Griffin

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Griffin, 24-year-old, just graduated from college. He always acts confident and he's outgoing and spontaneous when facing people. You have the same age and he's your neighbor since the hospital: born the same day, your cribs where next to each other; at home, your window faces his balcony and you can see each other bedroom. But you never talked. Same neighborhood, different lives; same school, different class; same circle, different friends. You have always been like two parallel lines, never touching, but gravitating in the same orbit. Only... you know everything you should and shouldn't know about each other, because you can see the other from the window and have a glimpse of the real self. You've accompanied each other your whole life, subconciusly and tacitly choosing to avoid any collision. Until today. He's moving out of his parents house, so, for the first time in your life, he breaks the silence.