My Roommate is a Boy

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It made no sense. The automatic system had paired us together, and when I saw his name, I assumed that it had to be a g

ould never dream about a boy as gorgeous as this; it being a d

we going to sort this out?" I stared at him

the file containing all of my documents, and I search through until I find the rental agreement. I walk back out, and he is sti

vel theatre arts," I say, feeling my chest rising and falling as I realise that Taylo

m in my 3rd year of theatre arts,"

en though nothing about t

, first-year pharmacy," he re

ame and the house that I had not bothered to ask what gender Taylor was. I never

" I ask, and he nods, his hair

adds, dropping the agreemen

of this figured out," I tell him, and he shrugs as if saying I could do whatever I wanted. I walk back

I was sharing a house with a boy. In reality, I do not kno

ice stops me before I can get

housin

are cl

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y five, and even if you leave now, the place would be locked," he explains, not looking in my direction. I had no idea where I was __going, so there

slowly lower myse

t all of my admission-related issues and class schedules sorted tomorrow, but if I have to go to the office, th

" I say, and his response once again is a shrug. I do not want to

asleep instead of unpacking; I would have been too stressed to have to pack it up again. I'm lost in thoughts of how the hell this could happen to me when I hear a knock on the door. My roommate is a boy. A hot, shirtless,

iv

" I called back without

, and I hated it. I stood up and walked to the door before

n I hel

ing to have some pizza, and I was wonderin

him for a while, and his response was a raised eyebrow. "We

is face when my stomach rumbles. I have been too nervous to eat on the plane, and I haven't

omach is saying another. Which should I beli

upset stomach," I lie, trying

I mean, I think

ng mine out of the room. I stumble forward and touch his chest by mistake; my hands linger just enough to feel his hard r

k you are doing?" I say in

ad just happened. "Do you want anything extra w

murmur. Why was he being kind? B

but I was hungry, and his offering foo