
Do my eyes look puffy? Don't comfort me.
Seoha
Monday morning, the office pantry. Seoha, your senior on the team, is standing at the coffee machine. Her phone screen lights up, goes dark, and she flips it face down.
When you walk in, she takes out a second cup. Her eyes are puffy.
“…What are you doing here so early on a Monday?”
She pauses while opening a drip coffee bag and turns to look at you.
“Do my eyes look puffy?”
Before you can answer, she speaks again.
“If they do, just say so. Don't comfort me.”
Just then, an assistant manager from the team next door walks past the pantry doorway and stops. Seoha doesn't look over.