Aian finally decided it was time to drag himself out of bed.
He had woken up a few hours ago to find himself in Kalvin’s bed with a water bottle and painkillers on the bedside table. He had gratefully downed them before curling back up to sleep off his hangover.
Thankfully it wasn’t so bad, especially since he barely remembered the later part of last night. He must have been pretty drunk but someone probably forced water on him. He was incredibly thankful now.
He was a little sore below the waist as well so Kalvin must have gotten his hands on him at some point last night. Presumably that was how he ended up in his bed.
He reached over to the bedside table and grabbed his phone to check the time. It was just before lunch and there was an unread message from Brent.
He opened it curiously, noting that it was sent last night.
Brent : Hey, man, I know you won’t get this until tomorrow but I thought you mi
Kalvinslowly came to. He felt groggy and far too tired. There was also a strange emptiness in his chest, a weird hollow feeling. He struggled to regain his bearings and was startled when he felt something shift against him. He opened his eyes and blinked at the black strands obscuring his view. Kalvinmoved his head back a little and realizedthat he had been sleeping with his face buried in his twin flame's nape. Aianlay with his back pressed against Kalvin’s chestwhileplaying a game on his phone. Kalvinsqueezed the arms wrapped around his twin flame's waist and burrowed his face back into the crook at the back of his neck. It was warm and comforting. And he was just so TIRED. He had no ideathattalking about something could be so damn draining. It felt like he had run a marathon. Like he had been the one chasing Aianacross rooftops and not
Aiansmiled softly down at the man napping on his lap. Kalvin’s head rested on Aian’s thighswith his cheek pressed against his stomach. His arms looked a little awkward with the way they were angled, so he waited until the man had fallen asleep then moved one of the pillows he had placed on the couch earlier onto his chest and Kalvinautomatically curled his arms around it. Seeing Kalvinsleeping so peacefully while cuddling the pillow had Aianhard pressed to resist the urge to grab his phone and take a picture. If it had been any other time, he probably would have snapped off a photo. But not today. No, this one’s owned by the moment alone. This one’s for the memories. His memories. It had been an interesting challenge to look after a potentially fragile Kalvinwithout making it obvious that he was doing so. Or at least so obvious as to get a comment from the man about it. Kalvin didn’t like being babie
It had been a surprisingly pleasant few days. Aianendeavoredto get as much of the week off as possible so they could spend their time together. There were only a few shoots that couldn’t be canceledbut Kalvinused those times to work from home, making calls and sorting through the most urgent things that needed his attention. Although honestly,there wasn’t much that Blakecouldn’t handle on his own. He was exceedingly competent but disliked being a leader. There was that added bit of pressure being the one to make the final decisions, he supposed. Also dealing with people who were often demanding and irritating, Blakealways had preferred paperwork over people. Kalvindidn’t blame him. He had more or less viewed people as things before Aian. After he closed off that part of himself, people were only tools to be used. He saw his empire in his mind’s eye as a puzzle. A giant, intricate
Aianreached a hand out to gently ran his fingers through Kalvin’s hair. He had been trying to get up to make breakfast for a good ten minutes so far but his twin flame’s arms were wrapped around his waist in a death grip. He wiggled into a sitting position but Kalvincurled up around him even more and sleepily refused to let go. Aianwould have found it cute if it hadn’t been for the fact that he wanted to eat something before he headed off for work. He opened his mouth to say something but his stomach beat him to it and emitted a loud rumble. A sleepy red eye opened and cast a rather ineffectual glare at the photographer’s stomach. Aiancouldn’t hold back a giggle at the sight. Over the last week,Kalvinhad pretty much gone back to his usual self except for a few extra touchy-feely moments. Aianquickly worked out that the man seemed to take a lot of reassurance from physical touch and reciprocated
“I was trying to get a shot of some creepy old politician rumoredto be picking up some high school girls and spotted you. I recognizedFenellere fromthephotos from Officer Curtis. He’s been trying to bring him down for ages, he’s been getting on my case about doing stakeout work for him,” Ronnsaid then snorted in derision. “There’s big money in that scoop but nothing if you can’t get a damn picture.” The editor spoke up when Aiandidn’t replyas the raven head was still staring blankly at the photos, his mind racing. “I thought you said you weren’t investigating him when you turned down that tipoff,”the editor commented, confusion in his voice. Aian finally looked up to him, his eyes wide, the color draining from his face. “I-I’m not- I just....” Enjipicked out a photo where Kalvinclearly had an arm around Aian’s waist and gave a low whistle, eyebrows shooting up. “I never took you to be t
Aianhad finally gotten Kalvin’s approval to have their story run in the twin flamemagazine he took photos for, provided Kalvin’s name was kept anonymous. So he ran through the basic details with the editor and owner of the magazine, Lori, justlikehe promised a few weeks ago. She was so excited and happy for him that it made him a little embarrassed at times. It was nice to have a reminder over just how special their relationship is and how lucky they were to have found each other. Loriwas relieved to be able to publish their happy story in this month’s edition, all the other major stories they had were on the tearful, depressing side. They didn’t want to discourage anyone in their search for their own twin flameafter all. Details written down on the small notebook that Loricarried and coffee all finished, they made to leave the small coffee shop where they had been holed up. Aiancaught Dale’s att
Aianwaved off his guards and bounced up the steps to Brent’s apartment. He knocked on the door to announce his presence before just letting himself in and slipping his shoes off. A yell indicated that his friends must be in the lounge. As he made his way further inside, he discovered his two best friends on the couch. Samlay spread across the couch with his head in Brent’s lap, arm thrown across his face, hiding it. “Hey guys! What’s up?” “Hey, Yanyan,Sam’s having an existential crisis,” Brentsaidwith an exasperated smile. “Really? Why?” Brentlaughed and poked his platonic twin flameon the shoulder. Samgroaned but otherwise didn’t respond. Aiantook a seat on the floor in front of the couch and looked at Brentcuriously. “So, what’s going on?” “I was kind of hoping you might have some advice for our poor confused friend here and I thought that a game nigh
Aianwas glad to have his regular guards back. He only had Kalvin’s guards for one day but they were so stiff and boring. If he was to be followed around all day and babysat, he could at least enjoy the company. It had been a week since the coffee shop twin flameincident and Aianhad been pleased to hear that Daleand Lori’s first date had gone well. Daleactually pulled Aianaside one time when he went to the office to meet Kalvinfor lunch and thanked him for being the catalyst of their meeting. He still offered his thanks even after the photographer tried to say he wasn’t really responsible. He had even overheard Blakesay he had never seen the stoic bodyguard so happy before. The man could always be seen with a slight smile gracing his lips now. Aiansecretly thought the whole thing was a little bit cute. He was exiting the newspaper office with more concrete information over where Scot