I am back and better than ever with a brand new, and for the first time in history, MUTLI-CHAPTERED story. Stay tuned, guys. This is going to be fun.

"There!" May said as she hung up one last painting on the wall.

She stood back and placed her hands on her hips, proud of her accomplishment. She'd spent a good portion of the day decorating her new apartment and was pleased with the result.

Suddenly, she frowned, scrutinizing the position of the painting.

She took a step forward and adjusted it slightly to the left.

"There!" she said again, smiling and taking another step back to admire her work.

She used the back of her hand to wipe her forehead in order to signify the end of a job well done, although she had not been sweating.

She turned around and took in the atmosphere of her living room, glancing at all four walls.

"It's finally finished," May said to no one in particular.

She sat down at the circular wooden table she'd placed near the kitchen, and repositioned the petals on the centerpiece. She'd chosen a flowerpot with daisies in it to add to the atmosphere she created.

The keys to the apartment had just been given to her that morning, and she'd been eager to decorate the blank canvas of the walls with her essence.

She'd hung white curtains from the windows, allowing for the natural lighting to peak through. The door to her balcony was opened, welcoming the fresh spring air. Pillows on the couch added for splashes of color, which were accentuated in the paintings on the wall.

Her first apartment was everything she dreamed it would be. She'd also gotten it for such a reasonable price that she was able to afford it without any roommates. Besides, her best friend wasn't quite ready to accompany her to the big city anyway.

She sighed contentedly and sat back in her chair. "Guess this means I'm all grown up now." The realization hit her like a train. "Oh my god, I'm all grown up now."

Her phone buzzed, bringing her out of her trance. She was excited to see who was calling her.

"May!"

She almost squealed from the pure excitement she felt.

"Leaf!" she said. "I'm all moved in!"

"That's great!" Leaf replied.

"I know!"

"Do you like it?"

May looked at the four walls of the living room in search of her answer. "I love it."

"That's great!"

"I know!"

The girls laughed at the repetition.

"So when can I come visit?" Leaf asked.

May waved her hand in front of her dismissively, although her friend couldn't see it.

"Anytime," she said. "Whenever."

"Perfect."

May walked down the hallway to the right and opened the door to her room. Her bed was covered with a white comforter and piled with pillows.

"What's your favorite thing about the place?" Leaf quizzed.

"Um," May said, flopping onto her bed. "The balcony's pretty cool."

"You have a balcony?"

"Yep!" May confirmed. "It's pre-tty coool."

Leaf giggled, causing her friend to smile.

"Have you met anyone yet?" Leaf asked.

"Nope. Not at all," May responded. "I've been inside all day."

"Well, go socialize!"

May sat up on her bed. "Okay, okay."

"Let me know if you meet anyone cool."

"You'll be the first to know."

The two girls said their goodbyes and May put the phone in her pocket. Leaf was right; she should go outside and check out the neighborhood.

"I might as well jog," May said quietly to herself as she tried to remember where she stowed her work out attire.

Once she donned the sweatpants and running shoes, she grabbed her keychain and paused at the door to marvel in the beauty of her new home. Then, she opened her front door and stepped out into the hallway.

May put her key in the lock and turned it, and looked instinctively to her right.

She was met with green, dragon-like eyes so stunning that she felt herself freeze immediately. It was a guy. Her neighbor apparently. He was also putting the key into his lock.

She was captivated by his green hair when she realized she'd been staring and that he'd been staring back at her.

She pushed her hair behind her ears and turned around immediately in the direction of the stairs. How embarrassing. She'd never felt so absolutely paralyzed in her entire life—

"Hey."

That must have been his voice.

May turned back around to face his startling green eyes and was more careful not to melt immediately.

She looked down at his lips and realized he was saying something to her. Maybe some kind of introduction? Maybe his name?

"You left your keys in the door."

May suffered a moment of extreme confusion before glancing at her door and seeing her keychain dangling from the lock.

Her face heated immediately in utter embarrassment as she took the shameful steps to retrieve her keys.

Despite her inner protests, she stole another glance at him to see that he was smirking. He promptly jerked open his door without breaking eye contact, the smirk still plastered on his face, and shut it behind him.

How did she manage to embarrass herself that severely within two minutes of leaving her apartment?

She was kicking herself and wishing for a time machine as she descended the staircase and arrived in the lobby of her building.

He doesn't matter, she told herself.

He's just some guy.

She pushed on the glass door of the building and walked outside into the fresh spring afternoon.

Just some guy with green eyes.

Who lived right next to her and would probably run into her more than once.

She refrained from bringing her palm to her forehead and jogged down the steps of the building to begin her exercise.

May analyzed her surroundings in order to distract herself from what had just occurred. There were many families with strollers, which signified a rather safe neighborhood. She also passed by fruit stands and food carts, which were very characteristic of the city.

She made an effort to remember landmarks and the names of streets, so that she would be able to get home.

Still, her mind kept traveling to that guy in the hallway. Why was his hair green? Did he dye it? Why did their chance meeting have such an effect on her? She'd met multiple people in her life, and she'd never frozen on the spot for any of them.

She jogged in place as she waited for the crosswalk.

May just hoped she didn't see him again.

She crossed the street.

She'd live a very happy life if she didn't.

After about half an hour, May returned to her apartment building, regretting the fact that she'd forgotten a water bottle. She used her key to enter the building and proceeded to climb up the steps to the second floor.

She dreaded running into anyone in the hallway in her current state, especially someone with green hair.

Luckily, she didn't, and she quickly unlocked her door and closed it behind her.

May pressed her back against her front door and slid to the floor. She took a couple of deep breaths before standing up and grabbing a water bottle from the fridge.

After a stop in the bathroom to rinse off her face, she flopped on her bed the way she did before.

Her phone buzzed again and she answered it without checking the caller ID.

"Hello," said the exhausted brunette.

"Hey," came Leaf's voice. "Oh, are you okay?"

"Yeah," May said breathily. "I was just—"

"Oh, you were jogging."

"Yeah."

May sipped on her water as she listened to her friend speak.

"So how'd the mission go?"

"To socialize?"

"Yeah."

"I didn't do that."

May sat up in an effort to prepare for a lecture from her best friend.

"May! You didn't meet anyone?"

"Oh. I mean," she said, remembering what she wanted so deeply to forget. "I met my neighbor. Kind of."

"Oh, was she nice?"

"It was a guy."

Leaf paused briefly. "Ooooh," she cooed flirtatiously.

"Please, don't."

"Was he cute?"

May thought for a second. "I guess—"

"You don't know? Didn't you meet him?"

"I don't know," May admitted. "I didn't really look at his face."

Leaf paused again, possibly misreading May's words. "Oh."

"Leaf, please stop."

"Well, please continue," her friend said.

May sighed and placed her hand on her head. "He just— he had these really green eyes."

"Okay."

"They were so pretty I kind of froze for a second."

Leaf took in what her friend told her. "You froze?"

"Yeah, I physically froze."

"Did he say anything?"

The sentence You left your keys in the door rang in May's ears.

"Not really," she said.

"What—"

"And… then I went jogging," May concluded.

She stared at her curtains as they reflected the light of the evening. The setting sun colored her room gold.

She could hear Leaf sigh at her anticlimactic story. "Well, next time I want a name."

May deeply wished there wasn't a next time. "Okay."

"Goodbye, May," Leaf sang before the line went dead.

The brunette closed the phone and placed it beside her on the bed before walking down the hallway in order to reach her bathroom.

She turned on the light in her bathroom and began peeling off the layers of sticky clothing she had on.

The hot water against her skin felt therapeutic after the day she'd had and she closed her eyes to cherish the feeling.

Suddenly, something felt wrong, and she looked down to see the water pooling around her feet in her bathtub.

Great, she thought as she looked up to her ceiling in annoyance.

She froze for the second time that day, the hot water against her bare back.

A spider. There was a spider on her ceiling.

She didn't want to kill it, so without taking her eyes off of it, she slowly attempted to open the window in her shower wall, only to find that it was rusted shut.

Completely frustrated, she slowly turned off the water instead.

Staring at the spider, she thought of another solution.

The balcony.

Carefully stepping out of the shower and without taking her eyes off of the intruder, she reached for a towel and wrapped it around her body.

She blindly grabbed at her sink in an attempt to grab a roll of paper towels, knocking soaps off of the vanity in the process.

She slowly ripped off a large piece of paper towel and held the ends together to form a scoop. Bravely, she scooped the spider off of the ceiling, resisting the urge to scream.

As fast as she could, she speed-walked into the living room and opened the door to her balcony and let the paper towel go over the edge of the railing. She watched it fall onto the street below and turned to retreat back into her living room to celebrate her victory when she was met with stunning green eyes.

There was her neighbor. Less than a stone's throw away on the balcony to his apartment, a beer paused at his lips as he stared at her.

There she was, standing on her balcony in broad daylight in nothing but a towel.

May imagined every ounce of blood in her body rushing to her face. She clutched at her white towel in sheer embarrassment.

"There was a spider," she explained weakly. "In my bathroom."

As if that fully explained the situation at all. He just watched his practically naked brand-new neighbor open her balcony door to toss a paper towel over the railing.

He lowered the beer bottle, a smirk spreading on his lips.

"Did you get it?" he asked her.

She felt the cold of the outside air against her skin, as water from her dripping-wet hair trailed down her back.

"Yeah," she said.

He nodded, clearly amused, and brought the beer back to his lips.

She turned on her heel and quickly shut the door behind her, and covered her face with her hands.

Maybe she wasn't ready for the city after all.

I liked it. I liked it a lot. I'm so excited to work on this. I already have vague plans for future chapters.

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