Troy looked himself in the mirror in his bathroom. The clothes Orion got him yesterday all for perfectly, but to save getting even more questions it's best not to wear them out of this apartment. He quickly got some clothes he brought over and placed them on the sink to change into after his shower.
It's been a while since he could just enjoy the feel of the water hitting his skin in peace, no rushing to get washed and dried before Orion gets up at him for taking too long, which reminds him, Orion has becoming a lot less stricter about everything, was he really doing something to him?, or was it normal for Orion to go all soft on agreement holders after a certain amount of time.
Unfortunately that peaceful shower ended with a knock on the bathroom door.
Troy rolled his eyes and turned the water off, Orion has already seen him naked so it wouldn't matter anyway "come in"
Orion slowly opened the door and smirked "I knew you would be in here, I just wanted to tell you something"
"What did you want to tell me?" Troy answered as he wrapped a clean bath towel around his waist
"I rang my parents up confirming you'll be coming with us, and I've talk about getting a room to ourselves" he confirmed "my parents like this holiday to be 100% family bonding time, and they treat us like teenagers, but I love them, I will let you get dressed now, you look wonderful wet by the way"
"You can stay if you want, nothing you haven't seen before" he chuckled, Orion moved closer to Troy and placed his hands on his waist bringing him closer to his body
"Why don't we have a bit of fun first, seeing you like this makes me want to fuck you over the sink like we did when I took you to work last week" he smirked
"Your sex drive, it never fails to amazed me" Troy laughed as he looped his arms around his neck
"Then let's go to my bedroom now, or would you prefer the shower?" Orion slipped his hand under Troys towel "and I can feel you want the same"
"I would preferred if I could have finished my shower in peace, but looks like we are both not getting what we wanted" Troy said as he grabbed his clothes and walked into his bedroom
"Troy, wait, this isn't funny"
Troy opened his front door, thank god he has a car now, no more public transport getting to and from Orion's place. As normal his parents weren't home, he walked over to the freezer and opened it. There was a bag of frozen grapes sitting on top of a frozen loaf of bread, he smiled, his mum normally freezes the grapes in summer, it's less sugary than ice blocks, he took the bag and walked into his bedroom.
As he finally settled down his phone rang, who is it this time, surely it wasn't Orion, he has been calling him more and more lately, Troy picked up his phone and answered, luckily it was Emma
"Hey Troy!" She greeted "I'm just calling to see if you're free tomorrow night?"
"What's happening tomorrow night?" He questioned, normally nothing happens on Monday night since his friends work most of the day
"So Gia said she can't do Tuesday night cause she as a online maths C video class to take at 4:00pm running to around 6:00pm, and I just really want to catch up with you guys, normal place 5:00pm tomorrow?" She informed
"I'll be there, text me anything changes" Troy replied
"I will do, I'm going to call the others now, see you Troy" Emma said the rest of her goodbyes before hanging up
Troy looked and his phoned and sighed, it wasn't usual from Emma to call and try to catch up, even with the weekly outing, he worries for her, she does spend a lot of time by herself since Noah is working way over his limit, he has to check up on her, so he does.
He remembers talking to Gia once, a while ago, when Emma and Noah first moved into their apartment four years ago, the same afternoon Noah got the call saying he got the job at a lab testing and trying to find cures for cancer and certain type of illnesses. He started the job two days after and the hours were not what Emma thought they would be, Gia also said Em wanted to talk to him about the hours but the pay Noah gets makes up around 80% of their income when she isn't getting clients.
Troy placed his keys in his pocket as he got out of his car and walked over to Emma's and Noah's apartment block. He walked up the stars to the third floor where he knocked on the door. Emma opened the door up quickly.
"Troy?, what are you doing here?" Emma wondered '"it's not a bad thing it's jus-"
"I just wanted to check up on you, if you are okay being by yourself on an afternoon like this" he replied
Emma looked at him and sighed "I'm not, the lab wanted Noah in today, Sunday is normally our day to relax as a couple, do couple things like watch movies and be affectionate, I look over and Gia and Jake and see how happy they are, Noah and I barely get those types of moments during the week, we aren't that intimate as we use too, but we try"
"You know Gia and I will always be there if you feel lonely, I'm always on call and so is Gia" Troy cooled "we all know Noah loves you, if this is really bothering you tell him, he'll listen, even if it's one step at a time"
"Well, he has been calling me in lunch breaks" she said "and has a picture of us at my 21st birthday, I know he thinks about me at work, it doesn't doesn't feel the same that I can't see him with my own eyes, even Jake is worried about how much time Noah spends at work, and how is is barely around for group meet ups"
"I definitely think you should talk to him when he gets home from work tonight, I'm no relationship expert, if I was I wouldn't be single right now, but it's the only way you can express your feelings, and besides, Noah is the type of person to work with stuff, and I know if you tell him you have an issue or you want him to take an extra day off he'll try his best to make it work"
"Thank you Troy, I'm so glad to have such a good friend like you" she smiled,
Troy looked at her "why don't we go down to the beach?, the fresh salty air make help"
"That sounds like a great ideas, just let me get my bag and put my sandals on and I'll meet you in the drive way" Emma grinned
"I'll be waiting, don't take too long"