ᴍᴀʟɪᴋ ʙᴇɴɴᴇᴛᴛ
Awakened his magic as a child, moved away from Mystic Falls after an accident only to be recognised as one of the anomalies appearing in the Bennett bloodline, known to be dangerously powerful and also a double edged sword.
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For some reason, he never had a roommate.
Malik did suspect it had something to do with his father and grams, after all she did have a friend at the Boarding School. Ever since that small incident... he barely had contact with his family. His twin sister Bonnie did check up on him, but due to the promise between him and Grams, he could not be honest with her.
And it seemed that got between them.
However, something shifted slightly after a while, as one day while he was in his room reading a book on his bed, the door opened without knocking or previous warning and a young boy walked in.
For a moment the newcomer seemed shocked and surprised, that was until Malik closed the book and slowly got up from his bed.
"Hi there, I'm Malik Bennett, just call me Mal."
The boy shook himself and a smile appeared on his face.
"Hey, I'm Eric Lowell" responded the boy politely and as they shook hands suddenly Mal had a sensation run through him: pain, sadness and loneliness.
He did not let these to show on his face, he had them so many times he could easily control his facial expressions when he needed to. He smiled and looking at the boy continued.
"It's odd for anyone to join so close to mid-term. Unless you're here for the probationary art course?"
"Yes, I applied for the extension so if I do well I might get a permanent place" came the bashful answer which made Mal smile wider and nodding gently took one of his large suitcases and putting it down on the bed allowed Eric to begin unpacking.
"Since we are going to be roommates for a while, tell me... what is it that got you into this line of expression?"
"I went through a lot" answered Eric honestly. "And I was looking for ways to let it all out and when I got into art... I felt liberated."
Mal just smiled and sitting on the bed turned to the other boy and tilting his head spoke quietly.
"I know what you mean... I suppose we are in the same boat... I had some sudden change as well which I'm still adjusting to."
Eric seemed to soften up to him a little which made the atmosphere change for the better. The two of them began talking about more generic subjects but the level of comfort in there was refreshing for both of them. Mal managed to unpack everything and as he packed the last thing away he looked at Eric who sat on the edge of his bed slightly ecstatic which made Mal smile and spoke gently.
"Want to join me to look around a bit?"
"Yes!" Eric's tone was first super excited but then he cleared his throat and repeated himself in a bored non- caring way:" I mean... Yeah sure"
Mal just smiled but rolled his eyes and walking out of there had Eric walk right behind him till he fully caught up and walking next to him the two boys walked around, checked all the rooms they were supposed to visit, watched as the painters, musicians and theatrical students were practicing and working hard.
