Aaru's PoV

Eep! I was finally moving into my very own apartment. I was on top of the world. I'd landed a job as a nurse in the local hospital, it was just training of course. I was leaving to America the moment my training was finished. I'd just finished organizing all of the furniture in the house, I had a bit of an obsessive habit of leaving things everywhere.

"Aaru! You left your lunch in the bathroom-" My sister called out, she was helping me move in and had to be on the first train back home.

"Oops!" I cursed under my breath, and hurried into the bathroom. 

That's when all the trouble began.

Tock! 

I heard an odd noise from above. I frowned, then it repeated.

Tock!

I checked the cupboards to find the source of it.

Tock!

Tock!

Tock!

Tock!

It was coming from above. My upstairs neighbor.

Tock! Tock! Tock! Tock!

I gritted my teeth, it was becoming annoying. I found a piece of paper, grabbing a pen I scribbled down a note.

'Do you have to make that racket?'

It took me more than a few attempts to aim my little paper ball into the balcony. A few minutes later I was hit on the head with a plastic cricket ball.

"Ow!" I exclaimed, I saw a smiley face ball with a sticky note stuck on it. The reply was, 'Yep'.

I huffed and scribbled down the reply, 'Are you smacking a ball up and down?'. I stuck the note onto the plastic cricket ball and tossed back up.

The reply was once more, 'Yes'.

The next day, I was playing music when I noticed yet another plastic cricket ball on my balcony.

Hmph

The note read, 'Must you blast that infernal noise so early in the morning?'

I grinned and wrote down, 'Um, Music!'

The plastic ball bounced back on my balcony. The note said, 'In which galaxy is this music?'

I rummaged through the kitchen, looking for a milky way bar. Unfortunately, I ate the last one yesterday. I found a Diary Milk Bar instead, grabbing that I stuck a sticky note on it. 'Pretend it's a milky way bar,'

I tossed the note and candy back up, I heard a guy laugh from above. Quickly I jotted down another note, 'Don't you dare eat it, I still want it.'

He tossed back an empty dairy milk wrapper, I let out a huff. 'Rude', I wrote down and sent it back. The reply was even more annoying, 'I know.'

'Well, Juliet, my fingers hurt from all this writing.' A plastic ball fell once more,

'What do you suggest, Balcony Romeo?' I jotted down a reply,

'9*********' 

I rolled my eyes, and saved the contact as 'Balcony Romeo'. 

*

Balcony Romeo: Donuts?

You: Um, is that even a question?

Balcony Romeo: Um, yes.

You: Um, my response is YES

Balcony Romeo: Um, okay

You: Um, are we gonna continue this?

Balcony Romeo: Um, seems like it

Balcony Romeo: Um, do you watch cricket?

You: Um, YES!

Balcony Romeo: 😏😏

You: U BROKE OUR 'UM' STREAK 

Balcony Romeo: Heh, well, who's ur fav cricket player

You: lol well, Obvi MSD and Virat Kohli

Balcony Romeo: Out of the younger players?

You: Hm... I guess im totally crushing on Shubman Gill- He's so frickin dreamy-

Balcony Romeo: Oh-?

You: Enough chatter, im headed to the elevator, u coming?

Balcony Romeo: Yes

*

I hummed to myself, and entered the elevator. 

"Hold up, Juliet!" I heard a male voice call out, I held my hand out in front of the elevator.

HOLY MUSHROOMS-

Shubman Gill stood in front of me with a wide grin, "What's up, Juliet?"

"Well, well, well.. Balcony Romeo is Shubman Gill." I shook my head, unable to believe this.

Shubman Gill grinned and responded, "Shall we? Donuts await us, Juliet."