Alex settled down in his dorm finding it immensely satisfiable that he had the dorm room for himself and not having it shared with anyone else like the rest of them. The empty bed next to his was left untouched and Alex used it for his friends to hang around his room.

Alex was a person who everyone finds it easy to be friends with. He is always cheerful, bringing smiles to everyone in the room and fits in every group there is on campus. The first week he already made friends and rolled himself in swimming team since he loves to swim. He met this guy James whom also part of the swimming team and he is in second year and currently studying business major while Alex in his law major. He always wanted to be lawyer and his father is part of the reason why he wanted to pursue this course.

Although through the divorce he never resent his parents for what happened. He still has good relationship with his father despite he lives miles away now from him. After the divorce his father decides to move to New York and his mother stayed in Texas with June, as a teacher,  which is the reason why he was glad at least someone will be there for his mum when he is miles away.

Among all the people he made friends with, there is one person he found that he was more comfortable with which is Nora and she is in psychology major. The moment they met, instantly they clicked and felt like they are better half split from one. Everyone thought they were a couple since they are practically glued to each other hips through every event. Alex loves to tease the people around him and gave them what they want and sometimes, he would pretend Nora is actually his girlfriend although he knew Nora never had eyes on him but she played along feeling the heat coming from everyone else who wished they are with Alex.

So here they are in his dorm room while he typed away in his laptop for his assignment and Nora on the empty bed doing her course work. They love studying together especially Nora is super smart to Alex's knowing and she always gave him a good insight. Always the calm in Alex's life and the voice of his conscience.

"I heard there's a new kid coming. Some international brood." She says and Alex scoffed at her. "Since when did Nora Hollaren listened to gossip? But - a brood is right, these international students are always so cocky and act so entitled just because they are filthy rich while we are stuck here in our scholarship working our ass off to get here." Alex says sipping into his coffee before he pressed his fingers on the keyboard again. Nora sighed turning her body on the side to face Alex on the bed next to her.

"Hey!" She tossed the pen over him and it shook him before he glared at her, "What?!" He yelled and she raised her eyebrow at him. "I'm not James, you don't have to pretend to be a jock around me. Plus, who knows, this international brood is actually worth making friends with. I heard he is loaded and even got an extension before he'd even started his class." Nora continued rambling about this person while Alex ignored her. If her intention is to get to know a rich person to ease her way into college then Alex is here not making any judgement.

It wasn't until James barged into Alex's room frantic and excited that made Nora rolled her eyes at him. "Speak of the devil himself" Nora mutters and Alex glared at her to stop, "Yo! You gotta join us! We're trashing this room for that Brit kid. He thinks he is so entitled he get to have private dorm. Let's see if he can live there after we trashed them." He says and Nora clicked her tongue at him in annoyance. "Hence, I rest my case." She pointed at Alex and he smiled shaking his head at her gesture. 

"Sup Nora. Looking good." He flirted but Nora found it hard to believe cause James seems to be attracted to Alex more than her and she knows the way he eyed men more than women and the way he used his gesture being brotherly is actually a bit gay but no one dares to point out to him afraid he might hurt them.

James tends to get very temperamental if he didn't get his way and he is the bullied in this floor especially when new fresh person joins in the team, he will use every single way he could to torment them. But somehow Alex managed to get on his good side and Nora wonders if it's due to his suppress feelings towards Alex or does Alex had that kind of effect on people.

"Why don't you go suck off other juniors dick rather than vandalizing university property?" Nora was never afraid of him and Alex on the other hand had his head turned towards her so fast it hurts his neck, "NORA!" He yelled but James only smirked at her. "I would rather you suck me off then." Alex hated when these two banter and he had enough of them, "OUT! Now!" He yelled pushing James towards the exit and closed the door behind him.

"Don't ever got in his bad side Nora. You don't want that." Alex warned her but she dismissed him before grabbing her stuffs and placed them all in her bag. "You need to find new guy friends. He is bad and you knew that." Nora told him before she stood from the empty bed.

"I'll see you tomorrow." She kissed him on his cheek although she needs to stand on her tip toe to reach Alex's height so he leaned down for her and smiled. "Coffee, Java's." He says and Nora yelled repeating his words as she walked out of the room. Alex sighed scratching the back of his neck before he plopped down on his bed closing his laptop and decides to shut his eyes for the night.

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Henry arrived that night at San Jose airport and Phillip had arranged a car for him to drive him to Stanford. After his international flights from London to LAX and a domestic flight later he finally arrived and he sworn already left angry messages in Phillip's inbox telling how stupid it is for him to do this but here he is, agreeing to his plan. He hated traveling and being a Brits going through US securities is not something he looking forward too in the near future. It's not worth all his troubled and his time.

He was completely exhausted by the time he arrived at Stanford and the personal escorting him to the room is a chatty second year name Mike. He's  born and raised in New York so he had this Boston accent that annoys Henry to the max. He was guide to his room with Mike explaining all the rules and regulations and the usual spots for coffee and the building name as they passed by one of the few buildings at time, not like Henry was listening to anyway. It was late and barely anyone were around for Henry to meet so they'd just went straight into his dorm room.

"Here we are." Mike pulled out the key and pressed it inside the key hole and Henry couldn't wait longer for the bed so he can stretch himself from travels. The moment he opened the door Henry was not greeted with typical dorm room he had in mind,  the usual bed, wardrobe, windows, table. He was instead greeted with a complete mess room that smells like clogged drain.

The bed was upside down and the mattress was ripped while the table is broke in half with rolls and rolls of tissue paper were hanging by the fan on the ceiling with some of it soaked on the walls written with what Henry assumed is paint - he hoped.

Enjoy your new home.

Henry read the message that was written by these neanderthal and somehow he chuckled. "Henry I'm so sorry about this. We'll get you a new room tonight. Follow me." Mike told him and Henry sighed stepping out from the room following him to wherever he was heading.

Henry sighed leaning his head against the headboard as he waited for Mike to sort out his temporary placement. "Come on. We found you a room but heads up, it's a sharing dormitory." He says and Henry stops in his track. "No, I was told that my brother arranged a private room for me." Henry says and couldn't help sounding a little entitled.

"Yeess, but if you wanted to stay in the mess room with broken furniture, I'm happy to guide you back there. We don't have any other single unit for you yet, hopefully soon. Could you maybe, I don't know bare with this one for the next couple weeks?" Mike sounded needy trailing his fingers up and down Henry's arm and Henry hates the way he was batting his eyes at him. It's not like Henry didn't appreciate what he did for him but the fact that he assumed Henry is gay already making him nauseous thinking about it. He was planning to keep himself hidden away in hope no one knows his true sexuality.

"Here is your key. I hope you two get along. He is very friendly and handsome too." Mike winked at Henry and he retorted back at his gesture. He is too exhausted to even react at him and decides to get inside and get some rest.

The moment he walked in the room it was dark and the only light that was helping Henry is the one coming from outside hallway so he placed his luggage by the door and it gives way for him to find his way inside. By the time he was done putting his luggage inside, he pulled out his jacket and hanged them by the chair near the window side table. He saw the bed was made and he closed the door of the room before he locked it in.

He pulled out his pants leaving him in his brief and tossed his shirt away by the pile of his own luggage and sat on the bed facing the guy's back sleeping right across from him. The guys is tall, he can tell since his legs is reaching the end of the bed and he is sleeping in his jeans, typical American - Henry thought but the only thing he could see is the guy's back and he can tell he had a very muscular body but he barely could see much seeing the room is quite dark and Henry barely could keep his eyes opened.

The moment Henry head hit the hard pillow he groaned and wished he fought Phillip in making him stayed in London like he intended too. He exhaled turning his body to the side facing the guy and he saw the guy shifts before he turned around and facing him.

Henry couldn't help but stares at the guy whom still slept through even though all the noises that Henry made earlier. Henry couldn't help but to gawk at how beautiful his face is. Mike was right, he is handsome. That lashes of his, curls up creating shadow on his cheek, his sharp tip nose that hides his top lip that Henry can't stop staring. His black curly hair ruffled on his forehead and his palm, those distended veins and perfect manicured nails under his cheek made Henry's heart flutters. At least that was the thing he sees with such little light and maybe he might be exaggerating about it. He is too exhausted to even know whether or not it's real.

Henry didn't realized how long he was staring but he remembers that was the last thing he sees before he finally fell asleep.