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"Cody?" he asked softly.
"Mm?"
"What are we doing?" he asked, turning his head to look down at me.
I lifted my eyes, meeting his again, and felt my smile take over. "I dunno, but I like it."
"Yeah, me too," he agreed, leaning in to kiss the top of my hair. "So that's ok?"
"Definitely ok," I mumbled, feeling very satisfied.
J.D. laughed hard enough to bounce my head. "I mean, you know..."
I shifted a bit so I could see him better. "What?"
"That, you know, I kinda like you as more than just a friend."
I had to press my face into his chest because I could feel it heating up and a stupid grin taking over. "Yeah, I think that's pretty good. I mean, I like you as more than a friend too."
"More than just a mentor?" he asked.
"Mhm."
"Good," he breathed softly, snuggling his body into mine.
"I also know Tanner told you to do that," I admitted. "I heard you two talking back in Cheyenne."
"When?"
"When I was in the shower," I explained. "Right before I went to the arena. I kinda forgot to say anything, but it was when he decided to spend the week with the bullfighters."
"Oh." He huffed something like a laugh. "Yeah. Well, I wasn't gonna just fuck ya."
"No?" I lifted my face from his hard muscles and rolled a little more. I was almost on my belly, but still mostly my side. "So what was that?"
His eyes were on the ceiling, but that sweet and timid smile made one more appearance. Considering it wasn't a look I'd seen on him before, it made my guts do some pretty crazy things. Flipping, twisting, butterflying things.
"Pretty sure that was making love," he told the ceiling. "Not like I'm real good about that shit, but felt like a whole hell of a lot more than a fuck."
"Yeah," I agreed, feeling the embarrassment start to flood in. "But that's ok?"
"Cody, I don't have a damned clue," he admitted. "I just know I really like having you lying on me like this." He glanced down, met my eyes, then looked up at the ceiling again. "Kinda makes me feel like the king of the world. Way better than riding for a full eight, you know? Even better than winning a gold buckle."
"Oh, so you get mushy and cute after getting laid?" I teased.
That earned me a real laugh. "Lil' bit. Not so bad with Tanner, though."
I felt a tingle run across my body as his words hit. I heard every single thing he wasn't saying. The thing was that I wasn't saying it all right back, I just didn't know how to make it as obvious as he did. I still felt it. I knew what he meant. I also didn't want to risk changing his mind.
"So can I still call you my mentor?" I asked.
"Oh fuck yeah." He reached across his body to smooth my messy hair back over my shoulder. "Tanner's your boyfriend. I'm your mentor, and I'm gonna show you everything, Cody. All of it, for just as long as you'll let me."
I slid my hand up between my hair and his fingers, then let my fingers tease his palm. "You know, I used to think you were a dick. A real pig. And yet you're the man who keeps making me feel like I actually belong here."
"I just say what I think," he told me. "Not my fault most people don't like it."
"What do you mean?"
