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I frown back at him and close my door. from the glass, I peep through to see him texting on his phone still looking very furious, his biceps flexing through his tight t-shirt from how are his fist are clenched.

maybe something happened, why was he glaring at me like it was fault.

"I hope I didn't interrupt anything you had going on before I arrived" Rio starts.

I look away from outside, and turn to him.

"yeah no, I just finished with my project"

"Great!" He responds. "I was thinking we watch something, or play a game to pass time, get your mind off school for a while"

"Actually I was planning on arranging my things already now, mmh, but yeah you're right, I should get my mind off school" I walked to him and grab the bag he was holding. I started checking the types of gummy's he'd gotten, once I had find one I think I'd like I grabbed it and ripped it open, I stuffed 3 of it in my mouth.

Rio gives me a small smile with his eyes beaming.

He picks to the remote control on the side table of the living room, turned on the television and started scrolling through N*****x

"Have any movie in mind?" Rio asks

"Not really, just do you" I responded

I sat down on the couch and Rio joins on the same couch but few meters away from me. I grab a pillow and make myself comfortable, I grab one the gummy I had previously opened from the centre table.

"This one, James Bond, just like old times" he starts

I huffed and let out a small chuckle. "You're so obsessed"

"I'm not denying it"I hear a knock on my front door. Rio looks at me and raises one of his eyebrow, I shrug my shoulders and also look at him in question.

I must be quite famous today

"who is there?" I shouted, standing up to get the door. My mouth still filled with the gummy I had previously stuffed in my mouth

I got no response. great, just what I need right now. I adjust my clothes and proceed to check through the peephole first to see who it was first before opening the door.

My heart drops once more again. There he was, Theo, standing outside my door.

His face stoic, and his hair lapping unto his forehead, his eyes staring seriously at my door and his expression somewhat inpatient. This man is gorgeous. What could he possibly want from me at this time. And once again I am dressed like shit In his presence, I should change my entire wardrobe.

Just as I am about to open the door, he reaches out to knock again but stops mid air when I open the door.

"Hi" I beamed.

He gives me a wholehearted smile. I blink. This would be the first time I see him smile so genuinely and so beautifully at me. "Do you... uh, do you have a, uh, what do you call it?, one of those contraptions into which one places fruits or vegetables whereupon they are all mixed together?". he starts.

I blink at him again. Is he referring to a blender?, and what is that accent?. " You mean a blender?".

He nods. "yes that. might I trouble you to lend me yours? sadly, my own has ceases to function".

I am quite surprise that he even manages to talk to me again talk more of asking me to lend him my things, not after the past few days and our weird and all the awkward meetings. Also why is he speaking Shakespeare.

His demeanour changes slightly.

" um, yes!, sure, I'll go get it for you" my voice in a high pitch. I cleared my throat.

"everything okay?" Rio asked from the living room. I look back at him and responded " yes"

I look back at Theo and give him a small smile, "coming"

His jaw tightens, but he returns the smile. " are you not going to extend an invitation for me to enter?"

I looked at him a bit surprised he asks that, and I hesitate a bit before I opened the door wider for him to come in.

He wastes no time and makes his way inside. I close the door behind us as I watch him take in the environment. Him In front of me with his back to me, my eyes trails from his hair to his back and stops there, I am bewildered. How often does this man work out, his back is just as defined as the rest of his body, I would like to run my fingers over every contour of his muscles.

Theo clears his throat.

Rio who was sitting on the couch looks to me but his eyes lands on Theo first. His eyebrows furrows a bit.

"Um Rio meet my next door neighbour Theo" I gesture to Theo. " Theo, Rio, my friend"

they both nod at each other.

"your friend" Theo states.

I smiled, and my cheeks grow a little bit flushed. His jaw tightened once more.

" I'll go get the blender, give me a moment".

I left the both of them in the living room and head to the kitchen to get the blender.

After all the past few days of awkwardness he decides to come ask me for a blender, out of the blue?. and today of all days?, he seems to have a multiple personality disorder, just now he is smiling at me all teeth, and just earlier today he was literally giving me a death stare.

I snapped out my thoughts and open the cabinet to get the blender. I'm not even sure where it is. I'm still not very used to this apartment. it wasn't in the cabinet I had just opened, I open the one right next to it and still nothing, I opened each cabinet one by one but still couldn't find the blender. I have no idea where Emelda could have kept it.

I felt myself getting more frustrated as I kept looking cabinet to cabinet for the blender, I take out some things from the cabinets below incase the blender would be behind them. The kitchen was unnecessarily too wide, I decided to walk to the other side of the kitchen to search too. Forgetting that I had a lot of the other equipment , I tripped over one of them, on the quest to safe myself from falling, I tried to grab unto anything on the top of the cabinet which ended up being the glass of water I had previously kept there earlier, but I end up landing on my ass together with the glass. A loud sound erupts as the glass shatters along with the other equipment on the floor rolling around the kitchen. I let out a sharp yelp.

Within second I hear footsteps rushing towards me. both Theo and Rio were running to help me, Theo in front. Ignoring the shattered glass scattered around me, he marched towards me while Rio stop when he sees the glass peices around.

"No stay back, there are glass pieces everywhere" I tried to warn Theo, but he ignores me.

Within seconds he's right front of me , he reaches out for my cheeks "Are you okay?". He asked, genuinely concerned for me. I nod, embarrassed, I look down. "You have no shoes on, I shall carry you".

Without waiting for my response, He scoops me in his hands. I took a deep breath, surprised. I grab unto him for more support, in the process snuggling more into him. his scent hits my noise and he smells exactly how I imagined he would, so good, I couldn't quite discern the particular, but I could smell a hint of vanilla. my heart suddenly beating fast. I hear him take a deep breath too. I look up to him to find he is already staring at me, longingly?. I furrowed my brow in slight confusion. He breaks the eye contact and carries me across the room.

I also look away from him too, and my eyes meets Rio's. He is at the corner, looking at the both of us in confusion.