Daring Kai - Part 43 (Patreon)

Leo smiled condescendingly at Miles as he shook his head and stated, “A wise man once said, ‘Good things come to those who wait. Bad things come to those who keep fucking nagging’. You get me?”

“Bollocks. What ‘wise man’ said that, exactly?” Miles demanded. He was getting impatient as it had now been several days since he had earned a forfeit from a game, one with a guaranteed-to-be-embarrassing outcome.

“Me! I said it! I’m the wise man!” Leo said confidently.

“Wise?” Kai muttered, getting sniggers from Caleb and Luca who were sitting either side of him.

“Man?” Caleb added, getting more sniggers.

“Said!” Luca chimed in, then pouted as he jokingly said, “Aww, I’m bad at this game!”

Kai snorted with laughter as Caleb just rolled his eyes at the playful cuteness.

“Can’t you even tell me WHEN I gotta do it?” Miles pleaded.

“I can!” Leo said with a nod. Getting a surprised grunt from the others and a look of sudden optimism from Miles, he smirked and said, “But I’m not going to!”

“You’re an absolute dick!” Miles pouted.

“No, he’s not!” Luca interjected to everyone’s surprise, seemingly even his own as he blushed a little and shrunk sideways towards Kai.

“Ugh fine, he’s just a BIT of a dick,” Miles said, grinning playfully at Luca. “Better?” he asked teasingly.

“Yus,” Luca mumbled shyly.

“Anyway, me and Cay have got plans, you go and do… whatever nerdy shit it is you like to do,” Leo said dismissively, waving Miles off.

“Hey, I like nerdy shit too, y’know!” Luca said defensively.

Leo suddenly looked painfully embarrassed as he stuttered, “I… I… umm… I didn’t… umm…”

“Ugh, whatever, let’s go!” Caleb huffed as he jumped up, rolling his eyes.

“Any chance you’re actually gonna tell us what you’re doing?” Kai asked curiously. As much as Miles had spent the week pestering them all about his forfeit, there had been just as much curiosity about a deal Leo and Caleb had made during the game.

“Absolutely none!” Caleb replied, trying to look stern, though his grimace broke into a smile as he looked at Kai, a reaction he had never been able to resist. “And if you even THINK about following us…”

“I’m thinking about it right now!” Kai quickly teased.

“Oh yeah, me too,” Miles joined in, “Thinking about it SO hard and there’s nothing you can do to stop me!”

“We could make you get caught wanking by your parents!” Leo said with a wry grin.

“Oh,” Miles blushed, then mumbled, “I guess there IS something you can do to stop me!” As the comment got laughs from the others, he shrugged and said, “We got better things to do with our Friday night than follow you anyway.” He moved over to take a seat beside Luca, elbowed him playfully and added, “Right?”

“Way better,” Luca grinned, “Don’t let the door hit you on the way out!”

As soon as Leo and Caleb were gone, Kai frowned and asked, “So what ‘better things’ have you two planned for us to do and how embarrassed am I gonna end up?”

“Oh, nothing,” Miles shrugged, “I just didn’t want to give them the pleasure of knowing we have nothing to do without them!”

Kai raised his eyebrows at Miles, then looked to Luca and asked, “So you just played along? You’re a worryingly good liar!”

“Well, I AM studying lying as one of my GCSEs!” Luca said proudly.

“You are?” Kai asked in surprise.

Miles and Luca both burst into laughter. “No!” Luca declared, “That was a lie, you tit!” He patted Kai on the head as he pouted at being teased, then added, “Thank god you’re pretty!”

“Umm, I think you mean thank GENETICS, god boy!” Miles said derisively.

“It’s just an expression,” Luca scowled, “I HATE that shit!” He looked absolutely furious at the mention of the subject.

Kai recoiled a little. It was the first time he had ever actually heard Luca swear.

“Yeah, right,” Miles smirked, “I totally choose to spend my Sundays doing stuff I hate!”

“I don’t CHOOSE to do it!” Luca snapped bitterly. “You really think I’d CHOOSE to spend a day every week with people praying for me to be ‘normal’ and talking about me like I’ve got some kind of disease?”

Kai reached out to grab Luca’s hand and asked, “They… they really do that? You should… have told your parents?”

Luca scoffed and shook his head as he asked, “Who d’ya think’s leading the prayers? My mum’s the one trying to get everyone use the power of prayer to HEAL me!”

“Oh fuck, Luca… I… I…” Kai stuttered, unsure what exactly to say.

“So… religion’s bad, look at that, something else we agree on!” Miles said with a cautious smile.

Luca chuckled and nodded, smiling back at Miles for a moment before giving Kai’s hand a squeeze and offering him a smile too.

“Well this was horribly depressing,” Miles said with a gentle head bob, “Let’s do something more fun. Wanna see me make Kai do embarrassing things?”

Luca grinned as he nodded emphatically, but it quickly dropped into a curious frown as he looked back and forth between Miles and Kai as he asked, “Make him… how?”

“Well ya see…” Miles said, moving round to playfully throw an arm around Kai, “This lil loser lost a BIG bet with me and now he’s basically my slave!”

Kai huffed. He had expected the arrangement to stay a secret between them, and Miles had probably intended to keep it that way, but this really did seem a very sweet way to cheer Luca up, so he didn’t object.

“Oh my god, like… forever?” Luca asked excitedly.

“Nah, only til I actually get a girlfriend,” Miles explained.

“Oh, so… forever!” Luca said with a massive, cheesy grin.

Kai immediately burst into hysterical laughter as Miles attempted to scowl but ended up laughing too as he admitted, “Savage, but… fair!” After a few moments, he shook his head at Kai, who was still laughing, and said, “Yeah, don’t get too cheerful. And get your clothes off!”

“Fuck,” Kai muttered, though his obvious enjoyment still showed even through his dour frown.

*****

Caleb closed his bedroom door but didn’t look round. Keeping his hand on the handle for a moment as if contemplating a quick exit, he took a deep breath. To say he was nervous would have been an understatement. Taking another deep breath, he turned to look at Leo. He wasn’t sure whether it was reassuring or scary that Leo looked as nervous as he did. Leo didn’t GET nervous. Actually, Leo didn’t get ANYTHING except moody, that was his default expression… or at least it had been until recently, but now really wasn’t the time to start questioning that.

“So… umm… we… umm…” Caleb mumbled awkwardly.

“We really doing this?” Leo asked, verbalising what was apparently struggling to come out of Caleb’s mouth.

“Well, it was your idea!” Caleb said, more anxiously than accusingly. He took another breath and asked, “Do YOU still wanna do it?”

“We kinda made a deal and… y’know, we always make a big thing about paying up and stuff,” Leo said with a shrug.

Caleb cocked his head curiously, then asked, “Yeah, but do you WANT to do it?”

“I dunno. Do YOU want to do it?” Leo asked evasively.

“I…” Caleb started, but immediately struggled to continue. He let out a low groan and raised his hands to cover his face. After a few moments, he dropped them away and jumped a little as he saw Leo was now a couple of paces closer, just an arm’s reach away. “Why did…” Caleb started, then steeled himself to continue and tried again, “Why did you even suggest this? Like… why was this on your mind anyway?”

“I dunno,” Leo said, avoiding eye contact as he blushed a little, “Just… we’ve all been doing more STUFF lately and some things… we’ve been GOOD at, and some… not so good, so I thought… we might want some practice doing THIS before we start doing it with people we ACTUALLY want to do it with!”

“Wow, charming,” Caleb said with a slight head shake.

“No, I…” Leo quickly recoiled, “I wasn’t being bitchy, I just mean… like… Kai’s dating someone now and they’re starting to do more sex stuff, and you’re with Ellie and… wait, have you fucked her yet? Do you even NEED to practice?”

Caleb blushed profusely and muttered, “We haven’t!”

“Okay, well… great,” Leo nodded, “Neither of us have done… ‘that’… so, let’s practice, I guess!”

“Okay,” Caleb nodded back, “How do we… umm… like… umm… should I… just bend over?”

“Might wanna take some clothes off there first, mate!” Leo smirked, then recoiled slightly as he asked, “You want ME to fuck YOU?”

“Isn’t that what you suggested?” Caleb asked, blushing heavily.

“I guess I didn’t really think positions, but… why would you need to be practicing being the… the one GETTING fucked?” Leo asked curiously.

“I don’t!” Caleb said defensively, “I just figured you’d be… on the other side of it so I’d have to…” He let out another groan and covered his face as he mumbled through his fingers, “This is SO awkward!”

Leo nodded, though he knew Caleb couldn’t see him with his eyes covered. Thinking for a moment he said, “Why don’t we… do other stuff first, y’know… to… to make it LESS awkward?”

Caleb dropped his hands away and eyed Leo curiously as he asked, “What kind of stuff?”

“I dunno,” Leo said, averting his gaze.

“Come on mate, I can tell you’re thinking of SOMETHING!” Caleb said accusingly.

Leo shrugged as he swivelled on one foot, still not looking at the other boy for a few moments until he mumbled, “That stuff we did the other day… when Luca was daring us.” When he didn’t get any kind of appalled reaction from the initial comment, he said even quieter, “I didn’t hate that!”

Caleb paused to think for a moment. During the game of truth or dare, he had been dared to cuddle with Leo for several minutes, eventually in their underwear. Both boys had gotten hard, but they also seemed to have bonded more closely on an emotional level too, as if the physical proximity had shrunk the emotional distance that had been ever present during their time as frenemies. He wasn’t sure what was more surprising, the fact Leo had enjoyed it too, or the fact he was actually willing to admit it. Both were somewhat of a change from the Leo he thought he knew. Seeing Leo look increasingly anxious at his silence, he smiled and admitted, “No, I didn’t hate it either!” He took a moment and asked cautiously, “Should we… try that?” It got a silent nod back from Leo.

Both boys quickly stripped off. On the scale of embarrassing things, being naked in front of each other was pretty low, so neither of them seemed remotely bothered as they exposed themselves, though they both unsubtly concealed their crotches.

Caleb sat down onto the floor, his legs stretched out in front of him as he leaned back on one hand, leaving the other to continue covering his dick. Glancing at Leo, he asked, “D’you wanna be on top again?” He immediately blushed and added, “I mean… for… for this!”

Leo blushed too and avoided looking directly at Caleb as he replied, “Sure!” He moved over to Caleb and knelt down, straddling his legs briefly, but it left him towering over the other boy. He shook his head and instead sat down onto Caleb’s lap, his weight pushing the other teen’s legs apart as he wrapped his own legs around him. Face-to-face with their barely-concealed crotches almost touching, Leo grabbed onto Caleb’s shoulder with his free hand to help keep himself sitting up.

“I forget,” Caleb said a little shakily as he looked the nude body in front of him up and down, “Was this supposed to make things LESS awkward, or MORE?”

Leo began to laugh in bemusement as he said, “I know right!” Leaning forward as he chuckled, he let his forehead rest on Caleb’s shoulder. As he made contact, he inhaled sharply, then pulled his hand away from his dick and slipped it around Caleb, gripping onto him.

Caleb hesitated a moment, then copied the gesture, pulling Leo a little closer as he held him. Their chests met first, followed moments later by their stomachs and their cocks as Leo closed the rest of the gap between them.

“Okay, this does help a little,” Leo whispered, then groaned and said sharply, “Fuck, what’s wrong with me?”

“Nothing!” Caleb insisted, “I don’t think there’s anything wrong with liking… umm, well, like… body contact and… and affection!”

“There isn’t?” Leo asked, barely above a whisper.

“Does it feel nice?” Caleb asked softly.

“Yeah,” Leo replied quietly.

“Is it hurting anyone?” Caleb questioned.

“No,” Leo answered.

“Then… it’s all good, right!?” Caleb stated confidently.

“You won’t tell anyone, will you?” Leo asked a little awkwardly, his cheek still resting on Caleb’s shoulder.

“You mean tell anyone that Leo Robinson had an actual emotion? Nah, secret’s safe with me!” Caleb sniggered. As the tease earned him a poke to the ribs, he flinched and said, “Chill, what happens in here, stays in here!”

“Good, okay,” Leo said, pulling back, though he still didn’t make eye contact. “D’you wanna… do me first?” he asked shyly.

“Sure, umm… do we… should we use… protection?” Caleb asked curiously.

“Do you HAVE any?” Leo asked as he shuffled back, but immediately blushed as he realised all it did was reveal both of their erections which they glanced down at in awkward synchronicity.

“Yeah, I do,” Caleb nodded as he leaned over to pull open the bottom drawer of his bedside cabinet and rifled round. He pulled out a few things and tossed them onto the floor, a mix of condoms and small sachets of lubricant. “From when we had that sex education class. Miles shoved a bunch in my bag as a joke!” he explained shyly.

“Oh, cool, yeah, I remember,” Leo sniggered. “Look, I… I haven’t BEEN with anyone to get anything and I’m not saying YOU have either, but… can we use them anyway. No offence, I just… well, we’re practicing here, right? May as well practice ALL of it!”

“Don’t think you’re meant to apologise for having safe sex!” Caleb said with a shrug, “But sure, sounds like a plan. I’ll… put one of these on!” He grabbed one of the condoms, while offering a pack of lube to Leo as he suggested, “You should… umm… get ready, I suppose!”

“I washed!” Leo stated as he accepted the lubricant, then immediately blushed at his own comment and said, “Sorry, I mean… fuck, I just… oh my god, how does Kai get turned ON by embarrassment? I feel like I’m just gonna die!”

“I know right,” Caleb laughed as he ripped open the wrapper, “He’s so weird, but so cool!”

Leo’s head tilted curiously at the statement. “You… like him a lot, don’t you!” Leo said, just stating a fact rather than intending to tease.

“He’s my best friend,” Caleb said, blushing briefly before looking down to start putting on the condom. “Ugh, why won’t it… ugh…” he grunted as he struggled with it.

“Turn it over!” Leo suggested, “I did the same thing on a banana in sex ed!”

The comment made both boys start laughing as Caleb followed the suggestion and started rolling the condom down his boner. Meanwhile, Leo had squeezed out some lubricant and, as subtly as he could manage, had reached round and slicked up his hole, suppressing a gentle gasp as he pushed a finger briefly inside himself.

“We should…” Leo said, reaching out a hand towards Caleb’s dick. He paused and asked, “Can I?” Getting a nod from Caleb, he grabbed at the latex-wrapped cock and stroked some lube onto it. “Okay, umm… how are we… meant to do it?” he asked shakily.

Caleb smirked and said, “I don’t think there’s, like… a manual for this! It’s kinda… do what you like!” Seeing Leo still looking utterly bewildered, he dropped back down to rest on one elbow as he grabbed his dick and pointed it upwards as he said, “Why not… go on top again. That way you can control how much you… y’know… take!?”

“Yeah, I like that!” Leo said with a nod as he stood over Caleb and then squatted down to straddle him again. Trembling, Leo began to stutter, “Do… do I… do I aim it, or… or… do you have to… to…”

“Hey, it’s okay,” Caleb said, reaching out to stroke Leo’s arm. “Leo, if you’re this nervous about it, we don’t have to do this!”

“No, I want to!” Leo said firmly, “I can’t keep just… NOT doing stuff cos I’m scared!”

“Okay, that’s fine,” Caleb nodded, “But… take a breath and try to stay calm. There’s no pressure here. Take it at your own pace, do what feels right and… we’re all good, okay!”

Leo nodded, then took the advice and inhaled deeply. Breathing out slowly before taking another deep breath, he asked, “How are you staying so calm?”

“I’m not. Believe me, I’m freaking out as much as you are!” Caleb said with a nervous smile.

“Wow, Caleb hiding how he feels about something… there’s something you don’t see every day!” Leo said sarcastically.

“Very funny. Now sit on my dick, ya pussy!” Caleb said with a wry grin.

“Careful. Remember I’m gonna be doing this to you in a minute!” Leo smirked.

“Umm, more than a minute, thank you!” Caleb replied defensively.

Leo chuckled but didn’t reply as he reached down and grasped the slippery, wrapped cock and pointed as closely as he could to his hole. As he lowered himself slightly, he found his aim was off just a little and repositioned Caleb’s prick. The feel of it sliding across his hole made him gasp slightly, then blush at the noise he had made.

Caleb watched intently as Leo began to lower himself more. At first he felt his penis being compressed a little, followed a moment later by a tightness around the head as the hole gave way and let him in.

“Fuck!” they both gasped at once, then giggled at each other.

“How does it feel?” Caleb asked curiously.

"Like there’s a dick in my butt!” Leo said gruffly, then realised he should probably be a little more considerate and said, “A little uncomfortable, but… not awful! You?”

“Yeah,” Caleb nodded, red-faced and clearly holding back, “Good so far!”

Leo gave a meek smile, then focused on taking more of the penis inside him. Lowering down another inch, he grunted and pulled back up a bit.

“Pain?” Caleb asked curiously.

“A bit. More just… weird,” Leo nodded.

Caleb thought for a moment and said, “Probably impossible to do right now, but try to relax. I think it helps!”

Leo nodded and paused to take a few more breaths, actively trying to relax his whole body. Without even realising it, he had slid back down an inch and taken more of Caleb into him. He grunted as he let himself slide further before pulling up, this time just to enjoy the sensation rather than due to pain. “I’d ask… if you’re enjoying that, but…” Leo paused to clench his butt on the raging erection, “I KNOW you are!”

Caleb smirked and reached out to grasp at Leo’s own erection and grinned up at him without a word.

“Yeah, fair point,” Leo chuckled, “Ah, this is…” He stopped, seemingly remembering the ‘practice’ they were meant to be having was on Caleb’s side of it, not his own. “I mean… is it good?”

Caleb seemingly caught onto what Leo had been about to say but chose not to probe. Instead, he nodded and said, “Fuck yes… and for once I mean that literally!”

“AH, don’t make me laugh… when we’re like this,” Leo panted, feeling his hole quivering around Caleb’s rigid prick as he chuckled.

“Sorry,” Caleb said without looking remotely apologetic. “You wanna keep going like this?” he asked curiously.

“Mmm-huh,” Leo hummed, though he gave no indication whether that was because he was enjoying it, or just didn’t feel the need to try another position. He took a little more of Caleb, finally getting most of the dick inside him before pulling up most of the way off. He slid back down again and bounced right back up, triggering a fluttering of Caleb’s eyes as he gasped at the sensation. “Think you can… cum like this?” he asked curiously.

“I think so!” Caleb panted.

“Do you… WANT to?” Leo asked.

For a brief moment, Caleb assumed Leo was asking it to embarrass him, but as he looked at the sweetly innocent look on the other teen’s face, he realised he really was just seeking consent. Caleb smiled back at him and said, “I do! Go for it!”

Leo took the comment as a signal to speed up. Dropping himself back down fully onto the cock impaling him, he let out a shuddery gasp and bounced back up. He instinctively grabbed at his own dick, but felt Caleb’s hand grasp at his wrist.

“Don’t. I still want a turn!” Caleb said shyly.

“Okay,” Leo gasped. He began bouncing again, his erection swinging up and down against his own stomach and Caleb’s, making a rhythmic slapping noise as it drummed out the beat of their fuck.

After a minute or two, Caleb started thrusting up into Leo as he found himself verging on release. With the condom on, he didn’t feel the need to warn Leo he was about to cum. As he began to shoot, he saw Leo stop bouncing.

“Oh my god, you’re cumming!” Leo exclaimed, feeling the painfully-hard cock throbbing inside him, “That feels… ugh… I dunno, fuck!” He remained in place until Caleb finished cumming, then gingerly pulled himself up and off of the spent prick.

Caleb quickly sat up and grasped at his cock, pulling off the condom. He held it up to look at the spunk contained within, then blushed as he felt a little awkward for doing it. “You okay?” he asked as he looked at Leo who was squirming a little.

“Yeah, stings a bit, and it does hurt a bit at first but…” Leo started, but seemingly didn’t want to elaborate any further as he finished with, “Yeah, I’m good!”

“Still wanna… umm… you know?” Caleb asked as he carefully placed aside the used condom.

“Whadda you think?” Leo asked as he grabbed for a new condom with one hand and his raging erection with the other. Getting a snigger back, he reached down to grab a sachet of lube and tossed it to Caleb to indicate he should prepare too.

Briefly fingering himself in readiness, Caleb knelt facing Leo and asked, “Any preference?” Getting a clueless shrug in return, Caleb turned and looked at his bed. Crawling his way over to it, he leant over it to lay his upper body on the mattress, his knees still on the floor. Glancing back at Leo, he asked, “How’s this?”

“Great!” Leo said excitedly as he rolled the condom down his throbbing penis. He blushed and corrected himself to, “I mean… it’ll do!” He shuffled towards Caleb then slapped his hand back and forth between his legs as he instructed, “Spread ‘em a bit more!”

Caleb complied, moving his knees apart as wide as he could, painfully aware of his hole being exposed to the other boy. Burying his face in the bed, he focused on taking deep breaths to prepare himself for the imminent pain, but it never came. He felt the discomfort Leo had mentioned, but as he felt his friend’s dick slide into him, it was pain-free.

“Sorry, too fast?” Leo asked as he found himself three inches deep within moments.

“No, keep going!” Caleb gasped.

Leo nodded, though Caleb couldn’t see it anyway. He pushed in further and heard no resistance from Caleb as he felt his lap press against the other boy’s bare behind. “Oh my god!” he gasped as he felt his dick fully engulfed.

“Good, right?” Caleb asked, turning his head to look back a little. He felt Leo collapse onto his back. Hearing a moan of contentment, he gave one in return, enjoying the close contact, especially as he felt Leo’s hands grasp at his own, pinning them to the bed either side of his head.

“Is this okay?” Leo whispered in Caleb’s ear.

“Yeah,” Caleb whispered back.

Without another word between them, Leo fucked Caleb. It was slow at first, gradually building speed as Leo neared his climax. When he began to shoot, both boys gasped and panted their way through it, clearly enjoying the feeling.

Leo didn’t pull away. He remained resting on Caleb’s back, his softening prick still inside him. “So… that’s fucking!” he exclaimed.

“Yeah,” Caleb replied.

“Kinda fun,” Leo smirked.

“Yeah,” Caleb chuckled back, “I’m not sure you NEEDED practice. That was good!”

“It was?” Leo asked, beaming with joy as he pulled back and let his dick slide out of Caleb.

“Yeah,” Caleb nodded. He knelt up too, turning to face the other boy who was pulling off his condom. “Should we… head back to the others?”

Placing his used condom with Caleb’s, Leo shrugged and said, “No rush, right. We can hang out for a bit. If ya like, I mean!”

“Sure,” Caleb smiled.

The two boys quickly cleaned up, and though neither of them were particularly body-conscious – especially after what they had just done – they had pulled on their underwear before lying down on Caleb’s bed. Caleb had his arm under Leo’s neck, but the two weren’t cuddling, they were just lying in close proximity to each other.

After a few minutes of serene silence, Leo asked, “Cay, do you… like me?”

“Oh, hey, woah,” Caleb said, pulling his arm out from under Leo as he sat up, gesturing defensively, “This was fun, but… but it was just… well, you know what it was!”

“Oh get over yourself!” Leo scoffed with a lop-sided smile, rolling onto his side as he reached out with one hand to shove Caleb back down into a lying position. He blushed a little as he continued, “I don’t mean like that. We DEFINITELY ain’t that! I just mean, do you like me… as a person?”

Lying on his side to face Leo, Caleb frowned at the question, mildly confused as he replied, “Mate, you’re one of my best friends! Course I fuckin’ like you!”

“So you don’t… think I’m a dick?” Leo asked sullenly.

Caleb scoffed, then grinned and said, “Oh you are ABSOLUTELY a dick, but that doesn’t mean I don’t like you!” He frowned a little as Leo didn’t laugh back, then asked softly, “Why? Is there… a problem?”

“No,” Leo replied, “Well… maybe. I dunno. I just… sometimes I don’t like MYSELF. Like… I’ll think something, y’know, like… something nice about someone but when I try and… and… say it or show it, I just… I can’t, or I act mean and awkward and scared.”

“Ah, so this might explain the sudden… niceness, yes?” Caleb asked curiously.

Leo nodded awkwardly and said, “I’m just… ugh, I dunno. I want what I feel in here,” he tapped at his chest, “To be able to actually come out here,” he gestured from his mouth, “Without turning into an insult or… or moodiness!”

“Okay,” Caleb said, nodding thoughtfully, “Well look, it’s not like I’m an expert on this. You know I’m worse than you at sharing, but… I dunno, I guess if it’s something you’re aware of and working on, then… just keep working on it. But…” He paused, unsure how much more to say.

“But what?” Leo asked curiously.

Caleb hummed for a moment, his brow furrowing as he said, “Just… don’t think you have to change who you are. You can NOT be a dick, but still be Leo! You don’t have to become someone else!”

“I don’t think anyone’d mind if I stopped being Leo,” Leo said glumly.

“I would!” Caleb baulked, “Oh my god, I love fighting with you. It keeps me on my toes and it’s just fun!” As he got a surprised but sincere smile back from Leo, he added, “Plus competing with you at EVERYTHING just drives me to be better. I personally like Leo… and hate him… but I also like hating him!”

Leo blushed and let out an amused but embarrassed whine as he let his head move forward to rest on Caleb’s chest. “Thank you,” he said softly, then added, “I like hating you too!”

“Good,” Caleb chuckled as he held Leo gently.

“See, you CAN share things,” Leo said as he pulled back, “Between that and your practice fucks, Ellie’s gonna be a fucking happy girlfriend!”

“Yeah, probably,” Caleb sighed, “Just… not mine!”

Leo recoiled at the comment, struggling to comprehend for a moment as he asked, “What?”

“We broke up,” Caleb said quietly.

Leo sat up and faced Caleb as he demanded, “Oh my god, when?” As he saw Caleb looking decidedly awkward, he frowned and asked, “When, Cay?”

“The… the day after my gran’s funeral!” Caleb said sheepishly.

“What!?” Leo exclaimed in surprise, “That was a month ago! Fuck’s sake, Cay. First your gran dying, then hiding away when you were grounded and now this? Why can’t you fucking tell us stuff?”

Caleb remained silent, staring down at the bed.

“Sorry,” Leo quickly apologised, “My points still stand, but… not important right now. I guess what I should say is… are you okay?”

“Yeah, I’ve had plenty of time to get over it!” Caleb said with a wry grin that quickly dropped as it earned a scowl from Leo. “But yeah, I’m okay… now!”

“Okay, good,” Leo said, then took a deep breath and exhaled slowly. “You wanna talk about it?” he asked softly.

“Not really,” Leo answered.

“Okay, then… do you wanna… stay here and NOT talk about it until we go back to join the others?” Leo suggested. As he got a cautious look back from Caleb, he laid back down and held out an arm.

Caleb happily leaned in to nestle up to Leo. As he got comfortable, he said softly, “Okay, maybe I like nice Leo occasionally!” They both chuckled as they remained cuddled together.