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The dark-haired boy entered his dorm room, shutting the door behind him as drops of rain fell off of him and wet the wooden floor beneath him.
Every day seemed to be getting more and more tiring, college was supposed to be opening up paths for him to succeed in life but it honestly just made him want to end his, he knew he could have better grades if he only ‘focused’, many adults had spat the same advice over and over like it would make a difference the 90th time around. Like he cared.
His hands were shaking from the cold, and his clothes were soaked. He didn´t think he could feel any more uncomfortable at the moment, and that was when he realized the light switch hadn’t worked when he pressed it.
He let the small plastic bag of groceries fall to the ground with a soft thud, turning to look directly at the switch and pressing it both ways many times, his forehead meeting the wall with a sigh as he gave up.
“Sev?” a familiar voice asked.
He turned to look at the half-opened door of their shared room, a red-ish light coming from the small space. He wrapped his arms around his body to try and stop himself from freezing as he slowly walked towards it.
“You look like shit.” Noli chuckled, looking at 007n7 from his bed, he was covered in a gray blanket, 007n7’s, to be precise. The c00lgui was on the floor with a rusted kettle next to it, steam coming out of it, two cup noodle servings on the nightstand.
“Stop treating it like a toy.” He huffed in response, he tried seeming annoyed, but he could only praise Noli in his head for his cleverness when he felt some warmth reach his body for the first time in hours.
“Didn’t think you’d prefer freezing to death, but ok, I can turn it off-”
“DON’T- you idiot-” 007n7 basically ran towards him and sat on the floor next to the hacking device.
Noli chuckled, god, how he drove him crazy.
007n7 turned to look at him, his white eyes curved into the shape of crescent moons, his mouth doing the same.
There was something about the way he smiled, not a bad thing, no, something warm most people ignored and classified as ‘creepy’. Probably because they hadn’t seen him as closely as 007n7 had, or as long, they hadn’t grown familiar with it nor learnt to enjoy its sight-
Holy crap, that sounded so gay.
007n7 almost snapped his neck turning to look away from him, his eyes refocusing on the c00lgui and the kettle, then trailing off to look at the noodles. At the same time, his stomach rumbled.
“One of them is yours,” Noli said as he reached for his, a plastic fork swirling the warm noodles in the cup with a sound that made 007n7 even hungrier.
“Really? I thought your big backed ass was gonna eat both.” he responded, his attempt at a snarky comeback being shattered by the shakiness in his voice.
Noli laughed back at him, “Look in the mirror first and then speak.”
Noli was pushed to the side as 007n7 sat next to him and grabbed a side of the blanket to cover himself with after grabbing his own cup; his body tensed at the feeling of cold air and the dampness of 007n7’s clothes.
“Move over-”
“Nuh uh-! Sheesh- change out of those soaked clothes first- you’ll get us both sick!”
Noli tried to push him away, but 007n7 resisted, desperate for warmth, their cup noodles threatening to spill.
Noli took notice of this and stood up reluctantly, his face twisted into a grimace.
007n7 ate his soup angrily as the other reached into a pile of clean clothes from the other side of the room and walked back to shove a clean t-shirt in his face. 007n7 grabbed it with a scoff, putting his food to the side and waiting for his roommate to turn around as always.
After a bit, the sound of clothes hitting the ground signaled Noli to turn back around, the t-shirt he had hectically picked out had a kitten on it, he laughed a little too loud.
“Happy?” 007n7 huffed once more, Noli sitting back down next to him and wrapping them both with the blanket, snuggling to 007n7’s side and making his heart flutter in the process.
“How was your day?”
Noli tried changing the subject, he always did that, trying to turn things about him. It pissed him off how he cared so much, how every time he was upset, he always rushed to try and make him feel better.
“I don’t wanna talk about it” was all he blurted out.
"Okay Mr. Grumpy pants, I won't pry" Noli said, despite his teasing nature, his voice had a certain softness to it, warm and nice.
They sat in silence, the only sound between the two being the noodles being slurped and the ocasional rustle of their clothes as they shifted closer to each other.
The two had grown extremely close over the past few years, 007n7 had his opinions about the system the admins had set up, bet he was glad that it had led to him meeting Noli.
They had both been treated like monsters in their own way, and finding someone who shared the pain in such a dark moment had been life saving.
007n7 wasn't exactly sure about what they were, they had always said that they were friends but, at times like these, he didn't feel so sure.
The paper cups and kettle lay on the nightstand, the c00lgui now hovering above them, emanating heat.
Noli slumped, his head leaning on 007n7's shoulder, a playful smile plastered on his lips.
"I'm sorry for being so cold before" 007n7 finally admitted.
"Nah don't worry about it dude, we all have our moments"
007n7 let himself fall on the bed, and Noli followed.
The latter pulled the blanket over both of them and didn't wait to bury his face in the crook of the other's neck, wrapping his arms around his chest.
Sleep began to take over them, the lack of heating led them to take desperate measures.
007n7 didn't resist, instead he let his legs meet Noli's and slowly tangle as his arms found the others waist and pulled him closer.
They seeked the other's warmth, knowing damn well that they wouldn't talk about it in the morning, or ever, probably, they just focused on the moment, their silence feeling like the only thing that kept the barrier between best friends and something else from shattering. They weren't ready for that yet, 007n7 thought.
Noli sighed, so quietly that 007n7 might have thought he'd imagined it, if goosebumps hadn't run through his spine as the warm-ish air met sensitive skin.
Noli's hands wandered down, reaching the hem of the other's shirt, slowly going under and meeting directly with his back.
007n7 closed his eyes and snuggled closer, heat radiating so strongly from where their bodies met that the c00lgui was no longer necessary, but turning it off now would be admitting that they were enough for eachother.
And they weren't ready.
He wasn't ready.
Instead, he let himself drift into sleep, the feeling of Noli's lashes fluttering against his neck a bittersweet reminder of his cowardness.
It would be ok.
Everything would be ok, they just had to stick together.