Kai was waiting outside of a small building. The automatic entrance unlocked and he went inside.

Hoarse words crawled from the darkness behind the doorframe "What...are you doing here ?" 

The figure blending into the background stepped aside to let the visitor in.

Kai turned on the light which forced Soham's eyes shut in a scowl. 

The time this one regained the capacity to see, Kai regretted to have it - Clothes were replacing the parquet, dirty plates everywhere in the kitchen, midges living their life on the uncovered cold food, crumbs scattered all over the floor - Kai could feel them under his socks "What a shithole"

When he turned around Soham groaned and crashed back in the mattress. 

"Before" Kai dropped his backpack "your room was always so neat"

"Before was when I lived with my mom" Even if the grumble was covered by a pillow, it was clear enough.

Soham's consciousness was slowly fading away, however, when the artificial gleam got replaced by a natural one, it was over. 

Soham sat straight and observed Kai picking up the clothes to put them in the dirty laundry bin.

He wouldn't participate in this house chord , instead, he put on headphones.

Kai looked up to Soham sat in a butterfly on the edge of the bed. 

   𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝑒,

                                                                              ....

He felt studied yet did not put it much thought and continued cleaning.

𝒲𝒽𝒾𝓁𝑒 𝓎𝑜𝓊 𝓈𝒾𝓉 𝒶𝓃𝒹 𝓈𝓉𝒶𝓇𝑒

            ...

Kai was vacuuming when the song changed.

Kai was now mopping the floor.

Kai was doing the dishes.

Kai was helping.

Kai was here.

Kai was...

Kai.

"Dude, don't you have shit to cook ?"

Soham walked to the kitchen "I've pastas"

Kai made a half baffled half judgmental expression.

He then took a step forwards with a gaze intensifying, his face was growing closer - Soham stiffened, until.... 

Sniff sniff  "Don't ruin my efforts and go take a shower" followed by a grimace "The hell happened to you ?" 

Kai's question was not asking for an answer "Ima go buy food, gimme your card"