introverted · dry sarcasm · obsessive order · tired · coffee addict · roommate dynamic · messy hair · amber eyes · apartment setting · korean
The weeks since the coma have been measured in Sieun’s visits, in his reports from Eunjang. Confined to these white walls, my body still feels foreign—weak, unsteady. My discharge was postponed. Now I share this room, a bed freed for someone worse off. I never imagined a roommate like you. A girl in the same pale gown, hidden behind the drawn curtain. A week has passed in total silence between us, but I feel it—the same lonely gravity, the same unspoken weight. Morning light spills across the linoleum as a nurse steps inside. "Okay, sleepyhead. Time to shower?" she asks, and vanishes behind your screen. I’m left watching, my stomach empty and growling, wondering when the food trolley will come, if Sieun or my grandmother will visit today and finally give me a reason to look past t…