“It’s a nice room…” Emmet’s father said “It has 2 beds… a table and... Walls...?”
Emmet looked at the walls. They had holes in them. It looked like he could punch trough the walls easily.
Emmet’s mom sighed “Well at least you got a dorm room in the university… Everything was almost booked…” she put a hand on Emmet’s shoulder “I wonder when is your roommate coming? I don’t think that we’ll be able to meet them, but it would be lovely¡”
The boy stayed silent. He didn’t want to meet his roommate. Emmet didn’t like new people. Scrap that. He didn’t like people at all. He never knew what to say.
“Well, we helped you with your stuff, we should go to work now. Sorry that we can’t stay for longer” Emmet’s mother had tears in her eyes.
“It’s okay. You should get going then¡”
When they all said their goodbyes, Emmet went to now his bed. When he sat on the bed it creaked. It smelled old too. “I can’t believe this is real...” The boy was exhausted, but he still managed to get up, grab his bed sheets and make his bed. Then, he plopped on his bed. It smelled like home now. Like moms washing machine. Emmet fell asleep.
A floor creak woke Emmet up. He sat up, fixed his glasses and then saw a boy. Seeing him made Emmet feel déjà vu and a longing. A longing to talk to the boy.
The boy had black messy hair, he looked like he just came back from a storm. His eyes were dark green. They seemed empty. He looked like he didn’t have an expression on his face. This kind of scared Emmet. Emmet wanted to say something. Maybe “Hello¡” or “Hi.” But it didn’t sound right in his head. So, the boys just stared at each other for a while. Awkwardly.
Luckily the new boy said something.
Emmet got up from his bed to not seem rude and shook the boy’s crackly hand.
“I’m Emmet. Nice to meet you.” It wasn’t nice to meet him. It was awkward.
Then Levi went to the desk and opened some book. Emmet saw that he had packed out his things. Emmet too, went to his boxes to pack his stuff out. He tried to not acknowledge his roommate’s existence, but considering the rooms size, it was hard. Emmet took a look at the boy. His side profile was nice. His lips were little and his nose wasn’t long. Levi was pretty good looking. Levi looked at Emmet. That was a cue to stop staring.
When Emmet was done un packing he felt relieved. He could relax now… Is what he would have done if Levi wasn’t there. Emmet really wanted to talk with him for some reason. Then he thought of a topic to talk about.
“What’s your major?” Emmet asked his roommate
“Programing. Game programing. And yours?”
Oh, my major is art.” Emmet sat on his bed.
The boy looked away from his book. “That’s interesting. Can you show me some of your art pieces?”
Emmet didn’t think he’d get a question like this from him. It was kind of embarrassing to show his roommate his art, but he still did it anyways. He took out a painting named “Sakura night”. In the art piece you could see a Sakura tree. Its petals were falling, dancing in the sky, going where the wind takes them. In the background there was a full moon and one lonely star next to it. They were looking down at the world.
When Levi saw Emmet’s art, his eyes sparkled. Levi raised his eyebrows
“It’s really something. When did you paint it?”
“When I was 12 or 11...? But it’s still my favorite out off all of my pieces.”
“I can see why your major is art. Keep it up.”
Emmet blushed. He wasn’t used to being praised, so it was nice to hear it from someone like Levi.
After a while Levi looked at Emmet and asked.
“...Have we ever met before...?”
“No...? I’m sorry if we have, I’m pretty forgetful…”
“Oh, no, it’s okay.” Levi replied and went back to reading his book. He seemed… disappointed?
Emmet was confused now. Maybe he had met Levi before? He thought of this for a second, but it was too much for his brain, so he decided to not think about it. Instead, he went out of his dorm to get some fresh air. Of course, there wasn’t any fresh air in the hallway, so he headed to the university’s garden. In the hallway there weren’t that many people and Emmet thought that he did a good job of not attracting attention to himself, but it still felt like everyone was staring at him. Laughing.
The garden was really pretty. There were lots of flowers of every color. Blue, red, pink, orange, green, violet… There were even a couple of Sakura trees¡ They had already bloomed. Their petals were falling onto the ground. This made Emmet smile. It reminded him of his Sakura tree back at home. It was his 16th birthday present, which meant a lot to him. Emmet was and still is in love which Japanese culture and he made it really obvious. When he was 12 years old, his mom even got Emmet a kimono, because he wouldn’t stop asking for one. Emmet wore it to festivals and celebrations. But the other kids… thought that it was weird… They made fun of him for wearing a “dress” as they called it. All though that didn’t stop Emmet from wearing it, it still left a huge scar on his life. Emmet still has the Kimono in his closet back at home, but of course it’s too small for him now, which saddened him.
He stayed in the garden for a while. It made Emmet feel relaxed.
The boy was in his own world. A word where everyone and everything was good. A world without bad things. A world without him. When Emmet woke up from his day dreaming, he noticed that it was already dark, so, he rushed to his dorm room.
When he got back, Levi was already sleeping. Emmet took off his coat and boots. On the table there was a neat drawing of an anime like character drawn from all sides. “Did Levi draw this...? It’s pretty good… But it can use some fixing.” Emmet thought to himself. It was really good. He was impressed. The boy yawned. He went to the bathroom, changed and went to bed with his teddy bear named Lilly.
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