August 22, 5:30 pm

Matthew walks through the automatic sliding doors of the local supermarket with Lukas, and a puff of cool air hits him in the face. A nice contrast to the hot, humid air outside.

Lukas immediately grabs a cart and Matthew follows suit by grabbing one of the baskets stacked up by the door.

"So, what year are you going into?" Matthew tries to start a conversation as they begin to walk towards the various aisles of food.

"Junior, you?" Lukas responds as he stops in front of one of the many shelves.

"Me too!" Matthew smiles, and then the conversation immediately dies.

Matthew shifts from foot to foot as Lukas continues observing the many varieties of bread for sale, unsure if there's actually anything productive for him to do here.

After about three more minutes of fidgeting, Matthew speaks up, "I'm going to go get some cereal... or something."

After receiving another stoic nod from Lukas, Matthew quickly exits the aisle. He soon finds his way to the one labeled cereal and now he stops to observe.

He steps back a little to get a better view of his options, however this action causes him to accidentally bump into someone trying to walk by.

"Ah, Sorry-"

"Shi-!"

Matthew glances behind him to see a white-haired, red-eyed guy. Their eyes meet for a split second, and then the stranger snaps his gaze to the shelves, stiffly walking away and muttering something under his breath as he disappears around the corner, leaving Matthew there: confused and embarrassed from feeling as though he had done something to offend the other.

"I should be more careful of where I step..." Matthew thinks as he grabs a random box of cereal from the shelves and rushes off in the opposite direction in hopes of meeting back up with his roommate.


August 25, 7:05 pm

Lovino shields his eyes from the harsh sun as he glares up at the tall building in front of him.

He glances down at the piece of paper in his hand once more to make sure he has the right address. After he confirms it, he shoves the scrap into his pocket and takes a bite out of the awful muffin he'd bought at a nearby place for dinner.

"What a shitty day." Lovino thinks to himself as he walks through the crystal clear glass doors of his new apartment building.

His flight last night had been delayed until 3 am for one dumb reason or another, and then to top off that terrible flight experience, his luggage had been lost— with his luck it'd probably been sent off to Germany or somewhere.

Once he had finally left the airport at nine in the morning, he had been pleasantly surprised to find that it was some sort of holiday and the buses weren't running.

So he'd used a good portion of small amount money he'd had on him to call a taxi. "The fare was really freaking expensive though, what's up with these shitty-ass taxis." Lovino bitterly reflects as he walks up to the front desk to acquire his key.

Anyways, he'd had the cab driver drop him off at some cafe so he could have lunch and then a huge storm took that as its cue to show up. So he had spent the better part of his afternoon taking shelter in that cafe along with probably every person in that area. At least it is bright and sunny now.

"Hello, I need to get a key card." Lovino says to the woman sitting at the front desk. The key cards were pretty important, not only were they used to enter one's room, but also to even have access to the elevator. Lovino had read about it on their website the previous night whilst waiting for his plane to arrive.

"Name and room number?" The lady asked.

"Lovino Vargas, 1123."

"Alright, I just need to see some ID."

Lovino reaches into his pocket.

He only feels a few crumpled bills.

"Oh shit."


A/N: Wow wow wow I have so much homework right now, I'm just trying to ignore it okay. Anyyywayyysss, thanks 4 the follows and favorites, I already have plans for the next chapter so do not worry. Things are still moving slowly though. Ah well. Lovino finally made his appearance!