“…Isn’t it more fun having enemies you can’t seem to beat?”

cause i – i – i’m in the stars tonight so watch me bring the fire, set the night alight shining through the city with a little funk and soul, so i’mma light – it – up like dynamite

삼단콤보 by mery (apdpfl05)

this is weird, you thought to yourself as you bounced up and down on the balls of your feet. no normal person would be loitering near the entryway of their neighbor’s home; one they’ve spoken to once for maybe thirty seconds—and so early on a saturday, at that. deciding that it would be weirder to spend any more time standing idly outside his apartment, your knuckles met his door in a sequence of knocks. 

and you waited.

it was quiet—no muffled noise from a television, sizzling of breakfast cooking on a stove, or footsteps signaling someone’s approach. anyone would assume the unit was unoccupied. you were getting ready to turn around and give up when the door swung open, revealing your visibly drowsy neighbor. you’d only met him once before, but the glasses perched on the bridge of his nose and the messy hair peeking out from beneath the hood of his sweatshirt were a stark contrast from the man you had seen yesterday.

“hey, sorry, did i wake you?”

“it’s fine,” he reassured you with a lazy wave of dismissal, sleep weighing heavily on his voice. he cleared his throat before continuing. “what’s up? your kitchen on fire or something?”

you bit back a laugh. he didn’t come off as a guy who made jokes so easily, but the surprising exhibit of humor only added to his appeal. “no, nothing like that. but i do have a favor to ask of you if that’s okay.”

“shoot.”

“i have some movers coming to drop off furniture and i don’t want them to know i live alone. i was hoping you wouldn’t mind keeping me company while they do their thing. if you’re not busy, of course!” you raised your hands shaking them back and forth in what was meant to be a show of understanding. you didn’t want to pressure him into spending his morning with someone who was virtually a stranger.