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a bit? more like a lot.

You say, the other’s smile going unnoticed. The blush, however, does not and you gasp a little at the mere sight of it. It never occurred to you that you were probably the reason behind it.

wait, you have a roomate?!

You try not to let your shock show, though your attempts are fruitless. The least you could do is not let it slip that you hadn’t expected the other to live with anyone simply because she didn’t seem like the type. You believed she enjoyed her privacy, and it wasn’t like she couldn’t afford it on her own.

that is so cool! what’s it like? do you get along? do i know them?

I’d appreciate it if you wouldn’t make it seem like such a grave sin, either, John.  A petty flaw, perhaps.

You laugh just a little bit, adjusting the dark glasses on your face, a little twitch on your nose from the way they had shifted.

I do have a roommate.  It’s customary for first-years in college to share their assigned dormitory room with another.  I highly doubt you know her, though.  Her name is Cameron Chen, and she’s a complete introvert who devotes nearly all of her time to her studies.  She takes Chemistry with me, so she can often help me with some of its more visual elements.