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Ren wasn't quite sure how and when this particular habit of his started..
Ah. It might have occurred during his rebellious teenage years, in which his only priority was to defy his father, charm girls off their feet, and being free.
He remembered it now; a terribly warm summer night. His clothes were soaked through with sweat, and no matter how much he tossed and turned, cranked his fan to its maximum and windows thrown wide open, he just couldn't seem to get cooled. In fact, he only became even warmer with his efforts. Just his luck his room air conditioner had broken down, and its maintenance was only scheduled two days after.
Finally, frustrated and increasingly irritated with the unrelenting heat, Ren practically tore his own clothes off and chucked them aside, before throwing himself on his bed in a fit of uncharacteristic annoyance.
The night air caressed his bare skin with surprising coolness, and quite suddenly, Ren found out that it wasn't so stuffy anymore. Ren burrowed deeper into his pillow with a contented sigh. He had never noticed the softness and smoothness of his bedsheet, until tonight.
Soon, drowsiness began to take hold of his consciousness. Ren was dimly aware that he was hardly covered at all, but he was too comfortable to move, and too sleepy to care.
Even when the temperature dropped steadily throughout the night, Ren welcomed the chill. After a few days of tolerating the suffocating heat, any form of chill was appreciated.
He developed a cold soon after, but he thought it was worth it.
He slept naked every night from then on.
Unless he was too tired, this time, he slept naked under the covers.
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As the years went by, Ren discovered more perks to sleeping naked other than its promise of a cool slumber, effectively reducing his laundry and its faster way to get to sleep.
Like, how being nude gave him a sense of freedom, after a day being confined in layers of clothes, concealed behind his everyday masks to deal with everyone.
He enjoyed the reactions of mortification (and blushes) his roommates showed him when they discovered his sleeping habit.
It was also more convenient, in case his partner decided to be naughty that night.
Oh, and that goes to say, with him already nude, he also stripped his partner of the pleasure of stripping him.
Ah. The joys of being comfortable in your own skin.
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"Stop sleeping in the nude," Hijirikawa had wrinkled his nose at him, turning his face away to covertly hide a faint blush on his cheeks."It's disgusting."
Ran-chan muttered something rude underneath his breath.
In response, Ren threw them a shameless smirk. "We are all guys here, Hijirikawa, Ran-chan. Whatever I have, you have them too. Well, except mine are more gorgeous, obviously. Oyasumi."
Ignoring sputters of irate indignation, Ren clambered up to his top bunk, naked ass in full view before he slipped underneath his blankets, and turned to his side as he readied himself to sleep.
- End of Chapter One -