Bano moved to her cheap new apartment a week ago. Her bags were still unpacked - a testament of a lazy college student. Her parents wanted her to stay at home; when she refused they told her to make it by herself. They thought it would scare her away; she was stubborn though. She would show them she could do it without any one's support.
The first thing she did was got a job at the nearest club/restaurant as a waitress. She was determined to make it on her own.
She dizzily remembered last night. It was her birthday and her friends threw her a party; on the way back, high on drinks and happiness, her friends started to ask random people to sing her a song. They were quite loud about it too.
The older couple just looked at them weird, the kids laughed at them and well it was not a success. Until the rabbit boy. He was standing alone by the roadside, staring off into space when he was rudely interrupted. "Sing her a song. It's her birthday".
He looked startled, his big doe eyes shinning. He glanced at each of the girls until his eyes rested on the birthday girl. "Let's not bother him. I'm sorry", Bano said as she began to walk past.
"We don't talk anymore...". Bano turned around when she heard him singing. He had a beautiful voice, but his pitch was all over the place. He was also slurring a little, indicating that he was quite drunk. It was horrible. And yet Bano had not heard a sound more beautiful than that horrible pitch and sloppy words.
"Thank you" Bano said when he ended the song with a twist of his wrist.
"You're welcome, lady". He almost toppled over while bowing to her.
"Are you ok" Bano asked him, concerned.
"Never been better". His smile scrunched up his nose in the cutest way. They left him there on the street, lost in his own drunken thoughts.
Bano was rudely snapped back to reality when she heard angsty music blasting from her neighbors walls. These walls were so thin, she could hear everything. Including her neighbor singing along - no screaming along the lyrics. She got super annoyed and punched the wall. When the noise didn't die down she decided to give him a tasted of his own medicine - she brought her speakers and plugged in her Iphone. Though she hated this song, she was gonna play it just to annoy him.
I'm a barbie girl, in a barbie world... She knew her expensive speakers - the only thing she invested her money in - would drown out his music and she was right. After 3 seconds, she heard a loud what the fuck from her neighbor. Satisfied, she turned it down and finally there was peace.
She took out her clothes from the suitcase and went to the bathroom. She really needed a shower. She had a habit of humming her favorite song of the week when showering. It just happened to be Chainsmokers this time. She got so into the song she started singing it loudly while getting out of the shower, her towel wrapped around her and her hairbrush acting as a mic. She ended the song with a thank you and bow to her invisible audience and grabbed her clothes to get changed.
Bano left her apartment to get mail from her mailbox when she sensed a presence behind her. She got startled, dropping her mail all over the ground.
"Sorry I didn't mean to scare you". It was rabbit boy. He was here. And he was picking up her mail.
"Uh thanks", Bano said awkwardly. "You live around here?" she asked shyly. Rabbit boy just smiled in reply.
Bano was about to leave when she heard him say "Chainsmokers is my favorite band too by the way".
Oh hell NO Bano wanted to yell as she realized it. It couldn't be! Since when did karma turn against her! She turned around to glare at her neighbor before walking back to her apartment. Today was not going smoothly. At. All.
She was pacing her tiny apartment anxiously. Rabbit boy, the one and only who sang so horribly and made her night better was her infuriating neighbor who loved to scream Back in Black randomly throughout the day. How was this possible? He was so obnoxious with his loud music and not caring about his neighborly attitude, but why did he have to be so cute! Her thoughts were interrupted by a knock on the door. While she was debating whether to answer the door or not, something slipped through the door.
"You left this behind", the sticky note said. Bano peeled it away to see an envelope addressed to her apartment. Junk mail. Again. She threw the mail and the note in the trash while she went to get ready for work.
She thought the day couldn't get any worse. She was wrong. Not only was her boss very...well bossy, her customers were no better either; shamelessly flirting and making her uncomfortable. She was mid way through her 4 hour shift when rabbit boy walked in, sitting in her section. She almost dropped a customer's order when her eyes met his; he was so beautiful it was overwhelming. She cleared her throat as she walked towards him and took his order without blushing and stuttering. He ate alone and in silence, not glancing at her at all during the time he was at the club. But when he left after clearing his bill, and tipping her amazingly, he didn't go out the door but instead at the stage.
"What's he doing?", Bano asked her co-worker.
"He plays and sings sometimes. He has an angelic voice", her co-worker sighed.
Bano was skeptical. She still remembered him singing horribly to her that day, with no talent whatsoever. That was until he actually picked up the guitar and sang. His voice was beautiful, hitting every note perfectly, a far cry from his screechy mess that day. Bano got off work the same time as he stopped singing.
"Well since we live in the same building, I'll walk you home", rabbit boy said. Bano simply nodded in reply. He seemed so nice and polite, and he hadn't played loud music since their battle of AC-DC versus Barbie Girl. "So I didn't catch your name".
"I'm Jungkook. Nice to meet you". They walked a few more feet in silence.
"Look. I need to apologize. I didn't know you were living next door. It was empty for a long time. I guess I went home for the weekend because I didn't see you move in. Also embarrassing you about singing in the shower. Though I do like the Chainsmokers. I hope I didn't offend you too much".
"Um ..yeah no issues" Bano said, suddenly shy. This boy was not only cute, but he was so polite too. Bano couldn't grasp how she had misjudged him at the beginning. They walked the rest of the way in awkward silence.
"So uh...thank you for walking me back", Bano said while opening her door.
"No issues. Anytime" Jungkook said as he went inside his apartment and locked the door.
Bano was getting ready for bed, wearing her oversized Naruto pajamas when a shrill noise startled her. She rushed to open her door and see what's going on; a few people were coming out of their apartments.
"Excuse me...what's going on?", Bano asked a random people passing by.
"Fire alarm", he muttered while walking away.
Bano quickly grabbed her keys and went out, locking her door behind. The residents were gathered outside in front of the building waiting for the fire trucks. "Hello neighbor", Jungkook waved at her through the crowd.
"Hi", Bano replied with a small smile.
"So...nice pajamas. You look cute", Jungkook gave her a once over. Bano had forgotten she was in her oldest pajamas which quite possibly had a few holes. Jungkook started talking about Naruto and soon Bano got engaged in the conversation. They chatted until they were told to go back in their apartments. The fire alarm was a prank by some kids.
"Um so...listen..." Jungkook began.
"Um...nothing never mind". Jungkook quickly shut his door.
A few seconds later, there was a knock on the door. Bano opened it to find no one there, but as she was about to close it, she noticed a sticky note.
Would you like to go get dinner tomorrow? With me? I'll even sing Chainsmokers for you :P. Yes or Yes?. She grabbed her pen and tick-marked both yes check boxes. She stuck it on his door, knocked and retreated.
She stood with her ear against their shared walls, waiting for him to get the message.
"YASSSS", she could hear his shout through the wall before he realized she could probably hear and quieted down.This was going to be fun.
A/N: I really want to continue this. Maybe I will someday
