18

"Sophie would be here in a few minutes, I suggest we wait in the living room till she comes back," I heard Josh's soft voice and then footsteps fading into the distance while I stayed with my back pressed against the door as I struggled to get my clothes off. With multiple huffs and puffs, I managed to push my legs into the fuzzy shorts and the matching top I had bought just for sleeping since it's so comfortable.

I unlocked my door and walked into the hall plus living room of my apartment to find both of them on opposite sides of the kitchen counter; Josh preparing lasagna while Mr. Kim watched him do it. I walked past his back to join Josh in the kitchen who immediately warmed a smile at me. It all felt so homely to have the two of them here right then but it didn't feel foreign like it was supposed to. Was I perhaps going crazy as I imagined domestic Nathan, him, and me, just living l