Clownstax (ao3)
Everyone knows Taeyang and Hwiyoung sleep in the same room but they don't actually know their relationship is not as good as they show in public.
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When they decided to re-assign rooms at their new dormitory before debuting, Taeyang was expecting to be with anyone else but Hwiyoung. Of course fate is just a little bitch and they both lost at the (really, is this an adult way to assign something?) stone, paper or scissors game, so he ended being not just with the member he actually doesn't talk the most, but in the smallest room of all their apartment, it was literally a reduced closet, their beds wouldn't even have their enough space inside there.
Today is the move-in day, so Taeyang is carrying his only two boxes of clothes and shoes as their beds were transferred earlier. He is not in the mood to look at anyone at the moment, they are all too happy to have new apartment to actually see their two remaining members are way too apart to each other even if they are new roommates.
Taeyang is the actual sunshine in the group, he smiles to everyone except one, and he really doesn't know why everything is so different with Hwiyoung. On the other hand, Hwiyoung doesn't seem disturbed at all to be sharing room with his hyung, even if they haven't had a lot of a conversation before (even if they are walking literal five meters apart with all their members in the middle of them). He actually looks... happy (read: Taeyang isn't looking at him sideways, he just saw him casually while walking), but maybe is because of their new apartment, not because he has a new roommate, Taeyang thinks, so he just forgets about all the worries and he says to himself to actually enjoy this new stage of his life, he's finally debuting, and a room they wouldn't even use as much as he thinks can't change the fact he's achieving his biggest dream.
When they arrive at their dormitory, everyone is in awe, is bigger than their old one, and even has a spacious living room and a kitchen where easily can fit five of them. The first thing all of them do is tour their rooms; the older members and the maknae (the winners of the game) are excited to share a room which is spacious enough for the four of them and not even asking, Chani runs and jumps to one of the beds above in the bunk bed, happy to have enough space in this new room. The rest of the members just walk away trying to find their assigned rooms, Hwiyoung calling Taeyang when he discovered theirs is right in front of the main one. Taeyang follows him in silence, getting in the room that is technically empty except for their beds. Taeyang's worries become serious when he sees their beds are just a few centimeters from each other, having a little piece of furniture where they can place books or anything smaller than that.
Their first night is better than Taeyang expected, Hwiyoung falls asleep as soon as they finish organizing their clothes and accessories on their halves of their room. They haven't exchanged too much conversation in those hours, just speaking when one of them needed anything. The only problem Taeyang has now is that Hwiyoung's bed is in the middle of their room and he has to be really cautious and silent when he needs to go to the kitchen because he needs to pass over Hwiyoung's unconscious body to get out of their room. He blames himself in silence because they had three hours to ask if their beds were okay like that but none of them seemed to care enough to discuss that matter.
Taeyang achieves to pass over his roommate but it almost felt like he was on an action movie where he needs to be cautious, silent and agile in order to reach his objective trying not to be heard or seen. He lets go out a sonorous sight, opening the door and walking to the kitchen to get some water, drinking three full glasses in five minutes or less. The thought of him needing to do those awkward movements to reach his bed again makes him go to their living room, where there's only one small couch but he prefers to sleep right there mindful he might have neck pain and backache in the morning than risk himself for waking up his roommate.
