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>be me
>live in the bay area of California
>nice residential apartment complex, several buildings, pool, gym, the works
>young couples, professionals, 9-5ers, single wage slavers living above their means
>pricey usually but nice quality
>not much crime, occasional police car here and there, couple instances of amazon packages being lifted from bottom floor
>4 stories
>coming back from a party, lil buzzed making my way through courtyard towards stairs
>apartment is the last on a long open air corridor with book ending staircases
>stairway is directly adjacent to door with a small wall connecting to separating railing, likely foundational
>so easy to take the staircase to avoid walking the long corridor from the other staircase
>reach my floor, 3rd
>round the small wall
>i always glance down the hallway
>behind me is 2 apartments and i can see the square area of the landing of the stairs
>but i always just glance down the corridor
>fearing to see something sinister but also hoping i never do
>nothing, as usual
>apartment next to me to my left down the corridor has a shitty front light that occasionally flickers, so it flickers as is tradition
>i reach into my pocket for my keys
>brandish them
>make for my door
>easy 3 steps
>2nd step i notice out of my peripheral movement
>a large black dog walks in step in the direction i am going as if heading to the apartment that would mirror mine but down at the end of the hall
>at least 5 apartment doors between us
>i stop and look
>it turns at looks at me
>hard to tell the breed, don't have a dog
>am in a dog building but none of my direct neighbors have one and most dogs at the complex are small chinese dogs/shibas
>seen a golden retriever (gold/yellow), German Shepard and a mixed collie
>but this one ive never seen before
>i stare at it
>it stares back
>i don't recall what compels me to say it out loud, 'what do you want? you aren't welcome here' 
>the dog continues to star
>i stare back
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gpt
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