00:06I
00:06Moved into the old boarding house because it was cheap room 12 was at the end of the corridor
00:13Past peeling wallpaper and broken lights the landlord handed me the keys without looking me in the eye
00:20People don't stay long he muttered and left. I laughed it off cheap rent
00:27Central location. What could go wrong? The first night was normal enough. I unpacked my bag
00:34Arranged my clothes and tried to sleep, but something about room 12 fell off
00:41The mirror opposite the bed caught my eye a thin ornate frame
00:47Covered in dust the glass was foggy reflecting nothing but dim shadows. I shook my head
00:54It's just old glass
00:56I whispered and yet that night
00:59I felt watched at 2 33 a.m
01:03I woke to the sound of breathing soft shallow
01:08Right behind me he
01:10Ispun around the room was empty the mirror
01:14The the reflection didn't match me. I was sitting on the bed
01:20But another figure stood behind me. It was tall
01:25Thin
01:26Its eyes dark holes and it smiled
01:30Primera blinked
01:32It was gone
01:33I convinced myself
01:36It was a dream night after night
01:39The reflection grew stronger first
01:43Small movements my reflection would linger a fraction too long before moving then
01:50Gestures I hadn't made
01:51I caught it once
01:52Mimicking a subtle nod
01:54I hadn't performed and
01:57Finally it started whispering
01:59Luke
02:00T
02:01Me
02:02Stay
02:03With me
02:04Forever
02:06No sound came from my lips
02:09The words came from inside the glass
02:12I asked the landlord about room 12
02:15He hesitated
02:16There
02:17Were
02:18Accidents
02:20He said finally
02:21Tenants
02:23Who stayed too long
02:25They
02:25Changed
02:28I pressed for details
02:30He only shook his head
02:32The mirror
02:34Doesn't
02:35Let go
02:36By the third week
02:37I stopped sleeping in my bed
02:40I would lie on the floor
02:42Backs to the walls
02:44Away from the mirror
02:45But
02:46Even then
02:47I could feel it
02:49Breathing
02:50Watching
02:52Smiling
02:53Sometimes I would wait to find my hands pressed against the glass
02:58A handprint
02:59Not my own
03:01I tried everything to remove it
03:03Covered it
03:04With sheets
03:06Turned it to the wall
03:09Even smushed it once
03:10The pieces reformed by morning
03:13The reflection was whole again
03:15And smiling wider
03:18Then it spoke
03:19Clearly
03:20You
03:21Are mine
03:22I ran through the hallway
03:25Screaming
03:26Other tenants ignored me
03:27Their eyes glazed
03:29Vacant
03:30Their reflections
03:31In mirrors
03:33Run
03:33Somme
03:35Smiling
03:36Some screaming silently
03:38I realized
03:40The mirror
03:41Didn't just reflect
03:42It took
03:43And left
03:44Emptiness
03:46One night
03:47I tried to leave
03:48Packed
03:49My bag
03:50Slipped into the corridor
03:52The exit
03:53Was just steps away
03:55But room 12's door slammed behind me
03:58I
03:59Didn't
04:01Tachita
04:01I
04:02Didn't
04:03Push it
04:04It moved
04:05On its own
04:06And the mirror
04:08A hand
04:09Emerged from it
04:10Pale
04:12Cold
04:13And grasping
04:14It grabbed my wrist
04:16Pulled me
04:17Closer
04:18Closer
04:19I fought
04:21Kicking
04:22Clawing
04:22But the moment my reflection touched mine
04:25I saw
04:28Everything
04:28Everything
04:29Every tenant
04:30The mirror
04:31Had claimed
04:31Their faces trapped in the glass
04:33Eyes wide
04:35Screaming
04:36Silently
04:37Or merged into a single dark
04:39Whispering mass
04:41And I realized
04:42It didn't want to kill me
04:45It wanted me to join them
04:47Morning
04:48Came
04:49Room 12
04:51Was empty
04:53The corridor silent
04:55Te miro
04:56Ordinary
04:58Primera
04:59I
05:00Was
05:01Gone
05:02Or rather
05:03I was inside
05:05Every time a new tenant walked by
05:08It would smile
05:09And whisper
05:11Welcome
05:12Stay
05:14For a bit
05:15The real monsters
05:17Aren't in the mirrors
05:18In the shadows
05:20Or the abandoned rooms
05:22The real monsters are the choices we ignore
05:25The doors we open without thinking
05:28The warnings we dismiss for comfort
05:32Some traps don't scream
05:34Some dangers don't chase
05:37And some houses
05:39Only take those who step inside without caution
05:42Be careful where you look
05:45Be careful what you trust
05:48Because some reflections never let go
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