Roomie

Molly and Yanghu watched the two siblings bicker every time Yilao found something girly he shouldn't have taken then his luggage was reduced to just two bags

Yilao said "Dad, take the remaining two back to his room in case he takes something when we're not looking"

Yanghu nodded and took the two pieces of luggage filled with girl stuff back up to Qilin's room

Qilin pouted "Yilao, You're too restrictive"

Yilao yawned "It's for your own good, Linlin"

Qilin looked at the small bag of skincare on top his luggage "My skincare routine won't be on forty nine anymore"

Yilao patted his shoulder "Thirty is also good, you already look so good. What else do you need it for"

Qilin sighed "The skincare is not for me to look good, it's for my skin to remain smooth without blemish or freckles or any spots of the sort. You'll understand when you grow up"

Yilao shrugged "Whatever, you'll be fine"

Molly asked "If he's already on a forty nine, it won't do him good to drop or his skin will lack it's original quality, Laolao"

Qilin pouted "Yilao, do you want your big brother to start looking old and wrinkly"

Yilao was puzzled "Wilk it really be that bad to go down by a few notches?"

Molly nodded "Well not wrinkly but it will make him look ill and although most guys aren't even on a thirty, guys use skincare products too so it's not bad if he takes his skincare routine set along, he doesn't have to bring everything with him"

A few minutes later, the bag became bigger and Qilin was happy "Thank you, Molly"

Yilao scoffed "What about me ehh?"

Qilin said "You removed my makeup kit, my princess towel and got me a plain blue coloured one, my plushies and left only the bunny one"

Yilao pursed her lips then said "I left you a lip gloss, that mascara thing, your special movate cream for your hair and your glossieur eyeliner. That's already too much for you"

Yanghu said "Well sorry to bother your bickering but this is almost eight and isn't your curfew by ten?"

Qilin ran upstairs and Yilao shouted "What else do you want to do?"

Qilin replied "I need to take a shower and change"

Yilao said "You can take a shower when you get to your dorm! Also you don't need to change!"

Qilin shouted back "I stink!"

Yilao rolled her eyes "Linlin can be so extra. He never smells bad"

Qilin came down in a green turtle neck cotton sweater and cameo green three quarter shorts with green flat sandals

Yilao gaped in confusion "What do you need sun shades for?"

Qilin pulled the hung the sun shades in his hair "I realized I didn't pack any"

Molly said "His university is on the way to my place and I already texted my driver to come pick me up and he'll be here soon"

Yanghu held Qilin's hands and patted his head "Be careful in school and come home if you face any difficulties, okay? Me and Xiaolao will always be here for you"

Yilao also added "Big bro, be super duper careful. Don't get exposed"

Qilin nodded "Sure"

There was a knock at the door and Molly said "That must be him. I guess it's time to go"

Before Qilin could say anything, Yilao hugged him "Linlin, I'll miss you"

Qilin hugged her back "Me too, Lao'er"

Yilao quickly released him "Now shoo already so I can use your room as a gaming studio"

Qilin squinted his eyes "Don't even think about it"

Yilao made a silly face at him "Bleh"

They were almost at Qilin's University when Molly asked "Laolao didn't let you take any hair accessories, right?"

Qilin suddenly realized "That's true, damn it so that's why she hugged me that time and distracted me with a I miss you and sneakily took out the hair clips I shoved in my back pocket. Yilao!"

Molly opened a compartment with different things and brought out two butterfly hair clips, two scrunchies and two hair bands "I told the driver to get these for you from me as a reunion gift"

Qilin happily received them all with a bright smile on his face "Awww, Molly, they're so pretty"

Molly asked "You haven't eaten this evening and the cafeteria will probably be closed when you get back, right?"

Qilin shook his head "No they close by nine. I'll just grab something to eat after dropping my stuff in my dorm"

Molly gave him a big bag of takeouts "No need to bother yourself, I asked the driver to get these for you and since you have a big appetite, I got you a lot"

Qilin raised an eyebrow when he peeked into the bag "Did my sister ask you to get this?"

Molly smiled wryly "Okay you got me. Yes she asked me to get you the food"

Qilin smiled softly "Sometimes I think Yilao's a tsundere"

Qilin was lucky they still allowed cars in so Molly asked the driver to take him right to his dormitory entrance. Qilin explained to the driver using the university map on his phone

Molly asked "Should we help with your load?"

Qilin shook his head "No don't worry, you've already helped me a lot"

Molly raised an eyebrow "Are you sure? It's the fifth floor and there is no elevator"

Qilin thought about it "Girls aren't allowed in the dorm after seven though"

Molly said "It's fine, I'll stay in the car and the driver will help you with your luggage. Right, Mason?"

The driver nodded "Yes Miss"

They finally arrived at the fifth floor and although they got weird looks on the way, no one really paid attention to them

When they arrived in front of Qilin's room, it was locked so he opened it and they carried the bags inside to the empty bed since the one on the right seemed occupied already

When coming out, Qilin took just his key and phone so he was about to lock it when Mason said "Sire, you don't have to escort me back down. I will also tell Miss thank you on your behalf"

Qilin said "But you've helped me so much, the least I could do is escort you back down"

Mason shook his head "You still have a lot of work to do and you haven't eaten even though it's already so late so don't bother yourself"

Qilin locked the door "Okay let me escort you to the stairs"

Mason smiled "I appreciate, Sire"

Qilin got back to his room but didn't lock it from inside since his roommate was still out

Qilin looked around the room to observe the layout

The room was three meters wide and five meters long, there were two steps below the bed on the left to make it a bit higher than the bed on the right. A small bed stand with two drawers beside the beds and a window a meter in size above each bed

There was a wardrobe for each bed and on the left side of the door were two tables and two chairs not joined together though. On the right side of the door was another door wish Qilin was curious about so he turned the knob

Qilin was astounded "So no sharing bathroom with others except one's roommate? Slick!"

Qilin carried the big bag of food onto the empty table and started bringing it out "Boiled yam and egg with cheese, Waffles with white chocolate and whipped cream, fried chicken and gravy, Xiao Long Bao, Vermicelli cheese noodles, Vanilla ice cream and Coconut juice"

Then someone came in and when Qilin turned around, he saw a guy with Jet black hair and sea green eyes obscured by the glasses he wore and he was dressed in black long sleeve shirt and black corporate pants standing at a height of 170cm

Qilin immediately introduced himself when the guy just glared at him "Hello, I'm Fang Qilin, your new roommate and you must be Azlin, right?"

Azlin answered and closed the door "That's right"

Azlin was about to lock the door from behind when he asked "You're not going out again today, right?"

Qilin shook his head and Azlin locked the door "Okay"

Qilin offered him the fried chicken and gravy and Azlin said "I already ate"

Qilin nodded with an "oh" then continued with his meal

Azlin went to lay on his bed and brought out his phone to use

Fifteen minutes later when Qilin finished his food "Time to arrange my stuff"

Qilin brought out his cat desk lamp which earned a glace from Azlin but he didn't say anything

Next Qilin brought out his tiny little table decorations and arranged it on the table then he brought his bedsheet and pillow which had bunny and cat imprints

Then he took out his bathroom slippers and placed it by the bathroom door. He then arranged his clothes into the wardrobe

Lastly, he brought out a thick tape curtain and wanted to hand it around his bed so when he is changing, Azlin wouldn't see him

[the tape curtain is a type of curtain that rope at the end can stick to walls]

When Azlin saw Qilin carrying his (Qilin's) chair and standing on it with the curtain in his hand but the curtain was still touching the ground so he tried to raise it higher and almost fell off the chair

Azlin hurriedly got up "What are you doing?"

Qilin pouted "I'm trying to tape the curtain to the wall for privacy"

Azlin wanted to ask privacy for what since they're both males but he didn't bother and said "Let me help. You clearly haven't done this before"

Qilin said "I have..." and Azlin looked at him then Qilin got down from the chair and said "...supervised it before"

Azlin moved the chair back to its original then took the tape curtain and raised his hand up and stuck it onto the wall successfully

Then he took the other end and went to the wall adjacent and stuck it there too so Azlin pointed at the curtain which was crossing on Qilin's bed "What do you do about that part?"

Qilin had already started unfolding a pole which might be used to hold that place up so it won't cross over but will surround the bed properly with space to move around too

Azlin collected the pole and unfolded it in one go then attached it to the middle of the curtain and pulled it to the end of the bed but a little farther towards the steps and stuck the lower part of the pole to the ground

Azlin asked "All done?"

Qilin raised another tape curtain for his bed window and looked at the window "I should be able to do this one, thanks, Azlin"

Azlin nodded and went back to his bed then Qilin hurriedly asked "Azlin, Can I call you Lin instead?"

Azlin replied "No problem"

Qilin gleefully said "My nickname is Linlin so you can call me that too"

Azlin answered "There's no need"

Qilin didn't bother him anymore and went to place the tape curtain above his bed then opened the curtain for fresh air

Qilin continued arranged his things while Azlin continued whatever he was doing on his phone

Azlin glanced up sometimes but the curtain was not a see through type that he couldn't even see Qilin's shadow so he didn't know what he was doing though he was definitely not asleep 'Whatever type of roommate he is, I just hope he is no trouble"

Azlin looked at the bag full of dirty takeouts and looked at the waste in in between the main door and bathroom door 'It wouldn't fit, I would have to go throw it in the big waste storage container on the first floor

So Azlin dropped his phone, stood up, took the bag, opened the door and went downstairs not before closing the door first"

When Qilin heard the door close, he peeked out from his curtain "He's gone out, I can finally go take a shower and change into my nighties"

Qilin hurriedly took his towel and bath robe then entered the bathroom but was stunned to see a washing machine 'Luxury! I was worrying about the fact I would have to use my hands to wash my clothes but no need'

Qilin took off the clothes and underwear he was wearing them happily threw it into the machine and turned it on then took his bath

When he was done with his bath, Qilin hung his clothes on the wire then stepped out of the bathroom towards his bed but before he reached the steps, the door flung open which froze him in place

Azlin looked at the boy with his wet hair dripping water on the floor in a bathrobe "You forgot to dry your hair"

Qilin stiffened body relaxed "I didn't take my hair dryer with me to the bathroom"

Azlin closed the door as he said "What about the towel in your hand?"

Qilin looked puzzled "It's a body towel?"

Azlin just nodded as he thought 'Why do I even bother?'

When Qilin entered his curtain, Azlin took the mop beside him and cleaned the area that was wet

Azlin then changed into a tank top and shorts since he was about to sleep

After Qilin changed into his nightwear, he got on his bed and took his phone to update the girls

{

Maddie: Waow he's really nice

Ga Eul: He didn't even question and just helped, you have a really nice roommate

Qilin:Yeah I guess I got lucky

Maddie: Unlike this little brat who is soo messy though

Ga Eul: Hey, you have your own flaws too, washing your clothes on the balcony right when I want fresh air

Qilin: What? I don't understand

Maddie: I like washing my clothes while sitting in the balcony cause it's cooler that way

Qilin: Doesn't your room have a washing machine?

Ga Eul: Washing machine!?

Maddie: No room has a washing machine installed by the school unless the student brought one themself

Ga Eul: Your roommate brought a washing machine? Maddie, why didn't we think of that

Maddie: Because we didn't. Period

Qilin: But you guys have a balcony, my room at home has a balcony too

Ga Eul: That's one of the factors which makes girls' dorm different than boys

Qilin: What else do you have that we don't

Ga Eul: We have a bathtub, a definitely more comfortable bed than yours

Qilin: The only thing I acknowledge in that sentence is the bathtub because this bed is super comfy

Maddie: Do a video of your room, we wanna see

Ga Eul: Yep!

}

Qilin stood up quietly and peeked to see that Azlin was already sleeping then he did a video of his bed, wardrobe, bed stand then moved to his table and briefly showed Azlin's side

{

Ga Eul: Wow, your curtains are so pretty, so is your bedsheet and your pillow. You make me jelly

Maddie sent a video

Qilin: Your room is really pretty, I love the puppy aesthetics. Gaeul, your pillow and bedsheet are pretty too

Ga Eul: Hehehe

Maddie: Gaeul's already yawning

Qilin: Yeah it's already late and we have class by 7am tomorrow

Ga Eul: What? Which class?

Qilin: Didn't you check your department's group chat? You should have at least seen it in the faculty's group chat though

Maddie: Oh yeah that's right, our department governor hasn't posted it on the group but I just checked it on the faculty's announcement page. My department's group chat is flooded with useless messages so I didn't check it

Qilin: Lucky me then since my department isn't really that chatty

Ga Eul: 7am is too early

Qilin: I guess it's because it's a general lecture for all faculties

Maddie: Okay then see you tomorrow

Qilin: Okay see you guys then

}

Qilin stretched a bit, set an alarm then placed his phone on his bed stand before going to bed

Around 2am, Qilin woke up to go use the bathroom then when he came back, he was very sleepy and didn't know what he was doing and went to sleep on Azlin thinking he was his bed

When Azlin felt a body on him, he woke up and heard Qilin mumble "This bed isn't comfy anymore..."

Azlin sighed "I'm not your bed, Qilin. Get off me"

But Qilin was already fast asleep and Azlin groaned as he tried to lift him up and push him to the ground but he paused 'Wait wouldn't throwing him to the ground be so cruel? He is so small, if he gets hurt, it's literally gonna be on me'

Azlin carried Qilin on his shoulder and took him to his bed

But when he passed through the curtain, he was bewildered but had no expression on his face because of his paralysis "This looks like a girl's room and is suspicious though but it's none of my business"

Azlin gently laid Qilin on his bed and draped the covers on him who curled in like a baby 'He does look like a girl though. I haven't really looked at him since he arrived'