That other exception

Part 9

Wandering back to the table with fresh coffee I noticed that Mini seemed to be having a problem with how he should be feeling, the expression on his face kept flicking between being anxious, feeling guilty and being turned on.  I put his coffee down in front of him making him jump and then slid into my seat.

"Your still anxious about how he's going to react huh?" I asked and watched him fidget.

"I just can't see him being that thrilled about being that intimate with a guy, I mean he's as straight as they come right?" He was starting to get depressed again.

"Let me ask you something...when you guys were in seven minutes earlier, was he confident and demanding or hesitant and gentle?" I was pretty confident I already knew the answer, I mean that hickey wasn't done by someone who was unsure of what they were doing it was done by someone who was very sure of what they wanted and wanted the world to know too.

"uh...c-confident...though he did hesitate for a couple of seconds before he started...Why?" He was starting to blush again and I couldn't stop myself from wondering what had happened between them that was making him squirm just from remembering.

"because the hickey he gave you was more like a declaration to the world rather than the result of a dare...he wanted everyone to know that you where his"

"what do you mean...he knew no one was going to see it..." His hand went quickly to his neck where Tyler had marked him "you can't see it can you?"

"No you can't, the world might not be able to see it but we did...the whole gang saw the big dark red mark with his teeth marks...You haven't looked at it yet?"

"N-No...I forgot about it with everything else that's happened"

"go use the mirror in the bathroom...the teeth marks have probably faded by now so you'll have to take my word for it that they were there"

He slowly got up and went into the Men's bathroom, it was only a few seconds until he came back out with  a bright red face and pulling the collar of his shirt further up his neck as if he was worried that the hickey was visible.  He hurriedly sat down, knocking into the table and almost spilling the coffee, he sat there staring at his coffee slowly turning a much darker shade of scarlet.

"you ok?" I ask, worried that I may of accidently caused a problem between two of my friends.

"I'm fine" He mumbled still only looking at his drink "I just thought you guys were pulling my leg when you said it was impressive...do you really think he see's me like that?"

"I think he's as confused as you are"

"what do you mean?"

"He wants you but he's not sure why he feels that way... If you want to put your mind at rest and find out what his intensions are just ask him" I watched him as he looked up at me with an incredulous look.

"i can't just turn around and say, Hey Tyler do you want my ass or was this just a drunken make out session?"

"Don't be a dumb ass...Just ask him if everything's ok between the two of you now that he's sober" I started on my coffee and watched him process the information.

"how will I know if he actually wants me though" He sighed and ran his hands over his face.

"You want a repeat performance huh?" I chuckled and leant back, the mood was finally lifting from the feeling of doom and gloom to something lighter and more fun.

"Uh...well..."He cleared his through started playing with his cup again "yeah...I do" he smirked and looked at me with a cheeky smile that made me laugh.