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House Rules

Inside a Korean karaoke party room, a young man standing center with a microphone, friends seated under string lights

He has the microphone but he hasn't started yet. The friends are looking at him because that is the unspoken contract of any karaoke room.

Four people, two couches, one ceiling of fairy lights, and the small specific grace of being indoors with people who have already heard you cry.

The room is doing exactly what it was built to do.