A Matter of Duty by J. C. Long

Author:J. C. Long [Long, J. C.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: NineStar Press, Thriller, Mystery, Suspense, abdustion/kidnapping, criminals, Lgbt, hurt/comfort, MM
ISBN: 9781945952692
Amazon: B06XBJWJY3
Goodreads: 34129161
Publisher: NineStar Press
Published: 2017-03-06T00:00:00+00:00

30

The atmosphere in his apartment was morose when Wei and Conroy entered. Steel and Winston sat on the couch, the television on but neither of them watching it, engaged in a quiet conversation. They both looked up guiltily when the two Dragons walked in.

“What did you puk gai do to my car?” Conroy demanded. Wei could see the anger that blazed behind his eyes when he saw their faces.

“Nothing, nothing! I swear! It’s perfectly fine and parked in the parking garage.”

“It better be perfectly fine! Remember what I said, not one damn speck of dust!”

“Jesus, Conroy, you treat that car like it’s your lover. I’m pretty sure your dick ain’t big enough to satisfy it, you know that, right?”

Conroy snarled and lunged toward Steel, who cringed back, immediately apologizing for his bad joke.

Wei looked around. “Where’s Noah?”

“In the bathroom,” Winston said hesitantly.

“Where he’s been for an hour,” Steel added. Winston elbowed him hard.

Wei rounded on them, eyes fierce. “An hour? What the hell happened?”

“I don’t know! Everything was fine—I mean Allen was here—” Steel cringed at Wei’s answering, almost animalistic growl.

“That sei yan tau came here? What the hell for?”

“Came to warn Noah about us or something,” Steel said dismissively. “That’s not what—”

Anger bubbled hotly inside Wei’s chest. “So that’s why Noah’s in the bathroom?”

Winston shook his head, glaring at Steel. “No. That didn’t bother him. He was fine, and then he started freaking out about this voice mail, talking about how it rang, but it didn’t…” He trailed off. “It was all very confusing.”

Wei heaved a sigh and made his way to the bathroom, uncertain how to proceed. He knocked on the door hesitantly. Why the fuck am I being so bashful in my own apartment? He wondered, but his instincts told him this wasn’t the time to be assertive.

“Noah, are you in there?”

There was a short moment of silence before an answer came. “Please go away.”

“Is everything okay? What’s wrong?”

“I just want to be alone.” The sorrow in the younger man’s voice pulled at Wei’s heartstrings in ways very few things had in a long time, since Steven. But that was dangerous territory, a road he did not want to start down, not now. He didn’t have enough alcohol in the house.

“You want to be alone in my bathroom?”

He heard a sniffle. “Yes.”

“I’m coming in,” Wei announced calmly, grabbing the door. He opened it gently at first in case Noah sat against it, but when it swung freely, he opened it wider and slipped inside. Noah leaned against the glass shower wall, head buried in his arms. Wei glanced out at the others—Conroy shrugged; naturally he would be no help in this situation—and then shut the door.

They were now alone in the darkness.

“You didn’t even turn on the light?”

Noah let out a sound that was a cross between a laugh and a sob. “I didn’t think about it when I came in. Once I was in, it felt silly to go back out to turn it on. Besides, it helps me forget that I’m crying in a bathroom.

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