unexpected roommates, garroth x reader

chapter 2: warming up

it had been more than a week since y/n and garroth moved in together and had their little quarrel over who got the room and eventually staying together. the two seemed to have already gotten rather comfortable with living each other, which was honestly great. garroth and y/n's friendship had gotten closer over the time they lived together, and garroth.. well garroth has become a new person.

garroth had gotten up early in the morning to prepare some breakfast for him and y/n. though he was the best at cooking, he was still able to make pancakes and scrambled eggs that weren't undercooked or burnt. in fact, he felt that he made the best ones he had ever tasted.

y/n got later than garroth did, hair messy walking out of her room. "good morning.." she mumbled, "ah! morning y/n, i made breakfast. i have a class later, i'll be out around 9. any classes today?" garroth said, which y/n head half of. she nodded, rubbing her eyes a bit. "yeah, i have two. an anatomy class and organic chem one" she mumbled, taking a bite of her pancakes.

"i see, well.. i'm still undecided major-wise. but i've been thinking about sports psychology. or even, hm. i'm not sure yet. maybe tech." garroth spoke, y/n listening. "do whatever makes you happy garroth. just don't get too crazy studying.. not worth it" she told him, taking another bite of her food.  "note taken, anything i need to look out for on my first class? since you're the older one.. any tips?" garroth asked. he wanted his first class to go well and he didn't want to end up shopping in class.

"well.. you gotta really focus, take notes? it depends on where you like taking them too, handwritten or typed. i prefer handwritten though, penmanship is always fun. less distraction from my laptop too." garroth nodded, taking mental notes to himself to bring a notepad as well as his laptop.

"sit next to people who won't distract you, that make you feel motivated to go to class. make friends in your classes for group projects, choose your friends well, all that kind of stuff. i don't have to worry about that though, prefer being alone."

he knew it had only been less than 24 hours since he knew y/n, but everytime she mentioned being alone he felt bad for her. he didn't know the backstory as to why she liked being alone and why she wanted to be alone. being the extrovert he was, he craved being around people as much as he could. though, all extroverts did also needed their alone time too. but y/n, she kept saying that she preferred to be alone. it bothered him. he wanted to understand, but it was probably to early on for him to understand why.

"i see" he said, looking at his phone. "ah! i've gotta go y/n, my class is a 10 minute walk from here to i better get going" garroth got up from the dining table, grabbing his backpack and laptop bag, heading to the door and waving y/n goodbye. y/n waved back, finishing up her breakfast then did some last minute recaps before getting ready for her first class of the semester.

heading off to her first class of the whole year, she felt anxious to be there after what had happened in her previous schooling year, but then again nobody in her class knew her since she was a year older than all of them. she took a deep breath as she walked into her first class. "good morning y/n, good to see you again this year" her professor greeted, in which she greeted back.

though organic chemistry wasn't her favourite class, she enjoyed the way she taught her class to make organic chemistry interesting. her class went on, y/n almost falling asleep but did her best to stay awake in the large lecture hall filled with students across the whole school.

once it was over, she hurried back to her dorm room, seeing that garroth was back from his class too. "how was class garroth?" "oh, it went well. i talked to a few people, met new ones too. it's honestly great to have friends from high school come to the same college." "that's awesome, i'm gonna go take a nap before my next class since i have some time" "alright" "do you wanna eat anything?" "it's okay, i'll get something from the dining hall later on. go nap" "mm, alright"