“You’ve always fucked women, but have you done that because you feel you have to due to peer pressure and what’s defined by society as normal or because you want to?”
“What is this about?” He stands up. “What did you hear?”
“What should I have heard?”
His face falls for a fraction of a second and I step into his space. “So? What? Tell me. Tell me! What should I have heard?”
He pushes me away. “Stop doing that shit.”
“Not until you answer my question.”
He runs a hand over his face. “I love women. Happy?”
“What about men?”
“I…don’t know. Could be.” His eyes spark like a tropical forest before he clears his throat. “Why are you probing?”
“I’m testing something. When did you discover you like men?”
“I don’t like men. Jesus.” He jogs to the door and slams it shut, then leans against it, arms and ankles crossed “I’m not sure. I don’t know. I love fucking women, but…”
“But what?” I walk up to him and then peer down at him until I can see the tiny freckles on his nose. “What changed your mind?”
“I didn’t change my mind and, seriously, stop looking so intense. It’s creepy.”
“Blah fucking blah, just tell me what made your straight ass sway on the line. Figuratively, of course.” I grin. “Or is it literally?”
“Fuck you, asshole.” He closes his eyes with pure exasperation. “If you tell anyone about this, especially Kill, I’ll murder you.”
“I won’t if you just fess up. What made you change lanes?”
“I’m not sure I did—or would, for that matter. It’s just…one person. That’s it.”
One person.
One. Person.
That’s it.
Fucking interesting.
I ruffle Gareth’s hair and offer courses in butt stuff, but I’m not even done enumerating things he should know before he proceeds to throw me out and shut the door in my face.
His groans can be heard through the door as I grin and walk down the hall.
On a scale of straighter-than-straight Jer to fluid-as-lube Kill to confused-as-shit Gareth, I wonder where Brandon King falls.
Not that I’m tempted to find out.
That would be crazy.
Just kidding. I am crazy.
A week later, I’m lurking by the entrance of the Elites’ mansion at five thirty in the fucking morning.
You know, where Brandon lives with his insufferable brother, Landon, and a bunch of their family/friends.
Believe me, I’d never dream of waking up this early. But I can’t exactly survive on images of him trapped beneath me and wiggling his ass against my cock.
Kolya, the traitorous bitch who’d deserve castration if I wasn’t a major sexual being, still twitches at those memories.
Something he wasn’t interested in despite all the porn shows I presented him with, both live and recorded.
He’s being a dick. Literally.
Which brings me to this amateurish stalking mission. I might have visited Bran’s Instagram and seen all the stories he posts every single day at five thirty like clockwork.
Sure enough, the small gate on the side creaks open and he steps outside, stretching under the hint of sun. He’s dressed in loose shorts and a fitted green T-shirt that clings to his muscles like a second skin.
Fucking hot.
Now, if he weren’t so groomed with his shaven face, styled hair, and general sophisticated appearance, he’d be even hotter.
I love my men filthy, unkempt, and rugged around the edges.
Women are soft and pliant and should be worshipped. Men are to be used.
Who am I kidding? Both are to be used.
And he’s not one of my men. Jesus Christ. The fuck is wrong with my thought process?
Must be the lack of sleep. Has to be.
Only psychos wake up this early every day for a satanic ritual.
Sure enough, he retrieves his phone from his armband—of course the prick has an armband. Goes so well with his pristine clean image—and snaps a picture of the sky, then his fingers tap on the screen.
I grab my phone—from my shorts pocket like a normal human being—and check the story.
It’s an aesthetic picture containing part of the gate and the looming sun. #NewDay
That’s literally the only hashtag he uses on these posts, as if he’s planning to kill his audience with the repetitive caption.
Brandon tucks his phone back into the armband and touches the earbuds in his ears, elegantly, I might add, as if he’s handling a million-dollar painting.
All his movements are slow, unhurried. No, not slow. Controlled. His favorite uptight behavior seems to pour from him in everything he does.
I bet he doesn’t know how to have fun.
I’d feel bad for him if I weren’t itching to tackle him to the ground and pummel his beautiful face a few times.
Though beautiful isn’t quite the right word. He’s not pretty like a girl or beautiful like a colorful flower on the side of the road. He’s handsome.
Sharp jawline, hard eyes, straight nose, and a set of full lips that would look divine around a cock.
Kolya wholeheartedly agrees, considering the significant change in his moody state. I have to adjust my erection and shake my head.
Stop thinking about Brandon and dick. They obviously don’t mesh.
In fact, the logical thing to do is turn around and leave.
But then again, I was never much of a logical person.
If I don’t stay, I’ll come back tomorrow. And if I leave tomorrow, I’ll return the day after.
It’s an itch at this point.
As Brandon starts running down the road, I release a sigh, tuck my phone back in my shorts, and follow right after.
I’m just gonna find out if he’s as confused as Gareth, and if he is, I’ll help offer pointers. Consider it charity work.
That’s it.
That’s all.
I catch up to him in no time, keeping a few yards between us. His back muscles ripple beneath his shirt and his hamstrings extend and repress, causing his shorts to ride up his thighs with every step.
Hypnotic.
My gaze keeps flitting to the round globes of his ass, though, all peachy and shit.
If he’s straighter than straight, it’s such a shame to leave that ass empty.
Brandon seems lost in whatever is playing in his ears, because he doesn’t notice when I close the distance between us.
I keep running at his pace right behind him.
Now, I know I’m supposed to be on a stalkerish mission, but it’s impossible to stay away from his spellbinding pull.
Fuck it.
I pluck one of his AirPods out and whisper into his ear, “Long time no see. Miss me?”
4
BRANDON
I’m a creature of habit.
Neurotically so. In every sense of the word.
Without my carefully laid-out routine, I’d crumble and crash into a million irreparable pieces.
Without my punctual set of actions, I’m nothing.
So every day, I wake up at five. No exception—not during holidays, not after a night of drinking or partying or doing whatever is expected from a uni student. Five. Always. Every single day.
Then I put on my clothes, do a smoothie, and go for a run at five thirty. Back at seven. Shower. Breakfast. Wallow in my studio for another hour or two. Then school. Then I go to practice with the lacrosse team. More wallowing. Talking, smiling, laughing, caring, texting, liking, being.