Page 25 of Perfect Matcha
Chapter Ten
In hindsight,Camden maybe should have stuck to the basics with his gift basket—a dildo, a plug, a masturbation sleeve, and lube. But he’d wanted Theo to have the world and, as a result, had gotten a bit carried away.
“I have pretty good powers of deduction, so I assume this goes in my ass, but I have no idea what direction it’s supposed to face.” Theo held up the box and pointed. “And what is going on here? Is it a tail?”
“It’s not a tail.” First-Rate Finishes sold amazing tails, and Camden would be lying if he said he’d never thought about Theo wearing one, but this particular toy was a prostate massager attached to an adjustable lasso cock ring, the two parts connected by a silicone cord. “That’s a cock ring.”
“Oh. That might have been obvious to me if I’d opened it.” He flipped the box over and scowled at it. “Or read the box.”
Camden smiled. “Perhaps.”
Theo handed the package to Camden. “I tried one of the cock rings you got me, but it didn’t fit.”
Camden couldn’t remember which cock ring he’d put in the basket. Again, he’d gone overboard.
“Sometimes that happens. People have different bodies, and not every toy is one size fits all.”
“I feel like I’m just doing something wrong.” Theo breezed into his bedroom with a follow-me gesture and didn’t return. After a few seconds, Camden obeyed.
Theo was sitting on the bed contemplating a black silicone ring. Camden tossed the boxed toy on the bed and sat down as well.
“If you don’t mind me asking, how was it wrong? Did you put it on after you were hard? Because you’re supposed to do it while soft.”
Theo didn’t respond. His body was tense beside Camden’s.
“We don’t have to talk about this,” Camden said, even though it had been Theo who had brought it up.
Finally, Theo blurted, “I went into First-Rate Finishes this morning. Before your afternoon shift.”
“Oh. Okay.” Subject change. “Isn’t it a cool store?”
Before Camden could ask what Theo had bought, Theo rushed on. “It is. I wish I’d waited until you were working. Hawke was there. I think he flirted with me.”
Camden’s heart lurched, but he tried to shake off the jealousy. Theo and Hawke were a perfect match. Hewantedthem to hit it off.
That was the whole fucking plan!
“Well, that’s good.”
Theo stared like he was trying to suss out some deep dark meaning in Camden’s expression, “Yeah. I suppose. Will you please show me how to put this on? I cleaned it thoroughly. Or disinfected it. Whatever you call it.” He passed the ring over.
Camden tried to remember what dildos he’d bought for Theo and whether any of them would be decent guinea pigs, but his brain kept snagging on the fact that Theo had made sure to mention that the ring had been disinfected. Which meant …whatexactly?
“You want me to show you. By demonstrating.” Camden looked at the ring in his hand. “On myself?”
Theo nodded. His eyes seemed guileless behind his glasses, like he was in a classroom waiting for the instructor to give out the study guide.
“Are you certain?”
“Yes. If you are. I’m better at hands-on learning.”
Okay, now Camden was super stuck on the teacher/student thing. That was not a role play scenario he’d ever fantasized about, and he had lots of strong opinions about the power imbalance in real life, but playacting wasn’t real life.
“You’ve always been the model student, haven’t you?” he asked, testing the waters.
A light blazed in Theo’s eyes. “Yes. A total teacher’s pet.”
Jackpot.
