Chapter 1: My Life

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Walking down the aisle of my condo, I heard my phone ring and as I try to answer it, a man just bumped into me by accident and I fell down to the ground. "Ouch!" was the only word that I could say. It's always like this: bumping into someone you don't know because of your carelessness and you will become embarrassed yourself... it's like part of my cycle of my life. He helped me out and then smiled at me and left. He was tall and had muscles. I felt as if heaven was already above me, ready for me to go up and die. After that incident, I rode inside the elevator to go up to my room, I saw him there inside. I smiled and he did the same thing. He was just like a meter away from me. Awkward silence filled the elevator. Oh, I forgot to mention: I am the owner of the condo and I live here at the same time. Going back, there was silence until I've reached my floor: 13th floor. Coincidentally, he was also going to the same floor as I was! "I'm Bryle.", he said as he raised his hand. "Nice to meet you, Bryle! I'm Roxandrea.", I replied and shake his hand for a formality.

When I was about to go to my room, Room 1324, I saw him and when he entered into his room, I was surprised by what I saw: Room 1311. "That means, our rooms are just parallel and opposite to one another!! How I should've known from the very start.", I thought to myself. At last, I already entered my room and sat on the sofa and read books. This was my leisure time before work- reading classic novels and watching movies and eating snacks. After some thinking, I just thought: All my life, I have always been busy with reality... could it be this time that Bryle can change the course of my life? Roxandrea... work first! Love can wait sooner in due time. You just met him... let it develop first through time then after, let it enter in the stages of love...

And then I started to ponder: could we become friends? I mean,

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