Centimeters [Childe/Tartaglia x reader]

Chapter 18

Word Count: 1829
In Y/n's POV:

Old posters of videogames and movies from the early 2000's were hung up in all corners of the room. The bedsheets and duvet covers were a checkered gray and red pattern along with black pillows. The window by his bed was halfway open to let the air circulate. His full-length mirror closet was set off to the left of the room, an office desk and chair adjacent to it. On the ceiling, if I were to squint my eyes a bit, some leftover glow-in-the-dark ocean-themed stickers were still stuck up there.

"It feels like only yesterday that I was last in this room," I sighed out as I jumped onto the edge of his bed.

"Well, the last time we were both in here was when..." he trailed off, running his slender fingers over and through his curtains.

Brief flashes of Christmas dinner from a few years ago came back to me. And so did the flush to my cheeks.

"Must you bring that up every other day?"

"Admit it, you like it when I'm rough with you."

"I will not be admitting shit."

"Heh, only a matter of time..."

"So... where will I be sleeping tonight? You got a guest room or something?" I asked as I got up to look around my boyfriend's childhood bedroom.

"With me, obviously."

I looked back at him, bewildered. He just stared right back at me with his tongue sticking out playfully.

"With you?"

"Duh."

"I'm not sure how your parents would feel about that."

"For the record, they've been wanting to become grandparents for the longest time, ya know," smirked the ginger as his eyes became half-lidded.

"Gross."

"I was kidding...! ... kinda."

"Keep this up, and you'll be sleeping on the floor tonight."

"Wha— this is my house!"

"No, this is your parent's house. You moved out ages ago, if I remember correctly. So we're both technically g— Woah, you got a PS4 in your room!?"

"Yeah, I debated on whether or not to take it with me, but I decided to leave it in case Tonya, Anton, or Teucer wanted to use it."

"Ahem... Ajax, can we play something on it?"

"Sure, I don't know what games I have on there anymore though since it's been so long."

Scrolling through the home menu first, I saw that he had some games such as FFXII Remake, Honkai Impact, Spider-Man, and Until Dawn on there. On the bookshelf next to it though were other games such as Detroit: Become Human, both The Last of Us games, a few Mortal Kombat games, and Ghost of Tsushima.

"Wow... you guys are rich."

"Ah, some of these were my older sibling's purchases..."

"Makes sense seeing as more recent games are here... and you haven't been home in a few years, I assume?" I asked, looking up from the disks to face Ajax.

"Yeah, yeah... so are we gonna play or not?" He asked, holding up a controller.

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"Ooh, I'm so gonna beat your ass up this time!" I exclaimed as [Mortal Kombat main] just barely dodged Kung Lao's Dive Kick.