Page 39 of Unexpected Boyfriends

“Um, how well do you know them here?” I ask, looking pointedly at our joined hands.

Axel smiles. “Well enough. I dated Giovanni, their son, for a while. He’s one of the cooks.”

I’m not sure how I feel about this bit of information. It feels kind of weird to be sitting here holding hands while his ex is right there.

“Oh. Isn’t it awkward then, coming here for pizza?”

“Nah. We didn’t date for long and it was pretty casual. We’re still friendly. He’s a good guy, and he’s chill. And it’s a safe place to come if you’re out.”

Axel points out the rainbow sticker in the front window, right next to the images of the credit cards welcome here.

“Huh, that’s cool.”

“Yeah, ever since we found out we were hosting World Pride here, a lot of places have started doing it.”

We fall silent for a while, and then a sudden thought hits me.

“Oh, I forgot to ask…was your mum cool with me staying over or…?”

Axel doesn’t answer straight away, which makes me anxious. What will it mean if his mother doesn’t approve?

Axel sighs.

“Not really. It’s not you though… it’s because of my dad working for your grandfather.”

“Oh.” I can see how that could cause a problem. I wonder if this changes things. “So… what does this mean for us? Are we still…?”

Axel squeezes my hand. “…all in? Yes, we are.” He gives me a big smile, like he’s excited to be doing this and nothing is going to stop him. “It doesn’t change anything for me. Other than, you know, we’ll just have to be discreet at home.”

He frowns. “I don’t like having to hide our relationship,” he says. “I’m sorry.”

“It’s okay. I’m not out anyway, so it doesn’t matter. Um, she won’t say anything to my grandparents though, will she?”

“Not a chance. Don’t worry.She’sworried they’ll find out. I think it was pretty obvious the day we came over for lunch that your family’s… um…”

“Just say it,” I sigh, picking at the plastic table cover. “Homophobic.”

I must look sad, because Axel gives my hand a little tug to get me to look at him.

“Hey, it’s okay,” he tells me. “Some families are like that. We’ll deal, okay?"

I nod, grateful for his support and glad that he’s not letting it stand in our way.

“It won’t be forever. And it’s only when we’re around our families that we have to hide it, the rest of the time…,” he pauses here to lift my hand to his lips and kisses it, “we don’t. And I’m proud to be with you.”

That gives me a lot of mushy feelings inside that I don't really know what to do with, and I blush madly and can’t help squirming in my seat.

“You’re so cute when you get all shy,” Axel laughs, but I see a hunger in his eyes which makes even more blood rush to my face. As well as to other places.

I’m proud to be with him too and all these good feelings fluttering around inside me might just cause my chest to explode. I know I'm new at this, but I really feel this is something special.

After dinner, we walk along the beach. It seems like wherever you are around here, there’s a beach nearby. It’s dark as there’s no moon yet, and we’re the only ones down here. It’s so easy walking together like this. Axel has his arm around me, and I’m sure he must feel the pounding of my heart through my chest, because my heart is beating really, really fast.

He stops and pulls me into a kiss. I run my hands up under his shirt, over his abdomen and up over his chest. I still can’t believe he lets me touch him like this. My heart feels like it’s going to beat out of my chest and I breathe shallowly.

Axel’s lips move against mine, gentle but firm, and when my lips part for him, his tongue presses into my mouth and tangles withmine. The kiss grows more urgent until we’re literally devouring each other. I want this kiss to last forever and yet I want more.

I push my hips into his, and our cloth-covered cocks rub up against each other. One of us moans, I’m not sure who. Axel puts his large hands on my ass and pulls me in tighter, and we start to grind against each other.

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