My Roommate

People always distance away from me, mainly because of my cold and serious attitude. But all that changed when he came, he changed my perspective of life and everything. All in all, he was my savior. I am too dependent on him and wouldn't know what I'll do if he hadn't come.

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It was a hot and lazy sunny afternoon and silence filled the apartment. But it was broken when someone rapped on the door. Opening his eyes, he disgruntledly left his bed and headed for the door, decided to give whoever it was a piece of his mind for disturbing his nap. He yanked the door open when he was greeted with young tall teenage boy, "Hey there! I'm Kyo Kusanagi and I'll be your roommate from this day on, please to meet you!" Iori pressed the bridge of his nose before massaging his temple. 'Great, now I have a roommate and to top of the problem, he was the chatty and cheerful kind, just the type that I don't know how to handle…'

Without waiting for another second, Kyo walked past the redhead and went to the vacant room. He started unpacking his stuff when he saw the redhead walked into his room and leaned against the wall before laying out the house rules, "For your information, there're rules in the house. First, I don't want anyone to go into my room. Second, the house will be neat at all time. Third, we'll share the entire utility bill, except for long distance call, and I hope you're not that kind who likes to chat over the phone in the dead of the night. Lastly, I want no party here and you're allowed to take only one friend here. Understood?" His words meant business and the answer 'no' isn't an option. Kyo slightly shudder when he saw one of the blood-red eyes twitched when he got no response. That woke Kyo up before quickly uttering a meek 'yes'. It was apparent that Kyo was in deep trouble, as what he always did at home was the total opposite of the expectations. It was only minutes after he arrived and he had started to feel in hell. He let out an audible sigh and that's when he noticed his current roommate had left without telling him his name. And for some unknown reason, he felt a sudden emptiness in his heart, which confused him to no end...

The redhead, on the other hand, did not feel any remorse after treating the boy rather coldly. He felt that it was the right thing to do, and the only way to protect himself and his roommate from being harmed. 'Are you sure this is the only way? All you can do is push people who care for you out of your life, and then using the same old excuse stating that all you want to do is protect them from being harmed. This very thought DISGUSTS me! You're a COWARD!' A voice in his mind snorted. Shaking his head, he ignored the voice and decided to continue his nap.

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KNOCK! KNOCK!

The sound woke the light-sleeper up. Grabbing his shirt, he opened the door while he was dressing himself. Kyo stood rooted to the ground, mouth wide opened while ogling at the sight in front of him, and was feeling slightly aroused when he saw the chest and those washboard abs. Thoughts of him running his hands up to the beautiful body made him mad with desire and nearly resulted in a nose-bleed, until he was saved by the deep voice. "What do you want?" His roommate demanded. "I...Uhh...I-I-I just want to inform you that dinner's ready." Kyo stammered. With that, he quickly turned and walked to the dining room briskly in an attempt to hide his steaming face.

'Is he really that afraid of me?' the former thought as he looked the retreating figure. Not wanting to waste his roommate's effort, he followed his roommate. He pulled a chair and sat down opposite of Kyo. Picking up the chopsticks, he started eating. That was when he felt a pair of eyes staring at him. "Nani?" He said looking up. "Umm...I was just...wondering if the food's nice that's all..." The boy answered. "It's good...reasonable." Came the curt reply. "Oh, I see! That's good to hear, I'm relieved. You should eat more then!" With that Kyo started piling up food at his roommate's bowl. The latter sweatdropped at his accumulated amount of food, 'How am I going to finish this...Seriously...'

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Kyo was collecting the used plates for washing. After collecting the last plate, he slowly and carefully walked towards the kitchen while balancing the heavy plates. But being the clumsy boy, he accidentally tripped. The plates came out of grasp and shattered upon contact with the marble floor. Kyo shut his eyes and braced himself when he's about to land on the sharp broken pieces face-first. But then, something hold him back. Opening his eyes slowly, he was inches away from the sharp pieces and felt that a strong pair of arms had circled themselves around his waist. It doesn't take long for him to realize that he was caught in mid-fall. "Are you alright?" His partner asked him. He could only nod his head as his mind was contemplating what would happen if he had fell on the pieces. "Thank you, uhh..." "Iori." His savior replied. "Umm...Iori-kun you can let me go now. I'm all right." Iori noticing their current 'embracing' position, immediately let go. "Sorry, I'll take the first aid kit. You're hurt." He whispered. With that, he rushed to his room. Kyo limped to the nearest sofa and sat down. 'So his name is Iori, huh? Well that clearly explains his personality: hermit.' His train of thoughts was interrupted, when Iori came back. Kyo could only watch as his roommate carefully and delicately nursed his injured foot. "I'm sorry about earlier, breaking your plates and all. I'll clean it up later. If only I was not clumsy, this..." "It's alright, I'll clean it up. The plates don't matter to me, but you do." The redhead interrupted. Kyo blushed a deep shade of red, when he heard the last part of the sentence.

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Next morning…

Smells of food wafted into the room and woke Kyo up. "Sigh…Great another day of school…" While grumbling, he prepared himself for school before limping into the dining room. He was making his way down slowly at the staircase, when he felt a hand slipping at his back, while the other just below his butt. Kyo was about to punch the person invading his private space when he was lifted like a rag doll and carried in a bridal-style. "Look who's talking. It's you who should eat more. You're way too light...and skinny." That was the first time Kyo noticed Iori trying to strike up a conversation, and that cheered him up. Kyo could only laugh in delight. 'Look's like you're not that bad after all.' Maybe his stay in this apartment would not turned out to be as bad as Kyo thought it would...

To Be Continued

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