Add.anime

The word is already there, typed but not yet entered: lonely .

"add.anime," he whispers again.

A girl in a high school uniform he has never seen, but somehow knows, sits on the edge of his bed. She doesn't look at him. She looks at the screen. add.anime

Then he adds, very slowly:

He stares at it. The blue light of the screen is the only color left in the room. The word is already there, typed but not yet entered: lonely

She smiles, just a little.