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Dj wakes up in the morning feeling almost refreshed. Almost
"Finally awake I see"
It takes dj a minute to process what is happening.
Was it my brother? No. He was supposed to leave early this morning. Then who... Oh. Of course.
"You know if you stay in bed any longer, we're going to be late sleepyhead."
"What are you doing here? Were you just watching me sleep?!"
"I have to protect the core, no? And why not watch over you in your most vulnerable state?"
"You can't just watch people sleep! That way fucking creepy."
"Well, I'm typically gone before you wake up but you were sleeping in. And like the upstanding citizen I am, I decided to try and wake you so we weren't late. However, you are a VERY deep sleeper-"
"I am not!"
"-and nothing I did would work."
"Well, ignoring everything else that's wrong with that statement, why am I already dressed? Did you do something?!"
As blush starts to creep up dj's face, he can feel his ears start to warm.
"Calm down. I can use magic remember? I'm not a creep. What were you so afraid of me seeing, hm?"
"Shut up! Let's just go already we're going to be late."
On the ride to school, dj was lost in thought about if watching him sleep was really necessary. But that thought bubble was popped and quickly replaced with a new one.
"Has anyone ever told you that you talk in your sleep?"
"What are you talking about? I do not sleep talk"
Do I?
"Denny it all you want human, but you speak your truth in your sleep"
"What are you even talking about?"
"Your words and I quote, 'I don't want a girl who can crush me, I don't even want a girl. But you will never know that' and then just some random gibberish that I couldn't decipher"
Oh God.
"And what makes you think that's my truth?"
"Well with the amount of confidence you had while saying that, in your sleep no less, it's pretty obvious that it was true. And these things don't just come out of nowhere you know."
Shit. He knows
But before he could respond, they had arrived. As they walk into class mere seconds before the bell rings, they take their seats.
All throughout class dj was extremely anxious. He was bouncing his leg, and visibly distressed. All he could think about was how if superfish now knew he was gay, what did that mean for him? What if he hates him so much that now, he's just not going to talk to him anymore and just protect the core? What if-
RING RING
He was overthinking so much that he doesn't even remember the rest of the school day because he finds himself in front of the club building. All he wants is to go home and lay down. But unfortunately for him, he can't because he can't just abandon his friends again.
"Helloo earth to dj. Hey, you good man? You've been out of it all day. Did me watching you sleep freak you out that much?"
"Huh? Oh no I'm fine."
"Well obviously not. Don't think I haven't noticed you in shambles all day."
well, let's just get this over with
"Look, I know you probably hate me, so you don't have to force yourself to talk to me."
"What? What are you talking about? Why would I hate you?"
"Please don't play dumb I am not in the mood."
As superfish tries to rack his brain for any reasoning to why DJ was acting like this, he played this morning over in his head. He remembers watching him sleep and how cute peaceful he looked. But then he remembers what he said in his sleep. The way he reacted when he told dj about it. oh
"Wait, is this because I know that your ga-"
Dj quickly puts his hand over superfish's mouth to shut him up.
"You can't just say that out loud!"
"Mnfh"
"What if someone heard yo-"
Dj felt something warm and wet on his palm.
What the fuck...
He immediately pulled his hand away and covered his own mouth with his other hand as he starts to redden.
Did he just fucking lick my hand
"are you done freaking out now?"
"WHY WOULD YOU DO THAT?!"
"You wouldn't let go."
"You can't just lick someone's hand!"
"I just did didn't I? Anyways-"
Just then, they hear a familiar voice call out
"What are you guys doing here?"
It was Georgie
"You guys know club is cancelled today right? Eugene is very sick. I just came back to get my sketchbook."
"Oh no is he going to be ok?"
"The doctors said that he should be fine he just needs rest"
And with that, DJ and superfish take their leave. After they arrive at dj's home, dj gets curious.
"I have a question"
"Shoot"
"Where do you go when your not with me?"
"Nowhere important."
"If it's not important then why can't you tell me?"
"Why do you want to know so bad? Would you rather me stay glued to your side 24/7? Awww do you miss me? My charm is irresistible."
"And that's my cue to leave."
As he walks through the front door, he realizes just how tired he is. The stress of the day finally catching up to him. He notices the dishes on the sink, the unswept floors, and just how dirty the house has gotten. He had been slacking off a little due to going with superfish after school most days. Speaking of superfish, dj has an idea. He peaks out the window and surprisingly, superfish is still outside. He opens the front door again and calls out to him.
"Hey Superfish"
"Huh"
"Can you come here?"
He teleported and just like that he was at the open door.
"What did I say about using magic in public?"
"I didn't feel like walking"
"Anyways, can you do me a favor please?"
"Depends on the favor"
"When I found your house in the toilet, you were using magic to clean. Do you think you could do that here?"
"What happened to not using magic unless absolutely necessary? Hm?"
"I am absolutely exhausted because of a certain someone"
"Hmm... And what do I get on return dear human?"
"Your kidding."
"Hey my services aren't free."
"Fine. What do you want?"
"You."
"What."
Dj was officially a tomato
"Kidding!"
"That wasn't funny."
"Your blushing~"
"Because you're embarrassing!"
"But sure I'll help you. Now you owe me."
"Your fucking crazy."
Dj sat on the couch with superfish as the chores were being taken care of. Superfish was about to break the silence when dj beat him to it.
"So you really don't think I'm weird for being gay?"
"Why would I?"
"Well I... I don't know."
"Me personally, I don't really know what label I would even use. So I don't really have the right to judge anyway."
"Wait really?"
"Yeah witches don't really care about that and nether did I so I just never bothered to figure it out."
Dj almost instantly felt relieved. Then, in idea popped into his head.
"Well why don't I help you?"
"Help me with what?"
"Help you figure out what type of people your attracted to."
"Why would you even want to help me? It's not like it's going to matter anyway when I head back to my world."
"Sometimes it's just nice to know yourself."
"You know, your not as bad as I thought human."
"Your not to bad yourself fish boy."
And with that they were back to silence. But this time it wasn't bad. You could almost say comfortable. But that also brought DJ a heavy wave of tiredness. And before he knew it, he was asleep. Superfish didn't notice this until he felt the weight of something on his shoulder. This time he was the one blushing. Aloo took this as an invitation and curled up on his lap. He was surprised. Not by the situation, but by the fact that he didn't hate this. He wanted to hate this. But something inside him wouldn't.
No
I can't
Not when I will have to leave everything eventually
So, he stopped his magic and instead used it to move the 3 of them to dj's room. He then changed him into a more suitable outfit to sleep in. With the 2 on the bed, he just... watched. He watched as his chest moved up and down in rhythm with his breathing. He watched his eyes moved under his eyelids.
He was just doing this to protect the core. Its not like he was lonely at night. You see, witches don't need much sleep. They only need around 2-3 hours a night to properly function. So they have a lot of free time at night. That's why he was able to watch over dj. And the other reason is that he doesn't really have anywhere else to go. They already found his old house location so that was compromised. And it's not like there are any places for a witch to hang out around here.
So in the corner of dj's room, he decided to get some shut-eye.