Episode 19

Reis:

It was already the morning of the next day, Jasper slept in one room and Romeo in another, and the room where Jasper was staying was dangerously close to mine. I could hardly sleep that night because I couldn't stop feeling his pheromones, he must have had an erotic dream.

Parents' sexual pheromones are not sensed by their children, so at that moment when Jasper and I were arguing the day before, it made Romeo uncomfortable because to him, my pheromones of desire for Jasper reflected as pheromones of hatred for him. It makes sense that he got scared.

"Sometimes I wonder why our bodies are the way they are, when I was talking to Jasper late last night, I was holding back from grabbing him... Sometimes I think that mark was the biggest mistake of my life... Now it's me who's feeling suffocated, being under the same roof as him and not even being able to touch him..."

After washing my face, I went to the kitchen. I used to make my own breakfast while the maids took care of the other meals. "Hm... Should I make something they like?... What do they like...? I don't know anything about them."

As I brewed the coffee and was thinking about what to make for Jasper and Romeo to eat, I heard a noise from the door of one of the rooms. It was Romeo's room, and when it opened, he came out looking a bit restless and walked over to the kitchen counter where there were high stools, and sat down. "Hm, is he an alpha? He seems too small to be one."

"...! G-good morning Romeo...!"

"... Good morning, Mr. Victor."

"Mr. Victor'? No one calls me that... He prefers to call me by my middle name...? Or rather, how does he even know my middle name? This is so strange..."

"Romeo, what do you like to eat?"

"... Anything, don't worry. —"As dry as Jasper...

"... Do you like pancakes with honey?"

"...! I like them...!"

He seemed to perk up, "I can't believe my day will be saved because of pancakes!" I grabbed the ingredients and began throwing the quantities into the bowl.

"I'll make pancakes for us to eat, I like pancakes too! Oh, do you know if Jasper, I mean, your dad. Does he like pancakes too?"

"I thought you already knew my dad."

"Haah... Your dad has always been complicated with me..."

"... He does like them."

"Want to help me make breakfast for him? He seems tired from the trip, and I think it would be nice!"

Romeo paused to think, "This boy is very serious..."

"Alright! I'll help!"

Romeo came to my side of the counter, and after he washed his hands, I put an apron on him, and we started preparing breakfast. We made so many pancakes that there was a huge stack of them.

"Wow... That's a lot of pancakes..."

"We're going to be eating pancakes until next month."

"Hahaha, true!"

"It was the first time Romeo laughed with me..." Suddenly, we heard the sound of a doorknob, and when we looked, Jasper was coming towards us.

"? What are you guys doing?"

"Daddy! Mr. Victor and I made pancakes!!"

"Really? Haha, you let him touch that, Reis? I thought you had no patience."

"I'm not that terrible."

Jasper looked so handsome, I could hardly concentrate. He came to our side of the counter and kissed Romeo's forehead, and with a corner of the apron, he started wiping his face:

"You're covered in flour."

"I'm the pancake boy."

"Hahaha, okay, whatever you say...!"

We grabbed the things and started setting the table for breakfast, and while Jasper and I got the hot items, Romeo went to get the juice from the fridge.

Suddenly, I found myself standing next to Jasper, and I could see the bite mark on his neck, with his hair slightly swept aside in that area. I looked around and Romeo wasn't looking, so I kissed the mark and Jasper shivered, looking at me quickly and whispering:

"...! What are you...?-"

"You look very handsome today... I just wanted you to know how crazy you're driving me..."

"...! Reis, I-"

"Mr. Victor! Do you need anything else?"We heard Romeo shouting from behind the counter, and we quickly moved away.

"No, you can come eat."

"I wanted to kiss him..."

Jasper:

"What was that...? It's not enough that dream from today... I almost grabbed him..." We sat down and started eating, Romeo was stuffing himself with pancakes.

"Is it good, Romeo?"

"Mm-hmm! Very good, Mr. Victor!"

"Oh, you can call me-"

"He was going to say Dad...?" Reis hesitated for a moment and composed himself again.

"Call me Reis, 'Mr. Victor' is too formal!"

"True!"

I felt really bad now seeing him disguising the truth for Romeo, because he doesn't know, but... It was cruel... not on Reis' part, but on mine for telling Reis that I didn't want my son to be like him...

We continued eating normally and when we finished, Romeo went to play in his room and I went back to mine, but before I could even close the door, Reis appeared in it and asked for permission.

"I want to spend some time with you... Can I...?"

"... Oh... Yes, you can, sorry for the mess, I'm still unpacking."

Reis entered the room and I started picking up the clothes, trying to hide the mess that was there. As he sat on the bed, Reis called me.

"Jasper... Come here..."

To be continued...

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