A Dozen Cookies is the way to the Heart !!

Losing Balance

Monday wasn't much better, but he managed to get through it without too much trouble. By Tuesday, he could at least pretend to be normal like usual, and get on with work, just listening to Two fill him in on how Four's birthday went, because they had forgotten to tell him about it on Saturday, due to Trophy coming in about the photos, and with him falling asleep. It sounded nice, overall. Even if he himself didn't like Four, he was still glad Two seemed to have a good time. Honestly, even without being too good with emotions, he could still pick up on a slight, certain tone the other had while talking about him.

Despite Four being the way he is, Two cared an awful lot about him, in what seemed like more ways than one. X, too. That was something MePhone couldn't ever compete with. Of course, he didn't want to be seen in that way by Two, but he was sure they'd pick those guys over him any day. It honestly still kept him wondering why they didn't just go work with them at that kitchen, instead of starting this with him. But he really didn't want to doubt himself today. He was doing slightly better than last week already, and he wanted to keep that up!

He didn't have any new recipes to add to the display window today, but he was getting better at the two new recipes he had worked on in the past few weeks. The tarts were also very easy to change up. Different fruits, and variety. Just like cookies, really, but still so vastly different. Oh, the joys of baking. It was nice today, really. Nice and quiet, and that's all the day needed to be. Wednesday was the same, and he really felt like he was getting into the swing of being a bit more comfortable again with everything.

Of course, that upward climb couldn't last long. With him, it hardly ever did. It was Friday when all of this came crashing down again.

Friday evening, he was invited out by OJ of all people. The two of them had been slowly talking up throughout the week, short, nice conversations of just slightly getting to know each other. Or well, it was more of MePhone getting to know OJ, as he wasn't really sure how to open up beyond his base interests and things he did on the surface, but that was enough for now anyways, right?

Point was-- He was on his way to meet the other. It wasn't anything big or fancy-- which honestly, MePhone wasn't much for big and fancy things anyways, so he was all about this. They were going to meet up at a local cafe and head over to the park afterwards. It was late anyways. Even with it being a Friday night, there wasn't too much to do around unless bar hopping was the interest, and neither he, nor OJ were the type to do that. Maybe if he had been hanging out with Trophy, but he hadn't talked to the guy that much this week, him being busy with things, along with mostly talking to Two about setting up the photography thing tomorrow. MePhone really did hope it goes well. Honestly, he was a bit excited, but he didn't want to get ahead of himself. He was trying to focus on the now, and he was working his way up the hill the sidewalk was on, passing building after building, all various businesses and shops, and places to eat, but there was only one he was interested in getting to tonight, and he was almost there.

A simple stop at a crosswalk, waiting for the signal to turn to the person walking, instead of the hand so he could move, just tapping his foot against the pavement and waiting, hoping he wasn't too late, not really having paid too much attention to time after heading out of work to make it before the place closed at seven. It was while he was waiting to cross the street when he looked around, just trying to take in the scenery of the area. It was just normal, and usual for a town, and people were all around, going about their days, but none of that felt like it mattered when he looked across the street, his gaze meeting someone else's. His heart dropped, along with his expression as he could see he recognized the person's face, his brother looking directly at him, looking almost equally as shocked, along with... Angry?

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4s was by all accounts, a normal guy. He worked at a failing video rental store, he went out every few weekends to indulge in fun things, and hang out with his few friends, and occasionally he could be found at a gun range. He was nearing twenty four, and he was planning on finally moving out of the city he lived in soon. It just... Took a lot more money than he ended up having, the same mistake happening the first time he tried to escape his shitty household.