&& MESSY ROOMMATE [RHYS][C]

His mind was definitely somewhere else. Normally he would shout back when Simeon was looking for him. In fact, he didn't even hear his roommate.

The elf leaned against the kitchen counter, one hand scribbling away on a messy notepad while the other was idly petting the cat. Who seriously shouldn't be up on the counter, but Rhys could care less at this point. Mess wasn't his usual. Rhys tried to keep things an average level of clean but lately he just couldn't find the time.

No he needed his answers as quickly as possible. Ever since that night, he needed to know everything about his current situation. He needed to be prepared. So far, his extensive research had only given him the basic definition of a Pure Heart. Nothing much on how one ended up with one, or what it could even do.

There were a few mentions of powers, things Pure Hearts could do. There was one power in particular Rhys needed to find out more about. That he needed to learn asap. It had something to do with keeping darkness at bay, as well as sending it off. Wouldn't that be great? Especially if he came across that brat heartless again. With a wave of his hand Milo would be one less problem to worry about.  

Sure it seemed to be only temporary but, the elf wasn't willing to expend more energy than necessary on him. Or that lesser heartless that seemed to be popping up everywhere he went. He'd clobber it if it came any closer, but it never did... It was strange and unsettling. 

The oven beeped, snapping Rhys out of his thoughts. He stepped over to it and peeked in to see if the pizza he was baking was done. That's also when he finally heard his roommate calling for him.

"Cooking. What?"

He called back, in a rather bored tone, slamming the oven door shut and moving back over to the other counter where his notebook and Anders waited patiently.

"And researching. Why?"

Rhys started to put his papers in a neater pile, reaching over to give the cat a quick scratch under his chin. He didn't the apartment was too bad off. Then again he was the only one who really understood where everything was in the mess. As far as the paperwork went. After all, it may not have looked like it to his roommate, but the elf had everything organized. Well as far as what was in each pile or stack of things. Rhys shrugged his shoulders and glanced over at Simeon.

"Look, I'll get to picking everything up later...And I didn't really want to wait. Besides, this way uses less dishes and I didn't want to add to the mess or whatever."
A break was the last thing he believed he needed. He was so close to a breakthrough. He had to be! This much effort should be getting him somewhere. Right? 

"Tch. I'm ridiculously close, I can break when I'm done...What's chocolate supposed to do for me anyways?"
He said turning back to his notepad. It was practically full. There wasn't even space left in the margins to write in. Rhys let out a rather frustrated sigh. He kind of was craving chocolate now. After all, it would make him feel a bit better. This situation was kind of depressing the more he thought about it.

Going crazy over a tiny bit of information, because some juvenile delinquent scared him in the middle of the night. Not only was he using up all his sick time on the hunt, but by the looks of it. The elf really did trash the house. Speaking of trash..When was the last time he actually took out the trash. His green eyes drifted over to the overflowing trash bin and cringed.  

Hopefully he wasn't worrying his friend too much with his behavior. It'll pass, eventually... Once Rhys got his answers. Though he was definitely going to clean up the house tonight. They would probably end up getting bugs if he waited any longer. 

Rhys huffed when Simeon took his pen. He could guess what was coming next. He did something to the oven now he was stopping him from working. Even though the elf was more than annoyed with having his work interrupted, Damn right , I'm perfect.

When he started to pull him away from his work, Rhys just allowed it to happen. Giving Simeon little to no resistance. What was the use anyways? He was going to find a way to get the man out of the house. And chocolate was starting to sound good. Also fresh air. The air in the apartment had long grown stale. What with the old dusty books lying about, the overflowing trash bin, the dirty dishes and laundry... He really let go of everything recently. Getting out of this place was sounding better by the moment. But he wasn't going to come out and admit it.

The elf did take a quick glance from the red head to the cat on the counter. Which within the few seconds Rhys hadn't been writing, had decided to make a nice bed out of his notebook. Scraaaatch, scraaaaatch. The elf rolled his eyes. Maybe they were both working to get him out of the house. He turned back to Simeon, almost tripping over some papers on the floor.

“What if I don't want to take a break? Maybe I like being perfect.”

He was being beyond sarcastic. But the small grin on his face was giving off the fact that he wasn't quite as annoyed as he wanted to be. Even his fear of running into something he couldn't take on again wasn't holding him back from leaving. He was really starting to look forward to that chocolate. Fresh air. And talking about his current obsession with his friend.


Hell, maybe he had an idea of how to continue looking for ideas...Or he'd switch the subject and avoid the topic about "mr. perfect."

Rhys just stared at Simeon for a moment, fighting the urge to snicker or show any sort of amused reaction. Trying to keep up with the holier than thou persona. But after the final thing his roommate said, the elf’s face cracked. He shook his head and snickered.

“Like I’d… I can’t even think of a perfect comeback, look what you’ve done to me. I’m becoming average.”
Rhys pouted and kicked the ground in a show of fake frustration. Almost immediately he had a small grin on his face. Glancing around them as Simeon locked the door. He’d been paying a lot more attention to the world around him than usual. He was ready for anything and everything. And wasn’t going to get caught off guard again.

it wasn’t just for his own safety either at this moment. No, he wasn’t going to let his friend get caught up in any possible situation. Though, it was kind of ridiculous to worry about this sort of thing in broad daylight and especially during this time of day. Everyone and their mother were probably out and about.

Rhys twiddled his thumbs before allowing Simeon to drag him off again. Giving some slight resistance, just to mess with him. He was well aware of his own strength, and was pondering stopping dead in their tracks and watch the red head try and yank him along. Maybe that would be too jerkish right then and there. Once they made it to the little store Rhys suddenly realized he wasn’t quite positive what he wanted.

“Oh really? Well then I think I want that entire aisle over there...Maybe that one too..”
The elf said with a laugh before looking over the candy selection. All of it looked good. Incredibly good. His stomach grumbled a little. Well that’s embarrassing. Rhys reached out and grabbed a massive chocolate bar with almonds. He kept reminding himself that there was a pizza back at the apartment to eat, in order to stop himself from grabbing more.

“I’m thirsty. Do they have tea here?”
Rhys was a creature of habit, rarely straying to stores he didn’t frequent unless he absolutely needed to. This was one of those stores he rarely went to. Except for times when they ran out of essentials and he just didn’t feel like walking very far.