Mav’s eyebrows went up. “Right now?”

“Sure. I just need to put on some clothes.” Telos brought Estie with him to his closet. When he stepped out with both of them dressed, he found Hilly-Billy tapping excitedly into his phone.

“We have a winner!” Hilly-Billy said.

“A winner for what?” Telos asked.

“You don’t want to know,” Mav grumbled.

“Pinks and Galent won Timing, and Yaeger won Location,” Hilly-Billy announced.

“Timing for what? Whose location?” Telos asked, mystified.

“Your first kiss. There was a betting pool. There has been a pool fordecades,” Hilly-Billy said gleefully. “A bunch of new bets were placed over the last few days. Blade won the location for your first fuck, and Onyx won the timing for it.”

Telos stared at Mav, who scowled. “Decades?”

“Possibly more than a century. Yaeger started it,” Hilly-Billy said innocently.

Telos pulled out his phone, opening the chat with his friends.

Telos

Fuck you all.

Yaeger

I don’t think you should. Mav will be jealous.

Onyx

Or horny?

Valor

We should’ve placed bets on how many fucks you had in the first 24 hours. Didn’t think there was going to be more than one.

Fang

I called it

Griff

I should write you both a song

Mav

Please, no.

Griff

I will perform it at your bonding ceremony

Telos

I’m not sure if I want that.

Also, no one said we’re bonding.