Love AfFair (BOY×BOY)

Chapter 6: Young Again

This was it. Summer was over. Back to the college life. Back to classes, back to the mundane. The only thought that made me hopeful for the year was Carmen, and how he became my tutor. Tutor. That's kind of hot, right? What am I thinking? Ugh, I'm such an idiot. The new week was somewhat easy, our professors deciding to cut us a bit of slack since our brains were basically turned into mush over the summer. Possibly half of the students being hungover.

Two weeks have gone by without seeing Carmen. It felt like it's been forever. I mean, we've been texting. That was pretty much it, though. Even if I was giving my hopes up, I still wanted to be with him either way. I don't know. I can't explain it. It was weird.

Carmen was supposed to be coming later on today after classes. It seemed like all throughout the lectures, I was just staring up at the clocks the entire tine. Biting my nails. Impatiently waiting for my time to come where I could run to my dorms and get ready. Tapping my fingers against the table. Clicking my pen. Constantly repositioning myself in my seat.

I was a college senior. I shouldn't have been this distracted, everything was riding on my success but I just couldn't help myself. Self-sabotage was a thing of mine. Also, being a lonely twenty-two year old that thrived off of failed love interests, I suppose. When class was finally over, I practically sprung out of my seat before anyone else had gotten the chance to. Everyone went silent at my excitement. To which I just stood there for a moment, then awkwardly grabbed my bag. Quickly walking out and going back to my dorm.

Jordy was out with Kaitlyn after class, since I told him I had a tutoring session. So, I was free to do something embarrassing. Like, take a very intent shower. Shave my face, fix my hair over a hundred times, and try on Jordy's colognes. I coughed at some of the scents until I finally found the right one. Also, I changed my outfit five different times. Letting out a groan each time when it wasn't what I had wanted.

Nobody has ever driven me crazy like this before.

Before I even knew it, I heard a knock at my door. Walking over and sucking in a breath as my hand shakily reached to my door knob. What was I going to say? Did I smell good?

Holding my breath, I opened the door.

Carmen was standing before me, holding a backpack in his hands. "Long time, no see." He said in a playful manner. Mimicking what I said to him before at the beach.

"Yeah. It's been awhile, hasn't it?" I asked, closing the door when the brunette entered. Looking around the dorm room. Shit. I mentally cursed myself. I was so preoccupied with myself and how I looked, I didn't even think to clean up the room.

"Which bed is yours?" He asked, turning to look over to me. I just motioned over to the twin bed on the left. Carmen just sat himself down, letting out a sigh.

"Sorry about the mess." I sheepishly apologized, rubbing the side of my neck as I sat down beside the male. Giving him a bit of a guilty look. To which he looked over to me and laughed lightly, shaking his head as he started pulling out books and notebooks from his backpack.

"Adam... If I was expecting The Hamptons, I wouldn't have entered a guy's college dorm room." The brunette said to me jokingly, along with pulling out a bunch of flash cards and setting up his little tutoring area.

At his reply, I couldn't control myself and smiled like a dork. "Yeah... Sounds about right." It made me feel better. Well, everything he said to me made me feel better.

Looking at everything he was pulling out, somehow it made it all look so professional. Like he was really, really serious about this. I mean, I knew he was serious. But this was... seriously serious? I'm so dumb.