Chapter 2: Masaru and Ayumu
Reading the assigned Passage he was given in school waiting for the train to come, Kato Ayumu had no Idea that the prettiest girl in school was watching him from a distance. Kawada Shizuka: class 1B representative, hair to her shoulders, Keroppi hair clip, gentle face, and always smiling. That's What Ayumu liked so much about Shizuka; that she was always smiling. Even when you could tell she wasn't happy she remained with a smile on her face, so that nobody could be inconvenienced with her unhappiness. This was a quality many people liked from her.
"Kato-San!" She shouted
Ayumu looked over to see the smiley Shizuka start walking towards him. Kawada-chan is going to talk to me? Of all people? It's too good to be true. She'll probably ask about an assignment or something, Ayumu thought. Her blue converse shoes were just inches from his hand-me-down brown loafers. He was in shock. Any closer and they would be touching.
"Kato-San, I've noticed that we ride the same train home for a while now. How about we sit together?" Shizuka Suggested.
"s-sure Ka-Kawada-San. I can't talk much though. I need to finish the assigned reading before Ms. Watanabe gives us a test on it," Ayumu said nervously.
"Oh, I've read it already. It's just about the mysterious museum destruction that happened a year ago. It said it was most likely a terrorist attack, but they don't know who or what caused it. They said the security cameras were messed up too. There wasn't anybody in there either, so why would a terrorist go for such a strange place? Oh, sorry, I've pretty much told you everything," Shizuka said.
"It's okay it just means we can talk on the train now, speaking of which, there it is," Ayumu said.
Ayumu and Shizuka boarded the train, took seats next to an old lady with an old fat dog on her lap, and a sleeping hippy.
"There are always the most peculiar people on the train, isn't there?" Shizuka noted.
Ayumu nodded and said "My brother never liked me taking the train home, but it's too far to walk and he's still at work when school gets out, so there's no other option. He doesn't like taking the train, because he doesn't trust strangers, and he says he'd rather die than have me killed. The funny thing about that though is he always says killed again. Like I've been killed before. But obviously I haven't," Ayumu said.
"That's weird. My parents don't like me taking the train, just because of an incident that happened over a year ago. These two guys saved a drunk guy from being ran over by a train, but they got ran over instead. The weird thing was they never found the remains. It seems like they just disappeared. But anyway, it scared my mom half to death. The problem is that, like you, it's just too far to walk home, my mom can't drive, and my dad is at work. They say it would be different if I wasn't a first year in Junior High, but I am so they just have to live with it," Shizuka replied.
30 minutes past, and it was time for Shizuka to get off. She waved goodbye, and said, "Kato-San, is it alright if I call you Ayumu-Kun? Then you can call me Shizuka-Chan!"
Ayumu nodded and then waved back. He sat down and waited for another 15 minutes before the train reached his stop. He got off the train, and saw a woman who looked very familiar handing out flyers. She noticed Ayumu. She started running toward Ayumu and said "Ayumu, is that you? It's been a long time, and you may not remember me, but my name is Kojima Tae."
"You look familiar, but I don't know where I know you from," Ayumu said.
"I thought that would be how you felt. There are a few people who don't remember me that well that I remember perfectly. If I explain how I know them though, they would think I was crazy. Anyway, how is your brother doing?"
"He's fine. He's had to take double shifts though," Ayumu said.
"let me give you one of these flyers. It has my number on it so you or your brother can find me. The flyer may be useful to your brother for a few other things as well" Tae said, handing Ayumu a flier.
"Thank you," Ayumu said, as he started walking out of the train station.
Ayumu arrived home at about six 'o'clock at night. He made some spicy ramen for dinner, and did his homework. Five hours had passed and his brother Masaru came home.
"Oh your home. I made you some spicy ramen," Ayumu said.
"Thank you, Ayumu-Chan," Masaru said. He ate his spicy Ramen and said "I have to go to the store. Do you want to go with?"
Ayumu nodded and they went to the store. Masaru told Ayumu to pick out a dessert, so Ayumu went to get some brownie mix. Suddenly, Ayumu heard someone shout, "Open the cash register, and then put your hands up!" the cashier did what he was told. Ayumu saw Masaru run up to the cash register to stop the guy, and then Ayumu did the same thing. The guy pointed the gun at the both of them.
He pulled the trigger twice, and then Ayumu and Masaru were gone.
Time of "death": 11:51 p.m. April 15th