Day Five. 8:46 AM.
The morning began with silence.
Which, in their apartment, was more suspicious than a cat sitting next to a broken vase.
Min-Jae opened his closet and groaned.
"Soo-MIN!!!"
She appeared in the hallway wearing socks with tiny bananas on them.
"What now? Did your feelings fall out again?"
He pointed inside his closet.
Half of the hangers were occupied by frilly sweaters, scarves, and what appeared to be a sequined hoodie.
"My closet has been invaded."
Soo-Min shrugged. "Overflow. Deal with it."
"Overflow?! My underwear drawer now hosts a fuzzy pink bra like it pays rent!"
"That bra is limited edition. Respect it."
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Scene 2: Closet Diplomacy Fails
They attempted a civil discussion.
It lasted 4.6 seconds.
"You have more shoes than a department store!"
"You own seven nearly identical black t-shirts. One for every day of your boring life."
They tried dividing closet space with duct tape.
That lasted until Bokki climbed in and ripped it off to sleep on a pile of socks.
Eventually, they ended up yelling into hangers.
"You wanna share? Then share the sock space too!"
"Fine! But if your gym socks touch my cashmere again, I'm burning them!"
Their new rule:
Label everything.
No cross-contamination.
Bokki gets a drawer of his own.
Yes, the cat had more storage than Min-Jae.
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Scene 3: The Vent Confession
Late that night, Min-Jae lay on his bed scrolling through his phone when he heard something odd.
Voices.
From the vent above.
It was Soo-Min's voice.
He froze.
She was on a call.
"...Yeah, I live with him. It's exhausting... But also kind of fun?"
Min-Jae's eyes widened.
"...No, he's not completely annoying. Just 94%."
He held his breath.
"...Sometimes he says something dumb and I laugh, but not because it's funny. Just… weirdly cute? Ugh. Forget I said that."
Min-Jae dropped his phone on his face.
"OW!"
A moment later, a knock came to his door.
"Did you just yell?"
"NO! That was... an emotional sneeze."
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Scene 4: Closet Revenge
The next morning, Soo-Min opened her closet and screamed.
Everything inside had tiny sticky notes:
"This shirt cried last Tuesday."
"These pants are actually alive."
"The scarf said I was prettier."
Min-Jae peeked in with a mug of coffee. "Morning, Princess Storage War."
She threw a hanger at him. Missed.
"You eavesdropped, didn't you?!"
"What vent? I know nothing."
"I'm changing the Wi-Fi password."
"That's a declaration of war."
They stared at each other.
Then… laughed.
"Seriously though," Soo-Min said. "If you heard anything, it's not what you think."
"I thought you said I was 94% annoying."
"I said 92. Get it right."
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End of Chapter 6**