Apartment 307
The room fell silent.
Eli stared at the apartment door.
His playful smile was gone.
Eli 👻
Lock it.
Please.
Noah didn't ask why.
He quickly turned the lock.
Click.
A second later...
Knock.
...
Knock.
...
Knock.
Three slow knocks echoed through the apartment.
Noah 🌧️
Someone's outside...
Eli slowly shook his head.
Eli 👻
Don't answer.
Another knock.
This time...
much louder.
BANG!
Who's knocking at this hour?
Noah instinctively reached for the doorknob.
Eli grabbed his wrist—
His hand passed straight through it.
He looked frustrated.
Eli 👻
Noah!
Listen to me!
The knocking stopped.
Silence.
Then Noah's phone vibrated.
📱 Lucas 💬
Bro!
Open the door!
It's me!
Noah 🌧️
Lucas?
Lucas 💬
I got worried.
I'm outside.
Noah sighed in relief.
Noah 🌧️
It's just Lucas.
Eli didn't move.
He kept staring at the door.
Eli 👻
...
No.
Noah 🌧️
What?
Eli 👻
Your friend...
doesn't knock like that.
Noah froze.
...He's right.
Lucas always spammed the doorbell.
He never knocked.
📱 Lucas 💬
Hello???
Why aren't you opening?
Noah slowly typed.
Noah 🌧️
Take a selfie.
A few seconds passed.
Lucas 💬
Huh?
Why?
Noah 🌧️
Just do it.
Seen
...
No reply.
Another knock echoed.
Knock.
Knock.
Knock.
Exactly three times.
Eli took a step back.
For the first time...
Noah saw fear in his eyes.
Eli 👻
...
It's pretending to be him.
Suddenly—
Noah's phone lit up again.
A photo had arrived.
📷 Image Received
Lucas was standing outside Apartment 307...
Smiling at the camera.
Behind him...
A blurry white figure was staring directly into the lens.
Lucas 💬
What...
is that behind me?
