r
k. I broke the two eggs on the surface of the counter. Crack. Crack. I whisked th
ggs mixture sizzled in the pan
rough the window, the autumn wind
it would have sounded li
as
ing in through the front door. I sighed and turned my head fully towar
sion. Blue eyes that looked nothing li
mlet, before taking the marker and small board, my way of communication
hold back when it's a school night, yo
e tried to read the wo
ittle fun every once in a while", he said. Well, that's what I thou
to a plate. I put some burned toast, just as he l
id taking a bit
d focusing on his food. He avoided my gaze until the very last bit
ent. Four pale walls where I had lived for three years with my brother. Lately, it was almost always deserted. I only came here to sleep a
hing I was doing, was for him. I wanted him to have a future brighter than mine. I had been saving so he could go to college and make s
ime. The place I had been assigned to for around a year now was on the other side of the city, where expensive suits were a familiar
, though. That was one of the good things about big cities, everyone kept to themselves, small talks about inconsequential thi
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er confident in talking. Memories of the last time I did flashed in my mind. I shook my head an
urned into crisp tailored suits and well polished footwear as we approached my workplac
the world. The impressive thirty eight floor building and its
day life. To help compensate for my lack of hearing, I had to be present at all times. I couldn't afford to lose focus at any moment,
ied with some worldly matter that I didn't even noticed the light had already turned green and a bicycle was crossing the street heading straight for me. He was moving too fast. He might have ringed his
ne was around, except the security. A friendly middle aged man that was always on duty this time o
easons it was easier for me to get this job and actually keep it for this long, besides the fact that I had no degree, cleaning usually did not require commu
orning,
ace was so big that the cleaning staff had their own 'wing', a very large locker roo
le. Her blue eyes held a wisdom she had aquiered in her fifty
e, you just tell me. I'll be
ead, mouthing a 'thank you' since
inger at me, "you should be more rough
on it, 'I'm sure she won't do anything,
pprovingly and going back to her locker
f even more plain than usual. I wrapped my raven black hair in a ponytail out of my face, tucked my means o