Page 29 of Starlight

MothAkai: No. My parents will panic after what happened to my sister. And I don’t want to get my ass kicked for revealing myself to a human.

Lick: Humans aren’t all bad. And some monsters have human mates. Which means at some point they must have revealed themselves. Technically I reveal myself on a regular basis…they just don’t live to talk about it.

MothAkai: How does that work anyway?

Lick: What? The not living?

Akai rolled his eyes.

MothAkai: Having a human mate.

Lick: The same as being with a monster, I guess. Why? Are you thinking of mating with him?

His fingers hovered over the screen. It should be easy to type no, or to be horrified at the idea. But he wasn’t horrified. He was…curious…and not sure how to proceed. He didn’t want Cole to be horrified by the idea. Humans were notoriously weird when it came to sex.

MothAkai: No! Just because he sewed my wing doesn’t mean I’m going to suck his dick in gratitude.

Lick: LOL. You wouldn’t have typed that if you hadn’t thought about it.

“Fuck.” His dinner was burning. He added a little water and gave it all a stir before taking it off the heat to finish cooking, as there were still a few very crunchy bits despite the overly crispy bits.

He hadn’t thought about what sleeping in the same bed meant in that much detail. And he hadn’t been thinking about it since Cole had left, except at night and when he was on the deck or bored. Something about Cole leaving made him want him. Which was also a very strange feeling. One he didn’t remember having with any previous partner.

Akai fired back a quip.

MothAkai: You’ve clearly thought about sucking human dick.

Lick: Nah, I prefer them begging for their life.

Akai grimaced and made an attempt to reroute the conversation.

MothAkai: Do you want to know something really strange? Our paths have crossed before.

Lick: You cross an awful lot of paths, because you’re always moving.

It was how they’d met, and Akai kept an eye out for Lick as he travelled. Lick always had a watch list.

MothAkai: Fair.

However, he didn’t want to go into detail about the blood debt and potentially tangled fate lines. Lick didn’t believe in fate, but he did know an awful lot about blood. And revenge.

Dots appeared on the screen as Lick typed.

Lick: So are you going to get him naked?

Yes, no…maybe? He’d already seen Cole naked more than once.

MothAkai: I don’t know.

Lick: Do you want to?

MothAkai: I think so, but I couldn’t bear it if he panics.

The last time Cole had panicked, he’d ended up getting shot, and he didn’t want to do that again.

Lick: If he does, I can take care of the problem :)

He did not want Lick taking care of Cole.