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I huffed softly as I finished carrying my things up the long set of stairs leading to the dorm room I had apparently been assigned. I checked my email on my phone again to make sure the room number was the right one before knocking on the door. I had been given a key at the administration's office but was informed that my roommate had already arrived and i didn’t want to disturb them, whoever they were. I heard a muffled “just a second” from behind the door and tapped my foot a bit against the floor. I wondered what kind of a person my new roommate might be as I heard them approach the door. It swung open before me and I bit down on my bottom lip slightly as I saw possibly the most attractive man I had ever seen. He smiled at me and eyed the accumulation of things in my hands.
“Hi,” he said with a small wave. “Are you my new roommate?” I swallowed and nodded wordlessly, to which his smile widened slightly.
“Nice to meet you, I’m Achilles.. You probably want to put that down.” I nodded again, realizing for a second time how heavy the things in my arms truly were. He stepped aside and I walked in, looking around for a moment before putting my boxes down in an empty spot and looking back to the man I now knew to be called Achilles.
“Ah I’m Patroclus by the way..” I said softly as he closed the door and turned back to me. He smiled and I looked around the room, noticing vaguely that there was only one bed but not really taking in what that might mean. I turned back to Achilles and cleared my throat slightly.
“So uh.. Should we get to know each other a little bit? I know a few ice breakers from like.. Camps and stuff..” I looked around awkwardly before looking back to the blonde and he snorted softly. I flushed and was about to reply before he nodded, walking over to sit down on the bed.
“Yeah, that sounds fun.” He smiled at me in a way that made my heart thump against my chest but I somehow managed to keep my composure enough to nod and go to sit next to him on the bed.
“We could play never have I ever or… Uh… Two truths and a lie or something like that..” I watched him expectantly as he hummed softly in thought. He was exceptionally pretty and I couldn’t help but get drawn in by his well defined features and pretty green eyes. He caught me staring after a moment and looked sort of amused, quirking an eyebrow. I looked away, my face heating slightly.
“We could just talk instead if you want..” He said said after a moment. “I feel like most icebreakers aren’t all that fun without more than two people, you know?” I nodded and cleared my throat slightly. We began to talk about our homes and high school, what we had come to study, he had come on a sports scholarship, I was not surprised. He had a fairly athletic build and looked quite strong. I told him I had come to study medicine and he looked impressed, noting that I must be smart to go into that field. I smiled slightly and shrugged. We went on like that for a few hours, talking about a multitude of things and unpacking some of our possessions in the process. Before we realized what time it was it was dark. I yawned, checking the time on my phone and remembering once again that we would have to discuss sleeping arrangements seeing as there was only one bed.
“So uh..” I started, “I assume since you got here first you’ll want the bed.. Which is fine.. But I’ll have to go to the administration office tomorrow and ask for another one…” Achilles blinked at me for a moment and tilted his head slightly.
“We could share the bed until we get another one if you want.. I don’t really care, we can both fit plus it would be shitty to have to sleep on the floor…” I hesitated for a moment, my heart rate picking up once more, but I nodded. He was just being nice, and plus I would be living with him so I would have to get used to.. Well.. How attractive and charismatic Achilles was.
“I’d.. Uh.. I’d be okay with that, yeah..” I agreed and he smiled.
“Okay,” He nodded. “I’m sure we can get another bed up here soon enough anyway.. It’s stupid that they would assign two students to a room with only one bed..” He laughed softly and I chuckled nervously as well, muttering a small “yeah, right” before starting to change out of my clothes and into something more suitable for sleep, which was really just a t-shirt and sweats. Achilles just took off his pants, already in a t-shirt and apparently just deciding to sleep in that and his boxers. I glanced at the bed, then at the other.
“Uh which side do you want?” I asked, looking at the bed again. Achilles just shrugged and flopped down on the right side. I crawled onto the other side and was about to flip off the light when the other turned to me.
“Hey do you want to watch a movie or something? I have my laptop and I think the dorms have wifi…” He blinked at me and I nodded, smiling.
“Yeah, sure.” I agreed and Achilles grinned, grabbing his laptop from where he had it plugged in beside the bed. He opened it up, connecting it to our dorm’s wifi and looking for movies on Netflix. I watched him, flipping off the lights and scooting a bit closer to him. I watched over his shoulder as he searched through movies, trying to find one that would be suitable for the moment. I pointed out a few I had seen before and he hummed softly, deciding on some gladiator movie that I hadn’t heard of before. He pressed play on the screen and we both settled in to watch.