Boss Rimi's posts

Kaneko was honestly surprised with his response to her assumption. "Prison?" She repeated. Prison was a terrible place, scary, dangerous. No one ever wanted to be in prison. To compare home school to prison meant it was pretty terrible then. One didn't just simply compare one to the other unless they were being serious about it. Allen didn't look like the type of person who would lie about such things. So he too, didn't spend much time with his parents? Where were they now? Perhaps they had died, she wasn't going to ask such personal questions. His tone changed, his body language changed. Kaneko slowly began to realize that he didn't enjoy talking about school, or perhaps it was his past he wasn't too fond of? Either way, Kaneko felt bad for even asking in the first place. This was the downside of being so curious.

"I'm sorry for asking Allen. Had I known, I wouldn't have said anything." She said quietly, looking down at her hands. A troubled look on her face. Not that he'd notice. She wasn't upset at him for his reaction. No, he had reasons to react the way he did. Kaneko was upset with herself. She was beating herself up in her head for having asked about his school experience. "I promise to think before I ask anything." Her voice was quieted down now, as if she had shrunk further into herself. Afraid of saying anything now, not wanting to upset him.

Even if she wanted to make friends, it wasn't like she'd ever see them again. She learnt that the hard way in high school. She had a few friends then, not many. Only a handful but where were they now? She had no clue. She hadn't seen them in over a year. They all went their separate ways and it was after high school that she realized making friends wasn't as easy as she thought. Those people who she had called friends weren't really her friends. They were just people she got along with. Nothing special.

Kaneko's dark eyes watched Allen closely as he spoke. She could sit here and listen to him all night. However, she knew she'd have to go home eventually. Home school. She had heard of that before, but she herself never experienced it but she imagined it must be really nice. Much nicer than public school. "What was that like? I...I've never been home schooled. Always attended public school. I imagine it must be nice because you don't have to wake up super early to make it to school on time and you can actually eat food that you like." Kaneko smiled. The food options in public school weren't very good but she ate them sometimes because it was all there was and she was hungry.

In college it was worse though. You had to pay for the food and it wasn't exactly affordable. The food was pricey. The only things she bought at college were drinks and maybe some candy but that was about it. Never actual food and it wasn't like you had any actual time to eat it. You had to eat the food on your way home. So taking lunch was pointless.

His hand had retreated and she felt a little bad. Maybe he regretted holding her hand? She could always reach out and hold his hand if she wanted to but she didn't want to bother him. Kaneko fiddled with her fingers, listening to the question being asked. "It's...different." She answered and thought about her experiences. "It's much more different than high school. People are much more mature in college and it's pretty fun. You don't have so many classes in one day and usually you don't have classes every day either. Some people only go twice a week. Others three times a week. It all depends on the classes you get." She started and smiled. "The toughest thing about college though is that it's also much harder than high school. There's so much to learn and it feels like you don't have enough time to learn it all." It wasn't for everyone, but she enjoyed it from time to time of course. There where always going to be days where she'd prefer to stay home and sleep in. "One thing I've noticed though, is that it's really hard to talk to these people. They seem...I don't know. Self absorbed I guess. They have their own little group of friends and don't want that broken. But it's fine." She let out a weak laugh. "I'm too shy to talk to anyone anyway. Besides, I'd rather get good grades than socialize with them." That's what she told herself anyway.

What would she do if something did happen to him? What if she wasn't around and he needed help with something? What if he somehow got lost? She pouted the more she thought about these things. It was a possibility that any of those things could happen but she didn't want to think about it. He would be fine, she had to believe that.

Her breath hitched in her throat when his hand brushed against hers. Her dark eyes immediately looked down at his hand now holding hers and blushed softly. Smiling shyly, Kaneko tucked some hair behind her ear nervously. Thank goodness they were alone. "Well thank you. I...I'd like to s-stay and talk a bit more. I-if you really don't mind that is." She said and chuckled some. "I remember I used to be a night owl when I was younger. Then my sleeping schedule got all messed up when I started college. Now I'm out of that but my sleeping schedule is still all over the place." She admitted, her worries melting away.