The next morning.
Aiden woke up with dark circles around his eyes, showing that last night's prayer was in vain. He got ready for his morning jogging and left the apartment at 6.15. He reached SM park and started doing stretching and other exercises. The park was filled by people who came for a workout or to walk their dogs and some teenagers who came to look at the girls doing workout. Looking at them reminded him of the time when he and his classmates started the habit of morning jogging but later he started to enjoy the morning activity.
It was close to 8.00 when he reached his apartment. He took a bath and prepared his breakfast. His breakfast consisted of toasted bread with eggs,fruits and tea. He completed all his work by 10:20 and opened the stock market app to invest. Afterwards he left the apartment.
He walked to the bus stop while the hot rays of the sun fell on his face. He took a bus and got off at the bus stop close to 'Cup & Saucer'. He went there and left after some small talks and getting his umbrella. He walked for 10 minutes and reached the metro train station. He scanned his metrocard and entered the platform. A train was already waiting in the station and its door closed immediately after he entered. It being a sunday there was plenty 9f space inside the train. After 20 minutes of travel he got off at the station close to the shopping district. From there he took a bus to the other side of the shopping district.
In front of him there stood a white 3 story building. In front of it there stood a board stating 'Yamir clothing'. It was a clothing shop famous among old and middle aged people for providing good and affordable clothes. It was not famous among the rich and the younger generations as they didn't provide any branded ones. If one had a little knowledge about clothes then from here they could get good quality clothes for a reasonable price. He walked to the 2nd floor, which sold formal dress. He was approached by a girl of similar age to him and with her help he selected his dresses. He purchased a black suit, white shirt and a gray tie. He moved to the ground floor, where he had to make the payment and collect the dress. It all cost him ¢4700, then he moved to the tailoring unit to get his dress fitted. While walking there he noticed that the concern is understaffed. After reaching there he noticed that out of the 5 tailoring machines only 3 had operators and because of this he had to wait some time for his turn.
After 10 minutes Aiden found himself in front of a red haired girl. She looked his age, maybe younger, her face didn't have any makeup and had many pimple marks. Certainly not a face that the youth would be interested in. He felt like she would be a beauty with all these marks gone and a light makeup. She suddenly looked up straight into his eyes. For a moment the only sound in the background was that of tailoring machines, Aiden panicked and looked down to his shirt on the machine but he felt like she caught him staring at her. After getting his dress back Aiden swiftly left that place without looking at the girl again
It was afternoon and Aiden was feeling hungry, so he had ramen from a nearby restaurant. He then went to a theater, where he found that there will be 2 movies starting in the next half an hour. The 1st was a domestic action movie and only the seats close to the screen were available and the 2nd movie was a foreign drama by a famous actor. Aiden was never a fan of the genre of the foreign film so he took a ticket to the domestic film even though its rating was lower than the foreign movie.
The movie started at 2:30. It showed the story of a single father, who the bad guys assumed to be someone else. The story was decent but the twist was predictable, which decreased the feel. After the movie he went to the beach, upon reaching there he found that it was more crowded than other days. After watching a beautiful sunset and having some beach special snacks he left for his home happily.
After reaching his home Aiden took a shower. One the way back he had dinner from a restaurant, so had no other work for the night. He checked the clock and seeing that time had past 8:00 he decided to call his parents. He took his phone and dialed his mom's number. The call was answered after 4 rings.
" Did my son remember his mom's number? " a woman's voice came from the other side.
"What are you saying mom? I called you last saturday. "
"You know you are supposed to call me everyday."
" You know mom, I really hate to talk on the phone but still I am calling you every week. "
"That is not an excuse to not call your mother. "
Aiden knew his mother was not going to listen. So he decided to attack rather than defend.
"I am sorry mom, but you could have called me. I know you don't care about me, you only see father in your eyes. " Aiden said in a sad tone.
"How could I ?It is you young people who forget their parents, not the other way around. So, it is you who has to call and ensure that you are not becoming like them."
"Ya, ya, I get it. Is there something else you want to talk about."
" Tell me about your graduation? I can't believe my baby boy is going to graduate from college. I still believe the day when you used to run naked around the house.Oh I have to tell Emma to send a lot of photos to me as I am sure you will not be taking any good ones and… . "
"Mom, Don't call her. I will send you all the photos you want. " Aiden interrupted her.
"Why, Did you have a fight? "
" We broke up. "
"Why did she do that to you? "
"Don't assume like that. It was me who broke up. She changed recently and I felt like we can't be ourselves around each other. "
There was silence for some time.
" I believe you. " She said. Now there was a big change in her tone.
They talked for some more time before ending the call. He then took his black formal shoes and polished them. After that he went to bed and started reading online novels, slowly falling asleep.