6 Chance Encounter 6 (2/2)

”I know,” she said after awhile of them sitting in silence. ”I'm sorry, I was just joking. I didn't think you would react so much.”

After several moments of silence, Aria stopped spinning in her chair and looked at Aika curiously. ”I was thinking of you.”

Before she could react, Aria continued held up her hand and then continued speaking.

”It's not everyday you see your roommate almost naked. But that's not what I'm thinking about.”

Aika stopped spinning to look at the other girl and smiled.

”You're wondering why I would choose to be roommates with you despite the dean's warning?”

Aria nodded, her question being voiced perfectly.

”I don't know either... it just seemed interesting.”

After nearly a minute, Aika spoke up again.

”You're not like how he described, though.”

When she heard what Aika said, Aria paused and thought through how she'd acted around the new girl. She was right, she hadn't been at all like usual. The more she thought about her actions, the more confused she became until she realized the one major difference between Aika and everyone else.

As she thought about it more to confirm it, a smile gradually spread across her face and she bit her lips until she couldn't hold in a small laugh.

”I guess seeing you naked kind of took away any fear I had over the rest.”

”Well, maybe in the future you should just picture the same for everyone else and the nerves will go away.”

While the two girls chatted on and off in their dorm room, a new rumor was spreading around campus, and by the end of the hour, almost everyone knew some form of it.