One shot for the squad💞
Ship;Aelen x Equinox
Tw; None
Word Count: 2229
'I've never felt so wide awake, cause I'm thunderstruck. I love how you take my breath away, cause I'm out of luck.'
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Aelen's feet hung over the side of his bed, his brows furrowed in deep thought. What was he questioning? His sexuality of course, what else? Bisexual, pansexual, demisexual, polysexual, and of course, being gay, but which one am I? I believe I'm gay, but that's still a little bit in question I guess. He let out a loud sigh as he rolled out of his bed and onto the floor, earning a small 'ow' from him. He looked over at the clock on the nightstand a little ways away from him, it reading '1:02 AM.' Last day here, better make it worth it. He thought as he looked around at all the boxes stacked around him. Tomorrow he'd be moving New York, to go to a college he's wanted thought about since he heard about it. He wanted to be an artist, which was one of the reason why he was out of bed at this time. The only items left out of the boxes was a messenger bag, some cash, a sketchbook and a couple pencils. He grabbed the pencil and sketchbook as he started to draw himself the way he liked to think of himself. Short, red horns poking out of his black head of hair, along with a red suit. He thought it was a cool concept, yet he knew there was at least one character close to his.
He heard a ping of his phone, closing the sketchbook, he click the on button on his phone. He hissed slightly at the bright light emanating from it, and slid the bottom bar up, and turned down the brightness. He smiled at his now darker screen, which was being blown up with texts from his friends, they were arguing about something stupid, which wasn't surprising to him at all. He mostly kept out of the drama and arguments until he saw the text pop up on this phone;
Cadspxms to Official Fight Club; Thot you there?¿
He quickly put in the password into his phone. Responding with a simple 'Here.'
Helicopter_Chan: Do you think pineapple on pizza is good? I could argue both sides, but since Cad thinks it's bad, I'm arguing against her
Aelensi.ul: Honestly I believe it depends? If you think it's good, good for you. I've never eaten it, so I can't say if it's good or bad, the idea is odd though
Cadspxms: You're good help with this, thanks dude 😤💯👏
Aelensi.ul: No problem bro 😩👏✊️
Then the chat went quiet, everyone leaving to do god knows what, probably eat because hey, who doesn't love a good snack? He pushed himself off of the floor and onto the old bed, laying at the ceiling and just, staring. It was nice, just to sit in quiet for once, sometimes you just need some quiet to help you clear your mind, which was almost always had an insecurity or fear. When sitting in silence, you just get too, forget, it was nice, and it made it him happy.
He sighed contently as he leaned onto his side, and throwing a quick comment out that sounded like 'a few hours won't hurt'
***
He woke up to the sound of an alarm blaring next to him. He huffed annoyingly as be rolled over and pushed the button to turn it off. Quickly pulling his phone from the charging port, he looked at the time '11:24 AM' He quickly shot up in bed as he pulled a maroon sweatshirt over his gray shirt and pulled on a pair of white converse, grabbing the few boxes he ran out to his car and shoved them into the backseat and he was off. Onto his way to college, he sounded like a kid in a candy store, he hummed happily along to the radio, thinking nothing bad could possibly go wrong.
***
Boy was he wrong, so far he was soaked as it started to pour as he was running back and fourth from his car to the airport. The car he owned was luckily rented, so he called a man to come grab it. When getting on the plane, he got seated in front of a family with a small child, which wasn't fun. He also got whisky spilled on him from the flight attendant tripping, so that was fun. Getting off the plane with his normal sleep deprived face, he rubbed his eyes as he walked over to the baggage claim, though he could barely see through his half opened eyes, he trudged over to the conveyer belt and waited.
Not too long after he saw his red bag, he quickly went to reach for it as he felt he hand touch another adults hand, he looked up to see a chubby man giving him a glare, and picking his suitcase up and walking over to him. Aelen smiled nervously as he watch the man step closer and closer to him, and now here he was. The man shoved his bag into his hands with a strong force, looking at him to see him walking away, he flipped him off angrily as he walked over to the nearest Starbucks, ordering a plain hot coffee to wake him up. After about 10 minutes he got up from his chair and grabbed his bag, walking towards the exit.
New York, here I come!
He walked up to the lady at the desk, ringing the little bell to get her attention, she looked up from her game of solitaire, and asked him the question;
"Name?"
"Oh! Uhm, Aelen."
"Yeah, well 'aelen' (she made air quotes with this, probably to annoy the poor kid) you're in room 458, floor 4 of the place."
"Yes mam, see you soon"
He gave her a slight wave as he walked over to the elevator and pressed the 'up' button. After a minute the elevator beeped and he stepped inside, quickly pressing the '4' button. The elevator dinged and he stepped out, seeing two signs in front of him that said
'400-450
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'451- 499
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He turned to the right and walked down the long hallway, after about a minute he finally came to his dorm. He took in a deep breath and opened the door to see a man on the bed, he quickly slammed the door shut. He then realized he could not do this. The other male effortlessly pulled open the door, him being somewhat weak, he flopped onto the wood floor from his position form the door, squeaking out a small 'I'm fine.' He was quite the opposite actually, he was internally screaming, his brain and his heart were having a battle that wasn't enjoyable, and it annoyed him to the maximum. He looked up to see the other male looming over him, towering over him at about  5'8 (Him being only about 5'4). He scrambled off the floor and held out his hand to the taller man.
"Aelen. Nice to meet you roomie!"
"It's 2017 kid, no one says that anymore. And the name's Equinox, great to meet you."
They pulled away after a second and started into each other's eyes, before Aelen quickly piped up a 'Aw man looks like I should pack up bye now!' Equinox sighed happily looking at the boy running over to the empty bed, he was definitely a keeper.
***
After a few hours they learned more about each other. Equinox wanted to be a game designer and of course Aelen wanted to be an artist. They also figured out that they both liked memes, which was pretty funny at the time.
"Do you have any social medias?" Aelen asked the boy across him, looking down at his phone which was open to some random game.
"Yeah. I have a Instagram. It's infiniteequinox. Two e's. One for the start of my name and another from the first word."
"Great! Mine is aelensi.ul. Feel free to message me or something!"
"Okay."
And that's the start of a blooming relationship, yet, who knew a relationship could start from two people sending each other memes?
***
Nighttime rolled around and Aelen rolled over onto his side, looking at the wall next to his, it was a slight beige color with small dicks drawn on it from other kids, he blew a strand of hair out of his face as he closed his eyes and let sleep overtake him.
***
Days passed and Aelen realized he had fallen for his roommate hard, finding out he was bisexual was also a plus. Now here they were, buying last minute school supplies because Aelen forgot to get sketchpads and pencils.
"What about these ones?" Equinox said handing him a small package of mechanical pencils.
"I need high end stuff Equinox. High. End. What are we here at a target for then?"
"You decided to go here. That's all you."
"Fine. Let's just get these, they'll work for now."
"We can go to another store if you'd like, I don't mind." Though the idea of getting to spend more time with him was tempting, he shook his head no as he threw them in the carriage, saying "I'm too lazy. Whatever." They grabbed a few other things including dinner for the night, paid, and then left the store. Aelen opened the passenger side door to his friend's car, closing it quietly after him. He looked over to see Equinox putting his keys in the ignition. (Yes, he can drive, but he hasn't gotten a car yet)
He was brought back from the though of what kind of car he wanted when Equinox slammed on the break, making him drop the drink in his hand. He screeched slightly as he looked at his now only wet sweatshirt (yes the maroon one, and yes, he still hasn't washed it. It reeked of alcohol, not that he cared.) before picking up the cup and throwing it out the window, earning a small gasp from his friend.
"Maybe if you didn't stop i would've not done it, why'd you stop anyways?"
"To get your attention."
"Really?" He felt his anger rise as he looked down at his soaked clothes which smelled of tons of different scents. He knew he shouldn't be mad, but he was. "Why? What was so important that you had to make me spill my drink all over myself?"
"Nothing. Nevermind."
"You better have a goddamn reason! I don't care if it's idiotic, I fucking want to hear one!"
At this point he was yelling, and honestly, he didn't care.
"I asked you to dinner, okay?! Is that a good enough fucking reason for you!?" He looked over into the other man's eyes, who were burning with rage. He unbuckled the seatbelt and opened the door, grabbing the bag, and then closing it. He was going to walk. Yeah, it was stupid, but so what was he just said.
"Sure! Amazing! I'd be happy too! See you at 8 asshole!" He walked away and pulled out his phone, even after moving, his friends still texted him.
Helicopter.sama: How's your date? ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡°)
Aelensi.ul: Horrible, terrible, any other word that describes bad.
Mewsaki: What'd you do this time?
Aelensi.ul: He stopped the car randomly and I spilt my drink so I got mad. And then he asked me out and I said sure but I was such an ass about it ugh
Ir.e.m.e: Good job Aelen
Aelensi.ul: Help me fix it?¿
Scarwaifu: Just go to where you planned to go, and do something clichè, like bring a rose, and just apologize
Aelensi.ul: K
Cadspxms: Bye thot! Remember: Use protection!
Aelensi.ul: ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )
Cadspxms: ( ͡ᵔ ͜ʖ ͡ᵔ )
He sighed as he stared walking to the dorm, what one hell of a night this will be.
***
He walked into the restaurant, seeing a lady standing at a podium to the side, where do they go you ask, Olive Garden is the right answer. He went up to the woman and she led him to a table, there he say down and waited. After about fifteen minutes he assumed he was ditched, so he left the rose on the table and walked out.
Aelensi.ul: Thanks for missing the date
Infiniteequinox: Oh shit tHE DATE! Sorry I forgot
Aelensi.ul: I see that
Infiniteequinox: Meet at the dorm?
Aelensi.ul: Sure I guess
***
He opened the door to the messy dorm and looked over to see equinox sitting on his bed eating some potato chips and watching Netflix. He closed the computer and walked over to the shorter man, looking him in the eyes before pulling him up and pushing their lips together. Holyshitisheactuallykissingmeamijustdreamingimsoshookohmygodohmygod- He looked at the man above him, his eyes slammed shut as if he feared rejection from his bud. Instead he felt the shorter boy kiss back, making him smile into the kiss. It was blissful, none of them had felt this way about one another before, and they fit together like jigsaw pieces, they were truly in love.
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No smut for you guys haha! I don't write that stuff lmao, but now you can guess what happens after! I'm happy with how this came out. So like it please uwu