p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="6db0eb76d08753a95e0a927d423c3e5b"Some time passed by and it's been quiet around Ari's work and her new neighborhood. She liked being left alone. It wasn't that she wasn't able to enjoy someone elses company. But she felt that spending time with other people costed her a lot of energy. And from time to time she just needed to recharge her social interaction batteries. Those few coincidential occasions with Rami made her tired already. So the last few days did her real good./p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="f42736b289caf6bffe25c7edd38b3ef1"It was a saturday night and Ari laid in bed turning around in the bed. She took the blanket off and put it on again. She stuck her feet out and pulled them inside again. She laid on her right side, left side and on her back and belly, nothing worked. It was one of those nights where just nothing would make her fall asleep. She put the blanket aside and sit on her bed. She looked at the brick walls that would cut her off from the other space in her apartment. Then she looked through the right open space where normally a door would be. She licked her lips and thought about getting at least a door curtain. Maybe made of pearls or maybe just simple fabric. She stood up to grab some socks "I really need a carpet in here too." she put the socks on and walked into the living room. She looked around and just took a seat on the sofa. She was wearing short pants but a long sleeve big top. Her legs were always ok. But she always needed socks on and if not long sleeve shirts, she'd have put on her morning robe. She looked out of her balcony door and stood up again going outside. She took a seat on her new cute balcony furniture. That's how she always imagined it to be. Well at least this was the most realistic and favorable reality she could get. She just looked out the at the sky. Her gaze went from the right to the left. Suddenly something small almost a cigarette look alike fell down. He stopped her breath and knew Rami was at his balcony too. She thought if she'd start breathing again he'd hear her. She shook her head and realized what nonsense that thought was. She stood up and walked a few steps towards her balcony rail. She really wanted to call out his name. But were her batteries all recharged? That she had the desire to out herself and maybe enjoy his company was of a sign for her. She thought it would be ok. She put her right hand on the balcony rail and called him "Rami?" she waited a few seconds. And then his answer came "Darya? You aren't asleep?" he asked in a very surprised tone. Darya stepped even closer to the rail "No. I can't sleep." Rami laughed instantly and she made a little pause. She then stepped closer again as if there was more space "Do you want to come down?" she asked. She waited a bit and there was no answer. She bit on her lip and thought that this was damn inappropriate. He must have felt embarrassed. Why would she ask him that and why would he wanna go to another womans house in the middle of the night. Friends maybe, but not neighbors. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="71ba4606d22973f31aab7f3f979c7da2"She suddenly heard a big knock on her door. She turned around with big eyes and went inside hovering behind her apartment door. She coughed "Hello?" she whispered "It's me!" Rami whispered back through the door. Ari let a breath out and opened the door. She pulled him inside "That was kind of psycho." she said. Rami turned around to her "I knocked once or twice quietly but I think you didn't hear it. So I just had to knock really loud once. I hope we didn't wake the neighbors." Rami said in a funny style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"We? Are you kidding me?" Ari laughed. As he shrugged his shoulders Rami pulled out cigarettes from his grey jogging pants "May I?" Ari moved towards the balcony "Let's go out then." They both walked out and sat on the balcony chairs and the table. Ari promptly walked inside and came out with a little a small plate which she placed on the little round table "For the ashes!" Rami took out a cigarette and lit it on. He saw Ari stretching out her hand "Me too!" Rami laughed "Darya, Darya! You smoke?" She shrugged her shoulders "No. Just a stress smoker." she answered. Rami nodded "Why are you stressed?" he asked. She bent over to him so he could lit the cigarette on for her. She slowly looked up and saw how he stared into her eyes directly. The cigarette was on but both stayed in that posture for one moment longer than necessary. She slowly moved back and sat in her chair "At nights like this, when I don't sleep. I feel stressed. But honestly? Right now just sitting here with you, I enjoy it." she said looking into the sky. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="a0fbddffd7ba491d6b3bcbc0849ee47a""I want to say thank you. But I am baffled."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Why?"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"I know we've talked here and there. But I feel like this was such a pure and honest statement you just made."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Mmmh, I think you are right Rami."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"About what?"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Ive kept back 'til now. I tried to be cautious."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Why?"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"I think I try to be careful not to scare other off with my real self."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"What could be so scary about you?" he asked in a low and sincere style="box-sizing: border-box;" /Ari took one breath of her cigarette "Honesty." she said and made a pause "I mean my honest self. Not only me but people are scared to see other people's true colors. It's hard to handle that. Because when you let others people honesty enter your life, you automatically let down your guard. It's normal for a human being."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"I agree partially."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Partially?"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Yes. I think it's obvious why you would be careful." he made a pause "You don't want to get hurt." he looked over at her as he took a breath of his cigarette. Just at the same moment Ari looked over at him and their eyes met. The only sound being heard through the silence was the burning of the ashes. Both slowly but finally smiled and Ari looked away laughing. She took one more puff and put her cigarette out on the little plate. She moved so quickly Rami tried to follow her movements. She stormed against the rail stretched her hands and her whole body out and screamed out "Gooood niiiiight!". Rami was so shocked her pulled Ari from behind her shirt and put an arm around her waist. He then dragged her inside the apartment and Ari started to laugh heavily. Rami let go off of her and looked at her shocked with big eyes at first. He then started to form a smile "So that's what you meant with your true self?" he started to join her heavy laugh and hold his belly. Ari jumped backwards and let herself fall down on the sofa still laughing. Rami walked next to the table and kneeled holding himself with one hand on the table. Both let out a soothing heavy breath at the same time. Rami also let himself fall on the cushions at the ground. Ari got up and looked him "Hey you aren't wearing any socks!" she got up and ran into her bedroom. Rami rested his upper body on his elbows to have a low view over what was going on "Why?" Ari came back with socks she unfolded "This way you will get sick. You didn't even wear slippers coming down." she started to kneel in front of his feet. Rami tried to rise his upper body a little bit more "What are you doing?" she didn't even answer putting him the socks on. She then jumped back on the sofa in a perfect position where she rested her head on her hand and her elbow rested on the sofa. He stretched his legs out to take a look at the socks "Fries?" he laughed out loud literally. She stared at how he looked at the ceiling. Ari laid back too. They both remained in that posture for a while. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="ea582b2657e3ff5ada32f77ad3a25fa9"Rami quietly rose his head. It was dark and so he stood up. He quickly saw Ari was asleep. One arm rested on her breast and the other was hanging down from the sofa. He walked around the table and stood in front of Ari. He went into a squating position resting his arms on his knees. He stared at Ari with wide eyes and an open mouth. He then blinked a few times realizing that he acted really creepy. He got up and walked around the sofa again. He looked into her bedroom and went further to take a look at her books. The book shelf was enormously big and almost covered the whole wall. And Ari's books almost fill all of it up. He couldn't believe she had that much books. He saw books about religion, history, novels, dictionaries and many more. And he breathily laughed out when he realised how melticulously precise she was. They were organized by the authors last name or by the books title. Depended on the section. He walked around in the apartment. He didn't dare to open the door to the bathroom. He passed by it and stood in front of another door. He bit on his bottom lip and put his hand on the knob of the door. it was a big irony black door. He slowly turned the door knob and his eyes grew wide in ecstasis. The door didn't open, but he smiled i the knowledge it wouldn't open up. He let go of the door knob and turned around again. He walked back to Ari and softly shook her shoulders "Ari. You need to go to bed. Your neck will hurt." she just mourned and turned her head to the other side. Rami moved between the sofa and the table and lightly pulled her arm. She automatically stayed in the sitting position but her head fell down. Rami took her feet and put them on the ground "Oh my... Ari, you are just like a puppet." he chuckled. He put his arm around waist and pulled her up. Her head fell on his shoulder. He stayed like that for a second "I'm so stupid." He slowly laid her down on the sofa again. Then again he put one arm under her knees and his other under her neck. He picked her up like she was a feather. When he stood in front of her bed he pushed the blanket away with his foot. He then put her down really softly. When he covered her with the blanket he sat beside here "I really don't wanna go." He looked up and down her face beig mesmerized. He shook his head lightly. And finally got up to move backwards out of the bedroom. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="f42736b289caf6bffe25c7edd38b3ef1"It was a saturday night and Ari laid in bed turning around in the bed. She took the blanket off and put it on again. She stuck her feet out and pulled them inside again. She laid on her right side, left side and on her back and belly, nothing worked. It was one of those nights where just nothing would make her fall asleep. She put the blanket aside and sit on her bed. She looked at the brick walls that would cut her off from the other space in her apartment. Then she looked through the right open space where normally a door would be. She licked her lips and thought about getting at least a door curtain. Maybe made of pearls or maybe just simple fabric. She stood up to grab some socks "I really need a carpet in here too." she put the socks on and walked into the living room. She looked around and just took a seat on the sofa. She was wearing short pants but a long sleeve big top. Her legs were always ok. But she always needed socks on and if not long sleeve shirts, she'd have put on her morning robe. She looked out of her balcony door and stood up again going outside. She took a seat on her new cute balcony furniture. That's how she always imagined it to be. Well at least this was the most realistic and favorable reality she could get. She just looked out the at the sky. Her gaze went from the right to the left. Suddenly something small almost a cigarette look alike fell down. He stopped her breath and knew Rami was at his balcony too. She thought if she'd start breathing again he'd hear her. She shook her head and realized what nonsense that thought was. She stood up and walked a few steps towards her balcony rail. She really wanted to call out his name. But were her batteries all recharged? That she had the desire to out herself and maybe enjoy his company was of a sign for her. She thought it would be ok. She put her right hand on the balcony rail and called him "Rami?" she waited a few seconds. And then his answer came "Darya? You aren't asleep?" he asked in a very surprised tone. Darya stepped even closer to the rail "No. I can't sleep." Rami laughed instantly and she made a little pause. She then stepped closer again as if there was more space "Do you want to come down?" she asked. She waited a bit and there was no answer. She bit on her lip and thought that this was damn inappropriate. He must have felt embarrassed. Why would she ask him that and why would he wanna go to another womans house in the middle of the night. Friends maybe, but not neighbors. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="71ba4606d22973f31aab7f3f979c7da2"She suddenly heard a big knock on her door. She turned around with big eyes and went inside hovering behind her apartment door. She coughed "Hello?" she whispered "It's me!" Rami whispered back through the door. Ari let a breath out and opened the door. She pulled him inside "That was kind of psycho." she said. Rami turned around to her "I knocked once or twice quietly but I think you didn't hear it. So I just had to knock really loud once. I hope we didn't wake the neighbors." Rami said in a funny style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"We? Are you kidding me?" Ari laughed. As he shrugged his shoulders Rami pulled out cigarettes from his grey jogging pants "May I?" Ari moved towards the balcony "Let's go out then." They both walked out and sat on the balcony chairs and the table. Ari promptly walked inside and came out with a little a small plate which she placed on the little round table "For the ashes!" Rami took out a cigarette and lit it on. He saw Ari stretching out her hand "Me too!" Rami laughed "Darya, Darya! You smoke?" She shrugged her shoulders "No. Just a stress smoker." she answered. Rami nodded "Why are you stressed?" he asked. She bent over to him so he could lit the cigarette on for her. She slowly looked up and saw how he stared into her eyes directly. The cigarette was on but both stayed in that posture for one moment longer than necessary. She slowly moved back and sat in her chair "At nights like this, when I don't sleep. I feel stressed. But honestly? Right now just sitting here with you, I enjoy it." she said looking into the sky. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="a0fbddffd7ba491d6b3bcbc0849ee47a""I want to say thank you. But I am baffled."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Why?"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"I know we've talked here and there. But I feel like this was such a pure and honest statement you just made."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Mmmh, I think you are right Rami."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"About what?"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Ive kept back 'til now. I tried to be cautious."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Why?"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"I think I try to be careful not to scare other off with my real self."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"What could be so scary about you?" he asked in a low and sincere style="box-sizing: border-box;" /Ari took one breath of her cigarette "Honesty." she said and made a pause "I mean my honest self. Not only me but people are scared to see other people's true colors. It's hard to handle that. Because when you let others people honesty enter your life, you automatically let down your guard. It's normal for a human being."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"I agree partially."br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Partially?"br style="box-sizing: border-box;" /"Yes. I think it's obvious why you would be careful." he made a pause "You don't want to get hurt." he looked over at her as he took a breath of his cigarette. Just at the same moment Ari looked over at him and their eyes met. The only sound being heard through the silence was the burning of the ashes. Both slowly but finally smiled and Ari looked away laughing. She took one more puff and put her cigarette out on the little plate. She moved so quickly Rami tried to follow her movements. She stormed against the rail stretched her hands and her whole body out and screamed out "Gooood niiiiight!". Rami was so shocked her pulled Ari from behind her shirt and put an arm around her waist. He then dragged her inside the apartment and Ari started to laugh heavily. Rami let go off of her and looked at her shocked with big eyes at first. He then started to form a smile "So that's what you meant with your true self?" he started to join her heavy laugh and hold his belly. Ari jumped backwards and let herself fall down on the sofa still laughing. Rami walked next to the table and kneeled holding himself with one hand on the table. Both let out a soothing heavy breath at the same time. Rami also let himself fall on the cushions at the ground. Ari got up and looked him "Hey you aren't wearing any socks!" she got up and ran into her bedroom. Rami rested his upper body on his elbows to have a low view over what was going on "Why?" Ari came back with socks she unfolded "This way you will get sick. You didn't even wear slippers coming down." she started to kneel in front of his feet. Rami tried to rise his upper body a little bit more "What are you doing?" she didn't even answer putting him the socks on. She then jumped back on the sofa in a perfect position where she rested her head on her hand and her elbow rested on the sofa. He stretched his legs out to take a look at the socks "Fries?" he laughed out loud literally. She stared at how he looked at the ceiling. Ari laid back too. They both remained in that posture for a while. /p
p style="box-sizing: border-box; margin: 0px 0px 24px; font-size: 18px; font-family: 'Source Sans Pro', 'Helvetica Neue', Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif; line-height: 24px; padding: 0px; color: #222222;" data-p-id="ea582b2657e3ff5ada32f77ad3a25fa9"Rami quietly rose his head. It was dark and so he stood up. He quickly saw Ari was asleep. One arm rested on her breast and the other was hanging down from the sofa. He walked around the table and stood in front of Ari. He went into a squating position resting his arms on his knees. He stared at Ari with wide eyes and an open mouth. He then blinked a few times realizing that he acted really creepy. He got up and walked around the sofa again. He looked into her bedroom and went further to take a look at her books. The book shelf was enormously big and almost covered the whole wall. And Ari's books almost fill all of it up. He couldn't believe she had that much books. He saw books about religion, history, novels, dictionaries and many more. And he breathily laughed out when he realised how melticulously precise she was. They were organized by the authors last name or by the books title. Depended on the section. He walked around in the apartment. He didn't dare to open the door to the bathroom. He passed by it and stood in front of another door. He bit on his bottom lip and put his hand on the knob of the door. it was a big irony black door. He slowly turned the door knob and his eyes grew wide in ecstasis. The door didn't open, but he smiled i the knowledge it wouldn't open up. He let go of the door knob and turned around again. He walked back to Ari and softly shook her shoulders "Ari. You need to go to bed. Your neck will hurt." she just mourned and turned her head to the other side. Rami moved between the sofa and the table and lightly pulled her arm. She automatically stayed in the sitting position but her head fell down. Rami took her feet and put them on the ground "Oh my... Ari, you are just like a puppet." he chuckled. He put his arm around waist and pulled her up. Her head fell on his shoulder. He stayed like that for a second "I'm so stupid." He slowly laid her down on the sofa again. Then again he put one arm under her knees and his other under her neck. He picked her up like she was a feather. When he stood in front of her bed he pushed the blanket away with his foot. He then put her down really softly. When he covered her with the blanket he sat beside here "I really don't wanna go." He looked up and down her face beig mesmerized. He shook his head lightly. And finally got up to move backwards out of the bedroom. /p