"Stephen, Stephen, Stephen..." chuckles Tom, shaking his head and laughing, when the front door bell rings and Stephen had made a move to answer the door only to be swiftly beaten by Laura who moved like a cheetah when she heard it.
When they arrived at Stephen's house this evening the two couples were looking forward to meeting the man to whom Stephen had wanted to introduce them and therefore were a tad disappointed to find out that Calum hadn't arrived, so when the bell went off, Laura made sure she was first to let him in.
"At last! The boyfriend!" She says with a big grin on her face as she opens the door.
"I'm sorry I'm late."
"Nonsense, you're fashionable. I'm Laura. Listen..." She says, opening Stephen's door wider so Calum can get in, "...I've known Stephen forever so if there's anything you need to know about him..." She leaves the offer dangling in the air as she grins conspiratorially.
"Warning! Don't listen to Doctor Laura!" Stephen says, coming up behind and surprising her.
"Argh, I hate it when he calls me that!"
"You've got a PhD..." Stephen points out.
"In economics!" She fires back.
"Hi you," Stephen says, stepping around her to plant a big kiss on Calum's lips.
"Excuse me, do I know you?!" Calum quips taking a step backwards.
"Ooooh he's funny. And adorable," She confirms, echoing Stephen words to them before Calum got here.
"You see, she thinks you're adorable." Stephen says in a low voice as Laura returns to the others.
"I'm nervous as hell!" Calum whispers to him.
"Why? Everyone's going to love you."
"What makes you think that?"
"Because I do."
~~~
Michael twirls his razor in the warm water of the bathroom sink as his other hand flips the page in one of Luke's text books.
"Shinpai shinai," He calls, looking in the mirror to see where he's missed.
"Unruffled. Nonchalant," Luke calls back over the noise of the shower before turning it off and stepping out. "Which is what you are," He says under his breath, wrapping a towel around his waist.
"Mukanshin."
"Uncaring."
"That's wrong, it means ass kisser," Michael replies, grinning at Luke in the mirror before he pulls a face to shave around his chin.
"It doesn't mean ass kisser!" Luke says, rubbing his thighs dry, the water dripping off his dark blonde hair as he looks up at Michael. Michael just shrugs and carries on shaving.
"Who cares what it says anyway? How can you give away Gus?" Luke asks, coming up behind Michael, finally bringing up the elephant in the room. "He'll think you didn't want him."
"He'd be right," Michael tells him, looking at Luke briefly in the mirror before going back to shaving his face.
"I don't believe you," Luke says quietly, standing next to Michael looking him straight in the eye. "I was there the night Gus was born, I saw how you looked at him..."
Michael interrupts him, "Not everyone's cut out to be a father!"
"What are you going to tell him someday when he's old enough, why you didn't want him?"
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Queer as Muke
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