Chapter 10
When I told the guys at work I was going camping, they laughed for a full ten minutes.
Funny bastards.
I waited until we were about to leave for the gym to tell them, so there was less interrogation time, and they laughed the entire way there. When we hit the treadmills, the comments started.
I should have known better than to say anything at all.
Kurt wagged his eyebrows. "Must be serious if she's getting him out of city limits."
Tony snorted. "She's sunk her hooks in him already.
Got him trained!"
Mitch grinned at me and nodded in agreement. "Oh partner, she's done a number on you already."
She. She. She.
They wouldn't believe it when I told them it wasn't a ' she' at all.
It wasn't lost on me, that I was now thinking when and not if I told them. Coming out to my workmates was something I'd never dreamed I'd ever do, and there I was considering how they'd take the news, not if I told them, but when.
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Something I'd never dreamed I'd ever do, before Kira.
And when Mitch called out, "Hey, Frankie?" my feet lost their rhythm on the treadmill.
"Wassup?" Kira answered with a smile.
"When you spar with my partner here, would you smack some sense into him? Please?"
Kira's eyes flickered to mine, and he grinned. "I'll try, but he's pretty quick."
"Not quick enough," Kurt puffed as he ran. "The new girlfriend's quicker."
Kira's eyes lit up, and he smirked at me. "Is that so?"
I kept running, not looking directly at any of them, and particularly not at Kira. This conversation was hitting a little too close to home.
"Yeah," Tony said with a laugh. "But sshhhh! It's all a big secret."
Mitch snorted. "It's a secret because it's Keira Knightley."
Kira laughed, and I shook my head in disbelief at the conversation. Kurt reached over and slapped my shoulder. "Well, whoever it is, our boy here is in l-o-o-o-ve."
And I tripped over my feet.
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Fuck. Fuck. Fuck.
The guys all laughed at me, and I could feel Kira's wide, amused eyes on me, but I didn't look at him. I hit the stop button on the treadmill but didn't wait for it to slow down. I jumped off the machine and told them all, very maturely, to get fucked.
I could still hear them laughing when I walked into the boxing room.
Soon after, Kira followed me in. He didn't say anything, just smirked as he set up the room while I strapped my hands, pretending I wasn't embarrassed.
But he stood right in front of me, and eventually I looked at him, not knowing what to expect. I couldn't deny it. The L word threw me off guard.
I'd be lying if I said it didn't scare me. Scared me, because it wasn't something I was expecting. Scared me, because I'd never been in love before… not real love. It really scared me, because I think what Kurt said could quite possibly, might be, just a little bit true.
Kira took my hands, pulled at and tightened the tape strapping. "So… they've been giving you hell, huh?"
I barked out a laugh. "You have no idea."
He chuckled. "Uh, yeah, I heard."
"Sorry about that," I said quietly.
He grinned. "Don't apologize."
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I shook my head. "And that was just me telling them I was going camping for the weekend!" I looked at him seriously. "Imagine if I'd told them I was having dinner with your parents as well!"
Kira laughed. "You mean dinner with Keira Knightley's parents."
I groaned. "Oh, don't you start."
He laughed again, clearly amused by the whole
thing. He pushed the punching bag toward me, and our boxing session started. He took what he did very seriously.
And so he should. He was very good at it.
He had me on the bag, practicing jab-kick
sequences, using both sides of my body. After I'd done my rounds, he sparred with me. He kept his dark eyes focused on mine, his hands protecting his chin, but he somehow still saw what I was doing with my feet.
He kept getting into my personal space. It distracted me and limited my kicking range, which was, I presume, the exact reason he did it. He grinned at me and tapped my face with one hand and my ribs with his other. I looked at him, asking him with my eyes what he was doing.
"I can't wait to get you alone tonight," he whispered gruffly.
And just like that, with just his words, my cock twitched.
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I jumped back from him, and still bouncing on my toes, I palmed my dick.
He threw his head back and laughed, then with a spectacular smile, called our session over. He started to pack up the room, telling me he was done for the day. "Just a quick shower," he said. "Then I'm going straight home."
I found myself grinning, despite myself, as I pulled the tape off my hands. "I'm not going for drinks with the guys," I told him. He stacked the mats and turned to look at me. I bent over to pick up my towel so he got an eyeful of my ass, and when I looked back at him, I very slowly, very deliberately, raked my eyes up his body. I moaned. "Mm, yeah. I've got somewhere else I'd rather be."
His eyes grew impossibly darker, and he smiled slowly. I looked at the clock on the wall. Five thirty-two.
I worked out roughly how long it would take me to get home, showered, and back to his place. I palmed my dick deliberately and smiled. "See you in thirty."
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