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The next few days are uneventful. You and Ben avoid each other like the plague, always leaving the room when the other enters, Kylo has been acting odd but weird is his normal, and Matt is the only person you can actually talk to in the loft.
It’s finally October and is almost always overcast in Seattle, not that you’re complaining. Although, getting out of bed in the morning is a pain. The cold floors didn’t help the fact that it’s five in the morning. You love working at the cafe but having the first shift really sucks.
Pulling yourself out of your warm cocoon, you make your way into the bathroom to get ready for the day. Opening the bathroom door, you’re greeted with steam. Your tired brain doesn’t think much of it until you hear someone shout at you from inside the bathroom. Wait...
Looking up from your feet you see Kylo, a lot more of Kylo than you’d like to see. He was frantically trying to grab a towel and wrap it around himself.
Ohmygod
Finally registering what’s happening, you yell “I’m so sorry” at him and shut the bathroom door behind you. Leaning against the wall outside the bathroom, you try to erase that image from your memory. The way the water made his muscles shine though...no! You can’t think that. That’s Kylo for christ’s sake! But his abs…
Shaking your head as if that’ll get rid of your unwanted thoughts, you decide to eat something while you wait for Kylo to actually clothe himself. After about ten minutes, you hear the bathroom door open again. Peeking down the hallway you see Kylo stomping down the hall and towards you.
You gulp down a piece of toast, preparing yourself for him to scold you. But he doesn’t. He gives you an ice-cold glare and stalks past you and into his room.
For some reason, this makes you even more scared.
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You get to work on time and Finn greets you like always, “Morning y/n.”
“Good morning, Finn,” you sigh as you throw on your apron, “You will not believe the morning I’ve had.”
“Tell me all about it while we clean.”
As you both wipe down the surfaces of the cafe, you tell Finn about what happened just an hour ago.
Finn gives you a knowing smile, “Well, was it big?”
You look at Finn in horror, “What? I mean, I don’t know..I was half asleep and wasn’t exactly looking!”
“Missed opportunity, y/n,” Finn shakes his head jokingly at you.
Talking to Finn about Kylo didn’t exactly help get him off your mind. You were so occupied with thinking about him that you could barely focus on anything else. You didn’t even notice when Bazine walked into the shop until you saw the tall man behind her. Of course Kylo would come in today.
Thankfully, Finn took the register so you could avoid all contact with both of them. He even offered to bring them their drinks so you didn’t have to. He was really my hero today.
As usual, the rest of my shift passed uneventfully. When you were finally able to clock out, you gave Finn a final wave and ran out into the brisk October air. You loved fall and thought this would be a good day to take some time and appreciate it.
Walking down the streets of Seattle, you inhale the cool air and gaze at the half orange and yellow leaves. It was a nice break from the tension in the loft. As a strong breeze blows between the tall buildings you wrap your coat tighter around yourself, making sure none of your body heat escapes.
You eventually settle on a bench and pull out your sketchbook. Flipping to an empty page you get a glimpse of your drawing of Kylo, looking stern as usual. You start sketching the surrounding architecture, making sure to not miss a single detail. That’s another thing you love about Seattle; all the old architecture.
Finishing up your sketch, you realize it’s nearly four in the afternoon. Wow, you must’ve been sitting there for at least three hours. Thinking it’s probably time to head back to the loft, you pack up your sketchbook and pencils.
Walking through the front door pushes thoughts of Kylo back into your head. You just can’t escape him and his stupid self. Why couldn’t it have been Matt you walked in on? At least then you both would’ve just laughed it off. Oh my..Matt! You need to tell him what happened!
You rush towards Matt’s room and knock before entering.
“Come in”
The door creaks open for you to see Matt sitting at his desk, typing what looks like code into his computer.
“Hey Matty! How’s it going?” you ask as you plop down on his bed, making yourself comfortable.
He rolls his chair away from his desk and turns to face you, “Pretty good, just messing around right now.”
“So you have time to talk?”
“Of course!” he laughs.
You take a deep breath before you jump in to what happened, “Okay so this morning I was half asleep and needed to get ready so what do I do? I go into the bathroom. The problem is, someone was in there already and I walked in on them while they weren’t fully clothed. Well, technically not clothed at all. I didn’t really see much since I was practically asleep but still, what do I do? I said sorry..”
Matt looks at you like you grew a second head.
“Matty don’t look at me like that! it was an accident!”
He finally clears his throat and chokes out, “Well, was it Ben? Because he shouldn’t care.”
“Um, actually”
“Y/n...please tell me it wasn’t Kylo,” Matt gives you a pleading look that absolutely wretches your gut.
“It was an accident! I obviously wouldn’t have walked in if I had known he was in there!” you exclaim, trying to help my case.
Matty just shakes his head and runs a hand through his golden locks, “I don’t even know what you should do. Avoid him? Don’t make eye contact? Never speak to him again? Just move out? Die?!”
This causes you to groan and shove your face into one of Matt’s pillows. Life could not get worse. Without lifting your face from the pillow you mumble, “Maybe I should just move out and never come back.”
You don’t get an immediate response but you do feel the bed dip down beside you and Matt place his hand on your back.
“You know I’d miss you. I don’t know what I’d do without my best friend,” he consoles you as he rubs your back. He really knows how to make you feel a million times better.
“Thanks Matty, you really are the best.”
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You’re awoken by the front door slamming, which must mean Kylo’s home. Apparently you’d fallen asleep on Matt’s bed and Matt was still snoozing next to you. You roll over and lightly shake him.
“Matt, Matty, wake up,” you whisper.
He just groans and rolls away from you.
Shaking him harder this time, you raise your voice to a normal level, “Matt, you have to get up.”
This time he groans and flutters his eyes open.
“Y/n? Did I fall asleep?”
“Yeah and I would’ve let you sleep but we have to make dinner,” you chuckle at his grogginess.
You’re finally able to pull Matt out of bed, much to his dismay, and start making dinner in the kitchen. Matt was a very good cook, not that you expected anything less from him. He told you that his mom had taught him when he was young and that he loved helping her in the kitchen. That was the most you’d ever heard him talk about his family.
The other two triplets made their way into the kitchen, most likely following the smell of the food. We all made our plates and sat down together at the table for the first time in a week. It was slightly awkward but nothing you can’t handle.
Abruptly, Ben starts the conversation, “So, what was all that yelling about this morning?”
Your head shoots up and you immediately say, “Nothing.”
Ben gives you a suspicious look. Damn, you shouldn’t have answered so fast.
“Nothing? I think we should let Ben and Matt know they’re living with a pervert,” Kylo spits out.
“A pervert? I hope you're talking about yourself!” you knew he was mad at you but a pervert? Come on it was an accident!
“Yeah, what’re you talking about Kylo?” Ben asks.
Matt interjects before Kylo can say anything, “Why don’t we change the topic? Ben, how was work today?”
Kylo narrows his eyes at Matt, who is obviously trying to protect you, “No, I think ben should know how y/n walked in on me today while I was naked.”
Ben’s eyes widen to the size of saucers, “What!”
“Kylo, get over yourself, it was an accident! I was half asleep and I didn’t even see anything!” you try to defend yourself.
“Wait, I haven’t even seen Kylo naked! That’s not fair!” Ben shouts over me.
We all whip our heads to look at Ben, “What?”
“You heard what I said. Now I need to see Kylo naked, so it’s fair. Same with Matt.”
Matt shakes his head at this, “Oh, I’ve seen Kylo naked so I’m good. One time is enough for me.”
Ben's eyes get even bigger, if that’s even possible, “WHAT! You’re telling me I’m the only person in the loft who hasn’t seen Kylo naked!”
“Ben, I am not letting you see me naked,” Kylo says in disgust.
“Why not?”
“Because that’s disgusting and I don’t need to live with two pereverts.”
You look back at Kylo, “Hey! I am not a pervert! If you’re really that mad we can even the playing field! I couldn't care less about someone seeing me naked!”
The triplets shut up at this, leaving your words to sit in the deafening silence.
Kylo finally breaks the silence by barely stuttering out, “w-w-wha-what?”
You, however, were not finished being bold, so you stand up from your chair and grasp the bottom of your shirt. “I will flash you right now just so you can stop complaining about me being a pervert, okay?”
“Y/n that seems like a bad idea-” Matt tries to reason but is cut off by Kylo saying, “yeah, well you are a pervert.”
That was the final straw.
You lift up your shirt, bringing your bra up with it. Matt gasps and looks away immediately, Kylo does the same after a second but shouts “Oh my god”, and Ben just ogles at you.
“Look who’s the pervert now!” I tell Kylo before walking to my room and shutting the door. I can hear the triplets murmuring from the kitchen, Kylo calling me psycho and Ben just kept saying “wow”.
At least that’s settled now.