"Oh... crap I'm late" Jason exclaimed as he hurriedly rushed to the bathroom to brush his teeth, He could see the deadpan reflection in his tired eyes as he looked in the mirror, but that look was all too familiar by now, working away at a dead-end job has a way of sucking the brightness out of life.
He quickly washed his face, took a bite out of his unfinished sandwich while zooming out of his semi-tidied room...
"I hope I catch this damned bus" He muttered to myself as he took hasty strides to catch up with the seconds, the only thing stopping him from bursting into a full-sprint was the little pride he had left in himself, somehow... even with all the turbulence surrounding his present circumstances, he still wanted to maintain some sort of outward composure.
Luckily he caught up with the bus... he took a seat close to the windows, as usual, he seemed to enjoy watching the pass by, It gives him some hypnotic feeling, a moment of peace where everything seems to be stagnant and also moving.
As the bus stops at his destination, he lets out a yawn and attempts to wipe the deadpan look by putting on a forced smile as he prepares himself for another day of hustle. Although this smile was shortly cut short as he was interrupted.
"You're 5 minutes late Jason" A voice nagged at him from the corner as he walked into the restaurant. His manager standing with folded arms looks sternly.
"Oh... my bad..." He responded with that same deadpan look slowly creeping back across his face but like the cloud parting away for a ray of sunshine, his sombre mood was brightened as he sighted a pleasant-looking darling in an apron cleaning the tables.
He hadn't seen her there before, "she must be a new worker" he thought to himself...
"Can you pass me the salad plate please..." she said pointing in his general direction.
"huh?" he replied in a confused tone...
"The salad plate, right behind you" She repeated...
"Oh... yeah right... here you go" He replied with a shy smile, an attempt to disguise that he hadn't just been daydreaming about this darling girl on a date with him.
