Pink Roses

The Comfort of Two

Silence throughout the house; the sun barely over the horizon but it dimly lit the living room where Army and Aloha slept. Cozy as could be, Army awoke to the touch of something soft and warm against his skin. He groans and slide his hand down to where he felt this warmth then gasped once he realized it's his roommates hands tucked underneath his shirt. {What the!?!} Army's body tensed with his hand clenching shut not knowing whether he should wake Aloha or not. His breathing hitched and as quietly and carefully; he slowly begins sliding out of his roommates grasp but the more he pulled the more Aloha clings closer and slide his hands up even more.

Army paused, laying there trying to find the words so he could wake Aloha without either of them being embarrassed. "Mmnah..Army..." Alohas heard muttering as he lays his head against Army's chest.

{Is he dreaming? If he is..why mention my name?} Army thought and listens closer. Aloha then digs his fingers into Army's back. The commander gasped, slapping a hand over his mouth to contain his squeal. That was all Army could handle. He finally just fell back and landed on the ground with a thump. "Eh?" Aloha groans and pops his eyes open from the noise. "Whatta..where..Army?" Aloha sluggishly moans looking at the lad who stares back with a shaky breath.

"Are you hungry?" Army gives a nervous smile and stands up, racing to the kitchen. Aloha doesn't understand but follows and settles down at the counter still yawning and rubbing his eyes. "It's pretty early..why were you up?" Aloha asked while looking at Army. "I normally wake up at this time. It's a habit." Aloha noticed how Army's concentrating only on the thing in front of him instead of looking at him.

{Did sleeping next to each other freak him out somehow? Have I crossed a line? Is he uncomfortable?} questions run through Aloha's mind as he continues his attention on Army's facial expression. "Why are you looking at me like that?" Army takes into question as Aloha snaps his gaze away and focuses elsewhere. "No reason. Hey, have you heard anything from Mask by chance?" Changing the subject, Aloha gets up from his place and goes to retrieve his phone. "I haven't checked."

"Here you go." Aloha grabs Army's phone and tosses it over to the commander. He grazes over his screen then nods, "Yeah. Mask messaged me during the night." Aloha sneaks up behind the orange lad then wraps his arms around him. "What's it say?"

"They will inform you themselves."

Aloha and Army stare at the screen not sure what it's suppose to mean.
"So like..they'll contact us?" Aloha pounded aloud. "I mean..I guess, if they don't then we're not goi—" Army's startled when he felt something press upon his back. He peeks over and sees that Aloha has his head up against him. "Aloha?" Asked the concerned lad.

"I'd really like to see them. It's been a while and well...I do miss them.." confessed Aloha as he cozies up to his roommate. Army admits that it would be nice to see everyone again. So he understands what Alohas feeling.
"Hey." Army turns around and held Aloha in his arms. "We will see them again. There's no need to worry." Aloha knows this but doesn't want to wait. He nods regardless and slumps against Army. The commander did not mind and only embraced his friend.

After some time Army breaks away then clears his throat saying,
"Come on. Let's get breakfast going." Aloha sulks even more, wishing he held onto Army a lot longer but he nods and decides to help out as best as possible.

Breakfast was simple and delicious but later on that morning was nothing but chores so far and Aloha did not enjoy it. He tried sneaking away time to time saying he has to work but Army wouldn't let him and forced him to help with the clothes. "Help me fold and you can go." Army spoke feeling impatient and irritated with Aloha's behavior.

"Why can't you do it yourself?" Groans Aloha then felt something smash against his face. "Because they're your clothes as well." Argued Army. Aloha takes the sock that was thrown at him off his face and tossed it right back.
"Don't start this." Army warns and tosses it in Alohas direction. The pink lad wouldn't give in and returned the sock to Army. Things got heated from there. The two eventually kept throwing clothes then pillows until they were grabbing any objects that were in reach. "You missed you piece of—" Army was interrupted with a pillow to his head. He staggered back then tripped, once Aloha saw he was off balance he leaped forward and jumped on his roommate, tackling him to the floor and wrestling him for several minutes.

"Got off! Ahaha" Army burst out laughing once Aloha started tickling him. "Stop! Aloha come on!" Army tries fighting his roommate but kept loosing until he finally got the upper hand.
Grabbing Aloha by his wrist he pulls him down until Aloha landed flat on his back. "Enough!" Army snaps and pinned his roommate where he's now defenseless. "Fine you got me.. what are going to do now?" Nearly sounding suggestive, Aloha looks fondly into Army's powerful gaze that shortly turned soft and his grip loosening.

Aloha couldn't help it, his old habits die hard. He wanted to tease Army so bad that he finally snapped and began giving Army a seductive gaze.
It overcame the commander to which he didn't know how to respond. Aloha took control and started to sit up; he then pushed Army against the couch and crawled between his legs, looking at him in the eyes.
The commander didn't move nor didn't dare to breathe for a moment; but the more he gazed into Alohas soft pink eyes the sooner he started to realize he was going to make a mistake. So, with fuming words he spoke,
"If you think your looks are going to trick me into letting you out from helping me. You're mistaken!" Army suddenly spoke and urges Aloha to step away.

"Fuck." Aloha cursed and gave up.

"Come on. Get up and help me with-" Army paused once the doorbell rang through the house. Aloha stood up and didn't know who that could be. He knew Diver didn't knock and not many other people knew where he lived. Army didn't have an idea either but he went down stairs to check and Aloha followed behind. "Are you sure you didn't invite anyone over?" Aloha questioned Army. "Of course not. If I did I would have ran it by you first."

Army stopped at the door and took a breath then opened it. "Hey." Standing in front of them wearing sunglasses is a tall yellow-green squid with a familiar leather jacket and at his side is a familiar goofy face.
"Goggles! Rider!" Army announced with excitement and let's them enter.
"Well. Well. Didn't know you had it in ya to propose." Aloha laughed as he pats Rider on the back. "Shut up. I came here myself to see if the rumors were true." Rider raises his sunglasses up and glares at the two squids.

"You two do live together."

Army and Aloha keep their mouths shut and step away from the other.
"I didn't think you were ever going to return Army." Goggles spoke with his usual happy tone. "Surprise." Army chuckles nervously. Rider scoffs and looks around. "Nice place."

"Once we heard you two were here we just had to come over and invite you ourselves." Goggles smiles and clung onto Rider. "Who told you we were here." Army asked. "Bobble-hat. She knows things." Spoke Rider.

"This is great! Now that we know you guys are here, you wanna come to the wedding?" Goggles happily asked.
"Of course! You know I always knew you two would end up together." Aloha grins and knew he'd be getting a lot of money from the people he'll be seeing.
"I guess we were meant to be." Goggles laughs while Rider blushes then coughs to bring up another matter. "Well. There's just one more thing. Our wedding isn't going to be here, it's going to be up in the mountains. We have a place reserved for two weeks. All of us could get together after the ceremony and catch up." Rider explains and shows the two squid the place they'll be having the wedding.

"Looks nice. Who's going." Army asked as he scrolls through the photos.
"Everyone we know." Goggles joyously spoke. "It'll be so much fun."

"What we're saying is, make sure to bring a bag for two weeks. And dress nice for the wedding. I don't want it going wrong." Rider lists and makes his way over to the front door to see himself out. Goggles happily follows and waves goodbye. "Hope to see you two soon. We'll send the address and time. Bye!" Aloha and Army are left alone to think over on what they should bring. "Better get those clothes folded." Army grins as Aloha groans and storms up the stairs to prepare.

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