You stood on the balcony, eye-ing on your newly moving neighbor across the street. Pretending to gaze through the skies, you stole a second or two to peek the newbie. He's tall, slender, but has muscly arms. You could actually see his fit biceps since he rolled up his sleeves to his shoulder.

A neighbor who lives on the right side of his house stepped out and greeted him. You couldn't help but to eavesdrop.
"Hello, I'm Mike. Welcome to the neighborhood."
"I'm Kevin," they shook each others' hands, "Thanks."
"I see you don't bring so many stuff here, Kevin."
"I'm not going to live here for long, sir. Just for some things I have to take care of."
"What's your job?"
"I don't really have a job sir. I moved here to stay away from the cities. The noise. The nuisance."
"Well, uh, alright! Since you're not staying for long, what can I do to help you, then?"

You got distracted by your own thought. You couldn't help but guessing the reason why.

The next day was Sunday. It was a fine spring day. You wore your pink Beyond 9 hoodie and your black shorts to go for a little jog. Before you left the house, you caught a view on the newbie's window. He got up from the bed and quickly put on his black hoodie on. His back was against the window, so you were sure he didn't see you when you finally passed.

After 30 minutes, you turned back home and you saw something you didn't expect. The newbie bent over your fences and patting your dog in excitement. You could see from afar that your dog was so happy when he brushed his hand over its ears. You jogged towards him and started a conversation.
"I see you like my Leelee."
He stood up. "Oh, is this your dog? He's awesome!" Then he noticed something. "Wait. We wear the same hoodie!"
"Wah, you're right! I really like this hoodie. This is comfy."
"Pink suits you." Those three words made you confused. You just didn't know how to respond.
"Anyway, he's a dude. Why would you name him Leelee?"
"Ah, it's..." you stopped.
"Hmm?"
"It has a deep meaning for me."
"Okay, I understand if..."
"No, it's not like I won't tell you, but...not just yet."
"I get it. How old is he?" The conversation continued as the morning went by.

It was at noon, when you closed the door, after waving goodbye at Kevin. You couldn’t stop thinking that it was kind of impossible for strangers to be friend in an instant. First, Leelee. Second, hoodie. The rest was history. You felt a connection between you and Kevin. You felt a bound that you had never felt before.

You recalled your last minute conversation with him.

“Ahhh, poor dog. If only your parents didn’t separated, he must have had so many children!”

“I know. Well, I think Leelee is stronger than me in any way.”

“You know my opinion?”

“Hmm?”

“I can see you through Leelee.”

“What does that mean?”

“Most of the times, a dog represents its owner. Dogs in Russia are big and scary, you know? Some even bigger than wolf.”

“Then what say you? About me through Leelee?”

“Hmm... You are... Honest. A little shy. A little closed-personality. But everything about you is not hard to learn when you open your heart to someone. Leelee likes me. I bet you, too.” He made you smirk, handling a grin inside.

“Ah alright. It sounds good, though. Your thoughts about me.”

“Can I take a walk with him tomorrow? If it’s cool with you.”

“Oh that’s cool. I’ll be at work since 8, so I won’t have time to walk him out. You know what, let’s just exchange our number, so we can contact each other.”

You both let your cellphones out and gave each others’ number. He said that he had something to do, which forced the both of you to split. You watched him walking back until he closed the front door.