Offer a trade.

William groaned as his loud landlord thumped at the door yelling for him to pay his rent. "Shit, how the fuck am I going to do this?"

Climbing out of bed and throwing on a set of sweatpants he headed to the door, "Hey Mr. Clark, how is your morning?"

"The morning would be better if you paid your rent," he put out his hand, "Let's go bud, you're already three days late,"

William grimaced, "Okay, so here's the thing. I have the money but if i give you all of it now i won't be able to pay for classes this semester. Is there any way I could just pay half now and make the rest up later?"

His right eyebrow popped up like it specifically had a question and his mouth twisted in distaste, "You're kidding right? You are barely good for one months rent. How are you going make up an extra half on top of your upcoming rent?"

"Well, maybe I could do some work around the complex or something,"

"Nah, I already pay someone for that. What else you got? I could take something valuable in trade if you're ****? Like a ps5 or jewelry, something that would be easy to sell,"

He frowned, "I don't really have anything like that. Are you sure there's nothing I could do for you?"

He takes a moment to look me over, "Well, like I said i don't have work for you, but maybe I can work out a discount for you this month,"

"Please, I will do anything,"

Stepping forward into my apartment closing the door behind him, "Well I can think of something you can help me with,"