Page 54 of Shrouded in the Dark
“Today is the anniversary of my dad’s death. The place I want to go is one of my dad’s favorite places that we used to spend hours at daily when we’d be up here together before he passed.” It’d been over ten years, but talking about him still made my heart ache. “You don’t have to go with me.”
He snorted loudly as he uncrossed his arms. “You’re joking, right? You’ve asked me to go someplace special to you. Not to mention we’re having a picnic. Who could say no to that?”
I perked up. “Really? You’ll go? You’re not going to try to stop me?”
He shook his head, some of his hair getting in his face. “No. Seth might have, only because he’s a maniac for safety. I am too, but this is obviously important to you. So, I’m going along to make sure nothing happens and share a nice picnic with my friend.”
The large smile almost felt painful with how happy I was. “We’re friends?”
His right eyebrow went up. “You didn’t think we were? ” He shook his head at me. “Why are girls so weird?” His tone was light as he teased me. “Let me go get dressed. We’ll go whenever you want to.” He headed out of the kitchen to go back to the master bedroom.
“Axel?” He stopped but didn’t look back. “Thank you.” He nodded once before leaving.
It wouldn’t be that long of a hike, but I needed to be wearing the right type of clothes and shoes. The cold food could stay in the fridge until right before we left. We needed a blanket for the picnic, along with the candle I’d made a few months ago of my Dad’s favorite scent, which was a mixture of citruses. It was a little too fruity for me, but I remembered Dad always loved the smells. He used to spray the aerosols with these smells and say that it gave energy to small people.
The house had a small linen closet outside of the master bedroom at the end of the hall.There was a heavy quilt that Mom’s grandma had made specifically for picnics. It was colorful and we’d sprayed it with Scotchgard a while back to help with preventing further stains when Mom inherited from her grandma.
I’d just hung the quilt over my arm when I heard a soft grunt from the master bedroom. That’s when I’d noticed the door hadn’t closed all the way. I moved over slowly to peer in about to ask Axel if he was okay when the sight of him pulling on tight briefs left me speechless. I’d gotten a quick glance of his, uh, soft member and felt my whole body burn red. Holy shit. I held my breath. He looked to be the size of an average man when they were hard. I might not have had much sexual experience, but I still watched porn just like everyone else.
Axel shifted slightly so that I was now looking at him from the side. He was beautiful. I wanted to draw him again as the light shone on him at this angle. I was still focused on him, dazed, when he turned again to grab the shirt he was going to wear. I had to shake my head roughly. I was not a peeping tom! He was my friend! I rushed down the hallway to the living room.
I was holding my hands to my cheeks as I focused on trying to cool my body down when I heard him leave the bedroom and walk down the hallway.
“Hey.”
I turned to look at him with a forced smile. “Hey. Um. I’m going to go get changed. I’ll be done in a few minutes. Would you mind putting this stuff at the bottom of the basket?” I pointed out the candle, lighter, the bear spray, and quilt before gesturing to the basket.
Axel chuckled as he picked up the bear spray. He held it up with a twinkle in his eyes. “You know how to use this stuff?”
“Yes. Well, at least I’ve read the instructions.”
He shook his head as he continued to chuckle at it. “Go ahead and get changed. I’ll have everything ready when you get back. Are you taking any of your drawing pads?”
“Oh, um. The small one with just some charcoal pencils.” I pointed at them on the ottoman.
“Awesome. I’ll put those on top of the cooler so that they don’t get crushed by everything in here.”
Nodding my thanks, I practically ran back to my room, shutting the door roughly. “Oh God. What were you thinking, Becca? He’s your best friend’s boyfriend! Staring at him while he’s getting dressed is a big no no!” I covered my face as I groaned. “I gotta do that research tonight!”
I glanced at the time on my phone. I did say it would take a few minutes. It would actually take barely a minute to change since I’d already put out the clothes and shoes last night.
If I was quick, I could take care of myself. If I hurried, he’d never know. I wouldn’t think about Axel, no. I’d just think about Tom Hiddleston naked. Yeah, that always worked. My trusty little vibrator was in the back of the drawer, but it was raring to go as soon as I pulled down my pants and underwear. Just a minute, that’s all I needed.
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Axel
Becca was acting strange ever since I’d helped her up from the floor. Shaking my head, my lips kept the smile I’d had on my face since finding the bear spray. The little human really was prepared. I knew it wasn’t a good idea to leave the house, but the others were out hunting in daylight.
Plus, I’d be with her. She’d have gone alone if I hadn’t said I’d go with her. She was just that stubborn.
I was grabbing the food she’d put together for the picnic when I heard a buzzing noise come from her room. What the hell was that? I hurriedly set the covered food down and quickly moved to her room. I was just about to knock when I heard it.
She moaned. It was soft, muffled by something. But I clearly heard it. It clicked.
The buzzing was a vibrator. I’d never gotten so hard so fast before. My cock throbbed as I shamelessly pressed my ear against the door. I didn’t need to, I could hear like I was in the room with her, but I needed to lean against something. Her breathy pants started to pick up as the buzzing noise went low before going back up to high.
“Ah…” she barely whispered. “Ah… Ax...el…”
