Irregular (mlm)

Chapter 13

Kai and Owen only made it back to the apartment in the middle of the night, and by then they'd both gotten a few hours of sleep outside. Owen went right into the bathroom when they got there, and Kai decided to try and warm him up some food. It couldn't be that hard, right?

Kai washed his hands with the little bar of dish soap by the sink. He knew having clean hands when dealing with food was important, and he'd seen Owen wash his hands there before so he assumed it was fine.

He found a container of soup from a few nights ago.  Owen said it was good for when you didn't feel well, so maybe it would help him now. But was it even still good? It had been a while.

Kai decided to warm up and small amount in the microwave and try it to be sure. He scooped a small amount into a bowl and placed it into the microwave, deciding two minutes would be fine.

To his suprise and alarm, the soup started to pop and splatter all over the walls of the microwave and he had to turn it off for fear of it exploding all together. "Okay.... less time and something to cover the bowl."

He quickly wiped the inside of the microwave with paper towels before putting a fresh bowl of soup inside with a paper towel covering the top. While it was cooking, he tasted the soup in the first bowl and was pleased to find it was still good. Thankfully, the second bowl didn't pop and make a mess.

Now that he had a system, he added more soup into the bowl and warmed it again. The microwave beeped right as Owen stepped out of the bedroom in a fresh set of sweatpants and a tank top. He looked at Kai, who was reaching into the microwave.

Kai glanced at him. "I warmed you up some soup."

"Oh." Owen smiled a little as he walked into the kitchen. "Thank you."

Kai touched the bowl, but immediately drew his hands back when it burned. "Fuck!"

Owen snorted and opened a drawer to pull out a little bowl made of fabric. "It's a bowl cozy. You can put the bowl inside before you microwave things so you don't burn your hands."

Kai stepped to the side and let Owen use the cozy to grab the side of the bowl and slip it inside. He set it on the counter to let it cool. "You should probably shower, you're covered in blood."

Kai looked down at himself and grimaced. The cuts on his chest had closed, thanks to Amy cleaning them, but his shirt and pants were soaked and torn up. "I ruined your clothes."

"It's alright. They were old anyway." Owen took a spoon out of a drawer. "I found some baggy shorts you can wear. I couldn't find a shirt big enough, though. I'm going to need to get you some clothes."

Kai nodded and started walking towards the bathroom. He stopped in the doorway. "Owen?"

He looked up from his soup. "Yeah?"

"I'm sorry that I might be your mate." Owen opened his mouth to reply, but Kai shut the door to the bathroom before he could get any words out.

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Owen stared at the door. It took him a few moments to comprehend what Kai has just said.

He didn't want him to be sorry. He looked so small when he'd said it, it made Owens heart ache. He'd been through so much to think that he had to be sorry for being someone's mate. It made Owen angry.

Angry at his father for doing this to him. If he ever found that man.... "I'm gonna shoot his fathers dick off."

He set down his spoon and shook his head, becoming so angry he didn't think he'd even be able to eat. He was so unbelievably defensive of Kai he wanted to rip that man to shreds for hurting his mate like this.