Page 90 of Floored By Love

“Fine.”

I followed the concierge-twink into the back room. I was almost out of earshot when I heard O tell Cam, “Just let him take care of you.”

Oh, he’s going to do just that.

Well, if everything worked out tonight.

I dropped Cam’s box on our bed, gave him a kiss, and went to heat his steam bowl. When I came back, he had the bed covered with half the stuff and was still looking for something.

“What’s up? Everything there?”

“Yeah, all good,” he said with a tone in his voice that told me he was lying.

I didn’t want to push though, so I just told him I’d be in the kitchen getting dinner ready. It turns out when your parents aren’t around a lot, you figure out how to cook for yourself. Otherwise, takeout gets old real fast.

In under twenty minutes, the sizzling of my thrown-together stir-fry and, I assumed, the delicious smell, enticed the guys from their rooms. It was that, or they were hungry and it was dinnertime.

Cam came out last, wearing…

“Your shirt! Is that what you were looking for?”

“‘Born this cute’,” Alex read.

“Yeah, it was,” Cam answered, scratching his head.

“How are you feeling?” O asked him.

“Good, much better now,” Cam said, picking at the sleeves. “Still fits perfectly.”

“I meant more like your throat, your body...”

“Oh, sorry, Orion. Yeah, all that’s good, too. A little cough today in the arena. Hopefully another night of healing will help.”

O nodded, and Cam made his way over to me near the stove.

“It looks good on you,” I said.

“I’ve kept it all these years, but I haven’t worn it since Australia. I worried the fire damaged it or somehow they lost it. Once I saw you still had the coin, I was glad I brought it.”

I put the wooden spatula down and pulled him towards me for a kiss. And I wanted to feel the shirt against his body. I hadn’t ever seen him in it, but I remembered the day he bought it like it was last week. It was the day I realized I loved him.

“Something tells me there’s a story that goes with that shirt,” Colton interrupted our post-kiss staring.

So, Cam and I told them about our zoo day. When he got to the part about Phineas and Ferb, Cam opened Instagram and went to my profile to show the guys the photo. Technically, it was our first photo as boyfriends, though obviously it wasn’t public knowledge at the time.

Naturally, Cam and I were friends again on Instagram. I had changed all my app passwords in order to have full control over them. I didn’t think my parents would mess with anything, but I wasn’t entirely sure they wouldn’t do something spiteful. It felt nice to not feel like I was being monitored anymore. Well, I guess they could still see my content, but they had no control over it.

“That is kind of adorable, guys,” Alex said.

“Who knew Cam was such a romantic?” O added.

Cam smiled and took a seat at the island. I went back to the frying pan.

“So, the zoo story was great, but how did you two start dating, anyway?” Alex asked.

And into the fire.

“Finally, we’re alone.”