Dead Awakened/Episode 4 (old)

'''This is a preview of Episode 4. The full episode is set to be released soon.'''

Episode 4 (Preview)
Place: Auburn Grey Apartments, Room 788 Time: 8:47 AM, the next day

The apartments were, by no means, impressive. It was a fairly old structure, build out of bricks, containing three floors. It went through two tyrannical landlords in its creation, until the present, where a retired 70-year-old Spanish woman and her eldest daughter took over the place. Now, Auburn Grey was well on its way to earning its name back, as small as that was. The damage, consisting mostly of evicted and neglected rooms, bad plumbing, and poor noise-proofing from the outside stuck to the place like moss, but the mother-and-daughter duo have made considerable progress in making the place bearable. They still can’t stop the 3-A.M. drug deals going on in the first floor every Wednesday and Thursday, but that’s a problem left for another time.

Yasmin and Neya lived in the third floor, Room 788. It was the cheapest the roomies could afford, and they’ve found the landlords to be the nicest they’ve talked to during their days of apartment hunting. The apartment itself was fortunately big enough for the two of them, and, thanks to Yasmin’s knack for home improvement, the place was made bearable in just a week’s time.

All of her efforts were but a memory now. She and Neya have been living in this place for nearly two years. If it wasn’t for Yasmin, they wouldn’t have the flowery wallpaper and fixed up bathroom tiles they have today. Neya returned the favor by bringing in the bright-orange couch on their living room. Her quirky mom was the one to thank for that.

The two were just starting their day, well aware of their different schedule for school. They both only had one class, English, for today. Thursday was that kind of day where they have a day-off, if things go right. Yasmin was in the process of sifting through her e-mails, looking for any supposed messages left by her professors. Neya was huddled on the couch, watching her Korean dramas on her very own laptop.

“Neya!” Yasmin calls, from the bathroom, as she was also trying to fix up her hair while she read e-mails on her phone. She steps out to see if Neya was paying attention, and she was. “You were right.”

“Really?” Neya replies, her expression growing to a combination of excitement and relief. “Yes!” And just like that, Neya returns her focus on the laptop screen. Yasmin chuckles lightly, and shakes her head. Never has she tried to interrupt Neya from her soaps.

Ms. Niederhauser (Yasmin had to reread her contact name twice) had just e-mailed them half an hour ago, saying that, as a late replacement, she was trying to figure out their current lesson plan. She’s given them this class off as a way to prepare, and to reward them for sticking with the class until semester’s end. Any time off is good for Yasmin, since she didn’t have to stand in at the pet shop today, either.

She walks over to the small kitchen-slash dining room, and looks for food. The cupboards were lacking the packaged goods she was so used to seeing. The fridge at least had some food; Yasmin takes a slice of the leftover apricot pie Neya brought in three days ago. She brings her plated slice with her over to Neya.

“Yo, Ney…” Yasmin seats herself in the vacant spot of the sofa. “Do you have work today? We need to do a bit of shopping.” Neya, watching as if she was reading a book, glances at Yasmin. “I don’t. Sure.” Unlike Yasmin, Neya worked in the campus as a computer lab aid.

Yasmin, noticing Neya’s unparalleled concentration, playfully hits her leg. “Hey! Go eat breakfast.” This is mostly just to bug her.

As expected, Neya doesn’t even respond; she’s too caught up in this important plot point regarding Lee Jung-yeon and Kim Do-hyun...