What's in the bag? [Paradox]

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Korite sat. He sat, atop two immense suitcases. Stacked on their side, the two were easily three to four feet tall. It was no doubt an odd sight to see a person sitting on an unstable stack of luggage, wearing darkened glasses and brandishing a cane under his arm. Yet, there he was, teetering and tottering away. Somehow he was ignoring the constant sway, bringing him to the edge of losing balance and tumbling to the ground. And each time, he corrected himself and began to tilt the other way. All the while, staring forward into nothingness.

Thinking and waiting. Ko did this often, in between times whenever he had nothing to do. He used long periods of time like these to catch up and refresh his mind and sense. The only two he let stay was sound and touch. Listening to birds chirping and the distant waves of the beach, he ran his thumbs over the room form in his pocket. He would wait like this for his roommate, whenever he would come.
 

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Ahh, finally, some fresh coffee beans. It felt so long, his time getting this batch, that is. Alec was finally going back to his dorm room carrying a paper bag. He was on his way into the building when... he spotted a familiar figure just outside, seated unsteadily on his luggage.

"Well look who's here..."

Alec heard Paradox and suddenly... Suddenly everything was black. When he came to a second later, he was still standing on the same spot, but he's lost control of his body. Paradox took over.

"Paradox don't you dare do anything funny!"

"I won't, I won't." Paradox grinned, before walking towards Ko and approaching him from the back, giving him a pat on the shoulder as he passed. "Yo, Ko. Whatcha doing here? Need help?" he asked. He was bring as gentle as Alec himself, but his speaking habit gave away that he was another person.
 

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Ko looked down at the voice, and then all around. He clearly saw Alec but the voice was all wrong. He sounded like an entirely different person. Losing attention of the unstable tower below him, Korite and his luggage made an unceremonious crash to the ground.
"I'm all good, I just was waiting for you to get here before going to the room." Ko replied from the ground.
'Now is better than ever I guess' He thought.
Ko held his hand out so he could be helped up off the ground.
 

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Paradox, technically Alec, flinched the moment Ko crashed to the ground. He immediately went closer to help, grabbing his hand and pulling him up as much as he can. Ko was a damn giant, it wasn't an easy thing to do.

"Waiting for me? Why?" Neither Paradox nor Alec knew who their roommate was. All they knew was that he was arriving this week, and the room was all clean and welcoming already. They haven't realized that the person they were waiting for was Ko.

"Anyway... let me help you with those bags. The sun is irritating." The sun was burning them. They had their umbrella, but Paradox had closed it when he helped Ko up. They wouldn't really last too long under this heat and brightness. "Let's get you to your dorm, you're probably tired, no?"
 

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{** Later in this ko will be taking off his jacket in his room, i think it would help the plot if you accidentally came in while it was off **}

"For that reason exactly, getting to the dorm." Ko said after being helped up. His hand felt weird. Just like his mind, Alec's hand even FELT like static. It was oddly numbing and confusing. It was like grabbing a live-wire.

"I can take this bag." Ko said very suddenly, latching on to one of the two bags. He did not want anyone else carrying it. Right after he began pulling it along into the building.
 

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Paradox blinked. He didn't have a problem with whatever bag he was going to carry, but perhaps he was just weirded out that Ko acted that way all of a sudden. Perhaps just a little surprised, too.

"I'll take this one then." He carried the other bag. He wasn't going to pry about what was up with the one Ko carried, and right now, he just really wanted to get Alec's body out of the sun.

He smiled, before leading the way inside, into the community lounge and soon enough, to the rooms. He still had no idea that Ko was his roommate, and so he asked, "What's your room number?" and being so curious, as it didn't seem to be a sensitive topic anyway, he continued with the questions, almost as if he was really interested and actually excited to know more. It was Ko, after all. Such an interesting person, who had been able to hear his voice even without him using Alec's. "Have you met your roommate yet? Do you know what he's like? I bet it'll be fun being roommates with you!"
 

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"21b, No I haven't met them and I was told they would be low key as requested."
Ko wanted to put the questions to an end as quickly as he could. He wanted to get inside fast. He thought he was okay when he fell, but he could feel and odd tightness on his back. He needed his jacket off quick.

Korite counted the room numbers as he walked, searching around for his room number. He hoped his roommate would be out so he could check his back. That specific one had been opening often recently.

"What's you room number?" Ko asked, to seem less rude.
 

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21b... For a moment, Paradox's thoughts stopped, unable to process what he just heard. He could hear Alec in his head giggling at him.

"Paradox you airhead, that's our room number."

"W-Whoa." He's stopped walking, too. He stared at Ko's back as the man became slightly farther and farther, and then Ko asked what his room number was and...

"21b. So..." Slowly, the grin came back to his face. He sprinted back to Ko's side, suddenly grabbing him by his free arm to lead him to the said room. "That means we're roommates! Man, the room is ready for you!"
 

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Ko wasn't sure what happened. All he knew was he was moving fast, and his arm felt numb. He looked and saw that Alec had grabbed it, and like earlier the effect is an uncomfortable buzz. He felt his chest race and he began to panic.

Ko fought his natural response to fight, and just followed being dragged along. The buzz wasn't actually painful. He didn't even realize they were close until he saw room 18 pass. That seemed to shake off the haze.

"I can walk the rest off the way Alec." He said while pulling his arm back.
 

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Somewhere along those steps, the shorter albino's aura changed entirely. From that hyped and excited mood, he suddenly slowed down, and when Ko pulled away, he didn't even hesitate to let him go.

He was Alec again. He forced his way to the surface and shoved Paradox deep inside his mind, so he can accommodate Ko safely and carefully. Paradox was too rash and excited.

His gentle smile was back on his face, his eyes slightly droopy again. "Sorry, Ko. Did that hurt?" His look was apologetic, as was his tone. He was sorry that Paradox was too careless sometimes. If it were him who had greeted Ko first, that wouldn't have happened, and things would be smoother.

"Anyway, we're almost there. Come on." He walked past three more doors, and on the fourth, he stopped, put down the bag, and fumbled through the insides of his pocket with the same hand because he was still carrying some coffee beans with him.

He opened the door pretty quickly, and pushed it often with a gentle nudge from his leg. He carried the bag again and glanced at Ko, motioning for him to follow inside.
 
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