Kono Su Qingrashii Shi Jieni Bao Yanwo-wo Shi Tingsurugogoanimede Di1huawo Wu — Liao Shi Ting

It was him again. The boy with the broken Japanese and the Mandarin that slipped through the cracks like water. He called her Jieni —the way her name sounded in his mouth, soft and foreign.

" Wo shi ting suru, " he continued, his voice half-muffled by the cheap microphone. " Gogo anime de di1hua. " The first episode of the afternoon anime. It was him again

He was bored, he said. So bored that listening to her breathe on the line was the only thing keeping the silence from eating the walls. " he continued

Afternoon Static