Page 26 of Breedable Boys from Outer Space
“Ready?” I asked when he released me.
He nodded, and I handed him the key.
“Me?” he asked.
“I want you to be first.”
“Ok.”
He opened the door and I followed him inside.
The door opened to an open living slash dining room, kitchen area separated with a bar. There were stairs to one side, and behind them, it looked like there could be a laundry area tucked under the stairs on the same side as the garage. Our footsteps echoed in the empty space.
Lumi stopped in the middle of the living room. I stepped up behind him and wrapped my arms around his middle.
“Good?” I asked.
He nodded. “Our home…”
I kissed his hair. “Our home. Where we’ll have our family. Where you can practice any recipe you want.” I paused. “Do you like it?”
He nodded. “I do.”
“Good. Let’s take the tour, then we’ll go down to see what options we have for furniture and essentials.”
“Ok.”
I leaned in and kissed the side of his neck. “Our home, my Lumi.”
“Our home,” he echoed, a smile in his voice.
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I came down the stairs to find Lumi in the kitchen, frowning as he stirred something on the stove. I walked over and wrapped my arms around him from behind.
“What’s wrong, Pookie?” I asked with one of my increasingly outlandish pet names.
He turned and crinkled his nose at me. “Pookie?”
“Don’t like it?”
He shook my head. “I do not.”
I kissed the tip of his nose. “Then I won’t use it again, Sweetheart.”
He sighed and leaned against me. “I like that one and Baby. Those are my favorites.”
“Gotta try them all,” I teased. “What if there’s a new favorite.”
“You are silly.”
I laughed and kissed his hair. “What’s wrong, my Lumi?”
“I do not want you to go.”
I held him tighter. “I know, Baby, but I’ll be back tomorrow.”
“Why do you have to go?”
