Don't Do anything Gay in here

🌙 CHAPTER 2 — “Don’t Do Anything Gay in Here”

Room 403 was too quiet.

Not peaceful quiet.

Awkward quiet.

The kind that makes you suddenly aware of every small sound:

paper shifting

footsteps outside

a fridge humming like it knows something you don’t

Ren sat on his bed, perfectly straight-backed, staring at his schedule book.

Haruki, on the other side of the room, was lying upside down on his own bed like gravity was optional.

“…So,” Haruki said casually, “what year are you?”

Ren didn’t look up.

“First.”

“Ohhh,” Haruki dragged the word out like it was interesting. “So I’m your senpai.”

“Yes.”

A pause.

Then Haruki sat up slightly.

“Respect me.”

Ren finally looked at him.

“I am not required to respect you.”

Haruki gasped dramatically.

“Rude.”

Silence again.

Ren returned to his notes.

Haruki, however, was clearly not done existing loudly.

“So like,” Haruki said, rolling onto his side, “what do you usually do in dorms? You know… like normal roommate stuff.”

Ren paused.

“…Study.”

“That’s it?”

“Yes.”

Haruki blinked.

“That’s depressing.”

“It is efficient.”

Haruki suddenly sat up fully.

Eyes sparkling with curiosity.

“Okay wait.”

Ren tensed slightly.

“What.”

Haruki pointed at him.

“Don’t do anything gay in here.”

Dead silence.

Ren slowly lowered his pen.

“…What did you just say.”

Haruki leaned forward, completely serious now.

“I said—don’t do anything gay in here.”

Ren stared at him.

For a long moment.

Then:

“…I was not planning to.”

Haruki nodded.

“Good. Because I also wasn’t planning to.”

Another pause.

Then Haruki added:

“…Unless it happens by accident.”

Ren immediately stood up.

“I am moving rooms.”

Haruki burst out laughing.

“WAIT I WAS KIDDING!”

First Real Misunderstanding

That night, Ren noticed something strange.

Haruki talked to him too easily.

Too comfortably.

Like they were already familiar.

Like he didn’t respect personal space boundaries at all.

He:

leaned too close when speaking

smiled too often

asked too many questions

remembered things Ren didn’t expect anyone to care about

“Do you like sweet drinks or bitter ones?”

“…Bitter.”

“Ah. That fits you.”

“…What does that mean.”

“Nothing bad!”

Ren did not trust “nothing bad.”

The Beginning of the Habit

Later that night, Haruki came back from somewhere outside.

He dropped a drink on Ren’s desk.

“Here.”

Ren looked at it.

“…What is this.”

“Coffee. You said you like bitter.”

“I did not ask for this.”

“I know.”

That answer should have been alarming.

But Haruki just smiled like it was normal.

Ren didn’t touch it immediately.

Haruki noticed.

“…You don’t trust me?”

Ren hesitated.

Then honestly:

“No.”

Haruki blinked.

Then smiled again—but slightly smaller this time.

“…Fair.”

He sat down across from Ren.

This time quieter.

Less loud energy.

“Okay,” he said, “then I’ll earn it.”

Ren frowned slightly.

“…That is unnecessary effort.”

Haruki tilted his head.

“Maybe. But I want to.”

Silence.

Ren didn’t know why that answer made him uneasy.

Ending Scene

Later, lights off.

Room dark except for hallway glow under the door.

Ren lay in bed.

Haruki too.

Quiet.

Still.

Then—

soft voice:

“…Hey, Ren.”

“…What.”

A pause.

Then Haruki, softer than before:

“Don’t worry. I’m not weird.”

Ren stared at the ceiling.

“…You are already weird.”

Haruki laughed quietly.

“Okay. Fair.”

Another pause.

Then:

“…Goodnight, roommate.”

Ren hesitated.

Then, very quietly:

“…Goodnight.”

And for the first time—

Room 403 stopped feeling like two strangers sharing space.

And started feeling like something waiting to happen.

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