ORP: Hello Sunshine

Levi had yet to take his eyes off the screen in front of him. His fingers idly tapped against his thigh as he watched the figures on the screen move. The fact that they were able to get robots so 'early' in the game was something he had never been able to accomplish on his own - so that was a feat all in itself. He barely moved when the man beside him rose to his feet and instead his hand moved to the USB mouse that had been plugged into his roommate's laptop and he moved it to proceed with their next turn. He idly brought up a menu, glancing over at the strategic map trying to figure out where would be best for their players to move to next.

And that's when his roommate spoke.

Levi looked up, confusion evident on his face and he paused the game before spinning his chair around and he glanced towards the window. How had the light gone unnoticed by them until now? He scratched idly at the small amount of scruff on his face and he squinted as he pulled his phone from his pocket to check the time, part of him not believing the man who stood in front of him. It couldn't be that late - er, early - yet, could it? They had only just sat down two or three hours ago - there was no way they had spent the entire night playing. The sun was still up when Levi had arrived!

"Levi." The cadet spoke after a few moments and he placed his phone down on the desk before pushing himself to stand. His legs nearly gave out under him and he huffed softly, reaching out to grab onto the desk as he stretched one leg and then the other. Once he was satisfied that he wasn't going to fall over Levi let go of the desk and ran his hand through his already disheveled hair. His stomach groaned for the first time that night - er, morning - reminding him that he hadn't eaten since lunch the previous day.

"H-how...how did we not realize it's been hours?" Levi asked completely dumbfounded. This was either an amazing start to a friendship or a one-way ticket to how the hell am I supposed to live with this geek? Either way it would be an interesting start to well, anything really. He looked towards the bed that was empty - the one that was his since Oliver had already chosen his - and he scrunched his face up. He was still at the same spot he was yesterday when he arrived.

"Well..." He started, grinning a little. "At least we have robots."

Levi got sucked into things very fast and more often than he'd like to admit. He spent one full day this summer sitting in front of his computer playing the game the two had just taken a break from. His mother often scolded him for not getting out enough but his excuse was always the same: he had plenty of friends online. It wasn't ideal, no, but they understood him. Where he grew up not many got the smart geeky kid who could drop kick them if given the chance. He had a couple of friends from there but none who were interested in doing much in their lives - which was completely the opposite of Levi.

Levi rested his hand on his stomach as he started to pull his bags off of his bed. His nose scrunched up a bit when one of the bags hit the ground and he was thankful it wasn't the one containing his laptop. He bent down to pick it up and placed it near his own desk before reaching for the granola bar that Ollie tossed onto his bed. "I will never ever turn down free food." He responded, ripping it open and he took a bite from the bar. He placed it to the side as he enjoyed the taste of the food as he chewed it up and he grabbed his own sheet set.

"Sophomore, you?" He responded, climbing onto his bed. He stretched the corners of the fitted sheet on the side closest to the wall before jumping off the bed and he did the same on the sides facing him. It looked good. No creases, nothing out of place. The real challenge for him was getting the hospital corners with the flat sheets and he knew how strict the room inspections on campus could be. It wasn't something he was excited about. "Where are you from?" Levi asked as he picked up the granola bar and took a bigger bit of it as he tossed the fitting sheet on the bed. The floor was a mess around them, covered in their suitcases. It would take a good while to get everything unpacked - just lovely.

Where was mom when you needed her?

Hearing that his roommate was a Junior surprised Levi. He didn't think that the Academy would put two different grade levels in the same room. It made him wonder if his roommate was in the same special program that Levi was. It wasn't something that he would have thought about if his roommate was the same grade level but this was different.

He finished off the bar in his hand before taking a step back to look over the bed. It looked good enough and he was proud of the job that he had done so far. All that was left was to get the flat sheet and the comforter on the bed. He tossed the wrapper for the bar in the garbage before grabbing the flat sheet and he unfolded it.

"That's pretty cool. No wonder you don't seem to have a lot of stuff here." He responded as he climbed on his bed and he stretched the sheet over the top of the mattress before making sure that it was even on the two sides. "Alaska. I grew up around Fairbanks. Lived there all my life." He responded. "My dad used to be a pilot and mom's a surgeon. What about your folks?"

Levi was always curious to know about other people's families especially ones that weren't his. What better way to get to know how his roommate was than to ask questions? And what better questions to start with than family related ones?

Levi thought that it was neat that the man in front of him lived close by. The hardest thing about choosing to come to this college was the fact that his family was so far away. He didn't like it but he knew that he was following his dreams. He would go home for the holidays (hopefully) and in the summer he would be able to see his family. Not to mention his father was a graduate of the Academy and he often came down to talk and instruct so it was better than nothing.

"Cold, yes, wild? Not really." He laughed quietly, tucking the corners of his sheets under the matress in a hospital corner as he glanced over his shoulder at his new friend. "I lived in a pretty populated area - there's about 32 thousand there so it's not really big, but at the same time we're not in the middle of nowhere. Outside of the city it's pretty crazy." Despite the cold weather Levi had loved growing up in Alaska and he knew that the Colorado winters wouldn't bother him much.

"Dang, you come from a smart family." He laughed, jumping off the bed to grab the comforter and he unfolded it. "Why the military then? What sparked your interest there?"