A World Of Our Own

20: No Strings Attached

"I don't know..." he said, spreading the runny egg yolk over his toast.

"Tomorrow, we'll meet P'Chippy. You need a clear head to make important decisions and ask necessary questions." I said and he sighs in defeat.

"Okay." He murmurs. "Okay" he says more firmly.

I booked us and good thing Daddy's influence here is immense. Else, they might say 'we're fully booked' or 'we don't have availability' it's just one of the perks of having a father like him.

It's kinda funny and ironic.

How I have a very powerful father, yet I'm a disappointment of a son.

While War has a very lousy father, yet he turned out amazing. I don't even have another word to describe him. Despite what has happened to him, he bounced back quick.

I admire that of him.

As our session came, we were booked for a private area of the onsen.

A public one is out of the question, heck no. There might be poor perverts, but rich people are perverts too. They are even bolder since they know they can get away with it.

"The water is amazing... I want to live here. Forever." He murmurs as he leans back on the edge, a small white hand towel placed on top of his head.

His wet hair curling into small hoops along the ends.

"You can't live in an onsen forever." I murmur in response as I leaned back and closed my eyes to relax.

The scent from the essential oils is relaxing my muscles with each minute passed.

"Hia" my body jerked in surprise as I heard his voice right on my ear.

"Damn... what the hell is wrong with you?? I'm trying to relax here." I said as I leaned back once more and moved the hand towel from my shoulder to cover my face.

"Hiaaaaaa" he groans, trying to get my attention.

I huffed and murmured through the small hand towel that's covering my face.

Suddenly, I felt him straddle me.

"War, why are y-"

"I just want to sit here." He reasons before placing the side of his face on my shoulder, I can feel his breath and nose touch my neck.

"Tsk ughhh ... you know, we shouldn't do this." I murmur as I sat straighter and wrap my arms around his waist.

"Shouldn't do what? We're only sitting here and enjoying the warm water." He murmurs as he moved closer and wrapping both arms around my neck.

I pulled him out of my neck so we're face to face.

He frowns like someone has caught him doing something bad.

What will I do with you, kid?

"You and I..." I trailed off, not sure how to make him understand. "We can't afford to do this, War. This... this will complicate things if this ends badly. You know what I mean?" I ask him and he looked up at me, tilting his head to the side.

"Ends badly... how?" he asks, confused.

"Sooner or later, we'll have to go out and meet other people. We can't... get over our head here."

"So? I'm not asking you to be... my boyfriend or anything. This... fine. We have needs and I need someone to hold me now. That's it. I'm not asking for chocolates and roses here, Hia." He sighs.

"But can you?" I ask him. "Can you really? Yes, we've been doing this when there's no other option. But out here, there's more, War. I've been doing this all my life, I'm never attached. But... can you?" I ask him and he chuckled.