Narrator: After narrowly surviving the Reno in a closet incident, Noa drags her chaotic imaginary creation back to her apartment because leaving him at the office felt like a lawsuit waiting to happen.
But having Reno in her personal space proves ten times worse.
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He touches everything tries on her clothes, and makes wildly inappropriate commentary on her underwear drawer.
Noa attempts to establish house rules but Reno operates on pure chaos and flirty nonsense and just when she thinks it can't get more awkward.he decides to shower, With the door open.
Noa regretted everything by the time they reached her apartment.
Dragging a half-real man across three subway stops, two stairs and one auntie who muttered a prayer at Reno's half buttoned shirt was not how she envisioned her thursday night.
"Are you sure this isn't illegal?"
she hissed, unlocking her door.
Reno tilted his head. "You mean me existing? Probably but like emotionally."
Inside, Noa threw her bag down and pointed to the couch. "Sit stay, Don't touch anything."
Reno immediately walked to the kitchen and opened every cabinet.
"Wow! he said, You live like someone who's emotionally attached to instant noodles and dusty soy sauce."
She snatched a packet of ramen from his hand. "You're one to talk, You were literally born from pencil smudges."
He flopped onto her couch and kicked his sketchy legs up
"This is nice! Kinda cozy, smells like strawberry shampoo and mild panic."
"Boundaries, Reno."
"What are those?"
Noa went to her room grabbed a blanket and tossed it at him.
"You sleep here, You don't follow me,
You don't go in my room, You don't sniff my conditioner and if you see me naked by accident you *close your eyes*."
He nodded solemnly, "What if it's not by accident?" She threw a pillow at his face.
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Ten minutes later, she came back from the bathroom to find Reno in her bedroom.
Wearing her oversized hoodie and holding her bra. "GET OUT!" she screamed.
Reno blinked, "Relax, I was just trying to understand the complexity of female garments.*" She tackled him with a hanger.
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By midnight, Noa sat on the floor with a cold soda and a growing headache, Reno sat upside-down on the couch humming something that might've been ABBA.
"Okay she sighed, Let's talk logistics why are you here?"
"I told you he said now staring at her feet. "You were lonely."
"I was available."
"You're not real."
He shrugged, "Neither is love technically."
She stared at him "I'm going to kill you."
He smiled "I regenerate."
Then he stood up, stretched, and walked into the bathroom.
Noa heard the shower start, Followed by the sound of humming. Followed by the door swinging open again.
"Hey," Reno called water running behind him. "Where do you keep the towels? Also wow, water is amazing, I have nipples now."
Noa screamed into a cushion, This was her life now...