He hesitated for just a moment before he accepted my offer. He still seemed a bit uneasy about being naked, especially once we left the shower room. Benji kept his eyes on the ground. Thankfully, Theo didn’t make any comments about our lower halves this time as we passed. Instead, he decided to loudly announce, with his eyes pointedly glued to the screen, “Wow, level three sure is kicking my ass.”
I slipped back into the bathing pool, disturbing the shimmering surface. Benji dipped his toe inside, then slowly submerged until he was sitting on the half-ledge beneath the water.
“This is nice,” he said with a sigh. “I haven’t taken a bath in… forever. Since I was a kid, probably.”
“It’s relaxing, isn’t it?” I commented. “I’ll make sure to schedule you baths weekly. It’s good for your mental health, too.”
He nodded, and slipped deeper until he was up to his neck in pink-tinged water. His eyelashes fluttered shut. The warmth of the water turned his cheeks a deeper shade of pink. Everything about him was stunning.
I couldn’t take it anymore.
“May I sit closer to you?” I asked.
Benji looked surprise. “Oh, yeah.”
I closed the space between us so that our thighs touched underneath the water. In his effort to focus onanythingbut the situation, I saw his gaze focus on the scar on my stomach. He was too polite to comment on it.
To change his focus, I brushed his thigh with my hand. Benji’s cheeks burned red. I smiled at him.
“You know,” I said softly, “I can make Theo go away, if you’d like.”
“I thought he was supposed to… You know, supervise.”
The corners of my mouth twitched. “Yes. To ensure that we’re intimate.” I tilted my head. “But I don’t think I want him watching, do you?”
Benji finally understood what I was getting at. He turned as pink as the dye in the water then nodded vigorously.
“Hey, Theo,” I called.
Theo didn’t look up from his game. “Uh huh.”
“Scram.”
This time he did look up, a bit surprised. “Huh? Oh.” When he saw my raised brow and suggestive head gesturing at Benji, Theo said, “Oh!” He quickly picked up his game and made a break for it. “See ya!”
He disappeared, and finally, Benji and I were alone.
Benji licked his lips. His eyes flickered to the shimmering water, then back to me. “Um…” He laughed. “Sorry, I’m not really sure what to do. I’ve never done… this… In water?”
I reached for his face, cupping his warm cheek in my palm. “Shall I take the lead?”
He swallowed hard, then nodded.
“Benji,” I said softly, “do you want this? Are you ready?”
“Yes,” he said quickly. “I am. I mean, I do. Just…”
His scrambling for the right words cut short when he let out a small groan of frustration, then thrust his lips forward and crashed them against mine. It was clumsy, but incredibly endearing. I parted my mouth for him and snaked my tongue against his, curling around it and eliciting a tiny noise of pleasure from my omega.
Mine,I thought possessively.
A familiar pleasure built rapidly beneath my stomach. Just kissing Benji was turning me on fiercely. I pushed him against the turquoise tiles. I found his wrists underwater and pinned them back, firm but still playful. I waited for his response, and it came instantly - I felt his cock harden and press against my thigh.
“Enjoying yourself?” I murmured.
His breath was raspy. “Yeah.”
I kissed him again, running my hands down his chest and soft belly. I thought of it swollen with pregnancy and a sharp shock of arousal hit me so intensely that I moaned into his mouth. He shuddered beneath me.
