A/N:Hi!
Why is posting something always so nerve wrecking. Jeez.
So, this whole fic takes place after the fourth season! Isak is in his third year. This is a translation of my fic "Kuka koputtaa?". (I hope translations are not forbidden. I know it says it's forbidden to have multiple entries of the same material but I'm not sure if it also meant translations or not. I think I'll get corrected at some point if I am wrong.. )
I'm not a native speaker so that being said there might be mistakes. Please be patient with me, hahhah. Feel free to correct me though. I'm not sure about the warnings but I'll mention it in the chapter notes if there is going to be sexual content etc. This chapter is more like a prologue and the fic officially starts in the second chapter with things that have happened before this one.

Thank you so much for reading! Comments are always more than welcome!

Hope you'll enjoy! xx

September 2017

Sunday 13:40

"Chris? As in Penetrator-Chris?" Eskild asked with a weird smile on his face. He gave a meaningful look to Linn. Isak furrowed his eyebrow transferring his gaze own to Linn in purpose of getting an explanation for Eskild's wordless communication but from the look of Linn, she had no idea either for she looked equally as confused as Isak felt. Linn buried herself deeper in her quilt.

"Yes," Isak answered somewhat unwillingly.

"As in Eva's friends with benefits Cristoffer?" Eskild specified unnecessarily, twisting his eyebrows oddly and Isak rolled his eyes:
"Eskild, stop. I know what you're thinking."

"Give me your phone so I'll estimate the seriousness of the situation," Eskild offered ever so generously as he sat on the couch beside Isak his hand outstretched.

"There's no way you're gonna read my texts," Isak huffed out a nervous laughter tightening his grip on his phone just in case.

"How else am I supposed to know if my gaydar is beeping?" Eskild asked still holding out his hand.

"Eskild, I already told you what's happened and you've seen Chris," Isak grunted evidently more anxiously but this had no effect on Eskild.

"Well obviously not everything if your messages hold secrets."

"You won't get to read my chat."

"Well, fine. Damage control," Eskild complied dropping his hand onto Isak's thigh and looked at Isak with hard and penetrating eyes before continuing, "do these secret messages have pictures of, like, his penis?"
Isak's eyes widened and his whole body tensed up immediately.

"No! Eskild- "

"Okay, then we are almost on the clear," Eskild interrupted Isak raising his voice. He smiled patting Isak's thigh in a friendly manner before leaving the living room. Isak didn't even manage to get out a relieved sigh before Eskild was already back holding a teddy bear that Noora had gotten from William as a gift. Isak felt a sinister feeling in his gut even before Eskild threw him the teddy bear saying:

"Now, show your man where Christoffer has touched you."

"My psychologist once did that to me," Linn mumbled into her bowl of cereal drawing a sigh from Eskild who shifted his weight from one leg to another.

"I have no doubt Linn - trust me – but we are talking about Isak now, okay?"

"Nei, nei. Let's not, thank you very much," Isak said laughing and lifted his hands up as a sign of surrender after abandoning the teddy on the couch, "I think this has been enough or else I'm going to have to go to therapy too."

"Oh, don't be so dramatic, Isak. That can't possibly be the worst thing you've heard," Eskild retorted stressing Isak's name and crossed his arms before again shifting his weight.

"I fail to see how that is extenuating," Isak said with an amused smile and let his hands drop. Eskild raised his eyebrows and then squinted his eyes shaking his head slowly as if he didn't have the slightest idea of what Isak was talking about.
"Have you ever thought that maybe Chris just finds it easy to be around you? I mean, I had this thing with this Indian guy who was constantly talking to me about his worries even though we really didn't know each other. He was just constantly babbling, you know. During breakfast, shower, sex…"

"Do you understand Hindi?" Linn asked quietly her eyebrows furrowed.

"Not necessarily but that wasn't my point," Eskild answered sounding quite offended whereas Isak couldn't hold in an amused laughter when asking:

"Your point was?"

"I don't remember anymore since you keep interrupting me. It's like you have no manners. You two are hopeless," Eskild answered lowering his hands to his hips.

Especially after spending so many lonely days in his own apartment Isak missed the collective. At the very moment, he failed to remember how annoying Eskild's nosiness was most of the time because right now it effected Isak's mood all but negatively. Besides Isak thought Eskild might have been right about Chris. He probably just found it easy to be around Isak and that was it. William spent most of his time with Noora and Isak concluded that it most likely wasn't too easy keeping up outside relationships when in the army.
A warm wave brushed through him while watching Eskild and Linn argue about something mundane.
He was awakened from his thoughts by the buzzing of his phone.

PChristoffer: You would love it here. Dicks everywhere

Isak: That's why you joined the army?

PChristoffer: Touche
Or maybe because I look hot in a uniform

Isak: Whatever gets you through the day ;)

PChristoffer: Everyone loves a man in a uniform
you'll see