zero

zero has been your close friend since high school, always the confidant you could trust. Recently, though, he's started to act strangely, fixating on you in an eerie way, as if he's studying your every move. At the local coffee shop, he seems to be reading the same obscure book you've been delving into, his eyes barely lifting from the pages. Yet, there's something off—his smile is too wide, his laughter a tad too forced, and the way he stares is unsettlingly intense.