The narrator tells us that he's making a choice between going to the theater or going back to his parents' house. He's decided to go back to the house his parents abandoned when he was a teenager. He asks the landlady if he can retrieve his old school-issued laptop. The landlady says yes, and the narrator tells her that he doesn't want to repay her for what she did for him. He wants to find a way to escape from his guilt, and he wants to do it without being bullied. The girl who lives next door is a bit harsh, but the narrator says she's not a threat to him. The two decide to go to the girl's house, where they used to live. He tells the girl that he hasn't seen her in a long time, and she says that he looks like a relative of hers. He says he'll go back later to find out what happened to the old laptop, which his father used to take pictures on when he lived in the house. The house creaks, and no one lives there anymore. The narrator asks the girl if she has a new laptop. She says no, but she asks him if it's the same one she found earlier in the day. The man says it is, but that he didn't use it since his dad bought a new smartphone for work. The woman asks if the old one is still around, but he says no. He also asks if she is related to his father, and when she says she isn't, he asks why they can't go back there together.