Soon night falls and the void above is pricked with holes.

I lean against the balcony wall.

Ever seeing Carter filled you to the brim with rage.
If you ever saw that man, you swore to yourself that you'd kill him.

Your train of thought gets interrupted by a knock at the door. You quickly throw on a shirt and open the door.

"In your boxers?"
Red says amusingly, standing in the hallway.

"Huh?"
You look down, you just showered an hour ago and it didn't cross your mind to put on pants!

"Oh uh... I just showered."

"Cute... Princess peach looks great on you."

"Shut up!"
You hide your embarrassed face behind the door.

"Come in, my cat may jump on you-or just be creepy..."
You blinked slowly at your cat wondering what she was thinking.

"That's fine, you know anything is better than being in a cast for two years."

"What you had a cast!?"
You looked back at him wide-eyed.

"Oh yeah! When I was in high school and I was trying to slide down some rails, I fell and broke my leg."

"Damn! I could never do that. Especially with a constant reminder."
You flip your hair back to see he's already looking at you.

"I was so sad, lol. Anyways, still wanna go out?"

"Ehhhhh... would it be bad if I said no?"
You avoid his gaze scratching your head.
Before looking up to him with his somehow pure fascinated eyes.

His gaze softened into crevices of laughter. Seeing his dimples define his face, along with a pure smile of joy.

"You made it so serious to just hang inside-hah!"

You smiled and chuckled.

"I'm glad you're here."
You lean against your kitchen counter.

"Oh? And I'm the one that's clingy?"
He crosses arms with sass and grins delightfully.

"You text good morning to me every day."
You sigh moving your hair back.

"And? You did the same earlier with good night."
He lowers his head moving to the wall.

"Well, I wanted to make sure you were thinking of me."
You chuckled slightly shifting closer to him.

"Really? You're really handsome...I would be thinking of you with the slightest glimpse of you."
His shadow leaves you in complete darkness. Only silence awaits you, not knowing what to say you turn on the kitchen light.

"So! uh what are we gonna cook?"
You turn away instantly, your heart has never beatted this fast. Are you scared of this dude?
You ball up your right hand, it won't stop shaking with the nerve-racking feeling in your chest. 

"I don't know if I have energy, I've been cooking all day. But I'll take things out."
He looks down to his feet then looks back up at you.

"I mean we could get takeout..."

"Chinese food."
You both said in unison.

Being honest to yourself he kinda acts like your mom...
WEIRDLY ALIKE

You decide to go put on some pants and probably take off most of your necklaces. Your hair still needs to be fixed and you need to throw-out your dead plants. The perfectionist in you is raging in the back of your head.

You check your phone to see Ameila has blown up your phone, again. You turn off your notifications instead of smashing it with a sledgehammer.

Closing the door, you take out a freshly cleaned pair of pants. You love cleaning your clothes, your home, and your house. It was the one thing you'd always wondered about. Would your walls be blue? Or green?

You still have your old dino collection, you were obsessed with dinos. One time you were in the car with your dad and Ameila, dad was driving. And you saw dinosaur world, you wouldn't shut up about it.

Dad cringe so much, even your grandma said it was horrible. But you wanted to go so bad as if it was the only thing that mattered to your fourteen-year-old self. You and your dad were planning to go on your birthday, but your mom had fallen with colon cancer the day before.

You remise of the easier times. Putting on your favorite pants with your new dino slippers you were ready to give Red the biggest beatdown in the history of super smash bros. You open the door with the biggest smile.

The weird friendship you guys had felt like you were back with Milo in eighth grade. But it's different always different; in a good way.

Anyways you pulled out your Nintendo switch. You used to play and always beat Ameila without knowing how to actually play. She'd always cry when you spammed her to death. You walked around the corner wondering where Red went.


Until you smell that funk. It smelled like somebody straight-up died in your second bathroom. You hear a loud plop, the ripple in the water. It sounded as if hell itself was brewing in your dear freshly disinfected toilet.

Your eyes started to water; the raging explosive caca was filling your apartment. You needed to use the last of your Febreze. But would you make it with the unbearable stench?

You gasped loudly in Red's arms.
"Hey sleepy head... were you dreaming about me?" 

"Yeah, don't blow up my toilet!"
You sit up worried about the wasted materials to make the shining beauty in your royal bathroom.

"You're literally so weird."
He rolls his eyes along with his R's.

"So?! I'm a grown man! And I don't need critique about my life from a hard nipple fish!"

"You look like a sponge bob, except a Latino who's begging for tacos."

"You've disrespected me and my family. You ate my cat. You ate my house-"
You snort with your real laugh, sniffling from laughing so much.

Red smiles and throws back your hair. He keeps his hands at your neck. You stare down at him wondering what's going on. You haven't done much research and you've never kissed anyone besides your mom.

Do men usually do this?

As if time stopped your eyes wouldn't let go. The television only showed half of the strangely still face below you. His aura made him seem ready for anything. But were you ready for him?

"I uhm..."

The door gets banged on several times; you hopped off of Red wondering why the Titanic is on. You rush to the door and it's one of Carter's buddies.

"Oh, uh M-Michel... I didn't know you worked in fast food."
You watched as he slides down his hat and passes you the bag.

"Yeah, just need some quick money right now."
He coughs pulling out a receipt.

"Okay... Thanks I guess." 
You write your initials and hand back the thin paper.

"Np see you on Friday."

Closing the door

Red's right behind you <3
You fumble with the food almost dropping the utter existential goodness of the mouthwatering king of fast food nearby.

"Hello yummy chicken!"