Min Dyrebare Gave (My Precious Gift) level
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Chapter 9
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The second they stepped through the threshold of the mirror door, Lukas struggled to place him on the sofa. Emil tightened his grip around Lukas's neck and refused to let go. Whimpering loudly, Emil threw a temper tantrum from lack of sleep and separation. His shrill cries alarmed Tino, who just entered the room for his thirty minute break. He hurried over to the hysterical child and blatantly pushed Lukas out of the way to lift the child in his arms.
"Mommy!" Emil bawled out, squirming in Tino's secure arms. Lukas glared at Tino, who was holding his child. That was his job to console his baby brother.
"Give me my child back this instant." Lukas demanded, his voice dangerously low and severe. He watched Tino flinch at the effect of his spine chilling voice. Emil halted his whimpers, knowing that Lukas only used that tone of voice when someone snatched something that was extremely precious to him. He used it with their parents and he wasn't afraid to use it with Tino.
Reluctantly, Tino handed over the sniffling five year old and Lukas jerked him away possessively with a scowl.
"Whoa, calm down!" He breathed out in a high pitched voice at the blazing fury in those indigo eyes.
Without any further words, Lukas hastily snatched his long black trench coat from the sofa and stormed out of the lounge room to leave the dance club. He was done with everything. The needy customers, Tino trying to take his place, and degrading himself for tips. He was going to send in more online job applications. If they were to say he didn't last very long, then they are correct.
"Lukas, wait up!" Mathias rushed out of the entrance of the club and into the chilly night air. Panting while yelling out his name, he caught up to his retreating sexy body. Upon reaching him, he watched the fuming blonde swinging the car door open to place a whimpering Emil in his car seat. The five year old was quiet and shivered from the past midnight chilly breezes hitting his sensitive exposed arms. Lukas noticed this right away and shouldered off his trench coat to conceal his body with the warmth of the clothing. He shivered noticeably after kissing Emil on his lips and gently slammed the door shut. He ignored Mathias behind him and hoisted his body into the driver's side with no emotions. He was tired, irritated, and straight-out finished with tonight. He just wanted to go home, cuddle with his little one, and sleep peacefully. It was unfair for Emil to suffer and sacrifice his sleep, because of a job that required him to work late hours until sunrise. Their uncle was rarely home due to his job, so he could not leave Emil behind at the house.
Yawning loudly, Lukas finally rolled down his window with a blank expression and gazed into a pair of concerned blue eyes that belonged to Mathias.
"What is it, Mathias?"
"Hey, I resigned from my job." Lukas's indigo eyes widened in bewilderment at what Mathias admitted. Why would he do something so stupid? Something so impetuous?
"Why?"
"Because, I don't appreciate the way they treated you tonight. I told the manager that you wanted to quit as well."
It was true that he wanted to quit, but he was in a grumpy mood this evening.
"What?! Why would you do such a thing?" Lukas whispered out bitterly, clutching his steering wheel tightly, and feeling a mixture of emotions surging through his entire being.
"I'll tell you… Just follow me out of here." Mathias instructed lowly and turned away to leave Lukas's protests out of earshot.
Just what was he planning?
Following Mathias's nice black sports car into a gated community surprised him. He would have never imagined Mathias living in such a high class residence. Pulling up to a two story house, he parked next to Mathias's car. Soft snores echoed from Emil in his car seat. The sight was adorable. He would rather hear those soft snores than that blood curdling scream back at the club. Sure, he was familiar with Emil's temper tantrums that he threw from time to time, but his screams were never that deafening.
"Mommy? Where are we?" Emil mumbled out over Lukas's shoulder, watching as the pale drive way and the cracks moved further away from his view. Lukas patted his bottom gingerly, trailing behind Mathias. The unspoken communication was enough for Emil to zip his lips and remain soundless.
The warmth of the luxurious house enveloped their shivering bodies. Emil was wrapped up in Lukas's black trench coat while Lukas was exposed in his skimpy sailor uniform. Mathias flipped on the light switch to lighten up the living room.
"Take a seat. I'll be right back," Mathias grinned cheerfully, congratulating himself mentally for persuading Lukas to stay at his house for the night. Mathias searched for his favorite Danish flag fleece blanket that was enormous and had the ability to warm up to four people. He loved huge blankets to cuddle in on chilly nights like these.
Sadly, he had nobody to cuddle with in his life. Not even his goldfish would accept the invitation and he didn't have his precious goldfish anymore. It passed away three days ago. His love life was scarce, so when he laid eyes on the beautiful looking Lukas; he was captivated. His heart was stolen and he just hoped that Lukas wouldn't shatter it into a million pieces. Just like some of the men in his past. There was one person who dated him for two years, but the feelings weren't mutual. For that reason, he never dated since then and that was practically ten years ago.
I just hope that I don't screw anything up with Lukas. Mathias clutched the blanket in his large hands with a worried expression. As soon as it represented itself on his face, a dreamy expression took over at his next thoughts.
He's so beautiful and somewhat difficult to figure out. Like a puzzle that I want to figure out. If I continue to behave like a gentleman, then I'll have a huge chance of winning over his somewhat cold heart. Maybe I'll risk cuddling closely with him after his lovable petite son goes to sleep.
He chuckled at the last thought and sighed out like a love-struck school girl. Breaking himself out of his thoughts, he grabbed the blanket- that smelled like a hint of his favorite cologne- from his queen sized bed.
Excitement was evident in his footsteps upon entering the living room to watch Lukas kissing his little Emil on the mouth. His jaw fell to the floor in utter shock. He was speechless. Was it even normal to do that with your child? He could understand the chaste kisses that he gives to him. But Emil was kissing him back. How the hell is that kid so experienced? He strived to keep his judgmental thoughts to himself for the first time in his life.
Mathias forced an obnoxious sound from his throat to interrupt them from their smooching. He refused to intrude and shout out how awkward it was to witness that intimate moment shared between them. A small pain stabbed at his heart as he noticed Lukas glanced away from him with a blank expression. Emil buried his blushing face into Lukas's warm chest. Mathias swore that he saw a faint blush rise up to his cheeks at being caught doing those thing with his little boy. It was there. He swore he saw a very faint pink tint on those cute cheeks that belonged to Lukas Bondevik.
"He just wanted to learn how to kiss someone…" Lukas murmured uncomfortably, creating a swift excuse to save their reputation. Mathias rubbed the back of his head, eyes averted to the side, and strained an awkward smile on his face as he chuckled like nothing happened.
"It's fine… Here," Mathias stepped forward to blanket them with his favorite blanket. Without asking for permission, Mathias plummeted his body down next to them under the blanket. He leaned against Lukas's shoulder and he felt the blonde's body become rigid.
"Do you have a guest bedroom that we can stay in for the night?" Lukas spoke up, inching away from the slightly larger blonde pressing the side of his head against his shoulder. Mathias sat up straight, nodded as he removed the blanket, and guided them into his bedroom. Possibly he could spoon the attractive blonde. Oh, how he hoped that this old trick would work.
Unsuspectingly, Lukas carried his brother over to the bed and moved the blankets to the side to place him down with an endearing smile. Swiftly, he joined right beside him and kissed his forehead as he sang softly into his ear a different song. Every night, he composed a different bedtime song and cuddled closely behind him. The lights suddenly flickered off and the door closed. It was pitch black and there was no source of light. Emil automatically fell asleep, snoring softly from the over exhaustions of the day.
Mathias slipped out of his outfit and under the blanket silently. Lukas's indigo eyes shot open when he felt Mathias drape his strong arm over his slender waist. He wanted to protest but Emil would wake up and cry from having his sleep disrupted. He made a mental note to kick Mathias's ass in the morning. Or whenever he decided to wake up, which would be when Emil woke up.
"Good night, beautiful…" Mathias whispered against Lukas's ear, causing his entire body to tighten up in discomfort. He snuggled closer to Emil with his eyes squeezed shut. Mathias unconsciously spooned the blonde during his sleep. Eventually Lukas surrender to sleep and dreamt of crazy dreams that caused him to toss and turn.
Eight hours later, Lukas blinked his sleepy indigo eyes open and cuddled closer to the warmth that was keeping his body enveloped in comforting heat. Sighing out in relief, he mumbled something in Norwegian. It took a few moments to comprehend the situation. As soon as he fluttered his eyes open again, he discovered that he snuggled up against Mathias's muscular chest. He struggled to turn over to see an empty spot where Emil should have been.
Where's Emil?! Was his only frantic thought. He disregarded the fact that Mathias's strong arms were wrapped around his body like a child holding a teddy bear. Squirming violently, Lukas managed to escape Mathias's clutches. He rolled out of bed to realize that Emil was breathing soundly on the floor. He must have accidentally knocked his poor baby brother off of the bed during the nightmares that he was having. Hastily, he scooped up Emil's little sleeping body from the chilly floor.
"I'm so sorry, Emil!" Lukas gasped out, noticing the dried up tears in his closed eyes. Pressing his lips against the child's right temple made him feel slightly less guilty.
At the sound of Lukas's frantic voice, Mathias and Emil woke up with a startle.
Ring, ring, ring!
Lukas struggled to his feet with a half asleep five year old Emil in his arms. Mathias reached over to snatch Lukas's cellphone without his permission. Unknowingly, he picked up the unknown number and greeted the person on the other line.
"Hi, who is this?" The person's confusion caused Mathias to cringe and feel more than guilty for answering a call that was not for him.
"This is Mathias. Who are ya?" He answered truthfully, glancing over at the blonde who was trying to sooth his child from crying. Emil was cranky from not sleeping very well last night.
"This is his boyfriend. Why do you have his phone?" Mathias's jaw dropped, blue eyes widened, heart raced, and his hand loosened around the cellphone. He dropped the cellphone on to the bed and directed his attention towards his object of affection. How could this be? Why didn't Lukas tell him that he had a boyfriend instead of leading him on? This made his blood boil. He hung up on the caller and slid off of the bed.
"Who called?" Lukas asked tenderly after pecking Emil on his lips to hush him so he could hear Mathias's voice. The taller blonde rounded the bed, stepped forward to wrap his arms around the other's body holding Emil, and stepped back.
"I didn't know ya already had a boyfriend, Lukas…" Mathias restrained from raising his voice out of resentment and betrayal. It was merely a disappointed whisper.
"What? I don't have a boyfriend." Lukas mentally slapped himself for saying it so hasty and defensively. Mathias caught on and hardened his gaze, not believing a word he said.
"Some guy on your cellphone was asking for ya. He said that he was your boyfriend. Is this true?" Mathias's voice had a hint of jealousy as he stepped backwards, sat down on the edge of the bed, and blindly reached for Lukas's rejected cellphone.
"It might have been a random caller. But…" He trailed off nervously. He avoided Mathias's eyes that were searching for answers. He wanted the truth from the man he truly feel in love with the night he met him at the dance club.
"That's weird, because I haven't given out my number to anyone besides the people who are already on there. Go ahead and search if you don't believe me."
Lukas didn't mind if he looked through his phone. He had nothing to hide and he barely used it anyways. Emil held precedence over everything else. Therefore, he didn't have time to just text away to random people. Honestly, he was not that type of individual.
Mathias's blue eyes scanned through all the text messages, which were very scarce. Most of them were about Emil and how he is doing. The cute things he does and asking questions about baby topics. He texted mainly girls and they talked about their babies. So, wait a minute, why would some random guy call his phone?
Changing the topic, Lukas questioned about why he told Lars that they both quit their jobs. Mathias's eyes downcast, remembering all of the things that he told Lukas last night. Or lack of things he told him. Oh, he was going to hate him so much now. Well, it's now or never. The truth would have to come out sooner or later. It just hurts him to come out with this confession.
"I'm sorry Lukas…" His voice was full of guilt, hands sweating lightly, and avoiding Lukas's suspicious gaze. Now it was his turn to stand under the spotlight.
"What's wrong?" He probed with suspicion, squeezing Emil closer to his chest and bouncing him subtly. Mathias gulped down his mixed emotions and stared directly in his eyes. With a heavy sigh, his fingers grazed against the younger male's cheek lovingly. Lukas resisted the threatening blush that was prone to blemishing his cheeks.
"Well…"
A/N: The suspense! Thank you for your continued support! Please leave me a review~! I need motivation. ^.^
