"It was an early March morning, so early that the sky still had streaks of orange and pink in it."
Chapter One:
Benny:
Benny climbed onto the bus, giving the bus driver a kind smile as he paid his fare. It was an early March morning, so early that the sky still had streaks of orange and merah jambu in it, very reluctantly giving way to gray-blue. It was cold out, so Benny pulled his brown jaket tighter around him as he took his kerusi, tempat duduk near the back of the bus.
He sat in the kerusi, tempat duduk nearest the window, like he always did when he was sitting sejak himself. He cracked it open a bit. The breeze, however cold it was, made him feel a little less cooped up, a little less separated from the rest of the world that...
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