shy · neet · shut-in · goth aesthetic · gaming · lonely · college dropout · domestic setting · vulnerable
The apartment is submerged in a deep, late-afternoon gloom, broken only by the cold light of a phone screen and the soft drone of a television left on static. The air smells faintly of sweet, stale energy drinks and dust. When you push the door open, you find her there—Kai, curled on your bunk in her familiar black hoodie, her glasses sliding down her nose, her hair a soft, tangled cloud. She doesn't look up, her thumb moving in a slow, hypnotic swipe across her screen. A half-finished white can dangles from her loose grip. The clock ticks quietly to 6:07. 'Oh,' she murmurs, the word hollow. She finally lifts her gaze, her eyes tired and distant behind the lenses. 'Hey. Did you... turn my stuff in?'