I tightened my hold on his hips when Zephyr started to slide down, chuckling into the kiss before pulling back.
"Careful," I murmured, and Zephyr blinked up at me, his eyes hazy and his salt-and-pepper hair clinging to his forehead.
The front of his shirt—black with tiny witch hats, the one I'd bought for him—was soaked with his release, and so was mine. Some of it had even gotten on my coat, and Zephyr winced when he followed my gaze to it. If I didn't wash it off soon, the hair would get matted and yucky.
Zephyr waved his hand between us, and all his cum simply disappeared, making me chuckle.
"I love your magic," I said, and he shook his head with a huff.
Straightening up his clothes, I pulled him into another kiss before slowly letting him go.
"So, were you looking for me for a reason, or did you just want to hook up?" I teased, and his cheeks went pink, making me raise a brow. "Youdidjust want to hook up."
"No," he mumbled, and I realized he wasn't a very good liar. God, he was adorable.
"Oh yeah? What did you want then?"
Avoiding my eyes, he looked around, then pulled a book from a nearby shelf, holding it up. "I was looking for this book."
I glanced at it, then him, raising a brow. "You wanted to readThe Evolution of the Ball-Point Pen?" Why was a book like that even here, and how had it never caught my eye before?
Zephyr glanced at the book he was holding and sighed. "Yes."
Then he turned around and hurried out of the Library, the back of his neck just as flushed as his face no doubt was.
I chuckled as I watched him leave, feeling like I would explode from all the love I felt for this ridiculously adorable man.
Twenty-Four
Zephyr
"Look at her! She'sso cute," Keoni murmured as he pressed into my side, and I glanced down at the baby cradled in his arms. Reign peered up at me, her eyes the same blue as Dustin's, but with Khush's vertical pupils. She already had a full head of wavy black hair, and she returned my smile with a cute, gummy one.
"That she is," I said as I booped her nose, chuckling when it made her eyes widen.
It was around five in the evening, and the Forest residents had gathered for their daily 'baby appreciation' meeting. While someone was always helping Dustin and Khush out with thebabies, they'd started doing this so the couple could have some adult conversations with their friends while the babies were passed around the group to be looked after.
Rei sat beside Dustin with Aspen wrapped around her arm, softly petting his head while she chatted with Dustin. She spent more time around them than me these days, but I didn't mind. She was motherly by nature, and she was clearly drawn to the babies. If she wanted to look after them like she had me all those years ago, that was perfectly fine. I just wanted her to be happy.
"Here, you wanna hold her?"
Even though my arm had worked perfectly since a month after Draven gave it to me—it'd taken a month to fix all the glitches—I was suddenly afraid it would stop working and I'd drop the baby.
"Hey, you'll be okay."
I swallowed dryly and nodded, then carefully took Reign from him, holding her close to my chest. She peered up at me, then grabbed my cloak in her tiny fist, making me smile.
"Hey, Reign. That's your grandpa," Khush said as he appeared on my other side, and I blinked, then glanced over at him, surprised at the statement.
Khush raised a brow at me. "What? I'm not having her call youHeadmaster."
I shook my head, then glanced back at the little bundle in my arms. Grandpa, huh? I liked it. I certainly liked it much better than my other title, 'Headmaster.'
I glanced over at Keoni to see what he thought, and found him watching me with a soft look.
"What?" I asked as my cheeks flushed under the intensity of his gaze, and a smile bloomed on his face as he stepped closer to me.
"I love you," he said, his voice strong and loud enough I was sure everyone around us heard him, but he didn't seem to care.When I just blinked at him, he smiled, and repeated, "I love you."
