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Max loves to take a nap. Between being an engineering student and working at the coffee shop everything seems to be moving too fast to keep up. Besides, he can't sleep for too long. His senses are too used to danger. Even now that he's already moving out, old habits die hard.
So imagine his surprise when one night, he manages to sleep five hours without any interruptions. He manages to sleep soundly and wake up feeling refreshed when he used to feel like shit. It's more of a Charles thing to sleep soundly the moment he hits the bed, but today it's him who feels refreshed like he just went through a marathon and manages to sleep soundly. It's weird, he finally understands why people love sleeping so much.
He doesn't let it go unnoticed though, immediately barges on Charles' door who's still asleep. Curl himself next to Charles who's still asleep as he waits for his roommate to wake up.
It doesn't take long though, as Charles blinks sleepily, “Max?”
“Yeah?”
“What the fuck are you doing in my bed?”
He can't help but laugh, “Sorry. I'm just so excited.”
“What, like five in the morning?”
“It's seven.”
“So basically five.”
Max snorts, “Whatever. Sleep in, princess.”
Max decides to leave him alone though, standing up before Charles grabs his hands. “Stop. What do you want to tell me?”
He shrugged, “Nothing important.”
Charles shakes his head, “It's important enough that you decide to barge into my room at five in the morning.”
“Seven.”
“Semantics.”
He chuckles before he sits down next to Charles who's still holding his hand. “I sleep..”
Charles blinks, confused. “Okay?”
“For five hours. Without interruptions!”
“Okay?”
He hit Charles arms, “You know how hard it is for me to fall asleep that long you know.”
Charles softened, “Yeah. I remember one time that you only managed to sleep for like an hour and decided to wake me up instead. Because you're bored.”
“I am bored!” He defends. “Sleeps are overrated.”
“But you decided to wake me up because you slept soundly for five hours?”
Max hit Charles arms again.
“Hey! What was that for!”
“I hate that you're right, so I'm hitting you.”
Charles only chuckled as he pulled Max into the bed. “Come on. Let's sleep then.”
He shakes his head, “No. Charles, I have a morning shift!”
“Just wait a little longer okay,” as Charles pulled him into his embrace. “The world can wait.”
And Max gives in because he's nothing but a sucker for Charles really.