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*Next morning*

John's POV

I groggily open my eyes to reveal Alexander hunched over his desk, sleeping. God, this man is non-stop. I hesitantly get out and transfer Alexander to his bed. He's very light. Like dangerously light. I pull the covers over him and look at the time.

5:47 AM

That's early. For me, anyways. No use in going back to sleep as I'm fully awake now so I decide to make myself coffee. I'll make one for Alex, too. He'll need it. My classes always seem to start earlier than Alexander's. The next 2 hours consisted of me typing on my now- fixed laptop.

7:49 AM

I think I have art first with Miss DeBose. She's a decent teacher. Maybe a little shout-y but overall quite nice. My dad never approved me being fascinated with art. Not just Visual/Physical Arts but Performing Arts, aswell. I loved theatre. I loved acting and singing. Sometimes, I would go see theatre musicals. I've only seen a few like Newsies, Amèlie and Heathers. I mean they're pretty great and I'd love to take someone with me to go see more theatre performances.

7:57 AM

Oh crap! I need to get to class and I'm not even dressed. I quickly pull on some blue jeans and a grey Hoodie with some Nike trainers. I'll skip breakfast. Quickly I write down a note to Alex and place it on his nightstand alongside with the coffee, hurrying out of the door.

**In class**

"Okay class, I'd like you to get your sketchbooks out" says the teacher.

Oh for fuck's sake! How did I manage to forget my sketchbook? I raise my hand up in the air.

"Yes John?"

"I forgot my sketchbook at my dorm, can I quickly go and get it?"

"Yes"

*Meanwhile at the dorm, Alex's POV*

I open my eyes to the scent of coffee engulfing my nostrils. I look over to my nightstand and see a note and cup of coffee.

Morning Alex. I saw you leaning on your desk sleeping and figured that you might be tired. So I made you a cup of coffee. Have a good day :)

John X

I noticed myself blushing from the kiss at the end. He is so thoughtful. I down the coffee in seconds just in time as a panting John swings the door open.

"Hey" I smile

"Hi" He managed to get out in between pants.

"Thanks for the coffee"

"Sure thing" He responds.

"What are you doing here? I thought you had art"

"Yeah I do, I just forgot my sketchbook"

"Oh. Here you go" I grab it from his desk and pass it over to him.

"Thanks. Bye Lex!" He shouts from the hallway.

Lex? I laugh.

"Have a nice day, John!" I shout back.

**After class**

John walks into our room from class.

"Hey"

"Lex, huh?" I say, smirking.

"W-what?" He says nervously.

"You called me Lex before you went to art"

"Oh-Y-yeah. Sorry-I didnt mean t-to. I'll stop calling you that"

"No no no no, I didn't mean it like that. I like it, it's kinda cute" I reply with a smile.

"Oh" He smiles back.

"How was your day?" I ask him, curiously.

"Meh, shit as always"

I laugh.

"Wanna watch a movie?" He asks

"Sure. Do you want me to go shop to get some snacks?"

"Yeah, I'll come with you" He responds

I grab my keys and put my shoes on while John does the same and we hurry out of the door. The shop is only 5 minutes away so it's a quick walk.

"Can we get these?! Please~" I drag out the 'e' and hold up a bag of gummy bears.

"Fine"

15 minutes later we go out of the shop with a bag full of all sorts of snacks, like Doritos, gummy bears, Marshmallows, gummy worms, 3 bags of chips, pretzels, 10 chocolate bars and a 2L bottle of Coke.

****

"What are we watching?" I sit beside him.

"A disney movie?"

"What's that?"

"Are you serious, Lex? You've never watched a Disney movie?"

I shake my head

"Oh my gosh! We HAVE to watch all of these" He says and dumps out about 20 different DVDs.

"Which one?" He asks me

I point to the one where there is a Polynesian-looking girl with an oar who is standing next to a very muscular guy with a hook.

"That one" I say

"Moana. I like that one" He smiles and gets a blanket for us to share.

I bring all of the food up on the couch and sit next to John. There is zero space between our shoulders and we relax to the feeling of each other's touch.

"Wait which one is Moana out of the little kids?"

"That one right there" He points

30 minutes and 30 questions later I can feel my eyes start time get heavy and drift off.

John's POV

As I watch the movie, I sense a weight pushing at my shoulder. I look down and see Alex's head leaning on me, slightly drooling. I laughed a little. I switched the movie off, put the food down on the floor and melted into Alexander.


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