UN-LIKED. | tartaglia x reader

one - coffee

the sun had set, your eyes were closing in on themselves as you relied on your legs to guide you back to your dorm after an exhausting day at college. your jaw was shaking from the late november cold and your breath created fog with every exhale that escaped your mouth.

as soon as you entered your dorm room, your backpack fell out of your hands before you began to take off your thick wool scarf and jacket.

-"had fun in class?" the voice of your roommate, yanfei, piped up from the corner of the room.

the sound of her nails hitting the keyboard and the smell of hot, fresh coffee that scented the room gave a feeling of liveliness to the image of the slouched and tired pink haired girl.

you gave her a look that screamed "are you fucking kidding me?" although she couldn't see it as she was turned to her white laptop screen, a word document open.

-"you sound like a mom, are you that old?" you teased while taking off your shoes and putting them away on a near by shoe rack.

yanfei turned to look at you through the thin glass of the reading glasses on her head. she flipped you off before turning to look back at the screen.

-"how's it coming up?" you yawned.

-"if you're asking about the law studies, then they're coming up great," she said proudly through a smug gaze that she kept still on the screen, "i just need a little bit more time and it's done"

you hummed in reply, stealing the mug of coffee from her desk as you sat on the bed next to it. she shouted a quick "hey!" when you did so, trying to grab it back from your hands as you turned around and away from her to snatch a sip.

-"for the hundredth time, stop drinking my coffee!" she exclaimed through a laugh, "go make your own coffee you sloth" she said, looking at you in disbelief.

-"you know what? i just might" you said, getting up from your comfortable position on her bed and flattening the fabric of your gray sweater.

you took your phone and a clean mug from a shelf as you took off downstairs to the communal kitchen. all that was on your mind right now was a fresh cup of steaming, hot coffee.

when you turned the corner and entered the kitchen, two guys who looked like they were in the middle of an argument were already there. you tried paying no attention to them as you didn't really care to begin with, but their conversation was too magnetic to be ignored.

-"say that shit one more time i dare you i'll literally kill you right here right now, let's go" the purple haired, and much shorter as oppose to the other guy said.

-"you wanna go shortie? what are you gonna do? bite my ankles?" the orange haired guy laughed, making it echo throughout the entire room.

the insult made you snort to yourself while you began the process of making coffee. the room became quiet for a bit until you realized what had happened.

-"you got a problem?" the first guy asked, directed towards you.

you turned around after pouring the coffee into your mug, pulling it closer to your chest as a way to grow warmer.

the purple haired guy had his arms crossed while looking at you with a mean look. this only made you hold back a chuckle again, though your cheeks and eyes gave you away.

-"oooh, scary" you mocked the guy, earning a laugh from the other.

the orange haired guy was very clearly tall even though he was sat at a table, his eyes were a shade of baby blue under the white glaring led lights. you observed the way he was smacking the table while laughing and saying something that you didn't quite understand to the first guy.