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The microwave beeped, alerting Vein of the fact that the popcorn was finally done.
Instead of getting up from where he was comfortably laying with his legs on his boyfriend's lap, he grabbed a pillow and threw it at Xia Fei's face.
"Be a dear and get the popcorn~"
Xia Fei, who'd been pre-occupied with selecting the show they wanted to watch today, looked horribly offended. "But-" he spluttered, already pulling away from where he was leaning against Liu Xiao's shoulder.
Vein shrugged, smiling. "I can't go" he told him, voice sweet as honey, and gestured to where Liu Xiao was trying to figure out how to weave the redhead's hair into a braid. It was messy and looked plain horrible.
So far he found it hilarious, but they all knew he'd be less amused once he had to detangle his hair.
The blond frowned, the tone long since having lost its effect on him. His respect for his boss, more like best friend, was as low as it could get.
Especially seeing as the man was currently lazing around in a shirt with "It's a Tea-Shirt" front and center, as well as kuromi-pajama pants.
Not that he had much respect for himself either, considering his shirt proudly claimed he had the deer-urge to run into on-coming traffic.
But with how concentrated their shared boyfriend looked, desperately trying to fix the braid he'd messed up so badly, he decided to play nice and went to go get the popcorn.
The show they were watching as Game of Thrones. Both Vein and Xia Fei had watched it before- as proven by both of them having sleeping shirts with logos from the houses- Stark and Baratheon respectively.
The irony was that Vein had started watching it first, and ended up finding it funny to gift Xia Fei a shirt with a stag on it. How, exactly, Xia Fei ended up getting dragged into the show? He wasn't entirely sure.
Maybe it was the dragons. Most definitely the dragons, and the plot. He wasn't fond of the more gruesome violence, unlike his friend.
Then again, maybe what convinced him was the picture of the baby dire wolves Vein sent him with the caption of "I want one".
He'd asked him if he even had the time for a dog, but instead of a proper response he promptly got told off for being on his phone during class.
Predictably, he still wasn't a dog owner. Mainly because Liu Xiao was scared of large dogs and because he wasn't sure if he should mix a large dog with Tiny, as he'd fittingly named the small cat he'd picked up a few months ago.
Xia Fei poured the popcorn into a bowl and smiled at the small black kitten perching on the counter top. Booping it's nose- only to get bitten. He winced, quickly hurrying back into the living room.
Small the cat may be, but it had a fury like no other. Liu Xiao really was the only one it was nice to, even Vein got bitten frequently. In all honesty, he wouldn't worry for the cat. He'd worry for the dog.
But for now, he plopped down on Liu Xiao's free side and cuddled up to him. The dark haired young man took the bowl, seeing as he was in the middle. Though his eyes were already glued on the screen.
"Rude, did you start the episode without me?" he asked, pouting, and was shushed by Liu Xiao. Immediately, he went from fake-pouting to fake-offended.
Meanwhile, Vein grinned. "We watched this season already, Fei Fei" he chided, and looked entirely offended when Liu Xiao slapped a hand over his mouth.
Liu Xiao, seconds later, pulled his hand back with a disgusted frown and, wisely, decided that the popcorn was safer on the table, much to Xia Fei's amusement and Vein's disappointment.
Though their attention was mostly on their shared boyfriend. "Did you just lick me-?" the dark haired man asked, utterly baffled.
"Not the first time~" Vein stuck out his tongue, and Xia Fei chose that moment to whack both of them with a pillow.
Vein laughed, while Liu Xiao looked mildly offended. "Did you just-" he started, but was cut off by Xia Fei: "Shut up, keep that in the bedroom!"
After that, they did watch the show in mostly silence. Safe for a comment or two, because none of them were good at keeping quiet for long. Except for Liu Xiao, in all fairness.
Eventually, though, Xia Fei frowned. "... hey, Vein? Isn't this when-" he started, exchanging a glance with the redhead.
Vein frowned as well, then made a face. "No, that was-" he shook his head, eyes straying to the TV.
Their boyfriend ignored the both of them, assuming they were cutting themselves off due to not wanting to spoil him.
However, Liu Xiao was startled when at the scene cut both of the two men he loved suddenly scrambled for the remote. Shrieks of "Oh my god-" and "Ew ew ew-" filling the living room.
Somehow, he managed to grab the remote first, eyes darting to the TV. It wasn't really hard to be faster than them- Xia Fei generally had slower reflexes and Vein seemed a little sluggish after last night.
Liu Xiao, upon sitting back down, settled for pausing the show, glancing between the two of them.
The duo looked utterly disgusted, and promptly teamed up against him to steal the remote. He didn't let them, and stood up. With them forced to look at him, and thus the TV with a very explicit scene that left little to imagination displayed on the screen, both of his boyfriends refused to look at him.
"... someone mind explaining what's going on?"
Xia Fei and Vein froze, like deer caught in headlights. Slowly exchanging a glance.
They seemed to silently try and come to an agreement on whether or not they should explain this, both looking mildly mortified by the fact that Liu Xiao could absolutely tell something was up.
Slowly, Xia Fei buried his reddening face in his hands. "They're sleeping with each other..." he managed, at the same time as Vein blankly stated "The entire scene is them banging"
For a second, Liu Xiao blinked. Staring at them. "Oh, okay" he said and proceeded to skip the scene, only to pause. Glancing between the two again. "Wait... what"
He looked horribly confused, but both of his boyfriends refused to look him in the eyes. "Look, I get Xia Fei freaking out and being disgusted... but you, Vein? Seriously?" he glanced to the redhead, raising a brow.
He wasn't judging either of them, truly. He knew Xia Fei's general dislike for the topic as a whole, but the fact both of them seemed so disgusted was a surprise to him.
At being addressed, the oldest of the trio slowly tried to use a pillow as a shield. Eyes anywhere but on his boyfriend. "Well, it is disgusting" he muttered, mildly embarrassed at the call-out.
Liu Xiao stared at him, unsure whether to laugh or not. "... need I remind you what we did last night? You do remember begging me to-" he started, and was cut off by Vein frantically slapping a hand over his mouth.
The older man looked utterly mortified. "Please, shut up" he all but begged, while Xia Fei fake-retched behind Liu Xiao, an over-dramatic "Oh my god, too much information-" escaping him.
Exasperate at their antics, Liu Xiao face-palmed. "You two..." he muttered, shaking his head with a fond smile.
While he didn't understand the big issue, mostly in Vein's case given the fact they'd had fun before, he wasn't about to judge his boyfriends for not wanting to watch this. He didn't mind skipping it either, it wasn't like it added much to the plot.
"You could've just told me you want to skip the sex scenes"