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After leaving Niko's dorm, Charles instantly ran up to Shidou's room, even though he has a spare key for his dorm, he always knocks because of one incident where he accidentally walked in Shidou and Sae making out in front of the door. After that he preferred to only use the keys for emergencies. As he knocks, He hears a pitter patter and the door reveals Sae, cracking the door, and slowly peering out.
"Oh hey Charles, what's going on?" Sae asked with a neutral expression, just with a hint of confusion only him and Shidou could catch. Sae opens the door fully, seeing Charles standing, looking dazed.
Charles could hear Shidou yelling at Sae to come back because he was "cold" but he was probably just using it as an excuse to snuggle with him. "SAE CAN I COME IN, PLEASE? IT'S KINDA IMPORTANT." Charles bursts out screaming, making Shidou hear and immediately getting up from the warm bed.
"OH MY GOD SAE IS THAT OUR SON, OUR LITTLE SIGMA, CHARMAN?" Charles can hear Shidou yell in the distance, running up to Sae, putting his arm around Sae.
"Yeah, it's Charles, and Ryuusei, he's not our son." Sae says with a hint of annoyance. Shidou responds with just squeezing him tighter, but not tight enough to hurt him.
"Yes he is, you just don't know Sae." Shidou says. "Charboy, come on in, you're always welcome." Shidou lets go of Sae and scoots Charles into the dorm and closes the door lightly, locking it, then of course putting his arms back on Sae.
"GUYS, I ASKED NIKO OUT AND HE SAID YES AND TOMORROW HE'S GOING TO MY DORM, AND I DON'T KNOW WHAT TO DO I MEAN IT'S JUST HAPPENED LIKE ALL THE SUDDEN. AHHHH" Charles speaks in a fast paced tone, but Ryuusei and Sae both understand as they are used to it.
"Well, do you know what you guys are gonna do at your dorm?" Sae asked, nodding to confirm that he is listening.
"OOOO, HOW ABOUT A SLEEPOVER? I MEAN LATE NIGHT TALKS IS HOW ME AND SAE KNEW EACH OTHER." Ryuusei suggests and removes his arm from Sae, and proceeds to use both of his arms to shake Charles.
"OH MY GOD GREAT IDEA RYUUSEI!" Charles says as he wobbles back and forth from Ryuusei.
Sae facepalms looking at the explosive duo, giving Ryuusei the "stop doing that" expression.
Sae and Ryuusei and their adopted son hang out in the dorm, playing Mario Kart after the entire fiasco of Charles losing his mind. Sae wins all of the rounds because Ryuusei and Charles was too busy trying to throw banana peels or any other destructive item in Mario Kart has to offer. After the night ended, Sae and Ryuusei say bye to Charles with a hug from both "Parents" and Charles ends up going to his dorm to sleep.
While that was happening, Niko, still recovering from the fact his crush asked him out on a date, decides to pull out his phone and text both Aiku and Sendou. He told them about his crush on Charles, but they found out earlier before he told them, but let Niko say something first before they went to that conclusion.
Oliver,Ikki,Shuuto
Ikki : GUYS CHARLES ASKED ME OUT ON A DATE ON HIS DORM, DOES THAT MEAN HE PROBABLY LIKES ME BACK WHAT DO I DO I'M SO NERVOUSF FOR TOMORROW
Oliver : chill ikki he was the one who asked you on a date not you asking him out
Ikki : this is why all the team calls u unc except shuuto
Shuuto : oh! that's great ikki, just be yourself okay? unlike oliver over here teasing you
Ikki : OMG someone who actually says good advice unlike unc over here
Oliver : I'M NOT A UNC HELLO? this is the reason why i'm never giving advice to you.
Oliver : but shuuto is right, just be yourself, i mean you pulled him with your weird anime shit
Ikki : OKAY WHY DID U HAVE TO VIOLATE ME
Ikki : MADOKA MAGICA IS A GOOD SHOW YOU JUST DON'T KNOW PEAK
Shuuto : oliver ur just a hater
Shuuto : when we watched it with ikki it was really good ur just lying
Oliver : DON'T TAKE HIS SIDE SHUUTO
Oliver : I THOUGHT WE WERE DATING?
Niko powers off his phone, ignoring the weird argument Oliver and Shuuto are having in the group chat. He knows that they are probably gonna make out like 5 minutes after they argue like always. So instead he focuses on his breathing, to help himself calm down for the date that is gonna happen tomorrow. But quits after he decides to sneak a look at his phone again, and realizes Charles has texted him, making Niko feel butterflies in the stomach.
Niko, Charles
Charles : IKKI
Charles : SLEEPOVER DATE TMRW??? <3
Niko : YESS OMG
Charles : GOTCHA BRING YOUR PJS
Niko : OKAYY <333
Niko cringes, realizing he sent the heart back, but he proceeds to ignore it, looks at Oliver's and Shuuto's texts, and then cringing again after seeing the "Come to my room" text from Oliver. Niko already guessed what they are doing, probably sucking each other's mouths already. He decides to stop the phone usage and focus on his computer, watching Chernobyl for the 40th time.
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Charles sets up a makeshift pillow fort for him and Niko to stay in, and sets up the TV so they can both play Mario Kart, or the new Mario Party Jamboree he recently bought. As he finished, he waits for Niko to arrive, scrolling through X on his daily dose of brainrot, liking skibidi toilet and mango phonk. He occasionally sends it to Shidou and Sae's shared group chat, Sae leaving them on read, while Shidou replying about skibidi toilet lore. After a while, Charles hears a knock and instantly gets up and runs up to the door.
Charles opens the door impatiently, beaming with energy seeing Niko dressed in his pjs. He adores the look Niko has and catches a glimpse of his teal eyes, making him blush a little bit more than expected.
"IKKI!! you look so cute." He says quietly after yelling his name and then hugs him but realizes what he did, he pulls away swiftly, blushing even more.
"Charles, it's nice to see you aswell!" Niko accepts the hug anyways, and smiles a bit while admiring his crush's fang. He lets himself in and sees the pillow fort, with the Nintendo Switch already docked and ready to go.
"Mario Kart first?" Charles asks leading Niko the way to the cozy pillow fort, as they both sit in it, taking the controllers.
They both play for a while, both tying, they decide to stop playing as they both doze off, trying to beat each other. They both lay on the pillow fort/bed, admiring the silence between each other just staring into space. Charles then breaks the comfortable silence between them, even though he won't be able to admire Niko anymore.
"Niko it was really fun hanging out with you. I really like you." Charles suppresses the urge to bite him after just confessing to him, until he waits for him to answer. He thinks Niko is just so cute, he wants to bite him to let all of his affection out.
Niko responds, blushing intensely, bright as Sae's salmon colored hair. "Charles, I like you too." Nikos laughed nervously after accepting the confession.
Charles looks at him like he saw a ghost. Charles couldn't believe what Niko just said to him. It was like he was dreaming. Maybe he was. Then he sees Niko shyly reaching to his face, both of their lips pressing together intensely, full of newfound love.
After Charles pulls back he looks at Niko with love in his eyes, as he moves his hair out of Niko's eyes, admiring his teal eyes, and then ruins the moment by impulsively biting his shoulder. Niko's face immediately turns into a shocked expression, as he hisses in pain.
"CHARLES!" he spits out as he touches his shoulder relieving the pain.
"Oh, sorry Niko, you're just so cute, I wanted to bite you. Ryuusei always tells me to speak my thoughts so I did!" Charles exclaims but touches his shoulder worried about the mark it will leave later.
Niko facepalms, but looks at Charles with a gingerly look. He finally knows what is gonna be like having a mini Shidou for a boyfriend, heck, he probably has to use his metavision to deal with his cuteness aggression. After Niko thinks of solutions to help him out, he quits and will just let him do it in the future. Charles then hugs him with force, pushing him down on the bed, forcing Niko to lay down. Then, snuggling up to Niko and fitting his face in the crook of his neck, interlocking his arms around his chest. Niko accepts the affection and snuggles with him back, pulling the blanket up to his shoulder, also making sure it is also covering Charles's shoulders. He lets Charles snuggle up to him closer, as he falls asleep slowly in Niko's embrace. The warmth around them making him fall asleep. Niko is usually a night owl, so it takes a while for him to sleep. So he turns on the TV and scrolls on Netflix, clicking on Bread Barbershop to watch as Charles soundly sleeps in his neck, occasionally moving positions to his chest to lay on.
After watching a few episodes of Bread Barbershop, he eventually turns off the TV and tosses the remote somewhere random. He gets in a comfortable snuggling position with Charles and slowly dozes off as well, enjoying the warmth shared between them, knowing next morning he will miss this feeling.