Hollow Heart

3

Monday, 5:46 pm

I made a bigger mess than I thought...

The floor took 45 minutes to clean, and I was half exhausted.

These things dont happen often. Whenever I screw up around the house (actually it's a really large apartment room), Yuumi usually forces me to clean it up. Occasionally, however, whenever SHE screws up, she tells ME to clean it up, and everytine I ask "why?" she always answers the same thing...

"Because you do it so much better, *insert offensive term here*"

Yes, she always calls me different terms aside from my own damn name, but I know she's trying to get through to me so I just ignore them.

I go back into my room and locked the door. She has this bad habit of bursting into my room without permission, and its always because she needs a favor from me.

I took my homework from my bag (which is waterproof, yay), and continued where I last left off. Halfway through the remaining questions, I decided to cram and turn on the tv I bought with the allowance I saved for an entire month.

It was a second hand flat screen tv. When I saw it in the thrift shop it was originally broken. Good thing I studied some electrical engineering and got it back to mint condition.

Oh enough of that. Why the hell am I even explaining this!?...

The first thing I saw on tv was a n article about Hazashi Industries having some new breakthrough on some new tech.

I did some research on this company one time... as homework. Apparently its the top tech company in the country, and they're working on hologram-phones, servant bots, etc. Everytimr, I thought to myself...

Don't they have better things to do!? Like... I don't know... TAKE A BREAK!?

Cause they work non-stop (seriously).

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I finished my homework and turned off the tv. I checked my watch, 7:21 pm. I thought of what to do next, since I don't usually finish hw this early. I guess this is one of those situations where I could call my friends...

WAIT I DONT HAVE ANY!!!!!

WAIT- WHY AM I EVEN THINKING ABOUT THIS!???

"Arrrggggghhh!" I shout out while sitting up quickly.

I noticed my glasses flew off my face when I sat up as well. I let out a deep groan of frustration and walked over to pick them up.

As soon as I lifted them off the floor, I suddenly flashed a memory...

"Kayden, take good care of them ok?..."

"Mother?" I say as soon as I heard the voice...

Its been long since I last heard that voice, I'm 16 and I think the last time I heard it was 10 years ago.

How do I remember it so vividly...?

I realized the glasses were still on the floor. I picked them up again and this time there was no flash. I put them on then I hear 6 loud knocks. I let out a deep sigh and opened the damn door.

"Hey, what the heck is up with the screaming!?" Yuumi asks,

I should have known... ugh...

"It's nothing" I reply

"Are you sure? I'm very wo-"

"I SAID IT'S NOTHING GODDAMMIT!"

I slam the door in frustration. Jeez, what's with her? Why can't she just leave me alone like I want to. I locked the door before dropping on the bed.

I take off my glasses and put them on the table beside my bed. I look up at the ceiling and try to remember my life before coming here, to my derp cousin's apartment.

Nothing... great...

I bury my face in my pillow, mostly because it was really soft. Then I heard two soft knocks on my room door. I answer it, but to my surprise, Yuumi wasn't there. Only a plate of homemade salmon sashimi along with a note and a pair of chopsticks.

I took the note first, before taking the plate, and It read:

Dear little cousin,

You may be a pain and all, but you're still my little cousin. I wrote this note just to say I'm worried about you

Sincerely,
Yuumi

Oh, so she thinks she can win me over with some stupid note. Not gonna happen. I crumpled the paper and threw it at the nearby waste basket. I brought the plate into my room and shut the door.

I sit in front of the tv, turn it on, and watch some random channels. I'm not the type of person who watches anime, so I was just flipping through channels while eating the salmon.

Once I finished the salmon, I was still flipping through something to watch.

Nice timing...

I turned off the tv and plop down on the bed to get some rest. I grab my glasses from my face and- Wait a sec, where's my glasses? Oh wait, I remember I put it on the table...

How could I forget!?

So then I rested my head on my pillow, and fell asleep.

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BEEP! BEEP! BEEP! BEEP!

The deafening sounds of my alarm clock were the first things I heard after I woke up. I shut it up with my fist, put on my glasses, and get my ass off the bed.

I get dressed with my extra uniform (because the one I wore got DRENCHED) and jacket, then exit my room. Not such a surprise to see my jerk cousin, sipping on a cup of coffee.

"O-oh... g-good morning..." she greets me,

That's weird, she never greeted me before. I just literally ignored her and walked into the kitchen to make and pack my lunch.

As soon as I finished, I grabbed the rest of my stuff and walked towards the front door. Until Yuumi just grabs me by the arm.

"W-wait!" She says,

"What? Do you want to meddle in my life again?" I say with a straight face,

"N-no! I just think you should eat breakfast here first before leaving for school, that's all!" She replies,

"Hmph, whatever. I eat my breakfast as I walk to school anyway" I reply.

With that, I exit the apartment room, and begin my walk to school. I take my breakfast sandwich, and put it in my mouth.

But what's this painful feeling in my chest...