( @lightsbolt ) ----- it hadn’t been long that yongchul and nicholas had been anything more than enemies. of course, they’d always been dormmates, but that was the root of their hate. however, things change --- things certainly had changed between them. one stormy night and one lunch and they were somewhere at the beginning of a ( dare chul say it ) friendship. but even now, shared smiles and picking up takeout for each other, didn’t do away with the snarky comments and even light glares they sometimes exchanged. like now ----- “ is it a requirement that you work out and talk about working out twenty-four seven to be on the swim team ? do they force you to do this, nickey ? ” he says, and his words are joking but his tone is full of all that aforementioned snark. “ blink three times if you need help out of this. ”