Chapter 168: New Place (1/2)
”Come, this is your new home for probably the next 3 years of university,” Hannah said as she opened the door in the hallway outside of the elevator. Alex walked inside to see another door to his front and two smaller doors to his either side.
”These are for shoes and coats, don't worry about them and come on it,” Hannah said as she opened the actual door to the house. Alex walked inside and saw a massive lounge room with white walls and gray sofas. There was a big TV in the middle of the room above the fireplace.
'No wonder it costs $10,000 a month. But still, isn't that a lot?' he wondered. ”Come, I will show you the other rooms,” she said as she walked towards another small corridor. There were 2 doors on either side and she opened one of them.
”This will be your room from now on.”
Alex walked in a saw a massive room with light blue walls. The room was about the size of his dorm room, but instead of 4 different people, only he was going to stay there now.
The room, however, was all but empty and only had a closet in it. ”No bed?” he asked.
”No. This room used to be used by the first girl that lived here, and she took everything in here when she left. We wanted to put a bed in here, but since no one was staying, we laid it off until someone came along.”
”We can go buy one today. I'm free all day,” Hannah said.
”It's okay sister. Actually, I don't even know if I will be needing a bed in the first place, since they will be releasing capsules next week where we can sleep all we want,” Alex said.
”Don't be silly. Sleeping in a bed, and sleeping in a capsule are two entirely different things. You absolutely need a bed,” Hannah reprimanded her little cousin.
”Alright sister, if you say so.” Alex just accepted her words as truth and didn't go on further about getting just the capsule.
”Okay, keep your luggage there and come eat some breakfast. You must be hungry,” she said as she headed back out. Beyond the lounge area was a half-open room, which was the kitchen.
Hannah put some bread in the toaster and started frying some eggs. Alex happily ate all of that. After they finished the breakfast, Hannah proceeded to show him more of the house.
About 10 minutes later, she finally stopped when her phone got a notification. She picked up her phone and smiled when she saw what was in it. Alex was curious as to what could make his cousin smile like that but refrained from asking. If she deemed it important, she would tell him herself.
'Her phone looks quite good. I should probably buy myself one as well.' Although the phone he currently had was a birthday present, it was a cheap model and was thus quite slow.
' I should get myself a laptop as well,' he thought. After learning that he could complete his first semester of university without requiring a laptop, he had decided to buy it later.
That later was now. 'What else do I need? Let's see… a bed, a VR helmet, a phone, a laptop, maybe some clothes as well.'
”I have something to do for a few minutes. Why don't you go watch TV or something? I will come back, and we can go shopping,” Hannah said and left Alex alone in the living room.