Chapter 1148 Apartment 202:++2

• It was now official once the sublease agreement was completed and my final box of possessions was placed in my bedroom. I lived with Gray in Apartment 202 as a tenant for the ensuing eleven months, three weeks, and two days (at most). That was the remaining period from the twin's initial three-year leasing deal, but it was a very specified amount of time.
• I smiled at my roommate who was sitting on the still-bare mattress in my new room. Her layered, mid-length dark auburn hair was partly sticking to her face because of the sweat she'd built up while helping me move in. She tucked some strands behind her ear, revealing a constellation of piercings. The more time I spent with her, the more familiar I became with her body art... I was sure that before long, my mental cartography of her many vividly colored tattoos would be more or less mapped out.
• So far, I knew that her two full-sleeve ones were nautical-themed. Her right arm was enveloped by two gorgeously depicted sea creatures. While her left one showed a stormy seafaring scene with a grand sailing ship as its centerpiece. The several smaller pieces that covered her legs were far less uniform. Her thighs, shins, calves and even knees showcased: red roses on thorny vines, a flower-crowned skull, a couple of origami birds, fluffy clouds, a blackhole swallowing up planets, starry galaxies, an incredibly intricate rocket ship. Honestly, I wasn't even confident that I'd named them all... But I didn't want to creep her out by staring at her legs for longer than was deemed appropriate.