Perfect Imperfections (n.h a.u)

Chapter 5

>> Underneath it all I'm held captive by the hole inside<<

I awoke at 5:45am when the sound of my alarm rang through my isolated room. I sat up in bed rubbing the remaining sleep from my eyes. I grunted as I stepped out of bed greeted with the cold air hitting against my legs. I walked over to my bathroom and washed my face. I took off my glasses and put in my contacts.

I completed the same routine as I do everyday. The approximately half an hour run to the park and back. The changing into the outfit of the day.(A/N outfit on the side or up idk) But today was different. When I left my apartment,heading out to get my two tubes to campus,Niall met me outside my door,leaning against the wall next to the stair case.

"Good morning!!" He greeted quite cheerfully. Is this boy ever not cheerful?

"Morning!" I replied with a smile of my own.

"Do you mind if I join you on your way to campus?" He asked me stuffing his hands into his pockets.

"Not at all." We both began walking down the stairs in silence and we began our walk to the substation.

"You're an early riser huh?" Niall broke the silence that seemed to form between the two of us. " I saw you this morning. Went out for your run." I turned to look at him. "Not that I was stalking you or anything I just, I urh was yeah."

"Don't worry. I get it" I said with a soft laugh. "Yeah,I'm an early riser. It's been like this for years. I go out for a run every morning. Routine,I guess." I explained.

"You have a routine?" He asked in utter shock.
"Yeah, there's nothing wrong with a little routine."
"But you do the same thing everyday. Don't you get bored,Aria??" He asked me as we made our way down the stairs to the substation.
"Not really. I like having a routine,its always been like this."
"I sure as hell wouldn't survive with a routine. It's so boring like how do you survive??"
Niall was starting to anger me. We just met. I don't even know him and it's like he's judging me on my methods.
"I survive just fine thank you very much" I snapped.

I think he relished he pushed a button because his facial expressions dropped and stared blankly in front of him.
"Aria.. I'm sorry I didn't mean it like-"
"Don't worry about it. I'm used to it by now" I cut him off.

I bought my ticket and waited for the tube to arrive. Niall soon joined me after standing next to me, his hands stuffed into his pockets like they always seemed to be.

Once the tube arrived we got in and we both sat down in silence as we stared at the opposite side of the tube.

We managed to get through our entire trip to campus with small talk here or there about the classes we had and the plans for our assignments we would have together for Literature 101.

I said goodbye to Niall as I made my way to find Maya where she always would be. Outside the little burger place we have on campus, Simply Burgers.I made my way to Simply Burgers and saw Maya leant against the wall texting on her phone.

"Hey! You look like shit." Maya "complimented" me.
"Yeah,thanks hey." I sarcastically replied.
"Sorry babe. But seriously what's up?"
"Is it boring to have a routine?" I asked her.
"If you're happy with having a routine then have a routine. Why?"
"Well you know that guy that now sits next to me in Literature?" I asked which I got a nod in response.
"Yeah,turns out he stays in my apartment block and well we arrived together and he thinks me having a routine is boring." I furrowed my eyebrows in worry.
"Babe,don't worry about it. You're perfectly normal." I sighed and we both began walking to the first class of the day. I sat down in my seat and a few minutes before class could start Niall walked in and took a seat next to me. Professor Marx came in and started on his lecture about the introduction of Wuthering Heights, in all its greatness. I read the book at the end of high school and don't get me wrong I have all the respect for a great author as Emily but the story and plot was so stupid. I mean, if you loved the guy marry him. If two people love each other, don't beat around the bush and just get together already. Some people may argue with me but who cares. Wuthering Heights is a great piece of literature just the characters in the book are just really stupid.
My rant in my brain seemed to have taken over my brain because I didn't even realised the hour lecture had ended and everyone around me had disappeared. Thanks a lot guys. I grabbed my notebook and bag and made my way out of the lecture hall and to the next class, the second Literature class,and the first one for my actual second semester studies. I took a seat and sadly Maya wasn't in class with me and so I was all alone.

My professor, Hilary (None of us actually know her surname so it's Hilary to everyone) walked and waited for everyone to quiet down before she started.
"Today you will be getting into pairs that I have organized you to work with and you will be discussing Shakespeare for the remaining of this semester. Shakespeare, whether you agree or not, was a literature genius. He was pure class and no one could come close to his plays of poems. This semester we will be looking at one of his plays and two or three of his famous sonnets. I'll first call out your pairs and make it quick to move around to get to your partners. Got it? Good." Wow. Tough lady this one is.

Hilary started reading out names and I looked out to hear if my name was being called. Nothing so far.

"Horan and Monroe" There it was. Horan....Horan...Wait I don't remember any Ho-
"We need to stop meeting like this"
My head snapped up to Niall who was standing in front of me about to take a seat next to me.
"I didn't know you were in this class too." I furrowed my eyebrows as I took out my notebook.
"I could say the same to you but I won't mess with destiny"
"Destiny?"I turned in my seat to look at him.
"Yeah, I mean first we're in Marx's class then we happen to be neighbours and now this. It's destiny." The way Niall spoke with so much excitement it got me excited too and maybe it is de- no. It's just life. There's nothing to really think about.
"But you meet new people everyday."
"Yeah, but it's never been where you end up with that person with everything, I mean how is it that we got to be partners in practically every class?"
"So yeah maybe it's a coincidence but what does it mean if it is destiny? It's not like this is the beginning of a new relationship where we start dating and get married and have kids."
"That may seem crazy to you but to me who knows you could be the one" And with that he turned away facing the front, leaving me completely speechless. I slowly turned back to the front as Hilary began speaking once more.

"I'm sending around a hat with a theme from the play, Twelfth Night, the play by Shakespeare that you will be reading and analysing.This will be a great opportunity to get started on creating different perspectives of different aspects of life. Take one paper per pair. No exchanges of themes. Think outside the box." The hat that Hilary sent around the lecture hall soon made its way between Niall and I. He gestured for me to take out the paper. I pulled out a paper and set it between the two of us and opened it.

LOVE.

Perfect. Just freakin' perfect.

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A/N
Hellos ! So this is the next chapter. note that I did type this out on my phone and if there are any typos let me know in the comments and I'll fix it as soon as I can.

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