Original Stories Fan Fiction ❯ Just Another Day ❯ Volume Ten, Chapter Fifty-Eight: Escape ( Chapter 58 )

Escape

It's back to the countryside. Everyone's so nice. Too nice. Always smiling. They tried to be sociable at every turn. The neighbors kept trying to feed Soon and Mai-Pai. The couple couldn't take it.

“Want to get out of here?” Soon asked.

“Yes!” Mai-Pai said. She paused for a moment.

“But go where?” she asked. Soon shrugged.

“I don't know. Anywhere?” he said.

“Okay,” his wife said.

“Seriously?” he asked.

“Yes,” she said.

“Right now?”

“Right now.”

Soon didn't know how to react at first. “Wow.”

Suddenly, the doorbell rang. The couple looked up.

“Hello?” an old woman asked. Soon and Mai-Pai stared at each other.

“Now,” they whispered. The couple crept to the back door. More knocking sounded on the door.

“Hello? Hello?” the old lady asked. That pushed the couple to run faster. Soon unlocked the back door. Mai-Pai dashed out first. Her husband closed the door behind him. The couple ran across the small yard to the road. They stopped to catch their breaths. They laughed for a moment.

“Now what?” Mai-Pai asked. Soon shrugged.

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The couple walked down a dirt road. They had no plans. Mai-Pai stretched her arms above her head.

“Mmm,” she said. Soon smiled next to her. It was a warm spring morning today. The sun was out. It might rain today. Soon put his arm around Mai-Pai's shoulders. She cuddled up to his side.

“So what are we doing today?” she asked.

“Nothing,” he said. She gave him a curious look.

“Nothing?” Mai-Pai asked. Her husband smiled.

“Nothing,” he said. The couple giggled. Still, that left one more problem.

“Think anyone will see us out here?” Mai-Pai asked.

“I hope not,” Soon said.

“What do we do if they do?”

“Hide.”

She frowned. “Really?”

“What else can we do?” They looked down the road. Good, no one else was there. Mai-Pai looked left and right.

“Well, we could his in the woods,” she said. Soon looked to his right.

“Heh,” he said. “I suppose.” His wife held his hand. Mai-Pai giggled.

“Shall we keep going?” Soon asked.

“Why yes,” his wife said. The couple walked down the hall. The old lady probably gave up by now. Mai-Pai frowned.

“Wha twill we do when we get back?” she asked.

“I don't know,” Soon said.

“Heh,” his wife said. Nature filled the silence of their walk.

Run Away