Another Pillow Fight
Ben wakes up slowly, his arm draped over Leslie and her back against his front.
He hadn't gotten much sleep the night before due to campaign errands, but what's bothering him more is his overwhelming feeling that he knows exactly who woke him up.
However, he has no proof. His bedroom door is closed, Leslie is still (miraculously) asleep, and he can't see them hiding anywhere in his room. While April is sneaky, her husband definitely isn't, and Andy would've given them away instantly.
He gently moves away from Leslie and kisses her forehead before bolstering himself up on his forearms and then getting out of bed.
When he hears whispering outside his door, he knows he has his proof.
While he's debating on whether or not to open the door, Leslie shifts in his bed and wakes up. "What's going on?"
While normally he would be focusing on how adorable sleepy Leslie is, he has another task at hand. One that involved getting away from his psycho roommates.
They should be lucky he doesn't have a gun.
Ben disobeys all the thoughts in his head not to open the door. When he does, he's instantly pelted with marshmallows.
He does the same thing he did the first day they did that to him and doesn't react.
"Why?" He asks. It's a one-word question, but it holds a lot if meaning that both parties understand.
"Why not?" Andy counters instantly, which surprises him. Andy's never been one to think on his feet.
April's standing behind Andy, so Ben doesn't notice the pillows she holds behind her back until its too late.
She throws the pillow, and he's instantly taken aback, blinded by the white fabric, but he shields that with a look of disgust and his pushing the pillow away.
They've somehow made it to the kitchen at this point, likely through absent-minded inching away from the narrow hallway. Leslie chooses this moment to come out of Ben's bedroom, her sleepy resolve long since faded and two pillows in her arms.
Ben, who doesn't notice Leslie, can't help but get déjà vu, a pillow fight not too many months before reentering his mind, but that's not to say this is the first time April and Andy have tormented him since that incident.
An evil grin overtakes Leslie's neutral expression, and she throws one of the pillows at April, who yelps in surprise.
Ben looks over to his left at the culprit, and can't help but match Leslie's grin, which puts him in a vulnerable position because Andy decides to continue the fight by tossing the fallen pillow at him.
Pretty soon, it's a full-blown pillow fight. And marshmallow fight. Ben still can't seem to understand what brought April and Andy to buy that hellish item, although he can't say he's surprised.
"Ben!" Leslie calls. Ben turns to look at her, and she tosses the second pillow she holds for him to catch. Ben's certainly appreciative of the gesture, using the pillow to catch April in surprise.
"Why's everybody targeting me?" She whines to Andy, not realizing Ben could hear her.
"April, you put a sardine in my sandwich yesterday when I left to go to the bathroom," Leslie says incredulously.
"I thought it was Ben's," she admits, an evil glint forming in her eye as she grabs a pillow from Andy and throws it at Ben.
Ben stumbles, and Leslie springs into action, jogging closer to him to help him up in case he falls.
April's gaze switches from Ben to Leslie, and Ben, after regaining his balance, subconsiously places his arm in front of Leslie in a protective stance while still looking at April, who rolls her eyes at the action.
"I'm not gonna murder her, Ben," April says sarcastically.
"I never know with you," Ben defends.
Her eyes darken and she throws the pillow at Leslie, who casually blocks the pillow one-handedly.
"As much as I'd love to continue this, we have things to do," Ben says, looking at Leslie as he does.
"I better not hear any sex noises!" April calls as they go back to his bedroom, shooting one last marshmallow at Ben's retreating figure.
Ben turns around, his face evidently a shade darker in embarrassment, and says, "April that's not— we're not— it's just campaign stuff."
"Right."