The mom asks Makoto to get up

“Did you sit on a binky, miss?” The mother asked, her disinterest clear.

Makoto was stunned. She looked to either side of her, seeing clearly empty seat before pointing to herself. “M-me?”

“Do you see anyone else around you?” The mother asked.

“Uh, no?” Makoto said, face feeling hot. “I-I didn’t sit on a binky.” It was the truth at least. What she say on definitely was not a binky.

“See, Ryo, she said she didn’t,” his mother said, returning to her phone. A breath of relief nearly left Makoto’s throat until-

“She did, mom! I’m telling you I saw it!” the kid whined. “Why do you never believe me?”

His mother grabbed the bridge of her nose. “Because you’re always making up stories.”

“But this time I’m not! I really saw it. That girl sat on a binky!”

“It doesn’t matter if she did or didn’t.”

“But she did! You have to make her get up that’s gross - babies use those!”

The mother sighed again, looking sternly at her son. “If I ask her to get up, and she isn’t sitting on a binky, then you’ll be in trouble when we get home. Understood? Because it’s not okay to lie to your mother.”

“I’m not lying!” The kid yelled.

“Okay, we'll see then,” the mother’s eyes turned to Makoto, and she felt her heart race. “Miss, do you mind getting up for a moment?”