01-29-2023, 01:19 AM
There was little hope. Eido and her brother were a chance encounter in a bar chosen based on rumor. Kota was pensive. There was little speaking as well. Normally, he might have appreciated the silence, but for a flex of the jaw, time passed painfully slow. Until the tick of tense seconds was halted by Eido’s quoted description.
He might have smiled. Not quite sure whether she was listening from moment to moment. She trailed like a shadow and moved like a ghost. The way she cradled her brother’s wounded arm. Surprising.
Kota was finished, and Kiyohito’s attention was recaptured."I have seen him," he said and pushed the wallet back.
Half way to drawing it back, Kiyo paused.
“Really?” he said, genuinely surprised.
“Where?” he tucked the wallet back into the jacket pocket on the side opposite the pocketknife, standing up as if he was about to run to the location then and there.
He might have smiled. Not quite sure whether she was listening from moment to moment. She trailed like a shadow and moved like a ghost. The way she cradled her brother’s wounded arm. Surprising.
Kota was finished, and Kiyohito’s attention was recaptured."I have seen him," he said and pushed the wallet back.
Half way to drawing it back, Kiyo paused.
“Really?” he said, genuinely surprised.
“Where?” he tucked the wallet back into the jacket pocket on the side opposite the pocketknife, standing up as if he was about to run to the location then and there.