Nitya tossed over to the other side of the bed, after being disturbed by the pinging tone of a notification. She had fallen asleep with her phone on the bed by her side; she fumbled with the buttons, somehow managed to change the setting to vibrate and put it aside, all without opening her eyes. But then she felt the persistent vibrations once again; 'Ho-jinnie<3<3' - the name was flashing repeatedly on the screen.
She quickly received the video call, and there was a whiny kid in front of her, complaining about how she had been ignoring them for the last two days.
Nitya was going to say something, but she paused suddenly as she felt dizzy for a passing moment. She quickly placed her hand on her head, meanwhile the person sitting beside Ho-jin, just outside the frame, peeked in and looked at her at the same moment. It felt like she was right in front of him, yet so far away that his hand that had instinctively reached out for her, remained empty.
