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A time when Shicmuon was an innocent, small bean. The kid didn't know a single aspect of social interaction. It's not like he was uninterested in the concept of socializing or friendship, in fact he was longing for it. It's just that he didn't get as many options as the other children who just watch their parents and learn.
Lanoste, his seemingly fatherly figure, has an intriguing definition of social interaction. Manipulating others to do your bidding.
Shicmuon instinctively didn't fancy whatever bullsh!t Lanoste has been doing his entire life and definitely did not inherit Lanoste's terrible personality. How Shicmuon got his short-tempered personality is a story told for another time.
Lanoste however, being the sly devil he is, decided to engrave a few things such as what friends would normally do with each other into Shicmuon's innocent mind.
"Now Shicmuon, what I'll be telling you will be be most important thing that you should remember till your death." He says seriously, to the point it contrasts greatly to his expression of grinning from ear to ear.
Said child barely gave Lanoste much of a glance before uttering 2 words that the older male was all too familiar with.
"Go die." Shicmuon had less restraint over his words as a child after all. His colorful language at such a young age and having a father who was brought up from below clearly depicted the type of man he shall grow into in the future, Short-tempered (Pedo)--cough*
"Don't you want to know more about the term 'friends'?"
It took awhile for Shicmuon to process what he has said and that single word. He immediately perks up in masked enthusiasm once he gets it and whips his head to face his (father/dad???), away from all the torn and messed up teddy bears that he had been consuming his time playing with.
Lanoste, who has been sitting at his desk, was still smiling despite witnessing the gruesome sight of a teddy bear massacre. He shall take note to buy some more as Shicmuon seems to enjoy the company of (beheaded) teddy bears. He has an adorable child doesn't he?
Shicmuon clutches on a teddy bear's head with his right hand, the stuffing from the neck dripping out and another teddy bear on his left, both eyes squeezed out.
As Lanoste was about spout out the 10 very interesting things friends do with each other, Shicmuon snaps out of his trance and returns to the real world.
Yes, the world where Shicmuon will now initiate everything he had learnt.
Number 1: Friends sleep with each other.
"Blondie." Uttering Rood's nickname with a pillow and blanket underneath his arms, Shicmuon looked like he was going to raid Rood's bed.
"What in the heavens-" Rood was flabbergasted at this point. First the red haired male declared that both of them are friends even though he was the one who initiated all the fights they had anyways.
Now the same guy who kept on initiating all these fights is now initiating to having a bloody sleep over on Rood's bed.
"We're sleeping together." And just before Rood could even think of words of opposition, "And that's final."
Of course Rood made attempts to prevent Shicmuon from entering any more of his personal space any longer but it was futile. The red head was much more obstinate than he thought.
In the end, the two were stuck together, in a single bed, looking awkward as ever. Heck even somewhere inside Shicmuon thought he was doing something wrong.
But alas, the two managed to fall asleep after 3 hours of suffocating silence, continuous shifting and other inappropriate movements that Shicmuon would be capable of.
Ever since Rood had moved to this room, he had never experienced a peaceful morning wake up. It would either be waking up to the string of curses of his roommate or being manhandled to the point their professor would even misunderstand the situation.
And in this lovely morning? The blonde haired male was being hugged like teddy bear.
Shicmuon was like a snake. He wrapped his long legs around Rood's short ones, his long arms around Rood's torso and last but not least, Shicmuon's head was buried into Rood's neck. Each time Shicmuon breathes, Rood gets goosebumps.
Rood's expression once he has come to was one of his signatures', that of being unimpressed where his mouth shapes to an upside down triangle and his eyes are half open making a scrutinizing glare.
Being completely tied down like this, Rood wondered whether he'd have to miss class again today. With this guy around, Shicmuon, Rood won't be able to progress any further with his mission.
Rood mentally massages his temples (since he was left immobile) and is considering wiggling out of Shicmuon's grasps if he wants to get to class on time. It wasn't attractive but, desperate times calls for desperate measures.
First he starts to loosen his bindings and slip out from the top. But that all backfires when Shicmuon shifts and is now hugging Rood's lower half. His face dangerously close too Rood's.....let's not go there.
The blonde curses and mentally slams his head on the bed frame. Maybe he should just give up and sleep.
Fingers laced around the neck, the body left immobile from a sleepless night
A choking despair, last seen the face of your demise
My King, O' my King, You truly are my King
But without your power you are lost
So I shall be the one to guide you
Like a thread, like a thread, you snap so easily like a thread
But when your woven together, not even he can stop you
So for now I shall protect you
With the last blink after a billionth time the previous night, Lidusis wakes up to see the bright ray of light spilling through the carelessly closed curtain.
He inwardly cringes at the sight of an empty bed on his far side and droops sadly as he attempts to sit up and start a new day.
He lost his roommate 3 days ago and now he's all alone again. At least he'll be able to see Rood in class. But he didn't like the fact that he was sleeping in a room without Rood in it.
Drowned in his thoughts, he didn't notice the presence that has been on top of him for quite the longest time. The figure inwardly sighed and decided to get the attention of the purple eyed male by himself. Seriously, who doesn't realize that someone is on top of you?
"Lord Artian?"
Said male blinks. Then blinks again. Then immediately makes a face that Rood would be very familiar with.
Dio sweatdrops and immediately raises his hands up to suggest that he didn't have any shady motives.
"I wanted to wake you up but it seems you have already done so." The blue haired male shifts off the others bed and straightens out the wrinkles of his uniform. "I'll be moving in here from today." He beckons towards his unpacked luggage.
Lidusis's expression morphed into that of a mourning person's as he sighs while moving his head to the side.
Dio catches that disappointment oozing out from the depressed male and starts to act as though his heart has been shattered into a million pieces.
"Does Lord Artian not want to have me as a roommate?" With fake sobs and an overly dramatic expression, the said male stares in guilt unsure of how to reply to the sobbing blue haired male.
Well this is a rough start.