Astro Imagines

Rocky

{a/n: btw when it says 'R/n' it means restaurant name, and 'f/d' means favorite drink, and 'f/f' - fave food mkay yeah}

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I sat by the window. The faded blue curtains were opened to let the sunlight in. Looking below at the busy street midday seemed surreal like it always did. It was quiet in the small apartment, the only sound that could be heard was muffled music coming from the neighbors right below. The energy that those college students had was astonishing.

I was like that too.

I didn't know what changed that. The days came and past, and the reason was forgotten. However, I managed to graduate from the local college in my city and landed a pretty stable job. Life was ok.
But that's all it was. Nothing abnormal occurred to cause people to talk. Everyone went on about their lives. Sometimes I felt as if I became separated from reality, since nothing felt real anymore, but it was all ok. I made money, paid my bills, occasionally talked with my friends and family, and everything was ok.

Just ok.

There was only one thing, well one person. He was an odd one. Odd, because he keeps trying to worm his way into my life. I never understood why.
He'd make strange incidents in order to be around me. The reason I knew this was because of a night two months ago.

He kept knocking on my door asking to borrow stuff like sugar, and other ingredients. No other neighbor normally does those things. Usually they just go to the store and buy them themselves, however about every ten minutes that night he would knock on my door and ask.
Around the fifth time he came, I asked him why he was asking for so much. He answered me just like those cliche, awkward confessions. That he only wanted to speak to me, but he didn't know what to do so he just asked me for kitchen substances.

I simply shut the door on the conversation, and I never got those items back.

I was taken out of my daze when a breeze blew towards my face. I tugged on sleeves of the slightly oversized long-sleeve shirt I was wearing. Most of the appliances in the apartment were switched off, as were the lights, so to a normal person the place would feel lonely. It was as if time stood still in the apartment as life continued out in the streets. I couldn't help but wonder about all of the people out there just driving past. They had their own lives too, their own families, jobs, issues, interests, etc. Everyone was just a totally different story.

I wanted to know them all, yet at the same time I was completely content with the way things were, with me unknowing.
I closed my eyes and leaned back into the couch pillows, immersed in silence.
That was until my stomach growled.

I got off the couch and walked about three feet to get to the kitchen. I was just about to open the fridge when a knock caught my attention.
*knock knock knock*
I quickly go to the door before they begin to knock like crazy and open it.

"Hello?" I say as I look up to the person at the door. I sigh immediately once I see who it is.
Him.
He gives one of his usual dumb smiles. "Uh hi," he begins to speak, but before he continues any further I cut him off. "What is it this time Minhyuk?"
"Well actually I was wondering if-," I interrupted yet again. "If it's to borrow something else, then no. See ya." I begin to shut the door but he stops it with his foot.
"Wait, that's not why I came this time."
I raise an eyebrow in curiosity. And my stomach gave a low growl. His smile seemed to grow at that. "Ah! You're hungry, that's perfect!"
"I was just about to make myself something to eat," I simply stated in response.
"There's no need."

"And why is that?"

"Because I'm taking you out to eat," he stated firmly.
I raised my eyebrows in shock at his sudden boldness. Also, he didn't ask. He stated it. "And how exactly is that asking me out?"
I already knew that was his reason to be doing this. I've read enough books and content online to comprehend the explanation for all of his actions. It was still really odd for me to be experiencing this though.