Chapter Fourteen -- Okay For Me To Hold Your Hand
Maddox had been merciful enough to let him off the hook once they were back from their not exactly a date, and throughout Monday they hadn't even bumped into each other. To his surprise, Jonathan had slept through the night like a log, something unusual for him ever since he had left home. Between lectures, studying, and working, he had little time to daydream about his owner for a month, a boy who had the craziest ideas about how to torture him.
As the hour for closing the library drew near, Jonathan couldn't help let his mind wander in unpleasant directions. It wasn't like he expected texts filled with innuendos and inane emojis depicting various vegetables, but all this silence was unnerving. He had barely seen Maddox from afar all day long. It made him feel like everything had happened only in his imagination.
No, it had definitely happened, and probably Maddox had decided that whatever this was, he didn't like it. It wasn't unheard of, after all. Drew had used to be so hot and cold, driving him mad with guessing --
The phone notified him of an incoming message.
How long until you're done with work?
Jonathan had to fight the urgency tickling his fingers before managing to type a reply.
Not long.
Come by when you're finished.
Why?
Seriously? Maddox says.
Right. Your game.
Shut up. You love bjs just as much as I do. And look what I have for you.
Jonathan almost dropped the phone when the image of a hard, awesome cock, held at an angle to allow the viewer to bask in all its gorgeousness, was displayed on his screen.
Are you seriously sending me nudes?
Feel free to add it to your spank bank.
I don't have a spank bank.
Then start one. Name it Maddox. It would truly mean a lot.
Have you taken Viagra? How can you be so hard and text at the same time?
It wasn't rocket science. He was just as aroused and shifting his position in an attempt to ease the tightness in his pants while texting with Maddox didn't help.
Why take stimulants when I have the real thing?
What real thing?
You. Fuck, that bj you gave me last night, I'm still thinking about it. Just come already.
I can only stay for one hour.
Good enough for me. My dick may be an asshole about it, though.
Jonathan would have kept texting and argued some more, but in all honesty, he felt as if he had just taken his head out of the water after having it forced under to the point of suffocation. He grabbed his things in a rush while heading out.
I'm on my way.
***
Maddox hurried downstairs to stalk the door even though it would take Jonathan a bit to get there from the library. He winced as his dick was crushed against his jeans in a painful way. It had been well-plotted to send Jonathan that pic so that he could light a fire under his ass, but now he had some trouble making it go back down. A new surge of excitement was making it impossible to stay still, and he wished he had a magic wand so he could make his friends in the living room disappear while he waited for Jonathan.
"Look at him, what a puppy," Dex commented with a smirk. "Rushing to the door, waiting for his master to get home."
"Shut up. I'm just checking the plants," Maddox mumbled. He threw a dubious look at the two pots by the door. He never cared for stuff like that, but the sight of the obviously ill plants was depressing. "Why the hell do they look like that?"
Kane shrugged. "Rusty had this idea that he could get them to like beer."
"I don't think it's working. Where is the resident kinkster anyway?"
"Hooking up, most probably, like he does most of these days," Kane offered promptly. "Are you waiting for Jonathan?"
The smile on his friend's face told him that, just like Dex, Kane had figured out why he was hugging the door at that hour. "Yeah," he said, trying to keep his tone neutral.
"Aw, are mom and dad embarrassing you, pumpkin?" Dex teased him. "When are you going to introduce him properly to us, as your boyfriend?"
"Hush, he doesn't want people to know," Maddox said quickly and waved.
Kane and Dex exchanged a look he didn't like.
"Why?" Kane asked.
That wasn't the time to explain. "Give me a month, and I'll introduce him to you as more than that."
"More than a boyfriend?" Dex asked, the incredulity in his voice too damned high. "This is getting more serious than I thought."
Kane opened his palm. "Pay up, loser."
Dex sighed and hit Kane's open palm with a five after digging it out of his pocket.
"Are you guys seriously betting on my love life? Man, you two should go out more."
"Love life," Kane said with a fond sigh. "Are you hearing him, mother?"
"Why am I the mother?" Dex protested.
Maddox pressed his ear against the door. "Hush, you two. And seriously, go out and date or something. Stop spying on me," he whispered.
"You know you can just look out the window," Kane suggested. "Ah, here comes Prince Charming. Let's go study in the kitchen, Dex, or these two lovebirds will be too shy to make their nest with us watching."
It made sense that those two were indoors tonight. They were working on a project together, and unlike Rusty, who only cared about barely graduating, and Maddox, who had a knack for learning fast, Dex and Kane were dead serious about their grades and dedicated a lot of time to them.
"Appreciate it, guys," he said to their retreating backs.
"Don't mention it," Dex said and waved good-naturedly.
His friends didn't mind teasing him and joking around, but they could be sensitive when needed. It could be because of Kane's positive influence since he was more attuned, apparently, to all that stuff. Nothing rubbed off on Rusty, though. But when did anything? Rusty was stubborn and cared about being his own person above all. And they all loved him for who he was.
No time to ponder over his friends. He knew everything about them already. At the door was someone who Maddox very much wanted to know everything about, as well.
***
Jonathan was surprised when the door opened in front of him even before he had a chance to knock. Maddox leaned against it, gave him a lewd once-over, and moved away languidly to make room for him to walk inside. "You took your sweet time."
"Seriously? I practically ran here," Jonathan protested.
Maddox pushed the door shut and dragged him close by the front of his sweater. "Hmm, you are a bit sweaty." He purred, low and distractingly, in his ear. "I like it when you're needy."
"Am I nothing but a booty call to you? Because it feels like it."
Not that he really minded it. Just the sight of Maddox in nothing but a pair of worn jeans, a white tee, and barefoot, gave him a thrill and made his skin turn all into goosebumps. There shouldn't have been anything sexual about his attire, but maybe Jonathan was already imagining him without his clothes, and his dirty imagination was to blame. "Where are your friends?" he asked, realizing that he was neglecting an important detail.
"Dex and Kane are busy studying, and Rusty is somewhere, fucking his own and some girl's brains out," Maddox said hurriedly. He grabbed his hand and pulled him up the stairs.
"He's apparently the newly crowned king of hookups," Jonathan mentioned, as he remembered the latest gossip reported to him by Ray despite his protests of not wanting to hear anything published by Xpress. "Doesn't it irk you?"
"Irk me? Why?"
It was hard to keep up with Maddox as they rocketed to the first floor, ending up in his room.
Jonathan had to fight the now familiar hammering of his heart once they were truly alone and away from potentially prying eyes. The sense of urgency in Maddox's movements made his entire body pulse with want.
"You used to be the king, right?"
Maddox shrugged and pressed him against the door. "I don't give a damn. Between me and Rusty, I got the better deal."
Jonathan snorted, searching hard for something that would stop his belly from doing somersaults while Maddox snuck one strong thigh between his legs, aiming for his erection without delay. "What's that? A bona fide cocksucker?"
If there were bitterness in how he said that, Maddox most probably chose to ignore it. "I love it when you talk dirty. I hope you don't kiss your mother with that mouth."