Chapter two

I hang my coat up and kick off my shoes. My legs feel sore from all the walking I've been doing. I go to my bedroom that is not far from the kitchen and bathroom. My apartment was never big. It was just a one bedroom apartment and I never thought much of it since I was living there comfortably. I pick out my pink pajama set. I got it when I was dating my ex. The shorts were rather short. But I liked the dark pink circles on the set. It made the light pink look even better. I start to undress leaving all my clothes on the floor. I take the pajama set to the bathroom and turn on the shower. I hang up the pajama and get into the shower with it not fully getting warm yet "Damn that's cold" i mutter. I wash every inch of my body and think of what had happened in the office and how now i knew i couldn't trust Lily like i wished i could. I rinse all the soap off my body when I hear a knocking at my door. "Coming" I shout as I hurry to put the pajamas on. I dash to the door as the knocks never stopped. I opened the door to see my next door neighbor. My hair was still dripping wet and my shorts were, you know short. "Yes?" I answer. The guy was still looking at me, I sigh. "Um my oven" He answers, still staring at me. How rude!. "What is wrong with your oven?" I ask. He snaps out of it. "Oh yeah it caught on fire a few days ago and now it is not working at all,I was wondering if I could use yours" He says. This guy is an absolute fool but he was in need and I couldn't just turn him away. "Yeah,I guess so just get what you gotta get and use it" I say, shrugging the whole situation off. I walked back inside and picked up my clothes and dried my hair with a towel before I brushed it up into a high ponytail. I put the clothes into my dirty clothes bucket. When I turned around the guy was standing at my bedroom door smiling. I got scared and fell on my bed. He rushed to my aid. I started laughing, it has been a while since i did that. " What were you doing just standing there?" I say joking around. He lets go of my arm and starts to itch his head "Yeah, what was I doing standing there?" He asks himself which makes me laugh even more. I get up and go to the kitchen and show him where the stove is. "Oh yeah that's why i was standing there" He says. "My stove and your stove are different, how do I use it?" He asks, I look at him sideways and show him how the stove works. I then go to the sofa and turn on the television. I turn and look at him. "Hey,what is your name?" I ask. "Oh my name is Riku," He tells me. "I'm Nyla," I say back. He turns back to me "Isn't that an american name?" He asks. "Yeah,that's where I was born and raised" I answered back. "Oh then how is japan for you?" He asks. "Well i've been out here for five years so it's the same i guess" I answer back. I flip through channels trying to find something interesting to watch. "Hey, Can you put the news on? I don't know the weather for tomorrow". I flip to the news. Coming up the mafia is getting out of control piles of bodies left in plain sight, and here's a saying from an eyewitness that's only six years old, "I was riding my bike down an ally when my bike flew up into the air having me fall, I hit something! I cried a little and then stood up to see what was so big that I flew into the air when I then saw a real human arm". Oh what a scary experience for a little girl matter of a fact for anybody" Coming up next. I turned the television off. "Woah,that's just scary" I nod my head to agree.

"And it's done", I hop off the couch to the smell of something really good. I walk into the kitchen and look into the pot. Wow, I've never seen a better made soup. "Do you want some,It'll be my pay for you letting me use your stove". "Nope, I don't want any, I'll just get you when I need something". He chuckles packs up and leaves. I'm hungry but didn't want any of the food he made hot pot sounds the best right now. I threw on some pants and shoes and put on my biggest jacket. I walked down the dark sidewalks to make it to the restaurant. It was also a pretty cold night, good thing I got a big coat.

I walk into the shop and everybody is low to the ground. I walk up to ask for a table when I see a huge guy holding up the cashier asking for the debt he owed him. I looked around and then realized that I was still hungry. I walked in front of the big guy and told the cashier "I need a table for one, And i need one quick". He shook his head and said "There is no table available for now not until this guy leaves". I looked at the guy who was now looking at me. "May you please leave, I am hungry and whatever you're doing now can always be solved later". He just stared at me. "Fine do whatever you want I'm leaving" I walked out of the same door I walked into when I felt a grip on my shoulder.