Before I leave the dorm, I grab my phone from my room, having to knock since I left my keys inside. Mateo opens with a tired smile, his aggressive conversation seeming to be over.
"Sorry, forgot my keys!", I quickly squeeze past him to grab my phone and keys and running back out with a quick "later". Explaining to him why I'm in such a rush would waste more time than just leaving him standing there with that look of pure irritation.
I jog down the hallway, checking the time once more and wondering why the fuck I'm even doing this, I could have taken a long hot shower then casually strolling to the café and grabbing one of their amazing cupcakes. But no! Now I'm trying to jump down the stairs in an attempt to not break my neck and crash through the double sided glass doors that lead to the open grass area with quite a few trees and the little garden our botanic students planted right in the middle.
I ignore the stares from small groups sitting on those picnic benches with a build in table, we have some of them sprawled across the entire campus and half walk half jog to the café on the other side of the artist home, that's what I call it at least. Maybe not the science side of those using it as well.
Entering the small heated room, the scent of freshly grounded coffee beans and baked goods fills my nose instantly, a faint smile tugging the corners of my lips up. The girl behind the counter, Ava, gives me a small wave and a grin while silently placing a cup in front of her.
"Hey, what can I get you?", she asks politely, her voice soft and friendly.
"I'm waiting for some friends but make sure no one gets that big cupcake over there.", I point at the biggest one through the glass and wink at her, earning a silent chuckle and anod. With one last smile, I take a seat at one of the free tables, making sure it has room for three people before pulling out my phone to check the time again. One minute to spare. Suck it Hanna!
The bell over to door goes off and I lift my gaze at the two guys entering, disappointed that it's not the twins but I do know these two, they're friends with Katja and Marty, not so much with me. I'm not even sure if they know my name. Funny thing about them though, they both share the same first name, Logan, and are basically obsessed with each other.
Logan Klein and Logan Kenneth, the first one studies music, the other one psychology. They're actually quite different from one another, from what I can tell so far, Kenneth is the type to get on your nerves in like 2,4 seconds while Klein is this quiet, calm, collective guy who keeps an eye on the situation.
The two guys walk over to one of of the other tables, taking a seat close enough for me to hear their half whispered conversation.
"I can't believe that guy killed himself, I know he didn't do much right in his life, actually I can't think of one single thing but he still should have reached out for help, don't you think?", Kenneth mumbles, dark brown eyes fixated on his phone. What is he talking about?
"I don't know.", Klein replies, brushing a hand through his gray hair before rubbing over the shaved sides.
"But imagine his poor roommate, he's the one who found him, maybe I should go check on him. His name is James, right?", Klein just nods in reply.
"And what was the kids name? Felix?", Kenneth tilts his head, finally looking up at his friend.
"Finn, you idiot, I just told you five minutes ago.", the irritation in his dark and quiet voice brings a smile to my face, even though the thick British accent is kinda uncommon for our area. I love friendships like these, although I am one of the many people who think that there has to be something going on between those two. They're like all over each other at any given time, that does not fall under the category bromance anymore.
"Finn, right! That's actually a nice name compared to Logan, wouldn't you agree?", he grins before he drops his main attention back to his phone.
"He's all over the internet but nothing positive is being said about him, I mean, I can understand most people, he spread some really mean shit about some of them. Do you think what he said is true?", he asks, earning a silent grunt and a shrug.
"Yeah, I'm not sure either.", they fall into a moment of silence before Kenneth starts it up again.
"Oh yeah, you wanted a coffee right? Can you please get me one of their cupcakes?", he smiles up at him with pure innocence on his dark olive face.
"Chocolate, right?", Klein gets up from his seat, waiting for Logans response.
"Yup, thank you!", he cheers, reminding me a bit of a little child, not only the way his legs swing around under the chair but also the way he tends to look and treat other people. He's respectful, don't get me wrong but he tends to forget who's a friend and who isn't. Not a bad feature to have though. I relate quite a bit with him to be honest.
He looks up from his phone as the bell starts ringing again, this time actually revealing the twins. The open door lets a cold breeze slip in, causing me to shiver slightly.
"I didn't expect you here already.", Jenna grins, walking directly to the counter to wait for Logan to pack up and go. I get up from my seat and slip past Kenneth to greet my friends.
"Of course, duh! And as a reward you're going to buy me a cupcake.", I demand, crossing my arms in front of my chest.
"You forgot your money, didn't you?", Hanna smirks as soon as I nod guiltily.
"Fine, but just this once or else you'll get used to it.", she cringes at the thought but lets a smile slip up right after.
"So, what I wanted to ask you, did you hear about that guy who killed himself?", Hanna brushes a strand of hair out of her face while switching between me, her sister and the person in front of her in line.
"Barely, his name was Finn, right?", I amaze with my obtained knowledge.
"Yeah, I'd say poor guy but he spread some insane shit over the past year, I'm surprised we got skipped or something.", Jenna adds, shaking her head. I've honestly never even heard of him, maybe if I see a picture I could remember one or two incidents in which we encountered each other. But I also can't imagine someone being such a bad person here at this college that everyone hates on him even after he killed himself.
"For example? What kind of rumors did he spread?", I ask, staring at the twins as they exchange a few glances but before they could answer, someone else does and it's none other than Logan. Not the one standing in front of us though.
"Well, one of the biggest ones was the one with the vice-principle. He had the balls to say that guy killed a student here even though she committed suicide. Pretty amazing, eh?", he grins from his seat, long legs wrapped around each other.
"I wouldn't call it amazing, Logan.", Klein replies, not even looking at him and instead placing a five dollar bill in front of Ava to cash out the two items before retreating with them and his change back to their table.
"Okay, maybe amazing is the wrong word but you needsome courage and a huge need for attention if you decide to tell people that. I mean of course, everyone went ape shit about it and it was number one topic here. How did you miss that?", Logan asks me, his dark brown eyes piercing through mine.
"Uhm, before I got together with Martin, I wasn't very sociable.", it's true, from the two years I've been here, I've only started talking to people a year ago when I met Martin, he practically forced me into meeting all of his bazillion friends.
"Right! You're Marty's guy! I think I never caught your name.", he breaks a piece off of his cupcake before sticking it into his mouth, gaze still fixated onto me.
"Adrian. Adrian Lauden.", I reply, biting my bottom lip.
"Well, it's nice to meet you, Adrian Lauden. I'm Logan and that's Logan, we're practically twins.", he smiles sweetly at his friend who's eyebrows furrow together in a blink of an eye.
"No, we're not. You can just call me Klein if you want, it's basically a first name as well.", I smile and nod at his offer.
"Hey Ad, what kind of cupcake do you want?", I turn at the sound of Hanna's voice, staring at her for a split second before responding.
"Chocolate.", I mumble, slowly walking back to our table and sitting down, Kenneth watches me the entire way, smiling as soon as I notice him.
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