“Phew. No pressure there.”
Master Zane laughed. “Be careful what you wish for.”
Rogan chuckled. “Yeah, but he’s worth it.”
“You ease my mind the more I speak with you, Rogan. Now, let’s figure out a time to meet, then we can go from there and set up a schedule. In addition to handling the status of your personal relationship with Tate, I’d like you to take over his morning check-in. So for now, I’ll go over that with you. Then you can get started with him right away.”
Rogan grinned. Good. He didn’t have to get unreasonably jealous anymore. The feeling was foreign to him, and he’d been shocked by how powerful an emotion it was.
“When can we meet? I’m not busy tonight.”
Master Zane snorted. “Aren’t you the eager one? Not that I’m complaining. That’s fine, you’re welcome to come by tonight. It’s actually good timing. Ryan, he’s my older boy, is a little and is having a playdate, so he’ll be occupied. And Tyrese has a cooking class. You won’t get much observation time in, but it will give us a chance to go over some basics.”
“That’s sounds great, but I’m confused. Playdate? Little?”
“Oh, of course.” Master Zane laughed lightly. “Tate isn’t a little, so you won’t be needing to learn about that aspect of the lifestyle. But in general, it’s role playing where the boy regresses to an earlier age. The Daddy then takes on a true parent role, to what degree depends on how much role play the little needs and what age he regresses to. Again, that won’t be part of your dynamic with Tate, but you might find it interesting to observe.”
Rogan blinked several times, not wanting to say anything in case he came off mocking. He had a lot to learn. However, he doubted Master Zane would let him get away without hearing a response.
“I’m game for whatever you think is valuable for me to know.”
“Just what I wanted to hear, Rogan. All right. Before I give you a few pointers and my address, let me speak with Tate. I’m sure he’s on edge wondering how things are going between us.”
Rogan had already risen to his feet and was making his way to the bedroom. “Absolutely. Whatever is needed to ease his stress.”
When Tate opened the door in response to Rogan’s knock, his expression of worry immediately changed to relief at the smile Rogan gave him.
“Here.” He handed the phone to Tate. “Master Zane would like to speak with you for a sec before giving me his address.”
“Awesome!” Tate’s eyes widened and he clapped a hand to his mouth. “I mean, sure.”
Rogan winked. “I think it’s awesome too.”