Drugs, Sex, and Money (boyxboy)

35

Present day:

Dominic laid in bed on Andrei's chest with Andrei's arm wrapped around him.

His phone went off.

He reached over a sleeping Andrei and grabbed it.

Landon: Where are you?

He turned his phone off and put it back on his nightstand before finally attempting to go to sleep.

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Mack woke up a lot more at ease about going to work today now that he knew he'd misunderstood Dominic.

He didn't have to sit and stare out of the window in distress when he got in the truck.
Instead he just drove off.

He made it to the office and clocked in. Eagerly waiting for when Dominic would show up.
Dominic's actually supposed to get to work an hour before everyone else but most of the time he's an hour after everyone else. Probably because he hates it. But he likes his father's financial assistance so he does it anyway.

Each time the elevator would ding, Mack would excitedly look towards it.

He had a plan that he considered an apology for his assumption previously.
He'd ask Dominic to go for lunch with him but he'd be very casual about it. It's just lunch with friends or a boss. Lunch with coworkers. Nothing special. Well, it would be special to Mack, but again, Dominic didn't need to know that.

The elevator dinged and this time it was Dominic.
Mack's heart raced.

Dominic walked to his office and shut the door behind himself.

Today, if Mack wanted to talk to his boss, he'd have to initiate the conversation first since Dominic didn't have a need to call him into the office like yesterday.

Mack sat at his desk wondering what to say.
He got nothing.
He decided he'd wing it.
Which was something he's never been good at.

He got up and walked over to the office door then knocked a solid three times.

"Yea?" Dominic answered.
Mack opened the door after taking a deep breath.

"Um...Hey...g-good morning." he greeted.
"Good morning." Dominic responded as he looked at his phone.
"I was...u-um...I-I w-was-..."
"Close the door, Watts." Dominic instructed.
Mack closed the door.
He sighed to himself.
Dominic put his phone down and looked at the door.
He stared at the ceiling.
"Fuckin' hell..."
He got up.

He walked to the door and opened it to stare at Mackenzy.
"I meant come inside and close the door." he explained.
"R-Right...s-sorry."
Dominic walked back to his desk and Mack came in and closed the door again, cursing himself for being stupid like usual.

Dominic looked back at him. "Go ahead. Talk to me."
"I-I-I...I w-was..."
"Breathe." Dominic encouraged softly.

Mack took a deep breath and cursed himself again for not speaking clearly. It was a lot of mental cursing going on. The day was just not going well for him.

"I-I was...just wondering i-if y-......you wanted to...to get lunch with me...at around...12:45..."
Dominic just stared at him.
"J-Just as like...you know...coworkers or s-something...nothing more...I just...th-thought our breaks wer-were at the same t-time..."
"Sure, Watts. We can get lunch."
The sky just became a little brighter in Mack's eyes.
"Okay...c-cool..." Mack nodded.

He walked out and closed the door behind himself.

Holy shit... he thought.

Dominic looked down at his desk.
He snickered to himself just imagining Mack's nervousness to ask him to lunch.
He knew he said dates and outings weren't allowed but he thought it was so cute to fuck with him and watch him get flustered.
He told himself that no more than lunch would be accepted.

...

Mack watched Dominic walk past him and into the elevator then looked at the clock on his computer and noticed it said 12:43.
He wondered why Dominic didn't say anything as he walked past.
Maybe people would find it suspicious that we keep leaving together and he's trying to avoid that... Mack figured.

He waited a couple more minutes before grabbing his phone and keys and getting into the elevator as well.

He made it downstairs and walked outside to see Dominic leaning against the wall.

"Ready?" Dom asked.
"Y-Yea..." Mack responded and the two headed to his truck.

They went to a different spot from the last time the two went out to lunch.

Dominic ordered a salad and Mack received a sandwich and chips.

"I think this is my f-first time seeing you...eat something." Mack pointed out.
"Maybe." Dominic replied and ate a fork full of lettuce.

The two sat there and ate quietly.

"Um...Did I apologize about the Harley situation?" Mack wondered.
"Yea." Right before you plowed me like a hooker. Dominic thought.
"Okay g-good."
"You have feelings for him?" Dominic wondered.
"Harley?"
"Yea."
"No...not anymore. They went away a while ago."
"You always lose feelings fast?"
"I wouldn't consider that f-fast. I liked him for months."
"You know he liked you?"
"I knew he l-...liked sex with me."
"Mm."

Silence again as Mack ate the last bite of his sandwich and another chip.

"How many relationships have you been in?" Dominic wondered.
"Real ones that weren't me tr-trying to convince myself I was straight? Maybe three."
"Really? I expected more."
"They all lasted a really long time. The shortest was maybe two years."
"Oh yea because you're a romantic that does things for the long run." Dominic mocked.
"Y-Yea, I guess you could say that."
Dominic sipped his water.
"What about you? How many relationships have you b-been in?"
"One."
"That's it?"
"It was enough."
"How long was it?"
"Six or seven years. On and off."
"Oh..."

Dominic took another bite of his salad before pushing it to the side.

"That's a really long time." Mack snickered.
"Yea, it is."
"Do you think you're still i-into them?" he wondered and tried to seem nonchalant.
"Not a clue." Dominic answered and sipped more of his water.
Mack just nodded.

Dominic looked at his watch.

"It's 1:10." he stated.
"Oh, w-we should get back."
"No, I don't feel like it."
"Then what?"

Dominic looked at him.

He was too worn out for sex. He figured the two could just find some other activity to do.
Except he hated everything.
So that was also complicated.
He couldn't take them to his place, Andrei was still there.
He'd have to think.

"Come on." Dominic instructed and got out of his seat.
Mack watched him before following and wondered where they were headed.