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That wasn’t what had me smiling though. No. Luca wasn’t the only one who liked toteaseduring this number.
Kai shot me a warning look over his shoulder as I prowled towards him. I paused, still strumming as I waggled my eyebrows at him.
Come on. Play with me.
He rolled his eyes, and triumph flared in me.
I wasn’t sure how this had all started. At first, it was just banter between us on stage. Over time, though, we’d started to dance together.
Whenever we did, the crowd wentwild.
And the dirtier we were, the wilder they went.
I crossed the stage, stopping behind Kai. This part of the song didn’t require any bass, so I slung it behind me, leaving the front of my body free. Kai muttered a curse, knowing what was coming. But I knew he didn’t mind. This is just what we did. If I thought for a second he actually meant those complaints, I’d never touch him again.
I knew my best friend like the back of my hand. Kai didn’t have any issues with what we did on stage. He just lived for complaining. He was a grumpy fucker through and through. We wouldn’t be us if we didn’t give each other shit over stuff like this.
Being only a couple of inches shorter than Kai made it easy to mould my body to his. Pressing close to his back, I hooked my chin over his shoulder, burying my face in his neck as I gyrated against him. My hands weren’t idle either, sliding over his muscled chest suggestively.
The crowd screamed their appreciation. To his credit, Kai didn’t drop a single chord while I straight-up felt him up. I dipped my hands beneath his guitar, grinning as his breath hitched.
“Easy,” I whispered. “All part of the show.”
He grunted but let a satisfied smirk glide over his face. Kai didn’t have to worry about me stealing his virtue. With his guitar hiding what I was doing, the audience was free to let their imaginations get as dirty as they liked.
Kai and I knew this was all pretend. My hands always stopped a respectful distance from his waistband.
My best friend had fully leaned into it now. His head dropped back, his cheek brushing mine. If I didn’t know better, I’d think his hooded eyes were down to lust. He twisted so his mouth was only an inch away from mine. I could feel his hot breath mixing with my own as we sang the lyrics.
Don’t say you don’t want me, baby
Because you know how I’ll take that maybe
And tease you until you can’t think
Neither of us had a microphone, but that didn’t stop us from singing along with Luca. Our fans loved this part. I’d seen the comments online. They liked to think we were singing this to each other rather than what was actually happening.
Kai and I weren’t doing this to tease each other but the audience.
I wasn’t stupid. I’d seen the articles, Tweets, and TikToks hinting that something more was happening between us. The speculation had begun long before we started interacting this way on stage. It was bound to happen, given how close we were. From the very start, wherever I went, Kai followed. We were housemates, bandmates, and best friends. He was the one who’d single-handedly got me through my turbulent teen years. When he’d realised he was gay, I was the first person he shared it with.
When Kai came out publicly, the speculation increased exponentially. In a way, I think that might’ve been what had started this whole little routine. The press was too busy debating whether we were together to pay much attention to what Kai was actually up to.
There was no denying that the dating lives of my bandmates were under the spotlight far more than mine. Which was fucking ridiculous if you asked me. No one deserved to have their personal life scrutinised in the way my bandmates did. It shouldn’t matter what your sexual orientation was. It never had to me.
Unfortunately, that wasn’t a message the press had received.
By leaning into the flirtation between us on stage but never confirming anything, I kept the spotlight off Kai’s real love life. Not that he had much of one, to be fair, but it was only a matter of time before he found that special someone and settled down. Kai was too loving, too loyal, too committed. He’d find his person one day.
Selfishly, I hoped we had a few more years together before that happened. When it did, I’d have to accept that there’d be someone in his life that he’d put before me. Someone else who’d be the person he’d celebrate his successes with. Someone else to hold him during the hard times.
I could accept that…right?
Honestly, it was something I tried not to think about. Just the idea had a wave of loneliness crashing over me, too much for me to bear.
Dragging myself back to the moment, I stepped back from Kai and swung my bass back to my front. It landed in place just in time for my cue.
Twisting at the same time as Kai, our backs met as our fingers flew over our instruments. I could feel his heat through the cotton of our shirts, his shoulders pressing against mine as we rested our weight on the other.
