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Something flickered across his eyes. “Is ‘Night’s Darkest Secret’about me?”
I wouldn’t lie to him. Not anymore. “Yes.”
He closed his eyes. “And the new one? The one you sang earlier?”
I lifted his chin, waiting until he opened his eyes and looked at me. “Si, they areallabout you. I have fucking notebooks stuffed to the brim with songs about you.”
His lips twitched. “Even the ones you wrote when we were teenagers?”
I groaned. “Of course you have to remember my adolescent hormonal ramblings.”
Silas snorted, nudging me with his elbow. “Don’t worry. I’m definitely the one who looks stupid in this situation. You’ve literally been whispering lyrics in my ear about unrequited love…oh my god!”
He sat up abruptly, covering his face with his hands. I leaned forward too, forcing myself not to laugh. “What?”
“The lyrics are literally ‘how much more obvious can I be?’…which you sang to me while I was happily oblivious.”
It was no good. My laugh ripped from me. “Yeah. You really should’ve guessed.”
“Fucker,” Silas grumbled, whacking me on the arm. “Not my fault I’m a muppet.”
I pulled him onto my lap, kissing him full on the lips. “It’s not. I wouldn’t have you any other way.”
He slipped his tongue inside my mouth, and I melted. My cock had seen more action in the past twenty-four hours than the previous twelve months combined. That didn’t stop it from thickening like we had time to go another round.
It’d have to hold. It wouldn’t be fair to make Arlo and Luca wait all day. Not when they’d helped orchestrate this whole thing.
“We need to text the others,” I said between kisses.
“Boring.” Silas sighed. “Fine. Let’s get it over with, then we can go to your place and order Chinese food.”
I stared at him as a lump formed in my throat. “As easy as that?”
“Do we need to make it more complicated? The way I see it, we’ve been a couple for years. We just hadn’t got around to the fun stuff.”
“You mean I get to keep you as my best friendandwe can have sex when the mood strikes us?”
He grinned, stroking my cheek. “You get to have me in all the ways, Kai. I mean, sure, we can take it slow if you want. Go out on dates. Shit like that.”
“No,” I blurted. “I mean, yes to dates. We basically do that anyway. But fuck no to slow, Si. I’m happy to go as fast as you want to.”
“Good. We’ve wasted enough time. I’m ready to just get on with being happy with you.”
He was saying everything I’d ever wanted to hear, but there was still one thing nagging me. “What about…the wider world? Do you want to keep this hidden? I’m happy if you do. It’s a lot of pressure to put on a new relationship.”
Silas bit his lip before shaking his head. “No. I don’t want to hide us. I’m not ashamed of you, Kai.”
“I know. But the press attention will be unreal.”
“It will…but that’s going to happen regardless ofwhenwe confirm what everyone already suspects. Maybe it’s better to rip the plaster off all at once.”
“You’re right. But there’s no rush. We can enjoy each other before letting the rest of the world in.”
“Speaking of the rest of the world, you better text Luca and Arlo before they lose their shit waiting. And Tristan. He deserves to know.”
He was right. Tristan had done so much to try and help. It was only fair to let him know it had all worked out in the end.
After sending the texts, I turned my attention back to Silas. We continued joking around, exchanging kisses and casual touches. It was so easy to get lost in each other that I think we both forgot we were expecting imminent company.
