The next morning I blinked my eyes open and stared up at the ceiling for what seemed like an eternity. I wondered how I could have thought that having sex last night was going to allow me to recover from this stupid cold. I felt worse, mostly because now my hips were killing me too...
Yeey for the spur of the moment decisions your body makes for you.
When I swung my legs over the edge of the bed and proceeded to stand up I could see Ethan stretch from the corner of my eye. He moved his head in my direction to study me as I steadied myself against the wall and I could have sworn I saw a small smirk grace his features for a brief second.
"Wipe that stupid smirk of your face..." I muttered as I sent his satisfied form a small glare.
"I have no idea what you're talking about, babe." He answered and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at the grin he sent my way. Yeah... sure he didn't.
When I walked towards the bathroom I heard Ethan leave the bed and a moment later his arms wrapped around my waist and gave me a tight squeeze. He nuzzled my cheek a bit and inhaled my scent before he took my hand and helped me the last few steps into the bathroom.
"Is it bad that I don't want you to take a shower? I just want you to keep smelling like me for all eternity." He said as he carefully helped me step into the shower. While I adjusted the warmth of the water I huffed and shook my head.
"No matter how happy it would make you I definitely won't walk around with dried-up cum all over me." I answered, waving slightly in the direction of my body. It still felt a bit sticky at some places and I couldn't wait until the soap would help me get rid of it all.
When I moved under the spray of hot water Ethan stepped in behind me and wrapped his arms around me again. I could feel his hands gently massage my shoulders and then he leaned down and whispered into my ear:
"I can always cover you in more some other time..."
I couldn't help but laugh at that as I leaned in closer to him, seeking the warmth he emitted.
"I bet you will." I answered, turning around and pressing a soft kiss against his lips.
[Half an hour later]
I had just slipped on a pair of jeans and a shirt when I heard a loud ringing. I moved my head to stare at Ethan in confusion. He, in turn, listened for a second but then his face screwed up and he frowned.
"What's that?" I asked, feeling Ethan's eyes on me as I looked towards the bedroom door.
"The doorbell..." He slowly answered and I could feel my eyes widen a bit.
"Let's open it then!" I exclaimed, immediately taking off towards the door with a curious expression on my face. I wonder who it was!
When I finally reached the entry door I could hear someone shuffling around outside and muttering stuff about: 'probably still fucking like bunnies...'. My face split into a wide smirk and suddenly Ethan's frown seemed understandable.
"Welcome to the house of bunnies and carrots, Ash. How nice of you to join us this wonderful day!" I said as I threw open the door and nearly hit my friend straight in the face with it. Ash glared at the open door and then he moved his gaze to me and grimaced.
"You heard that..." He muttered and I was delighted to see a slight blush taint his cheeks a nice pink. At least he had the decency to blush.
Behind my friend I could see Adam and Vincent but there were no sight of the others. I guess Ash could see the confusion on my face because he shrugged and simply said:
"Anton and Alex needed to check on some pack-business but didn't want to leave me all by myself so they sent Adam and Vin with me. Yeah I know... talk about overprotective... anyway, Kate's still with Regina and Amber at the mansion but that's only because they were playing something when we left."
"Playing something?" I asked, blinking in surprise.
"Yeah, something about making houses and people to live in them. 'Sims'- something I think it was called." Ash answered and I couldn't help but roll my eyes at him. He was talking about the game 'The sims' and he didn't even know it. How stupid could you get huh?
"Okay well... I guess we have to settle for you then" I stated, with a playful grin directed at Ash. He immediately threw me the finger and then proceeded to throw himself past me and into the house. I rolled my eyes as he caught sight of my mate and took of running towards him like it was a matter of life and death. I waved for the other two to step inside and Adam smiled politely at me as he removed his coat.
"Thanks for having us, how's everything going?" He asked, moving his gaze to Ash as he threw himself into the arms of a stunned, yet slightly annoyed-looking Ethan. I shrugged and smiled at Adam before I answered.
"Well he's still too much but it's going better than I thought it would. He tied me up last night though..." I stated and watched as Adam's eyes widened in disbelief and Vincent let out a heartfelt laugh.
"You got it tough, little one." Vincent chuckled and I shrugged slightly in his direction.
"Tell me about it..." I mumbled with a smirk and Adam joined in as all three of us laughed together.
"I didn't know you were one of those people Ethan." Adam said as my mate came to greet them where we stood. He looked at him in confusion and then answered:
"One of those what?"
Adam smirked and pointed in my direction.
"One of those people who like to tie up their mates and act like a typical overprotective wolf-pup." He clarified and now it was my turn to smirk. Wolf-pup huh? It fitted him quite well now when I thought about it... not that I thought Adam was any better when it really came down to it...
Ethan sent Adam a quick grimace and then he sighed.
"Well... do you want to come inside or are you all just here to bother us?" He said, sighing yet again when Vincent immediately slipped off his shoes and jacket and walked straight into the house. He definitely didn't need to be told twice.
[Three hours later]
"When are you leaving?! Ethan grumbled from his spot over on the couch and I had to hold back my amusement as I watched him trying to make some space between himself and Ash who was sitting beside him on the couch. Ash sent my mate a small frown and wiggled his finger at him like a mother scolding her child and then he said:
"That's rude Ethan. We've only been here for half a day and you already wish us gone? What on earth could be more important than listening to us chattering about mindless stuff?"
My mate suddenly moved his head to glance in my direction and I could feel a slight blush light up my face as he responded with a simple:
"Fucking my mate until he begs me to stop..."
While I was busy dying from embarrassment my friend made a disgusted face and slapped Ethan on the shoulder saying:
"Too much information man, too much..."
I avoided my mate's heated eyes on me and decided to make myself useful for a while.
"I'm going to make some smoothies, I'll be in the kitchen." I said, excusing myself from the room before Ethan had time to make me even more embarrassed. How he could speak so easily about something so intimate I would never understand.
As I entered the kitchen I could hear footsteps trailing behind me and when I looked over my shoulder Vincent was following close behind. I gave him a curious stare while raising an eyebrow in question and that caused a smirk to grace his features.
"I can't stand other people for more than a few hours. I need some space." He said, moving over to sit down at the kitchen table. I shot him a confused stare and said:
"Well why are you in here with me then? I'm 'people' too you know."
Vincent shrugged his shoulders in response to that and simply answered:
"At least you're not as annoying as the others out there. I mean at least not right now you're not..."
I grimaced at his lame attempt at saying I wasn't as much of an idiot as the idiots in the other room but then I decided to drop it. I was making smoothies for God's sake, not arguing over how annoying I was compared to the others in this house. If I was I would say I wasn't even that annoying... I was awesome...
"Oh my God we don't even have strawberries? How can I make a smoothie without strawberries?!" I suddenly exclaimed, peering into the fridge with a horrified expression on my face. I could feel Vincent step up to look over my shoulder and then he said the most outrageous thing:
"You don't have any milk either so you can't make any smoothies anyway."
I slowly turned around and stared at him in silence. Was he serious right now...
"Who the fuck cares about some stupid milk when we don't even have any strawberries?!! Did you not hear what I just said?! We. Don't. Have. Any. Strawberries. Straaaaawberrieeees!!" I yelled, my hands flinging around in the air as I stared at a dumbfounded Vincent. What was wrong with this man? Who cared about some silly milk? This was a real emergency!
Suddenly Ethan came rushing into the room and before Vincent could react he had stormed over to us, pushed Vin out of the way and wrapped me in a tight hug against his chest. When I raised my head to stare at him in surprise he was baring his teeth slightly at Vincent and I could see him raise his hands in defense.
"Why are you angry at me? It's not because of me that he's screaming like that!" Vincent exclaimed, pointing at me as I moved my eyes back to the fridge.
"Who in the world have time to care about that?! Are you both insane?! The strawberries are missing! Ethan for God's sake, the strawberries are missing!!" I cried out, gaining my mate's attention in less than three seconds. He suddenly frowned down at me and then he turned his head to stare into the open fridge. It was silent for a while and then he suddenly turned his eyes back on Vincent and said:
"Shit Vin, the strawberries are missing!"