#001: carmen x soren

[roseandpiper]

CARMEN + SOREN

Some days were worse than others. Unfortunately, this was one of those days. The sun had set hours ago, and she was only now getting home from what was supposed to have just been a lunch. The fact that had stretched into the early evening should’ve been her sign to fake an illness and to leave, but apparently she never learned. She stuffed her hands into her jacket pockets as she made her way up to her apartment complex. Staring at the ground and contemplating the patheticness that was her life, she didn’t notice the lone figure standing in her path until she had bumped right into them. 

“Oh,” she uttered in surprise. Blinking, she stared up to find herself facing her new neighbor. The fact that she didn’t know much about them since he’d moved in next door made her feel all the more embarrassed about not paying attention. “Sorry. I wasn’t, uh, paying attention, obviously...” Carmen sighed, not sure if there was a point in saying anything else. Like her, he seemed to keep to himself, and considering the town they were both living in, she appreciated that. But then again, it was what made her a tad curious to know more about him as well. “I’m Carmen, by the way, your neighbor. I meant to introduce myself earlier, but I figured it was better not to bother you while you were moving in.”