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“You really are a moron.” Haruka opened their door and shoved Eli inside.
Chapter Twenty-Eight
Eli
Eli tripped through the door and almost ate dirt, but Haruka caught and steadied him before he could hit the ground.
“That’s why you’ve been so busy translating nonsense at me?”
“It’s not what you think.”
Haruka rubbed a hand over his face, while still keeping a firm grip on Eli’s upper arm. “I’ve been a moron too. Just as badly as you.”
“Is name calling really necessary?”
He hadn’t called any of the other people names when he’d dismissed them and their feelings so easily. Eli must be special.
Someday, Haruka would find someone he didn’t want to drive away, and it wasn’t going to be a tiny little twink like Eli. It would probably be a much taller blonde girl with massive—
“I take it back. You are much dumber than me.”
“Hey, I—mmph!”
Haruka had cut Eli off.
With his mouth.
On Eli’s mouth.
Holy shit, what was happening right now?
Haruka pulled away just enough to say, “I don’t want a blonde girl with big tits. I will never want one, no matter what color her hair is.”
“Are you sure? Because there are so many of them out there, and they all seem to want you.”
“I’m very, very gay, Eli. I’m sure.”
“Oh.” Eli said in a small voice. “Well, there are a lot of guys in your fan club too . . .”
“Most of them aren’t there for me, but even if they were, I wouldn’t want them either.” Haruka nuzzled the side of Eli’s face with his nose. “Do you know what I was thinking when I saw you this afternoon?” His voice sent goosebumps up Eli’s neck and down his arms.
“What?” Eli’s heart was beating so fast he thought he was going to pass out.
“Mine.” Haruka growled into Eli’s ear. “When I saw you, I thoughthe’s mine. I wanted to hurt everyone in the room for seeing you like that.”
A curl of pleasure swooped low in Eli’s stomach. This didn’t seem like rejection at all. Haruka wanted him too?
“You’ve been torturing me for weeks, but I—” Haruka drew back just enough to look Eli in the eyes. “Eli, you’re beautiful without makeup, but when I saw what Alice had done to you, I thought I was going to go insane.”
“Oh.” That explained why Eli had felt like he’d been kicked in the chest when Haruka had shown up.
Haruka’s thumb traced Eli’s lower lip just like he had in Eli’s fantasy.
“Ahh . . .” Eli breathed.
“You made me wait for too long. Don’t make me wait anymore.” His hand trailed down, and his fingers traced Eli’s Adam’s apple. He dropped a kiss on it, then another.
Eli swallowed hard.
