when you moved into an apartment in the less fortunate part of town to save some money you expected some setbacks… okay you expected a lot of setbacks.

but sometimes sacrifices have to be made in order to save some coin, which you desperately needed to do at the moment.

well, move in day comes around and you’re trying to lug a mattress up the stairs, and with the hot summer sun beating down on you, it feels like it weighs even more than it actually does.

you manage to yank it up the final set of stairs, panting and wiping the sweat off your brow, when you hear laughing from behind you.

you turn around to see a man standing outside of the apartment which is next to yours, laughing at you. “you should’ve seen your face!” erick exclaimed, laughing while holding a cigarette in one hand and a coffee in the other.

to you, it was ironic that someone who was wearing pajamas at four in the afternoon was making fun of you, not to mention the bright neon pink slippers he was wearing that looked to be in the shape of pandas…