life? And did she really mean that she always gets lost? Man!
"I'm Len. Len Stiller."
"So Len, tell me. Where are you headed off to?" Saginomiya asked, excited.
"I'm going to Osaka too. I'm a high school student and I'm gonna join Hakuo Academy."
"Hey! That's the school where Nagi goes" Saginomiya said.
Who?
"Oh, I'm sorry. Nagi is my friend at whose house I'm going! And today I'm going to show her how I did not get lost."
Okay, first of all this is too much weird. Why does she keep saying that today of all the days she didn't get lost?
The train stopped. We have arrived at Osaka. The lady at the microphone boomed.
I took my bag and got out. I turned around and saw Saginomiya waving at me. I waved back.
Man, was this a strange encounter with a strange girl!
I got out of the station and started walking to the nearest bus stop I could spot at some distance. Uh… What was the address to my apartment again? Oh yeah! I wrote it down. Where did I write it then? In the pocket diary! Okay so I have to go…