Page 37 of Nightmare For Hire
“Not exactly. Just like someone no one can mess with.” Even if the opposite is true. Fake it until you make it, right?
“Then there’s me. Unassuming and cute, no one has any idea I can create complete chaos in their life.” Nox grins as he takes my hand again.
It doesn’t take long before we’re at the monster movie theater. It’s a bit old and worn out, like something you see in an old movie where there’s an actual ticket booth on the outside rather than inside.
“What are we going to watch?” I ask.
“Oh! A Beauty and the Beast retelling where the beauty sees the worth in herself and the beastie rather than just falling in love.”
“So, like Shrek?”
“Shrekisa Beauty and the Beast retelling.”
“Wait, are we going to watch Shrek?”
Nox snorts and pays the ticket master. “No. I think you’ll like it, but I don’t want to spoil anything.”
“I trust you.” I laugh again when he grabs my hand and drags me into the theater.
“We need snacks. A big, big bucket of popcorn.Each.”
My eyes go wide. “I can’t eat that much popcorn. I—”
“I’ll eat what you don’t finish. But I demand lots of popcorn.” Nox actually stomps his foot, but the smile tells me he knows he’s being ridiculous. I want to kiss him again.
“Cy?” he whispers. “Can I kiss you? I like when you look at me that way.” He waves to my face.
“It’s like you can read my mind.” I take the two steps to him, thankful the theater is dead this early. He looks at me with those big green eyes. They’re bright and happy all the time. It’s been a while since I’ve seen them turn black. And they dazzled then, too. So far, there’s nothing I don’t like about Nox. Sure, he’s a little chaotic, but it’s part of his charm.
Nox cups my face. I don’t want him to attempt to go to his tiptoes in the boots, so I stoop down for him. When our lips meet, we both let out a sigh, as if we’ve waited our entire lives for this. His mouth tastes like watermelon lip balm, and I want to lick it off him. I wrap my arms around his back and pull him closer to me. Darkness surrounds us, and he laughs as he leans back.
“Sorry, got excited.” His eyes drop and sure enough, his skirt is tented.
We’re in the shadows, and I know no one can see us. “Same.”
Nox’s eyes dart to my cock straining in my black slacks.
“I want to keep kissing you, Nox.” The way he explores my mouth and makes all these noises levels up the experience for me. Everyone has always been rough, never allowing me softness, and I never asked for it, because I’m not worthy.
“Dani told me about this thing called making out. Or is that something he made up? He likes to prank me on different human things and sometimes Maddox gets in on it.”
“Making out is definitely a thing, and we’ve already done it a couple of times.” I brush my thumb over his bottom lip.
“Wait?! We have?”
“At your apartment.” I give him a small smile. “And stargazing. That was making out.”
“I didn’t know! I liked it a lot, but I didn’t know I was doing it.” Nox crosses his arms and pouts. “There are so many terminologies.”
“We’ll redo and you can get the full make out experience.”
“Good.” He nods sharply. “I asked Dani about sex. I didn’t really know how to have it. He showed me videos. It looks…” Nox tips his head. “Interesting.”
I drop my eyes to his straining erection. “We can’t make out or have sex at the movies.”
“Dani said it was some sort of human ritual to make out at the movies. He said to go way in back and no one can see you.”
I kiss Nox’s forehead. “Not in public. I know some people get off on that, but I don’t. No shame, though. Just not my thing. When we make outagain.”I grin.“Or have sex. I want it to be where we’re both comfortable. Where we can make all the sounds we want and be prepared.”
