Cigarettes

Prologue

Watching the sunset from my balcony is my favorite thing. I watch the sun set down, leaving a beautiful mixture of orange and yellow in the sky. I toke out a cigarette and set it between my teeth. I lit it and immediately inhaled, feeling relaxation flow through my body.

After a long inhale, I slowly set it between my fingers and closed my eyes. I felt the nicotine exiting my body, slowly and softly. I opened my eyes to be met with a red ombre. I dropped the cigarette and stepped on it. I picked up my camera from the chair next to mine and turned it on.

*Snap* I looked at the picture I took. 'Perfect'. I stood up and carried the camera with me. I entered my dark room and turned on the lights. Walking towards my bed, I took my drawing book and a pencil. I sat down on the bed and set my camera on my bedside table.

'Done'. I looked at the drawing. While smiling, I noticed that the person I drew seemed familiar. I ignored the feeling and set my drawing book on the bed beside me and got up. I entered the balcony. 'The sky looks beautiful today.'

I smiled and looked at the stars. Beautiful. I sat down and picked up the packet, slipping one cigar out. After lighting it, I closed my eyes and inhaled. Exhaling, I opened my eyes and heard someone shouting from the house next to mine.

"You don't fucking know anything don't know," someone shouted. I didn't know the response but the next thing I heard was a loud thump and a scream. I was too frightened to listen anymore so I slipped my earphones and phone out of my pocket and started listening to music.

I after an hour of smoking and listening to music, I heard more shouting from the new neighbors. "Can you fucking quiet?" I shouted after dropping my sixth or so cigarette.

The window of the bottom floor opened and revealed a guy, around my age, looking frightened and scared. I could see his tan skin from the moonlight and how his eyes sparkled, even though it was dark outside. "I'm sorry, we're just having some...problems moving in. We'll be quiet, I promise." I shouted from the window before shutting it. 'Whatever.'

I walked back inside and laid on my bed, setting my book on the bedside table beside my camera. I closed my eyes, slowly falling asleep. *thump* *crash* 'Fucking of course'

I just ignored the noise coming from the neighbors and slowly drifting to sleep. Finally...