Page 74 of Cosmo

“Okay. Well, whatever it is, stop. This is our steady money. This is what we’ll do when we all have enough money to retire, eventually. This is how you pay for that expensive cat food you’re buying for Daiq.”

Cosmo’s smile was sweet and shy as he admitted, “You’re right. I…I’ll get my head in the game.”

“I’m gonna toss you a bottle the distance of the bar. That means, you’ll be on one end of the bar, me on the other, and I not only want you to catch it, but catch it and flip it upside down to pour into the glass that will be in your other hand.”

Cosmo paled some, which made Hippy laugh. “Quit being a prick,” Goldie whispered to him. “We were all new once.”

“I’m laughing. That’s not a crime.”

Abs kissed Cosmo’s cheek and then left him standing where he was and estimated the distance of the bar, standing that far from him. Goldie handed him one of the practice bottles, giving him a wink.

“He’ll do it, I know it.”

“For being so dark and brooding, supposedly, you’re our biggest cheerleader.”

“Bite your tongue. Or you can always bite mine.”

“Sicko.”

Hippy handed Cosmo an empty glass and for once, acted encouraging, if not a little twisted. “It’s as easy as slipping a dick in a hole. All it takes is good aim.”

“Right,” Cosmo said with a smile. “How do you figure I’m a top?”

“Big dick energy, babe. Like me.”

“Hey, I have a hanging cock and I’m a happy bottom,” Mims argued.

“He knows what I mean, baby,” Hippy told him, kissing him sweetly. “Go for it, boys! I got a hankerin’ for Eazy’s stir fry.”

Goldie was as tense as if it was him stepping up to the plate. Watching the shaking in Cosmo’s hands, seeing the way his confidence from only moments ago drained from his face along with all the blood, making him sickly white.

Abs, on the other hand, his pointed little chin was raised and the pride and love he already felt for Cosmo was right there for everyone to see.

The bottle was thrown, arcing high between the two men, and Cosmo’s eyes watched it, like if he even blinked, it would fall and shatter.

And…it dropped, turning end over end. The room was so quiet it was almost eerie. Watching that bottle catching the light, then…he caught it! And not only that, but he also caught it perfectly and then flipped it around, holding the spout over the empty glass.

The way his face brightened, and the room exploded in cheering for him, it was sure; he was part of their family. He was part of them. He nodded and did a few more flips with the bottle in the air, catching them each time, and then they had to work on the moves the rest of his body made.

Mims slinked over to the middle of the room, and he got some music set that was upbeat but sexy. “Now, Cosmo, when you’re pouring drinks, or dancing on the bar, or doing the tricks, don’t forget your lower half.”

As Mims swayed his hips, Abs blew him a kiss and Haze beamed over at him. “That’s my sexy boy.”

“Stop flirting. You’re much too young for me.”

Cosmo watched and not only was the color back in his face, but it was also darkening. Goldie could almost read his thoughts, and all of them were dirty.

Like he was boneless. That was how Mims moved. His hips swayed in tight little circles, his pretty little butt flexed and relaxed along with the music, and his waist seemed detachedfrom the rest of him as it moved opposite of his torso and his hips. Yeah, he thought that, and it was true, though he had no idea how it happened. It was…physically defying, but even so, that sweet boy did it.

Cosmo was breathing a little faster, and Goldie leaned over to whisper to him. “You’re taken, and even if you weren’t…you’re not allowed.”

“Damn…”

“I know.”

Cosmo did the funniest thing then. He turned to Goldie, his brows high as he asked, “I’m taken?”

“Boy, you’re so taken that I’m surprised you don’t got a ring on your finger.”

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