Saw this storyline somewhere and thought this would be cute. So enjoy!

Caleo

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I turn the wrench right and tighten the bolt. "That should do it"

Hoping that I fixed my kitchen sink, I get up and turn on the faucet.

Nothing.

Looks like I'm as useless as my ex, Odysseus, thinks.
I'm just about to put away the wrench and give up, when I heard a knock on my apartment door.

I open the door and see a man standing there. A cute man. I've never seen him before but I'll probably remember his soft brown eyes, curly black hair, his kissable-

"Hi, I'm Leo" He stuck his hand out and flashed me a grin.

"Calypso" I stuck mine out and shook it "Can I help you?"

"Yeah, my sink is acting up and I came down here to see if yours is too" He proclaimed "You know, since they're on the same line"

I narrow my eyes in confusion "Same line?"

"Yeah" He nodded but then realization settled on his face "Oh right, I forgot to tell you"

"I'm your neighbor," He cracked another grin "I'm on top of you"

I blink "On top of me?"

"Yeah, this apartment 4G right?" He asked

I nodded

"Well I'm apartment 5G"

This time, it was my turn to have realization settle on my face. "Oh! Right, yeah hi neighbor"

Smooth Calypso

"That makes much more sense" I mutter softly

Leo cocks an eyebrow and smirks at me "What did you think I meant?"

"Uhm, I uh" I stutter

Wow, this cannot get more embarrassing

I swallow thickly and hope that I'm not blushing. But I can tell that I am by the way Leo's smirk growing and it's pretty obvious that he knows what I was thinking.

"So you're having trouble with your sink?" I ask, trying to save the conversation

"Yeah, I am" He looks down at the wrench in my hand "and by the looks of it, I can tell you are too"

I nod "Mind if I take a look?"

"Uh-"

"I work in home repair and do this kind of thing for a living"

"I- I don't think that would be a good idea-"

"Right right, I get it" Leo's face turned into an understanding expression "Don't let strangers into your home. That's just common sense"

"No, it's not that"

Okay, how do I explain something this without sounding stupid?

"I need to fix this on my own" I try to reason with him

"I see," He furrowed his eyebrows "any particular reason why I can't help?"

I silently groan. I don't want to unload my whole toxic relationship with someone. And I definitely don't want to bombard Repair Boy Leo about Odysseus.

"Because I'm an independent woman" I suddenly spat out

"I'm sure you are" Leo nodded

"And I can do things for myself"

"I'm sure you can" He said still nodding "but that doesn't mean you have to do everything by yourself"

"What?"

"Let's look at this logically" He suggested "Calypso, what do you do for a living?"

"Where are you going with this?"

"Just trust me" He gave me another flashy smile

Well, can't say no to that

"I own a flower shop" I said, trusting where he was leading this conversation

"Okay, well I'm not an expert with plants," He reasoned "so would you ask your average repairman to plant a flower?"

"I guess not"

"Then why would you have a gardiner fix a sink?"

"That" I pursed my lips "makes a surprising amount of sense"

"Yeah, I'm pretty smart sometimes" He snickered at his own joke. I couldn't help but crack a smile at that too. When Odysseus used to laugh at his own jokes, I would think it was too corny, but with Leo, it felt different.

I thought it was kinda cute.

He gestures inside my apartment "Your sink is awaiting Ms. Calypso"

I smile wider and let him in.

He crouches down and looks down in concern. "Looks like someone's been tinkering with this for years"

"My ex boyfriend"

"Was he a writer? A choreographer?"

"What?"

He looked up at me "Whoever did this, had absolutely no idea what they were doing"

I can't help but snort. "What's so funny?"

"Seriously, it's that bad?" I giggle to myself

"Yeah" He nods "My little brother, Harley, could do better than this"

I let out a snicker "Why is that so funny?"

"I can't believe it," I said with a grin "my ex, Odysseus, always said that I'd be lost without him. That he was the one capable of actually doing things and I was just...helpless"

"Well, your ex sounds like an idiot" He smiled lightly

"Yeah, and I believed him too long" I return it halfheartedly "Can you fix it?"

"No, but you can" Leo stands up and hands me the wrench

"Leo-"

"No, Calypso" He cut me off gently "you need to do this for yourself"

I raised my eyebrows "I know you're not helpless, but you need to prove it to yourself"

I don't know why I trust him, but I do.

"Okay" I say as I take the wrench from him and crouch down

"See that connector?" Leo asks me. I nod

"Tighten that one" I follow his instruction.

"Does it feel right?"

"Yeah, I think so"

"Okay then, let's see what you did" I get back up on my feet and Leo turns on the faucet. Water smoothly comes out, like normally. I smile and face him to find out he's been smiling too.

"Good job!" He congratulates me

"I did it!" I raise my hand up for a high five, but he ignored it and pulled me in for a hug.

I freeze in shock, not expecting him to do that. But I wrap my arms around his neck anyway.

He quickly pulls away with a stunned look "Sorry, didn't mean to-"

I interrupt him, by pulling him forward. But instead for a hug, it was a kiss. To my luck, he kissed me back and smiled against my lips. My hands trailed up his neck and lightly tugged at his curls in the nape of his neck. We pulled away and I smiled awkwardly "Sorry"

Leo smirked and his gaze left my eyes and trailed down to my lips "I don't mind"

We leaned in again but something interrupted.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

"What's that?" Leo asked looking around, still not letting go of my waist

"Ugh" I groaned leaning into his chest "My smoke alarm's acting up again"

He chuckled at my annoyance and I asked "Think you can fix it?"

"No," I look up at him in confusion, but it leaves my face as he says the next words "but we can"