Kashmir [BxB]

Chapter 20 - Banter bros

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Now, on with the chapter

After my, hm, explorations, yesterday, I'd felt surprisingly content and desperate for more at the same time. It was like discovering jacking off for the first time all over again, and I was itching for more. It felt good, not only the actual sex part, but the intense desire and need. It made me feel sexy, feeling like this, and it struck a chord of recognition with my species.

My change still hadn't started, not in the least, but feeling this way was good and promised more to come. I just had to be patient, and hopefully I'd get to avoid stimulants.

My body does feel a bit hot though, especially when lunch comes around the next day and I get to sit next to Kade, as per usual. It's weird, and undefined, and tense with the wandering looks, but it's also exciting. I didn't dare to speak up about it though, since he shot me down last time I acknowledged our mutual feelings for each other.

"I never get a hangover - no, seriously!", Dan claims, and I chuckle next to Kade who stays focused on his food. He was a bit of a scatterbrain sometimes, floating off during conversation.

"You only drink beer!", Esme laughs, insisting that that was the reason.

"No, I pretty much only drink beer as well and I always get a headache.", James chimes in.

"Maybe it's a merman thing. Metabolism or something.", I suggest, to which Esme agrees.

"Aren't werewolves the ones known for good metabolism though?", Kade states, making me smile as I inch just a little bit closer to him. He could say or do almost anything mundane, and it'd still make me smile.

"Trying to toot your own horn?", I chuckle, bumping his leg with mine under the table.

"It's not bragging if it's true.", he chuckles back.

"That's... so untrue.", I laugh, forgetting the rest of the table, only focused on him. He was so handsome, and funny, and oh god, he was smart too. I wished I had made the change, if nothing else just to be able to smell him, to pick up on his pheromones. I wondered what he smelled like. Maybe I'd ask Nate later.

"Hello boys."

My head flashes from Kade's smile to the sweet voice of someone on the opposite side of the table. I tense up as she pulls out a chair and sits down next to Esme, who gives her a weird look.

Sage places her elbows on the table and starts gesticulating with her hands, waving her long, manicured nails and delicate rings through the air as she speaks.

"So, I heard the rumor, and I just want to make it clear that I'd never want to come between you guys."

She's got her eyes fixed on Kade and me, and the same alluring tone I recognized from when she wanted us to hook up. She trails her eyes over him, and I feel a twinge of jealousy go through me. I push my leg closer to his, out of sight from the others, needing to guard him.

"Noted."

"That being said, I'm a very generous woman. You know that, Kash.", she winks, and I can feel the heat rising on my face. Why was she doing this?

"Where are you going with this, Sage?"

"I'm willing to share.", she states, smirking at me, "Or be shared, rather."

No, no, no, no, no, no, no!

I try to formulate an answer, stuttering several times while Dan whispers something to James and Nate pretends to cough. Esme catches my struggle and decides to help out.