"Hey Hai! Wake up! It's almost 9 Am!" Wang Lu tried to wake the other boy up, as he was putting on his shirt.
"Give me 5 minutes mo...HEY DON'T PULL MY HAIR! AUCH!!" Hai yelled as Wang Lu pulled his hair and pulled the blanket off him.
In that moment, the whole room went silent. Hai had no underwear on, so he quickly pulled the blanket onto himself, and he curled up into a ball.
"Go ahead to your classes, I will meet you after your first period...."
Wang Lu nodded slowly, then off he went to his first class. Hai slowly stood up, and walked into the bathroom. He put down the blanket, turned on the water, then placed his hands on the wall as he stood under the "waterfall". He felt the water flowed effortlessy on his ever so flawless body.
In the cold winter, it was satisfying to feel the hot water on your skin. After he was done with his shower, he went to the room, put on his clothes. He picked up his phone from the bed, then looked at his schedule. He only had classes starting from 12 PM until 3 PM, so he had quite a bit of time, therefore he layed onto his bed and started playing on his phone.
He made sure to check the clock every 15 minutes, so he won't be late to meet Wang Lu.
An hour have passed and Hai decided to get ready for his first course which was AP Physics. He flung his bag across his back.
As he walked to the door and open it, the wind decided to take the opportunity to give Hai a warm...better yet...a cold embrace.
Hai shivered slightly in discomfort and went back in his dorm and took his grey hoodie with him. As he was about to go out again, he remembered that his roomie, Wang Lu, forgot to bring a hoodie with him as he was in a rush to go to his first course.
"The current weather now is quite chilly, poor A-Lu should be freezing cold by now" Hai voiced his thoughts with concern.
Being the nice roommate as he is, he decided to bring an extra hoodie with him.
Meanwhile:
Wang Lu was in his class rubbing his hands for warmth. He was the only one without something warm to wear over his 'I am limited edition' shirt. To make matters even worse for him, his professor was ignorant enough to keep the Air Conditioner on. How is he gonna learn in this uncomfortable situation? Even his seat was freezing cold.
"'Ahhh, fuck it" Wang lu cursed under his breath. His course was almost finished so he made the decision to continue to endure this Mount Everest of a History class for 5 more minutes.
The bell rang. Oh the bell. It's music to everyones' ears. It signals freedom from a boring ass class to spend more time with the humans in which you call friends.
Wang Lu was ready for anything and he was prepared to go through fire and ice just to achieve his mission and reach his target. Operation warm and soft hoodie. Little did he know that his problem was already settled.
As he was walking across the halls in the college, he so happened to see his pretty-boi roommate. Hai was across the hall having a chat with what Lu assume as his senior friends. He was about to walk over to him but the thought of seeing him butt-naked stopped him. Just thinking about that awkward moment was just....awkward.
Wang lu forgot about the chilly weather for a moment and finally gather up the courage to walk over to Hai.
'What happened today never happened. Wang lu just play it cool' Wang lu warned himself in his thoughts.
Hai waved his senior classmates goodbye and put his hands in the pockets of his jacket and stood there. He was waiting for Wang lu. "Xiaohai". Hai turned in the direction of where that cotton-candy-soft voice is coming from.
It was Wang lu. "A-Lu" Hai said softly.
They were once again in a moment of awkward silence. That particular silence brings back memories. Wang lu didn't want Hai to know that he is freezing to death but it failed when he shivered.
Hai realized and smiled. He then went in his bag to take out the hoodie he saved for his roommate.
He hand out the hoddie to Wang lu. "I realized that you didn't bring something to warm you up so I decided to bring one for you" Hai explained in a friendly manner.
Wang lu smiled gratefully as he took the hoodie and clothed himself in it. "Hai, you're a lifesaver... thanks" Hai answered with the cutest smile on his face. With that they both went to the cafeteria as it was recess.
They strolled to the cafeteria. Although the weather was indeed chilly, for some unknown reason Hai perceived a sense of warmth while with Wang lu. A small smile escaped from his lips.
As they entered the cafeteria. They noticed that the cafeteria was already crowded with college students of all categories. The minute as Hai took his entrance, the girls acted as if he was a celebrity and the other guys were non - existent.
A girl ran to Hai with a letter and stretched her hands out to him. The letter was decorated in hearts of all shapes and sizes. Wang lu guessed that it's supposed to be a 'love letter'. Lu chuckled as he never thought that his roommate was this popular, especially with girls. He always thought that guy was weird.
Hai took the letter and forced a smile. To be honest he was annoyed of the constant love letters he has been receiving from these love-struck girls. The girl smiled as he took it and rushed back to her table.
They both found their way to an empty table at the back of the cafeteria. Since Hai was kind enough to give lu a hoodie to keep him warm, he thought it was only fair that he ordered lunch for Hai.
"What does Senior Hai want for lunch?" Wang lu asked with sweetness in his voice.
"Grape juice" Hai replied plainly. Hai was wondering if he should just open the letter because the girl who gave it to him was watching him like a hawk.
"If you don't want to read it just give her back," Wang lu said and then left to get lunch.
After thinking about it for a sec Hai decided to give her back privately after school. He put the letter in his bag. At least the girl stopped watching him.
Wang lu came back with his lunch and Hai's grape juice.
Hai was busy drinking his grape juice when he enquired, "how did you know?"
Wang lu said in a straightforward tone, "your actions weren't genuine for example that pretty smile of yours...but I get that you don't want to hurt her feelings. For a senior you're too magnanimous"
"And for a freshman you're too observant" Hai finished.
Wang lu changed the topic and asked, "Are you sure you don't want to eat something solid?"
"Yep", Hai replied.
"You drink grape juice everyday, regularly?"
"Yeah"
"Well guess what"
"What?"
"That habit is gonna change today"
Wang lu took out his chopsticks for his lunch which was steamed buns. He looked at Hai and asked, "Do you have extra chopsticks?"
Hai shaked his head which signals a no.
Lu didn't mind and took a steamed bun from out the plate and motioned him to open his mouth. Without thinking he did what Wang lu asked and lu then stuffed the steam bun in his mouth.
Wang lu smiled and softly said "That's better" audible enough for Hai to hear. Hai's cheeks flushed a bright pink for he has just registered his previous actions. Out of embarrassment he turned around and focused on eating the delicious steam bun. What Wang lu did was too cute for his delicate heart to handle.
The bell rang signalling the end of recess. Everyone rushed out at once. "See you later", Hai said. Wang lu smiled in response. They then parted ways to attend their remaining courses.
After school:
Hai did what lu suggested and decided to give the girl back her letter. They meet up on the grounds of the college. He learnt that her name was Biyu. He told her that he appreciate the fact that she has feelings for him but he unfortunately doesn't feel the same way. She was low key disappointed but she didn't mind because he rejected her privately and in the sweetest way possible. Biyu replied saying that it was okay and they parted ways after she said that.
Hai was the first to get to the dorm. He then took a shower and tidied himself up. He ate his noodles for dinner and then after he decided to take his usual nap. Out of all people the last person he thought about was Wang lu before falling in a deep sleep.
Wang lu came not long after Hai was fast asleep. He was just coming from his football practice. Wang lu saw Hai was sleeping soundly. He didn't want to disturb this sleeping beauty so he did what he had to do and went on his bed to do his homework and stalk instagram. In the latter part of the night, seeing that his sleeping beauty was still asleep, he brushed his teeth and went to bed.