Never Meant to (Book one of series)

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Zhi

He woke up to Ace smiling at him. He thought he was dreaming until he looked around and saw Trouble with his back facing them, asleep. Ace moved close to Zhi. I um, missed you." He whispered.

"Miss you too."

"As fun as it was last night, it confirmed for me I only want you." Zhi told him.

"You can't be saying that," Ace peaked back at Trouble, who was still asleep.

"It's true. I concluded that you are my soulmate. I really think you were made for me."

"Why couldn't you see that when it was just us and nobody else?"

"I was stupid."

"True,"

Zhi softly slapped his cheek. "Shut up." They laughed quietly.

They were both quiet, staring at each other. "You ever feel like no matter how much we try to walk away we get pushed right back together?" Zhi asked.

"Mmhmm, even when we were just friends...I just always felt the need to be around you. You were always my happy place." Ace said.

"I get that, because no matter if I was having a bad day at school or wasn't feeling good, when I saw you...I instantly would feel better, like you were the remedy." Zhi moved in closer so their lips could touch.

"Why you like to do shit like this?" Ace asked. But when Zhi lips touched his, he kissed him back. It was just gentle, nothing overboard. "We are each other's weaknesses."

"Yep," Zhi said. "Remember the first time you touched me...at prom?"

Ace nodded. "I try to forget, because I lost you that night."

"You never fuckin could." Zhi's tone turned serious.

"After that night I messed everything up, I lost you."

"You know imma always belong to you and imma always come running back." Zhi moved a loc out Ace face.

Ace ran his thumb over Zhi's eyebrow. "And imma always want you."

Trouble

He pretended to be sleeping but heard every word.

After a while longer of confessions, Zhi left. Ave turned to Trouble and put his arm around him. Trouble pushed it off.

"What's wrong?"

"You miss Zhi, and you'll always want him." He repeated Ace's words back to him. "That's what you just told him right?"

"Oh, you were awake."

Trouble sat up. "It shouldn't matter if I was, you are backtracking now?"

Ace sat up too. "We all just fucked last night, and you mad about this?"

"Yeah...emphasis on WE! You and I fucked Zhi TOGETHER, as a muthafuckin couple." He brought his hands aggressively together.

"What were you hoping to achieve by us all sleeping together?" Ace laughed sarcastically. "What was the grand fuckin plan Trouble?"

"Because you been wanting to fuck him since we got here...."trouble was standing now. "Maybe even longer than that."

"So, you did that for me?" He was confused.

"Ace, you think I haven't noticed. Why because I didn't say shit? That's why I was cool with the shit last night. Sexual tension between us all was crazy high, and I thought let's just do it, it's just sex. Let's get it out the way. But no, y'all want to be together."