☆𝐫𝐞ꜱ𝐭𝐚𝐫𝐭☆

2. ✧

"You're in no position to make demands...You don't wanna share? Then go sleep outside!" Blyke stood up from the bed and yelled at John.
John sighed.
"Fine..We'll share.." He muttered, avoiding Arlo's eyes.

'This is going to be a long night...' Arlo groaned.

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The time was around 2 AM, Isen and Blyke were already fast asleep. Arlo however, was wide awake. Arlo laid awake beside John in the bed, he ran his fingers through his blonde and fluffy hair,

'How can I fall asleep when he's beside me?' The king pondered before turning his head to look at the sleeping John beside him.
The men both laid on one side of the bed, of course positioning themselves as far as they could from the other.

'He looks so peaceful when he's sleeping, but when he's awake he's such a pain..' Arlo admired the way John's hair fluffed up when there didn't wasn't gel in it.
The blonde found himself staring longer than he should have.

Arlo paused when he heard John whisper something in his sleep.
"I'm not a monster..."
The king's eyes widened. He was surprised by the words that fell out of the other's mouth.
The black haired boy anxiously shifted in his sleep.
'What's wrong with him?' Arlo thought.

John began to tremble and his eyes squeezed further shut in distress.
'he must be having a nightmare..' Arlo thought.

"stop it...get away..i'm not a monster.." he continued murmuring.

Arlo wasn't sure if he should wake him up, but when John started hyperventilating he made up his mind.

"John. JOHN!" he whispered as grabbed onto the shorter male's shoulders and shook him awake.

John drowsily opened his eyes, he looked at Arlo with confusion for a second before glaring at him.

"Why'd you wake me up!?" he grumbled. The boy shoved Arlo's hands off his shoulder in aggression.

John avoided Arlo's eyes, he was still shaken from the nightmare. The blacked haired boy was still trembling, but his breathing calmed.

"You were whispering things in your sleep..you even began hyperventilating and shaking. What was that about?" Arlo looked at him with a hint of concern in his eyes.
John bit his lip and looked away. He didn't want anyone to know about his nightmares, ESPECIALLY not Arlo.

"It was nothing...Sorry if I disturbed your sleep.." John muttered the last part.

Arlo narrowed his eyes at the shorter male, he could tell by his body language that he was lying. He was concerned from the words John said in his sleep, what did he mean by them?

"What does 'im not a monster' mean? Were you having a nightmare?" He asked in a low voice. The way Arlo spoke had John sweating from anxiousness.

"Whatever, just let it go, it's none of your business anyways!" The black haired boy said defensively. It was a miracle that Blyke and Isen hadn't woken up.

"...you don't even care." He whispered quietly enough to where Arlo couldn't hear.

there was a moment of silence for a second, but the tension between them still remained.

"John, is that how you think about yourself?" Arlo said in a firm voice.

John, who was already on edge, stayed quiet. He lowly nodded before lowering his head.
Arlo's eyes widened a bit, he was stunned for a short second before quickly recovering. He didn't know John thought of himself that way, for some reason it hurt to know. Yet, Arlo wanted to know more about him. The blonde sighed before slowly wrapping his arms around the other male. Even though he hated physical contact, he wasn't all that bothered by hugging his 'enemy'.

John was about to protest but instead found that he thought the touch was rather comforting. He didn't want the moment to end, so he stayed quiet and soon began to hug back.
As stubborn as John was, he did appreciate the hug.

For a moment they weren't 'enemies' and they didn't hate each other.
They stayed like that for a while, just sitting there compassionately holding each other.
An awkward silence filling the room.

As embarrassing the hug was to the both of them, they both found themselves enjoying it.
They enjoyed it so much in fact, the two males both fell asleep.

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It was finally morning, Arlo, John, Blyke, and Isen were all still fast asleep. That was before they were all awoken by the beeping of a loud alarm clock.

BEEP BEEP BEEP

Blyke groaned and hit the alarm clock till it stopped beeping. His eyes widened and he dropped the alarm clock when he realized what time it was. IT WAS 7:15 AM!

'Aw shit! I gotta meet Remi downstairs in 15 minutes!' Blyke thought as he quickly stood up out of the bed to get ready.

He didn't even notice that John and Arlo were cuddling in the other bed.
Isen however, did notice. He took a few photos of the two high-tiers cuddling before quickly pretending to be asleep. Isen didn't want to be a victim of a bad beating. (Or a victim to Arlo's fork.)

John slowly opened his eyes, he raised his arms to stretch and let out a small yawn. John was still drowsy and was barely aware of his surroundings.

He tried to get up, but made an unhappy noise when he realized someone was holding onto his waist.
John looked down to see who it was, and he let out a loud shout when he realized who it was. All his drowsiness disappeared and was replaced with pure terror.

"ARLO?!"

The shout woke up Arlo. Arlo let go of John's waist to rub his eyes, he was completely unaware of who he was grabbing on to. Once Arlo was fully awake he finally realized and let out a small yell.

"JOHN?! WHY AM I-"

He was cut off by John shoving him off.
Arlo fell backwards and off the bed, roughly hitting his head on the carpet floor.
"ow!" he narrowed his sharp blue eyes at John before rubbing the back of his head in pain.

"What were you doing?! Why were you cuddling me?!"

John glared at him, his cheeks flushed red. Of course that didn't go unnoticed by Arlo, he was just confused on why John was blushing.

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end of chapter 2