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“Getting off with more than just your hand and porn.”
The Blair I know would smile, sip the beer, and put it back on the table with a pointed look to his brother. Smug and secretive because it drives Shiloh insane.
He doesn’t, though. He stares down at the can, working his lip between his teeth and tongue like this is an answer with a heavy weight attached.
Shit. Is Blair seeing someone? Would explain the bruise at the base of his throat that looks suspiciously like a hickey.
‘I can show off the hickey my roommate gave me, if you’d like.’
My gaze bounces from Blair to Noah. I’ve never seen them be anything but casually affectionate with each other, but the connection in my brain between B and Blair is getting fuzzy.
It wouldn’t be possible for Blair to be B, right?
Sure, they’ve both got hickies recently. So do tons of people. And yeah, when I heard his voice I immediately thought of Blair, but I always do when I’m with B. That’s part of the experiment. It’s just in my head. It’s wishful thinking.
“Goddammit,” he grumbles, tipping the beer can to his mouth and swallowing gulp after gulp until he crushes the empty can and tosses it on the table. “I’m bi. Last hookup where I touched another person was fuck-if-I-know long ago. Truth or Dare, Shiloh?”
Shiloh blinks and his jaw drops. “What?”
Blair stands and heads over to the fridge, bringing the last few beers and putting them on the table. “Truth or Dare?”
“No, I got that part. Back it up a second. You’re bi?”
“Yup.”
“I’ve never seen you with a boyfriend.”
“You’ve also never seen me with a girlfriend.”
Shiloh crosses his arms and huffs. “Well, I’d assume you’re ace before I’d assume you’re bi.”
Blair shrugs and takes his seat, leaning against the arm of the couch away from the rest of us.
“You’d be right either way.”
This time, both Shiloh and I gape at him. My heart thuds in my chest, pounding out the pattern of Blair’s name on repeat. I can explain away a lot of things, but is it possible for this all to be a coincidence?
Shiloh purses his lips and slouches back in his seat against the opposite arm.
“Didn’t know we kept secrets from each other.”
Blair lays his head on the back of the couch, staring at the ceiling. “Wasn’t a secret. I just never thought to bring it up. It’s not like I’ve been dating. I’ve just been—”
“Sleeping around?”
“Busy.”
With Blair and Shiloh spouting off on either side of me, I flinch when Blair raises his voice. He hardly ever shouts or appears outwardly annoyed, so it’s always a shock whenever he does.
We all sit in the tense silence as the brothers have a stare off over my shoulder. It isn’t until Shiloh leans forward to crack open one of the beers and guzzle a good half of the can down that the bubble pops.
“If it makes you happy, big brother.”
I’m not sure whose sigh is louder, Blair’s or mine, as I drop my head into my hands.
Jesus, does chaos follow Shiloh wherever he goes?
“Blair-Bear?” A quiet voice speaks up from the other side of the coffee table.
