Nikolai looked over at his friend.
“Well, no. My legs are on fire, my back feels like it’s being beaten with a bat, and I think I lost my lungs a mile back.”
Reid chuckled. “No. I mean you and me, after last night.”
Niko glanced over at his friend once again. His eyes contained such worry and uncertainty. It broke Niko’s heart. Reid was his best friend, and he loved the guy to death. He hated seeing such doubt in his eyes.
“Yeah, we’re good. Always.”
“Good, because I was a little nervous that you might have freaked out about what happened last night and never want to speak to me again.”
Nikolai shook his head as he struggled to keep pace and not collapse and die.
Something told him that seeing a Russian body, collapsed on the ground, ass up, legs spread wide, arms left in some unnatural position, was probably not the sexy image he wanted to leave behind when he died. Especially if Blade were to see. Niko was pretty sure he’d be able to hear Blade’s laughs and mocking jokes all the way up in heaven. The guy was a bastard like that.
“Don’t be stupid. We’ve seen each other naked so many times,” Niko added.
“Yeah, but last night was the first time I actually sucked you off.”
He had a point.
Nikolai shrugged.
“So? It was the first time that I shot a load in your mouth. How do you feel?” Nikolai asked, trying to lighten the seriousness of the moment.
Reid smiled back.
“Like I’ve got a million Russian babies swimming around inside my stomach.”
Nikolai chuckled. He fucking loved this guy.
They finished their run, even though Nikolai was ready to accept his fate and keel over and die—damned to hell, in whatever position Blade might find his body.
Man, he really needed to do more cardio.
“So, what do you want to do today?” Nikolai asked Reid as he pulled off his shirt and tossed it onto the bathroom floor. He turned on the shower and began pulling off his joggers.
Reid appeared in the doorway.
“Don’t really care. It’s up to you.”
Nikolai turned and gave him a cocky smirk.
“Just like old times. Always leaving it up to the big man to decide.”
Reid let out a snort and rolled his eyes before turning and heading into his room across the hall.
“What? It’s true.” Niko shouted as Reid shut the door behind him. He let out a chuckle, then hopped in the shower.
12
REID
“Are you sure there’s room on that thing for the both of us?” Reid asked, staring down at the motorcycle Niko was trying to get him on. “You do know that I have a man’s ass and not a little twinky ass like your friend.”
“Who? Ace?” Niko asked, running his hand through the little hair that he had on his head, flexing his bicep in the process.
Was the man even aware that he was putting on a gun show? Biceps like those should be illegal on any man. And the dude was in his late thirties. Talk about criminal.
