#12

Even though it's not December 25th now, the Christmas atmosphere is still there.

Now I shop for my monthly necessities, accompanied by Faiz and Blade who are now sitting quietly in my sling bag. Faiz occasionally reads the grocery list and reminds me of what to buy.

After shopping, I walked out of the supermarket with my groceries. Faiz was silent, while Blade was still looking around him. I was just thinking that Blade might want to play in the snow, but then he'll get wet from the snow.

Due to the cold weather, I often feel hungry. I decided to go to a fast food restaurant.

When I wanted to enter a fast food restaurant, there was a young man talking to me.

"Hey, you like Kamen Rider too?" asked the young man.

I frowned, suddenly I remembered that Faiz and Blade were in my sling bag with their heads still visible outside.

"Yes," I answered simply.

"Well, I happen to be the same as you," said the young man.

Finally, we ate at the fast food restaurant together while chatting. The young man was named Aditya Sudarso and he was also from Indonesia, until in the end he decided to move to Canada.

"So your name is Aditya Sudarso huh?" I said.

"Yes," replied Aditya.

"How long have you lived in Canada?" I asked.

"Just three months," Aditya replied.

"Just three months? If I'm only five months, next month will be half a year," I replied.

"I moved through the refugee route," said Aditya.

"What?" I asked.

"I moved through the refugee route for reasons of sexual orientation," said Aditya.

"That means you..."

Aditya feels embarrassed when he says that.

"I'm embarrassed to say it, but actually I'm gay," said Aditya.

"It's okay. I can understand that," I said.

I heard Blade whisper to me.

"You don't want to talk about yourself?" Blade whispered. I put my bag on the chair next to me because I don't want to accidentally make Faiz and Blade dirty while eating.

I leaned my body towards Blade. Aditya who saw me was just confused.

"What's wrong?" Ask Aditya.

Instantly I felt awkward.

"It's fine. I just..." I searched for a good reason, then I took the Blade from my bag.

"I just thought that there was dust stuck to my Kamen Rider Blade plush. It's because I rarely wash my doll in winter," I replied while pretending to clean the dust on Blade's head.

"Oh, I see. I thought you were suffering from a mental disorder from being alone for too long," Aditya said.

I just laughed a little hearing that.

After eating, we left the fast food restaurant.

"I'm glad I got to talk to you. We can talk again sometime. Maybe we can go to Calgary in September next year, if we can," said Aditya.

"Yeah, hopefully we can get there next year," I said before we parted.

After that, I walked back home. Faiz and Blade just sat quietly in my sling bag for the whole way home.

"Hey, you're actually feeling happy because you got to meet someone you can talk to, right?" Ask Faiz.

"I didn't expect that I would meet Indonesians here," I replied.

As soon as they got home, Faiz and Blade immediately told this to the other Kamen Rider plushies.