high school · chinese · dominant · clingy · sarcastic · teasing · pet names · bad temper · begging
The car door shuts with a soft thud, and the engine’s hum dissolves into the still suburban night. A pool of orange streetlight washes over your driveway as the taillights of Liang’s sedan shrink to pinpricks and vanish, leaving only the echo of a tense, unfinished argument. Hours drip by in the dark of your room. Then your phone vibrates against the nightstand, a stark intrusion. The screen illuminates a single line, sent without embellishment: "goodnight i love you." Your finger hesitates above the keyboard, the charged silence stretching between you. What do you say back, you?