The city bus ride was a bit on the quiet side for Nina S. & me. We
hardly conversed at all the whole way back. The bus was fairly crowded,
and standing room only, but we had seats. Again, I was hoping it was
just a bit of fatigue, and not that she was getting tired of being with
me. We found the ever-familiar Baltyskaya Metro station and headed for
home only several stops down the line.
While riding the Metro, we virtually never had seats, and I always
had one arm firmly around her waist to keep her on balance. Honestly,
this is her city, and she rides the Metro every day. You guys don’t
really believe that I think she needs to be stabilized while onboard the
Metro? However, this was just another opportunity to show my affection
for her, by wrapping my arm around her waist every time we’re onboard
the Metro. Sometimes she would even grab my hand, and pull it around her
waist in approval. I thoroughly enjoyed being close to her while onboard
the Metro.
We arrived back at my apartment prior to 8 o'clock pm, and we were both
very tired. We each had very little sleep the night before, so we
decided to call it an early day, and at this point, we did not make any
tentative plans to see each other on Thursday, the following day. To the
best of my knowledge, Nina R. & I were going to travel to Dibuny
to visit with Julia & her parents. I still had the visa to be picked-up
in the morning, and Nina S. thought that Nina R. would probably help me
retrieve it. We were scheduled to arrive at Julia's residence at 3pm, which would've
required a 1 hour earlier departure from the Finlandia train station. That evening,
alone in my apartment, I started to feel somewhat solemn, as I knew I only had a
couple days left, and to this point Nina S. has been someone very special to me, and
I didn't look forward to saying goodbye to her. Fortunately, that day was still a couple of days away.
--- To be continued ---
