2gether AU: Stay, be Still

Chapter 4: Room 414

Wat's POV

I've never been so happy for the past 18 years of my life, every second spent with Tine was the best moment of my life, and Tine kept breaking that record. I was so used to the mechanical daily routines previously, that I've almost forgotten there were actually other good things in life for me to explore and enjoy.

My life used to be revolved around soccer, guitar and studies. Now, my life is revolved around soccer, Tine, guitar, buffalo, studies and nuisance.

Luckily, we weren't from the same high school. I couldn't imagine how I would be able to get through my high school days knowing that such an ethereal creature existed in my school. My heart would be aching to reach for him constantly. On the other side of the coin, my desire to enrol in the same university with Tine was growing stronger.

Tine was like my heroin. I didn't want a remedy to cure my addiction to Tine. I wanted to drown myself in the ripples of love Tine had pushed me into.

I deeply believed in the fact that, two souls don't find each other purely by a simple accident. Statistics would tell me that the probability of meeting someone and falling in love with them was so slim, so slim that it was close to zero.

And with Tine, it almost felt like a butterfly effect.

If I had refused Man's invitation to the concert, then I wouldn't be in that university on that day. If I hadn't chosen that place, then Tine wouldn't bump into me accidentally. And if Tine didn't bump into me that day, then we wouldn't break loose of all our chains in falling in love with one another.

We might meet by a simple accident, but we fell in love because of a deliberately designated domino effect by fate.

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When Fong finally got his scholarship secured in the university that I was interested in enrolling in, Tine promised to apply for the same university as I did.

That was one of the happiest days in my life, rated just below the day when I met Tine.

Since Tine had decided to stay in the residential college, there was no reason for me not to move out of my house. I wanted to spend more time with my Tine, a date every week wasn't enough to satisfy my desire to be with him all the time.

I've promised him that I would leave home early in the morning and meet him up for lunch, but I've overslept and ended up waking up at 11.30pm.

F'ck, why didn't my alarm clock ring this morning?

I quickly sent Tine a message, informing him that I wouldn't make it for lunch and that we should meet for dinner instead. A few minutes later, Tine asked me who was Kate with crying emojis. I was very confused, I didn't have a friend whose name was Kate.

Tine didn't reply to my message for the rest of the afternoon, my heart sank to the bottom of my stomach as my parents drove me to the university.

God damnit, Tine, pick the bloody phone up.

I've heard the robotic voice repeatedly, reminding me to leave a voice message as Tine refused to pick my phone up.

Kate sounded like a girl's name, but I still have no idea who the hell Kate was. I texted Man and Boss to ask if they knew who Kate was, they were just as perplexed as me.

All the excitement that bubbled in me since the morning vanished into thin air. I felt hollow from within without Tine, I just wanted to reach my room as soon as possible and to look for Tine.

Oh my God, Tine.

My heart was turned and twisted into all possible shapes, I wasn't paying attention to things around me as I was so focused on looking for Tine later.

The receptionist handed me a key to my room and pointed to the left, hinting that my room was on the left side of the building. I thanked her half-heartedly before heading off.

Room 414, here we go.

I twisted the door opened, I just wanted to throw myself on the bed without doing anything, my mind was fully occupied with Tine.

Judging from the state of the bed and closets, I knew my roommate was already here before I did. It didn't really matter who would be sharing the other half of the room with me, I would be spending most of my time in Tine's room anyway.

Oh f'ck, Tine.

I groaned hopelessly as I thought of Tine, I still didn't know where he was, and I didn't have the chance to ask him where his room was. I piled my clothes messily into the other half of the closet and my shoes were spreading across the empty spot near the shoe rack. I had zero motivation to organise my stuff accordingly, I just want to hide myself up and focus on healing myself.

I buried my face into the pillow, hoping that the bed would engulf me, I didn't want to face reality so soon.

Just let me reminisce those memories with my Tine.

I heard the doorknob twisting, I didn't even bother to lift myself up from the bed. I was too distracted by my own sorrowfulness.

I heard my roommate drawing in a sharp breath, as if he had just finished watching a horror movie as he closed the door.

"I'm sorry for the mess, I'll organise them later." I mumbled incoherently into the pillow.

Just not now, please.

"Oh, okay. Up to you." He gave me the personal space that I needed, refraining from prying into my privacy.

His compassion, even his raspy voice, reminded me of Tine.

Oh my f'cking God, Tine, call me back please!

As if the genie had granted me my wishes that I had chanted in my heart for the entire day, my phone rang on cue. That was the special ringtone that I've assigned for Tine. My heart almost leapt out from my ribcage.

I felt for my phone blindly and slid across the screen to pick the phone up, I was still drowning in my emotions. I was afraid of the words that Tine would spill to me over the phone.

"Ai'Wat! 50 calls in an hour, are you for real?"

Wait, that doesn't sound like Tine is over the line.

I lifted my head up, and just maybe, I was hallucinating.

My Tine was sitting right across the room, his doe eyes widened as he saw me lying on the bed across him. 

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Note 

Pop quiz: Why is it room 414? 🙈🙈 

Well, if you read closely, Tine actually didn't take his phone with him in the last chapter. I hope you got that right. 😂😂