Kaye’s ice blue eyes flicked back and forth as she stepped off the elevator. She pulled her suitcase into the hallway after her before taking another look at the piece of paper in her hand. She had followed all of the directions which had brought her to this point. Now she simply needed to find apartment ‘804’.
The numbers on the apartment rose sequentially which helped deposit her in front of the correct door. Kaye knocked. She had a brief bought of nervousness that had her check the numbers matched as she heard noises from inside the apartment. Somebody knocked back.
“Come in,” Kaye said automatically, then she frowned. “Wait…”
The door opened and out stepped a young man barely taller than Kaye, though his marginally controlled black hair made him seem a bit taller. His brown eyes sparkled with mischief. “Hi.”
“Hey.” Kaye smiled. “Guess I should’ve known it was you.”
“I’m a fan of the classics.”
Kaye blushed, suddenly unsure of what to say. “Um, you look like you’re doing well.”
“As long as having no actual belongings and spending most of my waking hours at physical and mental exertion counts as doing well, sweet.” His grin expanded and he gave her a thumbs up. “How’ve you been?”
“Well.” She eyed him. “Has Dirk really been training you that hard?”
“You tell me.” Kyanosa slipped off his jacket and flexed one arm. “A month ago, I was a geek.”
“You were not a geek.” Kaye said rolling her eyes. He was still the same, familiar Kyanosa. She felt his flexed arm. “Very nice.”
“Yes I was. You just only saw me when I was flinging yo-yos.” He pulled the sleeve back on, his mind barely registering that he probably should have been flustered at her compliment. “Trust me, I was a geek the rest of the time.”
The door to the apartment swung open again. “Yes. He was.” Another young man stood in the doorway, his face mirrored Kyanosa’s identically (if you ignored the difference in expression) though his spiky hair was white. They also both wore similar outfits that differed only in color to match their hair. “Now why are you two in the hall?”
