What if - MATURE rating

My Tooth Your Love - RJ and Alex - Part 1

Chapter 1 - Alex

'You are so obvious," Bai Lang chuckled.

I glared and continued to wipe down the bar. Out of the corner of my eye, I watched RJ move around the restaurant. He looked far more confident in himself now, more sure of himself.

He laughed and joked with customers, flitted around the place and looked good doing it.

Over the past year, after Bai got with the dentist and his sister married, life had returned to normal. I had expected RJ to go back home, especially after the scare with his dad, and when he started college, he continued working.

"You ok?"

I jumped at the sound of his voice. He looked so concerned as he watched me. I nodded and turned to do something, no idea what but something.

"You sure?" he asked.

"Yeah, get back to work," I chastised.

"Yes, boss!" he joked.

I went back to watching him and Bai Lang just chuckled.

"What was it you said to me before? ... oh yeah ... YOLO! You only live once!"

"Shut up!" I glared at him.

Of course, I'd said that to him when he was whining about whether or not he would be a good fit for the dentist. Now the smug bastard was turning it back on me.

It's different for me though. For one, RJ is so young. I know I'm not an old man but I'm a good twelve years older than him. Also, he's inexperienced with relationships. I feel like I would be taking advantage of him or stopping him from being young and hanging out with his friends.

I work, go home and then go back to work. I'm not a fan of going out or hanging in large crowds of people. Me and Bai Lang sometimes eat out after work but not always, even less, now that he is in a relationship.

I cleared my head when a woman walked up to the bar. She looked beautiful, with flowing black hair, a lithe body and a dress that showed all her lines.

She gave me a smile that I knew was meant to be seductive but it turned my stomach instead. I preferred RJ's innocent and silly smiles.

"Can I have a Cupid's Kiss," she breathed.

I rolled my eyes at her choice of cocktail. It was one of the few drinks that is said to get you in the mood or to at least signal to who you are with that it's what you want.

I eyed the group of girls she was with, I could tell she wasn't getting it for one of them as they were all watching us.

"Sorry, that's not on our menu, can we make you something else?"

RJ's eyes said it all that I couldn't help but smile at him. They said 'Back off, he's mine!' The woman stared between us and then at his hand before smiling sickly sweet at me.

"Honey, a man like you can't be only into guys, right? A guy as big and hot as you needs a real woman. This kid doesn't look right next to you. How about you and I go somewhere and I'll show you what you've been missing out on with this one."

RJ's hand dropped from my shoulder and I saw him sag next to me. I didn't like the look on his face. It said he knew the woman was right and that he stood no chance.

I grabbed a glass, filled it with water and passed it to her. She raised her eyebrow at it before looking back at me.

"This is to cool you off," I started to explain. "A woman like you shouldn't come up to guys and basically invite them to fuck you up against a wall."