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17.

THEODORE.

What in the actual fuck am I doing?

I have sunglasses on and I'm decked out in full black.  With a cap on. In broad daylight. Under a killer heat. 

Cue full on stalker mode.

I really wanted to face palm myself. I even took a day off just for this!

Alright, so current situation status report. I am hiding in a corner, just across the street from where Daniel says he stays. I only can roughly gauge where he lives because I have never stepped foot into his apartment.

I've been waiting her for at least 2 hours and gotten word from his staff that he was supposed to end his shift about 1 hour ago.

Target has yet to be spotted.

I can assure you. People walking by me are on full alert, thinking which maniac is this standing by the corner. Pretty sure someone must have thought of calling the cops to check up on me. Even I think I look dangerous.

You may be thinking that I'm weird or that I could put more trust into him. It's not that I don't trust him. It's more like me making sure that my hunches aren't wrong.

Or it's just my excuse for being that person who thinks too much and doubts everything.

Am I being too much now? To be honest with you, I'm not too sure myself. It's the year 2020, yet here I am. Physically spying on someone that I know won't do anything out of character. I mean, I could just stalk him on Instagram or Twitter. Ugh, what am I even saying?

This is fucking stupid. I shouldn't even be doing this.

I took off the disguise that I had put on, and stood by the corner a little longer before making the decision to leave and head home.

That's why I saw Daniel carrying his gym bag. He headed for one of the apartment complexes and opened the door.

So that's where you live.

I noted the building that he entered, thinking that maybe I could surprise him later by dropping by. But that would get me busted for stalking, wont it? Alright, no house visits then.

I don't even know which floor he stays on. I'm such an idiot.

I shook my head at myself. Put more trust in Daniel, Theo. He's not that kind of person to hide anything for too long anyway. Just wait it out a little, don't push too hard. He will share with you whatever you want to know sooner or later. I tried to convince myself as I started to make a move.

As if on cue, I saw Xander walk down the street. Out of everyone in the world.

I internally prayed that he would just continue walking straight down but when do wishes ever come true in the real world?

He made a left turn and walked into the same building that Daniel did. Doesn't that building have a security code or something? How can he just strut in like he owns the place?

I took out my phone and quickly dialed Daniel's number. He picked up on the fourth ring.

"Hey, what's up?"