BECOMING HUMAN

CHAPTER 17

Over the duration of the week, Jungkook had been working overtime, and Aurora had enough of staying at home. Tonight, she went to go sit on the balcony. Sliding the door open, she stepped onto it delicately, as though a heavy step can cause the balcony to crumble beneath her. There were two seats out there, and taking one, she sat down. It was pretty chilly tonight, and winter was already here. Aurora second-guessed her decision of coming outside. She was just feeling a bit of a reminiscence. Aurora hasn't traveled in a long time now. The only time she stepped foot out of the apartment was when she had met Logan, but she hasn't even seen him in a number of days. She just wanted to go somewhere other than just being at home.

Staring off into the distance, thousands of tiny lights lit the city. They were so sparkly, so pretty. Aurora's eyes glistened with each flicker that illuminated the sky.

"...I feel...imprisoned." She hugged herself, lowering her neck towards her chest to warm herself up. "...I don't want to be here anymore."

Deep in thought, Aurora's meditation broke free when she heard the doorbell ring. It was a first for Aurora, since no one's ever came over before. Jungkook was the key to getting inside, so he never knocks or ring the bell.

Getting up, Aurora hurried to the door. "Coming!" Aurora unlocks the door and opens it. She jumps, seeing Logan standing before her. He waved at her and chuckled. "Ever heard of checking who's at your door before answering?"

"Uh..." Aurora didn't know what to say.

"What a strange girl," Logan shrugged. "Can I come in?"

"Uh..." Aurora looked behind her. There was quite a number of things out of place.

God damn it! This place looks like an animal kingdom!

Aurora rubbed the back of her head and grinned at Logan. "Can you give me a few minutes please?"

"Sure."

Closing the door, Aurora speedily picked up dishes that were left around and hid them under the kitchen sink. Jungkook started to develop a bad habit of leaving his clothes that he bought all over the place, and so Aurora had to quickly gather them together into a ball and flung them into his room. Aurora had also left some sheets on the couch, and so she quickly folded them up sloppily and tossed them into her bedroom closet.

Huffing and puffing, she waddled back to the door and opened it. "Alright...I'm done."

"Dang," Logan came in. "I heard you bumping into things and walking like a heavy man. Are you good?"

"Yes, I am." Aurora face-palmed. "I didn't mean to make it obvious that I was cleaning..."

"What were you even hiding anyway? A porn collection?"

"WHAT?!" Aurora gawked at him. "That's disgusting, what the hell?!"

"I'm just kidding!" Putting his hands up in defeat, Logan laughed nervously. "Besides, I figured you were cleaning. No girl wants any guy to see her dirty side of living." He smirks.

"Oh, haha, very funny." Aurora rolled her eyes.

Eyeing the details of her apartment, Logan nodded his head impressed. "I've gotta say, the color-scheme in here is very nice."

"Thanks." Aurora invited Logan to the kitchen to chat.

As they both sat, Logan requested a drink.

"Oh, uh...what would you like?"

"Anything you have is fine."

"Alright—" Aurora hurried to the cupboard and opened it.

"I would ask you for wine, but—" Logan looked snarky at Aurora. "How old are you again?"