"Hoy!" A voice calls trying to get my attention and I snap out of my trance.
"Yeah?" I respond looking over to my cousin Atlas who's currently cooking one of our favorite meals.
"What are you thinking about?" the voice of my cousin questions as I'm busy typing an assignment.
"Nothing" I answer with my eyes glued to the screen.
From my peripheral vision I notice him pause from what he's doing "Did I use the wrong ingredients because?" he speaks.
He says that phrase whenever he senses there's something wrong with me and I'm not telling him what it is.
I move my eyes away from the screen to look at him through his metal rimmed glasses "Leave me alone?" I speak up as he examines my expression.
He narrows his dark brown eyes starring at my identical ones.
"You're not getting anything out of me right now Atlas" I warn.
He stops his stare just as Eden walks in and continues cooking "Is she talking to someone?" he questions Eden.
"No I'm not?" I respond as I look at Eden.
Eden studies me for a few seconds to see if I'm lying which I tend to be a good a liar.
"She's not. I think she has a crush though" she teases smirking.
"I don't know though" she shrugs as if nothing happened.
"I don't have time for that" I answer.
"New inspo? For writing? Come on now" Atlas jokes.
"I gotta go back my class starts in an hour" Eden says as she kisses Atlas and hugs me goodbye.
"You're lucky she loves you" he speaks once Eden leaves with food Atlas made for us.
"What do you mean? Shouldn't you be lucky?" I answer back.
"If she didn't love you she'd be telling me what you're not telling me" he jokes.
I glance at him.
Our features are somewhat similar that people can easily tell we're related. Our eye shape and color are identical which we get from our mothers who are sisters.
Atlas has the same dark black hair as mine but slightly curly while mine is more on the light wavy side. Another difference is that my hair is past my shoulders while Atlas seems to want to grow his hair out.
He's been wearing glasses since we were 5 and hates wearing eye contacts when he was allowed to.
One thing that I hate about him is that he's 6'3 while I'm 5'6. He always teases and messes with anyone who's shorter than him.
"Okay ka lang?" he waved his hand in front of me. (Are you okay?)
I regain my senses "Yeah yeah" I reply while I get drinks from the fridge for the two of us.
"Just thinking how I appreciate my cousin" I explain.
"Awwwwwh yeah I'm your favorite cousin" he grins.
"Georgie, Ellie, and Sarsi would kill you for that statement" I joke as we both sit down.
"Oh well they can't do anything about it, they're not here" he jokes along with me.
I roll my eyes "Whatever bro thanks though for the tapsilog" I say as I take a picture of the plate in front of me and tagging Atlas as I always do whenever he makes food for me.
"Of course I'm the best cook in this family" he flexes.
Atticus Hudson Carter. Also known as my best friend for life other than being my cousin.
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