𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐌𝐚𝐧 𝐢𝐧 𝐀𝐩𝐚𝐫𝐭𝐦𝐞𝐧𝐭 𝟑𝟖𝟏 [𝘛𝘰𝘫𝘪 𝘍𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘨𝘶𝘳𝘰]

𝐓𝐡𝐞 𝐓𝐞𝐥𝐞𝐩𝐡𝐨𝐧𝐞 𝐆𝐚𝐦𝐞

"Fushiguro!" You knock on the door when Megumi and Toji aren't out the door around the time that you usually depart. You understand that it's a Friday, and Toji might not have to work, but he never told you anything beforehand, so you assume that they just slept in.

A shirtless Toji opens the door, he just wears his briefs which makes your wandering eyes embarrass you. Toji wonders why you're at his door but then he realizes, a quick apology leaving his lips, "I forgot to tell you... Megumi is staying with some family for the weekend."

"Oh! That's nice to know." You respond before you turn around, and begin to walk away. There's no point to really say more, if you don't leave now, you might be late. Today you have to walk, which is something that you didn't expect. You hear your name and it makes you come to a stop.

"I can take you! Just give me a minute to put on some clothes." Toji yells, running back inside to find his sweatpants and a shirt to throw over himself as you patiently wait outside. You wonder why he wants to take you but you've slowly become closer, especially after the beach day that was two weeks ago. "I'm ready."

You two quietly walk to his car, and when you get to it, he opens the door for you. You mutter a thank you before getting into the passenger seat. Usually Toji has to put Megumi in the backseat, but now since Megumi isn't here, he opens the door for you which you didn't expect. Once he closes the door, he walks to the driver's side and gets in.

"Excited for the weekend?" Toji asks, and you hum in response. It's nice to know that you won't be babysitting for the weekend– As much as you adore little Megumi. "Any plans?"

"Probably just rot away in my room, something like that. I don't feel like doing anything. How about you?" You respond.

"Probably nothing too. First time in a while I have him off my hands for the weekend." He shares, and you wonder why he isn't going out to have fun since the occurrence is not common. He begins to drive to the place, and you're both awkwardly silent. It seems like he tried to begin a conversation, and you're not really returning that energy. You almost feel bad for it, and without noticing, for the rest of the ride you wonder what you'll say. You don't even realize that you're there until Toji announces, "We're here."

"Oh– Thank you." You respond and you open the car door. You're about to exit the car but you stop yourself and then you look at him, "Do you want to go out for a drink tonight? Since you're kid free and all."

"A date?" Toji asks, genuinely curious. Maybe he sounds a little too hopeful, but he hopes he didn't in your ears, it'd be embarrassing.

"No. Just us going out as neighbors." You answer, a weak smile coming to your lips. He returns the same energy, and you wave at him before you exit the car and you walk into your job.

– – –

At around nine at night, Toji knocks on your door. You open the door, a genuine smile on your lips, having to go out to have a drink. You wear a black corset top, jeans and a jacket; Toji wears something similar outfit and a white tee in substitution for the corset top. "Ready?"

"Yes." You say before walking out of the door. You make sure to lock it, this time leaving the key under the doormat because you don't trust your tipsy/drunk-self since you always manage to lose everything. "I was looking up bars, and I found this one that's maybe like ten minutes away. It has great reviews."

"Really? Let's go there then." Toji says, and when you're on the first floor, he begins to walk to his car.

"Toji, we're walking there. It's a ten minute walk, not drive." You share, and he furrows his eyebrows, a bit confused about the place you're talking about. He thinks of all the places that are nearby, and doesn't recall a bar being so close. It's probably a new place that he hasn't come across yet. "We're both going to be drinking, it'd be pretty dumb for you to drive."