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Convenient Relations by Karisshma Kaur
Karisshma Kaur

Written by Karisshma Kaur

Convenient Relations by Karisshma Kaur

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I live right upstairs.

Footsteps and chatter echoed in a crescendo up the dark stairwell. The sharp clicks of her stilettos on the sullied steps – jarring to the bum passed out on the mezzanine. Her hips swayed, almost rhythmically, to the melody of the night breeze.

They arrived at hers – a badly selected mix of glossy orange and pink coated the door, along with a poster of The Doors. She turned to face him – eagerly anticipating a response to her square, bald-faced attempt at humor – and received a curt smile.

He wasn’t one to appreciate a joke.

Perhaps sensing this, she kicked off her heels and sauntered, though slightly sheepishly, over to her refrigerator – a filthy, tacky old thing out of the seventies.

“Can I get you anything to drink?” she offered.

He shook his head with a tight-lipped expression.

“I believe I was invited upstairs for the promise of something I don’t seem to be receiving” he murmured, nonchalance spread across his face.

She inhaled sharply and turned to face him – feigned sultriness masked her rancor.

He smiled, perhaps for the first time that night, as her gown fell to the floor and jet-black hair cascaded down her waist.

She lived right upstairs.

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Cover image by Dainis Graveris on Unsplash. The copyright of Convenient Relations belongs to Karisshma Kaur.

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