On the road going back to his flat, Higo was just quiet, not even saying anything else. His eyes were still on the contract in his hand, clutching the paper so tightly it was about to crumble and become unrecognizable.
The negotiation was done, and his new contract was already in his hand, complete with his signature. Still, everything went so fast that the boy himself still couldn't put everything together in the same place yet. His gaze was still on it, especially at all the astronomical numbers that the boy would usually only find in a mathematical problem, not his fucking reality.
Even though he knew beforehand that this number was a possibility, the boy was still bewildered when everything was on paper already.
"What? Still think that it is a dream?" Fujita-san asked while looking in the rearview mirror with a knowing smile; his hand was still on the steering wheel as he drove the boy back to his flat.
