Day 2

Ahh, what a long day! It feels good to sit and relax; I think even Brother's tired.

Though I suppose it didn't help with how late we were up last night…

We apparently forgot that part of Hayate's schedule meant following some of the Colonel's own personal schedule. I never realized just how hard she trains, though I suppose she has to, to be able to keep up with and protect Roy and sometimes even Brother; both of them are quite a handful, and she'd really have to train hard to deal with them both in a strictly working environment.

Well, anyway, apparently the Colonel usually wakes up at six for her morning exercises, starting with a six mile jog. Brother didn't want to do it and I would have gone alone, except that it was still dark out and I wanted some company besides Hayate; it's not safe to wander around the city in the dark by yourself! Brother tried to point out that it must be safe because the Colonel did it every morning, but he gave in when he seemed to remember who he was talking about.

The jog didn't turn out to be much of a jog as it was a walk -- neither Brother or I could keep up that kind of pace for six miles. I don't know how Colonel Hawkeye does it every morning! Brother and I were pretty tired by the time we got back, though Hayate didn't seem to be very effected, and I made us all some breakfast before Brother had to go in to work.

I made up for the morning walk by taking Hayate to the park once Brother had left and the sun had come up, not wanting him to feel like I was simply taking the easy way out. I really would have done the jog if I could have! We both had fun at the park though, and we met a lot of nice people and stayed there until about lunchtime.

We picked up lunch on the way to Head Quarters to meet Brother, like I usually do, except we had to eat inside. Apparently Roy left behind a lot of work undone and, in order to keep up with his own work and Roy's, Brother had to work through his lunch hour. He said it was alright, though, because if he managed to make the office run more efficiently than Roy, that he'd be able to "show up that lazy smirking know-it-all once and for all." I'm not really sure why he still bothers…

Hayate and I stayed at HQ for a while, though, visiting with the others; I guess it must have been a while since Colonel Hawkeye had brought Hayate into work. Either that or they were just trying to get out of work.

Come to think of it, it was probably the latter. I hope I didn't get them into trouble!

We went back to the park after that, and we stopped on the way there to pick up a Frisbee. Hayate's great at Frisbee catch! I wonder if the Colonel knows. I'll have to mention it to her when she gets back, though I'm not really sure if she's the Frisbee playing type. Oh, maybe I could ask her to let me watch him while she's at work and we can play Frisbee in the park then! I wonder if she'd let me… I'm sure Hayate would enjoy it; he enjoyed it today.

In fact, I nearly had to drag him from the park when it was almost time for Brother to come home.

Actually, Brother called saying he wouldn't be home until later and to go ahead and call out for dinner. That he would just fix himself something when he got in.

But, after finally being able to share such a wonderful night last night, even just being able to eat dinner with someone other than myself, I didn't want to go back to eating alone again. So I did order out but, after feeding and walking Hayate, I took him with me to bring dinner to Brother so we could at least eat together at HQ.

It was nice, even though we were cramped onto the couch in Roy's office; but at least we got to eat together! And Hayate and I didn't leave until Brother finally gave up on the pile of paperwork in Roy's inbox and we walked back home together.

I think I'll have to talk to Roy about doing more of his work, too, while he's around.

To be continued…