for day two of @jactingjoices followers celebration: “it just happened”
It takes precisely eight hours, twelve minutes, and forty-three seconds for shit to hit the fan.
That’s exactly how long it’s been since Cas left the apartment to go visit the natural museum’s new exhibit with the rest of his cohort from the archeology master’s program and, instead of saying “See you later!” or “Have a great time!” like a normal roommate would, Dean went in for a kiss.
Well, that’s not quite it.
He actually kissed Cas. Full on the mouth. In the doorway.
Those eight hours, twelve minutes, and forty-three seconds have been the worst. While there’s no indication that Cas wants him to move to another country, Dean’s been thinking about it. The only problem is that he doesn’t have a passport.
But no, Cas’s cheeks just turned pink and he stuttered out a, “See you this afternoon,” and then at noon Dean gets a text from him saying he probably wouldn’t be back at the apartment until dinnertime. Dean considers clearing out but decides to stick around and order pizza for dinner.
Cas arrives before the large pepperoni pizza with onions, dropping his keys on the floor and uttering a swear word. Dean vigorously pretends to have no idea he’s back, despite the face that Dean is very much sitting in the living room, also pretending to read a book.Cas deposits himself onto the couch next to Dean and then takes his book and shuts it.
“Hey, I was reading that!”
“No you weren’t. That’s one of my textbooks.” Cas is right. The cover reads Human Adaptability: An Introduction to Ecological Anthropology.
Funnily enough, Dean hadn’t noticed.
Here’s the inevitable eight hours, twelve minutes, and forty-three seconds later. Dean sighs, and then he sighs again, and then he stares at their blank, powered-off television. “Dunno. It just happened.”
“That doesn’t just happen.” Cas emphasizes his words with air quotes.
Well, Dean’s already kissed him. He might as well go all out before he has to start searching for a new apartment and boxes to cram all his crap into.
“Fine.” He’s not going to look at Cas, though. “I wanted to kiss you. Have for a while. So I did. Happy?”
“You sound angry about it.”
“Uh, yeah?” Dean sneaks a glance at his roommate. Cas looks…confused? “Are you…not angry about it?”
“Why are you angry about it?” Cas asks.
“It was nice.” Cas clears his throat. “But now you’re being…confusing.”
“Well, I’m not confused.” Confidence (miraculously) restored, Dean decides to try again, properly, and he seizes Cas by the front of his University of Illinois-Chicago hoodie and pulls him and–
Dean reluctantly lets go of Cas and clambers off the couch. He slips the pizza guy a twenty in exchange for their dinner, and then shuts the door, turning to face Cas, who followed him. “I got pepperoni and–”
He never finishes his sentence.
(And the pizza gets cold.)