Life is bland.

I’ve never been able to smell bacon sizzling, a candle burn, or garlic bread, fresh out of the oven.

And because of my lack of smell, I’ve never really been able to taste much either. Which is really annoying. I’ve never tasted the Italian food my mom cooks which everyone raves about, or a birthday cake, or my vegetables, which is a bright side.

But yeah, life is just eh right now. It sucks having two senses missing. But I cope. I just hope I’ll meet my soulmate one day soon.

Life is boring.

I do the same things every single day, waiting for a chance that something will change. Anything.

One day I get my wish.

We get permission from the government to move to another state, which we’ve been requesting for a few years now.

So me, my parents, and my younger brother crowded into our car and started our trip across the country.

My brother and I sleep most of the time, and only interact when we have to go to the bathroom.

After a few days, we get to our new home that had been prepared for us. We all thought that this new home would be a better fit for us than our last one.

Our neighbors on either side greeted us.

The ones on the left were an old couple who’s daughter was married and who’s son was away in college.

The family on the right were younger, their son seemed to be around my age, sixteen. Their daughter was a lot younger, around seven I would say.

They brought dinner for us. Before we ate, the parents sent us to the playroom so they could talk privately. My brother ended up entertaining the young girl, while the boy and I sat against the wall and talked.

For some reason as he talked, some sort of notion was hitting my nose that never had before. He saw my quizzical look and asked me what I was thinking.

“You stink.” I laughed.

“Well I can actually hear now.” He said back.

“I guess I don’t have to wait to find my soulmate any longer, do I?” I asked.

“We should probably go tell our parents so they can report it to the government.”

“Do we have to right this minute? You know we’ll have to get married this weekend if we do.”

“Yeah, but that’s how things go, you know that.”

“I guess so.”

By then my brother and his sister noticed our new revelation. They ran out yelling to our parents.

We looked at each other in annoyance over yonder siblings, and then grabbed each other’s hands and walked out to meet our future.