The morning felt perfect, maybe a little too perfect for someone who is always under books. Trees swaying with the morning breeze, sun casting his sunshine over the plants making the dew drops look like jewels on them. It felt too perfect to wake up from until some truck decided that it's a perfect time to honk and shout for the instructions.
Ishan. 23 year old final year student who stays home... Well quite literally. Is he an introvert? Nah, I mean that's what he tells everyone but the truth is he hates everyone from his College. Somehow managed to reach the final year and can't wait to get away from these people and the country. Anyways, enough about him.
The loud talks and people shouting about where to place what woke Ishan up. His dark circles are more visible (thanks to late night Wattpad authors and their Smuts about two guys eating each other out) [gonna be his turn soon].
Ishan drags himself from his bed to see what's all this shouting about. His window showed the direct view of his neighbours house and their front door visible. The usually quite abandoned house finally had its locks broken and windows open letting the sunlight in after years of darkness.
There were people outside in the front yard carrying basic furniture and making loud noises about the adjustments and the old floor. It did look like someone was shifting kinda weird since the house was not being sold for years.
Well it's not Ishan's business to find out who was moving in, not like some handsome jerk who will grab Ishan by his waist and kiss him like there is no tomorrow and make sure he ends up being sore for days is shifting.
The morning passes normally with Ishan being late again, having to stuff his mouth with parathas and running just so he doesn't miss the last train.
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It was around 7 in the evening when Ishan came back from his college. The neighbouring house now quite just like it used to but the warm lights had taken over the darkness. Ishan isn't sure but by the stillness and the lack of furniture (thanks to the open window that made the inside of the house seeable) he could make out that whoever moved in was someone single.
The dinner ended with endless talk about the mysterious neighbor. Ishan's mother talking about how she wasn't able to meet the neighbour the entire day while his dad bet on his chai that it's a guy that shifted but Ishan didn't believe a single word they said. He is the type of person who would believe things only when he sees them from his own eyes or else whatever others say are just rumours he doesn't wanna waste his time on.
Dinner was over at 9. Ishan's time for his extra curricular activities (reading Smuts). Again he is not someone to poke his nose but maybe the mystery neighbor or maybe the fact the house being quiet for years pulled him towards his window just to check if he could maybe see what's going inside that silent house.
The warm house just a few hours back has gone dark. It's just 9pm time for reaching, doom scrolling, and stuff not time to go to bed or jerk off or something. Pathetic neighbours and their pathetic routine.
But the entire days of so-called observations made one thing clear. Whoever is his neighbour is not some random or normal person but whoever this mysterious ghost is, is already starting to occupy its place in Ishan's head.
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There would be parts of this oneee. Anyways 😭 so I'm planning to add smut but I legit call them my parents so I don't know how it's gonna happen 😭🫶🏻 let me know if I should actually add one.
Also I'm planning to continue one of the one shot (abandoned) you will see if you scroll up. 🤡 I just forgot about it.
