nevertheless~

part 05

Hardin's POV

*NEXT DAY*

"Hardin, can you drop me on the way, it's the last day of school today before vacation and I don't want to be late", Smith yells in my ear, shaking me by the shoulder, as I wake to the first light of the day.

"Man, it's 7 AM, why are you running around the house like your pants are on fire?", I hold my cell phone up to show him the time.

"Because, my school is in an hour and I don't want to miss today", in one smooth movement, he yanks the blanket off of my body.

"What is today?", I sit up.

"We have a going-to-the-holidays party".

"Okay, fine. Did you get ready?" I get up from the bed and arrange it again while he puts his socks on.

"YEAH, MAKE ME BREAKFAST", he shouts orders as though a king would while getting out of the room, and I follow them as a good brother would. I get inside the kitchen to find my little brother, standing with a toothbrush in his mouth and school uniform on his tiny body.

"What bit you in the morning to make you this bossy?", I mess his hair and he hits me in the stomach, his hand not reaching further because of his height.

"Ouch, does someone not want any breakfast?", I pick a pan and place it on the stove.

"You wouldn't dare, because even you need to go to work", he wiggles his eyebrows teasing me.

"Not", I yawn, my sentence getting cut in the middle. "Not, until 9 AM and I get breakfast in office too"

"But you love me", he gargles as he says that and it just makes me laugh further as I grill the sandwich.

"I do. Now, get my jacket from the room, and the bike keys also" "Okay. I want more cheese on a second sandwich" "Why? You like meat more in your sandwich, right?" "I share my box with...ugh...a friend and so, they like cheese more" "OHHH, we're trying to impress someone, now?" "Yes, because unlike you, I actually have game in finding a girl and I care about it", he sneers as he walks out with that burn behind on me.

Love life is something I don't think about very often, I never had one and I don't think I actually ever wanted one. I've had my share of romances, first kisses, first time sex, some hook-ups too, random dating here and there for a while, but nothing serious and when smith goes on telling me that something serious should be there in my love life, it makes me think if I ever will find someone that special? It's cheesy and corny when people go around thinking that there is a special one for them, but when I think about it now, at this stage at my life, ...-where I've been alone mostly, I do feel like, it would've been nice if I had someone.

She'd stand right here, make all three of us breakfast as we get ready for work together, I'll be cheeky and try to distract her here and there, maybe sneak my hands up her work shirt and try to take her back to the bed, while Smith, bossy as ever, would shout for us to stop with this cutesy stuff.

However, dreams are beautiful and are dreams, there is really no girl in Seattle, who wants to date me, a poor fellow, with family problems scattered all around the place.

"Hardin, Tessa, is calling you", the little human shouts back as he comes out of the room and my mind switches back when I hear my colleague's name on his lips.

"At this hour, are you sure it's her?", I ask.

"Yes, God has given me eyes and I can read, now can you give me some food", he hands me the phone and I serve him when I receive the call.