Chapter Fifteen
Fifteen
Cyrus
I gently slid out of Reece before finishing with a low moan, my mating tentacle spasming and painting the dimples on his lower back with thick streaks of cum.
Considering he had work after this, I thought coming on him instead of in him was the polite thing to do. Although the thought of my cum leaking out of him all day, marking him as mine, appealed to me on a primal level.
“Can I clean you up?” I asked, reaching in front of Reece to start the shower.
“Sure,” he mumbled. He was clearly in that postorgasm haze, satiated and sleepy, meaning I’d done my job.
The waterfall showerhead coated us in a light spray of warm water, rinsing away our cum and the lube left behind from my mating tentacle. I pumped body wash out of the wall mount dispenser into my hand, creating a sudsy lather before I rubbed it over the corded muscles of Reece’s body.
“Fuck,” he groaned, leaning into my touch. “That feels nice.”
“I’m glad you think so. Aftercare is important.”
Reece let out a shy laugh. “I, uh, don’t have much experience with that.”
Well, I have a lot to make up for, then.
When we were all clean, I shut off the tap and turned us around until my back was braced against the shower wall and Reece rested on my chest.
I couldn’t believe this was happening.
My mate had initiated this between us.
He’d wanted this.
Wanted me.
“Is this okay?” I asked, knowing how he felt about touching.
“S’good,” he mumbled and brought his muscular arm up to wrap around the back of my neck. His fingers softly brushed my fins and I shuddered.
Lying collapsed on top of each other in a shower stall wasn’t exactly romantic, but it was the best aftercare I was able to offer at present.
“Sorry if I went a little overboard today with training,” I whispered, his wet hair tickling my lips.
Reece shook his head against my chest. “You didn’t go overboard. It just—reminded me of something. Well, someone.”
“Of who?”
His deep laugh echoed off the tile walls. “Gods, Cyrus. You really want to make me come harder than I have in my entire life, then grill me about my childhood trauma?” His fingers absentmindedly trailed over the fins along my neck. “Can we at least go out to dinner first? Or maybe fuck in a bed?”
“I want to make sure I do better next time, is all. We don’t have to talk about it right now.” I ran my hand along his stomach and through his happy trail. “And I’d very much like to take you out to dinner and then fuck you in an actual bed.”
“Awfully presumptuous of you to assume that this is going to happen again.” There was a playful edge to his voice, but his comment still made me stiffen up.
“Well, is it going to happen again?”
Reece turned so he was facing me, propping himself up with his elbow on my chest. “I mean, I’d like it to.
” He paused for a second, digging his teeth into his lower lip before he glanced up at me with those emerald eyes.
“I like you, Cy. No matter what I keep telling myself or how hard I try to deny it, the thoughts I have about you won’t go away.
Something about you, about this, is different. ”
“Did you ever think it might be you that’s different, too? You’ve grown so much, Reece.”
He looked away and smiled. “You think so?”
“I mean, the Reece Rollins I first met would have never let me fuck him in a shower stall.”
His cheeks turned crimson and he rubbed his fingers along his temple. “Shut up.”
“Come here, my little tentacle slut.” I used my tentacle to bring his head forward until his mouth connected with mine.
“Fuck you,” Reece grumbled against my lips.
“I’d happily go again.” And I could, as many times as my mate wanted.
“As much as I’d enjoy that, I need to get going or I’m gonna be late for work,” he said, slowly pulling away.
“Right, right. Parks Department stuff. Got it. Forgot that some people have normal jobs.”
Reece stiffly rose to his feet, and I shuffled to a standing position next to him.
“Here.” I passed him his jammers.
“Thanks.”
He cracked open the door of the shower stall and stuck his head out, checking to make sure the locker room was clear.
Satisfied, he slipped out of the stall with his jammers covering his cock, and I followed behind him.
I still couldn’t believe this had happened, and even though Reece admitted to wanting to do it again, I wasn’t exactly sure what this meant for the two of us. Obviously, I knew this didn’t make us a couple, but how were things going to go moving forward?
I was admiring the way Reece’s ass flexed as he pulled on his briefs when he turned around to face me.
“Listen…” He scrubbed his hand along the back of his neck.
I clenched my jaw, bracing for impact.
There was no way something good was going to come out of this. If he wasn’t ready, he wasn’t ready…
“I want to keep training with you, and”—he motioned between the two of us—“I want to keep doing this.” His voice was a shy whisper, his cheeks flushed bright red. “But I’d like it if we could keep this between the two of us.”
I blinked rapidly, in total shock at what my mate was saying. I opened my mouth to speak, but Reece cut me off.
“I don’t mean forever, but for right now. I, uh, this is all so new. I need some time to wrap my head around things.”
“I understand completely.”
I’d give him an eternity if he needed it. I was just happy he didn’t immediately regret this.
Reece pulled his shirt over his head and stepped into my space. “Thank you.”
He stared at me for a moment before sliding his hand along the back of my head and pressing his lips to mine in a quick kiss. “I’ll text you later, okay?”
“I’d like that.” My tentacle trailed along his arm as he pulled away.
“Bye.”
“Bye,” I said softly.
He gathered his things, then slipped out the door, leaving me alone in the locker room.
“Fuck,” I mumbled under my breath and sat down on the bench between the rows of lockers.
My hearts raced, a warm happiness radiating from my chest to the tips of my tentacles.
I’d fucked my mate for the first time in the shower stall of my best friend’s gym.
I couldn’t believe this was happening.
Reece’s strange behavior over the past few weeks finally made sense.
He had been avoiding me because he was attracted to me.
It was like a weight was lifted off me, and for the first time in a long time, I felt lighter. I was beginning to think that maybe my hopes and dreams about what Reece and I could be weren’t so far-fetched after all.