His mom’s expression morphed to a look of horror as she snatched the bowl back and set it on the other side of the table, as if worried Jay might change his mind and accept it. “Jahan, dear, I had no idea! Did you know?” she demanded of his dad, who shook his head.
“Wait, what’s happening?” Layla looked at Jay in curiosity.
“I’m allergic to tomatoes, remember?”
“Uhh, no, I don’t remember? What? You eat tomatoes all the time.” She scrunched her face in confusion.
“Well, it’s a mild allergy. My face gets really hot, like burning, and really itchy.”
“Dude, that sounds uncomfortable.” Paul’s words were muffled by his chewing.
“You are not allowed to have any more tomatoes!” his mom announced in her strictest tone of voice as his dad nodded along.
He grinned at her, his heart a million pounds lighter. “Yes, Mom.” He gave a mock salute and took a bite of his food, putting an end to the conversation.
Throughout dinner, his mom kept shooting worried glances his way, and Jay knew all future meals would be meticulously prepared to exclude tomatoes. Maybe he should have had this conversation sooner, but he was so used to being the easygoing child, sometimes he forgot to stand up for himself.
Until Aaron gave him a reminder.
Even though Aaron wasn’t sitting with him at the dining table, Jay felt his presence and smiled.
Kink Talk
SubLily: I feel like I missed the memo when I was creating my username.
SubSequins: What do you mean?
SubLily: Everyone has these fun and punny usernames and I just put in my name. I didn't even realize that the Sub part was a permanent prefix.
SubSequins: Ah. Well, at least you have a pretty name.
DomPetty: Most of them don't make any sense. I don't even listen to Tom Petty, and I'm not a petty person, it was just the first thing to pop into my head.
DomAndDommer: Mine makes perfect sense.
SubAir: That was never in question, Dommer.
DomicronPersei8: I think the award for best username should definitely go to SubMarine. He's a sub and he's a Marine.
SubZero: If we're voting, I second.
SubMarine: The stars aligned so that I enlisted right out of high school, spent my twenties overseas instead of living life, lived the next few years in denial, finally accepted myself and joined this forum all so that I could have the perfect username.
DomAndDommer: Cool origin story, bro.
SubAir: I spent a good hour trying to think of a clever username before giving up.
SubSequins: So what does SubAir mean?
SubAir: It’s a play on my nickname.
DomAndDommer: Huh, I just assumed you really liked Con Air.
SubSequins: Maybe you just really like air, like how I really like shiny things?
SubMarine: I need to hear an explanation for Domicron's username, what is that?
SubAir:GASPPlease put your libido on hold and spend the next week watching Futurama.
