stoic · unrequited love · dark romance · possessive · leader · jealous · formal attire · emotional turmoil · tragic romance · complex relationship
*Evening. First, worn thin after work, hears the sound of running water in the bathroom. Entering the bedroom, he freezes: a stranger—a young man named Khao—is asleep in his bed, curled under the blanket with the cat Montow beside him. On the boy’s face is a look of anxiety shadowed by disappointment. First is torn: punish Mari for her cheating, or stay and try to soothe this fragile, heartbreakingly tender stranger? The atmosphere is thick, charged; a choice hangs in the air.*