Manjiro looked at me without saying a word, there was a suffocating silence around us
"Manjiro?" I called, he flashed once he heard my voice, it looks like he just came back to his senses
"Huh?" He said in a low voice "I asked you something and you zoomed out." I said
He blinked a few times "what was it?" He asked "if you had a brother." I reminded, and like earlier, he stayed quiet, so i figured out that he doesn't want to answer
The food arrived and we started eating, but kinda lost my appetite after our 'discussion' that we had
After the food, i followed Manjiro to the car, he was quiet all the time, everyone says it's normal, but it's awkward for me
As i was looking through the window, i realized this isn't the way to his house, which we should be going to by now
I turned to ask him, but for some reason, i couldn't get a word out of my mouth, it's like i trust him with my soul where ever he's taking me
A few minutes later, we stopped in front of a shop, Manjiro got down from the car and i followed after him
He walked few steps then stopped and looked down at his feet, while i was looking around and thinking how this area looked so familiar
Suddenly, I heard him say "I was standing here." He mumbled in a low voice, still looking down
I hummed in a questioning tone, not getting what he said, he lifted his eyes up and looked at the S.S MOTORS signe "i was at this exact spot that day." He said
I didn't say anything, i was still really confused but then he turned to me "you asked me if i have a brother, right?" He asked and i nodded
"Well, just like I had a sister, I had a brother too, he died two years before Emma." He looked at me and said said
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He walked inside the shop so i followed him, and as soon as i entered the old gloomy shop, i recalled my vision that i saw earlier, i could see everything, as if all was in place
He was walking and dragging his hand alongside the table there "how did he..." i wanted to finish the sentence but couldn't, but my question was very obvious
"It was before my birthday, i always wanted a CB250T, but i wasn't able to get one, since i was still a kid back then. My brother flew all the way to the philippines to get the missing parts for the two old bikes he had, he fixed his and worked on the other one....." he was talking and i was listening closely, i could feel all the sadness in his voice
"...about a week before my birthday, two of my friends went to a bike shop to steal a bike for me and give it to me as my gift, but while they were stealing it, the shop owner caught them, and one of them ended up killing him, only for them to find out that it was my brother." He continued
