Bumpy Road

It was probably a stupid idea to share a room with Gabe. Even though Diego would've probably ended up sleeping next to Gabe every night anyway it was still stupid. Sharing a room meant sharing a common space, and Diego had loooooots of things he didn't want Gabe to know about. Sharing a room was a stupid idea.
But...
Just the thought of being able to wake up in the same room as Gabe every say was like a dream come true. So shut up, rational thinking, and help the body to grab that box off the floor.

Diego was moving the little stuff he had to his and Gabe's now common bedroom, he had lived with Gabe and Catalina for a short while now but only now had Diego had enough energy to actually empty his dorm room(partly because the dorm parent had nagged Diego to death about it). So now he dragged his three, very light boxes of belongings, mostly clothes and shoes and other attire, in through the door. And inside Gabe was waiting, and in his mind Diego had the goofiest grin. He'd never get bored of this, flying in and seeing Gabe waiting for him. But outside he had a faked strained expression as Diego carried the box.

"Uuuuuuuuuuuugh, effort. Perch, my arms hurt. Carry me."
Diego whined after hauling the last box on his bed, and he floated over to Gabe and basically draped himself on his back. In truth his arms didn't hurt at all, he just wanted to be on Gabe's back. Diego buried his face on Gabe's shoulder and groaned a bit.
"None of these clothes actually belong to me anyway, they were just donations. Why did I have to take 'em? They could've just given them to charity again."
Diego kept talking against Gabe's shoulder, it was mumbly but understandable.

I won't. I won't survive without you. So never leave me again.
Was what Diego was thinking, and what he wanted to say, but just the thought made him blush against Gabe's shoulder and he stayed in that position for a short while more until his blush died down.
"Well, no duh, dude. I need my Perch, where will I sit otherwise."
Diego answered and snickered, reaching up and ruffling Gabe's hair. And the nudist comment made him outright laugh, imagining that was hilarious. Though Diego kept the images in his head strictly about himself naked, he kept far away from Gabe.
"And you wouldn't? Wow, dude, I feel violated. Now I can never live up to my full nudist potential."
Diego said with a wide grin on his face, very much joking, and poked Gabe's cheek when he turned around.

Diego almost wanted to close his eyes and purr when Gabe ran his fingers through his hair, it felt nice. Diego had his hair free right now, his long bangs hanging on his face and hair reaching almost shoulders. Gabe remember when as kids Gabe had sometimes combed his hair, and back then Diego had refused to cut it just because of that. Hair took longer to brush when it was long and that meant Gabe would brush it for longer. Even Diego just waited in silence while Gabe stroke his hair, not wanting to ruin it and make him stop.

"Really?! Fuck yeah, pizza night! Tonight we feast!“
Diego fist pumped and let out a cheer. Catalina's cooking was great, but pizza was pizza. And paired with Gabe and video games? Diego couldn't ask for more.
"Time to bring back the tradition of me beating your ass in video games~"
Diego said with a teasing tone and pinched Gabe's cheek like he was a little kid.

Gabe couldn't fool Diego, he could tell the guy was holding back a grin and that only made Diego grin wider. But he did leave Gabe's cheeks alone, for now, and floated away a bit, waving his hands in defeat.
"Oh wow, so scawy, Perch is angry."
Diego said, smiling widely, his tone was joking and affectionate. Diego spun upside down and crossed his arms behind his head, snickering.
"It's not my fault your cheeks look so pinchable, dude."
Well, everything in Gabe looked cute rather than pinchable to Diego.

Diego gasped exaggeratedly at the mention of Mario Kart and he had a faked expression of horror.
"Oh no, not Mario Kart! I'll see rainbow coloured nightmares for weeks to come!"
Diego couldn't hold back his grin long after saying this, and he used the poke Gabe gave his forehead to spin back upright and floated in front of Gabe crosslegged and snickering.
"Me and Yoshi will beat your and Peach's ass. Bring it on, bro. And after we finish that pizza will be my victory feast."

Gabe's words and giggling were so damn adorable Diego couldn't help but giggle along with it and take Gabe from a loose headlock, so he could hide his slightly blushing face.
"Diego and Yoshi will never surrender! Tree Gods will eat dirt! Or, like, more dirt than they already eat."
Diego snorted and cackled at his own joke and ruffled Gabe's hair.

"Veggies are for losers anyway. Let's go all meat no green, carnivore style."
Diego said with a thumbs up and grin, also moving out of the room. The hip bump Gabe gave him Diego answered with a snicker and a light kick, or more like a push, on Gabe's back.
Diego flew over to the kitchen and found the pizza menu on the table. He opened it and saw that the array was pretty damn big, and some toppings were super weird. But there was also normal meat pizza and Diego went on ahead and ordered one meat lover's pizza. And no, none of the meat should be raw, thanks.
The pizza would be delivered there, so Diego just floated over into the living room and perched himself on Gabe's back.
"You ready yet? Can I kick your ass already?"

As always Diego didn't really lean on Gabe with all his weight, no matter how light he was. Just enough to let Gabe know he was there. He watched over Gabe's shoulder how he played around with the cables. Diego had always been pretty pathetic with technology.
"My victory pizza is on the way, yeah, and full of meat. Though this s the first time I saw jewels and human bones as a topping option..."
Diego had a weirded out look as he remembered the topping options on the menu, this island was weird as hell.

When the Mario Kart flashed alive on the screen Diego cheered and grinned, giving Gabe a small shake.
"Oh yeah, the slaughterfest can begin! You're about to eat my dust, bro!"
With that Diego floated off of Gabe's back and planted himself next to him, actually touching the ground. Diego got himself a controller, all raring to go. Though he almost dropped it immediately when he processed Gabe's words about him being the Tree God's bitch.
Yeah, I wish. Wait, what?
It took all of Diego's willpower to grin back at Gabe instead of becoming a flustered blushing mess.
"Get us on that hardest course, Perch, and I'll show you who's the bitch around here."