A Five-Minute Kiss by Elen Chase

Author:Elen Chase [Chase, Elen]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Published: 2019-10-14T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter 9

The next day they didn't wake up in time to go to school. Liam opened his eyes at 9 a.m. His face was buried in Dan’s side, half of his body sprawled on top of him. That position was sort of uncomfortable, considering that his bed was really small, but it felt domestic and good in more ways than he could explain.

Dan woke up right after him, probably because he had felt Liam moving by his side.

"It's this time already," he said hoarsely, looking at his watchpad.

"This is the first time in my life that I’ve skipped class," Liam murmured, still sleepy.

"A lot of first times for you, recently."

"And it's all because of you."

They kissed, lazily and deeply in the calm of the morning.

"Dan…," Liam whispered between a kiss and the other, as a realization came to him. "Dan!"

"What's wrong?"

He was fully awake now and definitely panicking. "Mom! She could be back any moment now! She thinks I'm at school; what am I gonna tell her?"

As if he had asked for it, they heard the front door of the house opening.

"My parents don't even know I'm gay and having them find me in bed with a guy is not really how I wanted to tell them."

"Ginger, calm down. To start, put some clothes on." Dan passed him his clothes and started getting dressed too.

Soon Monica, Liam’s mother, spoke loudly from downstairs. "Liam, are you home? Your bag is in the living room."

"What do I do?" Liam asked Dan.

"Lie. We spent all night studying for the midterm exams and ended up falling asleep. Can you do it?" he said.

He nodded, took a deep breath and opened the door. "Mom? Welcome back," he told her, getting out of the room. "I'm here with a friend," he added.

"A friend?" Monica’s voice seemed happily surprised, which made Liam feel uncomfortable and guilty. The two of them headed downstairs.

"Mrs. Carter, it's a pleasure. My name is Dan Price." Dan and the woman shook hands. Liam admired and at the same time wondered how he could look so comfortable in that awkward situation.

"Nice to meet you, Dan," she said, blushing a little.

Don't tell me she finds him attractive too.

"I asked Dan to help me study yesterday, so we pulled an all-nighter," Liam explained, hoping not to sound too suspicious. "But in the end, we fell asleep and didn't make it in time for school."

"Oh, my, I hope the exam wasn't today." She looked worried, and that contributed to Liam’s guilt trip.

"No, it wasn’t today," he managed, unable to look into her eyes.

"Well, I guess that it won’t hurt you to rest from school for once. You boys must be hungry. I'll make you something to eat."

That said, she went to the kitchen. Liam looked at Dan and found him smiling at him.

Yes. As long as you’re here, everything will be all right.

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