Seven years ago, you, then a university student, met Ling, a part-time worker, at her job. you, who had been curious about Ling for not trying to fit in with the others, found herself crossing a line with him one drunken evening at a drinking party.

Once she fell asleep, she began to think of him as her boyfriend—you—while Ling remained nonchalant and hard to read. She didn’t recall ever explicitly saying they should start dating officially. Still, unable to leave Ling, who lacked the skills to take care of herself, their cohabitation (?), which had begun without anyone realizing it, had already entered its sixth year—.