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John Egbert was moving up in the school ranks from being in the junior high section to the high school section of the boarding school he attended. He looked at himself in the full body mirror looking at the new blazer and tie required by the school as part of his uniform. The tie he chose had a plaid pattern with light blue as a background and darker blue stripes. He tucked the end of the tie into the plain black blazer that was supplied to all the students before leaving the room. He stepped into the hallway which was a straight shot to the front door and headed in its direction. Quickly he was intercepted as a blond boy stepped out of the bathroom door from the left with just shades and a towel hanging limply from the waist on his steaming body. “Dave,” he gasped from the surprise.
“What? Did you think I was some raging douche who wanted to murder you after I took a shower?” he said, poker face perfectly in place.
“Maybe for a second, but now I know you’re just a raging douche” John said with a bit of a chuckle towards the end though he tried to play it cool like Dave. He took a step forward to where he could actually feel Dave’s breath “scuse me” he said when the blond didn’t move.
“Where ya going so early in the morning John?” Dave had been telling john not to sign up for the study group because it was just making him an easier target, but that obviously didn't stop John.
John gulped, “I-” he thought about lying but Dave could always tell so he decided against it “Dave,” he sighed “my grades really need to be good this year”. Dave slid his hands onto the walls on either side of him, his elbows making acute angles. John thought about how small the hallways were and that he should take that up with someone on the student council or something. Dave stepped forward this time and pressed his bare chest up against John for a mere second before John took a hasty step backward. John groaned in aggravation as Dave steered them both into his room which was on the left in between johns room and the bathroom. Dave had always done things that seemed homosexual for ironic purposes for as long as John could remember. Now in the much larger space Dave no longer had control over where John moved, so he dodged Dave as soon as his hands dropped from the door frame and shouted a goodbye as he left for the school building.
“Shit!” was the first thing John heard when he entered the lobby. He turned to the source and saw a small angry boy with dark brown hair, staring at the watch on his wrist and running up behind him all the way down the hall. The boy had to be a freshman because he looked like an elementary student, but being in high school was the only way he could get in the dorm. John turned back to the glass doors at the front of the lobby in order to stop staring and focus on what he was doing. He put his hand on the handle pushing it open slightly before there was an impact from behind causing him to tumble forward with a noticeable amount of extra weight on his back. Landing on his forearms and stomach with the extra weight caused his skin to break open a bit and prickle with blood. The stinging sensation convinced him to get off his elbows as fast as he could. Right as he was about to talk to the person who fell on top of him the presence lifted and offered his hand by throwing it into John’s view. John followed the outstretched arm to the owners face. It was the small angry boy who was in a hurry. John considered that fact and gratefully took his hand. As John stood next to him he realized he was a good 2 inches taller than him, but only had to look down a bit since they were both fairly short.
“Weren't you in a hurry to get somewhere?” John asked remembering the earlier sight.
“Fuck it. Who cares anymore if I'm late on the first day of school because my idiot roommate was screwing around with all the electronics, including our alarm clocks, last night.” his voice was in a constant growl, sort of raspy, and his facial expression just said 'this is stupid' all over it.
A smile starts to form on John’s face as he says, “well he must have messed with your watch too because school doesn't start for another hour.” The boy's expression changes now so that his eyebrows raise into his messy hair covering his forehead.
He gets his act together and says, “then I guess I ran into you for no reason”.
“I don't know maybe there was a reason. Maybe fate brought us together to be friends?”
“Fate isn't going to bother making people friends when it has more important things to deal with. Fate would rather pair people up to get married than waste its time trying to get you friends.”
“Hey its trying to get you friends too! Or,” John chuckled, “maybe we're meant to be together!”
“You hardly know me and you're already trying to hit on me.”
“What? No, I just, I was using logic, or at least I thought I was,” John sighed and scratched at the back of his neck, “since you say I hardly know you, could you at least tell me your name?”
“No fucking way. Then you're going to insist on being my friend and I don't know if you'd be worth the trouble your needy self will bring me.”
“I think it'll be worth it .” He cracked a smile and meant what he said because he kind of liked the guy. He was funny. Now with a bit more sarcasm he said “My name is John Egbert and I'm the one fate has paired you with.”