Who: Kyle Rayner NPCs: Ashley When: April 15th, 2013 Where: NYC What: Kyle takes a date home. At least as far as his doorway. Rating: PG
"Wait, really? As in, really?"
Kyle glanced from his date, a girl named Ashley, to his apartment. This was definitely a bad idea. He had cleaned up, to be sure, but there was no concealing the size of the place. From where they stood in the door way, they could see more or less the entirety of his bedroom. Closer to them was the kitchen on the left, and a couch backed right up to it with a television in the opposite corner of the room. To say that the place was small would have been a lame understatement. Because when it came right down to it, there had been a time in Kyle's life that he had had more square footage in his office space.
Which was a passing thought that made him realize, yet again, how hard the cost of being an intergalatic police officer hurt his life on Earth.
"Uhm. Yeah, you know, funny story..." Ashely turned to look up at him, and her thoughts were plain. She wanted to be told that this was indeed a joke. That this was not where he lived. And most importantly, that he had not actually dared to bring her here after their otherwise fun evening out. Kyle wanted to tell her that too. There were a number of ways that flashed though his mind to get out of this, and it would have been easy since he knew she would be so receptive.
But he was honest. Even to a fault.
He sighed, and without thinking about it, his hand was on the back of his neck. "You know what, yeah. It is my place. My rat hole. I know its hobbit size, but being as that I have been out of a job for a little while it's all I can afford."
Ashley seemed to want a better explanation than that, but he had no more to offer.
"So I suppose you want me to take you home now?"
"Immediately."
Kyle slouched. "Alright, I understand", he said, closing the door.
As they walked down the hall, Ashley took Kyle by the hand and clarified. "And what's a hobbit?"
If it was possible to grimace even more than he was already, Kyle did so as he stepped into the elevator with Ashley.