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Wilbur sighed as he walked into the dorm building.
This was Wilbur’s second year of college and his 2nd time having a roommate
His last one was awful
He would throw parties around the dorm, drink, smoke, and do many non legal drugs.
After that experience Wilbur was dreading meeting his new roommate
Wilbur had come later than most so he was pretty sure his roommate had already settled into their room so he was scared to see how messy it was
Wilbur walked up the stairs to the second floor and walked down the hallway until he saw his room.
When he looked at the door he saw all kinds of stickers and other stuff that the building managers had hung up
Wilbur grabbed his key and twisted it in the lock
He shoved open the heavy, rusted door and prepared himself to see the worst
But when he saw inside he was pleasantly surprised
It was neat.
The persons bed was made all of their clothes and decor hung up
And best of all, there wasnt anything of theirs on his side of the dorm
Wilbur walked in all the way and now that he was in the room he could see a person sitting at the desk
“Hello?” Wilbur said
The person spun around and ripped out their earbud
And now Wilbur recognized him as the person his friends were telling him about.
A bunch of his friends had been texting him about this really annoying and loud kid who somehow got into college
Wilbur felt annoyance growing in his stomach
The kid just sat in silence for a moment
“Hey.” The kid said, quietly
“I'm just doing some work so you can get settled in, I made sure none of my stuff touched your side of the room” They said
“Okay” Wilbur was surprised
The kid was acting nothing like how his friends had described them
The loud, obnoxious kid was nowhere to be seen
Only this quiet and polite one was sitting at the desk listening to their music and scribbling something down into a notebook.
Wilbur began unpacking his bags and setting up his stuff
By the time he was done the kid was sitting up on his bed, which was clearly set as high as it could go, and was wearing some kind of headphones and scrolling on their phone.
Wilbur waved them down
The kid looked up and took off the headphones so they could hear
“Hey, my names Wilbur and I use he/him pronouns” Wilbur introduced himself
“Tommy, and I use the same” Tommy said, keeping his voice quiet
An alarm went off on Tommy’s phone and he sighed and climbed down from his bed
“Stupid fuckin alarm, making me eat and shit.” He mumbled
Tommy walked over to the mini fridge he had next to his desk and pulled out a coke
He then walked over to some sort of cart thing he had and took out microwave kraft mac n cheese
“Why dont you go down to the cafeteria?” Wilbur asked
“S’ too loud” Tommy said
“Y’know, my friends described you as ‘too loud’ but you seem to be quite the opposite” Wilbur teased
“Well, y’know, masking is a thing” Tommy replied
Wilbur paused and thought back to what his brother Techno had told him
“Yea, I mask when I'm out in public, it used to be really hard but now it's almost like instinct.”
“But why dont you just be yourself? It must get tiring” 7 year old Wilbur whined
“It does get tiring, super tiring, which is why when I get home I dont mask, home is like my safe space.” 9 year old Techno explained
“Okay, but pinky promise to never ever do it infront of me” Wilbur said seriously
“Promise” Techno and Wilbur locked pinkies
Wilbur was shocked.
How had seen multiple videos taken by his friends of this kid running around screaming curses at everyone who dared to call him a child
Now he just sees someone who's quiet and tired and shy
Wilbur gets knocked out of his thoughts when the microwave beeped, wignaling the fod was done
“But yea, I act different here then everywhere else, Im sure youve seen videos of me, even though I specifically told them I was uncomfortable” He mumbled the last part
“Hm,” Wilbur hummed, thinking “Well you dont have to mask when your around me”
Tommy’s head snapped up from where he was looking at his food
“Really?” He whispered, eyes wide
“Really.” Wilbur said
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It has been a couple months since the first day they met and they had been growing closer and closer everyday.
Tommy had shared that he was 14 and his parents had pushed him to get amazing grades ever since he was little.
Wilbur said that this wasnt healthy but Tommy brushed it off saying that he could handle it, ‘it’s easy work Wil’ he would say
Wilbur eventually gave up trying to tell the boy how unhealthy it was and instead was there to remind him to take breaks and eat, instead of him having to have his phone remind him.
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“Hey Toms?” Wilbur began
“Hm?” Tommy hummed, half asleep
“Would it be okay if I invited some of my friends to the dorm?” Wilbur asked
Tomym lifted his head up and yawned
“Who?”
“Niki, Jack, Schlatt, and Quackity”
“Oh! And My brother is gonna come too!” Wilbur said, already super excited to see his brother
“M’kay but I dont wanna mask or anything so they might be confused” Tommy sleepily mumbled
“Ofcourse, Sunshine, you dont have to do anything you dont want to” Wilbur promised
“M’kay, but no recording me either, Schlatt recorded me and then posted it to TIkTok and wouldnt take it down even though I asked him too.” Tommy said, and he could already feel the embarrassment crawling up his throat
WIlbur could feel the anger brewing in his stomach
“Schlatt did what?” He asked
Tommy flinched at the anger
“M’sorry” He mumbled and hid his head in his blankets
“Oh, no, not you sweetheart, never you” WIlbur crawled up onto Tommys bed and hugged him “I could never be mad at you” He continued
“Are you sure my friends can come over? It's okay if you say no, I can just tell them something came up and-”
“Wil, it’s okay, they can come over” Tommy cut Wilbur’s rambling off
Wilbur looked down at Tommy who looked up at him in return
“Okay,” Wilbur lent down and kissed the top of Tommy’s head
Tommy’s face turned red and he hid it even more in Wilbur’s yellow sweater
Wilbur got up and down from Tommy’s bed and picked up his side of the room a bit before he got a text from his brother saying that he couldnt make it that day and that he was so sorry
“My brothers not coming today” Wilbur said sadly
Tommy reached down from his bed and pat Wilbur on the head a couple times
“S’kay Wilby, don’ be sad” He mumbled sleepily
Wilbur almost melted from cuteness
“Okay honey, I won't be” Wilbur said softly
Tommy smiled and nodded his head as best as his half asleep brain could before moving his hand back onto his stuffed animal
Wilbur looked down at his phone where a text from Quackity was there saying that they were almost there.
He sighed and unlocked his door, preparing for his friend to try his best to slam it open, even though the doors were designed to not be able to do that
As if on cue he heard a small bang and a qiet ‘ow’ come from behind the door before Quacktiy opened it and came running in
“Wil!” Quackity yelled “So where is he?” He asked
When Wilbur had told them that he roomed with Tommy, they had all said how sorry they were for him and that he must get no sleep at all witht he kid only 5 feet away from them
Wilbur had just told them that Tommy was fine and he didnt mind being roommates with him
They had all called him a liar and laughed
Wilbur pointed to Tommy’s bed, where he was currently sleeping and Quakcity’s eyes widened
“Is he sleeping??” Quakcity said in disbelief
“Yup” Wilbur said smiling
Wilbur heard a knock on the door and he opened it to see Shlatt, Niki, and Jack all standing there
“Hey Wil” Niki said, clearly exhausted “Can I sit only our bed?”
“Of course Niki” Wilbur answered
“Whats up, Wil” Jack said and held his fist up for a fistbump
Schlatt just walked in and inclined his head
“So where's the gremlin?” Jack asked while rolling his eyes
“What are you stupid? It’s obvious he’s not here right now, if he was it wouldnt be this quiet.” Shlatt replied
“Actually he’s right there, sleeping” Wilbur said, smugly
Everyone’s eyes snapped over to Tommy’s bed where he was sleeping soundly, with his earbuds in
“Anyway, I have to use the bathroom i’ll be right back” Wilbur excused himself
When Wilbur walked back into the room he was horrified at what he saw
He saw Schlatt, Quackity and Jack all laughing staring at a very confused and obviously uncomfortable Tommy
Niki was just watching in shock, sitting on Wilbur’s bed
Tommy was covered in what looked like a mix of silly string and the gross Jell’o from the cafeteria
“WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?” Wilbur screamed
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Tommy didnt know what was happening
He remembers Wilbur saying his friends were coming over and then falling asleep
But now here he was with these people in his dorma and spraying him with gross feeling stuff
After Tommy was more awake he could see that it was Schlatt, Jack and Quackity all standing in front of him laughing
Tommy could feel every fibre of everything around him
And he hated it
He knew that they were expecting some kind of explosive reaction from him
Because thats the Tommy they knew
But Tommy was tired
And he just wanted to sleep
And he wanted-
Wilbur
His mind supplied for him
You want Wilbur
Tommy felt tears spring up to his eyes
But then he saw someone walk into the room and pause
“WHAT IS GOING ON HERE!?” The person, no, wait, Wilbur screamed
Tommy flinched but he looked over to Wilbur as if he was his saviour
And now that he thinks about it, he kinda is
The whole room paused after Wilbur screamed
They could see his panting with anger
Tommy slowly moved from his bed to the floor
He still hated how everything felt but in his mind once he got to Wilbur everything would be okay again
He walked slowly from his bed frame to Wilbur and stood in front of him in complete silence before Wilbur scooped him up in a tight hug and began whispering reassurances in his ear
And that was what broke the dam
Tommy began sobbing and held Wilbur as tight as he could
He sobbed, unaware of the confused and concerned faces around him
“W-Wil *hic* it feels so g-gross” Tommy sobbed “h-help me”
Tommy began shaking in Wilburs grip
“Leave” WIlbur whispered to the people in his room
“Wait, what? You're choosing that annoying kid over us? Come on Wil it was just a-” Schlatt began
“LEAVE” Wilbur yelled
All of his friends scurried out of his room quickly with Niki being the last
Wilbur knew Niki had nothing to do with what happened so he gave her a side hug on her way out
“Okay, Love, let's get you cleaned up” Wilbur said
Wilbur knew that Tommy really didnt deal with substances on his clothes well
He remembered this one time Tommy spilt some soda on his shirt and he completely shut down
Wilbur let go of Tommy for a minute to get him soft and clean clothes to change into
Wilbur led Tommy to the bathroom at the end of the hall
Tommy clearly didnt want to let go of Wilbur so Wilbur and him made a deal
Wilbur stood at the sinks rambling on and on about everything and nothing in particular as Tommy took his shower
“Yea, so I told my brother ‘sand is clearly the superior seasoning’ and he completely flipped out on me and it was so funny”
Wilbur smiled as he heard Tommy laugh at his story
Wilbur heard the water shut off and clothes rustling, indicating that Tommy was changing
Tommy walked out of the shower area into the main toilet area and hugged Wilbur
“M’sorry for ruining your hangout with your friends” Tommy apologized
“Oh, Love, it’s okay you're more important than them anyway” Wilbur reassured Tommy
Tommy just nodded
They both walked back to their dorm and settled infront of the TV with mountains of pillows and blankets surrounding them
By the time the movie was down Tommy had fallen asleep on Wilburs lap
Wilbur picked him up to move him to his own bed but remembered that Tommy had made a request before he was fully asleep
“Can I sleep with you tonight?” Tired Tommy asked
“Of course, Love” Wilbur agreed
So instead of putting Tommy down in his own bed Wilbur carried him over to his
And that's how they fell asleep, cuddled up next to one another with a throw blanket thrown lazily over the btoh of them
‘Y’know’ Wilbur thought to himself ‘Maybe I’ll stick with this roommate’