After hours of running, Tyson finally came to a stop. She took a second to look around; she had no clue where Kai's house was, so she didn't know what was around it. All she knew was that she was in some park. She started to walk around. She sat down on a bench.
"There you are"
Tyson yelped and jumped up, suddenly alert. She turned and was staring into violet eyes. "Oh, it's you…" She said, relaxing and sitting back down.
Kai sighed and sat down beside her.
"What happened?"
Tyson stared at the boy. "I don't wanna talk about it" Tyson said, her head facing the ground.
Kai was about to snap at her, until he saw tears rolling down her face.
Kai wrapped an arm around Tyson's shoulder and pulled her in a hug.
Tyson, who was surprised at the boy sudden action, stiffed. Then relaxed in the embrace.
She pulled away. "You really wanna know what that was that freak out was about?" Kai nodded
"I can't read" Tyson said, looking down.
Kai wanted yell at her for not telling him that she couldn't even read, instead he asked softly."Why?"
Tyson leaned against his shoulder, tired.
"When I was young, before I could even learn how to read, my mom would pick me up, and cuddle with me while she read one of her books. I always loved listening to her read, no matter how tired she was, she would always read to me. But then she got sick, really sick. Even then, she still read to me"
Tyson paused, letting out a sigh to try and keep her tears at bay.
"Then came to day when she died. I remember the last thing she said to me. She said, I hoped that I could see you read my books before I left, but I guess I couldn't. I love you. After that, I never wanted to read a single word of my mom's books, then I started to hate the of ever reading a single word, so I never learned how"
Tyson buried her face as she cried in Kai's chest, he hugged her tight.
About one or two hours later, Kai took her home.
Tyson put her hand on the doorknob, but before she went inside…
"Hey" Tyson said as Kai was about to turn around.
He stopped. "Yeah?"
She tucked a piece of hair behind her ear.
"I been thinking a bit, and I wanted to know if, um, you would…teach me how to read?"
Kai's eyes widen, and then he smiled.
"Sure, just come by tomorrow"
Tyson smiled, a true smile
"Try and stop me"