Living next to Dante was difficult. Not for any normal suitemate reasonsโhe was a perfect gentleman, never played his music too loudly or held loud parties in his room or brought girls back at late hours. No, it was the fact that she was so damn attracted to him. He was often crass and sarcastic, frequently played video games on the floor upstairs and had a tendency to sound mildly arrogant because he was so self-assured about almost everything. On the other hand, he was a complete sweetheart and when he allowed for physical contact, gave the best hugs.
Lila touched him every chance she got: when they passed in the hallway or outside on the way to class, she brushed his arm. When he came back to his room, she gave him a big hug. When he was sitting at his desk, she would come up behind him and squeeze his shoulders, resting her chin on the top of his head, or muss up his hair. He didn't seem to mind, but he never reciprocated either. She didn't know how to push things furtherโhe never hooked up with anyone, never brought girls back to his room, never went to meet someone on the weekend. It wasn't even that he was single and just couldn't find someone; he seemed completely disinterested in the female population in a context other than friendship.
Dante's passiveness didn't stop her from fantasizing about him, imagining that every time he glanced her way he was secretly harboring a barely contained, animal-like lust for her. Once when she was getting ready for bed she knocked on his door to ask him a question wearing only an oversized t shirt and underwear. When he opened the door, she noticed his gaze move downward to her bare legs and up to the hem of her shirt that stopped just barely covered the divide between her legs. Another time, she was sitting on his bed watching a clip of a TV show with him and another friend when she happened to glance at his lap. She could clearly see the outline of his cock through his well-fitting jeans. It didn't look as though he was hard, but the fact that she could see its shape even when soft was enough for her to have to make an effort to not unconsciously lick her lips. Now when she went to his room, she often imagined straddling his lap, pinning him between herself and his desk in the office chair and rolling her hips against his cock as she kissed him fiercely. In her mind, he always responded in kind, gripping her hips and grinding back up to meet her as he returned her kiss, but she was pretty certain that in reality, he would only be confused.
One night, when she had just showered and was still in her towel, she was trying to turn the heat down in her room. Although it was late fall, the dorms were still fairly warm and the constant piping of hot air into the rooms made it almost unpleasantly warm. She was trying and failing to reach the dial on the vent behind her bed and called over her shoulder, "Dante!"
"Whaaaat?"
"Can I garner your assistance, por favor?"
"With what?"
"I can'tโmakeโthe heaterโfuck!" she exclaimed as her fingers slipped yet again when trying to turn the wheel.
He heaved an exaggerated sigh and shuffled out of his room. "What are you doing in there?" he whined before rounding the corner and stopped dead. Lila was leaning over her bed still in her towel, which had hiked up so that the bottom curve of her ass was in view and her legs were entirely exposed. When she looked back, she saw he was standing completely still in her doorway and turned around. Automatically her eyes flickered down to his jeans and saw an unmistakable bulge pushing out from inside his pants. She swallowed and blinked a few times before saying "Um...yeah, I can't make my heat go down." As soon as the words were out of her mouth she mentally berated herself for saying something so creepily suggestive. She hoped Dante would break the awkward silence by sneering "That's what she said!" but he didn't. He seemed to be gathering himself, before walking past her to look behind her bed. "Which wheel were you turning?"