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Balcony love❤️❤️

Hazel eyes, pink lips, ginger hair, long legs and to top it all a great smile. This was all what Kayden saw when he looked at his new neighbor from his balcony. He stood at his balcony wondering if she had any flaw. After thoroughly looking at her as if staring into her soul, he concluded that she was flawless.

He had noticed her the first morning she packed into the flat. The flat had previously been occupied by a noisy woman who had three kids.
from the apartment.
They were evicted because of their bad conduct.

Ever since the day his new neighbor packed in, his heart was unknowingly stolen by her. He woke up by 5am just to have a glimpse of his beautiful neighbor before she left for work and slept by 10pm because he wanted to see her.

Natasha Jones walked gracefully to her balcony. She was off work today and she decided she wasn't going to leave the house today.
She needed to relax because her upcoming weekend was going to be stressful for her and it was already Wednesday.
It was going to usher her into an entirely new life.
She sat down in her balcony reading a WWE magazine.

Kayden's relationship also suffered. He no longer answered his lover's call and she got upset and travelled out of the country to reflect on everything that had happened.

He felt guilty that he didn't care about Laura but he couldn't help it as he was in love with his new neighbor.

One morning, he decided to be courageous and called out to her from his balcony.

"Hi neighbor" Kayden said inwardly praying that he don't get snubbed.

"Hi" Natasha replied with a sweet smile as she stared at her neighbor.

"I'm Kayden. I saw when you move into this apartment 3 months ago.

"Wow that's nice. I'm Natasha Jones"Natasha shouted from her balcony so that Kayden could hear her.

"I see you are reading a WWE magazine. Who is your favorite?"Kayden asked with a loud voice so that Natasha could hear him without straining.

"My favorite is Monday night Messiah. He is my favorite because he is very strategic and doesn't give up easily."

"Wow that's nice. My favorite is the big dog. That guy is one hell of a pack"Kayden said as Natasha laughed heartily.

They continued conversing until night. Natasha laughed, giggled and smiled. Kayden was obviously making her happy.

He laid down on his bed recalling how Natasha told him that she liked him and they exchanged contact. After 30 minutes of conversing, he moved to her balcony for better conversation.
He really enjoyed his day.

He decided that he was going to confess his feelings to her today being a Friday. Yes it felt so sudden considering that he had only talked to her for 3 days, but he had been in love with her for over 2 months, the first time he set his eyes on her sitting on her balcony. He doesn't expect that they should just become an item. But telling her would make her see him as someone who admired her. It was now or never.

"Why are you staring at me like that?"Natasha asked as she observed Kayden.

"I wanna tell you something"Kayden replied.

"I also have something to say"Natasha replied.

"Ladies first" Kayden said with a smile.

"Actually I want to invite you to my wedding. It's going to take place tomorrow." Natasha said happily.

Kayden looked at her in shock.
"What!"

"What's the problem Kay?" Natasha asked confused at his reaction.

"Nothing is wrong with me. I'm fine, congratulation" he replied as he laughed wryly.

"Thanks. What do you want to tell me?"Natasha asked.

"Well I want to invite you to my house for lunch today" Kayden said with a smile to mask his pain.

"Oops. I won't be able to make it for lunch today. I need to go do something to my hair. You know that tomorrow is a special day for me. I'm finally gonna get married to the love of my life"

"No problems actually. I understand you." Kayden replied.

"After my wedding tomorrow, my husband and I are gonna travel abroad for honey moon. Actually after honey moon, I won't be staying here again. I've known you for only 3 days but you are the best friend that I have never had. Thanks for being here for me. You are a wonderful soul" Natasha said as Kayden pulled her into his embrace and rapidly blinked his eyes to prevent the brewing tears from falling off his eyes.

"I love you Tasha and I wish you all the best. May you always be happy" Kayden said as she smiled.

"Will you come for my wedding?" Tasha asked hopefully.

"No I won't be able to come because I have a date with my girlfriend. I'm really sorry" Kayden said as Tasha assured him that there was no problem.

Later that night, he sat in his balcony reflecting on everything that had happened. How he fell in love and fell out of love with his girlfriend.

He hugged his legs as he cried his eyes out.
His love was never going to be requited.
It will be a balcony love.
He fell in love with his neighbour the first day she packed into the apartment  which was three months ago.

This love was just a balcony love. Nothing more and nothing less.
He made a mental note that he was going to call his girlfriend and apologise to her. He remembered how she broke up with him in tears. Hopefully she will forgive him and return back to the country and they would patch things up and live a happy life.

But right now, all he needed was to stay away from his balcony and have a great night rest.
             

Author's note
This short story is an assignment from a community I belong to.
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