“You fuck him again?”
“No.”
“Is it because he’s too big a boy for you?” Tacoma asked with a grin.
“Something like that.”
Tacoma grabbed the slip of paper from Kenji’s hand, crumpled it up, and tossed it in the wastebasket. “If you don’t want him, I do.”
“I didn’t say I didn’t want him.”
“Ken… look…”
“Kenji.”
“You really don’t have the experience for a guy like him. I do. He’s into leather… I’m into leather… and that’s not really your scene. Add in the fact he tore you up, why put yourself through that? I can handle a big boy with no problem.”
“You’re literally making out with a guy out on the couch… and trying to steal my guy at the same time, Tacoma.”
“Him?” Tacoma said, waving toward the living room. “Just a distraction. I was waiting to see if Qylar would soon be available and now it looks like he is.”
“Maybe he wouldn’t be interested in you. Did you ever think of that?”
“Actually, he said if you told him he was too much for you, he’d give me a try.”
Kenji stared at Tacoma. “No… he didn’t.”
Tacoma’s smile faded. “He straight up said… if Kenji tells me to my face that I’m too much, I’ll give you a try. Dig his number out of the trash and ask him yourself.”
“Maybe I will.”
“Go for it.”
Kenji laid the bag of food on his bed and rooted for the crumbled ball. After fishing it out, he flattened it and dialed the number.
“Hello?”
“Qylar?”
There was a brief pause. “Kenji?”
“Yeah.”
“I’m so glad you called. I was worried about you,” Qylar said.
“Hey, did you tell Tacoma you’d give him a try if I said you were too much for me?”
Another pause.
“Kenji, it’s not how it sounds.”
“Oh?And how else is it supposed to sound? You want my roommate, you can have him. The one person you’re never fucking again is me.”
Kenji hung up and immediately blocked Qylar’s number. After tossing it onto the bed, he turned to Tacoma, who wore a satisfied grin. “Get the fuck out of my room!”
“Sore loser,” Tacoma said, pulling the door closed. “By the way, I didn’t think you were going to be here tonight and my guy on the couch is kind of a screamer. You might want to put on some headphones if you’ve got them.”
Tacoma grinned before he shut the door.
