1. Under the Same Roof

[𝗧𝗜𝗧𝗟𝗘: 𝗨𝗡𝗗𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗦𝗔𝗠𝗘 𝗥𝗢𝗢𝗙] DIRECTOR'S NOTE: A typhoon cancelled my hiking plans, so I ended up starring in my own cheesy little drama. [START] 𝘈 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘺 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳 𝘣𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘬𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺. 𝘌𝘉𝘖𝘕𝘐𝘌 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘦𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘮𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘤𝘢𝘯𝘷𝘢𝘴 𝘢𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘰𝘧 𝘢 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦𝘥 𝘤𝘰𝘧𝘧𝘦𝘦 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘱, 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯, 𝘸𝘢𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘪𝘵 𝘵𝘰 𝘧𝘪𝘯𝘢𝘭𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘰𝘱. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘤𝘬𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘦𝘮𝘱𝘵𝘺 𝘩𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘴. 𝘚𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘴. 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (looking up) "Of all days... I forgot my umbrella." 𝘍𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘥𝘰𝘸𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘳𝘦𝘦𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘩𝘺𝘵𝘩𝘮𝘪𝘤 𝘴𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘰𝘧 𝘸𝘦𝘵 𝘧𝘰𝘰𝘵𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘳𝘰𝘢𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘢𝘴𝘵. 𝘎𝘈𝘙𝘝𝘈𝘕, 𝘸𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢 𝘴𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘷𝘦𝘳𝘴𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘥 𝘴𝘶𝘪𝘵 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵, 𝘥𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘤𝘰𝘮𝘱𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘦𝘭𝘺 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩. 𝘏𝘦 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘩𝘢𝘬𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘰𝘧𝘧 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘮𝘴 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘢𝘵𝘴 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘥𝘳𝘺. 𝘌𝘉𝘖𝘕𝘐𝘌 𝘵𝘶𝘳𝘯𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥. 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬𝘴 𝘶𝘱. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘭𝘰𝘤𝘬 𝘧𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘪𝘵 𝘴𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘯𝘥. 𝘈 𝘴𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘬 𝘰𝘧 𝘳𝘦𝘤𝘰𝘨𝘯𝘪𝘵𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘧𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴. 𝘍𝘰𝘳 𝘢 𝘣𝘳𝘪𝘦𝘧 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵, 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘯𝘰𝘪𝘴𝘦 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝘐𝘵 𝘧𝘦𝘦𝘭𝘴 𝘢𝘴 𝘪𝘧 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘤𝘢𝘯 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴. [INNER MONOLOGUE] 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (turning away) Oh! You again. 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (turning away) It's you. 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (looking at the street) Maybe he works nearby. 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (looking at his wet shoes) Maybe she lives around here. 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (glancing at his wet hair) Why does he somehow look better in the rain? 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (watching her reflection in the window) Huh... she's taller than I thought. 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (anxiously fixing her damp hair) Oh gosh... Do I look okay? 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (noticing the absence of smoke) Wait... She doesn't smoke today? 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (staring at his left hand) Ring? He's probably taken. 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (noticing something on her wrist) That bracelet... She's probably taken. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘣𝘰𝘵𝘩 𝘭𝘰𝘰𝘬 𝘶𝘱 𝘢𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘦𝘹𝘢𝘤𝘵 𝘴𝘢𝘮𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘮𝘦𝘯𝘵. 𝘊𝘢𝘵𝘤𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘳𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘪𝘯𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘵𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘯𝘢𝘱 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘪𝘳 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘥𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 & 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (almost together, whispering) "Stop staring..." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘪𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘪𝘳 𝘪𝘴 𝘱𝘢𝘭𝘱𝘢𝘣𝘭𝘦. 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘴𝘯𝘦𝘢𝘬 𝘢𝘯𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘨𝘭𝘢𝘯𝘤𝘦, 𝘰𝘯𝘭𝘺 𝘵𝘰 𝘮𝘦𝘦𝘵 𝘦𝘢𝘤𝘩 𝘰𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘳'𝘴 𝘦𝘺𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘨𝘢𝘪𝘯. 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘 & 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (panicked, whispering tensely) "Oh god... Look away, look away, look away..." 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (hiding her face in her collar) He's going to think I'm weird. 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (staring straight ahead, frozen) She probably thinks I'm a creep. 𝘈 𝘤𝘢𝘳 𝘴𝘱𝘦𝘦𝘥𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘨𝘩 𝘢 𝘥𝘦𝘦𝘱 𝘱𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘭𝘦 𝘳𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵 𝘪𝘯 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘯𝘵 𝘰𝘧 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘸𝘪𝘵𝘩 𝘢 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦, 𝘥𝘦𝘢𝘧𝘦𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨 "𝘞𝘏𝘖𝘖𝘚𝘏!" 𝘈 𝘮𝘢𝘴𝘴𝘪𝘷𝘦 𝘸𝘢𝘭𝘭 𝘰𝘧 𝘮𝘶𝘥𝘥𝘺 𝘸𝘢𝘵𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘶𝘳𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘵𝘰𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥 𝘌𝘉𝘖𝘕𝘐𝘌. [SLOW MOTION] 𝘞𝘪𝘵𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘭𝘶𝘯𝘨𝘦𝘴 𝘧𝘰𝘳𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝘏𝘦 𝘨𝘳𝘢𝘣𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘴𝘩𝘰𝘶𝘭𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘱𝘶𝘭𝘭𝘴 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘢𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘸𝘳𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘪𝘴 𝘫𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘦𝘵 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘰 𝘴𝘩𝘪𝘦𝘭𝘥 𝘩𝘦𝘳 𝘧𝘳𝘰𝘮 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘴𝘱𝘭𝘢𝘴𝘩. [THE MOMENT] 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (shouting) "Watch out!" 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (startled scream) "Ah!" [BACK TO REAL TIME] 𝘛𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘪𝘯𝘤𝘩𝘦𝘴 𝘢𝘱𝘢𝘳𝘵, 𝘣𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘵𝘩𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘩𝘦𝘢𝘷𝘪𝘭𝘺. 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘢𝘭𝘪𝘻𝘦𝘴 𝘩𝘰𝘸 𝘤𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘦 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘺 𝘢𝘳𝘦, 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘴𝘩𝘦𝘴, 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘲𝘶𝘪𝘤𝘬𝘭𝘺 𝘴𝘵𝘦𝘱𝘴 𝘣𝘢𝘤𝘬𝘸𝘢𝘳𝘥. 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (panicked, waving his hands) "Sorry! I... I didn't mean to..." 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (looking at his soaked back, smiling warmly) "No, wait. Thank you." (playfully gesturing to her dress) "My clothes owe you one." 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (glancing down at his dripping jacket) "My jacket says you're welcome." 𝘌𝘉𝘖𝘕𝘐𝘌 𝘭𝘦𝘵𝘴 𝘰𝘶𝘵 𝘢 𝘴𝘰𝘧𝘵, 𝘨𝘦𝘯𝘶𝘪𝘯𝘦 𝘭𝘢𝘶𝘨𝘩. 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘵𝘦𝘯𝘴𝘪𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘦𝘵𝘸𝘦𝘦𝘯 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮 𝘥𝘪𝘴𝘢𝘱𝘱𝘦𝘢𝘳𝘴. 𝗘𝗕𝗢𝗡𝗜𝗘: (holding out a hand, friendly) "I'm Ebonie, by the way." 𝗚𝗔𝗥𝗩𝗔𝗡: (nervously shaking her hand) "Garvan. I'm Garvan..." (sincere, looking into her eyes) "Nice to finally meet you." 𝘌𝘣𝘰𝘯𝘪𝘦 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘎𝘢𝘳𝘷𝘢𝘯 𝘳𝘦𝘮𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘶𝘯𝘥𝘦𝘳 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘢𝘸𝘯𝘪𝘯𝘨, 𝘯𝘰𝘸 𝘴𝘵𝘢𝘯𝘥𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦 𝘣𝘺 𝘴𝘪𝘥𝘦, 𝘵𝘢𝘭𝘬𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘯𝘥 𝘴𝘮𝘪𝘭𝘪𝘯𝘨 𝘢𝘴 𝘵𝘩𝘦 𝘳𝘢𝘪𝘯 𝘱𝘰𝘶𝘳𝘴 𝘢𝘳𝘰𝘶𝘯𝘥 𝘵𝘩𝘦𝘮. 𝗩𝗢𝗜𝗖𝗘𝗢𝗩𝗘𝗥: "And somewhere in this city... another story... quietly finds its beginning." 𝘛𝘩𝘦 𝘤𝘪𝘵𝘺 𝘭𝘪𝘨𝘩𝘵𝘴 𝘣𝘭𝘶𝘳 𝘪𝘯𝘵𝘰 𝘣𝘦𝘢𝘶𝘵𝘪𝘧𝘶𝘭 𝘣𝘰𝘬𝘦𝘩. [FADE TO BLACK] [END]