"Elsa? I brought you coffee and a donut," Anna said to Elsa's closed door, smiling lightly at the thought of doing something nice for her roommate.
Anna wasn't sure if her roommate was still sleeping, or simply trying to ignore her. The faint clicking of a computer mouse told her it was the latter.
"Elsa?" Anna knocked gently on her roommate's door. The sound of clicking stopped and was replaced with silence, shortly followed by light footsteps that got louder as they approached the door.
She expected to hear the sound of the doorknob turning and unlocking, but instead she heard Elsa exhale deeply and then speak up.
"Just leave it on the counter, thanks. I'll pay you back soon," Elsa said through the shut door.
Anna's earlier smile fell into a small frown. She turned away from the door hesitantly, hoping that Elsa would say something more to her-or maybe even open her door this time. But no such luck for Anna. She placed the coffee and donut on the counter like Elsa had asked.
Anna let out a sigh, racking her brain trying to figure out what she did to her roommate to deserve this treatment after being nothing but nice to her.
The day they met almost a week ago filled her thoughts as Anna retreated to her room and flopped down on her bed to take a short nap.
225...227...229...231!
"Aha! Found it!" The redheaded girl exclaimed, not caring who was around to hear her. She stood in front of the door of what would be her home for the rest of her freshman year.
It was her first time living away from home, but she was more elated than she was depressed. The girl had always dreamed about college life away from home. Her parents didn't live too far away from the campus, but she wanted the full college experience. Since her parents could afford it, they decided to comply to her wish, and see how she fared living away from them as a responsible adult.
She knocked, even though she had the key-card in her hand, ready to unlock the door. The girl happily bounced on the balls of her feet as she waited to see if there was anyone inside to open it for her. After no answer following the second knock, Anna proceeded to use her key to unlock the door herself. The mechanical whirring of the door's lock intrigued Anna as she placed her key card in front of the key scanner. Oh. Fancy, she thought to herself.
No one's home yet. Perfect! I can set up a nice welcome for my roommate!
She pushed the door open and pulled in all her luggage hastily, in fear that her roommate would catch her in the middle of unpacking and she wouldn't be able to welcome her properly.
Anna, being the curious girl she was, stopped in the middle of the kitchen that she had just entered. In front of her were two doors. Which room should I take? They're both identical... She left her luggage and stepped into the room on the left to stare out the window. I like the view in this room. She quickly ran to the other room. I like this view even better! Ahhh. School hasn't even started and I'm thinking too hard!
There were two separate bedrooms, one shared bathroom, and a kitchen slash common room with a television in it.
What if my roommate wants the better view? What if she wants the room closest to the bathroom? What if my roommate likes eating midnight snacks like I do, and wants the room closest to the fridge? The girl wandered back to where her bags were in the kitchen with her hand on her chin and began to think of what her unknown roommate might like. Maybe I should start unpacking.
Much to her despair, before she could even started rolling her bags into her room, she heard the whirring sound of the door being unlocked.
She let out a short yelp and tried to look occupied so that her roommate didn't think that she was just standing there waiting for her arrival the whole time she was there. She lept away from her still loaded bags and put a hand on the fridge door handle, pretending that she was about to open it.
Just then, platinum blonde hair made up into a single braid and pale skin stepped into view from behind the door. Intense blue eyes met Anna's, fleeting away almost immediately after making contact with hers. Anna looked away as well and blushed lightly.
"Uh..hi," the girl said nervously.
Anna took her hand off the fridge door handle and waved shyly.
"H-hey!" she tried to be as enthusiastic as possible, but Anna was still captivated by those piercing blue eyes.
Introduce yourself, idiot!
Before she could, the girl at the door spoke out with seemingly new confidence.
"I'm Elsa. I'm guessing you're my roommate?" The girl smiled, but Anna's eyes were fixated on her eyes.
"Y-yes, I'm roommate, your Anna!" she paused. "Wait wait, that's wrong. I'm, uh. I'm Anna, your roommate!"
Elsa furrowed her brows slightly, but she still smiled as she laughed at Anna's obvious awkwardness. Anna had finally broken free of her gaze and laughed as well, taking note of how nice Elsa's smile was.
"It's nice to meet you, Anna." The pair shook hands, their eyes meeting once again. Elsa's skin was soft, Anna noticed.
"So, uh. Do you need any help unpacking?" asked Anna, whose face was on the verge of becoming as red as her hair when she noticed how long they had been shaking hands for before pulling away.
Elsa shook her head and said she was fine on her own. When Anna insisted, Elsa tilted her head and looked behind Anna and spotted her luggage. She laughed and said that she should focus on unpacking her own things before worrying about helping her.
Whilst unpacking, whenever Elsa would come into the kitchen common room to place her things in it, Anna would wander out of her room pretending to do the same. Anna's master plan was to catch Elsa while she was there and strike up a conversation. Anna really just wanted to get to know Elsa. After all, they would be spending the whole year together—and Anna didn't really know anyone else on campus except for her cousin, Rapunzel, who at last minute decided to switch from the musical theater program to the fine arts program. It was a better fit for her, Anna thought, but she was a little sad that she wouldn't be able to see her cousin as much as she'd hoped she would.
Snapping back into reality, Anna went back to her goal of talking to Elsa. Elsa was putting some dishes into a cupboard above the counter, so Anna waited until she finished so that she didn't accidentally cause Elsa to drop the plates or something. Having finally finished, Elsa turned on her heel to go back to her room, not sparing Anna a glance.
"So what program are you in?" Anna asked, catching the other girl off guard before she reached her room.
"Musical theater," Elsa stood with her back to Anna and only turned her head to speak.
Anna dropped her jaw and grinned at this.
"No way, I am too!" Elsa blinked and turned her body to face Anna now. She smiled lightly.
"You're a first year then? I don't remember seeing you around last year," Elsa trailed off and brought her hand up to her mouth, fingers touching her lips, and her eyes found the ceiling as she lost herself in thought trying to recall if she had seen Anna before.
Anna nodded in confirmation. "Yup! So are you a second year then?" Elsa shook her head.
"Fourth."
Anna's mouth dropped once again. Elsa didn't look any older than Anna did. In fact, Anna had thought at first that her roommate was in first year at first. But age aside, Anna found herself in awe of Elsa.
"Wow... I guess you're fine with me singing in the shower then? My mom told me that I would have to stop doing in once I moved here, but I guess since you're also a musical theater student, you probably do a lot of shower shows as well? Which I'm totally cool with by the way. If you're cool with me doing it. I mean I'll be fine with it even if you're not fine with it," She backtracked on her own words. ...Shower shows, Anna? "I mean, not shower shows... uh. You know what I mean. Just. Singing. Shower. Singing in the shower. Not like... yeah." She bit her lip and her eyes found the ground, realizing that she had been rambling again and not sure of what her roommate thought of her now.
"Yes," Elsa's reply broke the slowly building silence and Anna looked up at her to find her smiling. "I think it'd be nice to hear some singing- as long as you're good," she joked. Anna giggled. "But singing in the shower isn't something I usually do. Sorry." She gave an apologetic smile.
Anna assured her that it was fine and proceeded to fire questions at the older girl as she continued walking between the kitchen and her room to finish unpacking.
"How do you like the program? What's your favourite musical? Favourite actress or actor? Favourite song? Favourite singing warm-up? Favourite food? Favourite colour?"
They went on and on, Anna being the one asking the questions, and Elsa answering them all wholeheartedly. Eventually the pair moved from standing in front of Elsa's door to sitting at the small kitchen table the dorm provided. The two had talked into the evening and decided that it was time for dinner. The dorm was providing free "dinner" (consisting of ham and cheese sandwiches and pop) for the residents moving in, so Anna and Elsa grabbed some food from the dining hall and headed back up to their room.
Anna liked Elsa. She was nice and they had a lot in common. Once they got in, Anna was prepared to continue getting to know Elsa, but without a word, Elsa slipped into her room with her food and closed the door.
Maybe she's tired.
Anna headed to her room, leaving her door open. The girl decided to continue unpacking. She had completely ignored her bags once she started talking to Elsa. Once she was finished, she settled down at her new desk with her laptop and started to browse Tumblr.
A few hours passed and Anna noticed that Elsa would only leave her room to either go to the bathroom or to pour herself a glass of water, each time returning to her room and closing the door once again.
Was it something I said?
They didn't speak for the rest of the night.
Anna awoke from her nap and stretched her arms out as far as she could across the bed, pushing her shoulder blades together only to immediately retract her arms when she heard her elbow crack. Propping herself up on her other elbow, she glanced at her clock. She'd only been asleep for about 20 minutes. The girl yawned and scratched her head, closing her eyes once again.
Her eyes immediately shot open when she remembered the donut and coffee she had left for Elsa. Through her open bedroom door, she had a clear view of the counter. Anna stood up and slowly walked over to where she had left the treat. However, she only found some spare change that was undoubtedly left by her roommate. She glanced over at Elsa's door, pulling down on her braids.
It was closed. Again. Anna was convinced now.
Yup. My roommate hates me.
A/N Sooooooo, I'm not a very good writer, but this story has been forming in my mind for the past few weeks and I thought it'd be cool to get it all down.