"Never easy... struggle... it's all- *snore*"
A young man, who just barely had any blankets covering him, was fast asleep in his bed. They were talking in their sleep… well, more along the lines of sing- Hey, this beginning part is starting to sound familiar… Oh well.
The had an average sized room, though it was in a bit of a mess. There were random articles of clothing lying across the floor, as well as a few other things that won't be mentioned.
"- the sun is out and... time... running..."
The young sleeping man seemed to have had medium length blonde hair with combed out bangs. His skin complexion seemed to be more on the light-skinned side of the spectrum than the pale skinned.
"...AAH!"
The sleeping man ended up rolling out of his bed and falling onto the floor, After lying on the floor for a minute, he lifted his head off the ground and opened his green eyes.
"Did that seriously just happen…?" The man yawned. "I need to get a lower bed… or just stop rolling around so much in my sleep."
The man attempted to get up and off the floor. He was revealed to only be wearing a t-shirt, and sweatpants. Both articles of clothing being a different color, with the shirt being sky blue, and the sweatpants being gray.
As soon as the man successfully got up from the floor, he a heard a song play out through the once silent room. He turned to his nightstand and saw that his phone was ringing. The man quickly reached for his phone and answered the call.
"Hello…?" The man yawned once again as he answered.
"Oh, good. You're awake this time. Looks like I didn't need to break your doorbell this morning." It sounded as if there was a young woman on the other line. "Open the door, I have stuff I need to bring in."
"Aye, Captain…" The young man hanged up the call, not knowing if the woman wanted to say something else before he hung up.
The man stretched his arms and back as he walked over to the door. He opened it and walked out of the room, and into a small dark hallway that had only a few doors.
The man soon approached the front of his house. Before he opened the door, he opened the curtains that were in front of the window to let some light into his previously dark house.
As he opened the curtains, he noticed someone standing outside of his door. It was a young woman who appeared to have long brown hair with blue eyes, and a similar skin complexion to the young man.
The young man noticed that she was tapping her foot, and looked as if she were losing her patience with every passing second. The young man shook his head and made his way towards to door, unlocking both the top and bottom locks before opening it.
"Good morning, doofus…" The young man was still waking up.
"Morning, numbnuts, It's time to start the day!" The young woman stepped into the man's house, and he closed the door behind her. "You sound like you just woke up."
"That's because I just did wake up."
"Wait.. so you haven't brushed your teeth-"
"No."
"Taken a shower-"
"No."
"Eaten anything-"
"No."
"Or found your clothes-"
"No."
The young woman had gone silent, and the man stared at her, waiting patiently for what she was going to say… or do next. Right, when the silence had started to get worrying, the young woman walked behind the man and started to push him down the hall he had come from earlier.
"Hey! Stop pushing me! It's a Monday, I want to take everything slow…" The young man told the woman. "...Hey, are you even- ACK!"
The young woman had pushed the man into the bathroom and closed the door behind him. "Trenton, you can't be messing around today out of all days. We have a Technology Expo to go to!"
"Technology Expo…?" The man now identified as Trenton looked down at the floor at the minute and let the words that had come out of the woman's mouth process in his head. "...Holy Shit! You're right! We're going to be late at this rate!"
"Now you get it, numbnuts?!" The woman's voice sounded as if it was getting further away from the door. "Just hurry up and do what you have to do. I'll make breakfast."
Trenton shook his head (Even though it's practically pointless to do so since he was behind a closed door). He then did the regular things guys did while in the bathroom… and no, to that one person who's going to misinterpret that for something else, he's not doing "that".
Trenton spent close to half an hour inside the bathroom. When he stepped out, he had seemed much more different than he was just before he went into the bathroom. Trenton made his way over to his room and saw a few articles of clothing lying on his bed, one of which was a white lab coat.
Trenton put on all of the clothing that was laid out for him and went over to his vanity. He had a slight beard going, but there wasn't a lot of hair. Trenton opened one of the vanity's drawers and pulled out a cone, in which he used to comb down his bangs until they were smooth.
After Trenton finished combing his hair, he looked around his room to see if he was forgetting to do and/or grab something. Once he finally got everything that he needed, he left his bedroom and closed the door behind him… do I even need to tell you that he won't be stepping back into that room for a long time? No? Okay, good.
"Alright, I've got my shit together!" Trenton entered the kitchen and saw the young woman from earlier cooking something over the stove. "Just make sure that you don't burn this place down, or else you're going to be homeless in a few weeks as well."
"Hardy har har, you're so hilarious…" Even though it sounded like the girl was annoyed, she had a smile on her face. "I called Mr. Schmidt and told him that we'd be running late since someone decided to wake up late."
"Wow, way to rat me out to the guy." Trenton was looking through the kitchen cabinets for something. Eventually, he pulled out two dusty travel mugs. He went over to the sink and started to rinse them off.
"Oh, no. He actually had a feeling this would happen." The young woman said. "You're very predictable, you know that, Trent?"
"Yeah, yeah. That predictable trait of mine is also going to be the end of me one day." Trenton finished rinsing the mugs and was now trying them with a towel.
"Oh come on, be a bit more positive." The young woman turned off the stove and moved the contents of what she was frying into two individual small containers. "Anyway, he's giving us an extra 20 minutes to get there. I don't think I need to remind you of what happens when we're late, do I?"
"I don't think you want to remind yourself." Trenton shivered at the thought and shook his head. "You had a pretty shitty birthday last year because you were working overtime."
"Well, it wasn't that bad." The young woman walked over to Trenton and took one of the mugs. "I mean… you waited for me after all. And your birthday present was so… *sighs* I can't say it. Thinking about it makes me my body all tingly."
"We've been together for 6 years, and you still have trouble talking about those types of topics?" Trenton turned to the woman. "... That just shows how pure-minded you are, Celia."
"Oh, shut it you~" Celia playfully punched Trenton in the arm. "Let's save this for later. Onto more important matters-"
"No, I didn't forget to lock my windows."
"And-"
"Yes, I made sure to turn off my space heater."
"Also-"
"I combed out my hair like I usually do."
"Finally-"
"The key to the machine is in my car."
"... Alright! Looks like we're set!" Celia put her hands together and smiled. "This is going a lot quicker than I expected!"
"Do you really think I'm that slow?" Trenton followed Celia out of the kitchen.
"Yes, and in more ways than one~" Celia had stopped in her tracks after she had thought about what she said. Her face had started to turn a bright shade of red.
"Looks like I'm retracting that previous comment about you being pure-minded." Trenton kissed Celia on her forehead. "You're a really dirty girl underneath that cute exterior, aren't ya?"
"Shut up! You're dirtier than me in most cases!"
Trenton and Celia had started to make their way out of the house. The two put on their shoes and jackets went to the door. Trenton opened the door for Celia and took one last look at his house before following Celia out and locking the door behind him.
The couple walked to a blue Sedan that was parked right in front of the house. Trenton once again opened the door for Celia, and once she got in, he closed it and got into the car from the driver's side.
"Okay, where did you say the key was…?" Celia asked Trenton as he got into the car.
"Check under your seat, I put it in a yellow envelope." Trenton started up the vehicle and put on his seatbelt. "I think it was yellow… it was dark when Adam gave it to me."
"Yellow… Yellow…" Celia was feeling under her seat and eventually pulled out a yellow envelope. "Found it! Woah, it's much more… heavier than I expected."
"That's what I said when Adam gave it to me," Trenton said. "He told me that it weighs 60-70 pounds… which is why you should hold it from the bottom to prevent it from falling through the envelope."
"Right…" Celia placed the envelope on her lap and looked at Trenton. The young woman noticed that he was spacing out. "... You want to visit them before we go, do you?"
"Ah… Well, we're already late, and I wouldn't want to drag you to someplace you didn't want to-"
"Don't say that!" Celia shouted, stopping Trenton from finishing his sentence. "Sorry… they were like family to me too, you know. So I wouldn't mind stopping by to pay them a visit... I mean, we are already late after all."
Trenton stared at the steering wheel for some time before looking up and shaking his head. The car eventually started to move forward and away from Trenton's house. Celia watched as the house slowly disappeared from her sight.
(Sometime later…)
After driving for quite some time, Trenton had pulled up beside what looked like a cemetery. Celia got out of the car, and then Trenton, who had to lock the car and turn on the alarm.
Trenton offered his arm to Celia, which she gladfully took and wrapped her arms around. The two entered the cemetery and continued walking on the dirt path that was going straight. They then took a turn off of the dirt path and walked onto the grass.
Trenton and Celia eventually came to a stop. In front of them were two gravestones that were directly next to each other, and in between the graves were a row of flowers and a framed picture of three people. Two of them were boys, and the other was a girl. One of the boys in the picture had a similar look to Trenton.
"...Hey Silver… Hey Alex… I brought Celia with me again." Trenton started speaking. "Sorry I couldn't visit you guys last week, things have been really busy at the facility. Remember that Technology Expo I was telling you guys about? Well, it's today…"
Trenton looked as if he was holding something back, as he was starting to take deep breaths. Eventually, he was back to being calm and looked back down at the graves.
"I told you about the machine that our boss is going to present, right?" Trenton asked. "It was the one where he had built a machine, and said that he would be able to send 6 things to another world."
"It might've sounded like something amazing on paper, but it sounds really stupid when you say it out loud." Celia giggled. "But tonight, he's going to show the whole world that these other worlds exist… and probably embarrass himself on national television… again."
"Heh, yeah… Regardless, I have some faith in the guy. His whole family has been trying to crack the code for generations upon generations. If he suddenly says that he's got it, then… who am I to put him down." Trenton said. "And he wanted me to be his assistant in all of this too! If all of this works out well, then I might be able to get that promotion that I've been waiting to get for all of this time. With that, Celia and I will practically be set for the rest of our lives."
There was a pause after Trenton said that. Celia noticed that he had gone quiet, but didn't decide to do anything just yet. After a minute, Trenton had continued to talk.
"I just… wish you both were here. It's been 6 years since you died... And I still have a hard time accepting it." Trenton said. "I love the both of you very much… I'll see you someday, I'm sure of it."
Trenton's smile from earlier has completely disappeared and was replaced with a frown, which was currently quivering. Celia looked at Trenton and noticed that he was on the verge of crying. The young woman moved her arms from his arm to around his body and hugged him.
"I'm sure you will, Trent… I'm sure we both will." Celia whispered. 'For now, just… stay strong."
"... Yeah, I will." Trenton sniffled. "We should probably… get going now. Any later and I'm sure that our boss is going to forget about that promotion... I'll see you later… I love you both."
With that, the couple took a few steps back and then turned around and walked away from the graves. Memories from years prior started to flood Trenton's mind, but only for a short time. By the time Trenton and Celia got back to the car, they had all disappeared.
"Next stop…. Schizo Corp."
Chapter Cleared!
A Part of a Day in the life of an Engineer
