Chapter Forty-Nine: Days Gone By

Renly's Point of View

My little flower and I have a bet going. We decided not to have sex again until the wedding. He thinks I will crack before he does. I say otherwise. The loser has to do whatever the winner wants sexually, and I have a lot of ideas, so I hope I win.

Its the last day of school. I am surprising Loras with fifty mixed flowers in a bouquet and I am taking him to the carnival. We will be back for Robb's graduation tonight, but if we missed it I wouldn't care.

Loras comes out of the school and hugs all his friends. They do a photo shoot. I wait by Robb's truck for them.

"Renly," says Loras with a hard fiery look in his eyes that makes me melt. I get a little antsy. Damn him. He's doing it on purpose. I will not lose. I will not lose. He drops something and bends over to pick it up. Damn him.

"Loras," I say trying to keep my mind from wandering. Loras stands in an inviting way. I bite my knuckle until I draw blood. He looks sinister. The things this runt does to me.

"Are you coming over tonight after graduation?"

"Maybe."

"I don't know what's going on here, but the tension between the two of you is thick," says Meera.

"It makes me laugh," says Robb.

"Three months until the wedding," says Loras. He touches my arm. I am about to explode. I pin him against the truck to give him a taste of his own medicine, but that little runt is harder to crack than I thought.

He stares me down with intensity in his brown eyes that makes me jittery. He's increasing my attractions by turning what I was doing to him on me. This kid is a pro.

"You're not going to win," I say.

"We'll see."

On our date it becomes damn near impossible to keep my hands to myself. He is so cute. He stretches after the long car ride to the carnival. His abdomen is exposed when he raises his arms above his head.

I buy him cotton candy and he doesn't pull any tricks when he eats it except for the "mmmhmm" sounds he is making. I get turned on watching him shove cotton candy in his mouth.

He gets scared in the terror tunnel because of the thunder noises and I find him clutching onto me like his life depends on it. I hold him tight. He grasps my shirt with another thunderclap. I feel my little flower shaking.

"Make it stop," he says.

"The ride is over, my sweet flower."

"Can we do the rollercoaster next?"

I am scared of heights, but I handle the roller coaster like a pro. I attempt to win Loras a stuffed animal, but I really suck at sports. Loras concentrates and hits the targets winning me a stuffed animal.

We head back. It was a fun date. Loras naps in the car. I take the opportunity to touch him in his sleep. I reach for his zipper, he smacks my hand.

"No."

"I thought you were sleeping."

"I faked it."

"You little bitch."

Loras frowns.

"You've never called me that before."

"I'm sorry, my flower. I didn't mean it."

"Bitch," Loras says.

"You're calling me a bitch?"

"That's right."

"I'm not a bitch. You are. Well, you're my bitch."

Loras bursts out laughing.

We arrive at the school after a while. Loras fell asleep for real. I wake him when we arrive at Winterfell.

We go in and find a couple of seats. Meera, Margaery, and Sansa are sitting together. Loras and I sit behind Jon. I do a double take when I see Jon. He looks sexier than the seven hells. My heart catches in my throat.

"Hey," I squeak.

"I see my brother is asleep," says Jon. Indeed, Loras is drooling on my shoulder. I butt him with my shoulder and he wakes up. I wipe the drool off his cute face.

"Renly, I am sleepy," he says and snuggles back against me.

"Wake up, my flower, Jon is here."

Loras opens his eyes and blinks to get his vision clear.

"Hi, Jon," says Loras. He yawns.

"What did you do to him?"

"We went to the carnival, I really thought with all the sugar he'd be bouncing off the walls, but he just conked out."

Jon laughs. Willas shows up. He wakes my flower by shoving him off the bench. I glower at him. Loras is awake through the start of the ceremony.

"If I sleep will you wake me when Robb makes his speech?"

And then Loras is drooped on my shoulder again. We get him to wake up when Robb makes his speech. Its a long, dull speech, in my opinion, but Jon couldn't be prouder. Loras goes back to sleep afterwards. I let him put his head in my lap.

After two hours I feel like sleeping. I only came because of Loras and the brat is snoozing on my lap. When its over, I practically have to carry Loras. We greet Robb outside. He hugs Loras then Loras falls into me.

"He's sleepy."

"I can see that," says Robb.

Robb takes Tor from his mother. Jon helps me get Loras to the car. I wait on Margaery. I see her talking to Meera. Meera is rubbing her tummy. She pulls her shirt up a little. My jaw drops. Margaery hugs Meera and touches her belly. Holy shit.

Margaery gets in the car. I want to ask. I am dying to ask. I am going to burst if I don't ask. I bite my tongue. Margaery just stares out the window.

"Is Meera pregnant?" I ask when I can't take it anymore.

"How did you know? Robb doesn't even know."

"I saw you before you got in the car. Holy shit."

"She is only a few weeks."

"Is she sure?"

"She hasn't been to a doctor yet."

Loras is sleeping through this entire conversation. I shake him to make sure he isn't faking, but he just grunts and continues sleeping. I grin. For the best, he'd tell Robb.

"I can't believe this."

"Considering her chances were 20% I am shocked," says Margaery.

"The last thing Robb needs is another child right now."

"He's a good father to Tor."

"Never said he wasn't. They're so young."

"I know. But its better her than me."

I have no idea what to think. They're not ready. Meera isn't. Robb can handle anything. He was made for fatherhood. I get Loras back to Robb's.

"Wake up, my flower," I say sweetly. I end up carrying Loras inside. He clings to me like a baby monkey to its mother. I kiss the side of his face and drop him off on his bed. He literally crawls under the covers and goes right back to sleep.

"Gods, you're cute. You're weird, but cute."

Robb comes in. He spies a sleeping Loras and grins. Meera hasn't told him yet. I pat Robb on the ass when I walk by. Jon is in the kitchen looking broody and sexy.

"Is my baby brother sleeping?" Jon asks. Robb cringes.

"Like a little rosebud."

Jon laughs. I wonder where his shadow is. I watch him. He is so beautiful. Not Loras beautiful, but a soulful, brooding, dark beautiful. He has stepped into his lord role. His posture is perfect, he's adapted an accent, and he carries himself better.

Robb nudges me with his elbow. I didn't realize I was staring. I feel guilty. If looks could kill, Robb would have murdered me.

"I am going to check on Loras," says Jon. He walks past and I stare at his ass.

"You like Jon?" Robb says.

"Don't be silly."

"I saw how you were looking at him. I'm not blind."

"No, but you're stupid."

"You have a crush."

"I'm too old for crushes."

"You're a hypocrite. You were mad at me for my crush on Mags and here you are lusting after a guy who isn't your betrothed," Robb says. Torrhen is standing up on his own. I'm impressed.

"Your girlfriend's pregnant," I blurt out. I didn't mean to out her, it just came up like word vomit.

"Renly!" Says Margaery.

"No. No," Robb's reaction is appropriate. That's how I figured he would react. He grabs his keys and leaves without a second thought. Tor cries. Margaery sweeps in and takes over. Tor stops crying the second she picks him up.

"Where did Robb go?" Jon asks. He is shirtless and had a tooth brush hanging from his mouth.

"He needed to talk to Meera."

"Are you sleeping over, Jon?" Margaery asks.

"Yes."

"Take my bed."

"Its impolite for a man to sleep in a bed when a woman is on the couch."

"I don't feel like spooning with Loras tonight. I do like to snuggle, but I'm not in the mood."

"Okay. If you insist."

Jon leaves. I am so hard right now. Probably because I haven't had sex since Loras went to prom. He's right, I am going to break before he does.

"I have to go," I tell Margaery.

I leave. I take care of the issue on the drive home. I am ashamed. I do it a couple more times when I get home. I pull out a picture of my little flower and pleasure myself.

For the rest of it, I take a cold shower. I keep thinking about Loras and Jon in bed together and I take care of issues that arise.

"You okay?" Gendry asks as he makes himself a sandwich.

"No. I'm super horny."

"I can't help you there."

"Loras and I have a bet going. We're not having sex until the wedding, and whoever cracks first has to do what the other wants in bed no arguments."

"You're not going to make it."

"I know. This is torture. I can't let that little rose beat me."

"What is it you want him to do?" Gendry asks, "Nevermind, I don't want to know."

"I want to do some role playing with costumes and maybe add a little kink."

"I don't need to hear this."

"Loras likes to be bitten," I say just to torture Gendry.

"Bitten how?"

"Like with teeth on his flesh, mostly his shoulders and neck, but if you ever see him shirtless, he had teeth marks and bruises on his neck and collarbone."

"That's really weird."

"He's my little weirdo. He loves when I take him slowly, and really make it count. He likes when I go down on him, but he's much better at that than I am. When its over, he likes cuddle."

Gendry looks horrified, but intrigued. He asks questions about my sex life that no one has ever asked before. Its a nice change from touching myself. I pick up Peaches while I answer my nephews questions.

"He doesn't like spanking, I really don't know why."

"Does he ever take you?"

"Not often. He has a few times. I think he prefers to have it rather than give it."

"Do you have pet names?"

"I call him 'my flower' but he isn't fond of terms of endearment. He thinks I am patronizing him when I call him 'sweetie' or something."

"Arya doesn't let me call her anything. She is about as cuddly as Stannis."

We both laugh.

"But you're crazy about her."

"Ass over tits," Gendry says.

"It hurts to be in love."

"No shit."

"My little flower likes to be told he's loved. He likes the reassurance."

"Doesn't it get annoying?"

"Nope. I'm crazy in love with that boy."

"He's crazy in love with you."

"I know he is. I don't have to be told. I can see it in his behavior."

I go back to my room. I think about Loras. The cute way he was drooling makes me smile. I clutch my picture to my chest and hold it close while I think about the love of my life.