stranger in the elevator

so my lift at home has been down for a week (been dissing it since it died), but last night,i had to be grateful for it. for i would not have met the cute neighbour i never knew of . it was a weird situation. i've seen him from afar but when we both got into the lift, that brief ten seconds (which in real life felt like a lifetime) was electric. we didn't small talk. nope. i was holding my breath, i could hear him too. i wanted to say something, but my tongue was tied, i could also hear him think. i felt every particle of air coming out from his breath, and from mine. everything was still but for our breaths, oh and the moving lift of course. i could hear my heart thumping, i don't know if he could hear mine.

as i walked out of the lift, he said bye (and after such a long silence). i turned around and said bye with a little wave and that's when reality kicked right back in. well at least i know he lives 3 floors above me *wink*