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College is supposed to be fun! Right? But at the moment I"m not having the most fun, I"m really not having any fun. After I left Ruby to explore the halls and find some friends, I caught up with my own. But they left me alone to go find their dorms and told me I should do the same. But where's my dorm? Well...I don't really know. I'm trying to find it now.
After hopelessly traveling the halls of Beacon University I finally find my room, turns out I was on the guys side of the school. I knock on the door before I enter. The left side of the room is already decorated. A medium bookshelf leaned against the wll, small led lights wrapped around the bed box, there's a desk, one on each side, I'm guessing school provided, decorated with a pruple lamp and some pictures along with a laptop. But really catches my eye is a music stand, with music on it. And a cello.
A girl with long black hair, golden eyes and a dark-ish skin tone approaches me, "Hello, I'm Blake Belladonna" WE shake hands. She has rather really soft hands with callused fingers tips "I study music theory and play cello for Beacons concert orchestra."
"Well cello," I make a pun to break the ice. It worked because I got a small smile from my room mate, "I'm Yang Xiao Long. I design, make, and play video games." I walk over to the right side of the room and begin to unpack my things. I didn't bring everything at once, some stuff is still at home. But at least I have my laptop with computer games and controllers. I put all my gaming equipment on the desk provided.
"Are you going to practice here?" I ask.
"Maybe..." She takes a deep breath "I'm not sure."
"I'm totally fine with it," She doesn't say anything back "Are you not comfortable playing in front of me?"
"No...well, I'm just used to playing in front of a big crowd, who I can't really see because of the lighting, I just get nervous playing in front of people who can easily interact with me."
"I don't really understand, " I rub the back of my neck "But I totally respect that, man, It's cool"
"It's hard to explain, but thanks." She smiles at me. It's kinda...cute. Her smile and her personality. It's very cute.
I don't know if it's her smile, the fact she plays cello, how nice she is, or how beautiful she is. But I might be developing a small small small! crush on this girl. It's a little different for me, having a crush on somebody right after I get to know them. But I already have a crush on Blake and I've only known her for a few minutes. O'lord help me, I have a crush on my room mate.
Later on around dinner time. WE finally have the dorm set up the way we want. We helped each other make everything perfect. In the middle of the room, (that's like our living room) we have a light blue rug Blake brought from her home, her giant red bean bag and my gaming chair. In front placed against the wall is a coffee table. That's where we'll watch movies and play games, and eat dinner together, or just hang out.
"Good work, partner," I fall back into my chair, "Feels like home already."
"Sure does," She plops on her bean bag " what are your dinner plans?"
"I'm not sure," I look down at m phone to see if ruby has texted me yet, saying she's lonely and wants to come over. But I have a feeling her and her room mate are doing just fine. "I thought m little sister would want to come over, guess not."
"Well... If you want, you and I can always order a pizza?"
"You don't like going out much, do you?"
"Nope." We both laugh, and I swear her laugh is the cutest thing. I could listen to it all day. "So pizza?" I nod "What kind?"
"I like pineapple, black olives, bacon, extra cheese, pepperoni."
"Ew...So let's do the pizza half with anchovies and bell peper, the rest with whatever you just said." She smiles and hands her phone to me "Can...you call?"
"Not good with phone calls?"
"Nope..." She sighs sadly and looks away from me.
So Blake isn't shy, but gets nervous easily. That explains a lot. That really sucks for her, not being able to say what she wants in public, or anywhere, always being on edge, that must be stressful. I totally get her. From now on, I'll try my best to make her feel comfortable.
"Hey," I place a hand on her knee "That's fine, I can make calls for the both of us."
At first she seems shocked, then glad. She again smiles at me. That smile, well that smile just confirmed me crush.
I have a crush on Blake Belladonna. My room mate I've only known for a few hours now. this school year will be interesting.
I after I order the pizza, and Blake making hand signs telling me to get bread sticks and soda. We talk, first about classical music. Which I kind of like. I played drums for the high school orchestra my senior year. I stood right b the cellos and fell in love with them. The cello is my favorite instrument. That kind of explains my little crush on Blake. Who doesn't believe me when I say I love classical music, even after seeing my playlist of classical music.
"I really can't believe you like classical music, " she laughs "No way."
"I like classical music."
"But you look so... Punk! and play video games."
I smile and sigh a bit "I know, I don't fit the stereotype like you do...hipster."
"I'm not a hip..." her voice trails off.
"You can't even argue against me!" We both end up laughing for a really long time before we can catch our breath. "I mean you have a ton of beanies!"
"And how many do you have?" She smirks, nodding to my pile of beanies on my dresser.
"Hey now, those are punk. At least I can admit I'm punk."
"Who likes classical music," she adds.
"Yes, a punk who likes classical music, but loooooves the cello."
"Have you ever played before?"
"No, but in high school I stood by the cellos and played drums for a concert," I smile "Dude, cellos are the best."
"You got that right," She jerks her head, flipping her hair to add sassy-ness
We laugh a little bit until there's a moment of silence, before I speak up "So, are you seeing anyone?"
"Actually..." she sighs sadly "I'm not, but that's okay."
"So when did you two break up?"
"I didn't say I dated anyone," I raise my eye brows and she sighs "Fine, four months a go."
"You're still ton up about it?" I ask.
"We were together through out most of high school...until I caught them cheating."
"That's horrible!"
"Yep," she pushes her lips together.
"I mean-" I stuttered "I mean, that's rude and disrespectful."
"Hence why I broke up with them."
"You deserve someone better!" I started to rant off "Someone who will make you feel special. Like I could do, I could do so much better than your ex. I would make you feel like you're on top of the world."
"Yang..."
I begin to feel a blush come over my face and ears "Wait, no. Like if we were /dating/. But I don't want to date you. No, wait. I mean I do want to date you, because from what I can tell, you're beautiful, smart, funny, you're perfect. Wait, but you have flaws, th-that's not a bad thing though we all have flaws, but I just. Like... I mean, I wouldn't date you because, well that didn't sound right. I wold totally date you but we just met and all. "I take a deep breath "That's not at all what I wanted to say..." I look over to Blake who has a face redder than mine "I am so sorry, Blake."
"It's fi-"
There's a knock on the door, thank god "Oh! pizza. Hey, can you find a movie for us to watch?"
"Uh...sure."
Thank you pizza guy!!! That was horrible and awkward. Uhg why'd I have to say those things. Why am I so awkward? I think I just confessed my crush to her. It's been one day, Yang! calm down. Uhhg she probably thinks I'm weird. Great.
Good job, so smooth.