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PROLOUGE.

College, a place where 007n7 couldn't find himself passing, making friends (not like he's had a better chance during the schools years before) and going through without causing inevitable destruction and chaos. This was gonna be fun...

He shuffled through the busy campus, boxes in hand as he muttered small "sorry's" and "excuse me's" as he passed by.

And then, finally...he reached the dormitories. He fished through his pockets, grabbing a small piece of paper that read the number of his dorm room, he was informed that he had a roommate, hopefully they weren't gonna be that bad.

He sighed, walking in and quickly jogging up the seemingly endless staircase, taking a break and catching his breath every now and then.

He then reached his floor, multiple doors neatly lined up in the corridor, and he looked at his paper again.

"[7 - 10]."

"7 - 10, ok." He mumbled to himself before he started walking forward, "7 - 6...7 - 7...7 - 8...7 - 9...and...7 - 10."

007n7 halted, dropping the boxes down onto the floor, and shoving his backpack off his shoulder, and putting it infront of him, kind of like a baby carrier! Then, he started looking through the pockets, and then, he found the key. "Jackpot.." he muttered under his breath, he then gently shoved the key into the keyhole. Slowly turning it, and unlocking the door, he peeked through and...

Inside was a void-black person, lazily lounging on the couch with extremely disheveled hair, some random band tee that they probably found at a random thrift store, and a tragedy mask that had it's other half broken off. They stared right at him, remote in their hand and a huge grin on their face.

They looked kinda pretty, if you asked 007n7, (but he would never ever admit that.), he stared back for a few seconds, before sighing and crouching down to get his boxes back.

He picked them up, and kicked the door open, as his new roomate, continued staring at him. 

Uncomfortable silence hung in the air as 007n7 walked past the couch, biting the inside of his cheek, feeling their stare pierce into the back of his head.

Before he could continue walking away and avoiding this situation altogether, a voice broke through the deafening silence.

"What's your name?" They asked, turning their body to face him.

"...007n7." He deadpanned, attempting to continue his escape, but before he could do that, they JUMPED over the fucking couch heading and went in his way.

"Want sum' help with that?" They asked once more, hands tucked behind their back as they stared at him with huge anticipation.

"No... It's fine, I can do this on my own." N7 replied, a slight hint of irritation in his voice as he started growing a bit impatient.

"Awh...fine..." They whined, dragging their palm across their face, looking down. But- it looks like they got an idea, because when they lifted their head up...their face radiated with "I have an idea, a BAD one but I'm still willing to do it.."

He internally groaned, before taking a deep breath, and mustering the courage to speak up and ask them to get the fuck out of his way.

"Can you get out of my way no-" He asked, before he got cut off by the feeling of being picked up.

...

This IDIOT had picked him up BRIDAL style. How much confidence did they have? It was honestly astonishing.

"Heh, hold on tight princess." They winked, before they marched to their shared room and tripped like an idiot, but- atleast they managed to keep n7's bum safe.

-

They then got scolded by n7 for their absolute IDIOCY, before he calmed down and unpacked his things as they sulked in a time-out corner that 007n7 had made up.

It was silent, but...not the uncomfortable kind, it was still pretty awkward though, as the only sound in the room was the soft hum of the air conditioner, and the occasional rustling from n7 taking things out of his luggage.

"...What's your name." 007n7 asked, as he pulled out one of his jackets and shoved it into the closet, it unfolded with absolutely zero grace, but- n7 didn't care enough to put it back to how it was.

Their face brightened, as they quickly whipped their head to look at 007n7, "Noli!" Noli replied eagerly, a huge grin, replacing their pout.

"...Nice name." Was the only compliment n7 could think of. And then- his roomate, no- Noli, beamed even more, it was like light was radiating off of them and it pretty much blinded 007n7, but...he didn't mind. Not this time.

Maybe, just maybe...he could let someone into his life.

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007n7 laid still in his shared bed with Noli, with both of their limbs tangled together as they clung onto him like a parasite who hadn't fed in 3 weeks. He wondered how he even got into this situation,

He groaned, thinking of the events before this.

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After 007n7 had finished unpacking, Noli immediately tackled him to the ground, earning a small yelp from n7, "Are we buddies now?" They asked eagerly.

"If you don't get off me, then no." He barked, and they quickly got off, he swore he heard a small "Awh man," come out of their lips, he simply brushed it off and sat on the edge of their shared bed. He still couldn't believe they had put him in a dorm room with only one bedroom with THIS lunatic, but, he'd have to get used to it...

"So...now that we're buddies...shouldn't we get to know eachother?" Noli asked, slipping next to n7 with his signature little smirk.

"...I guess so." 007n7 replied, Noli's smirk widened even more, "Hey! You didn't deny the fact we were buddies! You're so sweet, Sev!" The nickname rolled off of their tongue as they teased him.

"...Oh my gosh..." He muttered under his breath, they were already giving him NICKNAMES and he hasn't even known them for an hour and a half.

They slung an arm over his shoulder as they rested their head on his shoulder. GODS did they NOT know what personal space was!? He couldn't believe this bastard right now...

"So...how do you wanna start this?" Noli mumbled, their entire body relaxing as they slowly sunk into 007n7, and...he surprisingly didn't push them off.

"I don't...know." 007n7 replied, hesitantly putting a hand on their back, getting a bit more comfortable, as having your arm compressed by the weight of a young adult while it was on your lap was, uncomfortable. For obvious reasons.

They drifted into comfortable silence, thinking of ways on...how to actually start this...stupid little get to know eachother propaganda.

"...What's your major?" 007n7 asked, "Computer Science." Noli replied eagerly, "What about you?" They continued.

"...Computer Science too." He mumbled. And Noli, practically jumped with joy, forgetting the fact they were under 007n7, and... They bumped into his chin.

"OUCH!-" 007n7 yelped out as he fell onto the mattress, rubbing the area Noli had bumped their head on, "Oopsie..." They chuckled sheepishly.

"...Whatever." 

-

And, it continued from there on out, they shared fun experiences and cool facts about eachother, they also told eachother about their home lives and their shitty parents, yet they still laughed through it.

And, they both learned that they were both absolute dorks about coding, with Noli sharing their aspirations to rule the world, while 007n7? He just wanted to have fun, and mess around. Maybe that'd be even funner with Noli by his side. 

"Oh, and by the way...I'm developing something, something...cool." He giggled, and Noli simply nodded, anticipation arising in them as they waited for him to take action...

007n7 hovered his hands over the air, and summoned a panel, it was black and red, with nothing but a menu screen.

"It's still pretty under-developed though, started working on it during Senior Highschool and...this is the only thing I've managed to do.." 007n7 admitted sheepishly, Noli simply chuckled.

"It's fine man, whatchu' gonna do with it anyway?" Noli asked, "Anything my heart desires." 007n7 replied.

"Cheesy much?" They chuckled.

"Anyway, I'm pretty good when it comes to coding, heh." They stated proudly, "I could help you with it, only if you want me to, of course." Noli continued.

"Yeah, sure." He replied, his lips, curling into a small smile.

"...You look pretty when you smile." Noli mumbled, but 007n7 didn't hear it. "What'd you say?" 007n7 asked, "O-oh, nah. It's nothin'." They replied.

"Ok..?" He chuckled.

"Ok whatever man, we should probably go to sleep." Noli stated, pointing at the clock, "11:22 PM.", they had obviously been trying to change the subject, but 007n7 obliged anyway.

They threw themselves onto the mattress, with n7 trailing behind them right after, sitting down on his side of the bed.

"...Shouldn't we change our clothes?" 007n7 asked, "Nah, we can change tomorrow." Noli replied, wrapping themselves in a blanket n7 had discarded onto the bed earlier and had long forgotten about.

"Hey man, that's my blanket." He deadpanned, cocking an eyebrow. "Well, it's OURS now!" Noli grinned, squirming around on the bed, limps trapped in the blanket as if they had been in a cocoon.

"...Ok bro..." n7 chuckled before plopping himself down on the pillow, staring up at the ceiling, ignoring the other's pleas for help and freedom, after all- they had gotten themselves into this mess and he wasn't gonna be the one fixing it.

Eventually, Noli fell asleep, the blanket slowly unwrapping, freeing their limbs and giving them a breath of fresh of air...

007n7 sighed, taking his glasses off, he lazily plopped it onto the windowsill, before standing up, shutting the curtains, turning off the lights, and crawling back onto the bed.

He squinted, trying to take a look at the clock, but without his glasses, he couldn't see a thing, especially because it was also really dark, he groaned...

007n7 hovered his hand over the windowsill, attempting to feel every inch before...feeling a hand on his waist, he gasped, quickly looking down, squinting his eyes and...Boom, it was Noli's.

...

They let out an intelligible sound, before wrapping another arm around 007n7, and dragging him in for a sleepy hug...

N7 couldn't find himself sleeping.

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He felt, weird. Why you may ask?

Because he found himself enjoying this- hug... and he hadn't even known Noli the day before, was it perhaps because he was so secretly touch starved? He'll never know.

But for now, he should just- enjoy it.

Enjoy the feeling of being embraced, enjoy the feeling of getting affection. It was...nice. Even for 007n7.

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By the time Noli had woken up, 007n7 was already gone, they let out a small groan, sitting up and stretching their arms as they reminisced about the night from yesterday.

They chuckled, before standing up from the bed, and walking over to the door, they placed their hand on the knob, and gently turned it, opening the door and walking outside, they paused. Being greeted by cold air hitting their body, accompanied by the smell of Ramen.

Noli blinked, before he continued his journey over to the living room.

And, they reached it.

007n7 lazily lounged on the couch as he slurped on Ramen, watching Dr. House on his laptop, the light of the screen illuminating his face, letting Noli see his facial features more clearly.

He had dark brown freckles, a few pimples, scattered all around his face, but- if you asked Noli? It made him more...endearing, to say the least.

They tiptoed behind him, before leaning in, grabbing his shoulders, and whispering "BOO!" into his ear, needless to say this made 007n7 JUMP, scream, and spill his Ramen all over himself.

He whipped his head to look behind him, a large frown on his face as his eyebrows furrowed, his glasses, reflecting the light that filtered from the thin curtains, blinding Noli, but that's okay. Probably.

"The fuck was that for, jerk!?" Seven barked, Noli simply snickered. "I-It's not funny!" He hissed through gritted teeth, they simply laughed even more. "Oh...I wish you could see yourself right now, Sev..." They chuckled, before walking over to the kitchen, grabbing a tissue, and handing it over to a fuming 007n7, while still giggling like a 5 year old that had just ridden a toy pony.

After that, Noli got a BAD scolding, being sent back to the timeout corner till they finished their breakfast, letting out small dramatic sniffles and fake sobs along the way just to annoy n7. 

Eventually, they finished their severely uncooked Ramen, stood up, and threw it in the trash, a few leftover contents of the Ramen cup spilling all over the plastic trash bag, but Noli paid no mind to it, they went straight for the poor brunette on the couch that was watching medical dramas for entertainment. 

Noli jumped over the headrest, landing right next to 007n7 and making the cushions bounce under their weight, which resulted in the other yelping in surprise. "D-did you just...yelp...over the cushions BOUNCING?" They snorted, their sentence being interrupted by small giggles, tears prickling out the corner of their eyes due to laughter. Little bitch.

"Oh, shut up. Dork. I was just — immersed in my show!" 007n7 replied, face flushed as he crossed his arms, immediately turning his head to look back at his laptop, "Yeah, yeah...whateverrr..." They sing-songed. Scooting closer to n7 and neatly placing their head onto his shoulder, unaware of the internal turmoil they just caused for him.

Did they just — place their head onto his shoulder? This was gay in like 50 states right? Right? He didn't know, and that was...BAD to say the least! Don't corny anime couples do this? And like makeout after? Was it actually real? Oh shit? No way. No way. Nuh uh, he was...STRAIGHT and he knew that, maybe. But the thing is, 007n7 never found himself looking at girls like how he looked at boys. Which was self explanatory, yet...he still couldn't catch a hint, of course he couldn't.

And, they just HAD to make it worse, by wrapping an arm around his waist as they mumbled shit about Dr. House reminding them of somebody named Thomas because both of them were addicted to drugs! Thomas The Train engine is a kids show though? Why would they show a train using drugs? Oh wait, Thomas was a common name! Maybe he was just being a dumbass, but that's besides the point!

It was embarrassing, really. Getting all flushed and shit all over some physical affection that he always pushed away, why wasn't he doing the same with Noli? They only met yesterday what the fuck was he doing? Why did he find himself...liking this?

It's probably just platonic! Yeah...obviously.

He'd just...figure this out later.

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Days flew by fast as the 2 spent their time in eachothers company, growing closer and closer by the minute, gaming, making pillow forts together, and shouting at eachother like there was no tomorrow, but they had also shared earphones, ate noodles at 3am, and were just — generally there for eachother.

Eventually, classes had started, (much to their dismay) and they had different schedules, which would separate them for like, half the day sadly. They'd just make it up for lost time by having the best night ever.

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007n7 and Noli walked down the lengthy walls of the campus, n7's stuff in one hand, and the other intertwined with Noli's. (No homo, – 007n7) Which was entirely platonic by the way, absolutely nothing going on between them!

And, they reached 007n7's lecture hall, bidding eachother goodbye as he struggled to push the wide and surprisingly heavy doors, gosh he really needed to go to the gym sometime, but then, a shadow appeared on the door, and n7 looked behind him, seeing a girl with white hair with a cone that was slightly askew on her head, she had glasses just like him and she was wearing cyan-ish (?) sweater and green slacks. Oh Telamon was she gonna get mad and argue with him? He was already late he couldn't let this happen! 

They were silent for a while, and then — she broke the silence, snapping 007n7 out of his thoughts, "So...are you gonna move?" She asked, no malice in her tone, just simple curiosity, which made n7 relax just a little bit and realize how he had been blocking the way, "Ah! S-sorry..." he mumbled, scratching the back of his neck. "I...just — couldn't open the door." He continued nervously, much to his embarrassment. 

She chuckled, and pushed the door open for both of them, "It's fine," she smiled, letting 007n7 go first and following right after, both of them going up the stairs as their professor simply ignored their supposed intrusion and continuing with whatever he was saying prior to their arrival, and...they surprisingly sat next to eachother. Which was fine for him honestly, atleast he didn't have to go through this lecture alone. Hopefully, if he could even talk to her.

10 minutes later, their professor had announced a group project, much to his dismay, but...the girl, seemed ecstatic, and she turned to look at him, "I hope we get grouped together!" She chirped happily, beaming brightly, she reminded him a lot of Noli, oh shit stop thinking about them, you aren't gay 007n7! "Oh, by the way, what's your name?" She asked, "U-uh, 007n7. Hi." He replied, "Oh? Really? Well, hi! I'm 118o8! We both have numbers in our names, isn't that awesome?" She giggled, grinning ear to ear, 007n7 smiled along with her, he hopes he groups with her too.

And, his prayers were answered. The professor had called his name, he stood up, and then 118o8's, she stood up too, and then...some person named 226w6. Who was wearing some weird CD hat or whatever, with antlers sprouting out of their head, you could occasionally see spiders crawling along them but he honestly found it cool, and so did 118o8! She leaned in and whispered, "Their spiders are cool." She said, her tone amused and interested. They also had some cool anime shirt.

And the rest turned into white noise.

The rest of the class was just details about the project, honestly, who gives GROUP projects at the first day of college? Maybe it was for building friendships? He didn't know. But, they had to make a fully functioning reccomendation system with the knowledge given to them by the lesson they had today, which seemed easy enough, hopefully. Class eventually ended and both of them made their way down to 226w6, chatting along the way, "Should we meet up at one of our dorms to discuss about the project?" 118o8 asked, 007n7 nodded, "Yeah, we should ask 226w6 if they wanna join us or whatever, when was the deadline by the way?" He asked, tensing slightly "Oh! In uh...2 weeks I think? And yeah! We should" She chirped, and he immediately relaxed. Looks like this wasn't gonna be bad...not at all...

They reached 226w6 and both of them waved, they shyly waved back, a small smile on their face as 118o8 walked to them and hit up a conversation, oh how 007n7 wished he was that social and friendly, well — not really but you get the gist of it. Probably. "They said they'd join us! Anyway, my next class is in 5 minutes and looks like me and 226w6 share it! Bye 007n7!" 118o8 said as she waved goodbye. 007n7 returned it and headed for his own.

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After what felt like an eternity, class had finished, and 007n7 dragged himself to his dorm, fumbling with his keys, and entering the dorm impatiently, flopping down onto the couch, ignoring Noli's worried gaze. "Yo man, are you okay...?" They asked, poking at their still, and unmoving roomate, "Dang, was it that bad?" They asked one more time, still, no answer. Jeez, it really was that bad.

"Eh, I'll leave ya' to it." Noli hummed, before walking away and entering their shared room, leaving 007n7 to bask in the comfort and warmth of the bouncy counch cushions, it was so nice, so...so refreshing, kinda reminded him of Noli- oh my god did he just compare couch cushions to his roomate. That sounded gay, but it wasn't. 007n7 was straight! Completely! Absolutely sure!

But then, he heard a notification, snapping him out of his thoughts. He sighed, grabbing his phone from his pocket and opening it up, he had recieved a message from 118o8, wait — how'd she get his Discord? He'd just figure that out later.

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007n7 and 118o8's dms. || monday , 6:12 pm .

118o8: hiiiauauaiaiauiu!!!!!

007n7: hi eight :).

118o8: !!! Supperzz :p

So, about the group project, i got 6's discord and im gonna make a gc

007n7: mkay

Howd u get mine though..?

118o8: i have my ways :3..

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118o8 has created a groupchat.

118o8 changed the groupchat's name to "group projecttt !!"

--> 118o8 added 007n7

--> 118o8 added 226w6

group projecttt !! || monday , 6:15 pm .

118o8: rise n' grind 

226w6: hhsggggggag

118o8: hi non binary

They

Person

Pronouns

007n7: lol

226w6: u can just say my name 😭

118o8: ehhhh okay

Ill do that next time :p

007n7: uh huh..

118o8: whats that supposed 2 mean..?????

007n7: nothing

226w6: sure,,,

007n7: :/

118o8: lol 

Okay soo...

Howw do we make a reccomendation system... @_@.

226w6: no idea

007n7: just some coding

118o8: define "coding"

226w6: i knew i never shouldve taken this course 

118o8: starting to rethink my life decisions honestly

007n7: pfft

u guys are lame

226w6: meanie

007n7: okay fine

Cann we jsut meet up in one of ouur dorms alreaddyyy..... :/

Cuz i am NOT explaining everything through text

118o8: OOKAYY !!!!

007n7: Whos dorm

226w6: eermm

118o8: urs :p

007n7: uuh

I have a roommate though

226w6: we dont mind

118o8: yeahhhh

007n7: okay

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226w6: oh wow 7th floor??

Ure right above me

118o8: both of u are below me lol

8th floor 🥹

Okayh im gonna get readyyy 

226w6: 👍

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Eventually, a knock rang throughout the dorm, startling 007n7, and possibly Noli too, as they peeked out their shared room.

"Ah...sorry — I forgot to tell you, I have a group project and they decided to do it at our place." He murmured, "Ooh, well, best not to keep em' waiting!" They giggled enthusiastically, almost as if they were the one that had groupmates coming over. 007n7 nodded, walking over to the door and gently turning the knob, revealing a beaming 118o8 and an awkward 226w6.

"Heyo!" 118o8 greeted, a bright smile on her face, in contrast to 226w6, a tense, but small smile slowly spread on their face. 

"Hey, get in." He smiled, stepping out of their way and letting both of them in, "Ooh, nice interiorrr!" Eight said, sounding amused as she looked around the small dorm, it had a purple and blue color palette, which was honestly pretty cool. "Oh, thanks... my roommate picked it themselves." He chuckled sheepishly.

"What can I say, I have good tastes." Noli boasted, appearing out of nowhere and shocking 226w6, who stumbled backwards, tripping on their feet and falling onto the floor, which made everyone in the room scream, except Noli. They laughed their ass off.

007n7 turned to glare at them, shutting them up, and making them pout like a child who had been rejected of their request for a new toy, they turned around, and sulked in their special 'timeout' corner.

"Sorry about them..." 007n7 frowned, helping 226w6 up from the floor, "No, it's fine...I found it funny, actually." They smiled, grabbing his hand and lifting themselves off the floor, dusting off, they turned to look at 118o8, "You scream like a raccoon on steroids.." 226w6 remarked, and she gasped, while 007n7 laughed.

"I do not — !?" 118o8 retorted.

"Uh — h...huh...!" 007n7 said inbetween loud cackles that could wake a retirement home up.

"Jerks!" She said, biting back a giggle.

"We're just speakin' the truth!" 226w6 chimed in.

"Ok  — whatever! Let's just get started on our project...!" 118o8 croaked, adjusting her glasses that had gotten askew whilst they were having their mock arguement.

"Okay, okay..." 007n7 snorted, recovering from the onslaught of cackles he had just let escape his mouth.

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Eventually, by 10:30 pm, they had finished atleast 60% of the project, which impressed — all of them! Even Noli, who had been watching all 3 of them work while they laid their head on 007n7's shoulder, staying by his side throughout the whole thing.

"Honestly, I think we would've already completed this if we locked in instead of making stupid jokes and playing Smash Brothers mid way." 007n7 inquired, 118o8 and 226w6 nodded, "We worked surprisingly fast though..." Six mumbled, sighing as they leaned back, resting their head on the sofa that had sat behind them.

"Yeah... we should finish this tomorrow — I'm tired." Eight yawned, shutting off her laptop and forcing it into her bag like it would do her any more justice. (Spoiler alert; it didn't.)

"You guys can sleep here," Seven murmured, "I-if you want to‐ of course..." He added hastily, which made the other two chuckle. "Actually, I'd love that. I fear I may pass out on the hallways on my way to my own dorm." 226w6 sighed.

"Nice.. I have sleeping bags over at me and Noli's room, I can get it for you guys if you'd like-" 

"Ah ah ah... no can do... said roommate has fallen asleep on your shoulder, did you not notice?" 118o8 teased, poking at the cheek of a sleeping Noli.

"Oh my Telamon, they fell asleep!?" Seven whispered, and both of them nodded, "I noticed it earlier, I just didn't point it out." Six added with a grin, "Their drool was literally seeping onto your shirt..." Eight giggled.

"I thought it was the AC!" 7n7 drawled.

"Dude — the AC is LITERALLY like — 100 studs away from you!" 6w6 hissed.

"He's probably playing oblivious." 8o8 whispered into 6's ear, purposely making it loud enough for him to hear.

"Agreed..." They whispered back.

"Quit it...!" He hissed. The warmth from his neck creeping up to his cheeks.

"Okay, whatever... we'll leave you with sleeping beauty." 6w6 chuckled, standing up and leaving the living room with 118o8.

That was a fun night...

007n7 was glad he made new friends.

And hopefully, Noli was too.