I awaken because of the light shining onto my face. Opening my eyes, I notice that it's not my bedroom. It only takes a minute for me to remember where I am. The sound of Bran's soft snores breaks the silence, and make their way to my ears. His face looks relaxed. The clock says that it's 7AM. Stretching a little, a yawn escapes. I stand up, and go look for Bran's kitchen.
The kitchen ended up easy to find. "What should I make for breakfast?" After questioning myself, the idea to make Bran phở as dinner pops into my mind. For breakfast toast, bacon and scrambled eggs should be fine. It's easy to make, and serves as a good breakfast.
Fifteen minutes later, I come back to the bedroom with two plates. Bran is still sound asleep. Giggling quietly, I set the plate on a table in the room. And then lay on Bran. Literally. Our faces are inches away. Bran huffs, and wakes up. His sleepy eyes lock on mine, and I giggle. "Good morning, Kay." He murmurs. "Mind getting off of me? You're creepy." Making me laugh even harder. I roll off of Bran, and hit the ground with a soft bump. "Did I creep you out?"
"Yes. Your face already scares me, but waking up and seeing a close up of it is just..." He chuckles and shivers visibly. On purpose. "Terrifying. absolutely horrific."
I gasp, and softly hit his shoulder with my hand. "And to think I made breakfast for you!" I sigh dramatically. "I even planned to make something special for dinner..." Immediately Bran sits right up. "What did you want to make?"
"Guess."
"Uh.. Noodles?"
"Close."
"Tell me" he begs. "Pretty please?" And then pouts. The sight of this cute person pouting because of me makes me laugh. He's absolutely adorable. "Guess I will have to keep it secret." I tease him more. "Please don't, just tell me?" He begs, almost sounding like a puppy. The idea of him being with me, and only me, creeps into my mind. But it quickly gets discarded as another plan forms. "Actually, I remember you in a video with cat ears. Where are they?" Bran looks a bit confused, but seems to get my idea after a few moments. "I think I remember where I put them, hold on..." I get covered in Bran's blanket as he throws them on me after getting up. With a small giggle he walks away, to get the cat ears, I suppose.
Suddenly I remember the breakfast. Dangit, it'll be cold by the time we can finally eat... I get lost in my thoughts for a while. The door opens, and I see Bran coming in. With the cat ears on. God that's cute. "I've got them!"Bran smiles. And sits down right next to me. "You make me want to feed you, you're so cute, Bran." And maybe do more things than only feeding him. "Why don't you do it, then?" he asks. I smirk, and wiggle my eyebrows. "Not yet. Br-" I stop my sentence, as I just realised something. Bran looks concerned, but picks up his plate and starts to eat. "What's wrong, Kay?"
"I remembered that I don't even know your real name... I keep calling you Bran. But... What is your actual name?" Bran stops eating, and looks at me. "You can keep calling me Bran, my full name is Brandon Tanabe."
"Huh... Makes sense. If I haven't told you my full name yet, it is Monaka Hoàng."
"Fancy name there... I like it."
"Thank you, I got it for my birthday." We both begin to laugh, and resume eating.
When we finish, I get up to bring away the plates. Bran mirrors my movements, but I tell him to sit down and let me do it. "See this as your mini vacation from home chores! You can record until you've got to go work. I'll go home when you go." Bran thinks for a bit. "I should help you though, it's my house after all." Hedoeshave a point... "It's to thank you for letting me stay here." I stand in front of Bran, and bow down. "Thank you for letting me stay here." His voice trembles a little, as if he doesn't know what to do. Maybe he doesn't. I don't know. "You don't have to be so formal. It was nothing, all I did was let you sleep here." I look up, and grin. "You're making it sound as if we did something indecent together." Have think of my manners though. Bran raises his eyebrow, looking confused. "You... Forgot?"
"Forgot what...?" Right now, my heart would probably stop beating if it could. But then Bran chuckles. "Just kidding, I got you." And sticks out his tongue. It takes me half of my will not to slap him. But the I laugh too. It's 9PM now. A Friday. "I'll go do the dishes." It takes me the other half of my will not to say 'You go do something else.' That would be considered as bossing someone around. Wouldn't it? People used to call me bossy. Guess it's in my nature to command people. Bran nods happily, and goes walks off to his PC while I focus on the dishes.
A few hours go by. I ended up cleaning a lot. With Bran's approval, of course. Though it was hard to get that. Around 2PM, I hear Bran calling me. "Monaka, I'm going to work in about fifteen minutes!" I yell back. "Okay!" The items that have been used are easy to clean up.
Fifteen minutes later, I am standing outside with Bran as he locks the door. "Maybe we should stay at mine tonight. As I still do have that idea for a special dinner in mind." Bran's eyes light up. "Alright! I'll give you a call when I finish." We both smile. I don't think I could be happier. Bran and I both walk together, until we have to walk in other directions.
When I arrive at my house, I sigh. My house doesn't exactly give off happy vibes. More like gloomy ones. Maybe it's because I don't go out that much. Grabbing the house key from it's secret spot, my neighbours door goes open. A man walks out of the door. He sees me, and waves. I wave back and unlock the door. The sounds of my feet on the ground as I put my shoes on the side of the hallways eerily echo. "I'm home." I say to no one in particular while switching on the lights. Time to check if I have the right ingredients to make Bran's favourite noodles. My kitchen, neat as ever, is indeed filled with enough food for me to make it. Good. Suddenly, I hear a ping. My phone. It only has 8% battery left, so I quickly walk upstairs, and charge the battery. Curiosity takes over as I turn on my phone, and look at the notifications. 'You've got an email!' It says. An email? Suddenly, realisation hits me. I applied to 3 jobs. This email must be from one of those jobs. I applied at a company as internet guard, since I've taken coding lessons. The job is quite easy as I enjoy doing what I have to and am good at it. It pays really good. Nowadays there aren't many people who are willing to do the so-called 'hard' work. It became so rare that they lowered the needs to become one, and started paying way more than they used to. That job interested me the most. The biggest reason why I applied to it is because I can work at home. The other two jobs are; a fancy job where I can work as an assistant, or as waitress at a luxurious restaurant.
I pray quietly as I unlock my phone and look at the mail. It's from the job I wanted the most. My eyes quickly scan the email.
"We have decided to hire you. Instructi-"
Oh good lord.
I got the job.
I GOT THE JOB!
