He shot me a sideways look, then laughed again.
“Seriously.My face hurts from laughing,” I assured him.
“I can’t believe he tried that shit on my birthday.Like, he knows I’m ruled by Satan, if anyone.”
“Probably why he tried it,” I reasoned.“To save your soul.”
“And then—” Diego laughed so hard he interrupted himself, raking a hand through his hair.“And then he fucking—said thanks for our good health or whatever—ha!!”
“And Kacey coughed,” I finished, now joining him.
“She couldn’tstandit.I’m gonna have to pull over.Fuck.”But eventually we got ahold of ourselves and Diego never veered into the wrong lane, thankfully.
“It was cool of them to get you a new mic,” I said.“Seriously.”
He smiled slightly.“It was, wasn’t it?”
“They’re really cool.And maybe your dad’s a little bit of a try-hard but…” I couldn’t even finish.I just started laughing again.
“At least he doesn’t get mad when we laugh at him anymore.He’s soooo fucking mellow nowadays."
"Love changed him, I guess," I said, still chuckling.
“I wouldn’t have thought it was possible.But yeah.It did.Thank god.”He glanced at me, then back to the road.“You think your dad would’ve mellowed if he’d had another decade?”
“He was already mellowing,” I admitted.“But I’m coming around to like… accepting that I’ll never know, I guess.”
“Really?”
I nodded.“Doesn’t change anything, whether he would’ve loved me or hated me.It’d still be what it is.”
Another quick look my way.“And what is it?”
With renewed sincerity, I assured him, “Anything you want, Diego.”
He licked his lips, then bit the bottom one.“I left the bitch princess plenty of water and food…”
“So you can stay?”I asked hopefully.
“I can stay,” he said with a little smirk I wanted to eat right off his face.
***
“Can I have a present?”Diego crawled into my lap and straddled it, pushing me back against the headboard.
I grabbed his ass with both hands and held on.“What present?”
“Gimme something from your list?”He leaned forward and swiped his lips over mine, the quickest kiss, then leaned our foreheads together.
“Do I get one too?”
“Mmm-hmm,” he grinned and settled his ass on my thighs.His pretty, dark cock pressed against my navel.
“It’s not your birthday yet,” I said, pulling him closer.
“You said I get the whole week!”
I laughed and lifted him up; he clutched at my neck and let me get up on my knees, then bounced down onto his back when I let him go.I climbed on top of him, pushing between his legs, and pinned him down full-body.“You wanna know what’s on my list?”I asked when my lips hovered an inch away from his.
