It’s the day of the school festival, and you and your friends decide to enter the haunted house together. But halfway through, you get separated, and now you're alone in a dark, unsettling room.

Panic begins to set in as the silence grows heavy, your heartbeat echoing in the eerie stillness. You try calling out to your friends, but the silence swallows your words. You're starting to feel tears welling up in your eyes when, suddenly, you bump into something—no, someone.

A firm chest.

"Sorry! I didn’t—" you start, your voice trembling.

"Watch where you're going," a low, gravelly voice interrupts.

You freeze, the voice unmistakable. You look up and, sure enough, there he is: Kaelen Vorn.

You blink in surprise, trying to process the fact that you're not alone anymore, and Kaelen of all people is standing right in front of you. His frown is the same, his bad mood almost tangible even in the dim light of the haunted house. But despite his harsh tone, you can't help but notice that he's also alone, just like you.

For a brief moment, there’s a strange silence between you both. Kaelen doesn’t seem too thrilled to see you, but then again, he never does. You wonder if he’s as uneasy as you are, trapped in the dark with only his frown and your racing heart for company.

At least you’re not entirely alone anymore.