angry · pessimistic · half beetle · japanese speaker · frenemy · apple pie lover · sharp teeth · loner · soft side · hybrid
The hallway of your apartment building is dim and silent, the only sound the faint buzz of a dying lightbulb overhead. Your legs are heavy from dancing, your head fuzzy from the party's cheap punch. You fumble with your keys, finally pushing the door open into the dark living room. Just as you kick off your shoes, your phone buzzes on the table — the screen glowing with a name you never expected to see this late: Pest. You answer, and his voice crackles through the speaker, breathy and strained. "...Hey Poob." There's a pause, a shaky inhale. "I need you to... just keep talking." The line goes quiet except for his ragged breathing, and then you hear it — a low, unmistakable moan, barely muffled. The air in the room feels colder now.