Work Text:
A roar resounds throughout the dorm room, the T-Rex on screen breaking into a sprint behind the car driven by the main cast. They scream in fear and press the gas to escape from the towering creature.
Shidou watches with half-hearted interest, curled up in an oversized blindingly pink hoodie and boxers on the small couch. His roommate was out since it was the weekend; which gave him the entirety of the apartment-style dorm to himself. Mainly: the couch and TV.
It's not like he wouldn't bully his roommate out of the shared space on a regular day. Hell, the guy wasn't even here that often, his fear of him not a secret to either party. He didn't care as long as he stayed out of his way, though, and if fear was what got him to do that then so be it. Not his problem.
"I wonder if that nut got any groceries lately," he hums to himself as he takes his phone out and opens his messages.
Just as he's about to text the contact labeled "Chestnut 🌰💥", someone knocks on his door.
"Hahhh?!" Shidou calls from his spot on the couch, not wanting to get up from where he's made himself comfortable. "Fuck off! I'll kill you!"
There's a bit of shuffling on the other side and something that sounds like a huff. He takes it as the person on the other side giving up and starts to return to his phone.
"If you don't let me in, I'm taking that key back from you for good," a smooth, slightly annoyed voice says from behind the door.
It takes less than a second for the source of it to click in his mind. Once it does, he throws his phone to the side on the couch and rises to his feet in record time, bounding over to the door with a grin on his face. Fuck being comfortable—things were about to get ten times more exciting.
"Saeeeeee-channnn!" Shidou cheers once he throws open the door, revealing the annoyed redhead behind it. He receives a devastating glare in response.
"Move. Let me in," is what he says in place of a greeting, pushing past the taller and broader boy to enter the dorm and take off his shoes. There's a plastic bag in his hands with some kind of container in it.
"So harsh," Shidou laments while he closes the door as if he hasn't destroyed the eardrums of everyone in his hall already, "I didn't know it was you, baby, I'm sorry."
Slinking after him like a dog once their owner gets home, they walk into the small kitchen area together. Sae places the bag that he brought with him down without looking at his shadow.
"Don't call me baby," his voice comes out like a reflex, "And shut up. The only reason I'm here is so I can get the face wash that I left."
Their back and forth is natural, fitting seamlessly into the air. The movie still plays in the background, but neither pays it any mind. Shidou is much more interested in the redhead and what he brought than in any stupid movie. Dinosaurs could wait, this was a once-a-week opportunity.
"You left it because you were almost late to class. How is that my fault?" Of course, he's omitting a few details, such as the reason why the other was late was because he had his head between his legs.
Sae knows this and gives him an unimpressed stare. He smiles innocently.
"I got your dog food, my little demon, eat that and leave me alone." His finger points at the bag he had been poking around curiously ever since he put it down.
As the redhead leaves the kitchen to collect his belongings from the bathroom, Shidou rips into the bag and the container. The 'dog food' was his favorite food, yukhoe, which consisted of raw meat and a perfect raw yolk on top. Thank God, he felt like he was about to starve.
"Thank you for the meal, Sae-chan!" He sing-songs loud enough so he can hear from the kitchen in the bathroom before digging in.
Every once in a while when the other man would visit his dorm—unannounced or with a text sent 5 minutes before he was knocking on his door—he would bring something with him. Normally, it was food: ice cream, ramen, his favorite drink; it seemed he had a penchant for spending money on him.
All of the food didn't go unappreciated. Sae was probably the only reason that Shidou's fridge wasn't empty besides him bullying his roommate into buying groceries. He found the gifts cute, yet never said it out loud because he would like to keep his tongue. They were thoughtfully thoughtless.
To return the gifts, he would do a wide variety of things. The majority of those included draping himself all over him and screaming in his ear about the food. This time would be no different.
"You didn't use my face wash, did you?" The voice from his bedroom drags him from his thoughts and puts a pause on his devouring his food. He looks up and tries to recall if he did.
"Oh! No, but I did drop it once or twice while I was getting ready in the morning, maybe it spilled."
The sigh that Sae lets out is long and full of suffering. His attempt at fighting back a laugh at the sound goes nowhere.
Finally, the redhead re-enters his view, heading for the bag Shidou missed when he came in, too focused on the food. He slips the face wash into his bag and zips it up, but he doesn't place it over his shoulder like usually does when he's about to leave. Instead, he lingers.
"I don't understand how you eat that dog food," he clicks his teeth as he looks at his half-eaten plate, "Not only is it raw, the texture is shit."
"It's good, you're the one who's missing out," the other sings as he takes in another mouthful of the yolk-covered meat, "Why don't you give it another try?"
When Shidou leans across the counter and puckers his lips for a kiss, Sae scoffs and turns away to leave.
"Whatever. Don't even try to touch me until you've brushed your teeth and washed your hands." His tone is cold and strict, but it doesn't bother him all that much.
"Yes sir.~" He purrs before finishing his plate and chucking the container into the trash.
Quickly, Shidou washes his hands in the sink and rinses his mouth out, figuring that it would be enough to slip by. Then, he bounds into the main room to see the redhead sitting on the couch and fumbling with the remote.
Sae doesn't even bat an eye when he throws himself on the couch and cuddles up to him like a cat. Instead, he sits up more so he can be comfortable and allows him to do as he pleases. Fighting would end in a losing battle. It was best to deal with it as long as he didn't get too handsy.
Onscreen, a dinosaur crushes one of the cars the main characters had narrowly escaped from.
"Do you like dinosaur movies, Sae-chan?" Shidou hums as he watches the Velociraptor, his favorite animal, swallow some background characters.
"Not at all. Either they're cheaply made or the plot is overdone." Sae says blandly yet puts the remote he was going to use to change the movie down.
"Who cares about the plot? The dinosaurs just look cool and that's all that matters," he says it like it's one of the most obvious things in the world, earning him an elbow in the side that he snorts at.
"I'm sorry that I watch movies with actual substance," his tone doesn't sound apologetic.
"Rude," Shidou grumbles as his hands sneak around his waist, "You should apologize for such harsh criticisms, Sae-chan, you're breaking my heart."
"No," Sae rejects him immediately with zero remorse, "You should get a better taste in movies. Or a better favorite animal—dinosaurs are extinct."
This time the other man lets out a loud, offended gasp at his comment. Insulting his movie taste was one thing, but coming after his favorite animal was another.
"Who cares?! I bet they're still 100 times cooler than whatever your favorite animal is." Shidou huffs, indignant. His childhood self would kill him if he didn't properly defend Velociraptors.
"My favorite animals are seagulls and, no, dinosaurs are not better. Mainly because they're extinct." Sae says matter of factly. The slight quirk of his lips is the only sign that he's enjoying the banter.
"Seagulls??? I never thought of you as the type to like a bird so chaotic, but I guess I'll give you a pass for that. Not that they're better than dinosaurs in any way, but sure."
Both of them were much too stubborn and set on their views, as well as biased, to come to a common place so they decided to agree to disagree. Not too long after, Shidou began to get antsy, the movie failing at holding his attention. He dug his face into the redhead's side and huffed.
"You're like a dog," Sae comments at the actions and leans away slightly to regain some of his personal space, "Doesn't being so close to someone bother you?"
"Not if it's you," he says, simply and mindlessly, "Plus, you smell nice. I need to come over to your apartment so I can steal more of your shampoo, I'm running low."
"Just buy it for yourself, Demon. If you take anything else of mine then I'm fulfilling my promise of taking that key back." Mint eyes look at the head of blonde and pink hair pressed into his shoulder.
"Too much work. I don't remember the brand and I don't wanna go to the store. Why don't you just give it to me? You can get some more and I'll pay you back."
It's times like these he begins to question just how much patience Sae has. For anyone else, he would have snapped at the first or even the second annoyance if he was feeling nice. But. But instead, even though he is annoyed, he doesn't lash out.
"How are you going to pay me back? I've seen the abysmal state your bank account is in." The jab, while based on the truth, still makes him pout.
"I can pay in other ways, Sae-chan," Shidou smirks and makes a crude gesture with his hands that causes him to be promptly shoved off the couch.
"I'm going back to my apartment," Sae states as he stands up and walks into the kitchen area to grab his bag.
"Wait! Lemme change clothes first! I don't have any pants on-"
"I can see that," he comments dryly from where he stands next to the door now, bag over his shoulder and shoes about to be put on, "You have 3 minutes. Any longer and I'll drive off."
Shidou rushes to get up from the floor and into his room, opening his closet and pulling out the first pair of pants that he sees. They're gray sweats that he brought when the semester first started because they made the perfect outline of his dick.
Once he throws them on he rushes back into the main room, grabs his phone, and slips on his shoes in record time. Sae stands with his arms crossed as he watches him struggle. Surprisingly, he finishes in half of the time he was given.
"Done," he's only slightly out of breath, "Let's go, Sae-chan."
The redhead gives him a quick once-over.
"Fine. Don't act like a fool at my place."
"Only if you want me to," Shidou purrs as he follows him out of the door, leaving everything else for his roommate to deal with when he gets back.
With a click, the door shuts and the movie ends.