The chapters will continue to be as long as I want. Also, I know what communism is.

Alright, I'll do it.

Alfred was—admittedly, still in bed—but thinking. He'd woken up, managed to reach over to his desk, and shut his alarm up. It was 9. He had class, but not for like three hours. He'd set it this early so he could make a run for McDonald's breakfast… he was starting to think the dining hall was more and more an appealing idea. Saved on having to get up.

He hadn't dozed back off yet, though, so he was letting his thoughts run, thinking about… stuff.

If this guy—Ivan—liked him that much, enough to follow him around and stalk his Facebook and go to parties just because Alfred was there, it'd be a total dick move not to indulge him, right? Besides, Liz had totally cockblocked him from… uh… herself. Wait, did that count as cockblocking? Yeah, okay, whatever. Point was he wasn't planning on graduating with blue balls. If somebody was that interested, then hell, he'd go with it.

The only issue he could think of was if it didn't work out. Not every relationship was gonna be gold, but would crazy stalker dude take the rejection well? …eh. Alfred figured he'd deal with that once it came up. Wasn't any point in worrying about it all the time.

He opened his eyes a second later and it was 11:17. Shit, shit, shit.

Alfred scrambled out of bed, flailing when he realized the blanket was tangled around is ankle; he kicked it off, back onto the bed, then quickly shrugged a loose t-shirt on, pulled some shorts over his boxers—no time to switch into new ones, class was in thirteen – no, twelve – minutes—and shoved his feet, sockless, into sneakers.

T… T was somewhere, he didn't know, probably left around the crack of dawn or so. Studying off somewhere. Library? Eh, whatever. Priority now was getting the hell out.

He crammed his stuff into his bag and headed out to the hall, almost forgetting to stop and lock his door. His breath came heavy as he bolted over to the bus stop, then… had to sit and wait for the right bus to came by. Ugh, dammit, he was late now for sure. Well, at least it wasn't the first day of classes anymore? Yeah…

He flipped his phone open while he was waiting, then paused for a second, unsure. Man… he wasn't sure he really wanted to, but he dialed Matt up. He answered after two rings.

"Hey, Al."

Alfred swung his legs under the bench. "Heyyy, uh… remember last night?"

"Hard to forget." Geez, Al could hear the glare across the line. "I happen to like sleeping, you know? What's up, though?"

"I…" Screw it. He'd made up his mind already, right? Right! "I, uh, just wanted to. Apologize?"

"…Alfred Jones does not apologize."

"Uhhh… he does! He does as of right now! And also he's not asking about anything like asking someone out because that'd be dumb! Dumber than dumb! Dumber than how he keeps talking himself into a hole! Alfred Jones's bus is here!"

He clicked out of the convo to hop onto the bus, grabbing onto one of the vertical rails to hold onto, but—holy shit!

"Ivan!"

The boy's head spun around. He looked way surprised at first, but managed to work it down to a polite smile. Alfred quickly started heading over.

And then the bus hit a bump and he fell on his ass.

"Owwfuck!" Ivan, to his credit, stood up and walked over, offering a hand. Al shook it off, standing himself up. "Damn…"

"Ah… Alfred, yes? Good to see you!" He smiled. Trying to cover up for all the stalking, Alfred figured. Can't act like you've been following someone around if you want them not to freak out, really, but Al wasn't gonna worry about that—maybe the big guy was just really shy!

"Yup, that's me! In the flesh!"

"…yes?"

"Haha, but dude, I will totally value your privacy. You goin' to class?"

Ivan shook his head. "No, coming back..?"

"Great!" Al clapped Ivan on the shoulder and grinned at him. "Get off at my stop!"

YES THAT IS A CLIFFHANGER, but the story description should make obvious what is going to happen. :D ...as should the general flow. Because I am not that mean, really. I promise. (I figured it would be better to get MOST of the scene out as a chapter now, rather than waiting another couple days for me to actually finish it? This is my thoughts.)