Roommate Romance

Chapter 8

I've thought of possible results before confessing my reason why I dated Xia. And I also thought by the time I said it, Xia would reject me for being such a huge jerk. But I was quite surprise how Xia responded.

"I thought so…" she answered with a smile, but sadness can be seen on her eyes.

"So, do you still wanna date me?" I grinned waiting for my expectation to be meet.

"Yes." My face became blank as soon as she said that. "I already got the chance I wanted, so I won't let it slip by so easily."

"Why so eager?" I softly asked, almost a whisper.

"Because, I really like you-" she points at me, showing an expression that's so eager. "-and I'll make sure to make you fall inlove with me too."

What a strong-willed woman.

I chuckled. "We'll see about that."

Then the rest of my day was spent well with my girlfriend, Xia. After all that, coming back to my dorm made me feel uneasy. I badly treated Toma earlier, so how will he treat me when I get back there?

Opening the door to the room, I was quite shock to see Toma there--f*****g naked! It was the first time after years passed that I've seen him like this. He looks at me, showing full front of his naked body.

"You're back." He said.

"B-Big…" I whispered to myself. Then a sudden thought of comparing came to mind but I quickly dismissed it. "Can't you cover yourself!" I complained.

He looked at me with thin eyes and had his lips slanted downwards. "Hmmm…. I don't feel like doing it." And he goes to his bed just like that.

This guy is really trying to piss me off.

"Tsk, your mom would be so disappointed if she knew you behave like this."

"Well she's not here anyway."

"Aren't you even uncomfortable with other people seeing you naked like this?"

He looks at me with furrowed eyebrows. "You've seen me like this a many times already, and we're both dudes. Don't make it into such a big deal."

"Atleast cover your lower part with something because it's disturbing to look at! Really, you're so bothersome."

He even had the nerve to pout. "…fine."

"Finally." I said, crossing my arms.

"Since you're the one who badly wants me dressed, you give me the underwear I have to wear."

'Tsk, this spoiled brat!'

"Ugh, I hate you." I told him and grabbed some boxers from his cabinet. When I handed him his underwear, he looks at me with a very sad expression. He takes the underwear from me then asks. "Yuji, do you really want to get rid of me?"

"What the heck are you talking about now?"

"…when you said that we need to avoid each other for three months, it made me really sad. Can't we just stop doing that and hang out again?"

…

"Yuji?"

"Look, you've been pampered by me too much. I'm doing this for you Toma, you got to stop clinging on to me. You already got a girlfriend of your own now."

He frowns at my words. "No… it's not that… I… I can change that Yuji, I'll stop being annoying. You're like a brother to me, and I don't want to be apart from you like this."

I sighed. Even though he's acting like a baby, hearing him talk like that made me grin. I sat down at the side of his bed and ruffled his hair. "No matter what we do, we're still friends you i***t. Just consider this chance as a way to change yourself for the better."

"…hmm." Seems like he wasn't pleased with my answer. He grabs my hand that was placed on his hair and placed it on his cheeks, he closes his eyes and smiles. "Fine. I'll change. I promise, and once this chance is over you have to reward me."

"Sure, that is if you did change."

We both laughed things off, with this, it made me feel at ease being with Toma again.

***

I was typing down all the necessary information for my research after class was finished, the whole classroom was already empty then Xia came in with something in her hands.

"So uh, the prof said you have to bring this to the storage room h-hehe." Xia handed me a box of blank papers. I stared at her with doubt.

"Can't you do this yourself? It doesn't even look heavy."

"But Yujiii! Come on, help your girlfriend out." She yelled crying.

"I'm busy with our research."

"Huuu… please?" Then she pulled out her puppy eyes on me, it only led me to look at her with disgust. "Ugh, what is wrong with you?"

"Tsk, you're so hard to charm."

"Because you're charmless." I laughed.

"Whaaaat!?" She looked at me with disbelief. "For your information, most people called me a cutie. I had a lot of people that liked me and those that I turned down as well. You should feel lucky to have me as your girlfriend."

All her yadayada made me laugh even more. I find it fun to tease Xia at times that I can, she's not wrong about herself though. She's an absolute adorable creature. I pinched her puffed cheeks while I was laughing, and that caused her to be shocked of my sudden behavior.

"I'm sorry hahaha! Fine, fine. I'll help you with this, but you have to continue the research while I store this." I told her.

She became happy as I done her a favor. She immediately sat down on my seat and began to type it all. "Be safe on your way there, I heard there's ghosts lingering around the corridors from the storage room." She warned.

"Uh-huh, seems like that's the reason why you don't want to go there."

She didn't even deny it. "Of course! I hate ghosts!" I can't believe she's such a brave girl to confess her feelings, yet she's a coward when it comes to ghosts.

As I made it to the storage room, I found a note that's slid out underneath the door. It was a weird note that says 'help'. "Spooky." I said with a bored face. I took the note and crumpled it.

It's distasteful how young adults are still act like this, doing pranks like this are just immature. When I opened the door, the lights were already opened and I quickly stored this papers away. The atmosphere was quite eerie inside the storage room, I had goosebumps on both arms and legs.

I was about to open the door to get out of the storage room, I freaked out when the door won't open. "f**k!" I yelled.

"…hmm?" A voice hummed.

It even made me more terrified, was the ghost real!? "W-Who's there!?" I yelled again, scared out of my wits.

"Oh Yuji!"

"Huh? Toma?… what are you doing here!?"

"Well I was sleeping--ahh no, I actually had to return something here and I got stuck in this storage room. The door won't open from the inside." He said.

"So I'm stuck here… with you." I mumbled, realizing how unfortunate I am right now.

"Aww geez, I thought you're here to help me. Well, atleast we're stuck together!" He managed to laugh despite our situation. I stayed silent, but in the back of my head, there was a internal screaming.