Roommates DM x FM
AU
Danny p.o.v
"Are you sure that you're going to be okay Daniel? You only came out of hospital a week ago," my mom asks. She's reluctantly driving me to the Los Angeles college of music. She's worried about me, but the doctors said it should be fine as long as I don't do any dancing. Something I was never planning on doing anyway. I'm not a big fan of the nightlife. "I'll be fine mom, the college knows everything they need to, so they can accommodate to this. I'm only going to be in a cast for another few weeks and I'll look after myself," I tell her. Since my truck is so smashed up, I can't leave campus or the accommodation easily. I'd have to get the bus or something, I haven't quite figured everything out yet.
All I know for sure is the accommodation they offer is within walking distance of campus which is good. "I'll stay nearby and keep an eye of him for the next week or so mom. You won't need to worry about him," Rigo says, we both knew that mom wouldn't like my decision to go to college so soon after coming out of hospital. That is why he is staying with his mate nearby and will come and check on me every day until mom is happier that I am going be okay. This whole thing wasn't my fault, I was blindsided by a drunk truck driver three weeks ago. They didn't think I was going to survive, so I can understand why mom is worrying so much about me leaving home again. It has been a rough three weeks to say the least.
"Alright, just as long as I know that you're okay then I will be fine. I just think it might be a little too soon that's all," mom says, if she wasn't driving right now then I would have hugged her tightly. She's just doing what mothers do. Mother's will always worry about their children no matter how old they are. I'm 19 now and she still worries just as much as she did when I was 9. "I know mom, I can always spend my time outside of lectures resting," I tell her, trying to reassure her the best that I could. I'm on crutches currently, so chances are I will be stopping to rest quite frequently. It takes a lot of energy to move around the house on them, so I know I am going to struggle a bit when it comes to getting around the campus and the dorm I'm staying in.
I don't think my roommate is going to like me at first. The semester started two weeks ago, and he'd probably have had his friends stay over and would hate the fact that I have arrived and essentially screwed all of his plans up. I will just have to see how the meeting goes when I get there. We are about twenty minutes away now. All I know is I have a male roommate who is called Dylan Alvarez and he's about a year younger than me. I start singing along to whatever is on the radio and mom smiles. I am basically back to my usual self apart from the pain and the exhaustion. Rigo joined in after a few minutes and my mom just listened to us. She loves it when we get along with each other like this. She hates it when Rueben and Lisa start fights.
"I'll text you everyday mom I promise," I tell her, which makes her smile. I could even phone her everyday if it makes her feel better. She knows that I will keep my promise to her no matter what. I will text or call her at least once a day while I am on the course. "It's only one box and a suitcase, right?" Rigo asks me, I think he expected me to have a lot more things. "Yeah, all I have is my clothes and a few things I think I might need while I'm away," I tell him, I was not really big on taking a lot of things that I don't need. I just need my guitar, music books and other things like my laptop and stuff. I am not moving out of my moms completely since we are only about an hour or so away from the college.
Soon we arrive at the dorm and I suddenly feel more nervous than ever. There is no going back now. In a few minutes I will probably meet my new roommate and the decision will be made on if he will hate me for the entire year or not. Rigo squeezes my shoulder and I give him a small smile. I am glad that he is going to be coming to the room with me and will be there when I meet Dylan. "Don't worry Danny, I will go up with you too when you go to meet your roommate," mom says, when she parks the car outside the building that we will be walking in shortly. I smiled at her, even though I was very nervous. I sit in the car while Rigo gets my crutches out of the trunk before he deals with my small amount of luggage.
"Thanks mom, I am just so nervous now and I don't know why," I tell her. She will give me her usual logical answer like she always does. She gives me a hug and I hug her back tightly. This is all so new to me, I've never had a roommate before. What if he hates me forever? I don't know these things yet. "You will be nervous, the person you are going to be sharing a room with for the year hasn't met you yet. You have every right to be worried and assume the worst, but I am sure everything will work itself out in the end," she tells me. I smile and hug her again. I love my mom's hugs, they are the best hugs ever. "Yeah, I just hope Dylan likes me," I tell her, and she smiles. I love it when she's happy. Rigo hands me my crutches and then goes to get my stuff out of the trunk.
"Right, let's go," Rigo says. Mom walks in front since she is the only one able to hold the door open easily. I could but it would be a struggle with the crutches. I need to learn how to do it, so I can go places by myself. I want to be as independent as possible while I am here, I hate relying on people when I know that I should be able to do things on my own. Luckily for us there is a lift, so I don't have to worry about how many flights of stairs I need to do at this current moment. When my leg has healed, and I've been given the all clear I will be doing the stairs, but for now the lift is my only option. I currently have pins in my leg to help the breaks in my legs heal as I have managed to break both the calf and the thigh bones in my left leg when the crash happened.
I knock on the door nervously and the guy who I presume is Dylan greets me with a big smile and invites me in. "Danny, it's so good to finally meet you," he says, I felt shocked that he was so eager to meet me. I thought he would have hated me right from the get-go. "Yeah, it's good to finally meet you too Dylan," I tell him. He guides me towards his bed while Rigo puts my stuff on my bed. I will sort it out later. I can do a little bit of weightbearing on my left leg when I have the boot on. My mom and my brother introduced themselves and explained that they just wanted to make sure that I get settled in okay since I only came out of hospital a week ago. "Don't worry Mrs Murillo, I will look after Danny as much as he will allow me too," Dylan tells us.
It makes my mom feel more comfortable about leaving me. I hug my mom just before she left and Rigo hugged me before he told me he was going to his friends and he is only one phone call away. I feel a little bit uncomfortable sitting on Dylan's bed, but he seems to be fine with it. He didn't even touch my stuff which is weird. I would have thought that he would have at least attempted to help me with my stuff because of my leg. Not that I want to force that on him in anyway. I just expected someone to see me with the crutches and stuff and just force their help upon me. "Don't worry Danny, I know how important arranging your own stuff would be, so I'll leave you to it and if you need help I will help," he tells me. I like this guy already, this is going a heck of a lot smoother than I thought it was going to.
"Thanks Dylan. This has been a rough adjustment for me to be honest. I'm so used to doing things on my own and I wanna keep doing it while I heal but it might not always be possible. I don't mind you putting my clothes in the drawers if that helps you," I tell him, I do know by the time I have the rest of my things the way I want them I am going to be tired. I get tired quite easily these days, they say its because I'm still healing and recovering from quite a nasty brain injury. "Sure, you feel free to rest when you're done," Dylan says, before taking my suitcase and walking over to the shared closet. All I need to do is set my guitar up and my laptop on my desk with the charger and my art supplies have to have somewhere to live too.
I got to know Dylan more as we were getting all my stuff organised. We have a couple of classes together even though we are studying different courses. He does have friends here already, but they wouldn't mind having a new guy in their friend group. I am pretty sure I know George already since he knows my brother, but we will have to wait and see. I was definitely getting tired by the time I was finished with my part, so I just sat on my own bed for the first time. I was amazed by how comfy it is, they gave us really high quality mattresses and stuff. "I felt the same when I sat on my bed for the first time. It's like a marshmallow," Dylan says and all I had the strength to do was nod at him. I let him sit next to me.
"If you ever need anything just ask okay?" he tells me. I am still shocked by how welcoming and helpful he has been in the last three hours. I was expecting it be a façade while my mom was around, but this seems genuine. "Okay, I'll let you know," I tell him. He smiles, and I feel comfortable enough around him to hug him a little while we lay on my bed. "Isn't that leg really sore?" Dylan asks, he hasn't seen the staples on the side of my head yet. "It depends honestly. If I haven't taken any medication for a while and it's worn off then yeah it's pretty sore, but other than that I don't really notice it," I tell him. I wasn't allowed out of hospital until they found a good pain management plan for me. They want my recovery to be as smooth as possible.
"Fair enough Danny," he tells me. We get to know each other a little better before he offers to order pizza for dinner. I was quite comfy where I was, and I don't know if Dylan want to keep me relaxed for now after the stress of the day. I admitted to him how nervous I had felt about coming because I thought that he was going to hate me. He told me that he knew about the crash from the news but heard shortly after that I was going to be his roommate. He also told me that when he heard the roommate news he made a promise to himself that he was going to look after me and make sure that I have all the help and support I need while I recover. It made me feel all fuzzy inside that a complete stranger wanted to help so much.
The pizza was amazing, then again all food that's not hospital food is amazing to me even though I have been away from there for a week. "Is it alright if one of my friends comes over for a bit? I don't wanna overwhelm you though" Dylan asks, looking at me probably how I did at him when I arrived. "Sure, I don't mind. I'll be just chilling here in this spot I can't seem to get up from," I tell him. don't get me wrong, I am comfortable here. It's just I kinda need the bathroom and I wanna get changed into my pjs so I can fall asleep whenever. He got my hint and carefully pulled me up to my feet and gave me my crutches. We do have a bathroom in our room, but there is a communal kitchen and living room.
"Okay, just let me know when you wanna sleep and we'll leave you in peace," Dylan says, he watched me make my way to the bathroom and I managed to nudge the door to almost closed on my own which was good. I don't want to rely on my new friend for everything. I finished up in the bathroom and Dylan said his friend was gonna be here in five minutes. "Okay, I'm just gonna chill here again," I tell him, then flop onto the bed. He smiles and sits down next to me again. I like the friendship that has developed today. Maybe his friend will be as nice as he has been to me. I don't expect anything though. I just want to get along with people and make new friends, but I know it might not happen straight away. I can wait patiently.
I ended up dozing off, only to be startled awake by Dylan's friend knocking on the door. Dylan saw me jump a little and then cursed. "Sorry Danny, this should be Jorel," Dylan says, and I chuckle. I wasn't expecting an apology off him. "It's fine," I tell him. Then he opens the door and I assume the guy on the other side is Jorel. This would be very awkward if it wasn't him. "Hey Jorel, how are you?" Dylan asks, and it felt good to know my presumption of who it was is correct in the end. "I'm good, you?" he replies. Dylan invites him inside. "Good, finally got to meet the mysterious Danny today," he says, and I wave from my spot. I was very comfortable, and I am sure Dylan would not complain if I stayed here for longer.
"Nice to meet you Danny, I'm Jorel and you're probably going to see quite a bit of me since I'm friends with that idiot over there," Jorel says and he comes to sit next to me. He saw my cast, I have to wear shorts unless I get baggy enough tracksuit trousers to cover it up. Even then you would see it because it goes all the way to my toes. "Nice to meet you too Jorel," I tell him, then I let him, and Dylan discuss whatever they wanted. I had my latest dose of pain meds and I was starting to get tired. "You can go to sleep if you want," Dylan tells me. I nod, and it didn't take me long after that to get into a comfy position and fall asleep. I did hear Jorel call me cute just as I fell asleep which was odd, he's only just met me.. oh well.
6 months later
"So when do you plan on telling him?" George asks Dylan. I have only just woken up, but they haven't realised it yet. I've been having a rough time over the last six months recovering from the car accident mentally, but I think I should be fine now. "I don't know, I just keep telling myself that when the time is right I will ask him, but I never know when that time is," Dylan replies. I have no idea what they are talking about though. I really shouldn't be eavesdropping, but the conversation seems to be too important to be stopped right this second. "Maybe you should do it soon though, it might be too late if you wait too much longer. Maybe go out together on the weekend in a couple of weeks and see what happens," George says.
I feel incredibly comfy in bed, just as much as I did six months ago when I moved in. We have three months left until the summer holidays and I'm doing really well with my coursework at the moment. I rolled over too far trying to fall back to sleep and I fell out of bed. "Good Morning Danny," George says, he heard the thud and I acted like I had only just that second woken up. "Uh good morning," I tell him. I sit up and rub my eyes, it's already proving to be one of those Monday mornings. I don't have a lecture for another hour which is good. I am gonna need that hour to mentally prepare myself to get up. "Comfy there Dan?" Dylan asks, I shake my head. The floor has never been comfortable in any way, shape or form.
"Come here then," Dylan says, before walking over and gently pulling me to my feet before hugging me. It always feels like there are butterflies in my stomach whenever we make close contact with each other, whenever he touches me I feel sparks shooting up my arm. Then Dylan walks over to his bed with me still in his arms and sits down so I am now sitting on his lap. It has been something we have done regularly over the last six months. "What does Danny want for breakfast this morning?" Dylan asks me, he will often take me out for breakfast then drop me off at my lecture because we only have the same one on a Thursday afternoon. George winked at me and I have no idea why. I still haven't come up with an answer for Dylan yet.
"He's too sleepy to think about breakfast yet Dylan," George says. I am quite comfortable sitting here while I try and wake up a little more. "Oh yeah, just wanted to know if he wanted anything other than his usual at Dunkin Donuts. That's all," Dylan replies. We usually end up going to Dunkin Donuts, because we can be quite indecisive. It does sound good right about now, I enjoy an iced coffee and a donut first thing in the morning. "Maybe go for that anyway then, I don't think Danny's about to complain," George says, and I let Dylan know I was not gonna complain about the choice of breakfast this morning. I hate going to the communal kitchen anyways, it's always dirty and smelly so I never bother going. The same goes for the communal lounge, I don't know how it goes unnoticed by anyone else.
Soon I'm dressed and the three of us are in Dylan's car on the way to Dunkin Donuts. I swear I saw a look of disappointment in Dylan's eyes when George announced he wanted to come too. I just ignored it, I kinda like it when George comes too. It helps with the awkward silences that fall occasionally when Dylan and I are in the same room. It happens quite often, more often than people think when they think of what we might get up to. "So Danny, have you got a lecture this morning?" George asks me, and I nod. "Yeah it starts at eleven," I tell him. It's currently 10.15 am which gives me plenty of time to devour a donut and some coffee before getting to the lecture. "That's good Dan. I hated when I had lectures first thing on a Monday morning," George replies.
"Ugh Monday morning lectures are the worst, I swear I changed course just to escape them," Dylan complains. I knew the morning lectures are not popular amongst students, especially those who party extremely hard on a Sunday night only to be up at 8 am to go to a 9 am lecture. The course I am on was supposed to have a Monday 9 am lecture only for the professor to say he'd rather have an 11 am one so everyone was happy with that. I was listening to the other two talk, but for some reason I was still very tired and found myself dozing off again. "Danny? You there?" George says, making me jump slightly. I was just about to fall asleep again. "Yeah," I reply, earning myself a sympathy shoulder squeeze from George.
"Don't worry Dan, you'll wake up when the coffee gets into your system," Dylan says. I tried my best for the last five minutes of the journey to stay awake, George helped a lot as did Dylan, but I still ended up falling asleep. Dylan woke me up, then kissed me and ran off. It was very strange, but I think he was hoping I was still asleep. I don't even think he realised I was awake at that exact moment; my eyes were closed, and he didn't stick around. I got out of the car and rubbed my eyes. I managed to make my way into the place without falling over and I found George pretty quickly with my order next to him. "Where's Dylan?" he asks me, and I shrug. I was still processing what just happened. George looked me up and down then pulled me down to the couch like seat he had picked for the three of us.
"What happened?" he asks, hoping that I'd give him a verbal answer which might explain why Dylan disappeared when he probably told George he was going to wake me up then come back. I only slept for another ten minutes after we got here. "He kissed me, then ran off. I don't think he knows I know that though. I was only just awake when it happened," I tell him. It took me a minute or two to get that out. I was still confused, and I swear I woke up on another planet this morning. I did text my mom to ask for help or I was going to end up sleeping all day. She said I should take it easy today, it was my body's way of telling me I overdid it during physio yesterday. It was my last session too, I had to prove I was fine otherwise I'd have another month of sessions.
"He's been crushing on you.. hard. We were kinda talking about it just before you woke up this morning, he wants to ask you out, but he's too afraid," George says, then it was like everything clicked into place. I have a crush on Dylan, I was just thinking earlier about how he makes me feel. "What do I do if I like him back?" I ask him, my voice going quiet. I was wary of the judgemental people that could be around us right now. "Do the same thing, he's coming back now, I can see him," George suggests. I guess that could work. I take a deep breath and a swig of my iced coffee to mentally prepare for what was about to happen. This could still end up badly despite what George has just told me. I'd rather be rejected in Dunkin Dounts then in college to be honest. They'd all forget it by the next time I show my face there.
Dylan walked up to the table and before he got the chance to sit down I stood up and walked up to him. I smiled at him then grabbed him by the shirt and pulled him in to kiss him back. He was not expecting it, I knew he wasn't because I felt him gasp against my lips. Then it clicked what was happening, he completely relaxed and kissed back. "I love you Dylan," I whisper into his ear. George was watching behind us, as was everyone else in the store. "I love you too Danny," he says, loud enough for other people to hear. That made everyone start clapping for us, which made me blush instantly. I guess we are boyfriends now, that's got to be the best start to a Monday morning I have ever had.
"I was awake when you kissed me in the car," I tell him. I want to be honest with Dylan. I don't wanna tell them I heard the conversation this morning though. George told me what they were talking about, so I will leave it at that. "I've been waiting six months to do that, then I was scared I fucked everything up, that's why I ran off. I'm glad you like me back though," Dylan replies. I smile at him and we eat our donuts in a comfortable silence. George was grinning at us, I am sure he has told Jorel, Jordon and Matt that we have finally kissed each other. The drive to college was a lot less awkward than I thought it was going to be, everyone was happy. Now that I had caffeine in my system I was more awake too.
Then Dylan decided he wanted to walk me to the lecture room, just like he did on my first day of studies. I happily held his hand and ignored all of the weird looks we received as we walked past other students. I am still on time for the lesson, the professor is usually five minutes late anyway. "I'm glad we are boyfriends Danny," Dylan tells me, I assumed when we kissed that we were boyfriends. It was nice to get some verbal confirmation though. "I'm glad we are boyfriends Dylan," I reply. I have never smiled so much until today. Mom would be so happy now that I have found out Dylan likes me back and we are together now. I know she has been pleading with me to tell Dylan how I feel about him and see what happens.
"I'll be counting down the two hours until I can come get you and see you again," he whispers. It is cute, he has always said the times where he is not with me are incredibly boring. "I'm sure you'll survive," I tell him. Then he puts his hands on my cheeks and leans in for a kiss. I kiss him back and smile when it's over. "The first one I did didn't count because you were too sleepy to kiss back," he says, and I chuckle. He truly is a dork, a loveable dork but I love him none the less. "Okay, that one doesn't count" I tell him. If it makes him happy then I will say it doesn't count, in my head it kinda does because it was the only that lead me to talk to George and find out Dylan likes me and then lead to me kissing Dylan in Dunkin Donuts in front of a lot of strangers.
I don't know how I managed to concentrate through the lecture, Dylan was always there in the back of my mind. I can't wait to see him again, maybe we can go back to our room and have some couple time and just enjoy the fact that we have only just gotten together and how we would like our relationship to be. Dylan was waiting for me as expected when the lecture ended. I hugged him tightly when I saw him, and he hugged me back. "Hey Danny," he says, and I grinned. I found it weird that I missed him so much during that two-hour lecture. "Hey Dylan," I tell him, then I take his hand as we walk out of the building. "I'm taking you out on a lunch date if you would like Danny," Dylan tells me.
I loved the sound of that. A date where it is just Dylan and I. Don't get me wrong, I enjoy the company of the other guys. It's just we don't have a lot of time alone with how much time we spend with the others. Now that we are together as a couple it makes it more important for us to have time where it is just the two of us. "I would love that Dylan," I tell him. We get into the car and he takes us to a nice little cosy cafe that I have been to before. It is my perfect idea of a little lunch date which makes me glad that Dylan chose it as our first date location which makes me so happy. "Did I choose a good location Danny?" Dylan asks me, we are parked outside, and he looks very nervous. I smile at him at hold his hand. "It's the perfect location Dylan, I love locations like this," I tell him, and I hear the sigh of relief.
"That's good then Danny," he says, and I chuckle. I'd only expect the fancier date locations when we have anniversary dates, not the first date on the first day of the relationship. This is all new territory for me at least. I know for sure I have never dated a boy before. My last relationship was with a girl called Theresa back when I was in high school, but we broke up last year before graduation. It was a mutual split and we are still good friends with each other. "It's our first little date so I am not expecting like a five-star restaurant or something like that," I tell him. He asks me what I would like when we walk in then tells me to find a table for us and he would be back when he has made the order. I just sit down and watch him from a distance.
Dylan walks back to me and sits down across from me. "Hey cutie, what are you doing here by yourself?" He asks me, and I smile. "I was waiting for a handsome fella to come and have lunch with me. You haven't seen him, have you?" I ask him, playing along with the game. He also grins and puts his hand on top of mine. "I don't know, it depends on what you define as handsome," Dylan tells me. "I think you're handsome," I tell him. He smiles, and I smile back. I like this little lunch date already and the food hasn't even arrived yet. An old man was smiling at us, I hope he wasn't being to judgemental considering we are technically gay man dating in a café. We had nearly finished our lunch when he came over to talk to us.
"Now you look after each other well boys. I was like you once, back when this sort of thing was illegal and the one mistake I had made was to not look after my partner during that time. I don't want you two lovely young men to suffer the same fate I did," he tells us, my heart shattered at that. It must have been horrible to live when you went through awful things just because of the way you happened to be. "I promise that we will both look after each other well sir. I have to say I'm awfully sorry that that ever happened to you," Dylan says, and I let them both know I agreed with them. The old man stayed to chat with us for a little while before we had to leave. We both have lectures for the rest of the afternoon.
Dylan held me tightly when he came to pick me up after our last lecture. I could tell what the old man told us had a deep affect on him. "Don't worry Dylan, they don't do any of that stuff anymore. Yeah, there is a risk that some douchebag will decide to beat us up for the hell of it, but that's only a small risk," I tell him, hugging him back just as tightly before we leave to go on the short walk back to the dorms where we call home. "I know, I just started to overthink it and couldn't help but picture you in that scenario it was just horrible," he tells me. I hold his hand tightly, I'm not afraid to let people know who I am and who I am with. I want Dylan to not worry either, I have handled being bullied before. I don't care if it happens again to me.
"I know, let's just enjoy some time together in the dorm yeah, I know what will make you feel better," I tell him, I was quickly forming a plan. Dylan's favourite thing to do whenever he is upset or just wanting some entertainment is to have a movie night. Tonight we are going to have a movie night, hopefully just me and him where we can treasure these first few days of our new relationship and appreciate all the time we will have together. "Oh you do now?" he says, I chuckle and ignore all the strange looks from people walking past. I nod my head then nudge him and run off. I can sort of run now, it does look very odd at first I have to admit. I heard Dylan say he was coming to get me, so I sort of slowed down a little bit.
My plan worked, he was more relaxed by the time he caught up with me. He grabbed me by my waist and spun me around while I was laughing. I love seeing Dylan happy, it makes me feel like I have done what I am supposed to do when we are friends and now boyfriends. "I love you Danny," he tells me, then kisses my neck while I'm still laughing. It kinda tickled so he rubbed his nose there a few times. "I love you too Dylan," I tell him, then we go into our room before one of the other students living on the same floor complains about the noise level again. We sit on his bed and I set up the Netflix, so Dylan can chose a film. "Oh George texted me earlier," Dylan says. I look at him, wondering what made it so important to announce now.
"He's getting the others to leave us alone," Dylan adds, and I sigh in relief. There was always that thought in the back of my mind that our evening would be ruined by the fact that the others love hanging out with us in the evening. "That's good, I don't think I want to be interrupted by them tonight," I tell him, and the nod that Dylan gave hopefully meant he felt the same way that I did. I snuggle into his side as we watch film after film, only breaking to have takeaway for a late dinner when I said I was hungry. I enjoyed the time with Dylan, it didn't really feel any different to the movie nights back in the beginning. "You have the best evening plans Danny," Dylan says, we are making this our last film for the night.
"I'm glad you liked it, I wanted to take your mind off earlier a bit. I love quiet nights in with you," I tell him. I think he has forgotten most of the horrors we were told earlier, but I will stay in his bed with him tonight just in case. You can never be certain nightmares won't rear their ugly head at any point. "Yeah, I love staying in with you more than anything," Dylan says, and I could tell he was tired. I turn the TV off and help him get ready for bed before getting ready myself. I join him in bed and we both fall asleep happy.
And that is the end of another one shot, hope you all enjoyed.
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