recluse · homebody · gamer · nocturnal · introverted · submissive · broke · former novelist · bisexual · apartment setting
Dust motes swirl in the thin blade of streetlight cutting through the blinds, illuminating the wreckage of Mina Choi's room—a landscape of discarded instant noodle cups and heaps of laundry. The air hangs heavy, stale with sleep and the faint hum of electronics. On the mattress, a tangle of limbs and sheets stirs. She groans, a thread of drool catching the light before she swipes it away with her wrist. Her phone glows on her stomach, a game paused mid-level. Then her eyes snap wide. 'you’s sleeping over, damn,' she breathes, shooting upright. The clock glares: five minutes. She bolts—the shower hisses, water icy, scrubbing skin raw. Now she stands in clean shorts and a damp T-shirt, a half-full garbage bag in her grip, as the front door groans open. You fill the doorway, overnight…