Our Safeguard

Chapter 38

Chapter 38

~Jerome~

       I took one look at Nolan to see that he was still fast asleep. I just had to hope he would stay that way while I got everything ready for the day. Sometimes, when I tried getting out of bed, he would just roll over and wrap his arms around me like a koala. 

       Not only that, but he was an extremely light sleeper. If I made too much noise, I would surely wake him up. That was the last thing I wanted to happen.

       But I knew exactly how to distract him if he were to wake up.

       I carefully got out of bed, trying not to make too much movement so I didn't wake him up. Once I got out of bed, I looked at Nolan to see he was still fast asleep. It helped that Daisy was snuggling with him. Nolan tended to sleep longer when he had the comfort of his dog by his side.

       I went to my desk where I had hidden a bag of decorations. Thankfully, Nolan wasn't a snooper so he wouldn't have noticed them anyway. I took out the decorations and began decorating our bedroom.

       The only thing I had to wait for were the balloons since I didn't want to waste time blowing them up when Nolan could wake up at any moment. Brandon was going to bring some over since he was already planning on coming over anyway. After all, it was his boyfriend's birthday as well.

       Right as I finished with the decorations I had, with Nolan surprisingly still asleep, I got a text from Brandon to tell me that he was here. I quietly left the bedroom and headed downstairs to the front door to let Brandon in.

       He had a lot more balloons than I thought.

       "I told you to only get three yellow ones for Nolan," I said, looking at all the balloons. "I know you wanted to get some for Alan as well, but that's a lot."

       "Because Alan loves balloons," Brandon said. "Way too much. He gets all giddy when he sees them. Besides, some of them is for Orchid as well. I'd feel like an asshole if I got some for Nolan and Alan, but none for Orchid. Now are you going to let me in before they wake up or...?"

       I let Brandon in the house, taking the balloons he got for Nolan. Part of me was worried Nolan would be wide awake by the time I go back in the bedroom to put the balloons in there. I want to be there when he woke up and say all the decorations.

       Ryder was sitting at the kitchen table, eating breakfast. He stared at me and Brandon when we got up from the foyer. "How come no one did this for my birthday?" he asked.

       "Because we don't care about you," I said.

       "Well, I wouldn't have said it like that, but yeah, basically," Brandon said. "We're doing this for our boyfriends. We're not dating you, so I don't see why we would do it for you."

       Ryder eyed the balloons. "I see purple balloons, and that's Orchid's favourite colours so I'm assuming you got some for her too."

       "Wait, you want us to exclude her on her birthday?" I asked. "We're not heartless, Ryder. Geez, not everything is about you."

       Ryder rolled his eyes and went back to eating his breakfast. I returned to my bedroom to make sure I got there before Nolan woke up. Thankfully, he was still fast asleep. I tied the balloons to the bedpost before finally deciding it was time to wake Nolan up.

       I stood beside the side of the bed he was on, leaning over so I was close to his face. "Nolan," I said softly. "It's time to wake up."

       Nolan groaned and rolled over so his back was facing me. He pulled the blanket over his face, making sure I couldn't see him at all.

       I chuckled, sitting down on the edge of the bed. "Come on, Nolan. You need to wake up."

       "I don't need to do anything," he mumbled. "Let me live my life the way I want to live it."

       "You're always so dramatic in the mornings," I say. "Please? I'll order some food for us. Anything you want. It is your birthday, after all."

       "No, it's not."

       I furrowed my eyebrows. "Huh?"

       "I don't want it to be my birthday, so it's not my birthday."

       "Why not? You were so excited for it yesterday."

       "But then you said my birthday present wasn't going to be sex."

       "Yeah, because we have sex all the time. I wasn't going to make that your birthday present. I wanted to get you something meaningful. But..." I leaned towards him. "That doesn't mean we can't have sex today if the rest of your family goes it."

       That was all it took for my horny boyfriend to remove the blankets from his face. He smiled at me as if he wasn't being moody a few seconds ago. "It's our eighteenth birthday, so my parents want to take everyone out for dinner. I can pretend my stomach hurts."

       "No, don't do that," I said. "If anything, we can get a hotel or something afterwards."

       "Deal." Nolan pressed his lips on mine, but our kisses in the morning never lasted for long because Nolan hated morning breath. He pulled away before, finally, noticing all the birthday decorations. His eyes lit up as he sat up and looked around the room before looking back at me. "You did this?"

       "Of course I did," I said. "It's your birthday, after all." I ruffled his hair. "Happy birthday."

       Nolan threw his arms around me in a tight hug. "Thank you. I love you so much, Jerome."

       "I love you too."

       "I'm going to go brush my teeth so we can have morning sex and kiss while everyone is still asleep."

       "Ryder's awake and Brandon is here."

       Nolan scowled. "They're rude."

       I kissed his cheek. "You'll live."

       One of my goals for Nolan was for him to have an amazing birthday, so it definitely made me happy to see him smiling throughout the entire day. He was extremely happy, and it made me happy to see him this way. After everything he had gone through, he deserved to have one day for him. Well, it was for Alan and Orchid too, but the three were as close as triplets could be.

       Nolan and I ended the day with me keeping the promise of going to a hotel after the dinner. It didn't help that he kept asking me, quietly, throughout the dinner so it was very hard to turn him down.

       When we finished, Nolan rested his arms on my chest and his chin on top. "I have to do the same for your birthday in two days."

       "And by that you mean...?"

       "Take you to a hotel so we can have sex."

       I moved Nolan's hair from his face and tucked it behind his ear. "Of course, that's all that's on your mind. But hey, I'd be up to it."

       Nolan smiled and pressed his lips on mine.

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awe some happiness before some angst

i mean what?

i've said it before and i'll say it again, horny nolan is very funny.