SWEET DEBAUCHERY: AN M/M COLLEGE, CONTEMPORARY ROMANCE のすべてのチャプター: チャプター 101 - チャプター 103

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★CALEB’S POV★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★Levi stands and pulls me up with the hand he’s been holding on to.“Thanks for lunch.” I babble out.“You’re welcome darling.” His mum replies, her smile back in place. We walk out of the dining space, back through the open living area. We move through the house without hesitation, past the staircase, toward a set of glass doors at the back I didn’t notice before.He opens the door and we walk into warmer, freer atmosphere. It smells of grass, hay and warmed earth.Out here, in the country side, in Levi’s home, he’s not as controlled and serene as I know him to be. He’s the entire opposite: tense and uncertain and so young. It makes my chest ache a little. The ground extends out further and down into a rolling hill. Green and so open makes me think of Levi’s eyes. We walk down a path leading away from the patio, cutting through the grass towards a structure further out. Maybe the stables.For a while, the only sound is

★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★CALEB’S POV★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★★Turns out the Friesian isn’t just skittish — he also hates Levi. I’ve been watching them all morning, and I can feel the bad energy between them as clearly as Levi’s growing frustration. The carrots he meant to feed the horse are still clutched in his hand, and the determined look he had earlier has faded into discomfort.The sun warms my skin as I stretch out on the grass, watching the horses move across the big turnout field. Levi stands near the tall black Friesian, speaking in a low, soothing voice. He reaches out slowly, trying to groom the horse’s neck or scratch behind his ears, but the big animal pins his ears back and steps away every time.“Come on, boy,” Levi murmurs, calm as ever. “It’s just me.”The Friesian snorts and tosses his head, refusing to let Levi get close. No grooming, no scratches, nothing. Levi tries again, patient as always, but the horse stays distrustful, muscles tense.Meanwhile Freya was an absolut