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Their entire friend group was going on a trip, and were all staying at a hotel together. They made sure to get everything correct, ensuring everyone was comfortable and would be well rested. But they realized one small problem when they arrived to the hotel and were checking in.
“ Uhm, Albert Aretz? 5 rooms with 2 beds in each. “ said Albert at the check in desk, giving his I.D to the lady sitting there. She checked him in but responded with, “ It seems that you do indeed have 5 rooms, but one has only a singular bed and we currently do not have any other rooms available. “
The entire group turned to look at each other, “ For goodness sake- “ Albert muttered and he clapped his hands together, “ Ok. Is anyone willing to share a bed with another? “. Sketch was the first to speak up, saying “ Sure, I don’t mind. “, and Albert gave him a look that said sorry and Sketch just lightly shook his head, smiling.
“ Anyone else? “ asked Albert. Dani smirked snd lightly shoved Jake, he scowled and went to say something towards her when Albert cut him off with “ Ok, Jake and Sketch are sharing. “. Jake just turned towards him, “ What!? “ while everyone got their keycards and went to their rooms.
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By the time everyone had all their stuff out it was already dark outside, and everyone was exhausted and itching to get some sleep. Jake and Sketch on the other hand were feeling slightly flustered. So much that Jake went into the shower to delay going to sleep for just a little longer so he didn’t have ti face the embarrassment.
As much as he hated to admit it, Jake was a clingy sleeper. Usually when he fell asleep he’d cling onto the person next to him, and it embarrassed him to all hell. When he walked out of the bathroom, Sketch was also just getting ready to sleep. ‘ Damn it, I thought he would be asleep by now. ‘ He thought.
He just sucked it up and laid down, saying “ Just gonna warn you before I forget, i’m an extremely clingy sleeper so sorry in advance. “ he scratches the back of his head. “ Oh! Uhm, that’s fine! “ Sketch replies. And there’s an awkward silence for a couple of seconds and he can practically hear the thoughts in Sketch’s head.
“ Do you wanna just.. “ he motions Jake to come next to him, deciding if it’s gonna happen might as well get it over with. Jake flushes, going to the side of the bed and sliding on. He lays on his side and outs his arms around Sketch, and it takes a while to get over the awkwardness, but eventually they find a comfortable position.
Jake started subconsciously tracing shapes onto the other’s back, something that usually helped him calm himself down, and Sketch just turned red in the face, not wanting to say anything. When Jake eventually realized what he was doing he stopped immediately and apologized, “ Oh my god, I am so sorry I didn’t mean to start doing that. “
Sketch just shook his head and hesitantly said “ No, it’s- it’s fine. I like it.. “. Sketch slightly curled in on himself a little more, while Jake just stared at his back for a second before continuing.
‘ There’s no way Sketch can’t feel my heartbeat ‘ he thinks, and the thought of being that close makes his heart race even more. Jake’s tail cautiously wraps rests itself on top of the other man’s legs, and he begins thinking he should thank Dani.
after a couple minutes of tracing the shapes, exhaustion begins to take Jake in peaceful waves, his eyes slowly closing.
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Sketch wakes up and immediately sees the clock on the bedside table, it reads “ 6:06 AM “. He goes to get up to go to the bathroom, but feels something— no, someone holding him down. He looks behind him slightly and remembers he’s sharing a bed with Jake. ‘ Ah, right. ‘ he thinks, ‘ going to sleep for a couple more minutes won’t hurt. ‘.
Sketch begins to drift off to sleep once more.
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Temprist and Miles are chatting while going a little down the hall to go wake everyone else up. When they get to Jake and Sketch’s door and knock, they hear scrambling before they see Jake open the door, clearly just woken up. They slightly peek inside when the door is opened and see Sketch lying in the bed, only slightly awake. “ You guys get good rest? “ asks Miles, wiggling his eyebrows in a suggestive manner.
Jake just deadpans, “ Shut up. “ he grumbles and shuts the door in the others’ face. Miles just scoffs, “ Rude much? “ he jokes. The pair walk away, going to joke about this with the rest of the group.