“I’m back!” I called into the apartment as Robin came bounding towards me like a little puppy, “Geez, you didn’t stay in all day, did you?” He was wearing sweatpants and a t-shirt and his hair was a mess, to put it mildly.
“No, my sister was in town, so we had coffee and talked a bit.” I twitched watching his reactions to see how said meeting went. Did she…? “Oh, you don’t have to worry.” He explained gently with a motion of his hands, “She’s a lot different from our parents. We’re very close, but she does love teasing me…” His eyes slowly turned up at me a light tint of red brushing along his cheeks.
“Hmph…” I chuckled to myself as I set down my bag and padded off to the kitchen retrieving a bottle of water from the fridge before carelessly setting it on the countertop, “Would you prefer it if I teased you or something?” Shit, shit, shit! I could feel my own face growing hot with red as I realized what I had just said, What the hell did I just say?!? Am I high or something? I must be spending way too much time around this flirtatious idiot…! I rubbed my face with the palm again hoping to wipe away my flustered expression, “Err, ya know what? I think I’m just going to bed for the night. I must not have rested properly last night…”
“I certainly wouldn’t mind if you teased me…” He whispered placing his chin on my shoulder earning a shiver from me, “It doesn’t matter what… I always love attention from you.”
“I said I was going to bed, didn’t I?” I smiled weakly as my heartbeat wildly at the closeness of our faces, “I shouldn’t have said that I don’t know what I was thinking…”
“Okay…” Robin backed away from me his body heat still lingering on my shoulder, “Sorry, I um…”
“Are you trying to suppress a pickup line?” I questioned with a sigh finally turning around to face him a light glow of red still caressing my cheeks.
“Sorry, I really wish I was different…” His eyes moistened a bit as he rubbed the back of his neck sheepishly, “I know I only cause you trouble…”
“Don’t be like that.” I frowned wondering how I was supposed to comfort this mess before me, “You don’t cause me trouble.” I reassured him taking the shivering boy into my arms, “I don’t wish you were different and besides I want to get to know you just as you are without you pretending to be something different.” Bloody hell that sounded unnecessarily mushy… “So, uh yeah… You should go to bed soon too…” Geez, what the hell is wrong with me? Robin is my roommate… Oh, Jeremy… That’s so damn awkward… “Great job Sully… You’re really smooth…”
. . .
“Mmm…” I mumbled as my alarm went off the next morning. With all the excitement of the night before I’d forgotten to turn it off before going to sleep, “Shit… Well, I won’t be able to fall back to sleep now…” I stumbled into the hallway noticing how quiet the apartment had become, but that was to be expected since Robin wasn’t really the type to wake up early. Especially on a weekend no less, I look like a mess… I sighed at how much my hair was sticking up in the bathroom mirror.
CHnk! The main door unlocked earning a nervous tremble from me as I took a wary step further into the bathroom. Who was here? I swallowed listening as someone entered the apartment throwing something to the floor before they came to rest on the opposite side of the bathroom door. My heart thundered out a frightened melody as there came a knock at the door.
“Y-yes…” My voice came weakly, Please, don’t be a murderer… That really wouldn’t make my day…
“Hey, Sully?” Robin said from the other side, “Are you alright? You sound a little hoarse there…”
I’m an idiot… I’m a complete and utter idiot… “Sorry, you just surprised me!” I faked a nonchalant laugh, “I wasn’t expecting you to be out this early…” I opened the door pretending that I hadn’t just been scared out of my wits.
“I thought I would go get you breakfast since you made me something yesterday and after I was so emotional yesterday… Sorry, I’m not so great at cooking.” He held out a paper bag to me along with a large cup of coffee.
“Thanks…” I murmured taking my breakfast from him seemingly dumbfounded, “You really didn’t have to do this for me, and as for last night. There’s nothing wrong with being emotional, Robin. I would be a lot more worried if you didn’t share what was on your mind with me like you did before. I hate seeing people feeling like they have to hide because their emotions would be considered baggage to some…” Screw it, if this sounds cheesy as hell so be it… “I just want you to be honest with me, okay?”
“You’re such a good guy, Sully…” The red-haired boy shook his hair smiling, “I’m so glad I ended up with a roommate like you. You’re the greatest!”
My face turned about a thousand shades of red as he threw his arms around me in a tight embrace and my heart reacted at the same time acting like I’d run about three miles without stopping, “It’s no big deal…” Seriously, does this guy know what he does to me?!?
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