Broken Shards

Roommates

Three days have already passed since Chan and Minho's last encounter, barely seeing each other more than occasionally in the hallways, yet neither of them addressed the other. Minho was in his parents' house, packing up his stuff to move into his new dorm room, whom he will be sharing with a not so happy Chan.

Minho kept folding his clothes and putting them in his suitcase as three other furry audience watch him do so, every now and then one of them would approach Minho, asking for head pats or spreading their scents on his clothes, feeling and acting protective of their owner, curious to why was he stacking his stuff in a small box.

Suddenly, a knock can be heard at the door, snapping Minho out of his daze, making him look up and smile upon seeing his mother, smiling back at him, looking at him with unshed tears in her eyes, proud. "What's wrong?". Minho asked as he gets up from the floor, walking over to his mother and hugging her, his mother hugged him back eagerly, her voice strained. "My little baby is all grown up now". She mutters into Minho's neck, pulling back to kiss his cheek, making Minho chuckle at the gesture.

"Mom, it's not I'm getting married or something, I'm just going to a college dorm, i promise to visit on my weekends". Minho replies softly, squeezing his mother's shoulder to reassure her. "You better". His mother says with a pout, pinching Minho's cheek before taking a step back, looking at him with affection and love. "If you need anything, and i mean anything, just tell me, okay?". Minho's mother said, wanting to provide only the best for her child. Minho sighs and nods, smiling at his mother. "Okay... i will". He says softly, making his mother nod before taking her leave, leaving him complete packing up his luggage.

About an hour or so, Minho was all ready to leave his childhood house, a backpack on his back and his suitcase in his hand, giving all three of his cats pats and kisses before turning and hugging his parents with them wishing him their best, making Minho hardly able to hold back his tears, but he forced himself to, not wanting to see his mother cry as well as she sends him off.

Minho takes a taxi to arrive at Seoul college, arriving there in merely fifteen minutes, paying the taxi and taking out his luggage, he begins walking towards the library, greeting the librarian with a smile. "Hi, i would like the keys to my dorm room". Minho says, earning him a hum as he sees the librarian pull out a single key copy out of one of the drawers, handing it to Minho and making him sign a paper as proof that he will be staying in that room and has taken a copy of his own keys, along agreeing to pay the cost of losing the keys, Minho then grabs a pen after reading the rules, signing and thanking the librarian before grabbing his suitcase and dorm key and start walking towards the dorm building, searching for the number written on his key '305'.

Upon stumbling in front of the room, Minho double checks the number before entering the key in the keyhole, twisting it and sighing as he steps in, closing the door behind him and looking around the dorm in amazement, surprised at how spacious the dorm is inside, slowly, he takes off his shoes and sets them side on the provided shoe rack, carefully walking more into the room, his hand still dragging his suitcase behind him as he looks around the living room, seeing the open kitchen attached to it, along with the way the windows were making the sunlight shine in the room, giving it a cozy feeling to it.

Hearing a door unlocking, Minho snaps his head towards the sound, looking at a very sleepy looking Chan, eyeing Chan up and down, he notices what Chan was wearing, which consisted of a pair of black shorts along with what looked like a hoodie that had a zipper on it, allowing it to transform into a jacket at any time. There, frozen in his place, stands Chan in all his morning glory, having almost forgotten that Minho, the guy he does not like, will be his new dormmate. Chan blinks at Minho before asking. "It was today...?". Chan mutters in a low tone, looking at Minho, his eyes darting up and down at Minho, seeing how the black compression shirt Minho was wearing made his muscles and physique appear almost on full display, making Chan gulp before looking back into Minho's eyes, seeing the way Minho was eyeing him up and down as well, making Chan slightly embarrassed at the way he looked, he hasn't even combed his hair yet!