InsaneJournal

Vic
Noah knew that no one was ever summoned to the Captain's office on their birthday, so he had patiently gone through his daily routine as his eighteenth year arrived and his seventeenth departed. Two days later being patient was taking a lot more effort than he cared to admit. A good deal of that was directly his roommate's fault. A meticulous, compulsive neat freak Noah was finding it immensely difficult to survive Julio's tidiness deficiency. The urge to just clean it all for him had set an almost permanent tick in his right eye. But Julio would likely not feel at all comfortable with the arrangement, and Noah's counselor had told him mentorship - no matter how small - was looked upon well. It was not as if there were very many months left in the year that he could not endure it. It was best too, that he learn to cope with potentially hostile situations. He would likewise have a roommate once he was a cadet - there was no doubt in his mind he would not be asked, and no thought whatsoever of turning the invitation down - and it was in his best interest to learn to endure all personality types. Even if he did often miss his previous roommate. He had let Noah clean everything as often as he liked. It had been a very comfortable arrangement.

Because he could not clean the room any further without infringing upon Julio's personal expression, Noah had taken to cleaning the bathroom often. Thankfully, not everything had changed and their suitemates were accustomed to his need to keep everything orderly. Between their joint rooms, the heat was quite high and so the bathroom warmed quickly and easily to slightly uncomfortable temperatures. Thus, Noah was standing in the shower stall, scrubbing the tiles in nothing but a pair of swim trunks.

All the tiny tiles were comforting in their need for attention. They were also quite easily broken - as he had learned over time - and so were themselves also good training in strength distribution. He scrubbed the brush across the grout, pleased with the white shine.