The shifting took about around half a month from registration to the actual shipping. His days were spent planning and getting the shipping company to properly help him pack all his stuff.
Any good or not he had at least now understood how much a human can underestimate its simplicity. But somehow he managed to get it done.
All that was left was for the company to ship and get it sorted in his new place.
The shipping company had already given the date his place would be ready for him to shift in, which was on 21th of that month. But he would not be shifting till 28th since Booby had requested him to, also due to having no more of his things in his original house he was completely not interested in staying there for rest of his days before 28th, So he stayed in a rented room, which surprisingly was way cheaper, like to the level that you could stay there with pocket money level of money, not that less, but still it was way cheaper than what he knew of, it seemed as if the prices were reduced, from what he heard from others conversations.
—Then came night of 28th, the day passed with not much happening and
At 7:00 pm he checked out of his room with his bag; which contained the stuff he had kept with him to spend his rest of the days before today's night.
Moonlight pierced down through the thin clouds in the sky, and a damp wind blew around all the houses around him. The wind reminded him of the pre-spring with a bit of a warm feel, which touched his face as it blew.
He had left his room wearing a black cotton shirt.
Although he didn't want to rush, he had managed to reach the rendezvous point by 7:40 and was now waiting for Bobby to reach.
Booby had messaged him to reach by 8, Did I come too early he thought Nah, it doesn't matter anyways. If he wanted he could walk off to the party, yes, that party. He didn't want to go at first and was planning on shifting on 22's night but Booby seriously begged him to instead leave on 28th, He could have declined but he too hadn't been that serious about moving so soon. And today was the day it seemed the party was going to happen.
So today is the last huh? He thought.
Shin hadn't thought much about it. Or it hadn't really come to his focus. The feeling of The End and Beginning. But It now finally started to dawn on him, the feeling of change, it was certainly a feeling he could clearly distinguish from others.
The feeling was of uncertainty which this new certain change would bring.
In the moment that was how he could describe it; the future didn't need to be an uncertain rollercoaster for all he cared.
"Yo!"
Shin, ignored the voice that came from behind, and started walking towards the party,
"—Oi Shin, wait up." That voice complained as it started walking towards Shin, actually running as Shin was a fast Walker.
As it caught up to it, the owner of the voice, Bobby, said " Well at least It was not me doing the waiting this time." Jokingly.
"Good for you, so anyway, what is the said plan of yours? It seems we are going the opposite way from today." Shin said as he recalled that the place Bobby would be shifting to was sector 8 and for Shin it was sector 1.
"Well can't deny that, and as for plans there are none. Let's see how things unfold."
"So, when will you catch the metro to sector 8 I think It will be pretty far if you leave at 11."
"Oh you don't need to worry, I have brought my car with me, And also, I will be leaving tomorrow. I need to drop my sis to the station after 11."
"Well you sure do have to, my metro also leaves at around 1 o'clock."
"Oh, Btw, I think I can also drop you if you would like"
"Eh? Weren't you going to drop your sister?"
"Oh, well I forgot to tell, actually she also is shifting to sector 1"
"Well that makes sense, just tell me when you plan to leave the party… anyways" Shin wanted to continue with, I thought your sister wasn't the social type, but didn't as he already had some idea as to why.
"—What?"
"No, nothing, we should try to leave before 12 as it's 40 minutes drive from here." said Shin, seeing the estimated travel time on the car to reach the station displayed on the map of his phone.
"Yeah, how about around 11:30?"
Shin saw the time, it was already some minutes past the 8o'clock, and said "Yeah that should be good."
By then they had reached the place where the party was being held; at a glance, Shin could tell that it was rented, but the place sure was large. To describe it with the closest word he could have found at that moment would be A large house with a large garden, the whole place was filled with lights and decorations which shone brilliantly under the night moon.
"I certainly didn't expect this." Booby's mouth leaked his thoughts.
"Well I wasn't expecting anything so there is nothing much I could be disappointed about, but this sure is flashy."
"Let's look for something to eat then!"
"Can't you wait for a moment?"
***
"I think someone said, to wait?" Said Bobby teasingly to Shin; whose mouth was puffed full of cake.
"Mff mmf…" Well that was all he could manage in an attempt to speak, Bobby kept the grin on his face as he saw Shin unable to run his mouth.
After finally swallowing the cake in his mouth, which just refused to go down, stared at Bobby who still had that grin, and said "what?"
"No nothing, just remembered something"
"Well, I said 'a moment', it can also be some minutes."
"Well, that doesn't matter."
"Well that was on you for disappearing just after we came"
"That's not my fault, It seems I have become kind of popular with girls."
"Let's not go there," said Shin bitterly. " Anyway—"
"—It seems someone is going through their popular phase~"
A familiar voice came from behind. And before they could turn to look, Wenic, the owner of the voice, stood right beside Shin.
"It's better if that phase dies down in some gutter"
"Oi, That's harsh! Lemme savor my popular phase~" Bobby complained.
"Anyway, how was the cake? I was the one who was in-charge of it." Wenic posed to them.
"I haven't tried it yet, lemme have some."
"Well, I have had it and lemme say this, why was it so sticky in my mouth!?" Shin complained sarcastically.
"Well, I should have put more effort for my king, this servant will not disappoint next time." Replied Wenic following the Humour.
"Oh there they are" A girl's voice could be heard by them as it pointed to someone's location.
Before Shin could turn towards the voice, as to know who it was pointing towards.
"We had been searching for you."
A group of girls followed the voice, coming closer to where Shin was standing.
"I have been here all this time" Wenic replied to the voice, as it stood in front of them.
"Hey Alice, " said the girl behind the voice to the owner of the voice, Alice.
"—Yeah I know"
Alice, now standing in front of Wenic, followed by some girls, Looked straight into Wenic eyes,
"You want something?" asked Wenic.
"Well, it's… well you know, there is this saying that things should not be…. I mean…—Will you dance with me!?"
The girl, Alice, looked confident, with no hesitation, but all changed as she spoke, And ended up going from confident, to flustered, then to shouting it out loud enough for everyone to hear.
"You…" taken aback Wenic stopped his mouth as he saw all people's attention shifted, on him and Alice, and not to say anything weird, He changed his response gentlemanly "Fine, I will."
Shin, just next to Wenic, thought That's some theatrical scene I am witnessing right now.
***
In the middle of the hall, under the artificial lights of colour, surrounded by the people aware of The Center of The Hall, where, on a soft symphony of violin, two people danced.
—That was how this ball dance began.
People joined in, following the example of the two people who started it all, though It was a man's job to ask for the dance, but the fact how it began was testimony to how young these petals danced under the roof, hiding the sky filled with stars, were.
Meanwhile, a boy, alone in a corner, pastry on his plate, half-watched the said petals dance. With the image of Wenic dancing with Alice still fresh in his mind, thought Was Wenic always this good? Not only that, but the fact that it was a ball dance surprised him.
"That was good, I think I should try it too" Bobby proposed, but,
"Go on."
"I am not joking!!"
"Who said you were joking." Shin's words lacked any basic fluctuations as he delivered his instinctual response to Bobby's Words.
—Well there is no point wasting my time on them, Shin thought, as there was no point wasting time on thinking about their dance.
"Yes. I am not joking" Bobby repeated.
"—What was that?" Shin asked, as he wasn't paying attention to Bobby's words earlier.
"Were you even listening?"
"Half. Anyways you wanna do it, right? Then go find a girl."
"What about you?"
"I will go to the roof."
"Eh, for what?"
"No reason,"
Shin felt the need to go upstairs, which led to the roof, being in this much crowd especially when the atmosphere was of dancing and farewells, was not the ideal place he would like to stay in most of the time.
"Anyways good luck finding a girl."
"Don't forget it's my popular phase."
"It will soon die in some gutter anyways so use it while you can." with that cold encouragement Shin took the staircase.
***
——
He gazed at the moon glancing down at him as a damp wind blew by under the sky filled with stars.
He had been sitting on one of the comfy chairs arranged on the roof. Shin was pitying those people who were missing this, but then while he looked at the moon,
"It has already been sometime. Come to think of it, the sky tonight is the same as that night."
It had been a month ago, more than enough for anyone to forget.
Still He remembered, somehow.
He had forgotten all about that dream, But the state he woke up that night somehow resurfaced.
The moon peeked at him from the clouds, as his throat became thirsty, his body started to——
Vibration of his phone call reminded his body of reality.
He looked at the screen, but before he could pick the call, it was cut—
He checked the time, it was still 40 minutes before they had planned to leave.
He called Booby to confirm—
"You look like a ghost alone here."
A hand reached Shin from behind.
It would be a lie if Shin said he wasn't surprised, but it would be exaggeration to say he reacted like it. It seemed his body had already sensed who it was before its voice even reached his ears.
Without showing any change in his tone, He passed simple, "who did I scare," ,to the voice, "Anyways, what's up? you called."
"Well, I thought you would be lonely, best accompany you." Said Bobby, whom the voice belonged to, As he took the seat vacant in front of Shin.
"How wonderful of you… So how did your popularity phase betray you." Shin's words carried no empathy for his friend.
"The betrayal you talk about never happened." A smirk on Bobby's face as he told Shin his expectations were crumbled.
"I don't wanna talk about it anymore." Said Shin, as if Bobby's words had ruined his whole day.
"Now, I wanna talk about it! Hehe~"
"I better go now." Shin was about to leave, but as he stood from his chair—
"—Wait wait, we should be leaving soon, you ok with that." Said Bobby, as he remembered his reason to come to Shin.
"Well, I don't have anything left to do. How about now? But it's early though."
"Well it's still not the time, but my sister has been bugging me to leave."
"Well that explains it." said Shin, now ready to leave.
"Honestly…"
Bobby sighed before he continued.
"You and Sia, are the only ones I know in my life whom I just don't understand."
"Well you have managed with her this long, so it shouldn't be a problem."
"I meant you also!"
"Don't compare me with the likes of humans," Shin jocked before he continued, "all that said I don't know much about your sister, so I can't say on what basis you are categorizing us."
"Well it's evident. But if you haven't noticed yet, then it more or less justifies my words."
"I guess I will never know." Said Shin as they had reached the hall downstairs. And their conversation came to brief end as Bobby said,
"— Well, I will go bring my car so you need to wait near the bridge." The bridge Bobby was talking about was near the spot Shin had waited for Bobby, around 500meters.
But before Shin could reply with anything else a obvious question popped in his mind,
"Before that, I'm more curious as to why you didn't bring your car here."
To that Bobby just gave a short reply,
"I have given it for servicing." Shin remembered that the service center was not so far from here.
"So just pick us from here, why walk to the bridge."
"Well, it's hard to turn cars in narrow turns in this area." Booby wasn't that experienced driver and also the turns here would make any driver get annoyed by making it practically impossible to make a smooth turn.
"Yeah, Now that I think about it, the turns are as you say. Fine then. Inform your Sis then, I will be waiting—"
"—Oh I have done it. You can take your time, let's meet in around 30 minutes at the bridge." Bobby informed Shin as he started walking away from Shin.
"And Your Sister? Where—"
"Oh, you find her she should be around here only"
"Wait."
Bobby disappeared as if he didn't hear Shin at all. Somehow Shin felt as if Booby was intentionally annoying him with this.
Shin sighed as he accepted his fate.
"Well it shouldn't be a problem but, I seriously don't like the Idea."
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