Let Us Have An Adventure - MARKHYUCK

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5 more stairs. I was almost at the Tower. Why did I get the Tower again? Don't get me wrong- the view from the window is lovely, but still.

Needless to say I was exhausted once I arrived in at common room.

It was quiet. In the rest of the castle you always hear noise. From people who where dining to students climbing the stairs and talking.
But here. Silence. The only thing I heard was the sound of my own breathing. I didn't exactly mind, it was nice and I felt at peace. 

Then again, I try to avoid being alone with my thoughts too much.

The morning sun shone through the heavy curtains and I hadn't had the time to fully unpack yet. Getting settled in, I realised that the Tower came with a telly. Honestly, I was stoked! It was about 9 AM when I finished unpacking (early, I know), and I decided to have a quick shower. I had no plans of leaving, so I put on my PJs and grabbed a DVD I found while putting some of my childhood books I packed on the shelf. Turns out there was a great variety of movies stored in there.

And as I am a Lee with taste, I went for The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe. A classic.

I know what you are thinking. No it's not childish- well, maybe a bit. But it reminds me of the past. I have watched it so many times, I can almost recite the whole script. Wait- I don't think that is something to brag about, fuck. Nevermind! Forget me ever saying that.

No matter how many times you see them, some movies are just amazing. The scene were Lucy shows Peter and Susan the wardrobe is by far one of my favourites. It really captured the magical feel of the story, and it traps you in it.

"Impossible" 'Impossible'

"Don't worry! I'm sure it's just your imagination." 'Don't worry! I'm sure it's just your imagination.'

That was when I heard the first knock. huh.
The second came not long after the first one. Then the third. The person on the other side must be in a hurry.

"I- Uhm. I'm coming!" Can't a guy watch a movie in peace?

Opening the door, I'm greeted with a rather pissed off looking lady, the one with the pink glasses. What is she doing here? Behind her was a guy about my age. He's blond hair (was it bleached?) and was wearing a rather expensive looking green sweater, with grey dress jeans underneath, making him look like Draco fucking Malfoy. 

Next to him was a lady with charcoal brown hair, who was wearing this rather cozy looking mum sweater, with brown stains on it in the front, presumably from chocolate. Both looked rather annoyed as well.

"Uhm. Hello?" That wasn't supposed to come out as a question.

"Mr. Lee, I'm sorry to bother you. There seemed to be a miscalculation..." She almost forced her way through the door. "Can we come in for a second? Let us talk this all through." 

She smiled as if she was in pain by asking me this. As she should be. I did not like were this was going. All three seemed eager to get inside. I thought about slamming the door in their faces, but I had a feeling Pink-Glasses Lady would just bust my door open if I did do that.

So I did what every sane person would do.

I let them in.

They all went to sit on my couch right away. Rude. They did not even bother to ask me if they could. Honestly, I remember thinking 'Did all the people here lose their manners?'.

"Yes, sure. Sit down." I said sarcastically.

I take a seat in the uncomfy ugly green chair on the opposite side of them.

"Mr Lee. Yes, I should apologise for causing such an... inconvenience. Like I said at the door, there has seem to be a miscalculation while assigning the dorms."
She looked at me expectantly.

"And?"

"This is Donghyuck Lee. He shared a dorm with another student last year. We did not expect him to come back, due to his... condition. Another transfer student came this year and he now has that dorm. The news of Mr Lee returning was unexpected. Due to this reason there are no other options than to alter your sleeping arrangements. The Solar Tower will be shared."

They both smiled at me, though the boy seemed to be slightly judging me for my worn out pyjamas. I looked down to see I was wearing my Winnie the Pooh PJs. Well, this was embarrassing.

"You're taking the piss right?" She better be, please say you are. "I mean, father said it was important that-"

"Yes well, Mr Lee, my apologies. Nothing can be done, this is how it will be from now on." She looked tired (I mean me too, it was way too early for this shit).

"Oh."

She left soon after, saying she had tons to plan for the first day of classes. The guy and his mother were saying their last goodbyes before we were left alone.

"Nice to meet you, I'm Donghyuck Lee."

Alright. Here we go, "Yeah, I'm Mark... Lee. Yeah Lee too."

"So, this is the bathroom." I opened the door to show a marble tiled bathroom, with a bathtub and shower in it.

"Wow, that's bigger than in the other dorm." He said, with his eyes going wide. 

"Yeah so... follow me." I walked out of the bathroom, across the common room, and towards the study. "Here, uhm. There's only one desk though, but this is the study room." 

"Hm, cool." He responded, his mind seemingly still dazed from the bathroom.

"This is the wardrobe, and the bedroom is in the next room." Shit. The bedroom. There's only one bed.

"Whoa, amazing! We have a walk in wardrobe, really? It's so large too...," He looked around with a huge smile on his face. "

Wait, are you okay? You look like you are about to pass out." He looked at me expectantly. What the fuck was I supposed to say? 'Yeah well these dickheads forgot to put an extra bed in the room, so there's only one bed?'

"Uhm, nothing. Let's just go to the next room. You'll see."

We both stood in the doorway. He first had something to say about how big the room was (it wasn't, really), before his face fell. I guess the realisation hit.

"There's only one bed." Congratulations, you can see! 

"Uhm, yeah. I- I don't really. I suppose they put only one here, not knowing of your sudden I arrival. Uh, what do we..."

"Shit. No no no."

I was so captured in the moment (aka freaking out) that I had no thoughts of asking the Pink Glasses Lady for an extra bed. I know what you think. How could I forget? So the next five minutes we spent wallowing in our self pity.

"I, I uhm. You could take the sofa?" I suggested, my voice getting higher at the end of the sentence.

He looked at me as though I had just declared I was Hitler in my past life. But, did he really expect me to sleep on the sofa? I mean, it was my dorm to begin with! Seeming to think about it, his face relaxed a little bit (although there was a hinge of sadness I preferred to ignore).

"I think I saw some extra sheets and blankets in one of the cabinets in the wardrobe. I can grab them," I exclaimed, hoping he would just take the offer and not complain.

"Alright. Then that is settled. If you don't mind, I am going to go unpack my luggage now."

"Great."

This year is going to be tough. And I was not prepared.