Hearing my name get called caused me to reflexively look up. When I saw the pink-haired girl looking at me, I quickly took out my notebook and said: “You got the wrong person.”

“No! I know for a fact that it is you! Only you would resort to writing things down!” The pink-haired girl seems to be the pink-haired thing…. I could have sworn it was around three to four years before monsters appeared in the real world, so why did this pink-haired thing appear here? 

I know one thing is for sure, though. Is that once this pink-haired thing latches on to you, she will not give up? So even if I refuse with all my might here, she will just latch on until I finally tell the truth. So I had no choice. I wrote down a sentence and held it up for the pink-haired thing to read.

“I did not know pink-haired things spawned in the real world? Wait! I am not a pink-haired thing! We already went over this!” The pink-haired thing yelled out. Yep. It was definitely her. Now that I think about it, she did resemble her quite a bit, with just a few changes here and there.

“Angel, do you know this girl? She is here to look at the studio next door to you.” Robert explained. I kind of wish he didn’t. I was hoping to maybe avoid the pink-haired thing altogether. While it would be annoying to have her next door, the location was still too good for me to give up.

“Yes, I do! So, give her the apartment for cheap. Four hundred bucks a month. I will tell my father, so don’t worry.” The pink-haired thing seemed to have said something very nice just now. Thinking about it…. I quickly wrote something down and showed it to the pink-haired thing. She looked at it and said: “With everything included!”

“Angel…. If I do that, your father….” Robert seemed a little hard up, but the pink-haired thing quickly cut him off.

“I already said I would talk to him, so just make up a contract and add it all in. He knows it is hard for me to make friends, and to have one living next door who is also a girl will make him feel better about me living alone, so he will be all for it.” I am starting to think this pink-haired thing is not a bad monster. She seemed to be trying to help me out quite a bit. I mean, four hundred a month with everything included is much cheaper than what I am dealing with now.

I quickly wrote down something in my notebook and showed it to Robert. “I am willing to pay three years up front.”

“This….. Alright…” Robert seemed to cave. I mean, that was forty-eight hundred a year, times three. So he was getting a huge chunk of change up front, which should smooth things over. Paying for three years upfront is a guaranteed tenant for three years with out worrying if they will pay rent or not. At least, this is how I look at it.

 “Do you still want to see the apartment?” Robert asked. I nodded my head in answer. After all, it was still good to look at what I was getting myself into.

Robert opened the door, and while he did, I wrote a thank you to the pink-haired thing. She smiled brightly at me and hopped over to me just like she did in game. I will need to ask later how she knew it was me from the start, though. I mean, I do not look all the good to begin with. Compared to the cute demon girl in the game, my real looks were not all that good.

The studio was actually more of a one-bedroom apartment. It had a small kitchen in the entryway. A bathroom across from that. It then opened up to a decent-sized living room for a single person. Off that was a small closet and another room, which was the bedroom. The bedroom and living room both had access to a small balcony that spanned the width of the apartment. I quickly wrote out: “I like it….” I couldn’t help but really like the place. It was spacious and even had a balcony so I could get some fresh air if I wanted to.

“Then I will go get the contract written up. Here are the keys you can start moving in now.” Robert did not seem afraid that I would not pay the fees. I mean, I could squat if I wanted to. Then, it would take him months to kick me out, but I had no plans of doing so. I took the keys and wrote down my thanks. 

I watched as Robert left, leaving me and the pink-haired thing in the apartment. “I can’t believe you are moving in next door! This means we can team up more often!” 

I furrowed my brow slightly and fought with either picking on the girl or actually saying thanks. In the end I wrote out: “Thanks. You helped me a lot. I never thought a pink-haired thing would do such a nice thing.”

“Hehe… it is no problem. You helped me a lot. And  please call me ANGEL!” Ah, she yelled at me in the end.