《boxes - taron egerton.》Chapter 2 - Box
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Today was surprisingly a warm day , the perfect the day to move boxes from your car to your apartment. Lilith left early this morning for her yoga class and I was left alone, the usual.
I woke up around 11am and decided to move the boxes so I can get it over with and then sleep more for the rest of the day.
I started off with the lighter boxes , those were the ones with the clothes and accessories that I had. Luckily we stay on the second floor so I don't have to go up so many stairs.
After I moved all of the light boxes it was time for the heavy ones. I was ready to pass out anytime , I should've waited for Lil to help me but I knew she wouldn't get back until like 6 because she tends to always go shopping after or go to the gym.
I started off with the boxes that had all my books and jotters for school, I wasn't gonna buy any here when I've got tons back home. Surprisingly it wasn't that heavy so I hoped the rest would be too.
I grabbed the box with the vinyls and another one with more books and stacked on top of each other , I figured it'd be easier to carry.
I wasn't really looking what was in front of me , mainly cause I couldn't see over the huge boxes and I'm only 5'4 so it was quite difficult. This was the moment I wished I only took one box because I ended bumping into someone and the box with my books broke and suddenly there were books all over the side walk.
"Fuck shit , I'm sorry , this is my fault , I should've only taken one box, my apologies" I looked up to see a middle aged man with a women that looked a bit older than him. The man looked really familiar, I felt like I've seen him somewhere before or I've met him.
When I looked at him , our eyes locked immediately, he had bright green eyes and he had a really cute smile.
"Oh its okay , don't worry" he said in a strong Welsh but almost British accent.
"I'm really sorry" I grabbed my books and put them on top of my vinyl box.
"Its okay really, don't worry" He said again , the woman beside him didn't say anything and just gave me dirty looks. I felt quite awkward because I basically dropped the box right on her boyfriend.
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"I guess but I'm sorry I've been carrying all these boxes the whole day , my arm must've gone weak or something" I said again , the man just looked at me.
"Sorry uh ... anyways , carry on with your day" I grabbed the box with my books on top of it started to walk away just to be stopped by that same Welsh accent that just spoke to me.
"Hey , you've been carrying these boxes all alone?" He asked , why was he asking?
"Emh yeah." I replied , I'm pretty sure his girlfriend was ready to kill by the daggers she was shooting me.
"Would you like some help?" He asked. Did he really just ask that? Also why would he , a stranger, want to help me? His girlfriend whispered something to him and I just heard him say , look go back to the hotel and I'll catch up with you.
"Um I don't want to interrupt your day" I said , I felt quite awkward because I didn't what to say and I would appreciate some help.
"Its alright don't worry" He told me and then turned around to his girlfriend.
"Look Em go back to the hotel and I'll be back in 15 minutes, I'm sure you won't miss your flight , its in a couple of hours , 15 minutes won't hurt you" He told her.
"If you say so" she scoffed and walked away and left me with the tall , blonde man. He just kinda stared at me for a little bit before he took the box from me and headed upstairs.
"Its second floor and apartment D by the way!" I screamed after him.
"OKAY" he shouted back.
I grabbed another two boxes and headed upstairs. When I entered my apartment I found him sitting down on the couch with the boxes beside him.
"This is a nice apartment" He said looking around.
"Thanks I guess , this is quite weird because I'm ready any minute for you to murder me" I laughed nervously.
" Murder you? I would never" He said.
"Okay emm..." I didn't know what to say because he never told me his name.
"Taron , I'm Taron" He said holding out his hand.
"I'm Ruby" I shook his hands.
"Lovely to meet you Ruby" He smiled and left my apartment to get more boxes.
And that's how the next couple of minutes went , us moving boxes up to my apartment.
"I think that's it all" Taron said putting down the last box.
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"I think so too , thank you so much for helping me" I said smiling.
"It was my pleasure" He smiled.
"Would you like some coffee or tea?" I asked him as I walked into the kitchen.
He followed and sat down at the kitchen island table, looked down at his watch and sighed.
"Oh shit yeah you have to go meet your girlfriend, sorry for holding you up , you can go if you want , thank you for the help" I said putting down the cup and starting to walk towards the door.
"Oh no! Its fine ahah I'll have some green tea" He said with a cute laugh. I just realised how his deep can go very high.
"You sure?" I asked.
"Absolutely"
I poured two cups of green tea and gave one to Taron. I walked over to the sofa and sat down , Taron following me.
"You staying here for long?" He asked me.
"Yeah just about to start Uni" He nodded and went quiet.
"What about you , you around from here?" I asked.
"Well I'm staying here for a couple weeks and then I've got to go somewhere" He said and I just nodded. He ignored the question about where he's from. Interesting.
"I thought you were leaving today" I said out of the blue.
"Wait how?" He asked , he looked confused.
"When you were talking to your girlfriend you said something about a flight" I said , god I shouldn't have brought this up.
"Oh no , not me. She's going somewhere" He laughed.
"Ah okay, cool" I smiled. And that was when his phone started to ring. He took it out of his pocket and I saw it was his girlfriend, Emily. I could tell by the picture.
"Shit" He said just before he picked up. He stood up and started walking around my living room.
I didn't hear much but I'm pretty sure she was screaming at him, which I guess wasn't good.
"Okay okay calm down! I'll be there in 10!" He shouted and hung up , he sat down back beside me.
"Girlfriend?" I asked.
"Yup" He seemed pissed off , I guess their relationship isn't the best but I'm not the judge, I barely know this guy.
"Well I must get going now, thank you for the tea" He finished his tea and stood up, I still had some left in my cup so I placed it down on the coffee table and led Taron to the door.
"Thank you so much for helping me with these boxes , it's was very kind of you and I appreciate it!" I said and gave him a gentle hug. He looked shocked at first but he hugged back.
"You're very welcome , it was my pleasure. Thank you for the tea and it was great to get to know you" He smiled , god he has such a cute smile.
"No problem and it was great to know you too" I didn't know if he was gonna give me his number if he wanted to stay in contact but I guess he didn't.
"Until our paths cross again Ruby" He stepped out of my apartment.
"Until our paths cross again Taron" And that was the last thing I said before I closed the door.
I went back to the couch and took his empty tea cup and placed it in the sink, I finished my tea and decided to wash the cups. When I went to wash Tarons cup I realised there was a little piece of paper in it. I took a look at the paper and it read.
Hey this is weird but I'm not the guy to ask a girl for a number incase it makes her uncomfortable and we barely know each other but here's my number , feel free to call me any time, yknow if you're moving anymore boxes :)
When did he get the time to write that? It must've been when I was making the tea.
Hmm that cheeky little bastard.
I took one last look at the note , smiled and put the note in my pocket. Suddenly I heard my front door open , I turned around to see Lilith.
"WHO WAS THAT HOT BLONDE MAN COMING OUT OF OUR APARTMENT?" She screamed.
"That man was Taron , he helped me with the boxes because SOMEONE left me do it all myself" I said.
"Sorry Ru. But holy shit that guy was hot" She was drooling my now.
"Okay stop , he has a girlfriend and that's the end of it , I'm going for a nap now adios" I said as I walked into my room and shut the door.
"WAIT I HAVE A MILLION QUESTIONS"
A/N
So I hope this is good so far :) feel free to leave feedback and maybe some requests?
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