Everyone groaned.
“Why are you going under me?” Rusty demanded as Gem cackled, forcing Rusty to twist himself impossibly to get one claw on a yellow dot, bringing him face-to-face with Gem.
The Araknis beamed at him. “Hey, Rus. Fancy meeting you here.”
“I hate everything about this,” he seethed.
“Well, hello there,” Toni said as Jude reached over his torso to touch yellow.
“Lower your ass for me, won’t you?” Jude said.
Toni obliged, and Jude pressed two fingertips to yellow. “Knew you couldn’t stay away from me.”
“Don’t flatter yourself,” Jude teased back.
“Oliver, if you make me fall right now,” Liel snarled as Oliver pressed against his back.
“It’s about having fun, baby,” Oliver said with a peck to the back of the Gymnot’s neck. “Not winning.”
“Every game is about winning,” he snapped back.
“Right foot yellow,” Zef said, and Toni howled with laughter as Jude swung a leg over to join his hand, effectively straddling Toni’s hips.
Practically chest-to-chest, Jude shook his head as Toni waggled his brows. “Hey, bitesize. How you doing?”
Oliver glared at him. “Keep it in your pants, Toni!”
“I didn’t say nothing,” Toni said.
“Calm down, Oliver. I can handle him just fine on my own,” Jude said blandly.
“Baby, you can handle me anytime you want,” Toni purred.
“Toni!” everyone reprimanded.
“It’s a joke! Don’t get your undies in a twist.” Toni winked at Jude, dropping his voice to a whisper. “It’s not a joke.”
“Shocker,” Jude said, sarcasm thick.
Shifting his weight, Jude’s ass dropped to graze over the front of Toni’s pants, and Toni stiffened. He arched a brow at Jude, who copied his expression innocently.
“What?” he mouthed.
“Watch it,” Toni mouthed back.
Jude smirked. “Oops.”
“Left hand blue,” Zef said.
“How?” Rusty demanded. “How, Zef?”
“Arch your back,” Gem said. “And I’ll, like, push up your ass so you can slide your hand—”
“Touch my ass, and I’m biting you,” Rusty said through clenched teeth.
Gem batted his lashes. “At least take me to dinner first.”
Rusty growled, flicking his tail to smack Gem across the face with it. Gem gasped, jaw dropping.