Memories

The old man – which no one seemed to remember to ask about his name to their shame – got off the bus in a small city called Otama about forty minutes from the final destination. After wishing the old man good luck, the journey continued in silence as they were the only passengers on the bus.

They spent the rest of the trip in silence, with Riku and Kato pondering over what the old man told them before. Even though they just met on the bus and got to know each other in only three hours, those two ended up admiring the old man when he left the bus. The sheer determination to find his wife even though everyone told him that it would be meaningless, hell, the ability to bounce back after the devastating loss of his better half alone was enough to leave them in awe. Those two couldn't imagine what would happen if they were in the old man's shoes.