Page 14 of The Sweetheart
“Tell me one more thing and I’ll read to you. Why didn’t you finish high school?”
“My grandma died, and shit kind of fell apart after that.” It was the truth without the gory details. He waited for Nolan to press for more. He could see it on his face that he wanted to know. Maybe Kai would tell him, someday, but he hoped it didn’t have to be tonight. Right now, he needed to stop thinking, and he needed Nolan to make that happen.
“I’m sorry about your grandma.”
Kai shrugged, his chest squeezing tight. He didn’t know what to say. He knew that was what you said to people who lost someone, but he didn’t really understand it. Losing his grandma was simultaneously the worst thing that had ever happened to him and also… not. It had been the catalyst for so many worse things. Maybe he was waiting for someone to say they were sorry to hear about all of that worse stuff. To acknowledge that that shit shouldn’t have happened to him or anyone else.
“Okay, are you ready? Settle down now.”
“Wait. I think you should probably just start from the beginning.”
8
“Daddy!”
Nolan grinned to himself where he stood in the kitchen, whisking eggs for omelettes. Every time Kai called him that, his heart squeezed until it felt like it might pop. He was already so far gone for this boy, he couldn’t believe that they’d only known each other two days.
“Yeah, baby?” He’d sent Kai to the living room ten minutes ago to pack up the Lego, but it was apparent that Kai had become distracted. It was fine though. When he’d woken up, Nolan had been half worried that whatever ghosts had haunted Kai in the night would come back, but, instead, Kai had mumbled a drowsy request to suck him and then disappeared under the covers to mouth lazily at Nolan’s cock until he came down his throat. Nolan had returned the favour in the shower ten minutes later, jerking him off with soap-slicked hands while rubbing on his puckered hole until the muscle started to give way. The sounds Kai made had his dick filling again, and he’d rutted against the crease of Kai’s ass. When he came, it was with the tip of his finger inside Kai, the muscle still fluttering around it with the last ripples of Kai’s orgasm.
“What else do you put in a sex room?”
Nolan chuckled. He’d seen the little diorama that Kai had been working on, and it was weird how much it turned him on. Nolan didn’t have a sex room, but he’d definitely played in them before.
“Lube!” he answered.
“Be serious!”
“What have you got?” he called back.
“A bed, a spanking bench and one of those cross things.”
“A St. Andrews cross?”
“Uh, yeah?”
“What about a sex swing?”
“Oh yeah. Definitely adding that.” It was mumbled more to himself than to Nolan. Nolan set the eggs aside so he could pour Kai a coffee, doctoring it with cream and sugar the way Kai had yesterday. Was it more sugar than he was comfortable with? Yes, but he’d thrown some veggies in the eggs and there would be fruit on the table so… balance. Still, maybe it would be a thing they worked on long term.
Long term.His chest warmed at the thought. He was ready to catapult himself full speed ahead at that future.
He deposited the coffee on the table beside Kai.
“I need, like, string or something to make the swing part. What does a sex swing look like? Show me.”
Nolan pulled out his phone, unlocking it and handing it to Kai to search for himself, momentarily amused by the surprise on Kai’s face.
“Looks like you’re running out of room,” he said, nodding towards the diorama.
“Katie only has one of these flat green things and Ken and Gloria take up too much room,” Kai said, scrolling through images of sex swings. He looked up at Nolan, interest and lust written all over that pretty face. “Do you have a sex swing?”
Nolan laughed. “No, I don’t. Why don’t we stop at the Lego store and see if we can pick up some supplies for you while we’re out?” Nolan turned back towards the kitchen. Since it was Sunday, both Kai and Nolan had decided to spend the day together, running errands and potentially finding something fun to do.
“There’s a Legostore?”Kai jumped to his feet, following him. Nolan turned back around holding out a hand to stop him in his tracks.
“Nuh-uh. You’re supposed to be packing up the Lego.”
Kai’s shoulders slumped. “But if I put it away then I have to start all over again.” The petulance on his face was charm itself. Nolan couldn’t quite hide the amusement from playing on his face.
