Twisted Tales
Bottom Roommate
Theo I
When Theo first decided to move to London he was afraid, he had never been that far away from, or his family. However, he knew it was time to branch out.
Then when he got headhunted by Chippingham Accounts for such a great job there was no way he could say no.
He was sad to say bye to his brother and his "Twisted" gang. But he knew he was only a few hours' drive away and could see them all the time.
One of the things he was looking forward to was meeting new people. All of his so called mates were his rugby team, which he actually hated because they bullied his little brother. Theo tried to get them to stop but they didn't have enough respect to ever stop.
He also looked forward to meeting new girls, back home he had no interest in the girls there. They were all so immature and swooned over all the rugby lads.
Theo knew he was pretty attractive, he was tall and muscular, short brown hair and a shaved face. He just never cared enough to flirt or try and get girls, but now he was in a new city he was adamant on getting a girlfriend.
He had met his new roommate on a chat room for people finding others to live with. They spoke for a while online, Theo knew his name was "Alex" and he was some sort of computer genius. In face the company that Alex worked for, Enquire IT, did all the IT work for the company Theo was starting at.
Theo moved into the apartment, but Alex wouldn't be there for another 2 weeks. Giving him time to get used to living there.
To be honest, Theo was bored at first. With no mates there he stayed in every night on his own. He chatted to a couple of girls on dating apps but never met up with any of them, they never seemed to get his attention.
When he had a call off his new roommate to ask if he could help carry some bags upstairs, Theo was thrilled to have someone to hang out with. He ran down in his jogging bottoms and hoody and saw Alex for the first time.
He was the same age as Theo, 20, but he looked younger. He was only 5 foot 9 at the most and a skinny lad.
At least it will be like living with Jacob,
he thought.
"Theo?" Alex asked when he walked outside.
"Yes, Alex I assume?" Theo replied and shook his hand. He felt huge next to this smaller man but took an instant liking to him.
"Yeah, thanks for helping me bring this up." Alex said back with a smile.
Alex had short brown hair and a geekish face, but he looked friendly enough.
I suppose I could help him carry stuff, considering I'm twice his size!
"No problem," Theo said and grabbed one bag then saw a box underneath it, "What's that?" He asked.
"My gaming computer." Alex replied, almost nervous, as though he just got caught watching porn. He was probably nervous about being thought of as a nerd.
"Buzzing, I have one too but that looks a lot better." Theo told him and Alex's face lit up.
"You game?" He asked and they both started to walk to the stairs.
"Yeah, always have," Theo told him, "Why, don't I seem like a gamer?"
"You just seem more... sporty." Alex said with a little laugh.
"You've seen Henry Cavill right?" Theo joked, "You can be sporty and into gaming."
"Very true." Alex said.
An hour later they had brought all of Alex's things to the apartment and he had packed way.
Theo was sat watching TV when Alex came in and sat next to him. Theo couldn't explain it, but he felt sort of relaxed around Alex, a feeling he wasn't used to with strangers.
"So, how's the new job going?" Alex asked.
Theo remembered that he told Alex about work, they both wanted to make sure the other could afford the rent each month.
"Yeah good, how's your job?" Theo asked him.
"Good, I just get to type in a computer all day, it's the dream." Alex said back.
"Not too much human interaction then?" Theo questions.
"Oh god no," Alex quickly replied, "The less human contact the better."
He seems like one of those computer geniuses that would rather talk to a machine than a person,
Theo though, not that that was a problem.
"So, you're from around here then?" Theo asked him after watching TV for a while in silence.
"Yeah, only fifteen minutes away," Alex opened up, "But I thought it was time to get away from the parents' house."
"I know that feeling," Theo told him, "What's it like for girls around here?"
Truthfully, as soon as Theo said that he felt like an idiot. Maybe he just wanted to seem cool to his new roommate.
"Oh... erm, I don't know." Alex suddenly said and nervously looked to the ground.
Ah shit, he probably is terrible with girls and now I've pointed it out! Great start Theo!
"That's fine," Theo replied, wanting to ease Alex, "It's not like I get any girls anyway."
"I'm gay." Alex suddenly blurted out and Theo sat back in shock of the outburst.
"Oh, right." Theo told him, definitely not expecting that.
"I just.... Hope that's not a problem." Alex whispered.
He was obviously anxious about saying it, Theo assumed he probably got picked on for being gay and he worried this "jock" would pick on him as well.
So, Theo tapped his shoulder.
"No problem at all, you do you man." Theo told him, hoping to make him feel better.
"T-thanks," Alex stuttered out, "That's one of the reasons I moved out, my dad doesn't agree with it."
Sounds like an arsehole.
"Well, I have no issue with it, so don't worry about that." Theo said and squeezed Alex's shoulder in a friendly way.
Theo thought it was strange that Alex wouldn't have said anything about it earlier if it was such a big deal for him, but at the same time he knew he couldn't relate with being afraid of always telling people he was gay.
It wasn't until an hour later that Alex spoke again.
"Want to watch a film?" He asked.
"Definitely, but I'm a bit of a movie geek, there probably isn't a lot I haven't seen." Theo said, having loved films since he can remember.
"Really?" Alex asked, his eyes lit up, "Me too."
"Great, what do you want to watch?" Theo asked him.
The two of them then stayed up watching a film they had both seen but both loved. They pretty much spoke about the film the whole way through and Theo was thankful that he knew they were going to get on well.