Roommates

[deutschykins]

WHO: Ludwig Beilschmidt, Gilbert Beilschmidt, Lovino Vargas
TONE: Awkward
RATING: PG-13 (To be safe?)
WHEN: Whenever it was the Gryffindors moved back into their dorms
WHERE: Gryffindor Dorms
WHAT: Ludwig tries to make (somewhat) friends with Lovino while making his loudmouth brother shut up about their secret relationship.
STATUS: Ongoing

Ludwig set his trunk down with a heavy sigh before collapsing on the bed. Finally. They were finally back in their own dorm rooms. Despite Hufflepuff being fairly nice and welcoming, it didn't quite feel like "home," he supposed. Which was more than he could say for the actual house he lived in with his brother and father.

Speaking of...Gilbert was nowhere to be seen, most likely meaning he had either gotten himself in trouble again, or was spending time with his friends. He would be back soon, though; after all he was the one upset by the temporary room adjustments for the house.

Blue eyes glanced over at the empty bed on the other side of the room, vaguely wondering who would be occupying it. The blonde didn't know very many people, and he was truly trying to rectify that this year. Maybe this would be an opportunity to make a new friend? As long as their new roommate was one who wanted to be befriended, of course. Otherwise, he would mind his own business.

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[pomodoroo]

Lovino was dragging his luggage up to his new dorm room words could not describe how glad he was to finally get out of the Hufflepuff dorms. He was also glad that the 7th years got some of the best rooms, but he was not happy about the rooms being so far from what he was used to. He had a tendency to over pack and it kicked him in the ass every year.

He was curious to see who his new roommate would be, it was a shame his best friend wasn't in the same house as him. Because of this he always got paired up with someone new every year.

With luggage in both hands, he kicked open the door to his new room rather harshly, any hopes of him having a good roommate where thrown out the window the second he saw the tall German standing in the room. His bags dropped to the floor with a loud thud and sighed.

"So you're my roommate for the year?" he asked with a sarcastic tone, clearly not happy about the decision.

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The door opened, Ludwig perking up to see who it was. He blinked at the greeting--though it was less of a greeting and more of a statement tinged with disappointment--and sat up on the bed he was currently occupying. Out of everyone, did it really have to be the student who hated him for seemingly no reason whatsoever?

"Oh, well it seems the mystery is solved. I was just wondering who would be rooming with Gilbert and I this year." Ludwig offered a smile, trying to be civil. Maybe with this, Lovino wouldn't be as hostile towards him; however in the back of his mind, the German knew that was wishful thinking.

But...he really did want to clear the air with the boy. And Gilbert did tell him he needed to make new friends. So perhaps it was a chance for that as well, even if the prospect seemed highly unlikely.

it took me like ten tries to spell jealous right

[pomodoroo]

"Your brother is in here too?!" said Lovino with an even more exasperated tone. He rolled his eyes and threw his luggage towards the best that was furthest away. He was fully aware that he was being a huge brat at the moment, however he was usually much to stubborn and prideful to admit to it out loud.

The truth was, he actually was jealous of Ludwig. He envied the way his own brother always managed to say great things about him, but could never think of such nice things about his own brother. He envied how much of a good relationship he had with Gilbert.

Of course he'd never be able to say any of that out loud without a good deal of interaction.

Re: it took me like ten tries to spell jealous right

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"We always have a room together, ever since I began going to school here." Ludwig was trying to be friendly--trying to remain friendly--for as long as he could. Secretly he really did wish his brother would come back, though at the same time he wanted the albino to stay away. Far, far away. For some reason he always saw fit to defend Ludwig's honor, despite the younger German being perfectly capable of doing so himself.

Scratching the back of his neck, he sighed softly, looking away. "Listen, Lovino...I am sorry this happened. I know I am far from your first choice of the possible students you could have roomed with this year. However, I would like to try to get along with you. I would..." A pause, blue eyes shifting to look the other in the eye. "I would like to patch up whatever it is that may have gotten us off on the wrong foot."

Everything he was saying was a long shot, but Ludwig was never one to give up easily. "What do you say? Do we have a truce?"

Re: it took me like ten tries to spell jealous right

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Gilbert stretched while heading back to his dorm in the Gryffindor tower. He had been rooming with the Hufflepuffs along with the rest of Gryffindor and such, hasn't been in the dorm since the beginning of the year.

'The Hufflepuff dorms was decent, but there was nothing like being back in your own house.' The albino mused to himself.

"Guess Luddy is already there unpacking. Haven't seen him since breakfast. Speaking of which, wonder who we're rooming with this year."

As he approached the door to his dorm, Gilbert hears a loud voice coming from the other side that sounded all to familiar.

"Haha shit, no way." Gilbert went inside the room and smirked at the sight of a very pissed off Italian.

"'Eyyyy, its Lovino,!" Gilbert directed at the fuming Italian across the room.

Gilbert then noticed his brother standing next to his bed.

"Oi Luddy, why didn't you tell me Lovino was going to room with us!"

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Lovino just stared at his feet as Ludwig spoke. He reminded himself that this year,he was going to try and make it a good year. He was trying to make up for everything he didn't get to do his last six years and come off with a fresh start. That was much easily said than done, however. Whenever he thought of this plan originally, he just thought of the basic things. Such as trying harder in school and trying to be a more social person. Patching things up with people he didn't like however...wasn't something he put a lot of thought into. Yeah sure he thought about it....like once.

He stood there awkwardly in front of Ludwig, fidgeting with his fingers on trying to come up with a proper response to give him. However he was...he didn't want to say saved but he was excused from having to give him an answer right then and there as soon as Gilbert walked in.

Lovino flinched out of annoyance the second he saw Gilbert walk into the room. He had a low tolerance for people he wasn't fond of, and people who were overly loud and obnoxious were something he did not take kindly too. He raised an eyebrow at his last remark.

"You really think any of us has any idea this was going to be our room setting?"

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Right as it seemed as though Lovino was about to say something, Gilbert burst into the room. Somehow, Ludwig's older brother always did manage to have the worst timing. It wasn't his fault, he knew that, but it did prove to make things frustrating. Especially now, when he was trying his hardest to get along with their new roommate.

For a while the tension in the room was heavy, the other two besides him in the room staring each other down. Ludwig cleared his throat, taking a seat back on the bed he claimed for himself. "Gilbert, it may be best to keep it down for now. Everyone else is getting settled and I doubt the entire house wants to hear about who we're rooming with."

He really hoped that for once the albino would take a hint. Things were already off to a rocky start without his rambunctiousness, Ludwig having a feeling it could only make the situation worse.

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Contrary to popular belief, Gilbert can take a hint when given to him once in a while...just not very well unfortunately.
With a "Ah, my bad," while waving apologetically at his brother, Gilbert went against his better judgement (or at least Ludwig's) and went to get closer to their new, potentially hazardous, room mate.

"But any way, hey this is great! Lovi is gonna be our new roomie!" As he approached Lovino, Gilbert gave the Italian a nonchalant smirk, all the while having what seemed like a staring contest with the other boy. Although Gilbert isn't mean-spirited, sometimes he can't help but tease others a bit. It was his way of getting to know people, even though most don't really see it that way.

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"For fucks sake can you get any louder?" Lovino asked with venom in his voice as he dramatically rolled his eyes in the albinos direction.

He was trying hard not to get into a fight, the hell he'd get from his sister that wouldn't be worth it right now. He started to fiddle with his brand new designer luggage, it was a gift from his grandfather for entering in his last year of Hogwarts. The brand new sets of clothes on the inside were from his parents, needless to say they had spoiled him quite a bit this year.

"Now if you fucking get out of my way, I'm going to try and start setting my shit up." he said as he exchanged glances with the both of them.

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Gilbert hadn't even been in the room for ten minutes and already the irritation began to show on Lovino's face. Ludwig knew that it took a great deal of patience to deal with his brother at the best of times, but right now he was just overdoing it. When you lived with someone for so long, it wasn't hard to tell that they were being obnoxious on purpose.

With a sigh, he stepped forward, grabbing the other by his upper arm. "He has a good point, Gilbert. Getting unpacked should be our first priority, shouldn't it?" The blonde spoke in a firm voice, raising his eyebrow for Gilbert to take the hint.

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Just as Gilbert was going to respond to the Italian, Gilbert felt Ludwig grab him, grip tightening around his upper arm almost as if warning him not to do anything stupid. The act was further emphasized by his brother's tone. Gilbert looked at his brother in slight annoyance before giving a resigning sigh.

"Cheh, fine fine I get it." Pulling his arm away, Gilbert once again directed his attention to the other occupant in the room. Lovino was staring both of them down while tapping his luggage impatiently. Now that Gilbert was paying more attention, he noticed how nice the other's baggage was. Money isn't everything, but growing up with so little as he and his family did had left Gilbert bitter towards those more privileged. However, that didn't mean he was so bitter that his eyes didn't wander at fancier things from time to time.

"Damn, I keep forgetting your family is loaded. Nice luggage you got there! Gift from someone?"

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"So long as you're out of my way, I could care less what either of you do." said Lovino as he directed his gaze mostly to Gilbert, it was NOT going to be a pleasant time for the three of them if he kept acting the way he was right now.

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And they were back to where they started. Keeping his mouth shut was never one of the albino's strong points, especially around someone with money. Ludwig had to admit, it was hard to miss how nice Lovino's luggage was. It must have cost a lot; though he was much less bitter about more privileged students than Gilbert was. So long as they didn't shove their money in his face, he honestly couldn't care less.

"Gilbert, I mean it. Don't get in a fight on our first day back in the dorms." His tone remained absolute, almost daring the elder to argue with him, though he sincerely hoped Gilbert would just listen to him this time. There would be tension if it ended here, yes, but better that than an all out brawl.

[preussen_blau]

Its was fun rousing up everyone, but Gilbert no longer was up for both Lovino AND his brother looking like they wanted to outright sock him in the face. He didn't need to go to the hospital wing again. 'Bet the Nurse is sick seeing me all the time anyway hehe.' Finally taking the hint from his brother, Gilbert gave an over dramatized sigh.

"Ok fine fine we'll go deal with our stuff and get out of your hair," Gilbert directed at Lovino. Patting his brother on the shoulder to assure him that he was done messing around, Gilbert headed over to the bed to where he already dropped his luggage on before hand.

[pomodoroo]

"Keep it that way! I do not want to fucking deal with you acting like an obnoxious brat every single day just because YOU think it's funny. I already deal with enough bullshit from my little brother and older sister and I don't need to be having headaches in my own damn dorm." He had his fingertips digging into the leather of his suitcase so hard his nails turned white, it was taking his entire willpower to not throw the damn thing out the window.

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A relieved sigh left Ludwig's mouth once Gilbert retreated, following suit shortly after. He could only pray that the outburst from both his brother and Lovino was a one time thing--though he highly doubted it. Silence overtook them after the Italian's last remark, Ludwig glancing over at Gilbert to make sure he would hold his tongue.

[preussen_blau]

Gilbert look over his shoulder at his new short tempered roommate and snorted as some sort acknowledgement before turn back towards his things to unpack. "Yeah yeah what ever, I said I'd get out of your hair right? I'm not that horrible to always be in people's faces...well, don't promise anything later but details." While saying this, Gilbert was scrutinizing a random garment he pulled out of his luggage before folding it and placed it in a nearby drawer. Despite Gilbert's usual devil may care attitude, he isn't a lazy slob like most people like to think he is. Altough Ludwig tends to take care of the little things more often then Gilbert, his little brother didn't get his obsessive meticulousness from just anyone.

[pomodoroo]

"It's not like you've done a good job of staying out of my fucking way the past seven years we've been here though, now have you?" Lovino asked with agitation in his voice. He knew he should of stopped talking, but the longer he was around the two Germans the more riled up he felt.