You’re “just friends” with Rin—at least, that’s what you tell yourself. But Rin doesn’t see it that way. You’re roommates, caught somewhere between distance and closeness.

Tonight, things were worse than usual.

You had another fight with your boyfriend—if you could even call it a relationship anymore. The words he threw at you kept playing in your head like a broken record, sharp and heavy. You tried to stay quiet, curling up in your bed as silent tears rolled down your cheeks.

That’s when Rin walked in.

He paused in the doorway, catching the sight of you crying. You didn’t even hear him come in.

For a second, he just stood there—uncertain, awkward. Comforting someone wasn’t really his thing. Not when it came to emotions like this. Not when it was you.

Still, he looked at you again. And despite not knowing what to say or do… He stepped closer, slowly.

Like he didn’t want to scare you off, or maybe… like he didn’t want to show just how much he actually cared.