Titus

buzz buzz buzz the vibrating of my phone woke me up at 6:00 am before the actual alarm could, "AHHHHH" I yawn and stretch my arms.

I can barely function and think coherently from my long night of studying , work and just the general college bullshit.

"They have kept me up far too long once again. But the early bird gets the worm! Or is it eats the worm? It's too early to think this deeply"

"I have been letting myself go lately so it's about time I get back to my regular schedule" Titus can't help but stare at himself in the mirror and flex his arms while making aggressive expressions and pinching his small layer of fat on his belly.

Suddenly it feels as if bladder might explode so he stops entertaining himself and regrets drinking a gallon of water before bed.

Thud….Thud….Thud…. As per usual the door seems to be stuck as he tries to shake it open from the handle.

Groggily slamming my shoulder against my bathroom door a few times to get it to open I finally lucked out and get it open before I have my first accident as an adult.

Titus isn't exactly what you would refer to as your average looking guy. Well being 6'8 and two hundred fifty odd pound man that he is, it's no wonder he sticks out.

"THANK YOU GOD!!!!" He semi yells in relief thinking about how sour that could of gone had he been just a little longer.

My tiny apartment bathroom is a whopping 20 x 15 feet and the only place that fit in my budget for school so it was either this place or live in a tent but then again I guess beggars can't be choosers.

After a quick brushing my teeth, I get dressed for a quick morning run. Which is really just me throwing on some basketball shorts and running shoes.

It's 6:20 am now but it's just a typical day at Sunny EastDale University. Enough lollygagging and time to put in some work.

I'm in decently bad shape compared to what I use to be from before college but it's hard to find the time now days with work, school and studying to focus like I did in high school on physical fitness.

As I start to jog and stare into the horizon, I start to finally relax. it was quite enjoyable as well as beautiful seeing that big yellow ball of sunshine peek over the horizon. Nothing like jogging around campus while listening to some good music o get your blood pumping and heart going for the day.

I finally finished my run in a little under 0:26 min! "All my hard work is paying off and it won't be more than a month or two until I'm back in shape" I can't help but remind myself for some much needed morning motivation.

The end of my route was still a 10 min walk away from my apartment, so I started to head back walking leisurely as a cool down while I think of what I need to get out of the way for today.

About 5 min into the walk back and when I was at the edge of campus I ended up running into Tyler Shin.

Tyler Shin is my 21 year old friend who is only a few inches smaller than me. Most of us just call him Ty.

He's a big Korean guy who I met at my gym while we were both taking a bunch of classes that they offered a special on for students.

He's a pretty big guy himself. weighing in at about 215 pounds with his short black hair and he can always be seen in full sweats or basketball shorts.

That's mostly just because he's too lazy to dress appropriately unless it's to hit on women.

The real reason he even "dresses up" in jeans then is because not many girls are receptive to a man at a bar in workout clothes.

In Ty Shin's world dressing up is a pair of blue jeans followed by a comic book T-shirt or a band T-shirt.

Ty and I smile immediately at each other when we make eye contact.

"fist bump, bring it back, hands up high, two handed high five, knuckle bumps and more for about 30 seconds before we end it in a bro hug."

" It's been such a long time since I have seen you Ty!!! You ugly son of a bitch?" I ask him how he's been with a big shit eating grin on my face

" I have been doing pretty good man pretty busy with all my class work and gaming but it's nice to see you again."

Although we are bit taller then your average nerds and college has been good to us , it hasn't changed the fact that we are insanely huge nerds.

We have a habit of not hanging out in person a lot besides the gym from getting all wrapped up in fantasy novels, Sci Fi shows, manga, comics, cartoons , anime and video games and anything else that may catch our fancy.

After about 15 minutes of small talk Ty and I agree that we will meet up at 8:30 pm to play a relatively new massively multiplayer online role-playing game that we got early access to luckily.

We lucked out and got a free month with the first expansion for just $8.00 and want to play as much as we can before it cost too much money for our struggling student selves.

When this usually happens we stop and move on to a new game. We have already played through Quest Of The Immortal Titans, Rings Of Our Lord, War Of The Gods, Fantasy Fate Online as well as a ton of Real Time Strategy games (RTS) like the entire Master & Conquest series and Demi-Devil wars series.

To say the least we might be slightly addicted to video games and a bunch of other nerdy things but as long as we worked out and do our school work nobody can really complain to us about it and we couldn't be happier with our lives.

After a quick shower and a change of clothes I spent all day in classes. 9:00- 11:00 am was Risk Analysisment 1:00-3:00pm English 402, 3:45- 4:45pm Economics 343, 5:00-6:00pm.

As a Cyber Analysis & Defense Major my classes have been getting more taxing every year but in today's society it's pretty hard to get money without one.

Mentally exhausted I decided that I needed to be physically exhausted too and attended a plethora of martial art classes at the gym with Ty.

We went to a Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and boxing class until 9. After rolling in Brazilian Jiu Jitsu and getting knocked around a bit in boxing sparring I was more then a little beat up and covered in sweat so I ran from the gym to my apartment to shower before Ty and I met up for some late night quality gaming time.

I just stepped out of the shower and I hear Knock Knock Knock Knock "Open up motherfucker I came to game and get fucked up!!!'

I can't help but laugh and yell "hold on fucker some of us didn't drive home the gym today!!!"

I grab some clean sweat pants and a plain white T-shirt and open the door to see a eerily similarly dressed Tye holding a bag from the liquor store and a bulky looking backpack that can barely close.

"It's about time you let me in man! I'm dying to get started on this game. Yeah yeah Tye I'm sure it was hard waiting outside for 60 seconds" hahaha.

We sit down on my couch and pull out our laptops, mouse's and connect the computers to the two 40 inch flat screens I have set up from a pawn shop.

They may not be the newest but they are a hell of a lot better then our tiny computer screens. While we wait for the game to start up Ty brings out a big bottle of Cinnamon whiskey along with a stack of red plastic cups.

"Let the games begin!!! We cheer and start chugging the whiskey and start to pick our factions in the game".

I pick a dwarf because it's different from what I usually pick (badass bad/evil looking characters) and the class of Death Emperor.

Ty cracks up at my choice and shakes his head. Since we are clearly picking the weirdest races we can I'm gonna pick

Demi-Panda because it's a giant fucking panda and who wouldn't like that? He picked a Rogue class and starts to yell "IM A ROGUE FUCKING PANDA TITUS!!! BETTER WATCH OUT" while making corny hand chops and kung fu moves on my couch.

Bwahaha the floor laughing at his display of martial proneness. Tye proceeds to fill our cups up again. "We are going to need to finish this tonight Titus!!! You don't have a choice he yells at me."

"You must have me confused with someone else I have no problem finishing it!!! My only real question is….do you think you can hang and handle this much whiskey little girl Ty"

We cheers again and let the games begin in earnest.