Brother ...
Joy is eating alone in the kitchen. Her look doesn't seem tidy but around her is tidy. Joy is getting better and better in cleaning. That is because she see her parents always come home tired. They didn't have much energy to do the chores around the house since they also bring their work at home. She and her dad accept that the house is curse, a never ending chores. Her mom said they are overreacting and accept that it is part in life.
She didn't have any siblings and that led her to create an imaginary friend. She call him her big brother. Blue eyes and had a blonde hair just like her. It did help her from her loneliness and it encourages her when she a kid to do crazy stuff. Like that one time she abounded the group she's with and explore an unknown path that led her almost to her end. But thankfully Joy did came home and she was happy that she chooses to separate herself to those who didn't know what they are doing.
She grab the spoon and dig some food on her plate and put it inside her mouth. She have this emotionless face and felt like she was not even hungry . She ate very slow and she hated it. That one time her neighbor came to have dinner with them, she was shock how fast they ate. She was always left after every meal and by eating slow her appetite slowly fade and it didn't help her. She takes another bite and decided to shove the whole food in her mouth so she could get done with. She drank a lot of water while shoving more food so it was easy to swallow everything. After eating like a pig she send her plate unto the sink and wash it. Until she was done she dried her hand and proceed to her room.
She remembered that transferred student that she did bump into. It was embarrassing but it was good that she lend a helping hand. Joy also cannot forget how that student made her shook. With her hand she used it as a fan to shoo that memory. The only thing what most is to think of is homework. She yawned and opened her room. It was a just a simple room. A single bed, a cabinet, a brown rug and a window on the right of side of the room. But she was thankful that her dad hammered 3 nailed on the wall where she hang her bag and jacket after she's finished class at school.
She then walk right to her backpack and unzip to find her paper and pen so she can begin. Looking at it there is here notebooks and her English book that the teacher gave to her and to all her classmates. She dig her hand inside her bag to search for her pen. A lot of crumbled paper and no ink pen. Joy bit the side of her lip while searching for it. Her eyes seems light up when she felt her pen inside. She get ahold of it and pulled out her hand outside. She zipped up her bag and grab her hard pillow as a desk. She sit comfortably as she lay her pillow on his lap and put her paper on it.
She remembered the assignment is about consumer health. Her teacher at this subject told them to make an essay about it. She smiled that and began to land the tip of her pen on the paper. But there was one thing left as she stop her pen from meeting the surface of the paper. Her notes on the board. Joy sigh and put her pillow on her side to stand up and search for her uniform in the basket with all the clothes that are needed to be wash. She left her room to get for that notes
Joy enter a room where inside is full boxes but luckily it was a clean. She help her mother to clean up this room and put some boxes there and see her dad placed the washing machine in the corner. That a month ago actually.She look up at the stand where there is cleaning supplies and things until she saw the basket. She proceed and kneel down to look for her uniform. Joy was sure that it was inside of her pocket. She was hoping that it didn't get wet since it was tacks by some wet clothes. Finally after removing of all the clothes she found her uniform and find her notes. There she can see some of small drawings, math computation and last it was the procedure. She put back all the clothes inside and left the room.
Joy now enter her room and sit on the floor and putting her pillow on her lap again. She used her thumb to sway as she is holding the notes in her hand. She began to read the procedure and write her perspectives and she remembered on the lesson. She continue this finishing also her other homework until a hour past. She let go of her pen and her eyes look at her pink palm from gripping unto the pen hardly. Joy rubbed both of her hands and left her finished homework. As her mind focus on the time as she glanced at the clock that was hanging between her door and her parents door. She knew they will now come so she needed to prepaid food as she was assigned to do it.
She rushed to her bedroom and pick up her phone and connect it it with her earphones. She played her favorite playlist. Joy put it on her pocket. Her attention focus on the her stuff and she rolled her eyes as her lips formed into a smile. She quickly pick up her pen and homeworks and put her pillow back. With this rush to put it back on her backpack, there was note that had escape on her hand. For she was facing her backpack and putting it back the stuff inside. The girl put both of her hand on her waist as she was finished on almost every task in the house. As Joy look around her room her eyes focus on the paper on the floor. It was crumbled up but it was fixed up into its original but it still look like it crumbled up. Picking it up and it her eyes widen.
It was a note with a named of that student.
YOU ARE READING
where is he now?
Short Storyi met him when I was just a kid. I was all alone sitting on a bench while I waiting for my brother to pick me up. I sat there, I felt confused and sad, I still can't fully process my world back then. but suddenly there was a man who notice my sit...