Oh My God, They Were Roommates

[ 4 ] Separate Ways-Worlds Apart

"That," Zushi said, "is Killua Zoldyck."

Gon waited for more, but that was all Zushi had to say on the matter. "That's... it? What's so special about him?" Gon said.

Knuckle sighed obnoxiously. "He's, like, the only bi kid in our major. That we know of."

The gates of Heaven opened. A chorus of angels swept a chorus of beautiful melodies through the air. Gon's gay heart opened like his legs manspreading in that lecture hall the way he desperately hoped for some beautiful queer boy to live in proximity to him. Initially, that daydream meant a dorm or two over from his own, but alas, he was living within the 900 square feet of their apartment.

But that wasn't for Knuckle and Zushi to know.

"So? Bi people exist," Gon said, completely chill, like he wasn't living with the sole, bi individual in their major.

"So?" Knuckle hissed. "He's hot as fuck, aced every midterm last semester, and has a full ride here. The dude got a perfect score on the SAT in high school."

"And he's super emotionally unavailable and I think that's hot," Zushi sighed dreamily, slumping against his seat.

"So... I take it you both are gay," Gon said.

"I am," Zushi sighed, wistful like a Disney princess. "Knuckle's repressed."

Knuckle gasped, horrified. "Am not! I'm also emotionally, mentally, and physically unavailable," Knuckle explained. When Gon rose an eyebrow at him, he went on to say, "I'm on the USFC track team. I don't have time for relationships."

"Ah," Gon said, though he didn't understand at all.

"Alright, class," Professor Wing declared. "This should be your first semester of theory and if it isn't, I'd highly suggest revisiting your schedule to make sure you're in the right room."

Gon thought about Killua's sexual orientation all through lecture, which consisted of syllabi being handed out, and an overwhelming sense of dread upon reading about the entire repetoire required of the course that would be graded. It was all on one page, just like Gon's mind hyperfocused on Killua being bisexual.

He thought of those girls several rows ahead of them, chattering away shortly after Killua's entry.

Twice the competition, Gon thought.

His brain followed up with, "No, I shan't," as he exited the lecture hall with Knuckle and Zushi.

"What? What shan't you do?" Zushi asked.

Gon put his hands to his cheeks, shaking his head. "Nothing. I've just been thinking too much lately."

In that exact moment, someone burst through the three of them, startling Gon and nearly tripping him out of this existence and into the next. He caught his heart in his chest, gasping, as a guy the size of Mt. Everest latched onto Knuckle with a hearty laugh and said, "Who's this slick new gal you've found?"

"Uvo, meet Gon. Gon, this is Uvogin. We call him Uvo," Knuckle said.

Gon's heart was barely restraining itself. He managed to smile lightly and shake Uvo's hand, though, as he said, "Nice to meet you. And not a gal—guy, actually."

"Ah. Sorry about that. My default is always 'gal' because men are trash," Uvo said, and Gon couldn't contain the laugh that bubbled up. He giggled, completely enamored by Uvo's stupid, crooked smile and crooked nose.

"You're despicable," Zushi said to Uvo, who put a hand over his heart, offended. His other hand was still slung over Knuckle's shoulders until Knuckle took a moment to lift it off and set it gently against Uvo's side.