Makoto and the merman
Chapter 2 - The beginning
Me and my father were now sitting on opposite ends of a table in a small room.
"What did he say?" My father asked me eagerly.
"He didn't say much, but we talked a little bit," I answered and told him what we had talked about.
"Interesting, so his name is Haruka" he said after I was finished.
It was quiet for a few minutes and my father looked like he was in deep thought.
"Father," I said, breaking the silence.
"Yes Makoto?"
"Is it possible to remove the chain from around his wrist?" I asked my father.
"It depends on what the higher-ups think," he anwered.
"Okay."
We left the room and my father said I could go home so I left the research facility and went out to the parking lot were my car was parked. During the drive home I thought about my strange encounter and I hoped that it would be possible to remove the chain around Haruka's wrist. He said it was fine, but I think that it acually hurt more than he said it did. I arrived at my apartment complex and I parked my car in the parking lot and went into the building. I took the elevator up to the third floor and on my way out I bumped in to my friend and neighbor, Rin Matsuoka.
"Oh, Makoto! I'm sorry," he said.
"No, I'm sorry. I was the one who bumped into you. Are you going somewhere?" I asked him.
"Yes, acually I'm gonna go visit my childhood friend," he answered.
"Sousuke is his name right?"
"Yeah, that guy," he said before excusing himself and he took the elevator down to the ground floor.
I unlocked the door to my apartment and went to my bedroom to change my clothes from the suit I was wearing to a couple of jeans and a t-shirt. I went to my fridge and took a beer and sat down in front of the TV just as my phone rang.
"Hello?"
"Mako-chan! It's me, Nagisa!" a loud, excited voice said on the other end.
"Oh, Nagisa. What's up?" I asked my friend.
"Me and Rei-chan are having a party and I wondered if you wanted to come?"
"No thanks, I'm tired. I just came home," I answered.
"You're boring! Well it can't be helped I guess," he said in a disappointed voice.
"Maybe another time."
"Okay, I'll call you tomorrow then. Bye Mako-chan!"
Nagisa hung up and I put the phone down on the living room table. I finished my beer and went back into the bedroom and changed to sweatpants and went to bed.
The next morning I was awakened from my slumber by the sound of my phone ringing. I got out of bed and went out to the living room and answered the phone.
"Hello?" I said in a tired voice.
"Makoto, it's your father. Could you come to the research facility?" my father asked.
"Sure, why?"
"I need you to talk to the merman again," he said.
"I'll be there as soon as I can," I said and hung up the phone before he could say anything more.
If it meant seeing Haruka again there was no way I wouldn't come. I put my suit on and went out of my apartment, locked the door and took the elevator down. I went out to the parking lot and started my car and drove towards the research faciliy. During the night many questions that I wanted to ask Haruka had popped into my mind and I was happy I was getting the chance to ask him these questions. "I want to see him," I thought as I continued driving towards the research facility.