It had been two weeks since the 'Travis Incident' (as Laurance and Garroth referred to it as. . . Mostly Laurance). Travis had been inevitably growing more suspicious (as anyone would) as time went on. He started noticing how his friends were sitting closer together on the couch, exchanging small glances at the table, and other cutesy things like that. Little things like that were becoming more evident to him after what had happened, even though he hadn't seen anything.

Right now, Laurance and Garroth were going at it (as they usually did), not knowing that their annoying ass roommates were home. Dante and Travis had gotten back from the basketball game they'd gone to, and were warming up (it was cold outside) when they heard something hit the wall in Garroth's room. The noise was followed by a few muffled curses.

"You gotta keep yourself under control, Garroth," Laurance rubbed his head, "geez." Garroth had rocked a little too hard, causing Laurance to hit his head on the headboard. It hurt like hell.

"Sorry," Garroth laughed nervously, "are you okay?"

"I'll survive." Laurance said with his teeth clenched, "Just keep going."

"Why? Desperate?"

"What?" The brunette blinked, "In your wildest dreams, hot shot."

"Then why are you begging for me to continue?"

"Why do you think?" He snapped.

"Because you're desperate."

"Ugh, whatever," he rolled his eyes, "just keep going."

"You're--"

"Hold that thought, or else I'll get up and out of this bed, and leave your sorry ass in here, alone."

"You wouldn't do that! That's CRUEL, Laurance!"

"So is making fun of me. Are we even?"

"Des--"

"Stop."

"Per--"

"Garroth! I swear!"

"Ate."

"That's it! I'm out!" Laurance shuffled out of the bed, wincing as he hit the back of his knee on Garroth's bed stand.

The brunette made his way out of the room, stopping immediately when he saw Dante and Travis in the living room, laughing and talking about the latest Keeping Up With the Kardashians episode, and how different Kim looked without having makeup caked onto her face. The two friends turned their heads around, eyes widening when they witnessed a bare-naked Laurance in the hallway.

Dante immediately started cackling, "You're so small!"

"Shut up!" Laurance quickly covered himself up, "Not like you could do any better!"

"What are you doing, coming out naked from Garroth's room?" Travis cocked a brow, looking at Laurance suspiciously.

"Uh. . ." Laurance's mind was screaming 'ABORT! ABORT! ABORT!' at him, but there wasn't too much he could do. If he ran into his room without an answer, there would be some tension, and suspicion between the three of them, so Laurance needed to think of something FAST, "I-I was. . . Uh, MASTURBATING! And, I, uh, ran out of tissues? Garroth had some so. . . Yeah?"

"With us home? At least stay in your room, man!" Travis' nose scrunched up

"Sorry! I didn't know you guys were home! Didn't you just get here?"

"Yeah, we did." Dante nodded.

"Well, this was a LOVELY chat, but standing in front of you guys naked and having a dandy conversation isn't exactly how I imagined my day going when I woke up this morning, so I'm gonna dip out and put some clothes on. BYE!" Laurance rushed out.

Dante and Travis looked at each other again, a short silence falling over them as they exchanged odd glances, almost having a mental conversation consisting of raised eyebrows and odd squints.

"That was odd. . ."  Dante said out of the blue.

"Yeah," Travis nodded in agreement, "it was."

After a moment, they heard Garroth let out a gustbusting laugh from his room.

"I thought Garroth wasn't here?" Dante started, his statement coming out more like a question.

"Maybe Laurance lied to us. . ." The white haired male's voice trailed off.

Laurance was lying in his bed with raging seXuAL fRuStrAtioN while furrowing his brows and quickly typing away at his phone.

Garroth: HAHAHA YOU LITERALLY TOLD THEM YOU WERE MASTURBATING AHAHAHAH

Laurance: IT'S NOT FUNNY OK I PANICKED AND THAT WAS THE ONLY REASONABLE EXCUSE FOR WHY I WAS IN THE hallwAY BUTT NAKED

Garroth: HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAH

Garroth: YOU WONT LIVE THIS DOWN

Laurance: i know i know geez plase rub it in my face more

Laurance: please*

Garroth: only if you insist

Garroth: THEYRE NEVER GOING TO LET YOU LIVE THIS DOWN LAUR

Garroth: ever.

Garroth: EVER

Garroth: E V E R

Laurance: ok shut up i was being sarcastic wtf

Garroth: cant really tell via txt

Laurance: you've known me forever you should be able to infer this

Laurance: whatever we have a bigger issue on our hands

Garroth: which is??

Laurance: wtf are we going to do about dante&travis

Garroth: theres not really anything we can do???? they saw you naked, saw your baby penis, and that's that,, why would they have any suspicions

Laurance: bc if i could hear you cackling then they prolly could too

Garroth: so??

Laurance: then theyll know that i went into your room ass naked while yOu WerE iN tHerE dO you not get iT????

Garroth: calm down omg,, i'm sure they don't suspect a thing

Laurance: you sure abt that?? This is dante and travis we're talking abt,, the masters of suspicion and getting their nose into things where it shouldn't be

Garroth: if they're suspicious then they'll confront us

Laurance: LMOA DO YOU KNOW WHO WE'RE DEALING WITH????

Garroth: ofc they're our roommates

Laurance: whatever,, shouldnt we do smth

Garroth: nah just leave it be. it's no big

Laurance: but my top rep is rUINED

Garroth: lmao you never had a top rep,, you look like a natural bottom

Laurance: whatever, not like you have a huge top personality

Garroth: but i have other top traits

Laurance: lmao think what you must

Garroth: only spitting the truth

Laurance: ew don't say that

Laurance threw his phone onto his bed and sighed as he laid his head back. His cheeks flared up as he let out a large breath, eyes widening slightly. He let his body relax and muscles loosen a bit, making sure his body wasn't as tense as before. This whole thing with Garroth was a lot for him to comprehend.

How did this all start, you ask (probably not haha)? Well, it all started when the four boys threw another one of their iconic New Years Eve parties.

It was 2017 going into 2018. Fidget spinners popularity was through the roof, and frankly it was annoying as hell. But that's off topic, Anyways, as expected most people had a (lot) little too much to drink. Lucinda was dancing on a table (again), Katelyn was sucking faces with Travis (and Travis was into it), Aphmau was slurring to Aaron about how they should have a mistletoe in the doorway all year long so that they could kiss spontaneously like in the movies, Dante was crying in the club because Kawaii~Chan had accidentally smacked him with her tail while walking past, and Zane was in the midst of a sugar high for eating ten too many cupcakes.

Aside from their crazy friends, Laurance was tipsy as well. He was with Garroth in the blonde's room, trying his best to avoid too bad of a hangover the next morning.

"I told you to stop me from having too many," Laurance groaned.

Garroth was the designated sober guy at the party (just so that he could remember all the stupid stuff his friends could do and explain it to them or use it as blackmail when the time came), so he was forced to be the mom (or dad?) friend at the same time. The two of them were on his bed, Laurance's head rested on his lower stomach as he looked up at the small stars and moon on the ceiling.

Ironically, they did this quite a bit (they were quite platonic): cuddling in one of their beds together. This didn't mean that they were in a relationship or anything, but when they weren't feeling well, or dealing with something, they would do this. The other was their main support system, and that was completely fine. Laurance wasn't huge with showing emotions other than arrogance and being a cocky little bitch sometimes, so him opening up to Garroth was quite a big and intimate thing between the two of them. Though cliche, and easily taken out of context, what happened in the bedroom stayed in the bedroom. Neither of them would spill the others secrets, so it all stayed in that room to be released later on or to float amongst the stars on the ceiling and eventually disappear with time.

"Sorry! I wasn't exactly paying attention to your drink count until you tripped on Dante's foot and couldn't get up because your 'arms were jelly'."

"They looked like it! And felt like it!" Laurance defended

The blonde laughed, "Sure they did. And I was more focused to make sure Cadenza didn't choke someone with her long ass hair."

"That's reasonable. . ." Laurance paused, nodding slightly.

Garroth ran his fingers through Laurance's hair. The brunette looked up at him for a moment that seemed like forever. Once he looked away, Garroth released a breath he didn't even realize he was holding in. He gulped, resting his head softly on the headboard.

"Do you want to go to your room?" Garroth asked.

"Hell no. I'm gonna be a wuss if people see me going to sleep in MY OWN room! In here, at least I can say I slept with someone and not get laughed at."

"Isn't that lying?" Garroth looked down at the drunk brunette.

"Yeah, but it doesn't have to be." He cackled at his own statement

"What's that supposed to mean?" The blonde cocked a brow, giving Laurance a strange look

"Ah, nothing," Laurance's laughter died down, "just a thought. It doesn't technically have to be the truth, but it doesn't have to be a lie either. Does that make sense?"

"What are you implying?" Garroth questioned with inevitable and natural suspicion.

"I don't HAVE to sleep with you, BUT I don't have to leave without a story to tell either."

"Uh. . . Laurance?"

Before Garroth could say anymore, he felt a soft pair of chapped lis pressed against his. Garroth's eyes were wide, but he eventually melted into it.

And that's how it all started.

And now, about a month or so later, Laurance was having the raging emotions of a teenager who just figured out what the hell pornhub and sex was, the teenager who had just had their first girlfriend/boyfriend. He was confused, excited, and anxious all at the same time.

It had gone from meaningless hookups to genuine feelings real fast, and Laurance's mind was frankly boggled by the whole situation. He sighed again, and tried to forget about the awful experience he'd just had with Travis and Dante in the hallway.

"Do your think Garroth and Laurance have been acting weird lately?" Travis asked, fingers tapping on the back of the couch as he looked over at his friend, Dante.

"Not really. . . Why do you ask?" The blue haired male glanced over at Travis.

"I dunno. I'm just getting this weird vibe from them. Maybe I should say something?"

Dante shrugged, then went back to the TV, "Do Whatever you want, man."

"Okay," Travis let ot a short breath, "I'll confront them. . . Tomorrow!"

"Are you sure about that?"

"Yes!"