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Gene was normally the first one to wake up in his household. His alarm was screeching some emo song that he was too tired to recognize, he turned it off. He nabbed a pair of pants and a shirt off his chair and slid them on, walking out of his room. Treading down the hall to Zenix's room to wake him up, knowing that if he didn't he'd be asleep the whole day.
Gene pushed open the door and sauntered over to the brunette's bed, shaking his shoulder to wake him up. Zenix opened his eyes to glare, he always looked grumpy in the mornings. "Go take a shower you lazy bitch, you skipped one yesterday" he nagged. Zenix aggressively rubbed his eyes with his palms and sluggishly got up to shower.
Gene smiled and headed downstairs to grab himself a cup of coffee.
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Sasha had left for work and Zenix was being awfully quiet, that was a bad thing. Gene had heard the shower turn off a few moments ago but there was no sign of the gremlin exiting the bathroom. He sighed and set down the remote to go check on him.
He treaded back up the stairs and over to the bathroom, Gene could hear the heater still running. He knocked on the door "Zenix, I'm coming in" and he opened it. After the hot air of the room smacked him in the face, what he saw didn't surprise him at all, if he was being honest he kind of expected it. Zenix was asleep sitting up with a towel around his waist, he was getting water all over the floor.
The black-haired man pinched the bridge of his nose to calm himself down. Avoiding the water on the tile to not get his socks soaked, he carefully walked over. Gene tapped his forehead and the other jumped awake. He crossed his arms as he waited for his excuse.
Red eyes darted up to his face "look- I was busy last night-" "uh-huh" Gene interrupted him and Zenix nodded with a hum. "At least put your jeans on, I'll help you fix your hair" he sighed, already done with his bullshit. The brunette nodded again and grabbed his pants as Gene turned around.
Zenix took an eternity to put on his jeans, complaining that the humidity of the bathroom was making it difficult but he eventually got them on. "Well if you wore anything other than skinny jeans maybe you could get your emo ass into them easier" Gene lightly jabbed as the other whined about how mean he was being.
Gene motioned to the counter, the edgelord got the idea and hoisted himself onto it to sit down. He grabbed the towel off the floor and held it up "lean your head down". Zenix complied, Gene took the dry side and ruffled the warm brown locks with it. The brunette silently giggled at the aggressiveness, forcing a smile onto the ravenette's face.
He stopped to let Zenix shake it out, getting excess water on Gene. He chuckled and tossed the towel back on the rack. The black-haired man grabbed the hairdryer and clicked it on. Just to be funny he pointed it in Zenix's face to bother the other. He scrunched his nose at the action and squeezed his eyes shut as the hot air hit his face. "GenE-" Zenix whined, he snickered "sorry, sorry".
Gene redirected the blow dryer to the brunette hair, getting straight to work. While his hair was being dried, Zenix closed his eyes, the air felt nice against his face. Gene quickly noticed what he was doing. He flicked his forehead "ZENIX" he opened his eyes again "WHAT" he exclaimed. "I know DAMN WELL you're not trying to fall asleep", "WELL MAYBE IT FEELS NICE" he defended, his cheeks starting to burn.
Gene lightly shook his head and looked into the red eyes in front of him, "I'm almost done, just stay sitting up for a little longer". Zenix slumped his shoulders but okayed him as he kept his eyes open. Gene finished up drying his hair smoothly after that. He stood back and stared at it for a small second "do I ever tell you how pretty your hair is?". The genuine compliment somehow managed to slip through but Zenix just reddened, still not used to people being nice to him.
He pulled out a drawer and grabbed a hot pink comb, he twirled it in his palm a few times then brought it up to Zenix's hair. Gene teased a couple of chunks to give it his normal wild look. Then sprayed some hair spray to keep it in place.
He quickly bopped Zenix on the nose with it then put it back in the drawer where it belonged. He began rummaging through another draw below it to look for his eyeliner pencil. As Zenix waited, he swung his legs back and forth as they dangled off the counter. He almost kicked Gene in the side and had to stop himself.
"Aha found it, you need to stop putting your stuff at the bottom of the drawer" Gene grumbled, Zenix just tossed his eyes at him and huffed at the statement. Gene brought the pencil up to his eye "now stay still, I don't wanna pay for your eye injury". The man drew some lines under his lower lash line and used his finger to blend them out, repeating the process on the other eye.
He finished decently quickly since it didn't have to be neat. Tossing the pencil aside, he grabbed the finishing touch. Zenix's piercings. Gene gently picked them up from a small bowl "open your mouth", the brunette made a face "wHy?". Gen showed him the silver studs in his hand "I'm putting in your snake bites, now open your mouth you emo", Zenix blushed "cause your one to talk about being emo'' he muttered and opened his mouth.
The ravenette unscrewed one at a time and lightly gripped the other's chin to get a better view. He quickly popped them into place to not make Zenix uncomfortable. Once he let go, the brunette was bright red although he will admit that's his fault. Gene ruffled the warm brown curls one more time and stepped back to admire his work.
Red eyes squinted at him "you just did what I normally do, why do you look so proud of yourself? Also, can you give me my shirt, I'm cold" Gene huffed "you're cold?! Really? in this hot ass bathroom?" And threw the shirt at the man's face. Zenix tugged it off his head and stuck his tongue out at him, slipping the shirt on.
"Oh, did you have any problems with your shirt or does it actually fit you, unlike your jeans?" The ravenette teased, Zenix scoffed at him and kicked the air in front of him. "They DO fit, they're just skinny jeans!" He crossed his arms and hunched over, he does this when insecure. Gene noticed, he walked back up to him and cupped his hands around Zenix's face, forcing him to make eye contact with him.
Gene brushed his thumb across Zenix's bottom lip and sighed "you know you're handsome right?" Zenix was melting in Gene's touch as his face flushed. "I'm really not-" "shut it, did you know that?" Zenix bit his lip and smiled, slowly nodding. Gene returned it "see, wasn't so hard now was it? Now get your ass off the counter, it doesn't belong there" he picked him up, regaining his cocky attitude.
Zenix made a noise of frustration as he was tossed over Gene's shoulder, "What the FUCK!? PUT ME DOWN". "And out the bathroom we gooo~" Gene taunted, holding the brunette's legs so he wouldn't fall. Cool air from the AC hit Zenix like a train, causing his body to do one big shiver. Gene decided to act like he was going to set him back down "WHY IS IT ANTARCTICA, DON'T PUT ME DOWN I'LL FUCKING FREEZE TO DEATH".
Gene smirked "yeah? What made you change your mind so quickly Zen?" Zenix grumbled and clung to him, trying to steal Gene's heat. The ravenette stepped off the stairs and dropped the screaming manchild on the couch, his head hitting one of the throw pillows.
He instantly shut his mouth as Gene smothered him in the blanket from the coffee table. Zenix's laughter filled the room as he managed to stick his head out from underneath the fuzzy layer. Gene smiled at him as his edgy boyfriend let down his guard for once. It didn't last for long though as Zenix shortly noticed, stopping abruptly.
"Noooo don't stop, your laugh is cute" Gene whined and hugged Zenix close to his chest. "I'M AN EVIL BEING AND DON'T HAVE TIME FOR CUTE SHIT" Said man also proceeded to squeeze the other as tight as possible, disproving his point. You be fair though, Gene wouldn't have wanted it any other way.