"I just want a cigarette," I grumble, fumbling through my bag for my keys. "It's been two weeks, isn't that good enough?"
"No," the female voice on the other end laughs and I groan. "Why don't you go back to the shop and get the nicotine level adjusted in your juice?"
"It's not that, I think I left my keys at work," I muttered, letting out a breath. "I just want to go to bed."
"Call your landlord," she suggests as a crash sounds from her end. "I have to go, Kacie. Rose, put that-."
"Ever the mother, Mia," I chuckle, shaking my head as I lean against my door. "I'll see you tomorrow."
"Yup," she responds absentmindedly before she scolded her other child and the line clicks. I call my landlord, like she suggested, and he said he would be there soon. A scuffling draws my attention behind me as I hang up and I see someone's shoulder disappear behind the corner. I slide down my door, deciding to wait for my landlord there, but there's another sound. Glancing up, I find a man huddled in front of the door diagonal from my own. He's wearing a baseball cap and his collar is flipped up, hiding his neck, but I can see platinum blonde hair. His shoulders are hunched like he's trying to hide his face and I can't help tilting my head. My landlord had told me about him.
"You just move in here?" I ask and he pauses, his shoulders tensing more. He makes a motion like he's shaking his head, of course, I already knew. He was the complex weirdo. Joey, my landlord, told me he'd lived there for five years. Completely harmless, just kept to himself. I wouldn't be surprised if I were the first to see him this year. "Michaelson, right?"
"What do you want," he bits out, still facing the door but his fist is balling around something. I let out a small laugh.
"Just making conversation; I'm locked out," I shrug and hear keys jingle. "Waiting for Joey." There's a pause before the lock clicks and the door opens. He steps inside and I sigh, my head hits the wood behind me.
A/N: Hey guys! I know it's been a while, a long while, but what can I say. Inspiration struck after four years of writer's block. Hopefully I'll be posting other stories too, it all depends. Hope you guys enjoy this though! Reviews are love!