EIGHT

3.1K 213 51
                                    

Bas blinked his eyes. Stinging pain has finally reduced to a dull throb. He felt warm, bundled up in a towel like a toddler, crushed against Godt's chest despite the wetness in the shower cubicle.

 He felt warm, bundled up in a towel like a toddler, crushed against Godt's chest despite the wetness in the shower cubicle

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

"P'Godt, thanks." He sniffed glancing up at the tall, towering man holding him warmly.

Godt pursed his lips, brow wrinkling.

"Will you stop doing that?" Godt's voice flowed like warm honey.

"Doing what?" Bas tilted his head.

"Looking at me like I'm the God." Godt rolled his eyes at the last word.

"Well, you are." Bas stepped back a little to admire wide shoulders, strong chest and bulging biceps.

" Bas stepped back a little to admire wide shoulders, strong chest and bulging biceps

Oops! This image does not follow our content guidelines. To continue publishing, please remove it or upload a different image.

"This isn't me." Godt just shrugged, looking at himself. "This is what my company groomed. This is just my job." His voice bounced off tiled walls of the shower. Bas is looking at him with a skeptical expression. "it's true. Inside, I'm hollow. I'm a dark, cold person without a soul." Godt insisted. Is this a place to have a serious conversation?

"I don't believe you P'Godt. To me you're a warm, kind hearted person." Bas moved closer, making him strain his neck up because Godt is really really very tall. And Bas is not exactly short.

"Maybe I have ulterior motives with you." Godt's eyes flited across Bas' face, looking for answers to questions he himself couldn't fathom. A shock wave of thrill danced across Bas' heart. Does it mean P'Godt likes me? Bas thought. "Maybe I'm just selfish." Godt's voice turned mysterious.

"Selfish?" Bas repeated curiously. Godt nodded slowly.

"A minute ago when you were helpless and vulnerable with tears pouring out of your eyes, I didn't want any other soul in this world to see you like that." Godt finished, haltingly and with difficulty. Bas smiled up sweetly at him.

Suddenly selfish sounded like a beautiful word to Bas.

Godt swayed on the spot, too obvious of the situation. The closeness, heat and the wet. Bas shivering in his arms in nothing but a towel, innocent and virginal. He sighed sucking in his bottom lip, breathing down heavily and trying to gather his sanity. He's afraid to move further lest he won't be able to stop.

HousematesWhere stories live. Discover now