Roommates ~ Red son x mk

The First Day (again)

Red Son's POV:

Here it is. My new room. Room 18. It's not as far away from MK's room as I would have liked, but it will have to do. After all, I have music with him, so I'll have to avoid him then.

I feel awful. MK obviously likes that other girl, Mei. I can't believe that I let myself do something like that. That I let myself think that he wasn't straight. That he would have any interest in me.

It's okay though. I'll keep telling myself I'm okay. Life will go on. Except, that's not how it feels right now. Right now I feel alone, and sad, and scared. But it's fine. I'm fine.

I take a deep breath, smoothing back my hair. I realize I've been standing here like an idiot for all this time, so I unlock my door and walk in. It looks the same as my old room. Moving the furniture in is going to be a pain. I've got nothing to do this Sunday though, so I guess I'll get it over with.

2 hours later, and I'm done getting everything moved in. I'm also extremely hungry. I suppose I should get lunch. I look up cafes near me and find Cafe Rosé, a cafe not to far from the dorms. Unfortunately, it's also not too far from Mei's house, but I just won't think about that.

I get in my car and squint. It's way too bright out. I'm too hungover for this. Reluctantly, I start driving.

After about 12 minutes I arrive at Cafe Rosé. It's a quiet goblincore cafe, which I appreciate. There is lots of nature decor, which, knowing me wouldn't seem like something I would like, but I secretly do. Not that I would ever admit it. A cute waiter walks over to my table.

"Hi, my names Tim, what can I get for you?" He asks, running a hand through his curly hair.

"I'll take a BLT please," I respond, more than a little distracted by his stunning looks and aura of confidence. I hope people think I'm that confident.

"Got it. Do I have a name for this order, or should I just put down 'hot guy with cool red hair?'" he says with a wink.

Despite my best efforts, I blush. It's so cheesy, and I hate it, but I also am strangely flustered by it. Okay yes maybe it was kinda cute. "Red Son," I barley mutter.

He smirks and walks away. I put my head in my hands. Despite the low lighting, everything feels too bright. My vision swims as Tim sets a water down in front of me. I feel his warm hand on my shoulder.

"You okay there?" He asks.

"Yeah, I'm EXTREMELY hungover," I respond.

"Ooh, I have the perfect drink for you. Wait right here, I'll make it for you!" He says as he scurries away.

Soon enough, he comes back with a coral colored liquid. "Do I want to ask what's in this?"

"No," he says, eagerly awaiting my reaction.

I raise it to my lips and am met with a horrible odor. I gag. He laughs. He looks so excited, so I take a sip. It can't be that bad.

It was that bad. I want to spit it out. I manage to choke it down. It's strangely chunky. Chunky?!

"It's...helping," I lie.

His grin is worth the pain of drinking it. "That's great, I hope it helps you! Ooh, I gotta help other people. Bye, Red Son."

I feel saddened by his disappearance, but luckily it's not long before he comes back around with my food. The sandwich looks really good, but it might be that I'm so hungry dirt would look delectable. I eat the whole thing in record time and feel a little better. I drink the water quickly so Tim will come around to fill it back up. Sure, I like seeing him. I feel calmer around him. After a while, it's time for me to pay and leave, but I don't want to leave Tim.

He brings me the check, and I place my card on it. I calculate the tip, then hesitate before scribbling down my number.

He sees it and smiles. "I'll text you."

With that, I leave the cafe. The world seems too loud outside of the quiet cafe. I decided to just go to my dorm and watch heartstopper again.

~time skip to the next day~

It's time to face MK again. I can only hope that he won't approach me in class. I don't know what I would say.

By the time I'm done overthinking things, I'm already to class. I walk through the door and make eye contact with the person I least expected to. Tim. He's sitting next to MK and laughing, but he stops when he sees me. He waves, and continues talking. I look past MK to see Mei sitting next to him. I sigh and sit next to some kids I don't know. Soon enough, the class ends and I see MK talking to Tim.

I awkwardly shuffle past them to my next class. On my way, I get a text from Tim.

"Wanna get dinner tonight? :)"

I smile. "Sure. Do you want me to pick you up at 5?"

"That works"

"What room are you in?"

"Haha good question. I just got a new roommate. My dorms room 16"

16. The room I shared with MK. It will be fine, it's not like he'll care. It's none of his concern anyways. But I should probably get some flowers for Tim.

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AN: Sorry for the slow updates, feel free to give me any feedback on my writing :)