Page 34 of Roleplay at Randy's
Well, I guess we’re tackling this elephant head on.
Me
He needed help, and he’s good with Cal.
Miya
Cal likes him?? Shit, Ei, you have to marry this man.
Me
Right. I’ll just piggyback off of yours.
Miya
Ei. Elias. Baby brother. Try and tell me you are not seriously in like with this guy.
I bite down on my lip, slouching against the pillows and pulling my knees to my chest.
Me
I’m not into him like that.
Incoming Video Call
Miya
With a heavy sigh,I accept and am greeted by both my sister and her wife squished into the camera frame.
“Are you ganging up on me?”
Roxy scoffs and flicks the camera, making the image shake. “For someone who craves physical contact like you do, you’re sure afraid of intimacy.”
“I’m not afraid?—”
Miya cuts me off with a sharp look. “Then look me in the eyes and tell me there are no feelings whatsoever involved with this Matty person.”
I’m a horrible liar. My face always gives me away, so when I cringe, I barely have to open my mouth before she shouts.
“And you’ve already fucked up. Ei. Listen to me. Sister to brother. Best friend to best friend.” She readjusts herself and the phone so it’s just her in frame, and her expression turns gentle. “I just saw a man—half naked need I remind you—who was looking at you like you hung the fucking moon. Do I have to tell you how you were looking at him, or do you already know?”
When I sigh, the smugness in her smile makes me slide further down the pillows. “We’re just friends.”
“I’m pretty sure if I hadn’t spoken up, you would have ended up with your tongues down each other’s throats.”
“Miya.” I don’t plead with her often. Whine, maybe, but not plead.
It makes her sigh, and all the edges around her words smooth out. “I love you, Ei. I want nothing more than for you and Cal to be happy, and I know being his dad makes you incredibly so, but you crave so much more. Why can’t someone take care of you for a change?”
“Because I don’t need it, Mi. It’s not fair to Calum for me to bring someone like that into his life just for him to get attached, and then what happens if it doesn’t pan out?”
“I think you’re already pushing that boundary. For heaven’s sake, Elias, he’sliving with you.”
Her face could not be anymore gobsmacked.
“Okay? We also send each other shirtless selfies when I’m at work. It doesn’t mean anything.”
Miya exchanges a look with Roxy off screen. “You called himsweetheart.”
