Sunflower, Cats, and You [IwaizumiXReader]♡

Study Week

"You're sure you'll stay here? Because I'll start reading the theories out loud later on..."

"... You're just trying to make me stay in my room, hogging the spacious room for yourself."

"Want me to start with Freud's or Titchener's?"

"I'll read the muscles to you..."

In the end, both of them just quietly went through their notes in silence. It's the last day of study week and both of them are in the living room, reviewing every subject that they need to pass. Iwaizumi was lying on the couch since he came, and stayed like that for hours, letting Bucky sleep with the male's leg as a pillow. (Y/n), being the restless spirit she was, started on the floor, then walked to their backyard before coming back after a while due to the sun. Then, she lied on the floor, reading her notes. Feeling a cramp coming to her foot, she stood up and walk around the house before she laid herself on the other couch. After she's done moving and totally comfy with the couch, Iwaizumi asked her.

"You're done moving??" He asks as he sits properly, eyeing her as she shifts herself to the couch.

"Mhmm... and I'm not moving ever again", she answered as she put down her notes to look at him while talking.

"I'm fetching the ice cream... Choc–" he asked again before he got cut off by her excited voice.

"Vanilla. Thanks!" she replied briskly as she sat up and smiled brightly, watching him making his way to the fridge and taking out ice cream for both of them. Coming back, he passed the icecream to her and sit back on his initial spot. As he sat down, Bucky waited for him to adjust before this time, using his lap as a pillow. Seeing this, she commented softly.

"Seems like Bucky really liked you... he's been sleeping with you since you moved in, right?"

Hearing this, Iwaizumi stroked the cat's body. The fur felt silky through his palm and also warm. Maybe it's the cat's body temperature? He's not sure.

"I thought you didn't care..." He carefully mouthed her answer, making sure it didn't come out as rude. Instead, she only laughs at his remarks.

"It's not that I don't care... But, since the cat has been sticking with you, I won't have to worry about losing my cat", she answered him. Raising an eyebrow, Iwaizumi questioned her again. "You believed in me that much, huh?" making her gaped at him, speechless at him.

"If I didn't believe you, I wouldn't even accept you as my housemate, you dolt! And it's comfortable with you here, so... yeah" She answered, letting the last sentence sounded like a mumble and facepalmed herself to cover her blush. Playing in her mind was how stupid she was to utter the last sentence. Few seconds passed and she looked at him, searching for any weird reaction from him.

"Hmm. Okay." Was all he said before standing up and took his and her rubbish, helping her to throw it away. Luckily, he didn't seem to hear the last sentence, so she quickly recovered and started to pick her notes back.

"You should start going through your notes back... You have paper tomorrow, right?" she asked while searching for the notes she was supposed to read among the bundles of paper stacked on the table.

"Yes... I'll be in a minute" he said while cutting the apples and putting it on a plate. He came back to the table and set down the plate in front of her, and joined her, sitting on the floor on the other side of the table.

She eyed the apples in front of her and asked "...You wanna eat something?" He picked his notes and read through and answered her without it down.

"I know you want it, too. But, later. We'll cook for dinner later. Just stuff ourselves with these first, and later help me with the tofu."

"We ate the last of it a few days ago, Iwaizumi. We have none in the fridge." He put down his notes. He's in the mood of eating his favorite food. No, he's always in the mood for that. Just that tomorrow is their finals so he craved for it more than usual. And sharing it with her makes it tastier. Not that he wanted to admit it.

She looks at his exasperated face, thinking about his tofu. She laughed internally as his face contorted with the thought of not having his agedashi tofu for dinner. After enjoying the sight, she proposed to him.

"Wanna go get some at the nearest store after this?" and she focused on his face. Clearly delighted, he peeks at the clock and said "One hour later. Now let's focus" and picked back his notes.

One hour later, they went out to get his tofu and some fruits too and went back home to prepare dinner together. Full and happy, they rest on the couch for a while before deciding to crash earlier so that they can wake up earlier to start their battle tomorrow.

All this time, they had considered that their relationship is normal as housemates. But, all these developments had them in a bind. Slowly, they accepted the fact of them being a platonic partner without actually saying it in words; only by their actions.

Now that they're too comfortable with each other, feelings risked of spilling and wanting more than what they are now. As both of them are struggling to keep themselves from having labels, or even announcing it to the respective other, they craved for more attention from each other.

Afraid of destroying what they have, they forced the thoughts to die and sleep to avoid being late for their first paper tomorrow.