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You yawn and park your car on the side of the road. You're new apartment building is here, you're on the 5th floor and your room is 543. You drove 7 hours for this place because the rent was decent price. You sigh and grab the box in the front seat. You head into the apartment building. After searching for 20 minutes, you find your room. You take out your new key and unlock the door, an empty room awaits you. This apartment is 2 bedrooms and 1 bathroom. You new two bedrooms because one is going to be your office/hobby room, last place you had only had one bedroom and it quickly got messy.
You slowly bring your boxes of stuff up until everything is inside. You sigh and look at all the boxes. You wish that they could unpack themselves. You close your front door and slide down it. You sit there for a minute thinking about how you got this far. You've worked so hard for this. You get back up and spend a few hours unpacking, by the time your done all you have left is decorations.
You go over to your office and turn on your laptop. You look at your stacked up messages. All your different social media dms build up. You hover over one of them, it's a bot telling you to buy followers using their website. You hit the x on the notification. You open up your video editor and glance at where you were at. You got at least 4 minutes into your hour of footage. You crack your knuckles and get to work, you want to at least finish this video tonight, make a little progress on your dream.
You finally finish and look at the clock, 2am. Holy shit, you were up longer than you wanted to be. You yawn and crawl to your room, once you get there you can hear a man yelling in the room over. "Holy shit chat! The fucking burger man is trying to get me! I thought we had something man!" You could make out through the wall. You sigh and get into your bed. You can still hear the man through the wall, but at least it's somewhat comforting. After what feels like hours you finally fall asleep.
You wake you feeling still tried. You slowly get out of bed and check your phone. You have a new text message from your friend. They're a relatively larger streamer but they work at a coffee shop. They somehow got you a job. The message reads, "Hey, you up? They're free to interview you today.". You sit up and drag you hang down your face. You type out, "I am now, I just woke up. I get can ready in a minute.". You hit send and get out of bed, already searching for your most professional clothes. You collect them as you eye sees them. After collecting them all, you hop in the shower.
You grab your mini backpack, which is a little ghost, then head out the door. You type the address he gave you into google maps and follow it. After a few missing roads, you finally get there. You walk in and walk straight up to the counter, not wanting to waste any time. "Hey, what's up?" You say to Bizly. He turns around, "Hey! Are you ready for your interview?" He replies and winks. You nod and say "As much as I'll ever be.". He goes into the back and the manger walks out. "Hi, I'm Jason and I'll be the one interviewing you today.". You smile and follow him into the back, he asks you some boring questions, and you leave. It was really simple and quick. You get back in your car and leave, but not before Bizly convinces you to order a coffee.
You get back to your building and everything is going smoothly, a bit too smoothly... You ride the terrifying elevator up to you floor and get out. You start to walk over to your apartment, but suddenly, your neighbor walks out of his apartment. You both pause in your tracks. Your eyes awkwardly meet. "Hi." He says nervously. You raise you hand and respond, "Hey. I'm your neighbor.". "Oh, nice to met you." He says as he looks you up and down. You assume he didn't intentionally mean to check you out, you're just dressed professionally. Either way, you better say something back. "It's nice to meet you too..." You say as you take a sip from your coffee. Bizly signed it with his name and a little guy with sunglasses. "Oh hey! Do you know Bizly?" He says, a bit more excited. "Yeah, we met online. He was checking out people to watch and he stumbled upon my channel." You respond. "You stream too? That's cool. Oh, shit- I should get going. Maybe I'll see you another time?" He replies. You nod and smile, "Yeah, hopefully I'll see you another time.". You both head your separate ways, but you can't help but feel a spark.
Once you get inside, you flop down on your beanbag. Catching a small crush on your neighbor is going to end you, you trying to dismiss it as gender envy. You open your phone and text Bizly. "Met someone who knew you, he was my neighbor. Crazy isn't it?". You open Twitter and check your notifications, deleting all the bots from your dms and comments. You almost wish these bots would work cause starting out small is hard. You put a lot of work into what you do, but there is not a instant reward. You wonder if it's almost hopeless. Once you're done, you turn off your phone and set it on your stomach. You leaned your head back and closed you eyes. You breathe in and out, trying to dismiss all of your worries, but you end up falling asleep and taking a short nap.