Caged Slave (MewGulf AU)

🌞Chapter 4🌻

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A few hours passed and Saturday morning dawned.

Gulf woke up in the big bed, wondering how long it had been since he had slept so well. When he tried to remember the events of the night before, his memories scattered and flew away, hovering just beyond his grasp. But the traces and marks around his hips eloquently conveyed what had happened.

The persistent despair and self-hatred that had been with him until yesterday had vanished in the morning light.

'No way,' he thought. 'That has to be a dream.'

Yet the mystery man who had shared the dream with him was still in the hotel room, his back to Gulf as he looked in the nirror and putting his tie around his neck.

"Are you awake?" he asked.

He looked even more perfect and tempting in the daylight. His posture bespoke a mature charm.

'I can't believe that a guy like this was with me last night.'

Embarrassed, Gulf met the man's gaze in the mirror and pulled the sheets up his nose to hide his flushed cheeks.

The man smiled and approached the bed.

"Go ahead and sleep some more," he said. "You can use the room until 1:00pm."

Gulf watched the man pick up his suit jacket and was attracted to him anew.

The man is already leaving when Gulf realized that he had no intention of revealing his name. He probably saw no need to divulge it to someone he had picked up at a bar in the middle of the night and had a one night stand with, but Gulf couldn't stand the thought of parting that way. Even though he knew it might sound annoying, he decided he had to ask.

"Umm..." he said, unthinkingly reaching out and grabbing the hem of the man's suit. The man looked over his shoulder and turned his gaze on Gulf.

Gulf summoned his courage and continued. "Uh...please tell me your name?"

The time it took for the man to open his mouth and respond seemed impossibly long. Gulf knew he was out of his element, but he had to risk it.

The man's words, when they came, were not a response to Gulf's question.

"I'll reserve this room, same time, next week."

"Huh?"

"If you feel like it, stop by," the man said simply, and left the room, leaving Gulf alone with his thoughts.

Truly the world was a different place than it bad been only yesterday.

'Next week...at the same time...in this room.'

Gulf clutched his knees to his chest, the man's words echoed over and over again in his head.

TBC