The Wrong Roommate •JAEYONG•

CHAPTER 1

"Oh!!! my baby Tae is finally in college. I have tears in my eyes." Ten dramatically wiped his fake tears while watching Taeyong unpack his stuff. 

"Oh shut up you drama queen." He threw a pair of pajamas on his face and decided to ignore the dramatic look of shock on Ten's face.

Taeyong had just arrived into the campus an hour ago, and was already half way done with unpacking when Ten, his childhood best friend waltzed into the room like a diva and made himself at home on his freshly made up bed. His initial announcement had been 'I'm here to help!!' but then morphed it into 'I see you are doing a good job yourself' seconds later. Nonetheless he was glad for the constant chatter that distracted him from his anxiety. Ten had arrived an hour ago with Johnny, his boyfriend, and he was already settled into his room. Though Taeyong had a suspicion, due to the lack of a Johnny, that the poor was doing the 'settling' in on his own.

"Your roommate isn't here yet I see." Ten observed, tilting his head towards the other room. 

"I am so proud of your observational skills. But yeah, fortunately, he isn't here."

"Could be a she...!" Ten puffed indignantly, as if that made anything better. It was co-ed hostel, but then that was made up for by the fact that there were two separate rooms with attached bathroom, a common space and a kitchen in the dorm allotted by the college. "And maybe she'll help you finally lose your virginity!" Ten didn't even have time to duck as the sock hit him on the face. It didn't stop him though, the Thai rolled around his bed, messing it up further, laughing at his expense. While Taeyong tried to hide behind his hands, and not let this get to him.

"Yaya, I am pretty sure that Jung Jaehyun is a guy's name. Plus I'm gay."

"Hey you never know. Parents nowadays are all about that variety...omg TY you should seen your face..it's so red!" Ten continued laughing and rolling around and Taeyong was pretty close to kicking the Thai out.

"You know, this room was supposed to be someone else's. If that someone hadn't attacked my weakness and manipulated me, I might've been rooming with your boyfriend right now."

Ten fell silent at that, though he was still panting from his laughing session, sensing that Taeyong was actually upset about this.

"Aw, come on Taeyong. Rooming with Johnny would've been no fun. Just look at it this way, you get to make a new friend. Where else would be a better place to make new friends than college?" When Taeyong didn't answer he continued. "Besides, Johnny and I are in completely different majors, we wouldn't even be able to see each other much once it starts. Rooming is the only way we can even at least get a glimpse."

This right there was Taeyong's weakness. He always ended up buying Ten's explanations, because to him they seemed so sensible. Even though Ten's reasons for the manipulation he had executed a few hours ago seems legit, it didn't help calm Taeyong. Because Taeyoung wasn't good at making friends. At all.

"Sure, sure. You could've just said all this instead of calling me up, wailing and being all miserable because Johnny's in a different room, and his roomie was me. You didn't have to make me shift, you would've been there all the time anyways."

"That's true. But would you want to hear all x-rated sounds coming out of the room at odd hours of the day? No right? I figured. Now we get the whole place to ourselves too. We already christened the bathroom. hehe." Ten knew he had won the argument, and to be honest, Taeyong was still pissed. Mainly because he hated the fact that Ten, as always, was right. He would absolutely hate being in the same flat as the two made love.

 Ten continues talking, but Taeyong tunes him out as his thoughts carry him two years back, his mind twirling with questions of what if's and regrets. The trip is cut short when they both hear the front door open and close. Ten jumps up to take a peek while Taeyong froze mid action, both of them realising that the lack of a loud greeting meant it wasn't Johnny. 

"Well...all I can say is, you'll be thanking me for putting you here someday." Ten winked at Taeyong before walking out to meet his roommate. And as the honey dipped voice reached his ears, mumbling a gentle 'hello', Taeyong should've known Ten was going to be right again.