Waiting for Minako
by DDFA (Mark A Page)

Part One - The Ant

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Scene: Makoto and Ami, sitting on a brick wall in an empty park,
somewhere in Tokyo.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: She's late.

Ami: Yes, she is late.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: Very very late.

Ami: Yes, she is very very late.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: I wonder why she's late.

Ami: .....

Makoto: .....

Ami: Maybe she missed her bus.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: One of many possibilities.

Ami: Yes, one of many possibilities.

Makoto: After all, this is Minako we're talking about.

Ami: Yes, yes, this is Minako we're talking about.

Makoto: She's always like this.

Ami: Yes, she's always like this.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: What are you looking at?

Ami: .....

Makoto: Hello, Ami? What are you looking at?

Ami: Hmm?

Makoto: You're staring at the ground, what are you looking at?

Ami: Oh, it's just an ant.

Makoto: An ant?

Ami: Hai.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: We have an abiding interest in ants, do we?

Ami: No, it's just carrying something on its back.

Makoto: What?

Ami: Looks like a breadcrumb.

Makoto: .....

Ami: Amazing, isn't it, how they carry many times their own
bodyweight?

Makoto: Yes, it is amazing.

Ami: Yes, very amazing.

Makoto: .....

Ami: .....

Makoto: She's late, you know.

Ami: Yes, very late.

Makoto: Very, very late.

Ami: Yes, very very late.

END OF PART 1

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Will Minako ever arrive? Is there really an ant on the ground? Is
it all a figment of Ami's imagination? Stay tuned for the next
installment of the exciting wait by Makoto and Ami in "Waiting for
Minako". ^_^

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