— Karl smiled as he walked into his new college dorm he quickly dropped his bags on one of the unoccupied beds and looked around. It was a decent sized dorm room.
One bathroom, a small kitchen area and a small couch right in the middle along with a nice sized tv.
He looked at his bags and decided he would unpack later, instead he wanted to go look around campus.
He grabbed his phone and dorm key along with his wallet then walked back out the door. Before he walked to his dorm he noticed a small cafe down by the cafeteria, Karl was a sucker for iced coffee.
Get him iced coffee and you have his heart.
He shyly walked to the register and gave the woman a smile, she looked about his age.
"Hello, you must be new here i've never seen you around before." She smiled. "Yea, just got here a few minutes ago." Karl says feeling embarrassed.
"Oh cool! Well i'm Nova, if you ever need help with something i'm here. But what can I get you?" She says with a bright smile, welcoming Karl.
"Um.. Iced coffee with whipped cream on top. And like a shot of expresso. Please." He says pulling his wallet out of his hoodie pocket.
"Okay and your total is 6.38. And I need your name." She smiled typing on the register.
"Karl, with a K." He handed her the exact amount and she printed out his receipt. "Here you are Karl, your drink will be ready in a few minutes." She hands him the receipt with a smile.
"Thank you." He says walking away so the people behind him can go. He decided he would sit at one of the tables and pulled out his phone hoping time would go by faster.
He looked up his eyes accidentally meeting someone else's. It was a boy, wow.
His hair was dirty blonde and went passed his ears a bit, his eyes were a light green mixed with a hint of dark green. His lips looked so pink and plump, he also has a nose ring.
"Karl!" His thoughts were interrupted by his name being called. He stood up from his chair and walked over to the pick up spot.
"Saw you staring at hottie over there." Nova smirked wiggling her eyebrows. "Oh quit it." He smiled picking up his drink and leaving a 10 dollar tip in the tip jar.
"You should talk to him." She says taking a sip from her own coffee. Karl looked back seeing that the guy was sitting at the same table Karl was sitting at.
"Nah, he kinda looks like a jerk."
"A hot jerk."
Karl looked at her and rolled his eyes in a playful way. "Just saying, maybe he's your roommate." She shrugged. "For the love of god I hope not, speaking of which I have to go unpack." He said matter a factly.
"See you later Karl." She smiled. He gave her a soft nod before walking away back to his dorm room, he was getting tired.
As he walked, he took sips from his drink and scrolled on twitter. He pulled his dorm key out and unlocked the door pausing once he saw someone's stuff on the other bed.
He shrugged it off and tossed his now empty cup in the small garbage can next to his bed.
After he was done unpacking his things and getting comfortable, he changed into a t shirt and a pair of shorts then crashed on the couch with a sigh.
He grabbed his phone and continued to scroll on tiktok. His eyes darted to the door as he heard the key being stuck in the doorknob.
He yelped cutting off all the lights and jumping in his bed, pretending like he was asleep the whole time.
"Oh shit, Patches shh. Their sleeping."
It was a guy, what a bummer.
Karl smiled as he heard a small meow. "Shhh, be quiet" The boy said whispering to the cat. The cat meowed even louder and Karl felt it hop on his bed.
"Patches get down right now you're gonna wake them up." The boy demanded softly.
Karl fake stretched hopping it looked real, he rubbed his eye and turned on his back and jumped at the cat that sat beside him.
"Oh it's you."
Karl looked to his side and felt his face heat up, Nova was right. "And it's you, you brought.. a cat?" Karl looked back at the kitty and gently rubbed its chin.
"Yea, I hope you don't mind, I didn't wanna leave her at home." He says sternly. "She's fine, you're fine I understand." Karl says gently petting her head.
"She seems like she likes you, Patches doesn't warm up to people so fast." He says walking over to his bed.
Karl sat up and continued to pet the cat gently, being careful not to hurt it. "So.." Karl started, trying his best to get out of the uncomfortable silence.
"What's your name?" Karl asked looking up and across the room.
"Clay."
Silence. Again.
"Cool." Karl says looking down at the sleeping cat on his bed. "So what are you-"
"Look Karl i'm not here to make friends and all that." Clay says moving his hands in motions.
"I'm just trying to get my education or whatever, mind backing off?" He snapped.
Karl stayed quiet, his eyes watering. He gave him a small nod before laying back down on his pillow and going to sleep for real this time.
this is going to suck
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