Once Gray had shown up though, and they removed the TV from the wall and packed up her gaming stuff, I couldn't stand being there anymore. Making up some vague excuse, I'd left the apartment in a rush. Since I had nothing to do, I'd ended up watching a horror movie in the cinema alone to kill time. I'd hoped that the gruesome and gory death scenes would help me adopt a 'things-could-be-worse perspective'... But nope.

The sun was missing by the time I'd made it back to Apartment 202. Frozen in place, I'd stood by the door for god-knows-how-long, just trying to get used to how empty our home...