“Yeah, yeah, I’ll bring up a mug for you.”
“Thank you!” Dev singsonged as he practically pranced out of the room and up the stairs.
HE’D JUSTgotten into the swing of going through the data sheets the guys from the Crawlers team had sent him, when his phone rang.
Distractedly, he answered the call. “Huh?”
“Well, that’s an interesting way to greet a person.” Seth chuckled.
“Oh, damn. Sorry, I didn’t look. I’m working,” Dev said quickly, shaking himself out of the zone.
“I should’ve probably texted you instead of calling, but we were thinking about going to see a movie tonight and wanted to ask if you’d want to come with us?”
“Date night!” Leaf piped up in the background.
Dev groaned. “Aw hell, I really want to. I just got an SOS call from my dad. There’s a bit of a situation in one of his games, and I promised to help out.”
“That’s a shame, but while we would’ve liked to have you with us, we totally understand. We know your work hours aren’t the same as ours in any case,” Seth assured him.
“I just… I would’ve liked to hang out with you guys,” Dev whined a little.
“I know, and we would’ve liked that too. Oh, Leaf has something to say. Let me—” Seth cut off and was replaced by the phone being shuffled around.
“Hey,” Leaf said, and something about the tone made a shiver run up and down Dev’s spine.
“Hi,” he replied breathily.
“How about this. I know you can’t join us tonight. But what if you’re a really good boy and do a good job with whatever you’re working on, and some other time, when you least expect it, we’ll reward you for missing out on tonight?”
Dev could hear Seth saying something in the background but couldn’t understand the words mostly because of the blood rushing through his whole body. “Uh…. T-that sounds great. So, so great,” he stuttered, flushing red as his cock twitched.
“It’s a deal, then. Work hard, Dev.”
“Dev?” Seth asked, and somehow Dev had missed the phone changing hands again.
“Huh?”
“Did that sound like a good idea to you?” Seth sounded a little bit breathless, and Dev didn’t have to ask how he felt about it.
“Uh-huh.” He adjusted himself a little. “I think we need to end this call or I won’t be able to work before I go jerk off first.”
Seth made a choked-off sound, and Dev was oddly delighted at that.
“Okay. We’ll think of you tonight. Work hard and remember to stay hydrated and eat something occasionally,” Seth murmured, and Dev could hear the feeling behind the words. All of them.
“Yeah, I will. You two have fun, okay?”
“Yeah, we’ll try. Talk to you later.”
“Bye.”
TWO MINUTESpast seven in the evening, Rick, one of the senior problem solvers of Nemo Gaming, called him on Skype. They went through their findings, and because they both could narrow it down to the same thing, they worked pretty efficiently for the next four hours, having the Skype call open on one of their many monitors. Since Dev had worked with Rick before exactly like this, he knew they would be able to figure out the problem that evening.
At some point a couple of hours later, Angel came by to bring him coffee, a sandwich, and a banana and waved at Rick, who gave him a distracted little wave back.
“Nerds,” Angel grunted at them in a playful tone, and both Dev and Rick grinned, but neither of them paid Angel any attention.
When the coffee had cooled down a bit, Dev called for a break and told Rick to go get a drink as well. He soon came back with a large glass of juice and a panini, and they settled in for a chat.
