College Pandemonium

Chapter 2

  "Y-Your hair! Why is it so short?!"

  Stunned, Cheryl immediately leaned forward, reaching over and tugging on Ellie's hair. "What did you do? Did you cut it?"

  "Cut it out! Come on, please stop it already!" Ellie's face contorted, and she backed up, only to stumble and trip, falling backwards. The door swung open.

  A tense, stunned silence filled the room.

  "...What happened to your shirt?"

  "Oh crap."

  "..."

  "Y-you...!" Cheryl's face flushed bright red, and she backed up immediately, her back pressed on the wall. "T-that...anatomy...! What...why?!"

  "...Urgh...Lukina is going to kill me later..."

  "What in the world is a boy doing in this academy?!" 

  Cheryl felt a wave of nausea wash over her as soon as the words left her mouth. "What does this mean?! Where did Ellie go? Where did you take her? Wait-- maybe Ellie isn't my dorm mate. Then are you trying to kidnap me? Do you want to kidnap Lukina? Oh my god, oh my god...!"

  "C-Cheryl, calm down-"

  "I will not calm down! What are you? An alien?! Why are you even here?! Oh my god, I thought that this was an all girls' school!" 

  "I said to calm down, Cheryl!" The blond grabbed Cheryl's wrists, pinning her against the wall. "Calm down! I am not a murderer or assassin or a kidnapper, okay? Honestly-"

  Suddenly, the door clicked open, and a familiar head of gray hair entered.

  "I'm back-"

  Lukina stopped short as soon as she saw the scene before her: Cheryl, her new roommate, pinned up against the wall by a blond guy. The gray-haired girl's bag fell to the ground with an echoing thump.

  "L-Lukina!" 'Ellie" gulped. "Welcome back!"

  "...Elias...!"

  The blond immediately let out a very unmanly squeak, letting go of Cheryl's wrists and backing up five steps. "I-I swear I didn't do anything! Look! The chandelier is still in one piece this time! A-And there are no knives sticking out of the cabinets in the kitchen! I swear! The bathtub isn't flooded either-"

  "What in the world do you think you're doing, blowing our cover the very first day?!"

  "L-Lukina?"

  The gray-haired female froze immediately at the sound of Cheryl's voice. 

  "A-ah, Cheryl! Uh, you see, our roommate really really likes to cross dress as a boy so," Lukina stammered with a very out-of-place smile on her face.

  "B-but there's no way a girl can cross dress as a shirtless boy...!"

  "..."

  For a moment, the gray-haired girl looked completely lost, before she heaved a sigh, groaning and dropping down to the floor with her face buried in her hands.

  "Elias, you screwed up everything."

  "S-Sorry, Lukina! But not everything is screwed up, if you know what I mean-"

  "Shut up! You already revealed your identity to our new roommate within the first two hours of her arrival at our academy! Honestly! This is why I was so against the idea..."

  "U-um..." Cheryl spoke up timidly. "C-could you please explain what in the world is going on here?"

  Lukina sighed again, before pausing a moment.