Rough & Fluff

Moving In

“Oh god.”

That was all Yuta could say when he saw the rundown apartment complex he is going to live in. It was old and gray, almost straight out of the 19th century. Well, 19th century Britain because of the heavy rainfall. It was also a bit askew and that deeply disturbed Yuta but you know, when you spend most of your money to go to Korea just so you can study and live there, you take what you can get, including rundown apartments.

“Well, maybe the inside don't look that bad?” Yuta asked himself, not sounding very convinced.

To Yuta's surprise, it really did look a bit better inside, not a lot better but it was still an improvement.

Yuta slowly starting walking but the stairs, dragging his luggage with him. Yuta's apartment was on the third floor, nr. 71.

When he got to his appointment, he pulled out his keys from his jacket's pockets and unlocked the old wooden door.

The apartment was pretty average. One bedroom, one bathroom, a mini kitchen and a living room. It was quite small but it was okay for one person and the rent was cheap. Sure, the apartment kinda half done and old, but it was better than what Yuta was expecting.

The Japanese male took off his wet boots, jacket, hat and put them on the hangers that were next to the door. He ran a hand through his wet brown hair and sighed.

“So this is my new home.” Yuta told himself. There was no going back anymore.

He took his luggage and dragged it to his bedroom. His bedroom was a bit bare. A bed, a desk and a built in closet. Yuta will need to get to work fast so he can color the walls and put up his many posters and fairy lights.

Yuta put his many cases of stuff in the middle of the room and started to unpack. He took out a pile of clothes out of one of hos bags and started to put them on the clothes hangers he pulled out from his other bag.

The man was putting the clothes away in the closet when someone rang his doorbell. Yuta was confused, who would ring his doorbell so he put the hanger he was holding in the closet and went to check.

He opened the door and was met with a boy around his height. He had fluffy black hair that was styled down and he had one of the brightest smiles that Yuta has ever seen which, of course, also made him smile.

“Hello new neighbour! My name is Chittaphon Leechaiyapornkul but you can call me Ten! I live in nr. 70 so if you ever need something, just knock!” the boy introduce himself and at the end, he gave a bright smile, which Yuta thought could blind him but thankfully, he apparently wasn't expecting any vision loss.

“Thank you for your offer! My name is Nakamoto Yuta but you can already call me just Yuta! I hope we can be friends Ten!” Yuta give the boy his best smile and stretched out his hand for the boy to shake but to his surprise, Ten hugged him. Yuta didn't really mind since he loved skinship but he was still a bit shocked.

Ten, as if noticing the boy's shock, let go off Yuta and started apologising. Yuta could see the faint blush on the boys face so he chuckled.

“Don't worry. It's alright, no need to apologies! I was just a bit shocked!” Yuta said while giving out a chuckle. Tens blush still was there but that was understandable.

“By the way, you said to knock if I ever wanted any help, so...” Yuta stepped out of his door frame and when straight past Ten. Ten was puzzled at the other male's actions until he turned around. Yuta's fist was on his apartment's door. “Do you wanna help me unpack?”

So that is how Ten ended up in Yuta's apartment, laughing on his bedroom's floor with Yuta, joking around more than actually unpacking.

“You know Yuta, at first I was worried that befriending you would take a long time but it seems I was wrong and I couldn't be any more glad.” Ten said as he looked at the ceiling, feeling happy that he had befriended the older male so quickly.

“Oh boy, I know how you feel. When I was on my way here, I was so sure that it would take god knows how long to find a friend but to my surprise, it only took a few hours.” Yuta snorted at the last part because he found it so funny that he, a few days ago, was stressing over how hard it would probably b to befriend someone but nope, in the first few hours, he had already found a friend that he knew would become one of his most reliable people here.

“So, which uni you going to Yuta?” Ten rolled over so he was facing Yuta.

“Uh, SMU? I think that's what it was called?” Yuta was too busy trying to remember if that was the right name of his university that he didn't notice the growing smile on Ten’s face until he was abruptly pulled up and was getting shaken by Ten.

“Yuta!!!! I am also going to that university! This is like faith!” Ten was still shaking Yuta as he told him the news and man, Yuta couldn't be any more happy to find out his new friend was gonna be in the same school as him.

Ten had finally left Yuta on his own, after Yuta said he really needed to unpack and Ten’s constant joking was troubling, so, Ten and him swapped phone numbers and Ten when back to his apartment.

Yuta laid down on his bed and sighed fondly. His new friend was just so adorable and he was also a foreigner like him, which only made the new bind between the two stronger.

Ten is from Thailand and he came to Korea around a year ago for studies. He said he still wasn't perfect at korean and was still learning. Yuta wondered if he should give the kid a few lessons since he was already fluent at the language.

He decided to ask the younger male later and now he just wanted to focus on unpacking.