Yes, I'm Straight. But What Have I Done Wrong?

Story 141-148

[141]

Another important thing in college was to find a dining partner. Whether you got along and liked each other personally or not, it's important to have some company for lunch. So important that it related to whether you could get a seat and have your bag attended when you were in line to buy lunch, whether you could chat with someone during lunch, or whether you could prevent your plate from being taken away when you had to go to the bathroom.

Straight Guy had been eating with his two roommates, so he was spared the trouble of finding a lunch buddy.. After being reminded by the upperclassman, he felt that he had been the biggest third wheel out there. Sometimes, the boss and Little Chen took the same course, but after the class, they had to wait for him to have lunch together. He indeed had troubled them a lot.

Therefore, early this morning, before going to classroom at another teaching building, Straight Guy carried his schoolbag, trying so hard to appear confident, and said, "Boss and Little Chen, I can't join you guys for lunch because I have an appointment with someone!"

Domineering Guy and Coquettish Guy were surprised and asked, "Hmm, what's up?"

Straight Guy had already spent his ultimate ability to come up with this excuse, and he could no longer continue to make up who that person was. He trotted out of the dormitory with a blush. In fact, he felt very sad to have lunch alone.

[142]

Straight Guy felt a little melancholy on the first day of eating alone. He even began to regret that maybe he had overreacted. In fact, it was quite good to dine with boss and Little Chen together. On one hand, there were a lot of topics among three of them. On the other hand, when two went to buy lunch, the last one could occupy proper seats for all of them. However, since boss and Little Chen fell in love, there was gradually no more space for anyone else. Thinking this over, Straight Guy still felt quite sad, because they were two friends that he liked most.

When he lied in bed at night, Straight Guy worried what he should do tomorrow noon. It's very immoral to be a third wheel, so he decided not to eat with Domineering Guy and Coquettish Guy together, but it didn't mean that he wanted to eat alone. Straight Guy was upset. When he scrolled his phone listlessly, a post from the Glasses-guy suddenly came to his sight. "I am so busy now and have to eat takeout in the small room of the student union every noon." Attached was a picture of the door with clear room number on it.

Straight Guy "liked" it silently and showed up at the door of student union's small room the next day, carrying a takeaway. The Glasses-guy seemed to be very surprised, "Little Zhou?"

Straight Guy stammered, "I...I happened to take a class nearby in the morning and thought I might eat with you rather than by myself."

The Glasses-guy smiled and invited him in. He said, "It's so nice to have some company for lunch. If only you had classes here every day! I am tired of ordering takeout by myself."

The Straight Guy felt happy that he was needed. He said, "We can eat together even if there is no class. The campus is not so large and I can be here very quickly by bike from other teaching buildings."

The Glasses-guy agreed joyfully, "OK. That's a deal."

[143]

For Coquettish Guy and Domineering Guy, Straight Guy was also a very important friend. They had dined together for so long, therefore, they were not used to having lunch without Straight Guy. What concerned them most important was that it was quite gay for two boys eating together every day in the canteen.

"Little Zhou, shall we have barbecue after class near the school today? We haven't had dinner together for a long time." Coquettish Guy asked before going out in the morning.