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Roommates
Chapter Two . Plums
Masayuki woke to the scent of plums. After forcing his eyes open, he squinted at the wall almost immediately, almost as in a grimace. It wasn't that he didn't like it- the smell of plums, the pale yellow sheets, the rustle of leaves outside and the soft snoring in the distance- he was just relatively concerned. Where was he?
After laying on his soft mattress for awhile and recollecting yesterday's events, the brown haired boy sat up and looked past his bed frame to the one that started at the foot of his. He saw the top of Yuu's blue head and her relatively thin frame expanding and collapsing with each smooth breath she took.
Masayuki may have stared at her for a good whole minute before actually getting up. He made no effort to drag his clothes to the bathroom to change (Kashima was asleep anyway and it's not like he hadn't accidentally changed in front of her before) and switched to a new shirt and got out of his comfy sweatpants for a pair of jeans right in front of the dresser, just a few feet from the handsome female's bed.
The hallway was quiet, he noticed, when he finally left the room. Checking his watch, he couldn't help but wonder why they were all still sleeping when it was already nine. He shrugged. Maybe they were all like Yuu and just slept in on Saturdays.
That being said, remembering the mini orientation the landlady gave him, breakfast wouldn't be served today. So after a quick glance of the growing list of groceries he would eventually have to get by the end of the week, he put on his worn pair of sneakers and was off to the convenience store.
Masayki was glad he moved in on a Friday because he couldn't imagine wasting his time on a school day to get lost. The trip to the store was about ten minutes longer than he had expected it to be. It wasn't much of a hassle, honestly. He forgot his camera within his room, but he made sure to take some pictures on his phone that would work as background references. He found a relatively nice looking back alley (it was quite ironic, seeing how brightly painted the walls were and the green plants being grown from windowsills), a beautiful community garden, and a street littered with petals from the surrounding trees. He made up scenarios such as Suzuki stealing Mamiko away from an outing with friends and taking her to the alleyway, or Mamiko joining the gardening club in an effort to impress Suzuki, or the two characters from Let's Love walking down the street in the middle of spring on their way to school.
By the time the high schooler had finally made it to the store, he had taken at least twenty photos.
Quickly, he had bought a few buns and a rice ball or two (he was expecting to walk back and be faced with a hungry Kashima) and as he was exiting the store, he ran into a larger male.
"Ah, sorry."
"No, it's my bad," Masayuki apologized before stopping himself from walking on. "Oh. Nozaki."
Suddenly, the boy's plans changed and he was on his way to the taller boy's house.
"I forgot you lived in the area. Is that the only local convenience store near here?" Hori asked, taking a bite of his purchases. The underclassmen shook his head.
"No, but it's the best one in my opinion. A lot of rather stylish people go there too, so sometimes I walk over for clothing references," Nozaki explained. Then, he asked, "That being said, what are you doing here? I wasn't expecting to run into you. I'm glad you're willing to do backgrounds today."
"It's fine; I want to get the background done before this Friday. I have some plans that day. Recently, I moved into a boarding house in the area," Masayuki answered. Nozaki nodded.
The brown-haired male had finished eating a good amount of his purchases upon arriving at the taller's house. As they sat down, he continued talking about the boarding house.
"It's a pretty nice place. I've only been there for one day, but everyone seems relatively friendly. Kashima's there too," he added.
"Kashima? Is the house co-ed?"
"Yeah. Hher aunt owns the place. There aren't anymore rooms available, so she's actually rooming with me."
"Really? That's kinda interesting. Are you two getting along?"
Masayuki shrugged, "It's only been one day. It's the same as always, honestly. Last night, I'm pretty sure I actually fell asleep to her rambling."
"What is it like there? Have you met any girls?" Nozaki asked, taking out a notebook. The upperclassmen raised an eyebrow. Was there anything specifically interesting with what he was saying?
"What is it like? There's a lot of rooms so there's a lot of people. It's about twenty four people living in the same house but they're not all there at the same time so I've only met about six of them. Chores are relatively divided up, everyone's in charge of their own rooms and stuff, but Kashima's specifically in charge of groceries and there's a staff who cooks some of our meals."
Nozaki nodded along, taking note of everything.
"As for girls, I only briefly met a few of them. I can't say much about them. Kashima and one of the staff members are the only ones I've really talked to so far."
"I got it!" Umetarou suddenly exclaimed, causing Masayuki to jump.
"You've got… what, exactly?"
"The next plot point for Let's Love!"
"Really? What are you planning to do, make Mamiko have to move out just randomly?"
"No, better. They go on a trip and they have to stay in a hotel and Suzuki is one of the employees!"
"That has close to no relationship to what I just said… I mean there's some, but it's a stretch…" Masayuki sighed.
The taller male ignored him, quickly jotting down notes for the idea. With another sigh, Masayuki just let him be and finished up his background work for the day.
When he finally left Umetarou's apartment, it was already one. He returned to the boarding house, expecting for there to be more activity- maybe even some girls fawning over Kashima already- but only three other boarders were out and about.
He remembered Dave from yesterday. He was sitting in the living room in front of the television. As he passed by, he gave him a curt nod, which was returned.
"Ah, you must be the new fellow, Masayuki, right?" a tall, green eyed male with dyed white hair addressed him, holding a plate in one hand and a cup in the other. A smaller girl followed behind him, doing the same.
"I've never seen you around before! You must be Hori!" the female exclaimed. Masayuki nodded in reply.
"I'm Haruo, and this is my little sister, Izumi. We live in the sympetalous hallway. It's nice to meet you."
"It's nice to meet you too"
"I think Kashima just left, she said she had a date with some princesses today. You know how she is," the male laughed, answering a question no one mentioned.
"Ahh, is that so... Did she say what time she'd be back? I haven't talked to her yet today, she was dead asleep this morning," the brown-haired boy asked. The two siblings shrugged.
"Sorry man, she didn't mention a time. It probably won't take her longer than a few hours though."
Masayuki returned to his room. 'Well, that's good,' he thought. 'At least I won't have to worry about her lunch.'
The male lay down on his bed. The clock ticked monotonously in the background.
Why did he have to worry about her so much?
Restlessly, the boy turned over. He didn't have much to do. What was he even planning on doing today?
He glared at the ceiling.
He was bored.
After an hour or so of lazing around, the male collected his things and went off to the dorm bath.
The bathroom wasn't too bad. It wasn't too big. It could probably only fit 5-7 people in the tub at the same time. Masayuki was the only one there.
The male skipped soaking in the large tub, remembering his change of clothes was still in one of his bags. He sighed and returned to the room.
His reaction to the sight before him might as well have just been a repeat of yesterday's.
"Oh. Senpai? Why are you just standing there… In your underwear?"
"Sh-shit." Masayuki scrambled for his towel which had fallen to the ground out of shock. "I could say the same to you- idiot," the male mumbled, quickly entering and closing the door behind him. The girl had raised her shirt halfway up her torso- her camisole underneath rising up enough to expose her stomach.
The brown-eyed boy avoided looking at her. He totally wasn't noticing her lack of real pants or anything- nope! Those tight shorts of hers that she wore under her skirts was totally not attracting his attention at all.
"What, is there something wrong with my clothes?" the female asked, proceeding to fully toss her shirt off. "I thought this camisole looked cute," she pouted.
"Just hurry up and put something on!" Masayuki yelled, turning around. Was she doing this on purpose or was she always that oblivious? He tried to focus his attention on finding his own shirt and pants.
Yuu laughed, "Senpai, your ears are red!"
In anger, the male threw his shirt at her. She totally was doing it on purpose. Quickly, he put on some fresh clothes and stormed out.
"The rice balls on the desk are for you!" He called back, leaving as fast as possible.
(A/N) Thank you for reading!
What's a boarding AU without catching your partner changing?
I honestly was going to end the chapter right after Masayuki left Nozaki's house, but that would've been too short and too little development ahaha;;;; I didn't think I was going to finish this today, but double updates are nice :) I honestly might actually add more to this chapter later because something about it is bothering me...
I honestly don't know where I'm going with this story (in case you can't tell already). I did have an idea as I was starting it, but new AUs keep popping up but I can't write so many chapter stories at the same time...
I'm sorry for all the random OCs! But for the setting, there's going to be a lot more… It'll be a pain to keep track of them all… Hopefully I can figure out what to do with their daily school life so I can avoid coming up with new ones…
I hope you enjoyed this chapter! Any criticism or feedback is appreciated!