forum Halp- boredom sucks- (Open OxO)

Started April 13, 2023 by @lord-of-the-carnival group

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Dustin snickers, “Scared?” He taunts lightly, “Or shy?”

"Both-" Renata says quickly.

Dustin coughs slightly, sitting up and raising an eyebrow, “Oh, well. . . Sucks to be you, because I’m sure it would have been fun.” He grins at her and then lays on his side.

A tiny squeak escapes from Renata and it takes a second for her to get her voice back.

"W- what?" she asks.

He looks back at her, still grinning, “I said, I’m sure it would have been fun.”

Renata looks like she'd been struck by a frying pan.

"I- you-" she tries to start speaking but fails and stares at Dustin.

Dustin winks at her, still grinning, “I what?”

Renata shakes her head after a solid minute and walks away.

Dustin laughs softly, laying back down and curling up, falling asleep.

After half an hour, Renata comes back in the room and looks at Dustin for a moment before sighing.

He's much bolder than he used to be. . . she thinks, a smile flitting across her face for a moment.

After a second longer, she goes to the other side of the bed and crawls under the covers, sitting up with her legs crossed. She turns on the TV and starts watching "The Secret Life of Pets."

Dustin rolls slightly, pressing his face into the pillow, slightly disturbed by the unexpected sounds

Renata looks over at Dustin before turning the volume down and focusing on the movie.

She finishes it and moves on to the second Secret Life of Pets.

After a while, Dustin wakes up, looking at Ren sleepily.

Renata was starting to drift off a little when Dust woke up.

"Hey there." she yawns.

Dustin yawns, slowly siting up, “Mmm. . .” He grumbles.

Renata laughs a little.

"What?" she asks.

He shakes his head, still grumbling. “It’s nothing. . .” He rubs his face.

"Mm-hmm. . ." Renata yawns, stretching. "Sure it is."

He smiles slightly, flopping back and closing his eyes again.

Renata looks closely at Dustin. Whys she hadn't done this while he was asleep, she didn't know, but she examined the general shape of his face.

Well, I suppose he could be cute, but I'm not sure I'd do more than just talk to him. He is my friend, after all. . . she muses.

Dustin relaxes, keeping his eyes closed as he starts to fall asleep again.

Renata laughs quietly.

"Still sleepy?" she asks softly. "That's okay. Stay as long as you'd like."

Dustin grumbles, rolling onto his side, facing her and curling up again, falling asleep.

Renata laughs again, but closes her own eyes to sleep.

She curls up and ends up facing Dustin as she sleeps for the next few hours.

About 4 hours later. . .

Renata wakes up to find that she sees, right off the bat, lots of hair. Black hair.

Dustin's hair. So she was probably very close to him. So she scooches away, doing her best not to jostle Dustin.

Dustin rolls slightly, nuzzling his face under his arm.

Renata winces at how close she'd rolled in her sleep, praising her angels that she hadn't woken Dustin while she shifted.

She slips out of bed and goes into the kitchen and starts making some espresso.

Dustin slowly wakes up, sitting up and getting out of the bed, looking at the time and frowning slightly. He makes his way to the kitchen as well, leaning against the doorframe.

Renata was hand grinding the beans as she usually did whenever she made espresso. She'd pulled her sleep-mussed hair into a messy bun and put a pencil in it to keep it in place, and she was clearly in the same shorts and sleeveless tee she'd been in since Dustin had showed up.

After a while she turns around and startles, nearly dropping one of the cups of espresso.

"Jesus, you startled me." she breathes before laughing slightly.

Dustin chuckles softly, “Sorry. . .” He smiles slightly, “I didn’t mean to. . . Well. . . Maybe I did, but just a bit.”

Renata rolls her eyes playfully.

"And I just made you coffee. Maybe I'll drink both to spite you." she teases.