Time For Morning Hellos

You check the nearby clock, 7:00 AM. You've got school in a bit. A sleepy yawn leaves you as you get up. You're still half asleep even if the you down there is fully awake.

You spend the next few minutes wiping yourself down with some tissue paper you keep in a drawer next to your desk and PC. It didn't take long before you exited your bedroom with your school uniform in hand. First thing's first, shower, a quick clean up and then breakfast as usual.

Your room is located on the second floor as well as your parent's. Your older sister has taken claim of the bedroom on the first floor, primarily because she was a college student and just comes and goes as she likes. Nowadays though, she is a shut in and you rarely see her out and about anymore.

You trail on recapping what you remember of this reality as you walk to the second story bathroom across the hall and past the stairs. You go to open the door mid thought and suddenly it swings open.

Amelia stands before you looking a lot better. Her eyeline hits your chest before she lifts her gaze up. The height difference between you and her is very noticeable. She makes a face, a half pout, half glare and 100% annoyed look. Now that you think about it it would make sense for her to retreat to the bathroom as she had no place to really go with you two sharing a room.

"Sorry about earli-"

"-Shut it."

Amelia snaps at you before she walks past you. As she does she attempts to shove you with a hand. You don't even budge as she pushes against your chest and in fact she almost slips herself before catching onto the doorframe. Embarrassed again she quickly scampers away into the hall and back into your guy's room. Throughout that entire encounter you just had a blank face on the whole time.

Seems like she didn't want to talk about it, tough.

You quickly wash up and head downstairs in your somber blue navy colored uniform. The school's emblem is displayed proudly on the chest pocket.

Your steps are slow and weighty as you make your way down the stairs, it also alerts your mothers who you see in the kitchen not too far away. Ayako, your birth mother, stands next to Kara with a hand on her shoulder. Kara, your step-mother sitting at the kitchen table sips on her mug of coffee as she scrolls on her tablet. They both were already looking your way and each gives you a smile as you come down. Your mother's was warm as always as she welcomes you. Kara's, however looked as sly as ever. Her smile was in-between a smirk and a predator baring it's teeth at you.

"Good morning, hun~."

"Mornin, Jun."

"Morning mom....morning....Kara."

Your mothers greet you at the same time and in turn you do the same back. A smile is **** onto your face trying to seem as chipper as they are and you scan the first floor quickly.

The stairs coming down leads you into a middle section with the kitchen on the right and the living room to the left. The front door is also to the left just before a small lowered section where the shoes are kept. To your right as you look into the kitchen is the backdoor not too far away that leads into the backyard of your suburban home. At the other end of the house from the stairs is a hallway that connects the laundry room, bathroom and your older sister's room to the rest of the house. It is cozy but spacious enough for 5 people living together.

"Hey heeeey~ Jun! Come have breakfast quickly or you're going to miss the bus~." Your mother says in her soft voice waving a spatula at you.

"Sorry....daydreaming again." You respond back before stepping off the last steps of the stairs and walk forward into the kitchen.

You sit down and your mother begins to fill your plate with a healthy mix of meat and veggies stir-fry with a complimentary bowl of rice. She's always been quite the excellent cook. You'd be lucky to marry someone half as talented as her....

Ah- your girlfriend in your last life was actually learning from your mom on how to be a cook. She was a cute albino girl that followed you around everywhere like a Pokémon. In this life you searched and couldn't find any traces of her anywhere. Not at school, not on social media, no one even knows her name....does she simply not exist here? You feed yourself your mother's delicious cooking as you ponder the thought again for the 100th time. Maybe she doesn't. You've already felt sad for a few days after assuming this possibility. But, for now you'll spare yourself another day of wallowing in something you can't change.

"Deep in thought?" Kara's voice brings you back and you look across the table.

"Uh- yeah." You answer with a bit of processing and shove a spoonful into your mouth.

"Hrm~....How's the cooking? I suggested the coconut oil." Kara says smiling and lifts a brow at you before she brings her mug up to take a sip.

"G-Good....I like it alot. Mmm~" You swallow and awkwardly smile back.

Kara smirks at you and looks down at her tablet again.

You definitely miss your old life, even though this one is quite nice. You just feel bad, after all most people you know are missing and all the memories you made with people are lost.

Oh- speaking of which. There are some things that had changed drastically in this life. You take out your phone and turn it on. You tap a few things here and there and you go onto YouTube. All fine and dandy....until you realize the news section is brimming with technological advances that only you can imagine happening in science fiction. You should've taken a picture of your face when you first saw this. You tap on a news channel and the female news anchor begins to speak.

"Today marks the 25th year since our manned expedition to Mars-"

You tap on another video.

"The Exon-3 that allows for finer motor function throughout your entire hand will be released on the 25th of October this year-"

And you tap onto another.

"The Sun Corporation after a decade of diligent research has found a way to decrease the world's pollution output to an outstanding-"

You close the video and flip through your apps to find the calendar. [January 16th, 2125]. You stare at it a bit longer before you refresh the app and then open it again....[January 16th, 2125.] There it is again....you're feeling giddy about all this. Excitement pumps through your veins and you can't help but smirk.

Suddenly a nudge hits your arm. It doesn't really do anything but the sudden touch makes you flinch. Your phone drops down and smacks into the table, bouncing once and landing flat.

"Hmph!"

You hear the disapproving noise of Amelia beside you. She looks away rolling her eyes acting annoyed as always. You just give her a **** stare, squinting your dark eyes at her. Looks like she's just going to pretend what happened earlier didn't happen at all.

"Now kids~ let's not fight so early in the morning. Jun, honey are you done?" Your mother, Ayako says sweetly to you before you stop your glare and respond back.

"Yeah, I'm finished. Thanks for the food Mom....I liked it." You discard your annoyance and **** yourself to smile slightly. You were a little stoic back in your old life towards her. This 'fresh start' of sorts allowed you to be more comfortable already. Your personality between you and this life's you that you're inhabiting were pretty similar with only a few differences.

"I'll get going Mom....Kara, have a nice day at work." You say to your mothers as you stand up and push your chair in.

Kara flips down her tablet and looks at you mid swig of her coffee mug. You can tell she is smiling as your eyes meet, then she winks.

"Have fun."