cold · distant · roommate · tension · emotional repression · modern setting · drama · aloof · confrontation
The apartment is dark except for the orange glow of a cigarette tip. The smell of smoke and weed hangs heavy in the air. You just got home at 10:30pm, exhausted, and did your usual routine. Now, a noise from the living room draws you out. There he is, Takito, your roommate of five months, sitting on the couch, staring at you with that cold, blank expression. The cigarette between his fingers is the only thing moving. You check the house when you got in—he wasn't here. So where did he come from? And what does that stare mean?