The Runaway Groom // Brallon

Chapter 14

When they were both dropped off to their apartment, both men stare at something left in front of their door.

There's a food basket charmingly wrapped with a red ribbon that contains fruits, a good choice of champagne, and some canned goods. There's also small variety of flowers, obviously intended as a gift.

But for who?

Both men gaze at each other in question, no verbal words exchanged between them. "Is that yours?", "Is it for you?"

Brendon decided to probe more into the mysterious gift, and through inspection, he finds a pink paper slid between some oranges.

"Who is it from?" Dallon inquires, as he looks over Brendon's shoulder to see what he was reading.

The younger man seems startled at the message. Before he can even speak, they both heard a bark and someone giggling inside their apartment.

With a nod from Brendon, he opens the door, which was unlocked, and reveals a beautiful woman of raven hair and eyes that color almost similar to his own. Her ruby lips formed a lovely smile that would have taken anyone's breath away.

"Surprise! Miss me, Bren?" She says excitedly as she carries Zero in her arms.

"Sarah?"

Dallon only watches their reunion with an unsure smile, thinking if he should leave the two friends some alone time. He excused himself and decided to keep himself busy, returning their bags to their room.

Zero seems to have followed him, watching him fold his clothes and return them to his dresser. He could still hear the excited chatter of the two from his room.

Brendon talks about her often, so at least the younger woman isn't a total stranger to him that just invaded their home without second thought. Did she use her charm on Mrs. Truman to let her enter here? Brendon's friends seem to have more in them than he expected.

It's a bit peculiar that he needs to impress the person that Brendon was suppose to marry just so he can get an approval of asking the younger man out. Something he didn't think he'd actually do.

He's too traditional. He knows he just needs Brendon's consent to ask him out on a date. But Dallon wants to make it special. This is the first person he ever had the courage to ask out. He wants to make the most of it. Dallon wants to convey to the people important in Brendon's life that he's serious about this.

A knock from the door interrupts his musings and reveals Brendon, smiling shyly at him, his cheeks tinted pink. He can only assume that Sarah has been harassing him with embarrassing things that Dallon had to bit his lip to stop himself from grinning.

"I want to introduce you to Sarah." He announces, giving him an expecting look. Zero twitches from the name and barks beside him, then runs off the room, probably back to Sarah.

"Brendon is with you. You can do this." He mentally readies himself, as he gives a nod to the expecting man by the door.

When Brendon outstretched his hand, Dallon looks down at it in confusion. He looks back at the other man who raised an eyebrow at him.

"Oh." In realization of Brendon's gesture, he suddenly became nervous. He wants them to hold hands. They haven't even started the process of dating, but holding hands between two men is already affectionate enough in the eyes of some people. Sure, he held hands with the younger man when they were alone, and even in front of Weston and Nikki.