Supernova||Book 1 [Wattys 2024]

Episode 5.4 - To Know And To Do

Jorah stirred. The bed felt particularly warm and cozy this morning.With his eyes still heavy with sleep he turned on his side, cuddling close to the source of warmth.

"Mmm." He murmured " you smell so good." His hand began to roam.

Firm body. Hard chest. Hard chest?

Slowly, his eyes fluttered open. He looked first at his hand to see what he was grabbing before raising his eyes to the face of the body he was holding. For a moment he was confused until it all struck him like a bolt of lightning. How he'd stubbornly gone back to his room and had been unable to sleep. He'd even taken a drink before trying to sleep again. In the end, he'd crept back into this room like a thief in the night. It was only then that sleep had come.

Jorah eased back slowly to get a full view.Nine was sleeping peacefully, drawing steady breaths. His face was relaxed and captivating.Being this close, he could see the little holes in his brow where he usually wore that eye-brow stud. His skin in its natural state was beautiful with no blemishes in sight.He did have a little dot under his left eye. It wasn't dark enough. Why hadn't he seen it before?

Right. Because he had never allowed himself to be this close for this long.

The ridge of his nose was so slender and symmetrical. He wanted to reach his finger out and trace a line from bridge to tip.His dark eyelashes were long.His lips looked pillow-soft. Jorah Jindaya had woken up beside many beauties during his life, but this was the first time he could recall watching someone sleep and being so entranced. So captivated.

For a few moments, Jorah was wholly transfixed until he realized just what was happening. During the night, that gap between them had been breached, and Nine was now laying in his arms. One of his arms was pillowed under Nine's head, while the other was still grabbing his chest. He inched back slowly, carefully removing the hand on Nine's chest first. Next, he had to ease the other one from under his head without waking him up.

.Jorah had only managed to shift his arm a few inches when Nine's eyes suddenly opened.The two locked eyes. Jorah instantly panicked.In that panic, he did the first thing he could think of.

"Ahhh!" he screamed as he scurried backwards.Nine was also obviously startled and so he attempted to put some distance between them, almost taking a tumble from the bed.

"What are you doing?" Jorah asked keen to shift the blame.

"Huh?" Nine blinked.

"Why did you move over to hug me?" Jorah accused.

"I did not." Nine replied "When did you even come back? I thought you left."

Jorah realized he was caught "I- I just went to the study for a bit." he lied.

"Oh." Nine settled. "But you were still the one who moved. Look."

Jorah looked. It was indisputable. Based on their positions, it was clear which one of them had moved during the night.

"Well I can't sleep in the same spot all night." Jorah tried to reason his way out. "I'm used to sleeping alone and being free to move about."

"Fair enough." Nine nodded. "I understand."

With a big yawn, he stretched his hands high above his head, looking like a cute puppy. Next he scooted out of bed and lazily Jorah did the same. With the bed empty, Nine immediately began to make the bed, only stepping back when everything was neat and in place.

He looked at the time.

"I know you're supposed to take me to work but I shoot at night today and I have other stuff to do before then. So we can forego that for today I guess."