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"I want you, Violet, but I don't do relationships, and starting a casual hook-up with a woman I'm starting to see as my best friend sounds like a terrible idea," he murmurs, and I suck in a breath, my gaze caught up in his dark blue ones.

He wants me, just like I want him.

Definitely didn't see that one coming.

He swallows hard, leaning down so our noses are just touching before stating, "Let's go do your tat, Shorty, but first…one taste."

His lips touch mine as the words he said all those years ago echo once again in my ears.

5

Tats

I gently shade in the dark blue of the Harley on Kellen's right shoulder blade as he speaks about falling for a man. I try my hardest not to fucking laugh, not wanting to screw up his tat.

"Honestly, I don't fucking understand it, man. Never, I fucking mean never, have I been attracted to a guy, and now, fuck, it's doing my head in. I don't understand it. He’s all I can think about…."

I smile at his words as I dip my gun into some more ink and state, "Brother, it doesn't fucking matter whether it's a guy or a girl; if they make you happy, then that's all that should matter. So what if you get hard for ass instead of pussy…."

He cuts me off. "I still want pussy though, I can’t imagine my life without one to lick and fuck."

I chuckle. "Then see if this guy would be open to having one in the mix every now and then. I don't know, brother, but in my lifetime, I've learned to grab the bull by the horns, so to speak."

And I fucking have. it's why I proposed an idea to Violet, one I hope she takes me up on. I don't want a relationship; I can't bring someone into my fucked-up life, but I want her, and the fact that I kissed her when I never fucking kiss anyone proves it. The girl had my first kiss, and I don't fucking regret it.

Though it felt like deja vu.

Kellen sighs as I finish shading the last bit of the Harley's tank, stating, "We'll see. I'm still in shock that I want a man, and I don't know how my family would feel about it…or my fucking men."

I grin wide before wiping his back, then adding barrier ointment over the fresh ink.

I say, "Let's keep your family out of it for now, and let me ask you this, brother…. When you're with him, do you look at him and focus on the fact he has a dick, or do you focus on him as a person?"

He's quiet for a second as I apply some more ointment on his tat before I tap him to sit up. Once up, his dark brown eyes look at me, troubled, but I stay quiet, letting him think for a moment and start to wrap his tat up. He finally speaks once I'm done, and I clean my equipment listening.

"I focus on the person he is, not what's between his legs. Now that I think about it, I also want to know that part," he admits, and I chuckle but nod.

"Well, then, there's your answer," I reply, and he nods back with a small smile before jumping off my black tattoo chair.

As he puts his shirt back on, he looks at me and asks, "What about you? Are you finally going to settle down?"

I snort, replying, "Nah, brother. You know I won't."

He nods, knowing the gist of things as he’s one of my closest friends outside the club despite being a gangster. "What about Vi?"

I smile a little at her name before sighing, running a hand through my hair, tussling it up.

"She's amazing. I would love nothing more than to make her mine, but I also know I'd fuck her up. I won't have that." I swallow before I admit, "I asked her last week if she'd be up to starting a casual relationship with me." His eyes widen and I nod. "She didn't refuse, just asked for some time. I brought her here on my bike and did her tat in memory of her parents…after I kissed her."

He sits down in shock. "Holy shit, you actually fucking kissed her?"

I nod. "Indeed. I gave her my first kiss, though it felt like I'd done it with her before; it was weird." I shake my head and stand. "I'm hoping she'd go for the casual, at least then I can have her, you know, even just for a little while, before going back to just being friends."

He sighs, getting his money out, making me huff, but he just smirks at me, placing it on my dark brown counter.

"I've known you for roughly what, eleven years?" I nod. We were both in high school together. Outside of Snake, Sniper, and Breaker, he's the only other person I trust, though he's the only one who knows about this house.

Remembering Vi’s expression at her first look at this house…. Fuck did my heart flip with the mesmerized look on her face before a cold sweat took over, imagining her living here, knowing she can’t.

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