Duet | ☑

eight

duet | eight

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The cab stopped in front of a HDB flat, and Holden quickly paid the driver before scrambling out of the car.

Raising his head, he focused on the windows that were at the highest level, and noticed that only the corner one had a dimmed light switched on.

Scurrying to the lift lobby, he pushed button 20 and waited impatiently as the doors closed and the lift began to travel up.

Holden was glad that Larry kept to his words, but now he was feeling extremely nervous yet excited.

Would Kayla consider his visit as unsolicited? After all, the address wasn't given to him personally by her.

Just as bad thoughts started to invade his mind, the lift doors opened, displaying the corridor right in front of me.

Holden checked through the units one by one, and eventually arrived at the last unit that had matching unit numbers as to what he was given. He figured that since he was here, there was no backing out now.

He raised his fisted hand, knocking on the wooden door softly. After a moment or two, he made an attempt to knock again but the faint sounds of ruffling behind the doors stopped him. Within seconds, the door flung open.

Standing in front of him, was none other than Kayla. However, her face looked as if a saturation filter of negative hundred percent was edited onto her face.

"H-Holden?" Kayla called out with her croaked voice.

"Hey. Are you alright?"

Kayla moved aside, silently inviting Holden in. He let out a sigh and took off his shoes.

"I'm not feeling that well. How did you know where I stay?"

He pursed his lips. "I may or may not have asked from Larry."

"You asked from Larry?"

Holden dropped his head, and nodded. "Yeah. I'm sorry if I'm invading your privac-"

"No; no, you're not," she interrupted him. "I appreciate your concern, and thanks for coming."

He looked up, only to see her giving him a genuine smile.

Holden reciprocated, and almost immediately, he realized something amiss.

"Kayla?" he called.

She hummed in question, ever so softly.

"Are you oka-"

Holden didn't get to finish, when all that took over his mind was the signal to move forward and outstretch his hand to get a hold of Kayla.

A passed-out Kayla.

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In Singapore, the residential buildings built by the government are called HDB flats. HDB stands for Housing & Development Board, which is Singapore's public housing authority.

thank you so much for reading!

signing off,
brenda ♡