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“Do you have a problem with that song?” Tanner asked.
Daria shook her head. “But it’s not the same without the women in black dresses and red lipstick.”
“Tell me you don’t own both. We’ll wait right here if you want to change.” Tanner rested his arms behind him, leaned his weight back, and stretched his legs out on the mattress.
Daria laughed harder. “I do not. Xerxes, playDon’t You Want Meby The Human League.”
“I don’t know that one.” Tanner pouted.
How did he manage to make that look sexy instead of childish? “I do.” I grasped Daria’s hand and tugged her to her feet.
The angsty duet kicked off, and I sang my part without missing a beat. When the first female section kicked in, Daria held my gaze while she sang in the most incredible voice. I was stunned enough I almost missed my cue when it was my turn again.
Somehow we managed to move closer with each exchange, but never actually touched each other. As the music finished, I couldn’t look away from her flushed face and the short heaves of her chest.
Tanner’s applause broke the mood. “Absolutely amazing. However, you’re both depressing, even if you hide it under a pair of great voices, and you don’t get to pick the next song. Xerxes, playThe Look.”
He moved to the other side of Daria, spun her to face him, and started singing along with the music. A tiny smile played on her face, and I had to move to get a better view.
When Tanner sang about a brown-eyed girl being blue, he tilted Daria’s chin up, and her lips parted in a silent gasp. When a chorus ofna na na na naskicked in, the two of them went back and forth, shimmying and grinding and harmonizing. I expected a surge of jealousy, but heat flooded me instead. Ilikedwatching them together.
We worked our way through several more songs, the sexual tension in the room growing with each one. It didn’t matter what someone picked, there was a reason to grind against someone else.
I was riding the high of impulsiveness and fun when Tanner finishedOpportunitiesby The Pet Shop Boys. I nudged Tanner and Daria to sit on the edge of the bed. “Your phone controls the music too?”
Daria lay back to grab it off her night stand, treating me to an incredible view of her stretched out, then sat up again and handed it to me. “It does. Is your next song a surprise?”
“It is.” I pulled up the music, and handed the device back.
Twin expressions of surprise met me when George Michael’sFather Figurestarted. My reservations were gone as I lost myself in the song, moving to kneel in front of Tanner, hold his gaze, and let the lyrics and soulful tune wrap me up in a world separate from reality.
I rose halfway, hands on Tanner’s knees, never looking away from him, as I sang the final line about being the one who would love him until the end of time.
When the music stopped, I was nose to nose with Tanner, who stared back with wide eyes. A couple of inches closer and I’d kiss him. If I did that, I wouldn’t have the strength to pull away tonight, but if I initiated andhepulled away, I didn’t know what I’d do.
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It was just a song.
Colin picked it because he liked it.
He focused on me because it would be weird to sing things likelove you until the end of timeto Daria. And of course we loved each other. Best friends. Bros forever.
It didn’t matter that him being so close was making my pulse race. That the faint scent of paint thinner mingled with aftershave in a way that was distinctly Colin and clogging my sinuses. And it didn’t matter that his deep, soulful voice, and the way he hadn’t looked away when the music stopped had my dick rock hard.
It was just a song.
Fuck it.
I grabbed his face, and crushed my mouth to his. I didn’t know where his groan stopped and mine started. His stubble was rough against my mouth, his fingers dug into my thighs, and fuck if I didn’t want this to go on and on.
A soft gasp next to me drilled into my thoughts enough to remind me we weren’t alone, but it didn’t shatter the need thrumming under my skin. I broke the kiss with a grunt and forced my gaze to Daria.
Who was here because this was her bedroom and her house and how did that slip my mind for even a second?
“I can leave if you want.” Her tone was playful and she jerked a thumb toward the door.
