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It was a beautiful Saturday evening. Bad had just finished streaming when he leaned back in his chair and got a call from one of his friends, Sam.
“Hey Sam!”
“Hi Bad!”
“What’s up?”
“I was wondering how soon I could move in. I really need to get out of this house.”
“I already have your room set up so all you need to do is come down.”
“Okay, cool. I have my stuff packed so I’ll see you in a couple days. Thank you for letting me stay with you.”
“It’s no problem! It’s much better for you mentally and better for all of us financially.”
“Yeah. Is your current housemate still there?”
“Yeah. They haven’t been able to find a place to rent yet but hopefully they will soon, I don’t want them and the baby to have to deal with 3 screaming adults.”
“Heh, yeah. Wait, three?”
“That’s if Skeppy will finally meet up with me.”
“Aren’t you always the one-“
“Shush, not always. But things have been hectic and I, honestly, am super nervous to meet him, cuz like what if he doesn’t like the real me? Or he doesn’t want to see me ever again?”
“You’re more likely to have a negative experience if you think that you’re going to have one. Cheer up, Bad. Everything will be alright. I promise.”
“Really?”
“Really.”
“Thanks Sam.”
“No problem. I’m gonna go rent a U-Haul now and get moving.”
“Alright, see you soon then!”
“See ya!”
Sam hangs up and a voice comes through Bad’s headset.
“Bad~”
“sGeppy?!”
“Did you think you left?”
“… Yeah…”
“I’d love to move in with you, dude.”
“You would?”
“Totally. I love you and I don’t want you thinking otherwise, okay?”
“Okay. I love you, too, Geppy.”
“Welp, Imma start packing.”
“Wait, what?”
“I’m moving in. You said it’s a four-room house so it shouldn’t be too big of a hassle.”
“I know. I just wasn’t expecting for you to want to come so quickly.”
“Bad, we’ve talked about this so much. Like literally so much. I’ll be there in a month, maybe. I need to do a couple things here first and then I’ll come over, kay?”
“Kay kay. Bye Geppy!”
“Bye Baaad!”
Skeppy disconnects from the call leaving Bad absolutely flustered. Then Roommate walked in.
“You good, Darryl?”
“Huh?! Yeah, I’m fine!”
“On the phone with your boyfriend again?”
“He’s not my boyfriend. But he did say he would move in in like a month and Sam should be here in a couple of days.”
“Okay, cool. So good news, bad news?”
“Good news first.”
“Okay, good news, I found a new place!”
“Oh, yay!”
“Bad news, it’s in a not so good neighborhood.”
“Oh, no!”
“Good news, again, though! It’s with my bestfriend!”
“Oh, yay!”
“Yeah. So I’ll get my stuff packed and moved and then you can have the house for you and your lover.”
“Skeppy’s not my ‘lover’ he’s my bestfriend.”
“Lover, bestfriend. You two are gayer than actual gay people, shut up.”
“Okay.” Bad looks away, then back to Roommate. “I’ll help you move your things.”
“I just need help to get them in the car. I can have Bestfriend help me when I get there.”
“Okay.”
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A couple days later after Bad had helped Roommate move out, Sam appeared.
The doorbell rang early in the morning. Bad groggily got up and walked downstairs. He opened the front door and there was Sam.
“Oh, look. A wild creeper.”
“Oh my gosh, a domesticated demon.”
“Grrr.”
“Not domestic, not domestic!”
“Heh. Is the car locked? We can move your stuff inside when it’s light out.”
“Okay.”
Bad let’s Sam into the house and brings him to his room. When the next morning rolls around, Sam is already up and moving.
“Ah. 4 in the morning! What a beautiful day!”
Bad groggily walks out of his office and past Sam.
“Night Sam.”
“What? Dude, it’s 4.”
“Okay?”
“In the morning.”
“Oh.”
“Come on.” Sam grabs Bad by the arm and drags him into the bathroom.
“What?”
“Come on. Undress. I’ll get pajamas.” Sam walks out of the room to let Bad get undressed.
Once Bad stripped to his boxers Sam came back in with no warning. “Okay, these are the comfiest things I could find.”
“Dude!” Bad just stared at Sam and covered himself.
“What?” Sam looked Bad in the eyes.
“I’m in my boxers.”
“Okay yeah. And?”
“Couldn’t you have at least knocked?”
“Well, I knew you were going to be undressed and you knew I was coming back so. Technically yes. Would I? No. Did I? Also no. Suck it up. :)”
“Sam.” Bad sounded a tad irritated.
“Okay fine sorry. I’ll knock next time. Anyways come on.” Sam set the shirt and hoodie he had on the sink and held out a pair of pants.
“I can dress myself.”
“Okay. Come on.”
Bad gives a little ‘hmph’ and stands up. He steadies himself on Sam’s shoulders and steps into the pants. Sam grabs the shirt and pulls it over Bad’s head.
“Hoodie?”
Bad nods and Sam pulls the hoodie over Bad’s head.
“Comfy?”
Bad nods again and Sam took Bad’s toothbrush and prepared it with a pea sized dollop of toothpaste.
“Sam.” Bad sounded even more irritated.
“I don’t wanna hear it. You stayed up til 4. In. the. Morning. You’ve brought this upon yourself, young man. Now open.” Sam tilts Bad’s head up and Bad reluctantly opens his mouth.
Sam brushed Bad’s teeth then had him gargle mouthwash. Sam gently picked up Bad and carried him to his room. When they get there, Sam lays Bad down on the bed and grabbed a book from the mini library in the room. He comes over and sits on the bed next to Bad.
“Are you comfy?”
“Yes. But first, I could have walked. Second, why are we in your room?”
“Because my room is much cooler than yours and I don’t need you to overheat. Now, shush, and let Papa read you a story.”
“Fine.” Bad curls up against Sam’s side and Sam starts to read Bad the story. They finish the quick little book and Bad is fast asleep. Sam quietly gets up and puts the book back. He makes his way over to the door when he hears a little whine. He turns around and sees Bad looking at him through tired eyes. Sam gives a small smile and goes back to the bedside. He leans down and places a small kiss on Bad’s forehead. He gets a little sigh of satisfaction and Bad curls into a smaller ball and pulls the blanket up to cover the lower half of his face.
“Goodnight Bad.”
“Night night, Sammy.”
That continued to happen over the next month. Bad would finish work late and Sam would wake up early to put Bad to bed. Until the day Skeppy moved in. It was nice at first. Bad was ecstatic and Skeppy and Sam got along well enough. But eventually Skeppy started forcing Bad to go to sleep earlier. Sam no longer had someone he could baby. He tried to baby Bad when he could, but Skeppy completely refused to let it happen and from that day forward things got a bit awkward.
“Hi guys!” Bad cheerfully walked down the steps.
“Hey Bad.”
“Hello.”
“Is everything alright? You two seem off.”
“Everything is fine. Just still getting used to living without my family.” Skeppy says, slightly distancing himself from Sam.
“Okay. Sam, are you alright?”
“Yeah. Well, not really. Can I be completely honest?”
“Of course!”
“I sort of miss babying you. I miss getting you ready for bed and reading stories to you and then seeing you fall asleep.”
“Well, Bad’s an adult. He can take care of himself. And if he needs anything, I’m here now. So no need to worry your pretty little head about anything.” Skeppy butts in.
“Skeppy’s right. I did like being babied but I think maybe we should stop so then it doesn’t become a bad habit.”
“Alright. Wow, parents are right. Kids do grow up fast.”
“I’m not a kid! >:O”
“You do act like one sometimes though.” Skeppy snickers.
“Well then maybe Sam should continue to baby me.”
“No! I mean… I don’t see why. You’re more of a teenager. But still a kid.”
“Fine. Meanie.”
“Maybe a ten-year-old.”
“>:O”
Sam gets up and allows Bad and Skeppy to continue to bicker. He walked to his room and gently shut the door. I get it. We should fix Bad’s bad habit of staying up too late. But is it so bad to want to take care of him? Sam sits down at his desk and boots up his computer. He calls Ponk on discord.
“Hey Ponk.”
“Hiya Sam! What d’ya need?”
“Just wanted to talk. Can I not call you just to hang out?”
“You can, but I hear it in your voice. You’re not happy. What’s wrong?”
“Wow. You’re great at intonation. Anyways you wouldn’t really care. It’s nothing.”
“I didn’t spend all my life trying to figure out how the hell to tell apart the emotions in your voice to tell me I don’t care. Tell me what’s wrong.”
“You know how I would baby Bad?”
“Yeah.”
“Skeppy is basically cock-blocking me.”
“Ooo. Really?”
“Yeah, ever since he moved in I haven’t been able to get Bad to really listen to me. Bad never minded that I was a bit forceful because he knew it was for the better, but now that he isn’t really tired and Skeppy is helping him get on a better schedule, I can’t do anything anymore.”
“Well, I mean, isn’t that for the best?”
“Yeah, but like, I could still baby him and get him to go to sleep even at the proper time. But Skeppy won’t let me near him.”
“Oh. That’s a problem.”
“Yeah. Maybe I could adopt a real child. But then again that’s a lot of work so never mind.”
“Maybe you could find another roommate who you could baby.”
“Yeah, maybe. Would you like to be babied?”
“I mean it doesn’t sound like a bad idea.”
“Cool, I’ll talk to the others about it! I know Skeppy wouldn’t mind.”
“Woah, wait what? You want me to move in?”
“Yeah. I mean unless you don’t want to. It’s fine if you don’t.”
“No, dude! I’d love to!”
“You don’t have t-“
“I’m dead serious. I love you. And if it helps to have me there then I’ll do it.”
“Really?”
“Totally!”
“Oh my god! I love you! Talk to you later! Bye!”
“Bye Sam!”
Ponk disconnects from the call and Sam runs downstairs to tell Bad and Skeppy the good news.
“Guys!”
“hm?” Bad turns around from cooking and Skeppy looks up from his spot at the counter.
“How would you feel if we got another roommate?”
“Oo! Who?”
“Ponk.”
“Oh! That’s great. Then you’ll have a boyfriend too!”
“Yeah! Wait what?”
“Oh, uh, nothing! O///O Skeppy! Don’t you think it’s great Ponk is moving in with us?!”
Skeppy looks at Bad then back at Sam. He smiles. “I’d think it’d be great. Now he can bother someone else.”
“Skeppy! Don’t be rude! What is up with you lately?”
“Nothing. Just saying.”
“Oh my goodness. When is Ponk moving in?”
“I actually have no idea. I just said that I would talk to you guys, so we didn’t plan much. I can ask.”
“Okay!” Bad turns back around and resumes cooking dinner.
Skeppy glares at Sam and Sam quickly pulls out his phone and starts texting Ponk.
Sam:
When do you want to move in?
Ponk:
Uhm, when do you want me to?
Sam:
As soon as possible
Ponk:
Okay, give me like a week or something.
Sam:
Okay. love you <3
Ponk:
Love you <3
“He’s moving in in about a week.”
“Okay! Dinner will be done shortly.”
Skeppy’s eyes follow Sam as he leaves the room. Once he’s gone Bad turns around and looks at Skeppy. Skeppy looks up from his phone feeling Bad’s eyes on the back of his head.
“What?”
“You should apologize.”
“What for?”
“For being rude. Skeppy, just because you're jealous doesn’t mean you can be rude.”
“I’m not jealous.”
“You aren’t? Once you moved in you stopped Sam from babying me.”
“Because it’s a bad habit. You need to sleep earlier. Simple.”
“Or maybe because you want to baby me.”
“Maybe I do. What about it?”
“You can take care of me. I would say to also let Sam take care of me but Ponk is moving in, so you got lucky this time. But since you’ve stopped him so much and made him upset you should apologize.”
“Fine.”
Skeppy gets up and apologizes to Sam. They make up and the week goes by much better than how the past month had been going. Ponk finally makes it to the house and moves in. Sam immediately starts taking care of Ponk and Skeppy starts taking care of Bad. Ponk and Sam end up dating and Skeppy and Bad come out to their friends and fans. They live happily ever after. The end. :D