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I took a deep breath, packing up all my things, rushing out because I couldn’t wait any longer. The hallways were empty asI rushed out to the Jeep. I couldn’t drive fast enough to Hunter’s and they had even left a card to park in the garage.

The elevator ride took the longest and when I knocked on the door, I felt nothing but urgency. Hunter opened the door shirtless, his eyes wide as he looked at me as Ro also walked up to the door. I reached for Hunter, pulling him down for a kiss. He wrapped an arm around my waist as I reached for Ro, sucking hard on Hunter's bottom lip before pulling away and kissing Ro. He groaned in my mouth, swirling his tongue against my own.

“I love you.”

They stilled against me.

“I’m sorry I ran away,” I said, taking another deep breath. “I was so overwhelmed with everything, and I let my fear of my past and the unknown scare me into pushing you away, but I’m not running anymore. I want whatever this is and more. You have branded me as yours. Will you be mine?”

“I want more, too,” Ro said immediately, with a huge grin on his face. “I want everything.”

He kissed me softly, pulling Hunter to us. “I want you and Hunter. I know hockey is busy, the schedule sucks and it’s hard to be together, but I want to always come home to both of you.”

He kissed me before kissing Hunter, who was awfully quiet.

“I pulled away because I was scared and I regret it,” Hunter said softly. “I won’t make that mistake again, I’m yours. I’ll always belong to you and Ro, just like you will always be mine.”

“I love you,” Hunter said, kissing me as tears started to flow freely. “And I love you.” He kissed Ro.

“I’m so fucking in love with you both,” Ro kissed us. “There is nothing I wouldn’t do for you.”

I sighed as they held me, feeling content, warm and loved. We stayed like that for a moment, completely unaware that we were still in the doorway until someone walked by us.

“Can we all go stay at the hotel?” I asked, as they brought me into the apartment.

“Hell, yeah,” Ro grinned. “We are already packed.”

“Wow, you guys are confident,” I chuckled.

“A little, but I hoped that you would come back to us tonight because I didn’t want to stay the night away from you,” Hunter said, pulling us close.

“Unless it’s for hockey, I don’t want to stay away from you guys either,” I said, kissing them softly.

“To a thousand more pictures,” Ro leaned his forehead against ours.

“A thousand more,” I said softly.

“Our whole lives,” Hunter sighed.

36

Valencia

2 months later

The sound of cheering broke my heart. The Yetis had lost the semifinals and their chance at a national cup. The entire team skated out onto the ice and consoled each other. Ro and Hunter were in the thick of it, their foreheads pressed together before Hunter kissed Ro’s helmet. I was able to snap a shot of their moment, knowing I was going to keep that to myself.

I walked around them, taking various pictures to do a long post when they saw me. I shook my head because I knew what they wanted to do, and I wasn’t ready for us to go public. I loved our bubble, and I wanted at least the summer together before we announced anything or before someone noticed.

“Hey, Valencia!”

I looked over my shoulder to see Hunter’s moms, along with Ro’s mother and brother still in their seats. My heart warmed when they showed up, even though I was still weary of Ro’s family. They still weren’t talking to his dad and from what Rosaid, he hadn’t tried very hard to contact them. I was secretly happy he hadn’t tried, and I hope he wouldn’t.

“Hey!” I waved while walking to them. “How did you like the game?”

“Awful, it’s too stressful,” Helen said, pulling Hunter's mom, Tina, towards her.

“I remember why I don't like to come to games,” Tina said, leaning into Helen.

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