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Of course, it fucking moonsooned and slowed down the busses on a day when he had his most important midterm.
His sneakers soaked all the way through as he booked towards his building from where his bus let off, he was sure he looked like an insane, drowned ginger rat as he did so. It didn’t matter, he had 10 minutes to get there and at least 2 more of running if his lungs didn’t collapse by then.
He saw the door of Horton hall and felt a rush of relief; he would have even more time to spare than he expected. That is if Professor Sink didn’t decide to be a hardass as he often could be.
He maintained his speed as he burst through the door, his shoes squeaking through the empty hallway- well almost empty. Neither of them saw the other until it was too late.
The other guy went flying back with Babe on top of him. Both closed their eyes and braced for impact as they went down with a grunt. When he opened his own, Babe was staring straight into the most bewildered blue eyes he had ever seen. He forgot everything he had ever known at that moment that wasn’t those eyes and the guy they belonged to. He was fucked.
His mind returned to him seconds later and he scrambled to his feet, offering his hand to the stranger with blue eyes. The guy took it and hoisted himself up as well. They awkwardly transitioned into a slow handshake.
“Fuck man, I’m sorry about that! I’m-“ he caught sight of the clock on the wall and nearly fell again. “About to be fucking late! Shit!” He exclaimed and tore away from the guy he could decisively say was hot and he wanted to be his boyfriend probably.
As his feet carried his further away he heard a syrupy southern voice call “I’m Gene Roe.” He smiled and made a mental note to Facebook stalk later.