Jared by R. J. Scott

Author:R. J. Scott [Scott, R. J.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Romance, Gay / Lesbian / LGBT
ISBN: 9781785642463
Amazon: B0937FQTSD
Publisher: Love Lane Books Ltd
Published: 2021-04-20T22:00:00+00:00

Chapter Ten

What’s with this setup?

Nate sipped his wine, eying the small bunch of paper roses Luka had tricked him into making with him earlier that afternoon.

“I want to give them as a present to Lee,” Luka had said.

When Luka had asked for a vase, Nate had thought nothing of it. It wasn’t until he’d walked into the kitchen and found Luka fussing over the table settings that he pointed out the lie. In response, Luka had calmly said he hadn’t lied. He would give them to Lee tomorrow, but they could be used as way of a table decoration in the meantime.

He glanced at Jared opposite him. It was the two of them.

Why is it only the two of us?

The scene was too intimate. Too much just Jared and him. Alone. Together. This wasn’t the plan. Luka had been talking about Jared and dinner on and off all weekend and now Jared was here, Luka had dipped. Without a single prompt from Nate, he had taken himself away to finish homework that wasn’t due until the end of the week.

What was that about?

The meal was supposed to be for the three of them— Luka, him and Jared. A family dinner. A friends dinner? Whatever it was called, it was meant to be a meal for three. Nate felt cheated somehow. Conspired against.

Nate lowered his glass.

Sure, dinner might be a little awkward, a little too cozy. But it was what it was. They were here, together and as much as the thought of it being the two of them made Nate want to run, fling open Luka’s bedroom door and drag him back to the table, he had to admit it wasn’t completely terrible being only him and Jared. It was comfortable, relaxing, easy.

Should it be this easy being around somebody? Somebody like Jared?

“Don’t force yourself,” Nate said, breaking the silence they had fallen into between bites of dinner. He leaned back in his seat. “You don’t have to finish it.”

Jared met Nate’s eyes over the fork full of food he held up. “Why wouldn’t I?” Jared filled his mouth, chewed. He raised his hand, covering his lips as he mumbled, “It’s good.”

Nate chuckled. “Is this you being too nice right now?”

Jared shook his head. “Of course not. But you’re acting like it’s the worst lasagna ever made. You should try living at my place. I conveniently find myself having other plans when it’s my roommate’s turn to cook. That or suggest getting takeout.”

“Worse than super crispy lasagna? I don’t believe you.”

“Okay so it’s not all the time, but he sure has his moments. He’s massacred everything from a side salad to steak to—”

“I love steak,” Nate uttered.

Jared smiled. “Not so sure you’d be saying that if you saw Ethan’s idea of a steak. I love the guy, but he’ll try his hand at anything and has this habit of adding his own twists to recipes. I think it’s the crazy scientist in him. He comes up with some odd creations and I swear given a chance he’d cook everything over a Bunsen burner.

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