javascript - How to run Google Cloud SQL only when I need it?

Question

Google Cloud SQL advertises that it's only $0.0150 per hour for the smallest machine type, and I'm being charged for every hour, not just hours that I'm connected. Is this because I'm using a pool? How do I setup my backend so that it queries the cloud db only when needed so I don't get charged for every hour of the day?

const mysql      = require('mysql');
const pool = mysql.createPool({
    host : process.env.SQL_IP,
    user     : 'root',
    password : process.env.SQL_PASS,
    database : 'mydb',
    ssl      : {
          [redacted]
    }
});

function query(queryStatement, cB){
  pool.getConnection(function(err, connection) {
    // Use the connection
    connection.query(queryStatement, function (error, results, fields) {
      // And done with the connection.
      connection.destroy();
      // Callback
      cB(error,results,fields);

    });
  });
}

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