Neighbour

1.

It was so pleasant, the sound that caressed Eddy's ears and made his heart warm up despite the grey weather outside. The grey clouds had been pushing his mood down all day, but the soft, somewhat muted tone of a violin passing through the wall just behind his couch was exactly what he needed to actually finish sorting his music folder like he had promised himself he would for the past week.

There was not a shred of doubt in Eddy's body that his neighbour was a professional musician. The sound was simply too crisp and clean for anything else to be an option. Besides, every time he saw him in the elevator, he had his violin case strapped to his back and a sheet music folder under his arm. On the weekends, he often had swapped his sweater and dark jeans for a suit and tidied his dark, messy hair up. The guy looked pretty handsome in Eddy's opinion, especially all dressed up for a concert, but even when he was in his casual sweater and jeans he could have been a model.

Of course, Eddy shouldn't be thinking about his neighbour like that at all. He shouldn't be thinking about the light tickle he got in the bottom of his stomach when his neighbour ran his hand through his dark hair or his adorable koala eyes because his neighbour was taken.

His neighbour had a boyfriend. A large guy with light brown hair,  strong body and a tan. Just thinking about what that guy could do to him if he caught him looking at the much smaller violinist made Eddy almost shit himself with fear. He seemed like that kind of guy too, who would beat the crap out of anyone who dared look at his man.

This man was the very reason he hadn't really dared to introduce himself properly to the guy when he moved in almost a year ago either. He had planned on going over to him ever since passing him on the way out of the elevator on the very first day in the apartment and spotting the instrument on his back. At first the shyness got the better of him, and when the big boyfriend showed up as well, making it awfully clear that the small koala man was his by having him pressed against the wall outside their apartment door and kissing him hungrily, Eddy figured he didn't want it to be taken the wrong way. They would get to know each other eventually anyway.

A year in, though, and they had barely exchanged a nod on the way in and out.

Eddy had figured out what his name was, though. It said on the box next to his in the mail room, and he was certain it was the right one as he had met him in there one morning. He had seen him gather his mail in his dainty hands and lock his box back up before disappearing out of the room as quickly as he had shown up, leaving Eddy to realize he had been staring. He thanked the heavens for the fact that his neighbour's scary boyfriend was nowhere to be seen in that moment, but took a quick mental note of the guy's name from the little sign on the mail box.

Brett Yang.