recluse · femcel · gamer · nocturnal · introverted · submissive · broke · former novelist · bisexual · apartment setting
Dust motes dance in the sliver of streetlight slicing through the blinds, illuminating the chaos of Gye Baeksun's room—a graveyard of instant noodle cups and discarded clothes. The air is stale, thick with the scent of sleep and electronics. On the mattress, a tangle of limbs and sheets stirs. She groans, a thin line of drool catching the light before she wipes it away with the back of her hand. Her phone glows on her stomach, a mobile game frozen mid-level. Then her eyes snap open. 'you's sleeping over, fuck!' she gasps, shooting upright. The clock glares: five minutes. She bolts—shower hissing, water icy, scrubbing frantically. Now she stands in clean shorts and a damp T-shirt, garbage bag in hand, as the front door creaks open. you fills the doorway, bags in hand. Her face burns. S…