14 Taxi Driver Duty

A cute 15-years-old girl, Mawaru Yoshioka who just came out of the airport was busy looking for a vehicle in front of the area around the airport.

Then she found a taxi who was willing to stop in front of her and the taxi driver asked: "Where are you going?"

"My Higashiyodogawa, Chome xx-xx-xx Aikawa." She was busy dictating the address while the taxi driver listened intently, but...

"Sorry, this address is too far to go." The taxi driver's answer made her so disappointed.

"Eh," A languid word that he uttered in front of the taxi pack with a face of despair as if he felt "Is this the mode of fraud?" kept thinking maybe it was just a trick of that mysterious man even though she wanted to deny it because that person was so nice to her.

"Currently, you are in Ikeda, while the address you have addressed is in Osaka City." He explained.

"Isn't this Osaka too?" Mawaru denied it like a foreign tourist who had just traveled to this country.

"You see, this is Ikeda, it is indeed in Osaka but not the city of Osaka but in the city of Toyonaka which is located in Osaka prefecture.

"...." Instantly Mawaru fell silent.

"Impossible!" he muttered softly as he looked away, then he stepped away from the taxi and sat on the bench provided at the corner of the airport terrace-like waiting for someone.

Then she took out his cellphone about to send a message and looked at the cellphone screen with a face full of sadness in her heart.

The taxi driver couldn't bear to see her, a cute girl sitting alone who didn't know where to go. Then the driver opened the taxi door, got out of the car, and walked over to her.

"Miss, will you take my taxi?" The bidding.

"B-but right !?" Mawaru looked at him doubtfully because the address was quite far away.

"Don't worry, I'll only take you to the nearest station."

"...." Mawaru was still thinking and weighing his words with such doubt because she felt she had been lied to by the people who helped her.

"You're not lying, are you?"

Instantly the taxi pack looked at Mawaru with a cynical gaze..., then sighed "What am I doing that for? If I'm lying, how could I take people where they want to go." He boasted in front of Mawaru as he took off the taxi hat he was wearing because he was a little stifling and then flicked it in front of his chest.

Mawaru's face blushed and flushed when she saw the taxi driver without a hat. She looked at him dumbfounded and thought "This guy is quite handsome too."

Mawaru got up from the bench, put her cell phone in her shirt pocket. "Alright, I'm willing..." While winking and glancing at her left and right fingers, this cute girl became nervous because she saw the good looks of the taxi driver in front of her.

Then the taxi driver reached out in front of her, "Come on!" hoping the girl returned that helping hand.

Feeling that her hands were starting to stiffen that had been dragging her big trunk, Mawaru stretched out his hands nervously and trembling.

But what the taxi driver grabbed wasn't Mawaru's hand but the suitcase he was holding.

Instantly he put on a stiff face to see the taxi driver lift her suitcase into the trunk of the taxi.

"All handsome is always insensitive," she thought.

Then Mawaru got into the taxi.

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In the taxi:

"Miss seems very young huh," Seeing Mawaru who was correcting make-up in the car sitting at the back. "Not afraid to get on the plane alone?"

"Yes, that is so." The answer is short.

"Hm..." murmured the taxi driver.

"Um!" Mawaru tried to start the topic of conversation but could not continue her words.

"Yes?" Answer the taxi driver quickly.

"Ah~ it doesn't work." Mawaru lowered her face.

"If I may know, where is the lady from?"

"I'm from a Shibuya, Tokyo."

"Eh~ Tokyo, wow, it's quite far too."

"...."

Instantly the atmosphere became awkward.

"Are Tokyo girls all like this?" The taxi driver thought, looking at the style of clothing Mawaru was wearing when she took off her coat from the front mirror of the steering wheel. "So cute~"

....

"Um, how long does it take to get to the station?" Asked Mawaru to confirm.

"Soon."

....

"Um," Mawaru tried to start the conversation again.

"Yes?"

"What should I do when I arrive at the station?" Mawaru dared to ask even though she was nervous.

"Oh ah that...," it's hard to explain, in the mind of the driver "Has she never traveled, huh?" The taxi driver tried to explain simply, however, he was unable to explain how "I'll tell you when I arrive at the location."

"O-oh, all right."

....

"You flying from Tokyo alone?"

"Not really, I was accompanied... accompanied..." Mawaru was confused about what to say to the taxi driver, "with my friend." Of course, it's impossible to say a mysterious man or a worker.

"Oh, I see." The driver was a little worried about Mawaru. "Given how young you are, it seems impossible to travel alone."

"Yes, my friend went to another city."

"Oh, I see."

"Yes."

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Arriving at the station, the driver gave many explanations regarding what Mawaru had to do before and after arriving at the next station.

"Thank you girl," he said softly with gratitude looking at the driver.

"You are welcome." The driver was busy calculating Mawaru's money for the taxi fare but... "Um! You have excess money, miss!!"

Mawaru slowly stepped away into the station. "Ah, the change is fine for you." Mawaru smiled very sweetly.

"Thank you."

"I'm very grateful, too, for having someone as good as you."

"Hahaha, even though you were accusing me of lying."

"A~ ah... so-about that..." Then Mawaru lowered her head "I'm sorry."

"Eh, it's okay hehe," The taxi driver smiled thinly, "The important thing is you reach your destination safely."

"T-thank you."

"You are welcome."

They both looked at each other and smiled in relief.

....

"Oh yes, maybe you want to go to the airport again..." The taxi driver was looking for something in his pocket, a wallet containing a business card, "Please accept this, maybe we can meet again and I can take you." Then handed his card to Mawaru.

"Kuruma... eh—"

"Yes, that is—"

Suddenly the driver's cell phone rang [Call from his wife]

Mawaru's gaze was still on his business card "Eh, still 27 years old, apparently..." she muttered then saw the taxi driver chatting on the phone "U-um—"

"Ssssstttt!!" The driver told her to be quiet by lifting his index finger to his lips then moving the phone away from his cheek for a moment.

"Oh." Mawaru saw the driver say 'from my wife!' immediately he understood the situation "I see."

"They got married at a young age." She thought, smiling faintly seeing the taxi driver.

When the call took a long time, then the driver hung up and said goodbye to Mawaru. "Sorry, my wife—"

"Ah, never mind." Mawaru is a little uncomfortable with this person... "Well, thank you for driving me here and giving me lots of hints... I'll say goodbye, bye."

In the end, Mawaru took his leave.

"A-ah yes, be careful."

"Yes, you too."

The two of them waved their hands apart.

....

Now, what fate awaits Mawaru in the Higashiyodogawa!?

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