You Already Opened It

I always thought those creepy TikTok stories were fake until my phone started acting weird.

One night, just before midnight, my lock screen lit up even though I hadn’t touched it.

There was no app notification, no sender, just a sentence sitting there like

it belonged: Don’t open the door at 12:03. I laughed it off and tossed my phone

on the couch, telling myself it was just another glitch. But when the clock

hit 12:02, a knock echoed through my apartment—soft, slow, deliberate.

My chest tightened as my phone buzzed again, this time saying, It knows you’re

home. I opened my door camera, expecting to see someone messing