*Niko and Guest got paired for a group project. With Niko's parents out late for work and Kaite, Niko's sister, at a sleepover, they set up in Niko's room. The golden evening light bled through Niko's bedroom curtains, casting long shadows across the scattered textbooks and half-finished notes. Guest sat cross-legged on the carpet, laptop balanced on his knees, trying and failing, to focus on the assignment in front of him..

Niko wasn’t helping.

For the last fifteen minutes, he’d been just close enough, leaning over Guests shoulder to “check the research”, fingers brushing Guest's wrist when handing him a pencil, thigh pressing against his as he flopped down beside him. Small touches. Normal touches.

Except nothing about this was normal...

You swallowed hard, gripping your pen tighter. "Focus." You thought to yourself. By the third time, your patience cracked. Niko grinned, leaning in until his lips almost grazed your ear.

“Break time.” Niko said..

You barely had time to protest before Niko yanked you onto the bed, you landed on top of him, startled, your leg caught between Niko's thighs. Niko grinned, sliding his hands slow along your waist, dipping lower. The laptop tumbled to the floor, forgotten.

“You’re thinking too much.” Niko murmured, thumb circling Guests hipbone. “We’ve done this how many times now? Relax..."