“Holy shit.” Renoreallymight pass out. “I need to sit back down.”
“I don’t think I’d want that now, but good lord, I am so ashamed to admit that it’s appealing to my younger self.”
Reno grabbed his water and made his way back to his bedroom, where he sank back down into bed. “So, what does that mean now?”
“That I still don’t want you two doing that kind of stuff if you are trying to be with me.”
“I’ll never do anything you don’t want me to do.”
“And, if you have any photos or videos you should send them to me.”
“You dog," Reno said, amazed. “Those are confidential.”
“Shame.” Luka didn’t sound particularly disappointed, just amused.
“They also are filed away in a secret location,” Reno clarified. “We left no digital trace of our entanglements.”
“Entanglements,” Luka repeated. “My life is so fucking weird. How did I end up on the phone with Reno talking about his secret sexual relationship with Zana?”
“I believe I asked you to go on tour with me," Reno replied. “Hypothetically.”
“Hypothetically,sometimesI would go with you,” Luka answered. “However, my energy levels can be weird and limited so I think being on the road for months at a time would be really difficult for me.”
Reno hummed, fidgeting with the glass in his hand before setting it aside. “Okay, what if I flew you out and you joined for a week or two, then flew you home?”
“That’s so much money," Luka said. “Speaking of, I do have a job. I can’t just dip out for weeks at a time whenever I want.”
“Would you work your job if you didn’t have to pay bills?”
“Absolutely not," Luka said, immediately. “My job drains the life out of me. If I didn’t have to pay rent, I would make art full-time.”
“What keeps you in Missouri?”
“Money," Luka replied and Reno pictured him shrugging. “The cost of living is cheap. I’d miss August, too, but they would survive just fine without me. You’re not asking me to move, are you?”
“No," Reno reassured him. “I’m not crazy enough to think someone I’ve been talking to for a month or so would move to London for me.”
“Are you sure?”
“I am crazy enough to ask you to visit, though.”
Luka didn’t say anything and Reno felt his heart pounding in his chest.
“Hypothetically?” Luka asked.
“No, for real," Reno answered. “Come see me. I miss you. I feel insane without you.”
“How do you expect this to work?” Luka asked instead of giving Reno an answer. “I come visit you, then what?”
“Then I begin my master plan to have you move in and stay with me forever and make you my future husband.”
“Excuse you?”
Reno’s palms were sweating but it didn’t stop him from saying, “I mean it.”
“How?”
“Easy. I told you. I give you everything.”
