09:26pm | 08/27
"Taylor what're you doing here?" I asked once I got back to my room
"well I don't start school till next week so I figured, might as well visit my twin"
Taylor and I have been friends since we were 4 years old. We have so many similarities that our parents started to call us twins when we were younger, despite our skin color, so it kind've stuck. We both have freckles, we have sort've the same haircut, we're the same height, have similar personality traits, and our birthday's are days apart. He's literally the white me.
"oh"
"who was that? your man?" He asked
"yes—"
"no—"
Leigh and I said at the same time. I looked over at him and just shook my head.
"no, but he's 'interested' in me he says"
"and what's wrong with that?"
"he's a hoe...and so is he" I pointed over to Leigh
Leigh just smiled and shrugged. That's the thing I like about him. He's an honest hoe, for that he doesn't get the title of being a f-boy. But he still is a hoe.
"ahhh" Taylor said
"yeah. but you're not here for him you're here for me. so how'd you get here?"
"took a plane then an Uber the rest of the way" He explained
"how long are you staying, and where are you staying?"
"just two days, and here if your roommate doesn't mind. I kinda wanna get the dorm room feeling before I have to go live in one. I find it so stupid that freshmen can't live off campus"
"yeah I don't mind" Leigh butted in
"yeah well I do, I left New York for a reason. to get away from you guys. I don't even miss you yet"
"and this is me, not giving a fuck" He pointed to his face
I just shook my head then walked over to my closet.
"I'm gonna go take a shower, dude just had me playing basketball with him"
"but you don't even ball"
"exactly!"
I took off my sweaty shirt and threw it into my hamper before continuing to remove my pants and shoes.
I wrapped my towel around my waist before grabbing a fresh pair of briefs and my shower caddy.
I headed over to the bathroom which was right across the hall from me and met up with Justin who was standing by the sink brushing his teeth. When he saw me he spit into the sink then smiled at me.
"Hey" He said
"Hey. so you never told me you were a model" I said stopping by one of the other sinks
"and you never told me you're Malachi Richardson's son"
"touché. how'd you find out?" I asked
"I was going through your documents, well everyone on this floor's. and I seen in your emergency contact your dad was listed. I knew the name sounded familiar so I looked it up. Then I seen a picture of you and your family. and how'd you find out about the model thing?"
"Leigh told me. but question, if you're a model what's with the finance major?"
"modeling is just something I do for fun, I want a career as well. not that modeling isn't a career, but it's not the one I want for the rest of my life"
"interesting. alright well I needa go shower so I'll talk to you later" I said before picking up my caddy that I had rested on the sink
"yeah I'm about to hop in as well" He said
I just nodded and turned to walk away. As nice as it would be I'm not that kind of person.
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"food's here" Leigh said bursting into the room
"ayeee!" Taylor and I both cheered at the same time
Leigh suggested we stay in tonight and do a little movie night, you know get some Chinese, talk, shit like that. He even asked if it were cool to invite Masai which I had no problem with. I guess he's still a little salty because he said he would think about it.
No worries though because if he doesn't show up my stomach counts as two, his food won't go to waste.
"action or horror?" Taylor asked while scrolling through Netflix
"horror" Leigh said
I don't really care as long as it's a good movie. I'm watch pretty much any kind of movie besides drama and romance. Especially dramas.
There was a knock on the door which caught my attention.
"it's open" Leigh yelled
The knob twisted and slowly opened which made me even more nervous, even though I knew who it was anyways.
He walked in wearing a black hoodie and some ball shorts which I'm going to take a guess he was freeballing in.
"Hey" He said waving
"Sup bro" Leigh responded
"uh Masai this is my best friend Taylor. Taylor, Masai"
"Hey what's up?" Masai asked while going up to him to dap him
"chillin, nice to meet you" Taylor said in response
He then sat down next to me on my bed since Taylor had occupied the bean bag chair.
"sorry" He whispered
"it's forgotten...let's just move on"
"fuck it, we're just gonna watch The Conjuring" Taylor said giving up
"we've watched that like three times" I groaned
"yet each time you're scared" He teased
"aight so chicken fried rice for you" Leigh said handing over a food box to Masai
"rib tips and pork fried rice for you" He said then handing me my food
"General Tso's chicken for Taylor..."
"that stuff is nasty, it's all chicken fat" I gagged
"says the dude eating pork or should I say rat"
That's the biggest difference between Taylor and I. Our appetites. There's barely any foods we both enjoy. I like burgers he likes chicken sandwiches. I prefer pasta and he prefers pizza. You can't win when it comes to us and food.
"shhh the movie's starting" Leigh said
We both stuck our middle fingers up to him then turned our attention to the TV.
Halfway through the movie I found myself laid up under the covers cuddling with Masai. It was a habit I have since I usually watch horror movies with Taylor and cuddle with him. I forgot it was Masai on the bed with me and when I remembered it became too late.
It wasn't bad though. He smelt good and was playing in my hair in a soothing way. For the first time I wasn't scared to watch the movie. Of course the jump scares still caught me but I was more relaxed. The only weird part was the thinness of his shorts and his lack of underwear.
"They're sleeping" He whispered in my ear
I turned to look and both Leigh and Taylor were knocked. Taylor still on the beanbag and Leigh hanging half off the bed. I guess I was really into the movie because I hadn't noticed their snores until now.
"Taylor's like you?" He asked
"what do you mean?"
"is he like bi, gay..."
"He's straight. he has his fruity moments but doesn't every guy? He even once offered to be the one to take my virginity, just so it wouldn't be with a f-boy but I wouldn't do that to him"
"aww, you got a good friend"
"yeah I know. he would fight the whole world for me, even if he's no match. His little skinny self be thinking he's my macho older brother even though he's 5 days younger than me"
At this point we weren't even watching the movie anymore. We were still cuddled up but now we were facing each other.
"you're so...beautiful"
"Masai!" I whisper yelled before trying to get out of his grip
"don't worry I'm not gonna try anything. I just wanted to compliment you, you deserve it"
"thanks but—please stop. I already told you"
"why won't you just give a nigga a chance?"
"because I'm smart. What's better than having to fix or treat? prevention. The first principle of green chemistry. I'd rather not have to deal with the outcome of us than to risk it and what I fear most actually happen"
"so we can take it slow, we don't have to have sex just yet if that's not what you want. I'm willing to go at your pace"
"it's not even about sex. I just—"
"tell me you don't like me. tell me you don't at least think about me in that way, just a little bit. tell me this doesn't do anything to you and then I'll stop"
He grabbed my hand then brought it down to his pants touching his bulge. I immediately pulled my hand back from both being scared and feeling a little molested.
"it...it's more complicated than that"
"you're guarding your heart and I get that. I will admit I'm not the most...faithful guy but when I see something I like I'm willing to try. and right now I see something I like—someone I like"
"what you just felt, I can promise you that from here on out you'll be the only one allowed anywhere near it. I put that over my dead father" He continued
"We just met..."
"and that's supposed to mean what? I'm not asking you to marry me or to even be my boyfriend. all I'm asking of you is to just give me a chance. let me take you out on a date, get to cuddle you like this every night, get to..."
He leaned in which caused me to close my eyes even though I knew it was the wrong thing to do. His lips and mine connected like two perfect puzzle pieces. He didn't even have to move, this alone was intensifying. My heart started rapidly beating and I felt a little stirring down there as he pressed his body closer to mine.
"...get to kiss you like that every once in a while" He said when he pulled back
"I-I-uh" I was at a lost for words
"can you guys just fuck and keep it quiet" Leigh said
I turned to see him adjusting himself on the bed and getting comfortable.
"so what do you say?" Masai asked
I looked over at Taylor who was sleeping peacefully then up at the ceiling.
"I'm tired" I said turning fully over so we weren't facing each other anymore "good night"
He sighed then turned over as well so we were back to back.
"night"