"I'm Xiao."
(Xiao could have many meanings such as small/youthful, dawn, laugh and etc…)
Xiao Ling is my full name but I prefer it to just be "Xiao" for short. Sometimes, people would call me "Xiao Xiao" and for young kids, they would address me as "Mr Xiao".
I didn't mind them calling any names. Not to mention, even when I have addressed my pronouns as he/him, some people would still address my pronouns as she/her but I didn't resist.
Because, even if I resist, they would definitely start teasing me for it. So, I let them be.
I stared at her awkwardly after I had answered her question.
"I'm Mei Yu."
"hm"
I nodded in understandable and turned to the pregnant woman for her answer
"I'm Akiyama Suzu…"
Such cute name fitting with a beautiful youthful pregnant woman. With her grayish light brown hair being straightly short while wearing oversized clothes.
She was the quiet one, if Mei Yu didn't ask that question just now, she wouldn't even say a word.
"Hm… Then, I will call you Mr Xiao."
"Sure, I don't mind."
This little girl… She had medium length black hair with her bangs being on the side, almost covering up her other eye. Her hoodie is covering up her uniform with her long socks being black and her shoes were shoelace.
It seems that she just got off of school and was probably walking home. She's the type of person to be chalant yet nonchalant in a situation where she knows how to control herself.
How cute, even her face shape is quite the pretty type.
"How old are you, Mr Xiao?"
"It is quite rude to ask an adult like that."
"Right but seriously, how old are you??"
She said in desperation before intertwining both of her hands together, her hands were leaning to her mouth as she stares at me with her plead eyes
"I don't think it is okay to answer something like that in a situation like this.."
"But I really wanna know…"
She says while getting closer to me, her expression was starting to get sadder the more she continued. She really is desperate to know a single information about me?
I didn't want to take it to a harder choice and sighed before finally answering with,
"I'm 20 years old"
after I answered her question, she went to excitement and replied with,
"I am 9 years old!"
"And you??"
She said, turning to Akiyama Suzu. Waiting for her to answer her too like how I did, her eyes were really full of desperate to know more.
"I'm… 16 years old.."
Akiyama Suzu answered nervously. She seemed to be uncomfortable answering.
Mei Yu noticed her slight change of mood and tried to comfort her by slowly caressing on her back
"It is okay, Ms Suzu. It is not your fault that you had to hold on to this pregnancy"
Akiyama Suzu turned to her as her expression saddened more, she had mixed feelings. Somewhat… Sad, relieved and worried.
She smiled at Mei Yu warmly for trying to comfort her. While I looked at her, something felt familiar to me when I looked at both of them. But I didn't know why.
"Mei Yu, I'm fine. You don't have to worry much about me—"
"No, it is not fine."
"Huh?"
I stared at her seriously, my eyebrows narrowed a inch. She seemed confused and anxious with my sudden reaction
"It is not fine for a pregnant woman like you being in a situation like this, especially because you have to carry on a baby for 9 months to give birth to a newborn baby. And the chance of survival for you is very low."
"..."
"..."
Both of them stayed silent like two kids had been scolded for making a bad mistake.
I didn't want to make this disastrous to be just a little game that's easy to play along with. I just had to say it to remind them that this isn't just a one time disastrous. It might be an eternal time.
"Bu—"
Before Mei Yu could actually take part to say something, there was a way to go to the train station. We looked at the pathway with the awkward silent between us.
It was really getting awkward between us and Mei Yu was not gonna let it go silent for the past few minutes, so she breaks the silence,
"Since when was this here?"
She asked, looking confused. Turning to the back. There was nothing but foggy, we couldn't see any buildings, paths nor dead bodies.
I watched through the pathway to the train station, seemingly that the path way seemed to be strange, the backgrounds are. There were no other stores, buildings or people standing except for us.
Akiyama Suzu started to feel more anxious than before the more we stood there doing nothing but figuring cluelessly. She gently held on her big and round belly, caressing it as if she heard her baby calling for her while she looked down at her belly.
I noticed her caressing her belly and took a glance at her. I've seen this kind of situation. The way she looks upset, while she caresses her belly.
"Let's just go."
Both of them took notice of me walking on the pathway to the train station and followed me down through the way.
"Wait— Wait up!"
Mei Yu tried calling out to me to wait for them, but I didn't stop walking and still continued walking until we got to the main lobby of the train station and there was already a train stopping
Akiyama Suzu was still yet near behind, trying to reach out to us as she walked slowly
Slowly later, she approached us into the train and the doors of the train closed.
[ Congrats on going into this train! You may wait until a new message has sent, farewell. ]