“Just like you’ll be.” Trevor winked.
A flash of concern crossed Daniel’s eyes. “Your parents didn’t tell me that.”
“Must have slipped their mind. Consider yourself lucky; school sucks.”
“I like it.” His voice was barely a whisper. “I’ll talk to them about that.”
Trevor held back a smirk.Good luck with that.“Did you have a girlfriend at your old school?”
“No.” Daniel returned to his suitcase.
“Why not? I’m sure you had them running after you.”
Daniel shrugged, a faint blush coloring his cheeks.
“How about a boyfriend? Makes sense, really.” Trevor smiled. “Living together with all those horny boys.”
“No boyfriend,” Daniel said impatiently.
“Then what did you guys do for... you know?” He wiggled his eyebrows.
“We managed.” Daniel picked up his neatly folded pants and placed them in the closet.
Trevor chuckled. “Well, you have your own room now, so feel free to make up for lost time.”
Daniel ignored him and put more items of clothing in the closet until all that was left were underwear and a stack of photos. Trevor picked up a red pair of underwear and spread them in front of him, failing to find any white stains. “I didn’t think you were a briefs guy. Medium size? Well, I guess that’s better than small.”
Daniel grabbed the briefs. “Funny.”
While he finished putting his underwear in the closet, Trevor signaled Andy to leave them alone. Andy stuck out his tongue and left.
“Mind if I look at these photos?”
Daniel turned to him. “Please be careful.”
“Of course I will. Damn, that’s you? You were adorable!” And he meant it. Trevor liked babies as much as he liked rats, but baby Daniel was as cute as a button. “Is this your mom?”
“Yes.”
“Is she...?”
“When I was six.” He said that as a fact, without emotion, but Trevor saw through the act.
“Sorry to hear that. She was so freaking hot.”
“Hey!” Daniel’s eyes blazed, momentarily making Trevor worry he might get attacked.
Daniel blinked his anger away and snatched the photos from Trevor’s hand. He placed them in one of the closet drawers. Once there was nothing left for him todo, he crossed his arms and scanned the room, clearly tense.
“What’s wrong?”
“Nothing.”
Trevor tapped on the bed. “Come here. I didn’t mean to be disrespectful. I’m just nervous about all of this.”
“You are?” Daniel came to sit on the bed, his hands on his knees, fingers thin and elegant.
“Damn right I’m nervous. A new brother? That’s wild!”
