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Henry Q. Turner~29~Dance Instructor Rebecca V. Parker~21~English Literature Student

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For Silas, exam season was just about as exhausting for him as it was his students. Not only did it mean a pretty endless amount of papers for him to go over and read, but it was also a tell to make sure he was doing his job properly. He needed to make sure the students were processing and learning the things that were required for their future classes and careers, and if there were things he had missed in his teachings.

He spent quite a bit of time at his local coffee shop that was just a short walk down the street of his apartment. Being home and reading a mountain of research papers could get rather isolating, so even if he wasn’t necessarily interacting with anyone while he was out, at least he was surrounded by other people. He had headphones in while he read, but looked up whenever he saw the familiar blonde approaching him. He was pretty close with some students, always professionally of course, but Rebecca was one he couldn’t help but have taken notice of in a different way. “Rebecca. Hey! How are you?” He asked, with a polite smile. Even if there was a certain attraction to his student, he would have never done anything to make her feel uncomfortable. 

Rebecca’s cheeks became light pink-of course he remembered her. She was always answering his questions and also, asking new ones. Having that small crush on her teacher, motivated her to be better and get his attention. Maybe this was part of a chick flick franchise she was living in, but it was still worth it. She was getting better at what she was studying. So, it was a win-win. 

“I’m good”, she said and raised the packet of doghnuts she had just paid for. “We are planning another study group slash sleepover”, she chuckled, not sure why she was sharing that with him. “How are you? “, her eyes moved on the table, trying to check what he was reading for a second and then looked at him again.  And then it hit her-there was this fellow that was talking to her nonstop during classes. Either it was Banks that was teaching or not. He was way too motivated, but sometimes, he took most of Rebecca’s attention. She didn’t want to mention him and nag about it. “I’d really want to ask for a favor..”, she sucked on her lower lip, “It just came to me actually. Would it be okay if you emailed me the extra syllabus you showed us during the last class?”, Brandon was passing me notes and I didn’t have time to write anything. “If you can’t, it’s still okay”, I’ll ask Brandon for it.

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001 // Henry&Nikko

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Nikko had siblings growing up, so he was pretty used to the idea of sharing a space. He was pretty quiet, kept to himself, and relatively tidy for the most part, so he didn’t think he’d be a difficult person to live with. But this was his first time having a roommate who was a complete stranger, so he knew there would probably be a bit of a curve in learning how to coexist in the small New York apartment. Of course, it didn’t really help with how attracted to Henry he was, but he figured he’d get over the small crush and they wouldn’t have to worry about it. 

“Yeah? Are we starting traditions already? That’s exciting. Just so you know I get really into Christmas when that comes around.” Nikko said excitedly. Of course, he didn’t know how long they’d wind up living together, but he hoped long enough to where he didn’t have to go on a new roommate search anytime soon. “There’s a good place like right down the street from here though! It’s that good, authentic, New York pizza. They deliver too.” Nikko grinned, grabbing his phone out of his pocket. “Any topping requests?” He asked, walking over to the kitchen to grab the bottle of wine as well. 

Henry’s eyes kept wandering away from Nikko and around the apartment-he really had to assimilate that he was going to live there from now on. “Oh really?, his tone was clearly teasing , as he looked at him again. “You start decorating early?”, he asked. “My favorite holiday is Halloween. Although, I never end up doing something”, he made a pause, “Maybe I start listening to Halloween songs from July”, he smiled at that and looked down for a moment.

Henry got lost in his thoughts for a moment, as he was trying to figure out what pizza topping he prefered. Maybe the exhaustion of moving out and in had started kicking in. And he was probably hungry as well. “Honestly....whatever is fine at the moment”, he nodded, checking Nikko out as as he headed to the kitchen. This was going to be very hard. He had to draw that line and not do anything with a roomate. He hadn’t done anything with his previous one-but he was extremely straight and totally mocking him of bringing people every other night. For Nikko, his gay dar was ringing since he had met him-so he wondered what he’d think. Their first meeting became too hazy in his head-did they say what their jobs were?, he though as he tried to find a conversation to make small talk to. He leaned his head back on the couch, feeling happy that he was slowly relaxing to an strange place. “Have you lived here long? Am I your first roomate?”, he asked a little louder, as Nikko was still in the kitchen. 

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001~Rebecca & Silas

Exam season was just around the corner and Rebecca and her friends planned a studying sleepover every other day.  Even if studying never happened, she was glad she was having fun with her friends-she knew it by now that she’d spend long hours in the library. Storming in their favorite coffee shop, Rebecca decided not to get any coffee, just a few doghnuts for her daily sugar dose. Giggling at a random joke one of them said, she turned her head, her eyes resting on him. 

Silas Banks. Rebecca’s little crush. And also her college professor. She was sure he knew her by name, because she was one of the students that always wanted to discuss whatever the lesson was about. And being an  English lit major made the crush a little bigger. Her heart started beating loud in her ears, after paying for her doghnuts. “Be right back”, she said quickly to her friends-they weren’t English lit majors, so she was sure they didn’t know him. Deep down she hoped that they wouldn’t realize the crush. As she moved closer to his table, she smiled lightly at him. “Hello Mr Banks. I hope you remember me”, she felt a little too shy for her own good.

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001 // Henry&Nikko

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Nikko had been looking for a roommate for a while. He had been moved to the city for a couple of months, and coming from a smaller town, he really wasn’t quite aware of just how expensive things would be. He had a spare bedroom, and he figured this would have been an easy way to cut costs a bit. Plus, he didn’t mind having some company. He worked as a web designer and since he spent most of his days just on his computer coding, it certainly wasn’t the most social of jobs. So he figured a roommate would at least give him some type of social interaction, and maybe even a new friend in the city.

He only had the ad out for a week or so before he had met Henry. Nikko had definitely been a bit flustered at first meeting. He didn’t think he had ever seen anybody so attractive before and he knew that was something he was gonna have to get used to seeing around the house all the time. But he also seemed like a nice, normal guy and that wasn’t necessarily the most easy thing to find in a city like New York, so he was happy to take him up on the opportunity. He helped him bring some boxes up to their apartment, setting them down in the living room as he looked over at him. “We shouldn’t definitely order some pizza to celebrate your first night here.” Nikko smiled. “I’m pretty sure I have a bottle of wine too.” He offered, pausing for a moment because he wasn’t sure if that sounded like he was flirting or not, and he didn’t want to make his new roommate uncomfortable. “Just like–because. Not in like a date kind of way. I just like wine.” Nikko clarified, already flustering himself. 

Henry was feeling quite bitter with his previous roomate arrangement. Everything was going out fine: he was living with his friend since he started college, and it had been a few months since he got that job in Julliard that he told him that he had to leave. The other had decided to move in with his girlfriend and of course, Henry had to step back. The first week he was told, he was living in denial, until he decided to search in roomate ads. It didn’t take much to find Nikko.

Not many days after their first meeting, he was bringing the boxes into Nikko’s apartment. He seemed like a nice guy-overly flustered-but still nice and quite cute. He was holding one of the boxes when Nikko’s suggestion came up. “Oh yes sure”, he said excitedly and jumped on the couch. “Maybe it could be our little roomate ritual-pizza and wine. Do you have any good suggestions where you’d like to order from?”, he asked him. From the mention of the word “date” he raised his eyebrows. “Of course not”, he shook his head-he didn’t want to make his new roomate more flustered than he already was. Even though he liked the way he reacted like that, since he first saw him.