Secrets and Things (MxM)

Chapter 43 - Is the word canoodling weird?

POV: 3rd Person

"Are you seriously getting baked right now, at a company event?"

Nero flinched hard at the unexpected company as he leaned against the pillar. He was sitting up on the balustrade of the balcony, one leg propped up and the other swinging on the side. The grip on the joint loosened but the smaller man managed to keep it from dropping to the balcony floor. It'd been ten minutes since the man came to the balcony and whipped out the weed stick. In the timeframe, he also managed to call Aiden to come pick him up (since he's had a couple of drinks) and the conversation went on for longer than necessary due to Aiden's persistence to sneak him into the place for the rest of the night. Nero managed to convince him out of it but lost energy in the process.

Nero dragged his attention from the sky to his company boss, directing a surprised and guilty smile towards him. Leo was leaning in a relaxed manner against the opened glass door, ignoring the couple snogging in the corner and amusedly attend to his favourite employee. After seeing Nero's amazing dance moves, Leo was left stunned (to say the very least) right out in the open, to the point where even after being caught gaping at the shorter man, he couldn't get out of his daze. Once he managed to recover, however, the man had disappeared and disappointment washed over him. So he decided to actively look for the man. Now he was not desperate but at that moment, he definitely looked desperate in the eyes of the crowd. Matthew had a good laugh after directing him to his goal.

Nevertheless, once Nero saw that his boss wasn't actually mad at him, Nero's shoulders relaxed and his lips turned from guilty to guilty but amused. He looked back out towards the view of the lake, located at the back of the building and resumed back to appreciating the moon's reflection off the water's surface. He answered the question in a playful tone while doing so. "Am I in trouble if I say yes?"

There was silence (minus the uncomfortable lip-smacking noises) and Nero assumed that the man walked away So it proved to be a great surprise when Leo managed silently glide across the balcony to stand right in front of Nero. His hands were gripped to the little space that Nero has left beside himself and his face was a small distance away from the other man's, causing Nero to take a sudden intake of air. Even after sitting on the railing, Nero barely reached Leo's height so they were eye to eye. Usually, this situation would cause Nero to be a flustered mess but the marijuana was beginning to hit, deeming him a bit out of it.

The tanner man looked a bit longer, not giving anything away, before he said in a deepened tone, "depends..."

The tone brought shivers down Nero's spine and he gulped before breathily asking, "on what?" Subconsciously, his eyes dropped to Leo's lip and the other man clearly saw the action. Leo's lust spiked immediately and it took his all to stop himself from dragging the high man into his arms and snogging him senseless. Instead, he said, "depends on whether I get to take a drag myself."

That was certainly not the answer Nero was expecting and sat a bit dumbfounded before nodding because he couldn't get any words out. The reaction garnered a chuckle out of Leo and he reached over to take the pre-rolled stick out of the sitting man's hand. Even the slight brush of fingers triggered a spark between them.

Leo brought his attention to the lake as he took a drag of the stick and the entire view made him look majestic in Nero's eyes. He couldn't help but gaze at him with admiration and awe (yes apparently him doing weed is a turn on). He didn't even try to hide it, so he knew that Leo knew about his blunt stare but the man paid no mind.

They're like that for what feels like years but in reality, about two minutes and it was nice. Really nice according to both of them. But slightly stoned Nero couldn't help but break the peace between them to ask an urging question that'd been pestering his mind.