Alphabet AU Challenge

O is for Opposites: Sleep Is for the Weak (Kellic)

this idea was taken from a list of "opposites attract" aus and one was where "a morning person and a night person are assigned as roommates." this one is rly fluffy and cheesy like a lot of them are but once again idc it was fun also the reference in the title is completely ironic

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Vic's college roommate is decent enough, but after only a week or so of living together, they run into a fairly crucial problem: their sleeping schedules are definitely not in sync.

Vic is the kind of person who rises with the sun, and he's also one of those people who does the impossible and takes early classes. He likes the calm morning air, the way that the sun creeps over the horizon in a sea of orange and yellow; he's even fond of the birds that sing as the sky gets lighter, as stereotypical as that might sound.

Kellin, on the other hand, might as well be a fucking vampire, staying up all night and sleeping as far into the day as he possibly can before he's forced to awaken for classes. He's an enigma to Vic, but that's fair enough, since Vic is an enigma to Kellin.

"I don't understand how you do it, dude," Kellin says one evening as Vic is getting ready to go to sleep and Kellin is sitting on his bed with his laptop. "Like, this is so early. The night has only just begun. Plus, you're in college. You're pretty much bound to end up cramming at three in the morning anyway, so you might as well adjust your sleep schedule to fit that."

"I'll deal with that when the time comes," Vic replies dismissively, turning off the lights and hopping into bed. "Personally, I enjoy having a normal and acceptable sleep schedule."

"The weirdest shit happens past midnight," Kellin says, the light from the laptop screen illuminating his face.

Vic shakes his head and buries his face in his pillow, closing his eyes. "Whatever."

What he wants is to get a good night's sleep and wake up sometime before seven, but with a roommate like Kellin, he knows that's unrealistic. Sure enough, a few hours later Vic is awoken by Kellin, who is absolutely laughing his ass off at something on his laptop. Vic curses his inability to be a heavy sleeper.

"What the fuck," he mutters, still half-asleep and trying not to get too awake.

"What? Oh, sorry," Kellin says in between giggles, and Vic has to admit, it's kind of cute (but it'd be cuter if it weren't at three in the morning). "It's—it's a video, I—"

Vic waves his hand vaguely. "I don't think I want to know."

He gets back to sleep fairly easily, fortunately, and wakes up around the time that he wanted to. He tries to keep quiet as he's getting some of his stuff around, but he can still hear some shuffling from Kellin's bed, and right as he's pulling a clean shirt over his head, he hears Kellin complain from behind him: "It's six-thirty. It's, like, the middle of the night, dude."

Vic quickly turns around while he's fixing his shirt and finds Kellin staring at him with wide, sleep-deprived eyes. "Are you kidding me?" Vic says, laughing a little. "But three hours ago wasn't the middle of the night?"

"No," Kellin says, rubbing his eyes, and resting his head back against his pillow. "That's, like, late evening. Roughly."

"Roughly," Vic repeats incredulously. Kellin's a great guy and all, but Vic isn't quite sure how they're going to get along.

"I'm going back to sleep," Kellin declares, pulling his covers up over himself and turning away. Vic briefly thinks about the fact that Kellin was probably staring at him while he put his shirt on. He hopes Kellin liked what he saw.