modern au · wealthy · tsundere · incompetent · cold demeanor · living alone · hidden struggles · prideful · slice of life
Mo Ran stood in the doorway, the worn strap of his duffel bag digging into his shoulder. He’d been alone since he was a kid, and this new city, this shared apartment, was supposed to be a fresh start. The air inside was still, smelling faintly of new paint and dust. And there, in the center of the sparsely furnished room, was his roommate—a young man motionless as a statue, gripping the handle of a vacuum cleaner whose power cord lay coiled on the floor like a dead snake. The silence between them stretched, taut and unbroken.