Whatever Comes First by M.K. Lee

Author:M.K. Lee [Lee, M.K.]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Gay, Bisexual, Contemporary, Romance
Publisher: Less Than Three Press, LLC
Published: 2018-05-16T16:00:00+00:00

Chapter Eight

Another week passes busily between work and studying, and although Matthew can think of little else all week other than seeing Joel again he doesn't push it. Even though he wants to, even though last Sunday when Joel had a weekend away with his old uni friends Matthew spent the entire day cleaning and rewriting assignments, and almost pacing with the urgency of wanting to see him again. This thing's supposed to be easy, supposedly not all-encompassing. Certainly not supposed to leave him pining for someone he's not even supposed to be caring that much about.

But when the only thing Matthew finds himself looking forward to every day is hearing from Joel he knows he's in trouble. He's too dependent on this, far too expectant. What if Joel had come back from his weekend away and told him he'd met up with someone? That they needed to stop what they were doing because there was someone else? The thought horrifies Matthew, though not as much as the realisation of just how much Joel's come to mean to him in such a short space of time. And then Matthew's counting up the weeks, surprised to find it's been more than three months already. He doesn't know if that realisation makes him feel better or worse.

This calls for drastic action, Matthew tells himself, frantically typing out a message to Sarah and asking if this Saturday they can stay in at hers, watch a film, get obscenely drunk enough for him not to have the energy to miss Joel this Sunday if he's already made other plans. But to his surprise Sarah's answer is coy and non-committal, doing nothing but arouse his suspicion. When she calls him an hour later she apologises, saying she's going away to some sort of retreat thing that is so out of character he howls with laughter down the phone, as Sarah tries to answer haughtily then bursts into laughter at herself as well.

But then a couple of things happen. Martin, Matthew's line manager, announces an impromptu proper work night out which involves a sit down meal and a tab behind the bar that likely means Matthew's not going to be seeing this side of Saturday morning. And then he gets a message from Joel that Matthew decides is ludicrously sweet, laced with shyness, and makes him beam. "I know we haven't done this before," it reads, "but if you haven't already made plans I was wondering if you'd like to come over to mine on Saturday night and stay. You'd be at mine on Sunday anyway. I just thought I could return the dinner favour. Only if you want to though—no pressure."

As Matthew's rereading the message for the third time another comes through that makes him laugh out hard, forgetting he's sat at his desk. "Aside from that: gives you ample recovery time in between each time I make you come." Matthew realises a second later that a, the message isn't that funny, and b, laughing

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