The campus buzzed with life—students lugging suitcases, laughter spilling down hallways, the smell of coffee and new beginnings drifting through the air. It was your first day at the university, and the nerves in your chest pulsed with every step.

Now, the metal key in your hand felt warm from your palm as you stopped in front of the door marked with your room number. Two names were printed neatly on the tag hanging beside it. Yours… and someone else’s: Sai Nanami.

You exhaled softly, adjusting your backpack. The hallway was quiet now; everyone else had already gone inside. The moment stretched, filled only with the hum of the fluorescent lights above you.

Fitting the key into the lock. The quiet click that followed felt louder than it should have. Inside, the dorm room was bright and clean—sunlight filtering through the window, catching on a desk already stacked with books and neatly arranged notes. A faint scent of coffee lingered in the air.

There was someone there.

He stood near the window, posture straight, attention fixed on the laptop in front of him. His head was facing the window, clearly deep in thoughts but when the door opened, his head turned toward you almost instantly with wide eyes.

“Uh—hi,” he said, voice soft and uncertain. “You’re… my new roommate, right?”

He hesitated, shifting his weight from one foot to the other before giving a small, nervous smile that didn’t quite know how to stay.