"what? there was actually someone hiding in here?' The man chuckled, his eyes wide with amusement.

Yuuri felt his life flash before his eyes.

He stumbled backwards, pressed against the now closed door.

"um -I-im sorry!! I didnt mean to.. i just " Yuuri sputtered, his aura practically screamed 'awkward'.

The man offered a smile, his eyes were reassuring and his soft gaze never faltered. Though in this scenario, Yuuri found it unsettling.

"I'm Victor, you must be my roommate. Yuuri, right?" He held out his hand for Yuuri to shake, acting as if he had no recollection of the event that just occurred.

Yuuri took his hand briefly, minimizing the physical contact to the lowest possible quantity.

"um, yeah... it's nice to meet you?..." he was puzzled at the amount Victor seemed not to care that Yuuri literally spent the last 20 minutes hiding from him in their bathroom. Surely anyone would have found that exceedingly strange, even Yuuri would have if he were in Victor's shoes.

"The pleasure is all mine5.' insisted Victor, grabbing Yuuri's hand and placing a small kiss upon his knuckles. Yuuri flinched, jerking his hand away and placing it behind his back.

"hahaha... um sorry...will you excuse me? I have to go... it was nice meeting you bye!" Yuuri awkwardly shuffled his way around Victor and to the door, he could feel the man staring him down as he left.

"Bon voyage!'" he sang, as Yuuri disappeared down the corridor.

Victor was weird...

---

{plisetsky}

Yuri Plisetsky and his childhood frenemy Mila Babicheva, strut side by side together on campus, bickering about something ridiculous as per usual.

"I dont think that's the correct term-"

"Can it mila! dont get smart with me!!" Yuri scowled at the cocky grin splayed upon the sophomores face.

Mila laughed at the boy's aggressive nature.

"So who'd you get bunked with anyways?" she questioned, attempting to change the subject.

"huh? "

"y'know your flatmate assignment... you got a letter right?"

"oh yeah, I dont know I haven't looked at the letter yet." Yuri shrugged.

"what?? you do realize we settle in today right?"

he raised an eyebrow "so?"

" 'so' your room number is on that paper einstein."

"okay? I'll look at it later, get off my case."

Mila gave frustrated huff before snatching Yuri's satchel off his forearm.

"hey! give it back hag!" Yuri attempted to grab at the bag, but Mila was holding it up over her head so he couldn't reach.

She shuffled through the bag a little before finding what she'd been searching for, and waving it around teasingly. " how bout we see who it is now, no more procrastinating." she opened the letter and took a few moments to read the contents.

"well the good news is that it's no one you know."

Yuri let out a breathy sigh of relief. "thank god"

"He's a literacy major, and- wow his stats are impressive, much like yours. he's pretty young too. I think you guys may just get along."

Yuri rolled his eyes " as if." Although he tried to seem disinterested, his attempts were to no avail, as Mila noticed the way his eyes lit up.

"says he's also a freshman, his name is Otabek altin."

"thats a weird name."

Mila sighed, folded the paper back up, then handed it, and the satchel back to Yuri. "you're going to one of the most culturally diverse schools in the world, 90% of the names are gonna sound 'weird' to you. get used to it."

Yuri sighed." whatever"

"oh and by the way, you're room ' 622'.".

---

{katsuki}

" And then he acted as if It was completely normal! and said 'bon voyage' as if we were in some weird french rom com." Yuuri exaggerated, hiding his face in his hands. " I don't know what's worse, the fact I got caught hiding in a bathroom because I was too scared to meet my roommate. Or the fact that my roommate might be a psychopath."

" Okayy...I'm not saying that he's weird ...but I'm also not denying it either." Phichit stretched, whispering the last part.

Yuuri whimpered into his hands. " what am I gonna do, I have to face him at some point"

Phichit comforted his friend, bringing him into a loose hug. '' hey... its okay remember, try and stay optimistic."

" Easy for you to say! You have too much luck when it comes to meeting new people, they always love you. Im just an awkward mess."

"Well I love you, doesn't that count for something?"

Yuuri laughed, finally deshielding his hands from his face. "ah I'm sorry Phichit, I've just been ranting about me. how'd things go with your flatmate?''.

" Okay well there are some pros and cons with seung gil...'' sighed phichit.

"Good news first, please,"

" Well for starters he's totally hot!'' Phichit gushed, "And he's cool with my hamsters! Oh! and he has this husky pup that he snuck in! and he's a mathematics major like you! I really like him! He seems really cool and easy going but..."

Yuuri quirked an eyebrow at him " But? what? he seems perfect as far as you're telling me''

"But..." he continued, '' I dont think he likes me very much"

" wuh?! -why? what gives you that impression? how could anyone not like you?"

"Any time I talk to him he seems really disinterested, he never even smiled at me, not once!" Cried Phichit.

" Oh... so you have a roommate that doesn't show enough emotion, and I have one thats fit to be on broadway?". Yuuri joked, attempting to fish out a laugh or two from his friend.

"Yup, we sure are on opposite scales of unlucky." Phichit giggled.

---

{plisetsky}

Yuri looked down at the paper In his hand on the way up the escalator. " Otabek huh?".

The elevator reached the 6th floor and Yuri pulled his suit case behind him.

'618.. 619..620...621...622!'

He pulled his keys out of his jacket and mentally prepared himself to interact with a new human being. Yuri was hopeful that this interaction wouldnt end in disaster. He unlocked the door and slowly pushed it open. The hinges of the door were rusted and made a horribly irritating noise when in motion. All of the dorm rooms are identical for the most part, so the inside didn't pull any sort of reaction from the boy, as he'd seen a few of the dorm rooms previously. Yuri was past ' fashionably late' so he wasnt really surprised when he found that no one was home. There was a few bags of unpacked luggage pushed off to the side and a small note on the inside of the door.

The note read: ' I wasnt sure which side you'd prefer. I don't have a preference so, make yourself at home.'.

Yuri shrugged it off and threw his bags into the 'right' section of the room. ( he likes right because he hates being wrong.),

He pulled out his phone and looked at the several messages he revived.

Victor🤮

V: Hey

V: whats up xoxo

V: did you meet ur roommate yet//?

V:i met mine he's so cute ;33

V: i think i might have scared him off though D':

V: Yuriii??// u should stop leaving ur phone on do not disturb mode

Y:dont tell me what to do!

Y: jeez what did you do to the sap?

V: I dunno... i tried to be nice but i think maybe it was the wrong scenario? or maybe i was too nice.

V: do you think maybe i come on too strong sometimes?

Y: No

V: <3 a:)

Y: Id say all the time.

V: <\3 :(