3: LISTEN

..."I choose you and I'll choose you, over and over and over. Without pause, without a doubt, in a heart beat. I'll keep choosing you"...

...—Unknown...

...ΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩΩ...

...Khaelus Cross...

I'm sitting on a long leather couch in the middle of the living room with Khaelles who's currently playing games in his phone while listening to music using my earphones. I also want to listen but I won't tell him. He loves music more than I do to the point that he can't sleep without it.

I silently sighed and looked at the whole room's ceiling. Mom is probably asleep by now.

The VIP room has actually two beds and since mom doesn't like sharing a bed she told us that we'll have to sleep together.

I reached for my phone in the pocket of my jeans and opened an app. I read a book and still ended up, bored as hell. I laid my body in the couch making Khaelles look at me because of my sudden movement.

"Bored?" he asked and I nodded lazily

"Why didn't you bring your earphones? You knew what mom is like" I said that made him pout

"I have a bucket of things on my mind lately... I kinda forgot" he said making me shake my head "Here, listen" he added while holding the left earbud of the earphone

I lazily sat up and grabbed it before inserting the earbud in my earlobe.

The first two songs we're ok but the third... Don't know why I think there's a deep meaning in it... Maybe I'm just green minded. It's 34 35 by Ariana Grande. Nothing much.

"Hey..." Khaelles called and thankfully it helped me snap out my reverie

"Mmm?" I answered and he looked at me like he's confused about something

"What's BDSM?" he asked and I actually choked on my own saliva

"F*ck.. Watch what you're saying you m*ron" I groaned but Khaelles being as innocent as ever, he looked at me with a questioning eyes as if he's waiting for my answer

After a second, the music changed but he's still looking at me innocently.

F*ck... Why is he looking at me like that?

I looked at him and the music playing right now tunes up for some reason.

♫︎I don't know what

I've been running from, running from

Or what I thought I would find

All I know is

You're the only one, only one

I need you tonight

Before I lose my mind♫︎

I turned my gaze somewhere but him. The heat runs from my body to my cheeks which made me uncomfortable so as my heart that is beating faster than normal.

This.... Why am I feeling this way? I know where this is headed, I've been with a countable of woman... Only one to be exact and I felt this with her but with a boy? I must be heading that way to feel this.

"Hey... If you don't want to tell me what it means then don't. You don't have to look away like that. It's as if the meaning of that is bad" he said and I sighed

"It is.... Bad... Like, really bad" I said and heaved a long deep sigh again and again

I don't want to taint his innocent mind.

"Oh. It must be uncomfortable for you to hear me ask that" he said which is apparently correct

After a minute or two, I finally had the courage to look at him again only to see a f*cking hot as hell person in front of me reading something on his phone. At this position I could actually see and acknowledge his features that I didn't even bother to notice when I was still covered with absolute innocence.

He has a bit round face, long lashes, thick eyebrows, sparkling bottle green eyes, mahogany plump lips, champagne colored hair that is slightly reaching the end of his pointed nose.

Yes, I got that in just a peek.

For me to f*cking notice his feature, very detailed at that, I must really heading that f*ckin' way.

"I need to stop over thinking things" I mumbled upon my breath that I didn't knew Khaelles would clearly hear

"What? You're also over thinking now? That's also new if it's you" he said and let out a deep sexy chuckle

Yeah, finding his laugh sexy is definitely not normal.

"Don't mind me, I'm just talking to myself so I could reflect on my doings. My actions really got me thinking of somethin' really really hard" I said before shaking my head and complaining to myself in my mind

I can't believe this is happening to me. A guy for Pete's sake. It's a guy who made me feel and think like this.

When I turned my gaze to Khaelles for the fourth time my eyes accidentally dropped to his slightly parted lips. I immediately looked away and fixed my position— where I can't see his face—and calmed myself down.

My body's reaction is disturbing as f*ck. I can feel something down there, bulging.

I sighed heavily before removing the earbuds on my ear and standing up. I pulled my shirt down to cover 'that'. I'm actually thankful that I wore an oversize shirt.

"Where are you going? Don't you want to chill and listen to the music?" Khaelles asked when he saw me stood up

His music is even darker than my imagination.

"No, I'm already sleepy. I want to sleep early today" I said and he looked at me, more like stared

"It's not early anymore. It's like, twelve in the morning" he said that made me froze

I swallowed my saliva and forced a cough.

"Ah, really? I didn't notice the time too, didn't I? " I jokingly said which he laughed at too

Thank goodness he's slow as a turtle.

"Goodnight then. Have a good sleep" he said and I nooded at him in response before turning my body to the door where the room is supposedly located

Ah. He'll sleep with me later. What a f*ckin' good day it really is. Note the sarcasm please. He's fuckin' given me a hard on.

I shook my head and took a peek at Khaelles one last time before entering the room and immediately jumping on the bed and laying my body on top of it.

Can't believe this happened because of a freakin' listening to music before bed habit.

I sighed and closed my eyes before letting myself fall into deep slumber.

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...My adopted brother and I...

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