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With a stretch Gaming takes a look around his new room. Most essentials were already there like a bed but beyond that it was bare so Gaming took to adding some stuff, not much but enough to make it look more like a home then a bunker. Picking up his phone off his bed he sees the plentiful amount of texts he got from friends and family asking about his new roommate and housing, he also notices the many texts from the group chat and chooses to ignore them for his own sanity.
Scrolling though his notifications Gaming responds to a few close friends and family, not the group chat, and steps out of his room and towards the living room. Quickly his eyes latch onto the person curled up on the couch watching what seems to be a documentary about sea life. 'He looks so adorable curled up like that kinda like a cat.' standing still for a moment Gaming realizes how creepy it is to just watch his roommate so he walks to the couch and sits down next to Freminet.
He sees the blond visible tense when he suddenly sits down so he shuffles a bit away. The two sit in awkward silence for a bit as Freminet tries to focus on the documentary and Gaming panics to think of a conversation starter. That is until Gaming's eyes latch onto a small object Freminet is holding on his arms and he blurts out, "Hey what's that?"
Freminet averts his eyes entirely not looking at the TV anymore but instead looking off to the side nervously. As the silence continues Gaming begins to wonder whether he has lost his conversational abilities or Freminet just really didn't wanna talk to him. His worries are calmed when Freminet finally answers with, "He's Pers I kinda made him." Gaming is suddenly much more interested in the mechanical penguin knowing it wasn't just bought but made by Freminet.
"Wow really? That's so cool! Wait what do you mean technically?" With a tilt of his head Gaming asks and Freminet much sooner then last time answers.
"Pers was a gift from my mom but I've enhanced him and done regular up keep."
Taking his chance Gaming continues this conversation. "Wait like what enhancement did you give him a speaker or something? Or I guess what was he able to do when you first got him?"
Freminet seems a bit surprised by the questions but calmly responds. "Yeah I added a record and play function but I also added some smaller things like being able to detach his hat and put on something else." Gaming imagines Pers wearing a few different hats and the idea comes as both comedic and cute to him.
"That's so cool, wish I could do that with my cat." Freminet raises an eyebrow prompting Gaming to talk more, "So my cat Man Chai is such a trouble maker, which is funny since his name means well behaved, so in the past when I try to dress him up like even just putting a hat on him he gets so aggressive! The amount of hats I've bought for him that ended up torn up within seconds of reaching home, honestly."
Freminet gives a soft smile and then actually asks a question. "Is he going to come here? I've heard you can bring pets but only under certain circumstances."
Gaming nods and answers. "Yeah they let you bring in pets but they first test them for anything that can cause problems, they also check if your roommate isn't allergic which I'm hoping your not?"
Freminet shakes his head answering, "No my siblings each had a cat, they go here too so they'll probably come here soon to see me."
"Celestial seems so much more lax than I expected, like the TV was a shock." Gaming comments.
"They even gave us a fully stocked fridge, which also explains the questions about food preferences seemed weird but makes more sense now." Freminet adds
"Woah really? That's dope, glad I won't have to go grocery shopping for a bit." Freminet nods along, discussing the college brought a question to mind for Gaming. "Hey what do you major, WAIT lemme guess engineering?", Freminet nods in response and Gaming cheers, "I'm studying performance arts, I've practiced stuff like this for a long time but the degree would help for making my performances better."
Freminet tilts his head, which further reminds Gaming of a cat, and asks, "what type of performance do you do? My siblings took performance arts too and they are magicians so what do you do?"
With a large smile Gaming proudly answers, "I do wushou dancing! I'm not the best explaining stuff but I use a big mechanical Lion head and dance while controlling it, I could show you the head right now actually it's just in my room."
Freminet seems to be excited at Gaming's words and says, "I remember seeing a wushou dance a few years back. I went with my siblings for lantern rite and they were such an amazing dancer, and I've always wanted to see another of their dances but never found them again."
"Ah that was probably me actually," Gaming's words make Freminet pause and with a tilt of his head Gaming knows to explain. "My dance group are the only one's who have performed at lantern rite, only recently have other people tried learning wushou dancing and none of them have performed in public."
A light blush coats Freminet's face as he looks away once again, "I'm sorry if what I said was embarrassing, I just thought your dance was impressive."
Gaming shakes his head and answers trying to dispell Freminet's worry, "Aye I don't mind I like hearing that people liked my performances, boost my confidence a bit. If you want you could watch my practices, usually I practice alone or with my group so I don't get the best criticisms so it'd be nice to have you there."
"I won't provide the best advice, but if your fine with it then that would be nice." Even though Freminet's tone is calm and composed the sparkle in his eyes show his excitement and make Gaming swoon.
With a final resolute nod and grin from Gaming the two finally turn their attention back to the TV and fall into a comfortable silence. This, however, is very quickly interrupted by a knock at the door and a ding from Freminet's phone alerting her just received a message. With a quick glance at his phone Freminet stands up and goes to the door and says, " My siblings are inviting me out so I have to go, sorry." Before Gaming can say anything Freminet has already opened the door and started speaking to his siblings.
Staying seated on the couch Gaming eventually sees two heads poke into the dorm both with similar hair blond hair but one has a bit of green in their hair while the other has red. Their eyes obviously start scrutinizing him but he just gives an wave and smile. He thinks to go introduce himself but hears Freminet already do that so he just leaves the siblings be and waits for them to leave.
After only a few minutes their out the door and Gaming is once again left on his own with the only thought on his mind being his conversation with Freminet. He learned a lot about the blond and was definitely happy, especially since Freminet saw and enjoyed his dance. His mind wanders for some time thinking about his upcoming courses, friends, Freminet, generally everything he finds important at the moment.
His train of thought is put to pause when he hears another knock at the door. He gets up and opens the door expecting to see Freminet coming back to grab something but instead is met with a tackle as Xiangling lungs for him and he hears his other friends chuckles in the background.
"Why haven't you been answering our text!" And once again he regrets having said anything about Freminet in that group chat.