Episode 15: Walking on eggshells

Teo walked out of the room wrapped in a bathrobe and a towel around his shoulders whilst he dried his hair.

—/That was relaxing/ he thought to himself, his eyes landed on a lump on the ground and he remembered he has a temporary roommate.

He pondered to himself, seeing him snoring peacefully, /is he going to sleep with without taking a bath?/

"Hey, man! The shower is empty." He called out for the man who didn't even flinch.

"Get up, your clothes must be stinky. I'm not gonna let you sleep in bed if you don't take one" he kept on threatening the man who just grunted.

"Hey, get up!" He kicked his leg softly, but not even that gave him a reaction.

Teo crouched beside the ravenette's ear, "Josh! Man! The bathroom is empty. Get up" he talked with his deep voice in his ear which drew a deep low growl from the man laying on the sleeping bag.

Terrified he jumped backwards a bit scared at the dangerous sound, "is he a beast?"

Rushing to bed he crawled on top of it, grabbing a pillow, tossing it over the man's face with all his might, reminiscing those werewolf movies where they devour the no playable character.

Hand on his chest as if to calm it down, whilst Joseph finally reacted, opening his eyes, staring at the boy, such action didn't help the younger at all as those eyes seemed deeper, almost swallowing to the confines of their darkness.

The blonde frowned, mustering his courage, yelling out, "Take a bath stinky old man."

Josh lifted an eyebrow, curious at his reaction and why he was so mad, but noticed how he was holding a pillow in his hands almost prospectively, he decided to joke to ease off the tension, "Waking me up with a kiss would always be welcome and more effective,"

The boy gasped in horror, throwing the current hand in his hand to his head, "No in a thousand years." It aimed at his face, but the man's fast reflexes caught it before it hit him.

The ravenette got back on his feet, smiling, holding the pillow softly, "Then we have a date the next millennia" throwing it gently on the bed.

Teo sat on his knees, yelling at the older one, "Oh shut up! Get your muddy bum into that bathroom already"

Josh sent him a flying kiss as an answer to which the younger gagged, covering his mouth. "Disgusting"

"Be careful with your own words, you might choke on them" the ravenette sang, disappearing through the, now, closed door.

He sat back on bed, holding his head in rage as the older knew how to push the wrong buttons.

Just then he noticed he was still in a bathrobe, and he was lucky there was no one on the other side of the room to see.

"Damn, I need to be more careful," he let out a sigh.

Stretching out his hand to reach some of the clothes the elder man left on the medium sized bed.

"Um… this are too tight," he stretched out the shirt and noticed it was his size but he loved loose clothes, especially at night, so he picked the second choice, which was a brown long sleeve sweater made out of cotton fabric

He did the same with the pair of trousers, from a red and blue one he put on the red one. Lastly he chose the green long pants, leaving behind the white shorts there.

He looked at himself in the mirror, loving how the sweater gave him sweater paws.

He played adorably with his covered hands, singing a lullaby his mother used to sing to him and his brother, "Sleep like a, baby bear on winter nights~"

He was so into it he didn't noticed when the ravenette walked out the washroom with a towel over his waist and torso

Making his way to the bed to take the clothes on bed, smiling to himself as the boy sang freely as if giving a mini concert to the mirror, well now to him too.

Teo whipped his head around when he heard the rustle, thinking it might be a bug, however his eyes landed on the male's slim waist and broad bareback, his voice dying on his throat at the sight.

His face never tinted in a deep shade of carmine as it did now, matching Rudolph the reindeer's nose or even brighter.

The half naked mad turned around, clothes in hand, seeing the shock in the boy's face took all in him to not burst into laughter.

Yet he winked at the boy to fluster him even more, maybe to distract him from the fact his ears became pink, soon he vanished into the washroom again leaving a stunned blonde behind.

Teo just stood there, frozen, as his face felt hot and so did his clothes, he felt on fire, which wasn't good as hot things caused him itchiness.

At least his itchy body got his body moving as he scratched his neck, arms and back.

He took off the sweater, leaving behind the white shirt beneath it, thankful to the thoughtful elder for leaving one within the sweater for the one picking it, making his way to the bed.

He looked to the window planning an escape route in his head, his heart running a marathon already as it didn't stop its loud drumming, yet he sat in bed as his legs wouldn't take him so far, not missing cold nights either.

/You won't make it through the night… how to unsee that? Is this a test? I need to sleep, Yeah, that'd help/ he came to a conclusion within his head as he lifted the blanket, covering himself from head to toe.

Laying down under it, counting until ten in between breaths to sooth his heart, whilst the older walked into the room once more.

Josh chuckled seeing the lump under the white blanket, walking towards it, "Are you sleeping already?" He gazed at it rising up and down slowly.

/Don't answer, Teo, if you do you'd have to face him, just play death and he'd leave you alone/ he thought to himself, trying to regulate his breathing.

The ravenette sat down beside the bed, just where he was before taking a bath, picking up his mobile.

He spoke gently, "Weren't you gonna call your brother?" His words followed the sound of his device turning on.

—/Holy sheeps, he got me… just take the phone and don't look at him. Easy, right?! Yeah. Pretend you didn't see no crap/ Teo elaborated a plan within his head already.

He pretended to wake up with a yawn, "what do you want man? I was–" his eyes accidentally met his tight shirt embracing his broad shoulders looking like it might rip off at any moment as the ravenette just sat on bed now, cross-legged, leaning forward, making his back look wider than it actually was.

He blinked slowly trying to absorb the impact, as the male turned slightly towards him, handing him over the device, his lean body closer now, an arm on bed to prompt himself up whilst he held the device in the other one.

Josh smiled softly, "You can call your brother now, the battery would last enough to bear a call," his gentle voice a total contrast with his insanely fit and dangerous body which was threatening with burning Teo alive.

He took the mobile, looking away as the man's face came into sight as he closed the gap between each other.

Josh grinned, seeing him fast dialing and deleting uncountable times.

He couldn't help himself from speaking up, "Just how many numbers does his phone have? Just review the numbers you dialed last night" he suggested thinking the younger might've forgotten as his cheeks stained in pink.

Teo snapped, embarrassed, but for a whole different reason than the older one considered, "Ya, I know what I'm doing, get off my face, you're too close. I don't want you to see his number," typing and deleting one last time before taking up the ravenette's advice.

Josh backed away a little to not invade his personal space, "C'mon it's my phone, obviously I'm gonna see it."

The blonde struggled now for a new reason as he couldn't find the app where the calls got registered.

To buy himself sometime he retorted, giving up wasn't an option to him, "No if I delete it before you can see it. Now stay quiet.", finally after so many tries he found the app, finding his brother's number at the top at last.

Josh narrowed his eyes ready to fight back just for fun, "Who you think you are to shut me—"

A long slender finger landed on his lips, sealing them as the younger stared at him, "Hush. I don't want my brother to listen to your voice. Behave" Teo stated, not moving his finger from the ravennete's lips.

The older one pondered within himself what might be wrong with his voice /What's wrong with my voice? Does he not like it?/

Teo didn't move his finger resting comfortably over his plump cushioned rosy lips as the call went through.

Josh smiled, as it didn't bother him so much now, yet he didn't withdraw his lips to see how much the younger would do this, seeing him talking to his brother.

He opened his mouth slowly as Teo tried to explain their current circumstances to his brother who kept asking dozens of questions, the ravenette grazed his teeth over the younger finger softly as revenge for shushing him up, not like he was mad, he just wanted to get back at the blonde.

The latter's face marred in horror when a devilish grin rose upon Josh's face, his eyes sparkling mischievously, his own face colouring again like blazing fire.

"The hell is wrong with you?!"