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Tiso hated waking up early.
But he didn't think his boss would be happy about him, being late right on his first day. So with every force he got, Tiso hailed himself out of his bed and did his morning routine.
After trying not to fall asleep while eating his cereals and struggling to pick which darkblue hoodie he should wear today, Tiso finally left the house and was on his way to the bus stop. Yesterday night he checked Google maps which was the quickest way to his new workplace and it said that he should take bus number 29 so he did.
The walk to the stop was dead silent. The tiny street connecting his apartment with the main road was usually quiet, mostly at this hour. Checking the time, he quickened his footsteps. Two minutes till the bus would arrive and he wouldn't want to miss it.
He reached the stop just in time as he glanced around for any sign of the bus but there wasn't any. Scoffing, Tiso rummaged around in his bag, looking for his headphones before realizing he still haven't bought new ones after he accidently washed it out.
The bus' loud motor made him look up and sigh in relief as the vehicle turned onto the street, showing up it's blue front. One of the most beutiful sight on days like these. Prehaps he could still get there in time.
After getting on the bus, he looked around for any empty seat. Most of the seats were already taken or he had to climb through people to reach the empty ones and he wasn't a big fan of doing that,-mostly because people looked so mad when he dared to do that- so he decided to stand. He was going to be sitting for the rest of the day anyways, so standing for 30 minutes won't hurt for sure.
With having nothing else to do, Tiso looked around, and decided to make up stories for random people on the bus.
His fifth 'victim' was a bald man, sitting in the back and watching something on his phone. Tiso decided that he probably had two grown up daughters who had rejected him after he cheated on their mother when they were only in secondary school. After he and his wife got devorced, he went to live in an apartment with his buds from the pub, he got fat and shaved his head. And now he was going to work -probably still hungover from yesterday night-.
Satisfied with his made up story, he scanned through the bus, for his next 'victim'.
His eyes caught a girl, sitting next to the window at the four seat place, listening to music.
She was wearing a similar hoodie like him but it was scarlet. She also wore headphones in almost the same color. She had scarlet hair tied back in a ponytail. He tried to make out her eye color but she was to far away, and her eyes were downcast which made it even harder.
Tiso stared at her for quite a while but she seemed to be too occupied with her phone to notice him -which he was really grateful for-.
"The next stop is: King's Station."
Tiso quickly pressed the signaling button before he would miss his stop and looked at his phone.
6:47
He still had time, thank the Wyrm.
The bus halted to a stop and opened it's doors. Tiso glanced at the girl again for a second before getting off the vehicle and pulling his hood up even further.
Taking a breath, he began walking towards his workplace, and fixing up his outfit.
He felt like this was going to be a long day.
After getting home, Tiso kicked his shoes off he went staright for the couch, throwing himself onto it's soft surface.
It was almost 10 pm and he was so goddamn tired, yet he still had work to do around the apartment. So with a heavy sigh, he dragged himself up and began making some light dinner.
While eating his buttered toast, Tiso put some food into the beast's bowl too. As much as he hated the cat, he promised his auntie to take care of it after she's gone.
So after she had passed in the previous year, he had adopted this little shit. And Tiso was sure it was posessed by demons.
The beast -or 'Broody' as his aunt called it- always found the right spot where it could pounce at him perfectly and claw his shoulder just right so it would leave straches along his shoulderblades and back.
And as much as he wanted to yeet the cat out of the window, he had made the promise -he had regretted it so many times- to look out for the pet and so he did.
Broody run up to his food, hissed at him loudly and began eating. Tiso hissed back at him like a normal human being and left for the bathroom.
It was 22:06 pm when he finally got into bed, with sleep already tugging at his mind.
It took him unusually short time to fall asleep, not thinking much about the bus ride.
Little did he know that the route to his workplace would change his life for ever.