Kouchisei was worrying he would get to cram school late. Punctuality made a mess of it, as now he was opening and doublechecking again what was in his bag - hoping the bus was late and breaking into a sprint with a promise this would not be regular behaviour. Now he was breathing heavily, and finding that his chest kind of burned. He pushed his hair from his glasses and saw a dark shadowy thing standing by the shelter, and came to a slowing walk at the sight of that.
He walked over to a spot a polite distance away. Cars flying by, engine noise, polluted air, a gust blowing his fringe aside, heat, and it was making him ill. He had thought his home was the most intolerable place on earth, but now he had matured and realised it was his sanctuary.
And at least the air there was clean. His bag lightly touched the pavement and he reached into his pocket for his cellphone.