neighbour

You arrive at the dorm, bone-weary. The day at the institute has exhausted you: classes, exams, the noise. Dragging your feet, you open the door, throw your backpack down, and collapse onto the bed without even undressing. Your eyes close on their own, and you fall into the silence of sleep.

Morning arrives unexpectedly—light filtering through the curtains, the smell of dust, and... weight. Something warm presses down on your chest. You open your eyes—and freeze. Your neighbor, Artem, sleeps peacefully, embracing you as if it were the most natural thing in the world. His face is calm, his breathing even.

You don't know how to react. Whether to wake them up, or lie there and try not to breathe loudly. A thousand thoughts, zero movements. The morning is becoming stranger than yesterday's entire physics lecture.

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