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Chapter 17 - One Step Away

Dana: I knew it, working with only the top on is way better, that suit was taking my breath away. Dana is wearing a white top shirt with fitness wide trousers

lui falls into the bathtub

Dana: What was that noise?! Was it upstairs?

goes to check out

Lui: Shit, shit, I lost balance from the shock. She couldn't have heard me, right?

hears footsteps

Oh no, no, no, this is bad. She will find me. What should I do?

Dana: Where was it from, this room? opens the door of the parents' room

Quite a classy design they got here. I always get amazed by this room even though I clean it. Its design and material are still top notch even though it is from old years. Anyway, I don't think it was from here, it was more like on the right than the left side.

closes the door

Lui: Should I go out and lock my door too? What if I get found as soon as I try to lock it? She isn't that fast after all, is she?

tries to lock his room door but turns back into his bathroom

Shit, she came here. Oh come on, where did I leave my phone? Oh no, on the bed.

Dana: The boy's room? Could the noise be coming from here? watches around the room

Uh, weird. All the other rooms have photos, only this one doesn't? Did I even notice before? I guess I didn't notice much in this room, but he sure is simple. Nothing fancy in his room, just the laptop, computer, headphones, TV, phone… huh wait, that's too much technology, what am I saying? I don't even have a computer in my house, let alone in a room. Maybe he loves technology. touches the computer

Lui: I should do something about this now. How can I get her off? Shit, I even left my phone on my bed. What can I distract her with? I gotta unlock the door, she will become suspicious if she finds the bathroom door locked. unlocks the door

Dana: Hmm, it seems they are working outside. Maybe it was from them, the noise that I heard. Uh, is that a garden downstairs? I didn't know they had beans planted there. alarm clock I should hurry up and finish what I am doing here. What if the owners find me here? prepares to leave then sees the bathroom Well, it doesn't hurt to take a look at his bathroom. opens the door

Lui: Here it comes!! Lui stops breathing and tries to become invisible by hiding any presence of life

Dana: Well, quite small for a bathroom, but seems to get the job done. I like the tiles. So I guess the noise wasn't from here either. Could it be from the bathtub? gets closer to the bathtub where Lui is hiding

working sounds

Aha, I heard you. goes downstairs quickly

Lui: Ah, I hate myself. Lui breathes again

Dana: I see, so the noise was from the workers after all. working sounds

Were they this loud? I better finish up here fast, I don't wanna hurt my ears from this.

for 10 minutes Dana finishes all the cleaning of the house, the result perfectly clean, while Lui almost crumbles from the fear of being found even in his own home

I better get out of the bathroom. Shit, I hate bathrooms, yet they are the only place that keeps me away from problems somehow.

leaves bathroom

Well, what can I do now? I used the phone, so everything is useless. I broke the rules, everything I planned before went down the drain. Messaging Doctor Vader gotta be my first priority. I gotta get to the end of it.

opens phone and sends message directly to Doctor Vader

lonerotaku-v1p: doctorvader we need to meet

doctorvader: Hmm, this came out of nowhere, but sure if it's okay with you. Where do you wanna meet?

lonerotaku-v1p: How about at your house?

doctorvader: Do you know where my house is?

lonerotaku-v1p: Hmm, no, but I just wanna be at a place closed rather than in an open space.

doctorvader: I get that feeling too sometimes, I understand. Sure then, let's meet at my house. I will be waiting for you outside. I will send you the location now.

doctorvader sends a link

So this is where he lives? opens link

Huh?!! He lives next to me??!! Wait, wait, wait. He said he lived in the same town as me, then the initials of him are at my neighbor's house, now he is next to my house? Which means that? He is—no, he must be living underground, yup that's it. There is no way that Doctor Vader is him. Of course, knowing Doctor Vader, it wouldn't surprise me at all if he lives underground. Yep, no mistakes are made here.

doctorvader sends a new message

doctorvader: So when will we meet, today or tomorrow?

lonerotaku-v1p: Um, we can meet tomorrow if that's okay with you? Since today is kinda late and all.

doctorvader: Okay, I get it. I will be waiting with a blue hat on my head, don't be late.

lonerotaku-v1p: okay I got it, let's meet tomorrow

doctorvader: Yeah, tomorrow

Lui goes offline

Great, now tomorrow finally I will be seeing who Doctor Vader really is. I gotta wear something normal, and maybe I will be able to even see how he does his reviews. I bet he is quite rich. I remember that since I have followed him, he has only been growing more and more in MeTube. Even though he still talks to me, it's probably because I have been there since the beginning with him, or probably he talks to everyone who messages him.

But there is something that I still don't feel good about, or like I am forgetting something really important about the meeting. What could it be? The place? No, he sent me the link, there is no way he got that wrong. The person? No, I surely messaged Doctor Vader. What is it then? sees himself in the mirror

Shit, I forgot that I said to him that I will meet him, but I can't go outside. Oh noooo, how can I change the meeting now? I subconsciously told him "meet," but I meant like meeting directly only with him, not in the street. I didn't even think that I would leave the house?! Lui becomes frustrated

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