Title: Moving In
Author: Sara
Rating: PG
Disclaimer: I don't even */want/* them.
Distribution: Just ask.
Summary: The.BREAKUPS! (drumroll, please)
Riley's face broke out into a huge, geeky grin the instant that he saw Buffy outside his door. He had a plan for this moment, the moment she came to him, and she would tell him she loved him, and they would do many things.
Most of which were probably illegal in at least three states.
He moved to hug her, and she took a nervous step back. He frowned. That wasn't supposed to happen. "Buffy, is something wrong? Are you hurt?"
That was it. She was hurt, it would cause physical pain if he hugged her. So how were they supposed to do those illegal-in-at-least-three-states- things?
"Riley, hi," Buffy said softly. "Can I come in?"
Riley grinned at her again and stepped out of her way. "Sure, sweetie. What's up?"
Buffy rung her hands and turned to stare at her soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend. Best to just get it out, right? "I don't think we should see each other anymore?"
Riley's face promptly collapsed. Then suddenly he smiled. "Oh, that's funny. Did Xander put you up to it?" He moved to wrap an arm around her waist, but she stepped away.
"Riley, I'm not kidding." She took a deep breath and blew it out through pursed lips. "I'm sorry, it's just not gonna work out."
To her utter shock and embarassment, his lower lip began to tremble. "B-b- but I love you!"
Buffy slowly shook her head. "I don't love you. I'm sorry, Riley."
He shook his head. "Yes, you do, you're just to stubborn to admit it."
The blonde sighed and rolled her eyes. "Riley. I don't love you. I'm sorry, but I've found someone else."
"It's your roommate!" he cried. "I knew it! He's seduced you - brainwashed you with sex!" Missing her incredulous stare, he continued to rant. "But I can do all the things he can do! Please, sweetheart, please!" And he started to cry.
Buffy shook her head and backed away from the sobbing heap on the floor. "I'm sorry, Riley, it just wouldn't work out!" She slipped out the door and fled.
*
Angel nervously ran a hand through his hair before knocking on the door to Dru's dorm room. Her roommate, Darla, answered.
"Hey, Dru'll be out in a minute." She tried a seductive smile. "Wanna come in?"
He nodded. "Yeah, thanks." He stepped around her carefully, to avoid touching her, and absently stepped into the room as Darla pouted as his back.
Dru entered the room, smiled gratefully at her roommate, gently kissed her boyfriend, and breezed over to the fridge. "'Ello, Angel." She pulled out a bottle of water. "What can I do for you?"
Angel ran a nervous hand through his hair. "Uh, I was thinkin'.about, y'know, us.and I'm thinking that maybe it won't work, 'cause."
He looked up at her and saw her with one hand over her mouth, trying to stifle her giggles. He sighed. "You knew, huh?"
She nodded and laughed outright. "Of course." She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Be good to her."
He smiled. "I will."
Riley's face broke out into a huge, geeky grin the instant that he saw Buffy outside his door. He had a plan for this moment, the moment she came to him, and she would tell him she loved him, and they would do many things.
Most of which were probably illegal in at least three states.
He moved to hug her, and she took a nervous step back. He frowned. That wasn't supposed to happen. "Buffy, is something wrong? Are you hurt?"
That was it. She was hurt, it would cause physical pain if he hugged her. So how were they supposed to do those illegal-in-at-least-three-states- things?
"Riley, hi," Buffy said softly. "Can I come in?"
Riley grinned at her again and stepped out of her way. "Sure, sweetie. What's up?"
Buffy rung her hands and turned to stare at her soon-to-be-ex-boyfriend. Best to just get it out, right? "I don't think we should see each other anymore?"
Riley's face promptly collapsed. Then suddenly he smiled. "Oh, that's funny. Did Xander put you up to it?" He moved to wrap an arm around her waist, but she stepped away.
"Riley, I'm not kidding." She took a deep breath and blew it out through pursed lips. "I'm sorry, it's just not gonna work out."
To her utter shock and embarassment, his lower lip began to tremble. "B-b- but I love you!"
Buffy slowly shook her head. "I don't love you. I'm sorry, Riley."
He shook his head. "Yes, you do, you're just to stubborn to admit it."
The blonde sighed and rolled her eyes. "Riley. I don't love you. I'm sorry, but I've found someone else."
"It's your roommate!" he cried. "I knew it! He's seduced you - brainwashed you with sex!" Missing her incredulous stare, he continued to rant. "But I can do all the things he can do! Please, sweetheart, please!" And he started to cry.
Buffy shook her head and backed away from the sobbing heap on the floor. "I'm sorry, Riley, it just wouldn't work out!" She slipped out the door and fled.
*
Angel nervously ran a hand through his hair before knocking on the door to Dru's dorm room. Her roommate, Darla, answered.
"Hey, Dru'll be out in a minute." She tried a seductive smile. "Wanna come in?"
He nodded. "Yeah, thanks." He stepped around her carefully, to avoid touching her, and absently stepped into the room as Darla pouted as his back.
Dru entered the room, smiled gratefully at her roommate, gently kissed her boyfriend, and breezed over to the fridge. "'Ello, Angel." She pulled out a bottle of water. "What can I do for you?"
Angel ran a nervous hand through his hair. "Uh, I was thinkin'.about, y'know, us.and I'm thinking that maybe it won't work, 'cause."
He looked up at her and saw her with one hand over her mouth, trying to stifle her giggles. He sighed. "You knew, huh?"
She nodded and laughed outright. "Of course." She gave him a kiss on the cheek. "Be good to her."
He smiled. "I will."