Heart blinked.
“How many people did you invite to cheer me up, Min?!” Heart asked shocked.
“Just these guys, did you have someone from the school coming? Or were you expecting anyone else?”
Heart shook his head no.
“Okay, just checking your face looked stupid there. It’s just the food I ordered for us. So I will get it.”
Min left the doorway again.
One glared at Nice, High smiled and started whispering at the two of them. Tone looked over at Heart and gestured at his phone with his eyes.
Heart nodded, pulled his phone off his little nightstand and was unlocking it when Min came back to the doorway.
“Min what did you end up getting?” Heart asked, intrigued, but stopped when he saw Min’s face looked confused, and contemplative.
“Min, was that..” Heart stopped, mouth hanging open, as Saint appeared behind her looking beautiful and unrealistic, in a baby blue suit with a crazy patter on one side of the sleeve. He held a giant bouquet of flowers in hand, looking at the mess in front of him, first inquisitively, then annoyance creeping across his face.
Heart jumped up.
“Saint! What are you doing here?”
Heart asked as he stepped around people walking up to Saint and standing in front of him.
“Yes, I felt bad for having to leave you behind on the island, but something came up that was unavoidable.”
“What are you guys doing here?” Saint asked gently, a lull of jealousy tinging his voice.
“And why are you only in your underwear?”
“Are these for me?” Heart asked, changing the subject while swiftly taking the flowers.
Saint nodded and smirked, but didn’t comment about his topic change.
Heart opened the flowers up and gasped at their pretty blue sapphire color, his most favorite color in the whole world.
” Whoa! Are those Exotic Blue Sapphire Orchids?” High asked, jumping up.
“They are very hard to find, and expensive, there has got to be over three dozen here.”
Heart and Saint both looked at him inquisitively.
“Ahh, I have a new friend who really likes to talk about flowers.” High said.
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“Anong said your favorite color is blue.” Saint said gently.
“You called Anong to ask about me?” Heart asked.
“Ah, no, she calls me lots almost every day since we got back. I tried phoning her back as much as I could. She likes to talk.” Saint said.
Heart chuckled. “True, she really does. I talk to her almost every day too.”
The doorbell chimed.
Saint looked at him, startled.
“You have more people coming over? What did you invite everyone but me?” Saint asked.
“Ah, that is the food delivery, we should go over here.” Heart said steering Saint out of his doorway and pushing him quickly around the corner into the compact space that was the little living room.
He tripped and his body fell into Saint’s, the flowers shoving into his body and part of his nose. Their gentle fragrance tickled his nose and Saint’s warm hands caught both him and the flowers before they fell.
Heart stopped as his body went hot all over from embarrassment.
‘Whatever you do, don’t say anything stupid.’ He thought.
Heart pointed at the wall across the way, it had a balcony door and Saint nodded.
They walked towards it and opened the door without disturbing the others.
Heart stood outside on the balcony behind the curtained part, the gentle but cold, nearly winter air tickled his skin and he shivered slightly.
Heart held the flowers tightly, smelling them and watching Saint from beneath his lashes. Saint removed his coat and wrapped Heart with the thick cotton material of the long brown trench coat.
“Thanks.” Heart stated.
“Anyone would do it, I can’t just watch you shiver.” Saint pointed out nonchalantly.
“So why are you here?” Heart asked.
“I wanted to make sure you were alright, I didn’t want to leave you there, I didn’t want you to misunderstand that I had said that I wanted to sleep with you and after you said no that I was just going to throw you away.”
“It’s okay, I understood, you had work to do. It wasn’t that dramatic.” Heart said, laughing it off, but staring out at the city not looking at Saint his fingers petting the petals of the flowers anxiously.
“No, it was important that you know. You just seemed to freeze up and run away. I felt like I had done something wrong when we were near the water and I was concerned.”
Heart smiled, Iit’s fine I really wasn’t feeling the water is all.”
“Can I ask why? Do you not like water or something?”
“No, nothing like that, it’s kinda like your shoes and sand.” Heart glanced down at Saint’s feet.
Saint smiled, “I never wear the same shoes too often.” Saint commented when he saw where Heart was looking. “I understand what you mean and will leave it at that if you are also accepting my apology. And that you understand that I didn’t leave you because of that night, but because I had something important, I couldn’t postpone.”
Heart nodded. “I figured it was something like that, I kinda get the sense that there is so much around us at play right now.”
“What do you mean?” Saint asked.
“Just that, outside of our reach there is something more than what we see, something that ties us to each other.”
“And don’t go dirty with that. I know what you are thinking, don’t even say it.” Heart quipped.
Saint chuckled. “I wouldn’t have dreamed of saying anything at all, but now I know where your head is at.”
Heart sighed, but really couldn’t fault Saint, he had really stuck his nose in it that time.
“Let’s change the topic.” Heart suggested.
“So what is everyone doing here?” Saint asked.
Heart winced,
“They… ah, they’re having a sleepover.” Heart admitted.
“A sleepover and you are dressed like this?” Saint mused.
“Okay, I’m in.” Saint said, standing straight and smiling.
“Wait! What?” Heart exclaimed.
“No, you can’t!” He cried out.
“Why not, you have like five guys in that room. Is six too many? I promise I won’t take up much room. I can cuddle in real close.” Saint said, leaning in and brushing Heart’s lips with his fingertip sexily.
“Nope! Nope, no, you have to leave, off you go. There’s a max capacity in this building, like three people per suite I think, if you don’t like the rules you can talk to the landowner.” Heart opened the balcony door and shoved Saint across the small apartment, and to the front door. He opened it quickly, then pushed Saint through the door and waved before slamming the door in his face.
“Wow, are you going to be able to live with that decision at work next Monday?” High asked.
“Trust me it was much better than the alternative.” Heart stated.
“You should just sleep with him, he is gorgeous.” Nice said. Everyone turned to look at him.
“What? It’s not a lie, is it?”
Heart shook his head no.
“Oh, come on guys, every single one of us was thinking it, don’t even pretend.” Heart walked into the kitchen to wash his hands.”
‘Nice may be a jokester, but he got one thing right. Heart was starting to think there was no way to ever get Saint out of his system ever, and the growing feeling of desire every time Saint touched him, was becoming overwhelming.’
***
Saint stood on the other side of the door and chuckled.
“But I am your landowner.” He smiled before turning and walking back down the stairs and out to the car.
He opened the back door and climbed into the back unable to hide his smile.
Kit glanced at him in the mirror and looked surprised.
“Where is your coat?”
“Ah, I gave it to Heart.”
“I see, wasn’t he in his own house if he was cold couldn’t he have just grabbed his own stuff?”
“Nah, too many boys in his room.”
“Boys in his room? And you were not jealous?”
“How can we still be leaving after you saw such a scene up there?”
“I am not worried about it. He is already pretty preoccupied.”
“Why was there a room full of boys up there?” Kit asked.
“Sleepover.”
“He still has sleepovers?”
“I guess so.” Saint responded off hand, staring out the window as Kit started the car and pulled out of the parking space.
“Why are you grinning like a cat? I already feel bad for poor Heart.”
“And the next sleepover he ever has, is going to be with me.” Saint said.
