LOGINSEBASTIAN'S POV "Was that him? Zaire?" Kai asked as he settled into the passenger seat. I nodded as I started the engine of my jeep. "Yeah." "Oh." I looked at him, frowning. "What?" "Nothing." He shrugged. "I just... didn't expect him to look like that." "What do you mean?" Kai rubbed the back of his neck. "I don't know. I guess I expected someone... softer." I raised an eyebrow. "Softer?" "Yeah." He laughed awkwardly. "Since you're well... you, I just assumed he'd be more feminine or something." I shook my head. "I like who I like, Kai. I don't care what they look like." Kai smiled. "Yeah... I can see that now." "Hmm." I hummed, pulling out of the parking lot. Checking the side mirror, my eyes drifted toward the entrance of the grocery store. The automatic doors slid open and Zaire walked out carrying two grocery bags, his keys dangling from one finger. For a second, my foot eased off the accelerator. I watched him adjust the bags before making his way across the parkin
A MONTH LATER... The past few weeks have been nothing but misery for both Sebastian and Zaire. Neither of them could honestly say they were handling what happened very well. Life had moved on. But for them, nothing felt the same anymore. Sebastian kept his promise. He stopped chasing Zaire. Although it was a struggle on its own, he was trying. He was fighting every single day. Some days were easier than others. Most days weren't. Still... He refused to give in. As for Zaire? Life had never been so dull and empty and excruciatingly lonely. For the most part of his life, all he ever wanted was for Sebastian to leave him alone. Now that he finally did, he wished he never did. He was feeling his absence like an open wound. It hurt like hell. He missed him so freaking much. So much so that he always found himself trying to call or text him but would stop himself. He did give in and messaged him one time but Sebastian never responded back. It was like a slap to his face.
WILL'S POV I pulled up my trousers and grabbed my school shirt before putting it back on. I looked beside me to see Reggie leaning against the car door, watching me with that annoying smirk on his face. "What?" I snapped, slowly buttoning the buttons. He chuckled, wiping sweat of his forehead. "I just gave you the best dick of your life and you won't even give me a smile?" I glared at him, hating that I was there in that car with his insufferable ass, just finished taking his dick up my ass. I was deceiving my teammates with this. I knew that. I tried to stop it after it happened for the first time-at Caleb's party-but I just couldn't seem to stop coming back for more. I was a straight guy, and so was Reggie. It was just that we liked fucking each other. Guilty pleasure. What could I say? One thing though: there was nothing passionate about whatever it was we had going on. We never even kissed. It was just angry sex between two guys who could barely stand each other.
FOUR YEARS AGO... It was the first day back at school after the mid-term break. Zaire and Sebastian were both in eighth grade. Ever since they were little, they had gone to the same schools and, much to Zaire's annoyance, they always ended up in the same classes too. Zaire always wondered why he was always stuck with that annoying ass boy that always seemed to shadow him. Ever since Sebastian had walked into Mrs. Ackles' second-grade class as the new kid, he just couldn't seem to stay the fuck away from him. He didn't like it. And sure as hell didn't like the boy. Few years down the line, he still didn't like him. If anything, the more Sebastian tried to be around him, the more Zaire saw him as a pain in the ass. Sebastian on the other hand liked Zaire. At first, all he wanted was to be his friend. But at the start of that year, he finally realized the truth. What he had been feeling for Zaire all those years wasn't just friendship. He was in love with him. For the first tim
ZAIRE'S POV The silence in the room was unbearable. I was standing next to the bed, staring at the floor while Sebastian stood a few feet away from me. Neither of us had spoken for almost five minutes. We had only been awake for about ten minutes. When we woke up, Sebastian had wrapped his arms around me, pulling me closer to him. It felt amazing waking up next him and every bone in my body was screaming for me to just enjoy the moment. Let myself have this. But like always, I had to fucking ruin it. I could still feel him looking at me. Waiting. Hoping. And that was exactly why I couldn't look at him. I swallowed thickly. "What happened... it can't happen again." The moment the words left my mouth, I wished I could grab them and shove them back down my throat. "What?" Sebastian asked after a long, painful silence. I finally looked at him. He was staring at me like I had just slapped him. I forced myself to shrug. "It was a mistake." I saw the pain in his eyes the momen
ZAIRE'S POV "Are you ready?" Sebastian asked me gently as he adjusted himself between my legs. I nodded, inhaling and exhaling deeply. I was trying to calm myself down in my head and not overthink this. But damn, a nigga was scared. Shit was probably going to hurt like a bitch. I bit my lower lip, closing my eyes shut. Sebastian started peppering kisses all over my face. The delicacy that he was treating me with was close to pushing me to tears. All the walls I had built around myself were crumbling brick by brick. And this wasn't really only about sex. This was hitting home because I had never been handle with such care ever since my mother passed. I knew I wasn't innocent in all of this. Heck, it was probably all my fault. I pushed people away. I had my own goddamn issues. But in all honesty, no one was really trying hard enough to reach me. They were all ready to give up on me or toss me aside the second I become too much for them. And I had told myself that I was
ZAIRE’S POVTwo years ago…I was fuming, my hands balled into fists as I busted through the doors of the arcade, with Jasper and Reggie hot on my tail. This was the place I knew I was most likely going to find that piece of shit. My heart was beating so fast in my chest, and the rage surging throug
SEBASTIAN’S POV "So you are a football player too, and you are still in high school?"Kai asked me as he leaned further into me. I let my arm drape loosely around his shoulder. I grinned, looking down at him."Yeah. What? Does me being a high schooler turn you off?" "What? No. I don't care if
ZAIRE'S POV The drive to Dillion's friend's place felt longer than it actually was. Maybe because my head wasn't fucking quiet. The music was blasting out the windows-Reggie had control of the aux, which meant loud trap music and him drumming on the dashboard like he was in the damn band.I just s
ZAIRE'S POVTwo days. Two fucking days had passed, but all I could still think about was him. I tried everything, from practice, gym, and even joining my aunt for her weird-ass meditation sessions, but nothing seemed to work. The more I tried to chase him out of my head, the deeper he crawled in.I







