Chapter 4: The Roommates

Eddy Rovski’s POV

I was finally being admitted into the Hostel as I was showing the invitation that I got from the Finnish Princess that was supposed to be my fiancé. But of course, that would be the easy part. The hard part was to meet my roommates since I will be sharing the room with them.

When I first came, I don’t know where the room was until there was the door. 2-D will be my next stop to sleep and change my clothes. I went to open the door and there it was, a very handsome man with blonde hair and dark green eyes. He was putting his stuff on the top bunk of the double decker bed.

“Hello, is this the room for—oops never mind. I am in the right place,” I said before I was moving my stuff to be put on the bed that I have claimed as my own. I turned to look at the young man before I was introducing myself to him.

“Eddy Dobulski, nice to meet you,” I said as I was smiling at him. the young man was looking at me before he moved to shake my hand as well.

“Tyler Virtanen,” he said as I went back to arrange my stuff before Tyler spoke again.

“So, are you ready to get the princess?” he asked me as I was doing my stuff, trying to ignore him. But of course, being someone that was coming from a royal family, I did mumble something that might be a shock to everyone.

“Not everyone wants to be a royalty,” I said before I was hearing the newcomer chuckled. Then, Tyler asked something that was not expected from him.

“Hey, Eddy, do you want to play a game?” he asked me as I was arching my eyebrow. Then, Tyler smirked.

“Something that will make others annoyed,” he said as I was smirking at him after he declared his mischief.

“Now that something that I loved to play,”  I said before we went to put our plan into motion.

*****

I was holding a pail of water before the door of our room was opening. On an instant, I was splashing the water to the newcomer that was coming into our room. I was shocked to see that it was a man with brunette hair and tan skin. I was blinking a few times before I heard that Tyler was laughing out loud.

Being guilty of doing something conspicuous to a new roommate that I have not met, I apologized to him.

“Dude, I’m so sorry,” I said before the newcomer was glaring at him. Tyler has been subdued by his laughter before he was looking at the man. There was something in his eyes that were holding mischief in them.

I don’t like them, I don’t like it one bit.

“You should see your face, dumbass,” Tyler asked before the newcomer was furrowing his eyebrows. I was watching all this exchange from the side because I don’t know him at all.

“Did we meet before?” the newcomer asked Tyler who got up from his bed and went to stand in front of him as an act to get to know him better.

“The name’s Tyler Virtanen. Nice to meet you. The guy that washed you with water is Eddy. Eddy Dobulski. Come on, dude. The guy’s cool,” Tyler said as he was patting my shoulder. I was looking at his gesture before the newcomer was looking at us.

“We’re your roommates and that was a welcome ceremony for you. Say, roomie, what is your name?” Tyler asked. Seriously, this guy has no shame at all. None, I tell you.

“Leo, Leonardo Ricci, a pleasure to make your acquaintances,” the newcomer said as he was extending his hand and we shook it. It was warm like his caramel eyes before we both said, “Likewise,”

After an exchange of pleasantry and all that stuff that come with it, we were sitting around our room as we were trying to get to know each other better. There was nothing at all and I think this was the best part of this competition actually.

“So, how do you got into this mess?” I asked before newcomer was furrowing his eyebrow but then Tyler interrupted.

“Wait, aren’t you the guy that asked what was going on in the restaurant the other day?” he said before Leo turned to look at him, arching his eyebrow in the process.

“Ah hah! It is you, isn’t it? How could I have not recognized it before?” Tyler said as he was shaking his head. Leo was smiling before I asked about their meeting.

“What happened?” I inquired.

“Well, this goon has been asking about the guys that were trying to get into the restaurant. He did not know what was going on until I told it’s for a free meal. I thought he might get some as well,” Tyler said as he was patting Leo’s shoulder. He just smiled at us.

“Wow, and did you get inside?” I asked before Leo shrugged.

“Not inside actually. I saw a fight between these youngsters and an elder man. I know they will crush him so I save them instead,” he said as Tyler was beaming at him.

“What did I tell you? He is a heroic person,” Tyler said as Leo shook his head.

“You don’t believe me that you’re heroic?” Tyler asked him before he sighed.

“No, I thought I was doing the right thing,” he said before Tyler and I were laughing at his statement. He frowned.

“Sure, Leo, sure,” I said before I was sipping on my beer. Then, I offered to Leo one. He took it but he did not open it or drink it at all. He just hold it in his hand before he was turning to look at us, question in his eyes.

“Don’t you like beer?” I asked Leo before he was shaking his head.

“No, I’m more of a wine guy,” he said as I was nodding at him. Tyler smirked.

“Ah, so you’re fancy then,” he said as I felt he was looking at me. But I just ignored him as I was sipping on my beer. Then, Tyler smiled before he was focusing on Leo again.

“I guess I go first then,” he said as he was looking at us, trying to tell the story of how he came to this hostel.

*****

After a long time, we both finished our stories before Leo was blinking his eyes at us. I know, it was hard to tell me that I was being invited by the Finnish Princess, excluding all the important details of course.

“So, you meant to tell me that you were bumping into the strange woman was the key that you were in this hostel?” Leo asked me as I was nodding at him.

“Pretty much,” I said before Tyler was looking at us. I can see that his motor was moving and he was not taking the details of my encounter with that strange woman as a whole.

He thinks that I have more to the story. Well, the truth is…I am.

“Okay, if you say so,” Leo said before he was stretching. Then, he froze.

“Dude, what’s the problem?” Tyler asked him as I was sipping on my beer again, not wanting to break the ice like Tyler did.

I was not that kind of a person anyway.

“Is there any desk and chair that I can use?” He asked before Tyler and I shook our heads.

“Not that we know of,” Tyler said before Leo sighed. “Why would you need such things?” he asked him as Tyler was arching my eyebrow at him. Leo smiled. I was looking from the side as I know that Leo was not telling us the whole story right now.

And maybe he was trying to keep a secret that he did not want to share with us just yet.

“Nothing in particular,” he said but I can see that Tyler was not satisfied. Not until he knows what Leo was hiding from him.

Later, when we’re about to sleep, Leo approached me and asked me if I have stationary that he can use.

“Wait, you write?” Tyler asked as Leo nodded at him. I rolled my eyes as I was hearing from the sideline.

“On paper? With a pen?” Tyler added before Leo nodded again. Then, he laughed at him as Leo was frowning at Tyler. Not that I wanted to be rude but that was hardly appropriate for anyone to be laughing at one’s hobby.

Including Tyler.

“What’s wrong with being authentic? It’s not a crime, you know,” I said as I handed some to Leo. Tyler was still laughing at us both. Someday, I will show him that having to write our emotions as a hobby was not a crime.

It was therapeutic, actually.

“Here, you can use mine. Forget Tyler. He’s insane,” I said as Tyler was still laughing on his bed at our behaviors.

“You guys are sissy! What a pair!” Tyler said before I was glaring at him and then asked him to shut up. Tyler shut up eventually and then, we both went to bed. 

Until sometime later, Tyler was waking me up from my good night sleep. Seriously, can this guy just leave me alone?! I just wanted to rest my eyes for a bit before tomorrow comes. But of course, with Tyler Virtanen, everything was not possible since he was a busy body at its best.