"Do you have any gaming consoles?"
"No."
"No video games of any kind either?"
"No."
"How about any board games?"
"No."
"Playing cards?"
"No."
"Do you have anything? I'll even settle at playing Tetris. You sure the old tenants didn't leave a Game Boy with the fax machine?"
Karishma thought about it as she folded her arms in front of her chest and leaned back on the couch. She was exhausted, and she was struggling to stay awake. But there was no way in hell that she was going to sleep while Haseena was still inside her apartment. So she somehow had to keep her eyes open.
It really sucked, because she had a morning shift, so she had no clue how she'd be able to rest enough to show up at work and function properly. It wasn't like she could afford taking a day off either.
"Goddamn gang members and their stupid beef."
"No, I don't think so," Karishma finally answered.
"How do you entertain people when they come over?" Haseena questioned, looking as if she couldn't comprehend how Karishma lived the way that she did.
"You're the first person that's been here apart from me," Karishma replied. Haseena blinked, she parted her lips to say something, but then closed them shut again.
"You've got to be kidding me," Haseena muttered. "And how long have you been living here?"
"About six months," Karishma stated.
"You haven't had a single guest in six months?" Haseena asked. Karishma nodded as if it wasn't really that big of a deal. "Do you even have any friends?"
"Yes," Karishma spoke.
"And you don't ask them to hang out here?"
"We meet outside." Karishma couldn't really understand why Haseena was asking so many questions or why she looked so flabbergasted by Karishma's answers.
The girl had moved to the city only six months ago, and she did make a couple of friends, though they were also her co-workers. But it still counted, right? Plus, she also had her best friends from back home! Though they hadn't really spoken much since Karishma shifted.
Karishma was never very social to begin with. She had two friends throughout all of her school years, and she never needed anything or anyone more than them. On top of that, she had four siblings, with Karishma being the middle child, so she was always surrounded by people anyway. This was the first time she was actually truly alone, and she preferred it like that.
"You should be scared of me." Haseena paused. "But I think I'm starting to be scared of you. Seriously, babe, what kind of anti-social crap is this? You hate people or something?"
"I like them just fine," Karishma mumbled.
"How do you pass your time, then?"
"Work. Eat. Work out. Sleep."
"What do you do for work?"
"What do you do for work?" Karishma questioned back, raising a brow at the intruder. Haseena chuckled as she passed the chef an amused smile.
"You really want to know?"
"No."
"Why did you ask, then?" Haseena spoke. Karishma said nothing in return and simply shrugged. Haseena sighed as she shook her head, the grin still on her lips as she slowly began to get used to Karishma's antics. "I actually can't tell whether you're super boring or really exciting. I'm a people person, ya know? I'm great with them. Can talk anyone into anything. But you...there's something about you that'o what's the word? Fascinating?"
