“I was coming back,” I whisper, my eyes meeting hers.“How are you awake?”
She smiles, lifting a shoulder in a shrug as she says, “I don’t know.I just woke up, I guess.”
With a grin, I lean in, my mouth at her ear as I whisper, “Guess I should have skipped the coffee and gone straight to devouring your pussy.”
Daisy lets out a combination laugh-sigh, her body melting into mine as she flicks a quick glance in Kai’s direction.“Your brother’s here,” she whispers.
Chuckling, I pull back, glancing at him.“Yeah, we kinda live together, remember?”
Kai blinks again, shaking his head as though to clear it, and points at both of us as he says, “I think the bigger fucking question here is, what in the actual fuck?”
Rolling my eyes, I press a kiss to Daze’s temple before letting her go and pouring us both some coffee.Handing her a cup, I drop my arm around her shoulder and pull her close again, the two of us turning to Kai.
“What’s your question here exactly?”I ask, even though I know exactly what my brother is asking me.
And to be fair, I totally get it, because twenty-four hours ago, Daisy and I were barely speaking to each other.And even though I brought her home after Nate and Sage’s and she spent the night in my bed, nothing happened, and then she snuck out without even saying goodbye.
The last thing Kai knows is that he invited her to surf with us and then ditched us both in a lame and very obvious attempt to force us to spend time alone together.
“Um, what the fuck, dude!”Kai shouts, throwing his arms up.
Beside me, Daisy giggles, burying her face in my shoulder as she murmurs, “Is he okay?”
“No,” I reply, smiling.“My brother is clearly not okay.Kai, you having a stroke or something?”
“Fuck!”he shouts, his head falling back as he lets out a loud groan.“What the hell is this?Have I traveled back in time or somehow stepped into an alternate universe?I mean, what in the literal fuck?You two, you’re back together now?”
Daisy and I look at each other, and I don’t miss the way the smile falls from her face or the worry that appears in her eyes.We might have talked a bit at the place we’ve always called ours, a place that is now all hers in ways she doesn’t even realize, but that doesn’t mean we sorted everything out.
If anything, we did absolutely no talking when we got back here.At least nothing more than,harder, yes, more, now.
I mean, don’t get me wrong, it was hot as fuck, and to be honest, a million times better than I remembered or even dreamed about.But we still have a shitload of issues and stuff to work through.
“We’re talking,” I eventually say, turning back to my brother.
“Talking?”he asks, a smirk on his face.
“Yeah,” I confirm, squeezing Daisy against me.
Kai watches us, his smirk only getting bigger as he turns from me to Daze and back to me again.Eventually, that smirk turns to a grin as he leans back against the counter, crossing his arms over his chest as he says, “Really?Because your talking sounded an awful lot like fucking to me.”
“Oh jesus,” I mutter as Daisy giggles again, burying her face in my neck.
Word isabout to get out and get out quick with Kai and his big mouth, but I don’t even care.I’ve wished for this, dreamed about it, begged for it, and it’s better than I could have even imagined.I’ve been numb for so long, and it feels like my life is beginning again.
My memories of us have nothing on this reconciliation, far more intense and desperate.We were young back then, unsure of what our feelings meant, but knowing they were real.Now, it’s obsessive and all-consuming, making up for lost time, apologies and forgiveness.
“Just so you know,” Kai starts, and I feel my cheeks begin to grow hot, never knowing what is going to come out of his mouth.Zero filter is the best way to describe him.“I totally approve of this.”
“Not that we asked,” Miles quips back, rolling his eyes.“Don’t you have somewhere to be?At the shop?Picking up chicks?”
Kai lets out a hearty laugh.“Leaving now.House is yours…to do whatever or whoever you like.”
“Oh my god, Kai,” I mutter, giggling a little.He’s so ridiculous and so different from Miles.It’s hard to believe they’re brothers.
“I think you mean, oh my god, Miles.Heard that one a lot last night.”He winks at me, walking over to drop a kiss on my head.“Good to have you back, Daze.”
Not that I went anywhere, but I know what he means.Things feel back to normal, no longer that unspoken tension that blanketed the group.It was such a struggle for Miles and me to be in the same room together for so long, and that affected our group of friends.No one chose sides per se, but there were things that couldn’t be said or done.It was awkward as fuck, and I’m still surprised we all made it through.Maybe they all had the same hopes that Miles and I did—that we would get back together.
