The quiet that followed dinner had been suffocating. Neither of them said a single word about what had taken place hours before.
They simply went back to their respective rooms and slept as if they were nothing more than strangers sharing a roof.
Yet ever since Rai woke up the next morning, reality had descended into absolute chaos.
It started when Rai stepped into the hallway, half-asleep and seeking the bathroom, only to find the door wide open and Zade standing inside, entirely unbothered while using it. Rai had nearly gotten flashed right then and there.
His poor eyes...
He scrammed back into the hallway, slamming the door hard enough to rattle the frame, his face burning as he hurled every curse word in his vocabulary at the wood. Zade's muffled laughter through the door had only made his skin feel hotter.
