Something eased in his shoulders. He leaned in, brushing his mouth against mine in a slow, unhurried kiss. But when I shifted closer, his hand slid to my hip, pulling me in.
The kiss deepened, his thumb brushing absentmindedly over my side beneath my shirt.
My pulse picked up. I angled my head, letting myself sink into it, into him. His fingers traced along my ribs, slow and deliberate, and I sucked in a breath.
“You’re going to be the death of me,” I murmured against his mouth.
He smiled faintly. “Pretty sure we already survived that part.”
I huffed a quiet laugh, but it faded when he kissed me again, deeper this time. His weight shifted as he rolled partially over me, close enough that heat pooled low in my stomach.
My hand slid down his back, feeling the warmth of his skin through the thin fabric.
He pressed a lingering kiss just below my jaw, then another at my throat. My head tipped back instinctively, breath catching.
The bedroom door creaked. We froze.
“I swear,” Kai’s voice said flatly from the doorway, “if I walk in one more time?—”
Levi groaned and buried his face in my shoulder.
I turned my head. Kai stood there with his arms crossed, hair sticking up in every direction, looking deeply unimpressed. “It’s morning,” he added, like that explained everything.
“It is,” I agreed.
“You’re doing that again.”
“We were just?—”
He made a dramatic gagging noise. “I’m moving in with Nico and Tony.”
Levi snorted into my shoulder.
I shot him a look, then focused back on Kai. “You’re not moving in with anyone.”
“They said I could,” Kai countered immediately. “They have a bigger room. And Tony makes pancakes.”
“We make French toasts,” I said. “And Tony and Nico don’t make pancakes. They buy them.”
Levi finally lifted his head. “I can make pancakes.”
Kai narrowed his eyes suspiciously. “Whatever. Are you going to keep doing that?” He waved vaguely between us.
Levi blinked. “Doing what?”
“Being gross.”
“That’s subjective,” Levi said.
Kai sighed. “I just want breakfast without witnessing… mating rituals.”
I choked on a laugh. Levi looked like he wanted the floor to swallow him.
“Go brush your teeth,” I told Kai. “We’ll be out in ten minutes.”
He hesitated. “Five.”
“Deal.”
