Hum

I hummed softly to myself as I read the newspaper, taking a sip of some black coffee I'd ordered a couple of minutes ago, not wincing once as it burned my tongue and down my throat.

I closed the newspaper and once again read the front page, something about a dangerous event happening on the bus.

I nodded discreetly in acknowledgement and continued on, flipping it open to the deceased people within the last month.

Nothing very note worthy, mostly elderly people that had passed of heart attacks and such.

Mostly

I continued to hum.

I lightly kicking at my messenger bag under the table, not paying much attention to it. I chanced a quick glance at my phone.

Then, the chiming of the bell could be heard through out the coffee shop. I chanced a quick glance towards the door.

My humming stopped.

My right leg slowed to a halt.

My eyes glanced over the rest of the cafe, and everyone else had halted their movements as well, fingers had stopped tapping and objects were now left alone. I smiled to myself and tapped at my phone.

The timer had started.

So the game begins