roomies ; leto brothers ✔

one: introductions

The first one she meets is Shannon, in a club, of course.

As an Indian descendant, Maya's skin color is a light brown, just like the tan that girls look forward to when going to the beach; her hair is black and her eyes are brown. Sometimes, Maya's friends say she looks like Angelina Jolie because of her plump lips and body and, altogether, her appearance has an effect on guys that is incredible.

And that's why she meets Shannon. He approaches Maya in the bar with a grin on his face, so full of himself. "What a beautiful lady is doing at a bar by herself?" He asks, leaning on the counter in front of her.

First, Maya frowns, looking at him, then she chuckles. "Oh, honey, I think you're not paying attention; a girl like me is never alone," She says, winking at him.

Shannon clearly understands that as flirt and proceeds. "I'm Shannon, Shannon Leto," He offers his hand.

"Maya," She takes his hand and Shannon brings it to his lips, kissing the back of her hand.

"What brings you here?" Shannon asks, trying to chat.

"Drinks," The woman raises her glass.

Shannon chuckles. "To America," He adds.

"I am American," The woman rolls her eyes. "Yes, Indian descendant, but American."

"Mhm," He nods, taking a sip of his beer and opening his smirk again. "And how can I bring you to my bed?" Shannon asks.

Maya laughs loudly at his poor attempt. She gets up from her seat and moves closer to him. "Try harder," She says, clinking her glass on his beer bottle and moving away quickly.

The civil engineering student doesn't dare to go after her, he just watches Maya disappears into the crowd in stunned silence. He had never been turned down before.

And this is Maya and Shannon's first encounter.

It's not unusual for different courses to have the same classes. Economic and management courses are often paired together to have statistics classes. That means Jared (a management student) and Maya (an econ student) share the classroom two times a week, but she has never paid attention to him before.

Later the same week that she had met Shannon, the statistics professor gives the class a paper to be done in groups previously chosen by him. And guess who's in Maya's group? Yes, Jared Leto. It takes him, literally, a minute to hit on her.

"Maya, huh?" Jared opens a smirk to her. "How did I've never noticed such a cute girl in my class?"

She sighs, tired already. "Maybe because you've never looked at anyone else besides yourself?" Maya raises an eyebrow.

Jared's narcissism doesn't go unnoticed; the guy loves himself more than his own mother, probably.

He frowns, not failing in noticing her feistiness, but he doesn't have time to reply to the woman's comment because she's talking again. "You're Leto, right?" She asks and he nods. "Are you related to Shannon Leto somehow?"

Jared frowns, nodding again, slower this time. "Yeah, he's my brother. Why?" He tilts his head, mentally cursing his brother for doing her first.

The woman shrugs. "I've met him a few days ago," She says, looking back at the whiteboard. "You two are clearly related," She whispers more to herself than to him, but Jared catches it.

"Have you two..." Jared trails off.

Maya opens a smile while putting her notebook into her purse. "Oh, he wishes. And so does you," She says, getting up from her seat and leaving the classroom quickly.