Toko's POV-
I let out a long groan-

Moving day is the worst

Allow me to explain...

My name is Toko Fukawa, I'm 25 years old and today I'm finally getting my own place after being stuck at college for way longer than necessary.

     My dream is to become a bestselling author, and that's not going to happen sitting in a classroom sooo...here I am!

     I put down the box of books I was carrying and looked around the room. It was an older apartment complex, I'm not rich so this is just fine for me...It was a bit dusty and broken down but I can manage. The only problem was the walls. They are extremely thin. I can hear every conversation on the two rooms on either side of me. Sometimes even the people on top and below me.

     I sat on the floor and sighed a breath of relief. That was all the boxes, all I had to do now was the hard part...actually unpacking them. I groaned again and cursed silently while getting to work. Bye 9:30 I was finished and ready to get some sleep. Today had been a bit too tiring for my taste...

     I flopped down on my springy bed and closed my eyes in exhaustion. Getting to be here was a blessing in itself. I grew up in a really rough household. I didn't really have many people I considered "good examples of a parent" growing up so my expectations for the world were so low starting out. None of my "guardians" ever went to college so I was lucky to be able to pay for it on my own and live by myself.

     Well I suppose I'm never really alone, you see I have dissociative identity disorder (DID for short). Due to my past trauma I have an alter sharing my body with me named Syo. She's a sadistic and frankly disgusting serial killer...fun right? It's a miracle I haven't gone to jail because of her yet. Over the last couple years I've been able to get proper help regarding her and my trauma so she's been slightly more docile. She's still a bitch and we despise each other but that can't be helped can it? As much as I hate her I can't imagine life without her...

     I got up from my bed begrudgingly, got dressed into my pjs, brushed my teeth and put my hair up before falling straight back onto the mattress. I pulled the covers up to my chin and closed my eyes only to hear muffled noises coming from the room next to mine. I sighed in annoyance, trying to brush it off but it was no use...I got up and knocked on the wall loudly:

     "Hey you! Can you pipe down...I've had a long day, lemme get some sleep for gods sake!" I snarled. I wasn't trying to be rude...I was just too sleep deprived to be nice.

     All I received in response was a sniffle. I could tell clearly now...the person on the other side was crying.

     Shit now I feel bad for getting all pissy at them...

     I knocked again

     "Hey, I'm sorry...are you okay? If you need to talk about it I'll listen."

     The crying and sniffling stopped for a moment before a voice responded:

     "T-thanks...I apologize you had to hear me like this. These walls are unbelievably thin. Today's just been hard I suppose. I won't go into detail since you seem to be trying to sleep. I assume you just moved in correct? I'm very sorry for disturbing your rest."

     I could tell it was a mans voice, even through the sniffles he sounded about my age. He seemed sweet...jeez now I feel really bad about snapping at him.

     "Hey hey it's okay! I'm sorry for yelling...I'm just tired that's all. I am new here, my name is Toko."

     "Nice to meet you Toko, my name is Byakuya. I hope we can get along."

     "Me too."

     For the next couple hours we talked...I knew I couldn't just leave the poor guy alone after he'd been crying. He was very sweet but extremely uptight. I learned he came from a rich family but they kicked him out when he decided to have a girlfriend of his choice and not continue his family's legacy. I also found out the reason he was crying is because she dumped him and now he didn't have any money, no where to go, and sacrificed so much for nothing. I felt so bad for him...he really had lost everything.

     After a while we both decided to go sleep and promised to talk in the morning. With a smile on my face and the comfort of a new friend I drifted into a peaceful sleep...

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