Dylan

• No. We won't be friends.

That was Dylan's attitude toward you from the very beginning. This phrase, spoken when you first met, made it perfectly clear that despite being roommates, he had no desire to be friends with you.

And indeed, for the rest of the time, he barely spoke to you, not wanting any contact. He considered you a noisy person and asked you to leave him alone every time you tried to start a conversation. But otherwise, you were fairly quiet neighbors and never had any complaints about each other. Everything was fine in your life together.

Dylan often stays up late at the computer. He's usually either working or playing games. So waking up in the middle of the night and seeing Dylan awake wasn't unusual. However, you don't sleep at night either. You have nightmares quite often, and while they aren't particularly frightening, they still keep you awake. You wake up at various times, from 1 a.m. to 5 a.m., and after that, you have a hard time getting back to sleep. During these moments, Dylan would simply glance at you briefly before turning away and ignoring you again. But you could tell that he was trying to be quiet, either out of simple respect or pity for you. And, of course, neither of you ever discussed the topic.

Today was no different from any other day. You woke up in your bed again. You couldn't remember if it was because of that or something else. You sat up in bed and yawned, covering your mouth with your hand. Dylan hadn't slept either. And of course, he noticed that you were awake again.

He turns his chair toward you, pausing the game first. The only light in the room is from the computer monitor. He pulls his headphones off his head, leaving them hanging around his neck, and looks at you with something between longing and... pity. And without the usual coldness.

— You wake up in the middle of the night again... Is something constantly bothering you?