*catches you in the mirror and turns around with his arms down, his shirt covering his body while around his arms* “u H-“ *he blushes*

“Uh.. I- it’s fine!” *he runs forward and closes the door so he can change in privacy but forgets to lock it*

*Burst out of the room with a new outfit and goes to the kitchen and starts digging through the pantry*

*shouts* “WHAT ARE YOU LOOKING FOR? BEN KEEPS THIS PLACE A CLEAN FREAK MESS!” *hes chopping up carrots in a tank top and black jeans*

“DEKU DO YOU Know where you are. You’re right there.” “ I heard you moving around,, anything you need help finding? Ben keeps this place annoyingly clean and won’t lemme label the doors.” *he doesn’t stop cutting up misc. vegetables and putting them in a pot* *looks at you while cutting the same speed* “Also are you gonna stay for dinner? Ben will be home around dinner time, so roughly 2 hours I’d say,,”

bathroom is two doors down on the left! ben shouldnt mind if you stay *he goes back to cutting them up*

*he whips around, not knowing she was there* from the other side of the door he mumbled “i didn’t even know you were there,,, how long..?”

*he blushed* “that’s at least long enough that you stayed to see me take it off..” *his voice trailed off*

*he chuckled awkwardly* “uhm..”

he mumbles “bye..” *turns back around and gets his shirt off and starts rifiling through his dresser on what to wear*

picks a outfit and goes out to the kitchen “oh hey! i was just about to work on dinner, is there a snack or somethin you want?”

“p rrrrrovably chicken noodle. It’s bens favorite and he’s been complaining all day over text about school.” *he walks over to the fridge and starts grabbing ingredients, blind to anything else”

“You wanna a snack?”

“I mean you already are a snack tho so-“ “Holy shit” “I just said that outloud” *he turned and looked at sal, face red as a tomato* “Don’t say a word to Ben or he won’t ever let me live it down”

“FORGET. IT. THIS NEVER HAPPENED.” *his eyes are full of panic*

“I- I’m just- I’m just gonna-“ *he points at the cutting board then you and the cutting board then embarrassed, begins to chop up carrots muttering under his breath* “Stupid- cut- (unintelligible noises)”

“No- I’m not sure of his sexuality, IVE NEVER ASKED HIM!” *he cuts faster and more harshly*

“It’s so harddddd to be living with a attractive dude! Like-“ *he sets down the knife and pulls a chair, sitting in it backwards* -mockingly- “hey Ben! You are super hot, and it’s hard because I’ve seen you get undressed and I LIKE GUYS AND GIRLS but yOu don’t know that!!! I don’t know if you like guys so IM TELLING YOU SO YOU CAN TELL ME IF YOU FIND ME ATTRACTIVE, OR EVEN LIKE GUYS!”

“Yea?”

“Yea sure and how are you basing that guess-“ *ben walks in* Ben: “hey..?”

*he grabs her arm* “haha didnt you say you were staying for dinner? Haha that’s right you did DINT YOU.”

DIDNT*

*his face begged* Ben: ...imma go change out of my work uniform..? “OKOKOK BYE BEN!”

“PLEASE” “I’mdesperateI’llevenpayyou”

“stick around for dinner?” *puppy eyes*

“hhh as long as you don’t associate me with it-“ Ben walks out Imma make Ben talking ^ and Sam talking “)

^everything good..?^ “Y- yea! Imma go finish the soup!” *sam dashes back into the kitchen and throws the vegetables in the pot, and starts on the chicken*

*Ben sits down next to her* ^are you one of sams friends?^ *sam looks over from the kitchen*

*he smiles* -whispers-^hes cute isn’t he-^

*sam looks over confused cause he didn’t hear it*

*sam walks over* “Alright- the soup just has to simmer.. y’all can put on s movie or something, I got flour over my outfit from the kitchen” *he made eye contact with sal for a hot second and walked away*

^what was that about..?^

^hes acting weird.. can you excuse me? I’ll be right back.^

*he walk down the hall and into sams bedroom, fretted by a scream and Sam pushing him back out to the hallway and shirt getting thrown at his face, while the door slams in his face* *unitelligble conversation* “IM ON BEN I SWEAR” ^ok..^ *ben walks back over*

^hes acting weird but won’t tell me why-* *sam burst out of the door in his third fit of the day* “OK FOOD SHOULD BE DONE*

“Yea iM fINE” “HE JUST WALKED IN WHEN I WAS SHIRTLESS YOU DONT JUST DO THAT” ^well it’s your fault for not locking the door dude-^ “DONT YOU DARE DUDE ME

“^you ok?^”

-Sam under his breath-“sneaky little-“ “Do you wanna serve yourself or do you want me to dish you up? ^either works^ “Ok, why don’t you dish yourself up- imma go check on sal” *sam runs over and knocks on sals door* -under his breath-“comeoncomeoncomeon”

-whispering-“wHy are you LEAVING ME WHEN HE KNOWS SOMETHINGS UP”

“it’s kinda WEird to juST asK a hot guys seXUality” he hissed

“THE **** I” ^gay, why?^ *ben blushes* “You are sooooo dead”

Meant Sam)

“I am going to ROCK YOUR SHIT YOU BETTER HIDE” *ben walks over and pulls Sam away from his collar*

(Sam screeching threats) ^are you sure? He’s like a angry rat and I wouldn’t be surprised if he comes straight for you^

^mk^ “IM NOT A ****SING RAT” *ben let’s go and Sam jumps at sal*

(Angry rat noises) ^...^

(Rat noises cease) *clawing at her hand* S o rry so r r y s o rr y

I m so r ry

Th a nk yo u

-whispers- “do I have to tell him-“

^tell me what?^ ^ben looked pointedly at sal. ^we both know he’s too big of a wimp to tell.^ “hEY!”

*sam panicking* ^..^

*bi panick* ^..sure^

^go on..^

^...^ *he blushes* ^bu- what am I supposed to say to him^