Room for Rent [boyxboy]

Chapter 1

Room for rent
Male 18 renting out spare bedroom.
Apartment w/ kitchen, bathroom, living room, satellite TV, internet
Applicants male, pref. similar age

Aidan looked at the flyer once more, making sure he got the address right. He had found it on the notice board outside the school. It was perfect. 
He looked up at the house. It was a nice little house. Not too cramped-looking, but not overly large. It looked like a cozy little home. He wondered who lived there. 

He walked up the small pathway from the street up to the house, passing the car that was parked on the single parking spot outside the house.

Aidan checked the address one last time before taking a breath and ringing the doorbell.

The person who opened the door was possibly one of the last people he'd ever expected there.

Cameron was one of the best-looking guys in their school. Why on earth would he put up an application for a roommate? People literally threw themselves at him. Really, it had happened on more than one occasion. Of course it wasn’t him who had posted it. It couldn’t be. And even if he had, there was no way he'd rent it out to Aidan.

"Oh! I'm sorry, I must've gotten the wrong address" Aidan took a slight step backwards.

"You here for the room?" Cameron gestured to the flyer in Aidan's hand.

"I... umh... yeah, but... I..."

"Guessing I'm not someone you were expecting, yeah?" Cameron smiled at the way Aidan looked absolutely lost.

"Yeah... I'm sorry, I... I'm gonna go..." Aidan gestured to leave.

"Why? Not interested in the room? You probably wouldn't have come here if you weren't" Cameron pointed out.

"Yeah, but you probably don't want me, so there's no point" Aidan looked at the ground.

"Well, I don't know you, so I can't say for sure, but so far, you're the best option..."

Aidan looked up at Cameron.

"Really? None of your friends wanna live with you?" Aidan asked in disbelief.

Cameron gave a small chuckle before he answered.

"More that I don't want to live with them. And it also says 'male' in the description. Most of those who've wanted to live with me are chicks. I'd rather not"

"Afraid it'd be awkward if you brought some other girl home?" Aidan teased. Where'd that come from?

Cameron shrugged.

"Not really, I just would rather live with a guy, is all. But why don't you come on in, and we can talk and see if we're as compatible as I think, yeah? If you're interested, that is, but I think you are" he winked at Aidan, making him blush a little.

Cameron held the door open, and moved to the side, letting Aiden in.

Aiden realized he had been right. It was a cozy little house. And it felt like a home. He entered into a small hallway, hanging his coat up on the rack behind the door when Cameron motioned for him to do so, stepping out of his shoes before following Cameron further into the house. Cameron led him into the next room, which obviously was the living room, and next into the kitchen. Cameron flicked on the kettle, before he turned around to Aiden.

“I’m Cameron” he said with a smile, reaching out his hand to Aiden.

“I know who you are” Aiden mumbled, as if Cameron was silly for introducing himself because obviously, everyone knew who he was, before he shook Cameron’s hand and said “Aidan. I’m Aidan”

“So, Aidan,” he smiled as he retracted his hand “you drink tea?”

“Yeah, yeah I do” Aidan couldn’t help but smile back. 

 “Any preferences?” Cameron asked as he reached into the cabinet for the assorted tea boxes.

“I have ‘English Breakfast’, ‘Earl Grey’, ‘Vanilla’, ‘Four Fruits’, ‘Red Fruits’, ‘Mango Fusion’, whatever that is, still haven’t tried it, pretty sure I’ve never actually bought it, so I have no idea where it even came from, ‘Lemon Grey’, ‘Strawberry and Rhubarb’, not that great, ‘Vanilla Mist’, pretentious name, but surprisingly nice, ‘Peach and Papaya’, why haven’t I thrown that out yet? It’s awful. ‘Saturday Morning’, ‘Sunday Brunch’, where do they even come up with these names?, ‘Liquid Silver’, stings a bit, but surprisingly refreshing, does not contain actual silver, ‘Rooibos Raspberry’, ‘Orange and Cinnamon', and possibly every possible variation of Green Tea ever made, including plain ‘Green Tea’, obviously, ‘Green Tea Lemon’, ‘Green Tea Ginger and Honey’, heard it’s great for sore throat, but I’ve yet to try it out,  ‘Green Tea Jasmine’, ‘Green Tea Cranberry’ because my sister likes that, for some odd reason, ‘Green Tea Mint’ because that’s my moms favourite, though it’s also a real nice pick-me-up when you’ve got a hangover” he kept muttering, partly to himself, while picking out the boxes and placing them on the counter.
When he was done picking out the different tea boxes, he finally turned back to Aiden with a smile, leaning back on the counter.

“So, see anything you fancy?” he added with a slight smirk. Aidan wasn’t sure Cameron meant it the way it had sounded to him, but he blushed nonetheless. “Green Tea Lemon’s fine” he mumbled, while looking round the kitchen, mostly to avoid looking at Cameron. He’s hot, all right?

Cameron just nodded while turning back to the cabinet and pulling out two mugs, placing them on the counter and putting a bag of ‘Green Tea Lemon’ in one and an ‘Earl Grey’ in the other. “Sugars?” he asked without turning around.

“Yeah, two please”

“So you like it sweet, eh? Me too, if there’s sweet tea, like vanilla, or something fruity. Then I usually have like two or three sugars. I prefer just milk in plain tea like this, though. Or sometimes cream.” Cameron kept talking while popping sugars into one mug, then pouring the newly-boiled water into both. Then he got a milk carton out of the fridge, and poured a bit into the other mug, before he put the carton back in the fridge. He then slipped a teaspoon into each, picked them up and turned around to see Aidan standing awkwardly by the table.

“Well, sit down” he gestured for the chair next to Aidan, setting down the mugs on the table and sitting down on the chair opposite of him.

Cameron stirred his own tea while Aidan sat down and pulled the mug closer to himself.

      

AN: After re-reading the tea-listing, all I could think of was Scott Pilgrim’s “Did you make some of those up?”

Characters:
Aidan - Brown hair, grey eyes
Cameron - Blonde hair, blue eyes 
They're both about the same height