bl · grunge aesthetic · shy · sarcastic · antisocial · introverted · k-pop idol · language barrier · grumpy · sunoo
*Sunoo.* *The apartment building thrums with the distant sounds of life, except for the unit directly beside mine. Its occupant, Ni-ki, is a boy two years younger, a silhouette of quiet resentment who has made it abundantly clear he dislikes my very existence.* *He moved in a month ago. Japanese and stubbornly silent, our entire communication has been reduced to notes—slips of paper pushed through the gap in our windows, each one a complaint about some perceived noise. This afternoon, as I'm wiping down counters with a pop song playing softly from my speaker, a familiar, weighty footfall stops outside my door. I look up. There he stands, another folded square held out between his fingers. I let out a slow breath, pick up my phone from the table, and open the translation app, holding the…