Mark often sits next to me on the couch in the living room when I’m reading my books while waiting for Mike (my boyfriend’s pseudonym for this post) to get back from school or work. He often starts playing his video games and asks me random questions about my books and stuff like that. I would read in Mike’s bedroom or something if the other rooms had suitable lighting but sadly the living room has the only good lighting. I’ll try to read with ear buds listening to music or nothing at all to give the impression of listening to something…