Finding Home || Kazutora Hanemiya

Chapter 2

While you were walking home with your dog, you thought back to your encounter with the homeless man. He wore a white shirt, black pants and black shoes. He had a beard. His hair was long, reaching his shoulders, and it was pulled back into a low ponytail.

But you've also noticed that he had beautiful sand coloured eyes, with a warm look in them and a tiger tattoo that extends from his neck to his shoulder and you suspect that it also directs to his chest. He had an attractive smile with surprisingly white teeth. You wondered how long he had been living on the streets and how he had ended up without a home. He seemed like a nice man, so he either doesn't have a family to help him, or they must've had a serious fight if they didn't ask him to live with them.

You went up the stairs to your apartment, opened the door and went inside. Ryo immediately ran to his fluffy bed, and you were a little jealous because he had a place to lay down.

You looked around in your empty apartment with a long sigh. You moved in only a few days ago and you didn't have any furnitures yet, just a small dining table with two chairs. You didn't even have a bed yet, just a matress in your bedroom.

You were working as a waitress in your hometown for a few years, and when you had enough money, you decided to leave that place and moved in to the big city. You found a job in a small bakery not far from here, which belonged to an old lady. You're going to start there next week. You hoped that you'll be able to buy some furniture before that.

Your apartment was tiny, it only had a small hall, a living room, one room, a kitchen, and a small bathroom with a toilet. But it was enough for you, you were living on your own after all. But you were planning to make it as homey as possible.

You went into the kitchen and opened your fridge and decided to eat the leftovers from earlier, and while you heated it up, you were thinking about what to buy next for your apartment.

You already had a fridge, a microwave, a washing machine and a television, these were the most important stuff. You still needed a bed, a couch, a TV stand, a wardrobe, a coffee table, some shelves, nightstands...

So yeah, you still needed a lot of stuff.

Okay, you already had a mattress to sleep on, so the bed could wait, but you really needed a wardrobe to put away your clothes. There were at least four big boxes which were filled with your clothes, and all these boxes laying around started to drive you crazy.

Definitely a wardrobe first.

The next day, after you took Ryo out for a quick walk, you decided to buy a wardrobe. You were lucky, because you found a perfect one in the first shop you went in. After the workers were nice enough to help you put it in your car, you drove home and faced your first problem.

It was so heavy that you couldn't lift it up alone, and you had a feeling that it needed two people to assembly it. The only problem was that you only moved in this city a few days ago and you didn't have any friends here. Who should you ask for help?

You massaged your temples with your fingers and exited the car. You had to leave the wardrobe in your car, until you find a solution to your problem.

'Maybe I should ask one of the neighbours.' you thought as you were walking up the stairs.

But you didn't know any of them, and you were too shy to ask them.

"Shit" you sighed as you opened your door, and went inside.

Ryo ran to you to greet you. You smiled down at him and patted his head, then you went in front of the TV and sat down on a pillow.

"What should I do now Ryo? Who should I ask for help?" you asked him as you patted him.