It was already 2:30 now, and my bus was to leave at 2:40. So , we all made our way to where my bus was. Each step I took , felt so heavy. It felt like some dumbbells were attached to my legs. I don't know why I was sudden feeling so down. Or maybe it was because , as we made our way to the bus, things started to feel real. The feeling started settling in that I won't be able to meet my family for a long time. That I was going so far away from them.
I had already made up my mind that I won't cry during this time but it was so hard. When I reached my bus, I turned back to face everyone. My papa had a worried look on his face while my brother and sister looked sad. Mean while it was my Mum, who was trying her best not to cry. " Take care beta, be sure to have your meals on time. Call us whenever you are free . If you ever feel down or it is hard ,then comeback. Okay beta ? There's nothing more important than you".
" Yes Mama, I'll make sure to call you whenever I get the chance. I'll also have my meals on time and nothing will happen to me. I'll be just fine".
With that I went over to mama and gave her a tight squeeze. "Love you Mama ".
' Okay! Okay! The bus will start soon so before I forget, take this money with you and keep it properly. It's not much , but it'll help you in case of emergencies".
With that he gently shoved the moved onto my hands.
"But papa , that's a lot of money! I already have enough with me. There's no need to give me so much!".
I tried giving it back to papa. But he won't Bulge.
"Keep it with you safely. You never know when you'll need it. Even though I'm not being able to do much, let me atleast do this".
Since , there's no way I would be able to return this, I accepted it . " I'll make sure to use it wisely. Thank you papa ".
I then stood in front of my brother and sister gave the a gentle hug. " Don't between yourself okay? And I don't want to hear you both making mana and papa worried. Make sure you both be good".
" Yes sis, and take care of yourself too. We promise we won't make you worry. So, you can work tension free . Please be safe and you must call us frequently."
"Promise"
"I promise"
The bus conductor said from the inside, "the bus will leave you , if you don't get inside asap".
I looked at everyone one last time and went inside . As soon as I sat on my seat, the bus started moving. I saw everyone looking at me emotionally. I wispered good bye with tears flowing from my eyes.
I only looked away from their direction when they were no longer visible .
I had a middle aged women sitting beside me reading something from a book. Since it'll take quite sometime to reach my destination. I thought of listening to some music. I had recently started listening to korean music to help me in my work.
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It has already been around 2-3 hours since the journey. As I got tired after listening to music for so long. I was currently going through some of my notes. It was to help me understand their language better. I was even working on my Hangul. Since most of the documents will be in korean. I wanted my writing and reading to be better.
As we were reaching our destination , quite a lot of people had boarded the bus. From all the people, I noticed a creepy middle aged man eyeing a young girl.
[Disgusting]
Even though he was making the girl uncomfortable, she wasn't able to do anything. Since he was only eyeing, she couldn't really do anything. I was also constantly keeping my eyes on the him to make sure he doesn't do anything.
Suddenly my phone buzzed , making me know a message came. I opened my chats to see Janvi had sent me a photo of herself in my room. With the message " I m claiming your room now sis".
[I know she was joking, since there's no way Mama would allow it. Or , is she serious??]
It just took 1 minute for me to reply to Janvi, but when I looked back to where that creepy man and the girl was standing, I noticed he already had one of his hand on her shoulder and was wispering something to her . The girl look terrified. The man had a ugly look on his face.
[ Disgusting Moron ]
I noticed that even though everyone knew what was happening, nobody really stood up to help her. I couldn't see it no more so I made my way over .
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Thank you for giving this story a go!! I know the story is going a little bit slow but I wanted to show the strong bond of Avni , with her family.
Don't worry , The male lead's part will soon start in between.
If you have any suggestions or idea , please let me know in the comments!
Thank you once again