The next couple of days followed on after Kori had moved in. She absolutely loved living on her own. There were no arguments, no one telling her what she should and should not do and there was nothing she wasn't allowed to do either. At home with her family, Kori forever felt like she was restricted to live how she wanted to. She had worked hard as a waitress in a coffee house to be able to gain the money to buy a place of her own.

She had always fought with her family. None of them were like her; she sometimes wondered if she was adopted. The only member of the Anders family that she got along with in the slightest was her brother, Ryan. He was a year younger than her and he understood how she felt in the idea of feeling smothered by the rules of their home.

However, in her own little apartment, she finally felt free and she felt content... Except for one thing...

Kori had liked her next door neighbour, Richard Grayson, at first but now she was biting her tongue so she didn't yell at him in anger. She had been continuously receiving his mail in her pigeon hole in the main lobby and she couldn't help but feel frustrated by it.

She had repeatedly knocked at his door and she had been polite about the situation but she was getting irritated now. She had asked him to sort the misplaced mail problem out with whoever was in charge of it but he had apparently not done so.

So, when she went down to the main lobby at around 1pm and found letters addressed to 'Mr Richard Grayson' in her mail slot, she growled and marched straight back upstairs.

She walked into the small foyer and up to Richard's door. She sucked in a breath of irritation and rapped her fist against the door loudly.

After a moment, the door opened. Dick slowly smiled at Kori and he casually leaned against the door frame. There was something about him that Kori considered to be smug and she felt it necessary to drop her polite mannerisms and glared at him coldly.

"I believe these belong to you." Kori said through gritted teeth, handing him the 3 letters in her hand.

"Oh! Thanks!" He replied, taking the letters from her with apparent unawareness at Kori's annoyance.

Kori nodded but crossed her arms over her chest, "Again... I would very much appreciate it if you could mention it to whoever it is that deals with it because it is truly quite irritating having to keep delivering the letters to you personally." Kori bit out,

"Yeah. Sure thing!" Dick chuckled, rubbing his neck, "Sorry about that,"

Kori nodded and turned with a small flip of her long red hair. She wandered away and Dick heard the slam of her door.

He bit his lip and grinned silently to himself. It was needless to say that he had taken a liking to Kori. Sure, he was yet to have a full conversation with her that didn't consist of her being pissed off at him but he thought she was absolutely beautiful and he thought that the moment he introduced himself to her. He couldn't exactly pinpoint a specific trait of hers that was already obvious to him. He knew he liked her voice and her perfume heavy scent but what really captured his attention were her eyes. They were deep pools of emerald green with lighter and darker flecks imbedded within them, giving them an extraordinary glow against the light. She was breathtaking and he couldn't deny it even if he wanted to.

Dick knew he was annoying her but he had decided to take Wally's advice. He wanted Kori to notice him and Wally had told him that the way to do just that was to annoy her purposely and then she would have to talk to him because she would have to express her anger with his antics.

He wasn't certain on the idea but he felt that Kori would be the type of girl who didn't notice guys who had a thing for her that simply so he decided... Irritating his neighbour was the way forward.

Every time Dick replayed Wally's advice and his plan to get Kori to notice him, he groaned at the obvious thought that it could never work.

Dick sighed and slid back inside, closing the door behind him.

The chilly night time breeze made Kori shudder as she fumbled for the keys to JaVaVu. Her boss had told her to lock up once she had finished cleaning the tables and counters in the coffee shop. She yawned as she turned the key in the lock and jiggled the handle, making sure it was really locked. Kori retracted the keys and placed them back into her bag.

She rubbed her eyes and blinked a few times. Kori hadn't exactly planned on being so very tired as she still aimed to eat and have a shower when she got home. The blustery wind swirled around her and caused her to shiver. She pulled up the collar of her coat and began walking down the street. It was dark and that always caused her to feel rather uncomfortable. Gotham could be a very dangerous place at night if you ran into the wrong kind of people.

Kori sighed as she caught sight of her apartment block after walking for about 10 minutes. She hurried her steps so she could get home quicker and be engulfed within the warmth of her apartment.

Her steps slowed slightly as she reached the lobby door. She wandered in and shook her head to relieve herself of the hauntingly cold temperature that she felt. She hated the nights; they were always freezing, no matter what the season was.

Kori ran a hand through her long gorgeous hair as she daintily stepped up the stairs to get into her apartment. She allowed her shoulders to slump with relief as she reached her own door and fished around in her bag for her keys.

She found them and let herself in, throwing her bag and coat onto the sofa nonchalantly as the door banged shut behind her. She kicked off her shoes and fell onto her back onto the sofa. She exhaled noisily and felt her eyes getting heavier but Kori refused to let herself fall asleep.

She groaned and pushed herself up onto her feet again. She removed the hair band from her hair and shook it free, letting her tamed hair cascade down her back.

Kori strolled into the bathroom, briefly stopping by the towel cupboard to grab a body sized towel for herself. She tugged at the back of her dress and finally pulled the zip of her uniform dress all the way down. She shrugged out of her uniform and let it fall to the ground.

She stretched her arms above her head to get rid of the tired feeling that she was cursed with tonight. Kori removed her underwear and her bra and threw them into the corner along with her uniform.

Finally, Kori smiled. She stepped into the shower and moaned with pleasure as the spray of warm water drenched her hair and trickled over her golden skin.

She wasn't sure exactly why but Kori had always loved showers and bathes. She loved to feel as clean as possible at all times.

After about 20 minutes, Kori exited the bathroom with a white towel wrapped tightly around her body. The top of the towel cut across her chest and was short in length against her legs too. Her hair was damp but she found it irritating having to put it up in a towel too.

She left her damp auburn hair against her right shoulder. Kori whistled cheerfully as she wandered out of the bathroom. She sighed and smiled; she was happy that she was moving closer towards her goal of crawling into bed for the night.

She was about to go into her room and get changed into her pyjamas but there was a sudden knock at her door.

Kori raised an eyebrow but strolled over to her door anyway. She opened it and the confusion within her rose a little more.

"I... I did not order a food delivery..." Kori told the man,

He had a sleepy expression as he shrugged, "Well... I got told to deliver it to number 18."

"And may I ask the name of the customer?"

"Some guy called Dick,"

Kori involuntarily gritted her teeth and clenched her fist.

"Do I look like a man to you!?" She barked.

The young delivery guy smirked and glanced at her chest. Kori gasped and blushed furiously. She growled and roughly pushed past him. She used her hand to signal for him to follow her.

She marched over to Dick's door and turned to the young, bored delivery boy,

"This is the place in which you are looking for." Kori stated, banging her fist against Dick's door. She tapped her foot impatiently and crossed her arms over her chest in a huff.

Dick opened the door and smiled softly down at Kori, "Hey Kori and... Guy?" Dick trailed off, confused by what he was seeing,

"I believe you told the Chinese delivery service the wrong apartment number." Kori said in a low tone to prevent herself from yelling in frustration,

Dick held a shocked expression, "Oh? My bad. Sorry about that, Kori." Dick answered, a smirk fighting to show.

The delivery boy was apparently tired of chasing up the recipient. He cleared his throat, "Here, sir. You are Dick, yeah? You paid via card?" He checked,

"Yup, that's me. Thanks man." Dick replied, taking the food from him. The boy nodded and left quickly.

Kori rolled her eyes in an irritated manner and exhaled noisily. She turned away and took one step before she heard Dick's voice. Part of her told her to turn back around and smack him in the face but she resisted.

"Did you want some noodles, Kori?" He asked, nonchalantly. Kori turned back around to face him and glared at him.

Was he truly serious? Kori thought, I wonder if he is being so annoying on purpose. Ugh.

"No thank you." Kori returned, coldly, "Having the young delivery boy think I was a male is enough for me tonight."

Dick smirked and cast a glance towards Kori's just barely covered assets.

"I don't know how he could have thought that..." Dick whispered in a husky yet playful voice.

Kori's eyes widened and she mirrored the gasp and blush from when the delivery boy had done the same. She growled and crossed her arms tighter over her chest,

"Goodnight Mr Grayson." Kori bit out, turning away once again. Her hair flipped over her shoulder as she turned and lightly sprayed Dick as her hair was still wet.

She marched back towards her own door and Dick grinned but cringed as he heard her door open and slam shut.

He gave into a light chuckle. As much as he wanted to actually get to know Kori and get her to like him on some level, he was having a lot of fun acting like a child with her.

He sighed. He was curious as to whether the 'annoying neighbour' routine of Wally's was actually going to work. He honestly wasn't aiming to get Kori to hate him; on the contrary, he really wanted her to like him but he was beginning to question whether he was going the right way about it.

Dick felt frustrated at not being able to understand what it was about Kori that caused him to like her so much. In all seriousness, he had never even spoken to her for more than 2 minutes. He didn't understand how he could like a girl that he practically knew nothing about. He shook his head and wandered back inside with his Chinese food whilst trying to get the image of Kori in a towel out of his head. He smirked as he played it back in his head. She was adorable... Damn it...