Lukas & The Lion

Chapter 33- Dad's New Place

Ari came in just as I was nodding off. I propped one eye open and watched him look down at me with concern.

He had on black dress pants and a light blue, pin-striped, button up shirt without a tie. They hugged his muscled physique and had me reaching up for him.

"My poor princess," Ari said and began to strip out of his clothes.

He tossed his work clothes into my closet then pulled on a pair of shorts and got under the covers with me. He pulled them back and began to look me over.

"You are hurt. Father says you are not speaking. My angel princess. It was that boy who gives you trouble at the practice! We will speak with his father! If he was real man I will fight him on my own, but he is boy like you and is best his family to deal with him!" Ari said as he turned me over and inspected my minor injuries.

I wanted him to hold me, but honestly I wasn't in the mood to be inspected again. The school nurse, counselor, Mr. Khorasani, and the doctor had all poked and prodded me everywhere I was hurt.

I really just wanted to sleep. As much as I loved when he went full daddy on me, I was over it for now. I nuzzled into his chest. He could see how tired I was.

"Ok, my heart. You will rest." Ari hugged me against his chest with a protective arm and used his other hand to grab his phone and work on some business emails.

I nodded off against his heartbeat. I thought sleep would be good, but instead I was pulled back to the night before.

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Mr. Khorasani had taken me last night to Nasim's house to study for our calculus quiz. Nasim was set up in his bedroom to work with me, but Mr. Khorasani derailed his plans. He insisted we work at the table. Nasim's house had a massive open area with the kitchen, dining, and living rooms all flowing into each other.

Mr. K set up with Nasim's dad to play cards at the oversized kitchen bar while we worked a few feet away through calculus problems. Nasim had been annoyed and Mr. K took note of it. He realized his son's fears weren't unfounded.

When we'd come home, he spoke with Ari about it in their language. Ari had a satisfied smile on his face and told me to get ready for bed. I'd woken up ready for the quiz and I think I did well. It had been a great day until my run-in with Riley.

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Ari woke me up for dinner. He hadn't moved the whole time I'd slept. He'd been there holding me, rubbing my back, and playing with his phone. When he saw I was awake, he eased me off his chest then dashed off to the bathroom. I heard him peeing for a solid three minutes. He must have held it.

Dad came on time for dinner. He was wearing jeans and a blue t-shirt with a deep v-neck that showed his hairless pecs. Both the shirt and jeans were tight on him and didn't look like something he'd normally wear.

Mr. Teza was behind him with his hand on dad's shoulder. He was dressed in a tight white polo shirt, small blue shorts, and loafers. He looked like a Persian frat boy with his black hair gelled up perfectly.

"Hey, buddy," dad said in that voice he used when I was sick. He came to me and pulled me in for a hug. "I'm so sorry I wasn't there," he whispered.

I nodded and shrugged then put my head on his shoulder. He felt like he was getting more muscley. I hadn't seen him in a week. Mr. Teza came over next and put his arms around both of us. He hugged us as dad hugged me. It was tight and comforting. I looked at Ari standing behind dad's shoulder.

"Be gentle with him. He is injured," Ari said. He reached for me to disentangle me from the dad sandwich. Mr. Teza kissed the top of my head then let me go.