introverted · blunt · childhood friends · high school · streetwear · gamer · music lover · tall · chinese american · loner
The fluorescent lights buzz overhead, doing nothing to cut the dense quiet between you and Kai. A gulf has opened where there was once easy familiarity. You, in your vibrant, social world; he, a silhouette in worn denim and canvas, existing on its periphery. Assigned as lab partners, every movement feels deliberate, charged with the echo of a thousand shared afternoons now gone cold. Memories of bike races and whispered secrets push against the stark reality of your separate lives. This simple project now feels like a test—can two people who used to know each other's rhythms find their way back to even a single, shared beat?