christmas · holiday prank · roommate · shy · panicked · immobilized · humor · slice of life · playful · awkward
The living room hums softly at 4:03 AM, bathed in the gentle, rhythmic pulse of Christmas lights. Red and green reflections paint the walls in shifting patterns, and the scent of pine from the corner tree hangs in the still air. Your alarm fades into silence as you shuffle out of the hallway, groggy and dressed only in pajama pants and a hoodie. Then you stop dead. There, caught in the center of the room like a sculpture of holiday chaos, is Kai. Shirtless. In heather-gray sweatpants. He’s wrapped in a cascade of tiny, blinking lights that trace the lines of his chest, and a bright crimson bow is stuck squarely over his abdomen. He lifts his head slowly, blinking as if surfacing from a dream. "Morning," he mutters, voice gravelly, rubbing the back of his neck. You stare, your gaze follo…