August 25, 6:33am
Matthew is walking with Lukas, the early morning light brightly illuminating the yellowing trees and dewy grass they pass by.
Currently Matthew is on his way to his first day back at his job at the college library. Lukas is only tagging along to search for any places nearby that are hiring. There is a —in Matthew's opinion— thick, awkward silence hanging heavy in the air around them. He wants to break it, but he has no idea what to say.
"... Think back to that website you read..." Yes, he has looked up conversation topics, so sue him.
"So..." Matthew starts, "...who was your best friend in elementary school?"
Lukas sends him a questioning look, "What?"
Matthew quickly averts his eyes "Maybe that website isn't the best source..."
"Ah, um, never mind." Matthew says.
There is a brief pause.
"Well, I guess my best friend in elementary school would have to be this guy that was my neighbor. Truthfully he was actually pretty annoying, but I guess you could say we were friends," Lukas responds, looking up at the puffy white clouds floating lazily in the sky, "His name was Matthias. I haven't seen him for quite awhile though, not since I moved back to Norway."
"You're from Norway?" Matthew asks, happiness flickering in his brain at the long response he managed to get.
"Yeah, it's really nice there." Lukas says.
Matthew nods his head slightly, and the conversation lulls for a moment before Matthew remembers, "Oh, isn't Lovino arriving this morning?"
"I believe that's what he said."
"That's good, maybe we can finally start unpacking those boxes."
Lukas nods, and then the library comes into view; the two both give a small wave and then go their separate ways.
5:25 pm
Matthew neatly slides a book back into it's place on its' shelf. He has spent the better part of his day back at the library trying to deal with angry students looking to borrow some rare book last minute that they was assigned as summer reading by one of their courses.
Of course, this is how things went last year as well when he started working again right before school started. So he is thankfully used to it.
After his long day, he is now due to get off work soon and meet up with Lukas to walk back to the apartment.
Lukas, from what Matthew knows, spent his morning looking for job opportunities north of the library. He came back to the library around noon with a list of places he's qualified for, but not exactly interested in (or so he says).
After a few hours —and books—, Lukas left once more in hopes of finding someplace better. Matthew hopes Lukas has had better luck in his second trip; he knows the other is a little hard-pressed for money.
With a sigh, Matthew places the last book onto the shelf, wheels the cart into the back room, and begins to prepare to go home.
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5:03 pm
Lukas looks over the small list in his hand. This afternoon's search had not come up with any useful results. He has been hoping to find at least one place that interests him, but beggars can't be choosers he supposes.
The broke student strolls down the sidewalk, still glancing at the buildings he passes by. He is now on his way to the library once more, having given up on his search and just planning to apply to the places he has already written down.
He is looking particularly close through the windows of one certain store when he accidentally runs directly into someone.
His first thought is something along the lines of: "who walks on the wrong side of the sidewalk without looking where they're going?" However, he realizes this is a little hypocritical considering he wasn't looking were he was going either, but at least he has been walking on the right side of the sidewalk.
His second thought is more of a jumbled mix of confusion and surprise as he turns his eyes and looks up into a familiar face.
"Nor?"
A/N: Woahh wonder who it could be, I'm sure no one knows ;)
This story's timeline might be a little confusing since it keeps jumping back and forth, but that's why I added the time when it changes POVs.
I feel like I didn't add much detail tho, like there's a lot of time-skips, so I hope it isn't too bad.
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