the time she didn't mind - pg
miss a: fei/min
college!au; fei is the new roommate.
something i've been dying to make better, but failed at.
There's a wind blowing. It's a dull, tepid kind of breeze. It's the kind that makes Min listless as she walks back to her dorm after her last lecture. She doesn't feel like going to the dance studio and she doesn't feel like studying at the library. She's off from her part-time job, so she just goes back to her room.
Though Min is technically free for the rest of the day, but she can't go out with friends; everyone she knows has a paper due or an upcoming test. She ends up propping her elbow on her desk, wrist sagging with the weight of her head. Again, she contemplates visiting the neighborhood dance studio. According to the schedule, there's a yoga class coming up in half an hour, but she's not really in the mood for relaxation to Enya.
There's a knock on her apartment door just when Min's decided to take a nap. And, when she opens it, she sees her roommate Jia's perpetually mischievous face.
"Hey, where's your key?" Min asks, slightly annoyed.
"I found us a third roommate. My key's with her" Jia says excitedly. "She's a transfer and a real goody two shoes, so we won't have a problem like last time."
The news perks Min up a little. Now, she doesn't have to pull extra hours at her part time job to make the dorm room rent. There's a tug at the corner of her mouth when she hears the words 'goody two shoes' and she can't help but wonder at what kind of girl this new roommate is.
*
It turns out that the new roommate's name is Fei. She's also a glamorous, beautiful Chinese girl. Min sighs a little at the picture the three of them make. Jia with her gorgeous legs and Fei with her slammin' body. Then there's Min with an attitude big enough for the three of them combined.
"Welcome" she tells Fei, when Fei arrives with her luggage. "You're the top bunk and I'm the bottom."
Fei accepts with a smile. And though Min knew that she would win if Fei had decided to fight over bottom bunk dibs, Min's a little put off; she's been bored and a dramatic little tiff might have livened her up a bit. Fei ends up quietly unpacking her things, folding her clothes neatly and stacking them in her bureau as well as hanging all her jackets and things on pink hangers. On the other side of the closet, Min's leotard peeks out from an open drawer and her plastic hangers are haphazardly scrunched aside to fit her yoga mat and pilates machine.
'Goody two shoes' comes to Min's mind again and she smirks half-heartedly.
*
It's just a little tease. She just wants to get a little rise out of the new girl. Sort of like a initiation. So Min whispers her plan to Jia. When Jia giggles and tells her, "just don't scare her off", Min doesn't wait for another cue.
"Hey" Min says, looking up at Fei through her lashes. "Need any help?"
Min's hand gently caresses Fei's shoulder, then strokes slowly all the way down to her elbow. Fei shudders noticeably and Min grins success. Behind her, Jia tries to hold in her laughter.
"N-no, I'm okay" Fei says.
There's a pretty flush on Fei's cheeks and Min tilts her head to see it better.
"You've got really pretty eyes."
Min steps closer, brushing her inner thigh over Fei's knee. Fei bites her lower lip, trying to concentrate on her clothes. But when Fei looks toward Min sharply, sensing some kind of tomfoolery, Min just smiles, innocent and wondrous.
"You do too" Fei says after a few seconds of consideration.
And this makes Min, swallow hard. It's something she hadn't been expecting. Why would this gorgeous girl compliment her out of the blue?
"They're really very unique and beautiful" Fei says, gently fingering a lock of Min's hair out of her face.
Fei's fingers are cold and her nails are pretty long. And when Fei's examining eyes draw close, this time, Min feels a chill running up her spine and all the way up her neck. It's just when Min's eyes start to flutter that Jia clears her throat from behind them.
"Ahem, sorry to break you guys up, but I still need to get this month's rent from the both of you."
Min hastily, but reluctantly, steps away to retrieve her check book. Fei, too, quietly goes to her purse to produce an envelope, neatly labeled and sealed. When the two of them hand their respective checks to Jia, Jia leaves for the Dorm Office.
"You two can get back to whatever it is that you were doing" Jia says coyly, waving her finger tips at them.
Jia winks at Min before slipping out the door. Min flushes. She can feel Fei looking at her and that makes Min's skin prickle in a strange way.
"So" Fei says lightly, getting back to folding her clothes. "You do yoga?"
Min looks up, suspicious at first of the normal flow of conversation.
"Ye-es."
Fei looks up suddenly, catching Min's eye and also catching Min off guard. Fei smiles with white perfect teeth and rose colored lips.
"Me too" Fei tells her.
And it's then Min thinks that perhaps, she's the one who's been duped.