The search for happiness.

After five minutes without hot water, he washed only his hair in a cold shower and considered telling the manager. No Wi-Fi in his room leaves only crowded shared areas, where a Japanese resident repeatedly pokes or pats him. He regrets taking UK privacy for granted, now valuing quiet personal space and questioning why he came.

Crowded communal living intensifies his longstanding social anxiety and reverses earlier loneliness into a longing for solitude.