Shadow the hedgehog> Sonic the hedgehog
I had gone to bed pretty early, all things considered, and was well rested, so I thought my alarm couldn't be far from ringing when I woke up. I opened my eyes and threw all the blankets off me, apparently the AC wasn't working and I realised soon that I had been sweating all night. I felt sticky and gross, in urgent need of a shower. A huge amount of heat was coming through the window, so I rushed to close it.
-Shit, it's stuck
Some screw had gotten in the middle of the window handle and it couldn't be fully closed. Heat was gonna keep getting in. It was really hot outside and I decided to have a shower before getting ready for work. But of course, nothing was going to work according to plan, and I opened the bathroom door only to find the floor completely damp. Something had broken inside the plumbing and the water flow was interrupted, which caused the whole thing to overflow. I considered not taking a shower but I needed it desperately, so I decided to do something I promised myself I'd never do. Ask for help.
I changed my pjs into actual clothes, nothing too serious, just a short sleeved blouse and my thinnest dress pants, and grabbed my stuff before crossing the hallway towards my neighbors door. I could have asked anyone else but the apartments above were airbnbs and in the ones below there were only old people who I didn't wanna bother at this time in the morning. I was about to knock when decided to go back for my wallet. I wasn't gonna let them socialise their shower or however they wanted to call it, I was going to pay for my use of it, I was no free rider.
After a couple of seconds the girl- Sam, I recalled- opened the door. She was clearly still half asleep, in what seemed like bed clothes that didn't cover much, and was clutching onto a coffee mug as if her life depended on it. She rubbed her green eyes with the dorso of her hand and ruffled her hair while giving me a questioning look.
-Good morning- I said, and heard her grunt something in return- It's boiling outside, I need a shower and mine is not working, could I use yours?-I rumbled, almost nervously, although I'm never nervous. I was waiting for her to say no, to close the door on my face and get back to sleep and reading the Capital or whatever she was usually up to.
-Sure- she seemed almost entertained by my requirement, the shade of a smile on the corner of her lips- I thought liberals like you were against common use of stuff though
-Don't worry- I showed her my wallet- I'll pay for it
Sam looked at me in disbelief- Pay???- she laughed at me- come on, get in before I change my mind. She walked me through and pointed at a door- there it is, just ask if you need anything.
The apartment was quite similar to mine, if only it looked emptier and pretty plain. The only personal touch yet was a pile of books sitting on the main table whose authors I'd never heard of, and a tiny, barely alive plant on the kitchen counter.
-Aren't you gonna ask me if I want to be environmentally friendly and save water with you? It's a commie thing after after all- I tried to joke, but it ended up coming out flirtier than I pretended to, so I quickly shut the door as I heard her laugh softly. I got in the shower without thinking at all that it was where she used to shower everyday
As I walked out of the bathroom, ready to get to work, I saw a dirty blonde girl coming through the main door. She seemed confused to see me there.She was taller than Sam, and looked about the same age as her, her features softer, so they couldn't be family. I hoped she was not her girlfriend or anything, that could make things awkward. At the same time Sam came out of her room. She'd got changed and was wearing some gym shorts and a really short sports shirt that I decided not to look at much.
- Hey you're out! This is Angela, she is one of my best friends and new roommate.
Great, another hippie in the building... this was only getting better... At least maybe this one wasn't as annoyingly weird as her friend, who kept staring at me with those piercing eyes that seemed to be trying to look inside my head. I wanted to get out of there as soon as I could, I had wasted enough time already and had to get to work. I just introduced myself politely-Hi, I'm Victoria-and walked to the door
-Nice to meet you- she smiled, and turned to her friend- Sam, why didn't you tell me you were dating someone!
-Us? Dating?- I was about to get out but I turned around blushing furiously, and for the looks of it, I wasn't the only one. Sam's cheeks had turned violently red as well. It looked strange with the intense color of her eyes- Dating? Me? And a commie? That's the most ridiculous thing I've ever heard!
-Okay girl chill, no need to be like that
-Yeah Angela she's a liberal, not even my type- Wait what did she mean with her type? Now I felt offended, I wanted to leave so I said a quick bye and walked to the door while the girls kept talking to each other. What is even a type? I didn't care what they thought. If being a liberal meant dressing well instead of looking like a hippie then I couldn't care less. Although Sam's friend looked rather preppyish, so she couldn't really be a communist could she?
-Oh, did you bring him?- Sam asked
-Yes!- the blonde said- he's in my room
-Bring... who? You know that you need your tenants' permission to let more people in here right?- it wasn't exactly like that. Something just didn't feel right when thing of those girls bringing a parade of "hims", especially Sam...so I figured some exaggeration couldn't hurt.
Both girls looked at each other and started laughing out loud. I stood there, staring at them and feeling really confused. Were they making fun of me?
-Sonic, our hedgehog, we just adopted him last week- well now that was the most ridiculous thing I had ever heard
-Wait you have a hedgehog and you named him Sonic? Shadow is objectively the best of them
-Wow Sam now you're new friend here is edgy- Angela smirked
-We're not friends- we said at the same time- yet- Sam added
-And I'm not edgy, it's just the truth
-Yeah, right- Sam said
-You know what? I'm in a hurry, just tell me how much I owe you and I'll pay you when I'm back from work, I have to go- I walked energetically to the door when I got really dizzy and everything went pitch black as I fell down and crashed to the floor