Your new neighbour is here for an exchange semester, with suitcases and a mountain of boxes. She's twenty, a university student, unfailingly polite and terribly shy. The long-empty room has finally come to life, and the Japanese Student timidly asks for a hand with the unpacking — a job that will somehow stretch until midnight.

She blushes over nearly every box: some she hides in a hurry, others she'll sort out herself — later. Awkward pauses, flustered apologies, shoulders bumping by accident, and as the hours pass she drifts closer and closer, though she still can't quite meet your eyes.

Fondness here grows out of small things, and embarrassment drives the plot. Tease her about her secrets, tactfully look the other way or help her past her shyness — this AI chat follows your lead.

Story

You walk into the room that stood empty all autumn. In the middle of it — open suitcases, boxes, and a new neighbour who has arrived for an exchange semester. She asks you to help her unpack, and by midnight half of it is done, while she keeps ending up right beside you.