Chapter 2 - I need Connections .

Bell Ring Sound!

As I get up to pack my stuff, I see one person coming in my direction. I am pretty sure he was in my middle school , Name which I don't remember . He stood up in front of me with a smile and asked : "We are having a get together . You haven't came once. Since this the last year of high school , we won't know where we would end up later , Wanna take this chance to meet everyone one last time ?"

Well, might as well go since he is begging , because I am a nice person! So I agreed . "You are really coming?" He asked surprised . I don't know why his mouth was hanging but I nodded . He told me to arrive at 6 in the evening in the Karaoke Store next to the city Center and vanished while typing something in his phone . I thought he need to relieve himself and obviously minded my business . Well , might as well build some social connections, it could be helpful in my later years, that was my reason why I agreed anyway.

When the school ended , I went home to sleep because I thought I might be out for long today. When I woke up , there was still half an hour till gathering . So I decided to go by foot . While on the streets , I saw old couple bickering , couples dating , single people were rare to see. Well, why should they even go out ? I continued counting the trees on streets . That's what I have been doing all my life . I think I stopped at 6.147.990 last time .

6.147.991 , 6.147.992, I looked up front and realized I have arrived at my destination. Now it was time to build connections. Helpful connections! For my lazy old age , I will give my best .

"Hello, I was supposed to come here for a gathering " . Receptionist looked at me and asked for more information. I didn't know anything else so I just didn't reply , sat down in the waiting room and kept staring at her . Luckily , one more person arrived , which I also remember seeing in my middle school, He first looked shockingly at me , and came running in my direction. He said while rubbing his eyes "is it you, You came?" I nodded . "Well what are you doing in the waiting room?Party has already started , come on. "He started pushing me from back with a gleeful face. I just decided to play along because I needed Connections.

We opened the door to a room and went in. I looked up and saw the number "7" written above the door . Well, they say it's a lucky number , let's see how it goes. When I went it , the next second , I left the room. What a saw inside was too much for me to handle . There were 17 People . 17! That's 17 more than what I am used to normally. As I was taking a step forward to exit, I realized if I needed connection , I have to grasp this situation. I put my one hand to the handle of the door, pulled it down to open it while my other hand supporting the handle downwards , not in anyway letting the handle be pulled down, both shivering .

While I was debating whether to open it or not, the door opened from the inside . I ran in the direction of the window , acted as if I was staring outside the whole time, and only after 15 seconds of hearing the door opening sound , I turned around with the perfected poker face only to see a group a people staring back at me with a gleam in their eyes. I believed they were singing a sad song which lead them to cry , following their current expression.

The guy who invited me came to me and turned around to other people saying "This might be the last time we all could meet each other , so our old friend decided to tag along" I looked at him with an expressionless face , silently asking myself "When did we became friends? " I looked at the other people , especially some girls, whose Names I have already forgotten, who had tears rolling down their cheeks , so I decided not to interfere and ruin the mood .

I got pushed again to the room . As I entered , I heard some familiar faces singing and dancing to a yellow haired 3D character song. While seeing the yellow hair , I straight up thought of a guy called "Naruto" who appears a lot in the advertisements in the Noodles shop from where I get my Breakfast , Lunch and Dinner.

After this thought , I realized I could save some energy by sitting when sofas was available so I decided to look around to find a place to sit but as I was doing that, I was directly given a sit in the front row which I refused politely by saying nothing and just shaking my head .

Since Kindergarden , I always had the habit of sitting by the window and watching leaves fall, which was not possible in this case , so I opted for sitting in the last row , which had A.C. attached to the wall to give me the window like feeling. As I sat down, I was met with the gaze of girls ,again with their sparkling eyes. I opened the sealed Coke bottle lying in the table in front of me and looked at them as I thought "They must really like Naruto."