A car.
There's a car parked at our front gate.
Dad, whose car is that?
…
Dad?
Listen son
Yeah?
Before your mother and i met …
Dad began explaining his "bachelor days" if you will, back when he was still a street racer.
He said it started off as just a simple admiration towards cars, but it eventually grew into a hobby, a hobby that he apparently shared with Mom.
So you're telling me all this because?
No particular reason
Huh?Then why did you bring a car here?Don't tell me that was the car that you used.
Then i won't
Haah?
Look, just hop inside, you'll have your answers
On the way to the front gate i noticed that the car was very reminiscent of that car i drove in Daytona USA on my SEGA SATURN-the one with poor handling smh-though there were a lot of noticeable changes, changes that i was eerily aware of.I then proceeded to "hop" in the car-seriously what does that even mean?-just as i was instructed.
It's a Chevrolet Monte Carlo. Related to the Lumina but very different
Oh, it looks familiar
That's because you were five the last time i drove this
Really?
Not really, you were four
The difference?
You didn't have those dead eyes when you were four
...
Ouch dad, you really didn't have to remind me of my failed confession of love towards the always laughing enigma that goes by the name of Orimoto as weird as it may sound, she actually insisted that we be friends instead of … i really appreciate that, i don't know what would've happened to me if she rejected me in a very cruel way or if her "friends" were actually watching us.
Anyway, put your seatbelts on we're going to Mt. Nokogiri
What?
We then drifted our way through every corner and U-turn-or hairpin as dad likes to call about an hour or so of inertia drifting-hey dad was very good explaining things-we finally reached home.
So, how was it?
… Exciting...
Hmm
Blood rushing…
Oh?
Breathtaking…
And?
Wonderful
Your point?
It was very fast, so fast that i'm still running out of breath
Seems to me that you ran out of adjectives more
Yeah…
Anyways, get some sleep you're still in middle school
Hey Dad
Yeah?
Can i try Chiba's downhill?
And how are you supposed to do that without a car?
About that, can i borrow the car?
Why so suddenly? You weren't interested in cars before
Well, that's true, but earlier, when i was in the car, while you were driving, i just felt so many emotions running through me and i want to experience it again
And?
That's all
Are you sure that's all?
Honestly, it's not all.I've been feeling this for years now but i guess this'll be the first time i'm admitting it.
Actually it's not all. It's also the feeling of being important, being a part of something, being the driver ,no , being the star, the protagonist that i have never in my life been. So dad, can i borrow the car?
You can't
Oh, i guess i can't huh?
Now, don't make that face. It's just that i'll be using the car every morning when i go to work
Which means?
Which means you can use it every night starting tomorrow
Yes! Thanks Dad!
Calm down, you're still overlooking some things, mainly two, wait three
Really? What are they?
Your Mom's permission
OH! How could i forget!
It's alright
Mom?
Well now that's settled
Wait, how about the other things?
Well, you don't know how to drive
Yeah, about that. Dad, can you teach me?
Sure
And the other thing?
Driver's License