I make sure the car is locked before we make our way to the main entrance. I let Tyer lead the way since he's been here before. He takes my hand once we're inside. The lobby is clean and cool. There's a man standing behind the desk checking people in. When it gets to our turn, Tyler greets him happily.
"Hi, Reggie!" Tyler says with a wave. "I'm here to play with my new Daddy."
"I see that," Reggie says. He gives Tyler a soft smile before looking at me. "Have you been here before?"
"No, but I filled everything out online and here's my I.D."
"We love a Daddy that's prepared," Reggie says, looking back at Tyler. It makes him giggle. We get everything settled and Tyler and I get matching wristbands. Rachel explained it to me, how they won't allow Tyler to leave with anyone but the person with the matching band. The bracelets are the type that are nearly impossible to take off, too.
"Slow down, Ty." I tug on his arm to stop him just inside the double doors. "We have plenty of time tonight, baby."
"But… play?" He turns his eyes on me. He looks down a hallway, where I presume that we'll find Dreamland.
I pull him into my side and kiss the side of his head. "Can you show me around first? I promise we'll only take a couple of minutes."
"Fine." He goes to take a step, but I pull him back to me. I wait until he looks at me and I tilt my head down just slightly, fixinghim with what he calls my Daddy look. His eyes widen and I want to smile, but I hold back.
"You're not going to start with an attitude tonight, okay?" I wrap my arm around him, stepping out of the way of the couple walking toward us. I hold the back of his head with my hand and whisper. "Daddy isn't allowed to take you into any of these rooms, so no punishment tonight, no matter what you do." I move my other hand from around his waist to brush against his groin. "If you behave, I can give you all the rewards when we go home."
"Okay, Daddy." He pulls back just enough to look at me. I lean forward and give him a quick kiss.
"So, want to show me around?"
We start with the main floor. It's pretty open, sectioned off by couches and the bar on the far side. I'm not a big drinker so I don't bother going in that direction. Tyler continues to speak, to point out different things. There are multiple hallways for different things. I see a group of people standing around a large window and my interest is piqued. I know I promised Tyler just a couple minutes of looking around, but I want to see what has so many peoples' attention. I won't stay long, just looking.
"These are the exhibitionist rooms," Tyler says as we walk closer to the group. "They keep the curtains open, but you can choose to let people hear or not. There are other rooms that are a lot more private. You can rent them out for a couple hours at a time. I can't do it yet. Not until I'm twenty-one."
We get to the window and I look in. There are three people in the room. Two men and a woman. The woman is tied up beautifully, colored ropes bright against her dark skin. The two men have their hands on her, but they're also kissing, making out in front of the woman. I have no desire to watch more, so I tug on Tyler's hand to move back to the Littles' hallway.
"You know a lot about these rooms," I say, finally catching what he said. "Is that something you want to do?"
"I don't know." Even in the dim lighting, I can see his cheeks tinged pink. He definitely has thought about this. I don't say anything else, but I store away that information. His birthday is a whole nine months away. Maybe we can do something to celebrate. I change the subject.
"Okay, baby. Let's go play."
Tyler leads me to the playroom. It's exactly how Tyler and the others described it to me. There are Littles running around, laughter and chatter swirling around the room. I spot our group by the ball pit and wave. Tyler tugs on my hand and points to the changing rooms. There is one open now.
Tyler brought his newest set of pajamas. He aced his first test for school and of course, I had to go out and spoil him for it. He did so good, managing his stress and making sure he was in a comfortable place to take the test. I was in the room with him since he took it in the evening after work, but still. He did it all on his own and got every question right.
"You know you make me proud every single day to be your Daddy?" I say the words just as his head pops through the neck hole of his shirt. It's a cute shirt with two otters forming a heart shape across the chest. The shorts are green, his favorite color, and have little otters waving printed in random patterns.
"Really?" He sounds like he doesn't actually believe that. That hurts me.
"Yes, my Prince. You are amazing and I love you so much. You make me so happy."
"I love you, too, Daddy." He wraps his arms around my neck and hugs me tight. I do the same, holding him close to me. He buries his face against my neck.
"Okay, Ty. Let's get out there and play, shall we?"
I try to take everything in as we walk across the room to our group of friends. A few other Littles stop and say hi to Tyler but he's set on making it to the ball pit. Aussie and Orion are already in there. Quinton is throwing the balls from outside the pit. I don't see Rachel or Luke yet.
"Welcome to Club Thrive," Remington says. Tyler goes right to playing with his friends. I find a seat with the others and nod.
"It's a nice place," I say. "We walked around for a few minutes before coming in here."
"Find anything you like?" Garrett asks. "Orion is best friends with the bartenders at this point. He stops there to talk to them every time we come here. Always gets a free drink out of them, so I can't complain."
The group laughs at that. I can definitely see Little Orion swindling someone with those brown eyes and sweet voice. I know he has Garrett wrapped around his finger.
