Hoping he might manage to sneak in, Leon stood for the second time in front of Happiness Apartment's building.
After glancing up at the location of his apartment on the sixth floor, he took a deep breath, clutched the Holy Spirit pendant on his chest, and tiptoed into the building's foyer.
Somehow, whether folks had already gone to sleep, or the Badge's effect had counteracted, Leon managed to walk through the first-floor foyer and into the stairwell without encountering the burly man with the scissors, or even the lady administrator.
So... can I go home now?
Overjoyed, Leon quickened his pace, sprinting up the stairs. But just as he raised his hand to knock, the door swung open, as it had countless times over the past three years, before he could touch it.
"Bro?"
Seeing Leon's face full of smiles, beaming with happiness, Anna couldn't help but curiously ask,
"Didn't you say you'd be too busy these days and wouldn't come home to sleep?"
