Kalmin’s heart beat was in his throat. He didn’t know when his cheeks started to burn, but he was blushing.

“You were in love in Mira, weren’t you?” Aaron said quietly.

Gabriel clicked his camera off and settled it on the counter. His expression was unreadable.

“I don’t know,” he replied softly. His gaze met Aaron’s and Kalmin’s. “I seriously don’t know.”

“It…it must have been a lot seeing Mira go with Deimos,” Kalmin murmured. If he was in Gabriel’s place, he’d be a mess.

“That’s the thing though, I didn’t feel resentful to Deimos or sad that Mira didn’t love me anymore,” he said calmly. He crossed his arms. “My heart kind of just went, ‘oh.’ They got together and I was ok about that.” He glanced at his camera and chuckled. “But, I can see why you’d think I’m absolutely in love with her. The oldest thing on my most cherished camera is a video of her saying ‘I love you.’ But…”

“But?” Aaron repeated. He had a steely expression. Kalmin knew of that expression. He was jealous.

“But, I don’t know, I haven’t looked at my previous pictures in a while. The last time I used this camera was more than a year ago. It’s kind of just a sweet little memento. A reminder that I’m loved,” he said calmly. “How long have you guys been friends?”

“Five years,” Kalmin murmured.

“And you guys absolutely love each other and would risk your lives for the other one, right?”

Kalmin and Aaron exchanged looks. They nodded calmly.

“Yeah,” Aaron muttered.

“That’s how I feel for Mira. I absolutely love her that way. But, I know I could never love her the way Deimos loves her,” he sighed. “I think that’s why our relationship was so bumpy.”

“I see,” Kalmin murmured.

Aaron sighed and leaned against the counter again. He relaxed, which was a good sign. “Love is weird,” he commented softly. “There’s love you feel for your friends, and then there’s love you feel for your partners. And then there’s the messy, undefinable love you feel for your best friends.”

Kalmin smiled at him. Aaron smiled back and gave Gabriel an exhausted grin as well. Gabriel smiled at him sweetly and stepped between Kalmin and him to pull him into a kiss. Kalmin blushed by how deep they kissed and stepped away. They parted slowly and snickered at each other.

“What the fuck’s wrong with you?” Aaron sneered.

“I don’t know, isn’t this how you console your boyfriend?” He asked quickly.

“By pushing my best friend out of the way to suck my face?”

“Did it work?”

They laughed at each other and Kalmin rolled his eyes.

“Nice to know you guys are getting along well,” he commented.

“Why are you still here, dude?” Aaron teased. “Imagine a sock on a doorknob.”

“This is the kitchen,” Kalmin whined.

“Well, you got us there,” Gabriel pointed out. “You wanna take that nap Mira and Deimos talked about?”

Aaron bit his lip. “Sure, daddy.”

“Oh my god, you guys are gross!” Kalmin groaned and covered his ears.

Mira rolled on top of Deimos, her hair brushing against his cheeks, and kissed him softly. She felt him shiver underneath him, his tongue warm in her mouth. Nails dragged up her thighs and clung to her hips as she deepened their kiss, pleasuring every little secret spot in Deimos’ mouth. He was sensitive, and she lapped up every little whimper he made. They parted with a gasp, lips connected with thin strings of spit. Deimos nervously licked his lips and stared at her, dark eyes ravenous. His hands slid up her shorts and he groped her ass playfully. She smiled and bit her lip, relaxing on top of him.

“Are you a butt person or a boob person?” Mira questioned sarcastically.

Deimos snorted. “Are you seriously asking that question right now?” A snicker was her response. He sighed. “A butt person, obviously. I’m bi, Mira. Not everyone has boobs.”

“I’m a total boob person,” Mira laughed. “Boobs are great.”

“Sorry for not having any.”

“Dude, I love your boobs.”

Deimos peered down at her, confused. “The last time I checked I didn’t have boobs.”

“Yes, you do,” she hummed and sat up. Slowly, she ran her fingers up his chest and teased his clothed nipples. “And you’ve got the marks to prove it.”

Deimos shuddered from her touch, cheeks splashed in pink. He sucked in a nervous breath as Mira teased his little buttons. Gently, she leaned over and kissed him again. There was less force and power in Deimos’ kisses, but more sonorous moans and little shakes that drove Mira insane.

“M-Mira, f-fuck,” he gasped desperately.

“Someone’s a little sensitive,” she growled.

“I-I wonder why,” he hissed through his teeth. God, she wanted to fuck him into the mattress. Mira’s hands slipped to his hips and to his ass again.

“How’s your body?” She whispered softly.

Deimos’ face was flushed red now. He bit his lip and whispered in her ear softly. His breath tickled her sensitive neck, his low voice sending shivers down her spine.

“Empty without you,” he groaned. “I keep remembering you fucking me deeper and deeper. My body aches.”

Oh my god, Mira has created a monster.

She kissed him hard, stealing the air from his lungs, and pinned him to the bed. They parted again and Deimos glanced behind Mira.

“T-The door’s still open,” he whispered.

“How do you feel about exhibitionism?”

His eyes widened and he bit his lip.

“What are you suggesting?”

Mira smiled. “I brought some toys.” She felt the electricity coursing through his veins. His eyes were dewy and heated.

“What would you do to me?” He growled.

“Fill you up,” she said softly. “And never let you forget my fingers.”

“F-Fuck,” Deimos whined.

“Mira! Deimos! Are you sleeping!?”

Both of went still.

“Come downstairs you goofs, we’re discussing game plans for today!”

They exchanged looks as Annie and Raven shouted some more. The mood crumbled between them. Deimos flopped his head into the soft blankets and groaned. Mira cracked up laughing into his chest.

“Are you hard?” Mira giggled.

“I was a millisecond ago,” he said bluntly.

“Mira!? Deimos!? If you don’t get down here, you’re on grocery duty!”

“Give us a second!” Mira shouted, annoyed.

“You guys fucking!?” Aaron shouted back.

“No!” Mira and Deimos called out in unison. Lazily, Mira rolled off Deimos and sat up. Sighing, her boyfriend sat up beside her, scratching his head. Before they headed downstairs, Mira pulled him aside one last time, staring up at him.

“The option still stands, if you wanna…do it,” she said softly. Deimos’ eyes widened and he blushed again.

“Y-Yeah, ok,” he mumbled nervously.

“We can talk about it later, whenever you’re in the mood,” she said happily.

He looked at her, his eyes narrowing. “You’re such a kinky bastard.”

She burst out laughing. Playfully, she slapped his butt and ran downstairs. Deimos was right on her tail, and she ran into the living room and immediately reached out for the nearest body to shield herself from Deimos’ tickles. Unsurprisingly, Kalmin was the victim and she easily swooped behind him as Deimos came bounding over.

“What the-!?” Kalmin stuttered as Deimos and Mira ran around him in circles.

“Mira and Deimos were the last ones to the meeting, they’re on grocery duty,” Micheal shouted.

Mira stopped in her tracks and Deimos swept her into an embrace. Kalmin got roped into it as well, sandwiched between the couple.

“That’s unfair, we were napping!” Mira tried to justify.

“Rules are the rules,” Annie sighed and shook her head.

“Fuck the rules,” Deimos hissed.

“Since Kalmin is being embraced by the losers, he should go as well!” Aaron shouted.

Kalmin’s jaw dropped. “Fuck no, get over here!”

Mira gasped. “Kalmin said a bad word!” Deimos glanced down at her, puzzled for a moment.

“Was that the first time Kalmin swore?” He communicated.

She nodded back with a big smile.

Hastily, Kalmin suddenly lifted Mira up like she weighed nothing and swirled Deimos around with his free hand. With a little thud, Kalmin looped Aaron into the hot mess with a few screams and yelps from Mira and Deimos, and Gabriel burst out laughing and got yanked into the pile by his partner. Everyone else laughed at them hard, Renee and Annie declaring all of them should go get groceries now.

“We better not be on cooking duty!” Mira shouted, sandwiched between Aaron and Kalmin.

“You won’t be, don’t worry,” Raven snickered. She walked over and handed Deimos a little slip of paper. “This is what we need. We’ll pay you back.”

“God,” Deimos groaned.

It took them a solid hour to finally drag themselves out of the house and to the nearest grocery store. Thankfully for capitalism and international brands, the nearest place was good ol’ Walmart, which was familiar and comforting. Mira felt small amongst some of the tallest boys in their group, and Gabriel constantly reminded her of that simple fact.

“I’ll go for your knees,” she said.

Deimos complained on how much “shit” they would have to buy to supply such a large group while Kalmin, the most responsible one in the group, calmly grabbed what was on the paper and set it down in the cart. It turned into a bit between the two of them, Deimos complaining about the next food item to grab while Kalmin just dropped it in nonchalantly, and then Deimos would roast him.

“Why the fuck do we need so many eggs?” Deimos would hiss, squinting angrily at the paper.

Blank-faced, Kalmin would open the refrigerator doors and grab the cartons, not breaking eye contact with him. Just to fuck with him, Kalmin grabbed four cartons instead of two, and Deimos snorted laughing.

Mira ended up saying random labels in weird voices and helped Kalmin look for items. Gabriel and Aaron fucked around and would help occasionally, but most of the time were busy butt slapping and egging on the group to grab things that weren’t on the list. Like booze. But none of them were twenty one. They did somehow convince them to buy several cartons of chocolate milk, however. The cart overflowed with goodies, and everyone walked slowly throughout the large store, wondering what they had that wasn’t available in the store. Once again booze was a thing, as well as a plethora of guns. They had a bunch of American flags as well, and Gabriel and Mira wore them like capes, grabbed some rogue sunglasses and got on the tiniest bikes they could find. Aaron and Kalmin cracked up, Deimos taking a million photos of them peruse through the aisles. Afterwards, Aaron and Kalmin found scooters and to surprise the group they burst onto the scene doing flips and tricks (they were scooter boys in middle school holy shit), and swerved straight up to Mira, Gabriel and Deimos, all the while with superhero masks on. Gabriel kissed Spiderman while Mira and Deimos crumpled to the floor laughing at Batman. Amazingly, even though they were so loud and obnoxious, they ended up getting all the groceries without being forcibly kicked out of the store. They even got McFlurries at the McDonald’s there. Because every Walmart has a McDonald’s.