Page 32 of In Darkness and Dank

“Bejo.” Shu pushed into Kittisak’s space. “Bejo for chezoro.”

Kittisak gasped as his back smacked against the shelf. He was now pinned by Shu’s arms on either side of him, and he clutched the swimming trunks to his chest. “You want… you want me to kiss you for these?”

“Yes.”

“Shu… I…”

“Kitty want bejo?” Shu asked. “Out by water, yes?”

“Yes, maybe, when we were by the waterfall, I was definitely thinking about kissing you,” Kittisak confessed.

“Yes?” Shu pressed.

“I don’t think…” Kittisak’s thoughts were a runaway train, torn between trying to stay on the tracks or going off the rails and crashing into a very dangerous gorge called Kissing The Hot Monster. The closer he got to Shu, the harder it was not to want him, but Kittisak knew he could not be here forever.

He had to go home, and a kiss would complicate the already very complicated situation.

Especially knowing that he wouldn’t be able to stop at just a kiss.

“I don’t think that’s a good idea,” Kittisak said at last, his breath trembling as he fought to keep himself in control. “No. No bejo. I can’t.”

Shu frowned, clearly disappointed, but he forced a little smile. “No bejo.” He drew back, cupping Kittisak’s cheek in his hand. “Little bejo for chezoro.” He bowed his head, and Kittisak thought this was it.

They were going to kiss, it was going to happen, they were—

Shu’s lips landed on Kittisak’s cheek.

Kittisak was both relieved and frustrated, and the sweet kiss made most of the blood in his body zoom up to his face, with a fair amount taking a side trip down between his legs.

“Thank you.” Shu withdrew now, giving Kittisak plenty of space. “Keep chezoro now.”

“Thanks.” Kittisak put his back to Shu as he put the shorts on, hoping to hide how his dick had decided to chub up and tent the front of his boxers. He told himself that he was doing the right thing by refusing Shu’s affections, but it was getting harder to say no.

The plain fact was that he didn’t want to.

He wanted to give in and explore every inch of Shu’s delicious, monstrous body. He was going crazy from the level of desire that swam through him when their eyes would meet for all those longing stares, and it was enough to drown in. Shu was sweet and kind, not to mention he had literally saved Kittisak’s life and was hot in ways Kittisak couldn’t even begin to explain.

The big muscles, the thick crests, and even his sharp teeth were alluring…

No, no, no.

Kittisak forced himself to think about acidity tests and litmus strips and tiny test tubes of dirty water. He filled his brain with Browning’s excited chats about bacteria and how fast they were metabolizing in the acidic blackwater and yes, yup, that was what Kittisak needed to be thinking about.

He was only here to pass his biology class, not to hook up.

No matter how tempting it was.

Once Kittisak had the drawstring tied, he turned back around to see Shu was standing over by the pool. He walked over to join him and lightly tapped his shoulder. “Hey. They fit! You know, kinda.”

Shu smiled as he glanced over the trunks approvingly. “Good.”

“So, uh…”

Shu’s smile was a bit strained, and it was obvious he was upset.

Kittisak had a pretty good feeling that it was about him, and he wondered if they should try to talk about what happened. He didn’t know how long he was going to be here with Shu waiting for a chance either to escape or to be rescued, and he didn’t want things to be awkward between them.

“Maybe we should talk about this morning?” Kittisak asked suddenly. “About the, uh, whatever it is we did? Together?” He made a jerking off motion with his hand just to be clear what he was talking about. “And about the bejo thing? I’m not—”

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