As a student I either had a girlfriend or I didn't. I wasn't into one night stands. For most of the time I had a small room in a vile block of flats. Vile, because of how dirty it was outside and how cold inside. I wanted the smallest room simply because I could keep it relatively warm. I had decorated it and insulated it so that it was really snug.
My flatmates came and went. If they had girlfriends they didn't spend too much time in our flat. One flatmate was an Asian student who was very introverted. He was a nice young man, but a pain to have as a housemate. However, he had a boyfriend - an elderly, elegant man whose origins were Irish but he himself spoke in a beautiful English accent and he flirted continuously his eyes. His name - Mr Riley.
I always felt nervous when he arrived at our flat. He would try to engage me in conversation before going up to visit his student friend. He would stay for an hour or so in his room with the door shut. It was clear what was happening from the silence that seeped out from behind the closed door.
Well, eventually the Asian guy had to return back to the far east. He had packed his things and took a suitcase to the airport. He said that his friend Mr Riley would come and remove the box with the things he was leaving behind.
Mr Riley phoned the next day to arrange a date to come round. Well there was only me in the house, so I decided to be curious. I agreed that he should come round that afternoon. I was excited. I had a plan.
I was wearing a gym track suit with nothing else, no underwear, when he arrived. He tried to engage me in conversation in the livingroom, but I was too nervous. I sent him up to the room, and said I would come up in a moment to help if any help was needed.