Luke arrives at the store, after driving for nearly fifteen minutes. He hadn't realized how far away the school and his new house was from the actual town. He pulls into the parking lot and gets out of his truck, walking in. He takes his wallet, which is attached to a chain on his side, and looks in it. He still had twenty dollars, so he would definitely be able to manage spaghetti for two.
    He slowly walks around the isles, grabbing everything he thought he may need. Noodles, tomatoes, cheese, and a bottle of wine, to name a few of the things. He checked out, using nearly all of the money from his wallet, and then walked back out to the parking lot.
    As he steps out, he looks up. It had gotten completely dark in the time it took him to get to the store and shop. He took a moment to just realize that this is what he was doing now. He smiles slightly and puts his shopping bags into the back of his truck and then gets into the front, starting it up yet again.

                           ~20 minutes later~

    Lukas parks his truck in the driveway and steps out, grabbing the bags from the backseat. He locks his car and walks up to the door, opening it with the key he had been given by Ryder.
    As he walks into the living room, he smiles warmly at Ryder. "Guess who's back, and has dinner thinggggssss!" He says excitedly, laughing gently. He walks through the living room to the kitchen, and places the bag down on the counter. He puts all of the items on the counter and then turns to face Ryder, who had come into the kitchen.
    "So, would you like any help making this?" Ryder asks, looking at all of the things on the counter. "Because I could definitely give you a hand if you want it."
    Luke nods softly. "I think I would like that, yeah. Where do you keep pots and pans?"
    Ryder points out one cabinet next to the sink, and goes to open it up. "They're all right here, if you ever need them for anything."
    Luke thanks him, and then walks over to the cabinet and grabs a pot to use. He fills it up with water and puts it on the stove to boil. He begins making the sauce while he waits for the water to boil. "So. What's your favorite thing about living here? I feel like I'll really like how close it is to campus."
    Ryder nods in agreement. "Yeah, that's definitely a plus. It'll be a lot more fun living here, now that I have a roommate. It was so boring here before." Ryder chuckles gently.
    Luke asks Ryder to do something with the food, while he does other things. It doesn't take long for it to be done, with them working together, and they begin plating the food. They set it down on the dining room table, and Lukas grabs two wine glasses. He opens the bottle and pours some for each of them.
    "Red. A man after my own heart." Ryder says, laughing lightly. Realizing what exactly he had said, a light blush begins to form on his cheeks as he averts his gaze, so he couldn't meet Luke's eyes.
    Luke chuckles nervously, his own cheeks a dark red color. "Yeah...I thought you might like it, haha." He bites his lip slightly, without even really thinking about it. Luke looks back up, and Ryder does as well.
    "We should eat before it gets cold." Ryder says softly, looking at Luke. He takes a bite of his food, and smiles widely. "Wow. Maybe it's just the fact that I've eaten nothing but fast food for the last month, but this is amazing." He mutters, staring down at the spaghetti on his plate."
    "It is really good, I do admit." Luke says softly, taking another bite. He takes a sip of his wine. "This is good wine too, for it not being very expensive."
    Ryder nods, taking a small sip of the drink in front of himself. "It really isn't that bad." He announces with a laugh.

                            ~20 minutes later~

    As they begin to do the dishes, Luke and Ryder lock eyes momentarily. "Want to work together? You wash the dishes, and I'll dry the dishes?" Luke asks Ryder, smiling warmly.
    Ryder rolls his eyes in a joking way. "But washing is the difficult jobbbbbb." He whines playfully. "Why can't you just wash, and dry, and I'll stand over there and cheer you on?" He laughs lightly and steps up to the sink, grabbing a washcloth. "Of course I'll help you." He tells the other male.
    Luke laughs and nods, standing by the empty side of the sink. "I hope this was enough to show you how much I appreciate you letting me stay here with you. I was really desperate for a place to live, and I'm glad I get to stay with you, instead of some creepy, insane person." He thinks for a minute. "Unless...you are some creepy, insane person, in which case, I'm glad that at least you're a cute creepy, insane person."
    Ryder blushes brightly at the comment. "I assume that was just the wine talking. Because, had you been completely sober, you would notice that I am in no way cute, and you are very much mistaken."
    Luke rolls his eyes. "I barely had anything to drink. If anything, the little I did have to drink just made it easier for me to tell you what I think." He responds.
    Ryder laughs softly. "Well, I can assure you that I am totally not a creepy, insane person...or...AM I?!" He yells the last part, laughing loudly.
    Luke jumps at the sudden yell from Ryder, and then it slowly turns into laughter for him as well. "Don't scare me like that, you ass!" Luke playfully slaps Ryder's arm, rolling his eyes and looking up at him.
    Ryder smiles softly, and blushes yet again as he feels Luke's skin brush his own. He turns away, so Luke doesn't see his red face, and they finish up the rest of the dishes.
    "So. Want to watch a movie now?" He asks softly, sighing happily and looking at Ryder.
    "Duh." He simply responds, jumping onto the loveseat, and waiting for the other male to take a seat next to him. He seemed happy. Much happier than he had previously been. And he had a sneaking suspicion that his new happiness had something to do with Luke.