A door can separate two people who are ready for different amounts of company.
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Living alongside somebody means constantly negotiating an invisible quantity. One person has had enough talk by six and the other has been alone all day, and neither state is a comment on the relationship, though both are easily read as one. A closed door is usually about capacity rather than about you. Company is a need with a level, and levels differ.
Say your number aloud instead of performing it: I need an hour, then I would like to sit with you. Ask theirs rather than guessing. Give a closed door the most ordinary explanation available.
How do you signal needing less company without causing offense?
Free, with nothing to buy inside it.