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They were Roommates

Epilogue

Varian and Hugo have been together for a month and it’s been the best month of Varian’s life.

The day after the two got together, they had met up with Nuru for lunch. It began kind of shaky with Hugo spotting Nuru and blurting, “Wow she’s shorter than you!”

Varian had to physically hold Nuru back from attacking his boyfriend and then forced Hugo to apologize. The two’s relationship was hostile until they bonded over their hatred of a certain teacher. Now they were fine together but Varian would never leave them in the same room alone.

“Your boyfriend is fine look wise,” Nuru had said to Varian once. “Put some tape on his mouth and he’ll be the perfect boyfriend.”

He’d shoved her off her chair for that one.

Hugo had said that she was basically Varian but shorter and a girl. “All she needs is a hairstripe,” he had said.

Varian had nudged him and then they went back to watching some trashy show on Netflix together.

Yesterday, Hugo had asked Varian out for a lunch date. “We eat lunch together everyday, Hugo,” Varian had said.

“Yes but this one is going to be special.”

“Why?”

Hugo hadn’t answered him much to Varian’s chagrin but he agreed to go on a date with him.

That day, they went to a different cafe than before. Varian glanced around. It was a pretty normal cafe so he wasn’t sure why this was any more special than their normal place. “Why did you take me here?”

Hugo learned over the table towards him. “This, my dear Varian, is where I got the coffee that spilled on you.” He sighed. “That’s how we met. Isn’t it romantic?”

Varian threw a wrapper at him. “Hush.” But he was grateful for that one chance that they met as they did. If they hadn’t, who knows what their relationship would’ve been like? Would they have even crossed paths much as roommates?

The two chatted until they were called for food. Hugo went to get it as Varian contemplated what he was going to say when he came back. When Hugo arrived with the food, Varian said, “Can I ask you something?”

“You just did.”

“Hugo.”

“Alright fine.”

Varian fiddled with his cup. “That night when I went to the party with you… I caught you making out with some girl in the kitchen.” He looked up to see Hugo frozen in place, cup raised halfway to his lips. “What was that about?”

Hugo set his cup down. “That was Alaina Herdrew. She was my girlfriend during my freshman year. We broke up at the end of it. Not for anything dramatic, we just weren’t working.” He looked out the window like an anime protagonist. “I was excited to see her because I still liked her as a person and friend and we haven’t talked in so long. When I saw her, she looked like you a bit. Same black short hair and blue eyes but no freckles. As I drank more, she looked more and more like you and one thing led to another and…” He looked back at Varian, face apologetic. “Is that why you left?”

Varian nodded. Hugo groaned and put his head in his hands. “Jesus, Varian, I’m so sorry.”

“It’s fine, it’s fine,” Varian said. “It was one time, right?” Hugo nodded. “Well then it doesn’t matter. And plus, we weren’t even together then.” He leaned over and tapped Hugo on the nose. “But if I catch you doing it now, I’ll sic Nuru on you.”

Hugo laughed, breaking the tension. “I’m terrified,” he teased. He took a sip of his coffee. “You should meet Alaina sometime. She’s pretty chill.”

“I’d love to meet her,” Varian said honestly.

“Look at us,” Hugo said. “Meeting each other’s friends. All that’s left is the parents.”

“Speaking of.” Hugo had conveniently brought them to what Varian wanted to ask him. “You live near Wisconsin right?”

“An hour away.”

“Good! Because I live in Wisconsin and I want you to meet my dad.”

Hugo nearly spit out his coffee. “What? Really?”

Varian nodded. “Just for a day,” he said. “We’ll have dinner together, you can meet my dad and my dog and I can show you my house.”

Hugo drummed his fingers on the table. “Okay. Only if you’ll meet my mom.”

Varian perked up. “Really?”

Hugo laughed. “Why are you so surprised? You asked first.”

Varian flushed in embarrassment. “Sorry. But yes! I’ll meet your mom.”

Hugo reached over for Varian’s hand and took it in his, playing with his fingers. Varian looked down at their joined hands. “We’ve come pretty far, huh?” he said.

“Imagine if I never spilled coffee on you,” Hugo said, saying Varian’s previous thoughts out loud.

“I’d have a clean shirt.”

Hugo laughed and stood to kiss Varian’s forehead. “I love you, Varian Ruddiger.”

“And I love you, Hugo McCoy.”

They kissed and Varian breathed in the smell of coffee.

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They were Roommates

Chapter Seven

As he always did, he panicked.

He ran straight for the communal bathroom, locked himself in the last stall and then called Nuru. She answered with a sleep, “Hello?”

“Nuru!” Varian practically shouted. He could hear her flinching. “I’ve got it bad. I’ve got it really bad.”

There was a pause. “Are you sick?” Nuru finally asked hesitantly.

Varian shook his head before reminding himself that she couldn’t see him. “No! I got it bad for a certain blonde haired asshole.”

Another pause. “Draco Malfoy?”

She was fucking with him. “Nuru,” he snapped impatiently. “This is serious. I am having a crisis. I like a guy who doesn’t even like me back and he’s my roommate so if he finds out and rejects me, it’s gonna be awkward as hell.”

Nuru was silent again but this time she was contemplative. “Varian,” she said finally, “I don’t think Hugo will reject you.”

Varian frowned. “What do you mean?”

“I mean that Hugo likes you too.”

“Nuru, he doesn’t.”

“And how do you know that?” she shoots back.

Varian checks to see if anyone else has come in before saying, “At the party Hugo dragged me to. He was making out with a girl. So yeah, not into me.” He felt a lump in his throat and promptly swallowed it.

He expected sympathy but all Nuru did was sigh in annoyance. “Hugo is either a fucking idiot or a huge fucking idiot,” she said.

“What does that mean?”

“He was probably trying to make you jealous,” Nuru said reasonably. “It was stupid of him but he did it anyway.”

“Nuru come on, he was making out with her long before I came in.”

“Hmm.” Varian could see her tapping her chin in thought. “What color hair did she have?”

“What?”

“Answer the question, V.”

“Uh.” Varian closed his eyes and forced himself to picture the scene and the girl. “It was kinda hard to see but her hair was definitely dark.”

“Black dark?”

“Maybe.”

“And how long was her hair?”

“How is this relevant-”

“V!”

“Okay!” He tried to picture it. Now that he considered it, she didn’t have that long of hair. It was a pixie cut in fact. He told Nuru this.

Nuru was silent and then she burst into laughter. “What? What’s wrong?” Varian demanded.

She wouldn’t stop laughing. Finally, between breaths, she said, “Oh my god, you chose the stupidest fucking guy in the world.” She calmed down and added, “There’s no way in hell he’ll reject you, Varian.”

“But-”

“Hey. I’m your best friend. Would you ever doubt your best friend?”

“Well…”

“Don’t answer that,” Nuru said quickly. “Anyway, trust me. You’re both stupid and he likes you and you need to ask him out.”

“And if I get rejected?” Varian asks, voice quieting.

Nuru’s quiets too. “Then I’m sorry. You can blame me and I’ll do anything to make it up to you.”

Varian felt himself smiling. He loved Nuru, he really did. “Thanks, N.”

“Anything for you, V.”

Varian was still smiling as he hung up. His heart was beating rapidly but he chose to ignore it.

Even if Hugo rejected him, he still had Nuru by his side, guarding his back. And honestly, that was enough for him.

Hugo was going out again, Varian noted, annoyed.

And he had the nerve to turn to Varian, grinning, and say, “Why don’t you come with me again?”

And Varian laughed and said, “Fuck no, you are on your own, McCoy.”

Hugo pouted. “What’s wrong? Didn’t you have fun last time?”

“No, I didn’t,” Varian said, temper rising for some reason. The image of Hugo and the girl was fresh in his mind. “What part of me leaving don’t you get? I didn’t enjoy myself because it just isn’t my thing.”

“So what, you're just gonna be a pathetic wallflower for the rest of your life?” Hugo snapped. His eyes instantly widened. “Wait, I didn’t-”

Varian stopped him. “Yes, I will be. And if you don’t like that, if that isn’t enough for your high McCoy standards, then you can get the fuck out.” He didn’t know what came over him but he was unnaturally mean. Maybe it was the fact that Hugo, his crush, was going to yet another party to be with someone else. And Varian couldn’t stop him. He’d be cruel to.

Hugo sputtered. “That’s not-you’re-Ruddiger-” He sighed and took a deep breath. “Fine. Fine. I’ll go without you.” And he promptly turned and walked out the door, slamming it shut behind him. Varian stuck his tongue out at it, heart falling in his chest.

Fine, he thought. I’ll just do my homework without him.

And he did just that until around 1am when Hugo came bursting through the door. Instantly, Varian knew something was wrong when he noticed that Hugo was drunk out of his mind. He stood from his desk chair and went over to Hugo so fast he might as well have teleported. “Hugo! Jesus Christ, you’re wasted.”

Hugo leaned on Varian, muttering something under his breath, tripping over his own feet. Varian put an arm around his waist and his shoulder and held him up. “Dammit, Hugo, what did you do?”

“I drunk,” Hugo slurred. “I drunk and drunk and drunk until I couldn’t.” He tripped again and Varian caught him.

“Dammit,” Varian said again. Hugo giggled. “What’s so funny?”

“You.” He giggled again. “You and your freckly face and your stupid blue streak.”

“Thanks. You’re going to bed.”

“What noooo. Varian, don’t make me go to bed.”

Varian promptly ignored the fact that Hugo called him by his given name instead dragging him to his bed as Hugo chanted, “Freckle face. Freckle face.”

He was going to punch him in the morning for this.

He sat Hugo onto his bed and took off his shoes, socks and glasses. Then he laid him down on his bed, bringing the covers up to his chin. He got a water bottle and aspirin and set it on Hugo’s nightstand.

“You’re so good to me, Varian,” Hugo muttered.

Varian tried to ignore him but he froze when Hugo said, “You’re so cute when you’re mad. That’s why I tease you all the time. Cause your face gets all red and your freckles pop and I love all those cute little freckles.”

Slowly, Varian faced Hugo, jaw dropped. He picked it up and said, “Hugo. You are extremely drunk. You’re going to regret saying this in the morning.”

“You don’t know that,” Hugo said grumpily. Varian sighed and turned back around. Ignore him, ignore him. “You don’t know a lot of things.”

“Oh? And what don’t I know?” Varian asked, mostly just to humor him. Hugo didn’t reply so Varian started to get himself ready for bed. As he walked to the door, he heard Hugo’s voice behind him.

“I love you.”

Varian froze and then turned in place. “I’m sorry what?”

“I love you. A lot. I have for a while. It’s made me sad.” Hugo yawned. “Goodnight, Varian.” And the asshole promptly fell asleep.

Varian’s back slammed against the door and he sank to the ground. He put his head in his hands and tried not to scream.

Hugo confessed. But was he just drunk or was he telling the truth?

Feelings were messy. Varian hated them so much.

Eventually, he got to his feet and wandered to Nuru’s dorm. He knocked on her door, head elsewhere.

She answered looking annoyed. “What do you want, V? It’s 1 fucking am.”

“Hugo said he loved me,” Varian blurted. Nuru blinked at him.

“That’s...good?”

“No it isn’t! Because he’s drunk and I have no clue if he’s being serious or not.”

“Varian you know what I think.”

“I do know. But I also know that people say stupid shit when they’re drunk.” Varian hung his head. “Nuru,” he said quietly, “I have no clue what I’m going to do if he tells me he was just drunk.”

Her face softened. “Varian.” She opened her arms and held Varian as he crumpled.

After all the shit he’s been through, this shouldn’t be what broke him. He had just been to confessed to and here he was crying in his best friend’s arms. Hugo McCoy was the best and worst thing to happen to him.

He loved him though. And he didn’t regret it.

Nuru let him sleep in her room. “I’ll sleep in Yvonne’s bed,” she said, barely hiding her glee when Yvonne didn’t mind at all. Varian was happy for his friend but right now, all he wanted to do was collapse onto his bed and sleep.

He woke up to Nuru knocking him on the head. “Wake up V,” she said. “You have a boy to talk to.”

As Varian got ready to leave, Nuru and Yvonne sat on Yvonne’s bed giving him pointers. “And remember, eye contact is very important,” Yvonne said.

“Yeah yeah I know,” Varian muttered. He was nervous about meeting Hugo again after last night. He was tempted to just walk in and ignore it but he knew Nuru would never forgive him for that. He took a deep breath to calm himself.

He felt a hand on his shoulder. “Hey, it’s gonna be okay,” Nuru said, voice gentle.

“How do you know that?”

“Well, he did confess his love to you, right?” Varian nodded. “Most people don’t drunkenly confess their love to their friends.”

Varian chuckled. “I guess. Thanks Nuru.” He nodded to Yvonne. “Nice to meet you.”

She waved from the bed and Varian headed out back to his dorm.

When he got there, Hugo was sitting on his bed, staring at his feet. He startled when Varian came in. “Hairstripe,” he said in greeting.

“Undercut,” Varian replied. He sat down at his desk, mind racing. Should he just ask now? Nuru’s voice came to him. Why wait? “You came in drunk last night,” he said, voice feigning casual.

Hugo stiffened. “Sorry about that,” he muttered.

“It’s fine,” Varian said quickly. He bit his lip. Here was the big question. “Do you… remember anything you said last night?”

Hugo said nothing. Varian stood and approached him as if he were approaching a scared dog. “You said you were in love with me,” Varian continued. His heart was beating rapidly in his chest, so loud he was afraid that Hugo could hear it.

Said boy glanced away nervously, rubbing a hand on his neck. “Look, Varian,” he said, “I was drunk and didn’t know what I was saying.”

This is what he was afraid of. But Varian saw in Hugo’s eyes that he was nervous. And probably lying. So he said, “Hugo. People don’t normally drunkenly confess their love to someone. Or compliment their freckles. So don’t try to pull that bullshit with me.”

Hugo startled. “Are you… okay with that?” he said. “Me loving you?”

Varian wanted to scream in frustration. “Why wouldn’t I be?”

“I don’t know!” Hugo stood quickly. “Because you have never shown interest in anyone before. Because you yelled at me like I killed your family last night. Because you clearly see me as nothing but a friend.”

“Stop assuming shit about me,” Varian snapped. “You don’t know what I see you as.”

“So what do you see me as?” Hugo asked impatiently. “What am I to you Varian?”

Varian paused. Hugo was a lot to him. His roommate. His lab partner. His friend. Maybe even his best friend. “You’re my first,” he settled with. He wanted to hit himself.

“Your first what?”

“My first crush. My first love. First roommate, first partner.” Varian chuckled. “First person to spill coffee on me and then immediately try to flirt after.”

That got Hugo to chuckle too. “It worked didn’t it?”

Varian’s face softened into a gentle smile. “Yeah it did. After a lot of attempts.”

Hugo looked at him, face still uncertain. “I didn’t know you liked guys,” he admitted.

“Neither did I. But I loved you anyway.”

Hugo breathed out a laugh. “So you’re serious? You’re not fucking with me?”

Varian shrugged, trying to be smooth. “Kiss me and find out.”

He didn’t have time to think before Hugo was on him, kissing him hard. He didn’t even hesitate to kiss back, hands finding their way around Hugo’s neck, Hugo’s hands on his waist. After many blissful moments, Hugo pulled away. “I love you, Varian.”

Varian rested his head on Hugo’s shoulder. “And I love you, Hugo.”

They stayed like that, enjoying each other’s warmth before Varian startled. “Oh right!”

“What?” Hugo asked, confused.

Varian grinned. “You haven’t met Nuru yet!”

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