Chapter 3 (Taj)
It was the next day from when I first met my new roommate. He doesn’t talk a lot, though I’m guessing he just doesn’t know me well enough for him to speak openly about things, or maybe he’s just a quiet person in general. He’s got tannish skin and seems about 5, 8 which is shorter than me. His hair was straight and he parted his hair on the side, it was a light brown colour and had some highlights as well. He looked very fit which is no surprise if he’s on the swim team.
We didn’t talk much last night and I didn’t see him at dinner because my friends were having a small hangout in their room for dinner. It was around 7 in the morning. I usually wake up early by myself. I looked across the room to see that Yukine was still asleep. He hasn’t seemed to set his alarm that early so I decided to let him sleep for now. Breakfast wasn’t set until 7:30 am and finished at 8. I was lucky that he was still sleeping because I still don’t feel comfortable letting him see me without makeup. I took it off last night when you could barely see anything so he didn’t notice. I’m very insecure about my face but I don’t mind people I am friends with seeing it, I also like doing the makeup, kinda, it makes me feel productive. I don’t wear it to present feminine, not that there’s anything wrong with that, but I like looking a bit more masculine usually. My makeup is very basic and it’s simple. I usually add a dark shadow colour when it’s casual, though I enjoy doing a tiny bit more fancy designs when going to events.
It was the middle of summer right now so I decided not to wear my blazer. I slipped on the black pants and buttoned up the school's uniform shirt. It was a plain white button up long sleeve but it had the school’s crest embroidered onto a corner below the shoulder. I’ve been wearing this uniform for 3 years now and I think it gets more comfortable over time. It’s one of those things where it takes time to like and feel comfortable in. One of the downsides with this uniform is that the school doesn’t offer us short sleeve shirts or shorts during the summer so we kinda burn to death, bless the air conditioning. Most uniforms in the city for high schoolers are fairly simple like a coloured polo shirt and some sport shorts but this was ‘Brisbane Johnson College’ so of course we have to have something semi-formal and kinda uncomfortable.
BEEP BEEP BEEP!!!!
As I finished up I heard Yukine’s alarm go off and as I walked out I realised Yukine hadn't turned off the alarm because he was still sleeping like a baby. I will admit he’s kinda cute when he sleeps but his alarm is super annoying! I quickly turned the alarm off and shook Yukine.
“Hey dude get up you’ll be late for breakfast if you don’t get ready!”
He groaned as he turned onto his back. For a moment he just laid there with his eyes open. He then sat up and got out of bed.
“So do you wanna go to breakfast together?” I asked while he started to get ready.
“Oh yeah, sure that’d be cool,”
I slipped on my black leather shoes and waited on my bed for Yukine to finish. He soon came out of the bathroom still looking gloomy as hell and put his shoes on.
“Are we good to go now?”
“Yep! To the cafeteria!” I chuckled a little and opened the door.
While we walked down the corridors to the cafeteria I realised Yukine looked half dead and his hair was really messy.
“Dude you look like you just got attacked!”
“Mornings aren’t my thing,”
“Yeah I can tell,”
I stopped and turned him to face me. I ran my fingers through his soft brown hair with highlights and fixed it. It was really soft almost like those soft fleece blankets.
“Now you look less like you just escaped a prison,” I said with a smile.
“Thanks,” He chuckled a little.
We walked down and into the cafeteria. It was loud and bustling with people. Most of the spots in the cafeteria were taken but there are always a few you can find. Morning food is almost the worst for me. I'm not really into eggs and the bacon here sucks! I usually just get a bowl of cereal or something from the cereal station next to the buffet. There’s usually only 4 options, fruit loops, cornflakes, sultana bran or nutri grain. I usually go for the sultana brand. It's the only one that doesn’t make me feel sick after eating, most people don’t, I guess I just have a sensitive stomach or something.
I placed my bowl of cereal onto my tray and picked it up. I turned around and looked at the busy crowd that was bustling with people, it took a few seconds but I finally saw my friends sitting on a table next to one of the big windows. I approached them and sat down next to Lawrence, placing my tray onto the table.
“Hey Taj! So how’s your roommate?” Lawrence asked.
“Yeah you haven’t texted us since meeting up in Roland’s!” Jason said, a little worried.
“Guy’s chill I’m fine he’s actually pretty quiet,”
“What’s his name?”
“I believe it’s Yukine Reeves. He’s actually in Lawrence and I’s grade!”
“I think I’ve heard of him actually! I think he used to do math with me in year 8,”
“Yeah I’m pretty sure he’s on the swim team actually!”
“I wouldn’t be surprised! He’s got swim posters all over his side of the room,”
“Is he nice at least?”
“I don’t know honestly. He’s pretty quiet and doesn’t really talk. He seems nice though!”
“Well that’s good,” Jason said with relief.
“By the way speaking of new roommates! Who’s your friend that’s transferring? And when is he coming? Also where did he transfer from?” Lawrence started spilling out questions on Jason’s mysterious friend that he won’t tell us anything about.
“Dude chill! He’s going to come this week. His name is Harry, Harry Benson. And I promised him I wasn’t going to tell anyone where he transferred from so I’m not telling you that!”
“Ok fine! It’s just you never really mentioned him before and you seem really protective of him!”
“OooOoOOoOoo is he your secret boyfriend? Have you been lying about you being straight?! Jason I thought you had a girlfriend!” I blurted out teasing him.
“What no! Of course not man. He’s just been through some shit and I worry about him.”
“Ok we won’t ask anymore questions though you have to introduce us to him as soon as he arrives!” Lawrence said.
“Deal!”
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