Micah
Zeke refused to see a nurse to heal his injuries. Instead, he held my hand as we walked back to our dorm room. His hand sat snugly in mine all the way back. I had to bite my bottom lip to stop the crazy smile wanting to come out, and I pressed my free hand to my stomach in an attempt to settle the swarm of bees buzzing around.
We probably looked like a mess, but it wasn’t like there were many people around. Those who happened upon us soon disappeared when Hyde’s wolf or Cade’s panther growled at them. Both angry and annoyed for being locked up. I would have peed a little upon seeing and hearing them as their forms were something to be feared. Their size alone was intimidating. The tops of their heads hit my shoulders. Thankfully, they were my roommates, and I’d never got the feeling they would do me harm.
Once in the room with the door closed, Zeke led me over to the couch and pulled me down close to him.
My heart tripled its beat when he threaded our fingers together again. It seemed he wasn’t willing to let me go, which was good because the feeling was mutual. I ducked my eyes behind my hair and gnawed on my bottom lip again.
I hadn’t imagined the connection we’d had. A connection that seemed to intensify when we’d kissed. And boy, I wanted to replay that kiss over and over in my mind. Especially while I—
“What’s that blush for?” Zeke’s soft voice caressed my cheek, and I shivered.
“Nothing.” I smiled down at our hands on his thigh.
“What the fuck happened?” Cade demanded, and I brought my eyes up, only to gape when, in front of me, Cade and Hyde stood naked.
Was I supposed to look away?
I probably wasn’t supposed to run my gaze over them and nearly choke on my tongue when I saw what they were packing between their legs. A noise fell from my lips, and I slapped a hand over my mouth.
“Do you want to take a picture? It’ll last longer.” Cade glowered.
Was that really an option?
No. No, it wasn’t. With a burning face, I moved my hand from my mouth up to cover my wide eyes.
There was a slap, and someone grunted. I heard footsteps and doors closing. Zeke took my wrist, and when he went to pull my arm down, I fought it. I didn’t want to drool over two other guys when Zeke and I had just kissed. Already I felt bad for looking and appreciating.
“They’re getting dressed,” Zeke said and tugged again at my wrist.
When I dropped my arm, Zeke took my hand in his as I muttered, “Sorry.”
Zeke snorted. “What for?”
The blush spread down my neck. Did he honestly want me to elaborate?
When I chanced a glance his way through my strands, he was looking at me with a small smile, waiting. Blowing out a breath, I admitted, “F-For looking.”
Zeke chuckled, and I felt worse. I tried to get up until Zeke wrapped his arms around me and pulled me onto his lap. His lips at my neck had me stilling while his quick lick had me gasping. “You don’t need to apologize for that. I was looking too.”
Wait, what? He had?
I shifted enough to rest my back into the armrest as Zeke curled his arm around my waist, tucking me into him. I caught his gaze as he smirked. “There’s something you should know.”
My pulse raced. “What?”
Before he could answer, the bedroom doors opened. Hyde reappeared only in jeans while Cade had on jeans and a tee. I tried once to scramble off Zeke’s lap, but he held me tightly to him.
“Relax, it’s okay. They won’t care.” Zeke rubbed at my back, and when his words registered in my mind, I noticed that neither Cade nor Hyde blinked twice at me on Zeke’s lap. As Hyde sat facing us on the other end of the couch and Cade took the chair, I finally settled.
Hyde moved around again, and a sound fell from his lips. It almost sounded like a soft whimper. He inched closer and then back again.
There was something he needed. I could see it in his eyes, but what?
“Tell us what happened,” Cade said.
Zeke nodded. His hand on my hip gently caressed my side while he held a hand out to Hyde. In a blink, Hyde slid close to place his head on my lap with Zeke’s hand on his back. My heart stilled, then rebooted and bounced around in my chest.
Hyde had needed comfort.
“Sebastian decided to test Micah and his powers, using me as bait.”
A growl rumbled out of Hyde’s human lips, which sounded all wolf. He stopped when I placed one hand on his shoulder. The other I used to thread my fingers through his hair.
Cade ran a hand over his face. “Fucking Sebastian. How’d it go?”
Shrugging, I glanced to Zeke, who grinned and told Cade, “Amazingly.”
A snort escaped me. “I, ah, wouldn’t say that.”
“What do you mean?” Cade asked.
Only I was suddenly distracted by Hyde when he turned his head toward Zeke’s body, pressing his forehead against Zeke’s belly, and I certainly didn’t miss Hyde tipping his chin up and kissing Zeke’s stomach before licking at the exposed skin.
Oh my.
My penis throbbed under my jeans, and I hoped Hyde couldn’t feel it fattening, but that small lick placed so many images in my mind. All ones I never knew I wanted to see, but I definitely did now.
“Dweeb,” Cade barked.
I jolted and burned. Zeke shot a flame out of his hand, which stopped just before Cade’s face, and Hyde turned his head the other way to clip, “Cade.”
Our blond roommate rolled his eyes. “Can we focus for a moment, please? Tell me what you meant.”
Licking my suddenly dry lips, I said, “I went out of control—”
Zeke’s abrupt laughter had me turning to him. He shook his head. “There is no way you were out of control, Micah. You had that situation in hand.”
“I could have killed someone, a teacher.”
Zeke frowned and pulled me tightly against him. “I’m sorry you were put in that position in the first place, but it would have been Sebastian’s fault if anything happened. You were protecting me.” Zeke let out a soft chuckle and looked to Cade. “You should have seen him.” He cupped the back of my neck. “The power was radiating from him. His eyes glowed. He floated off the floor, took the glass from the windows, the wood from the floor, and used them as weapons against them all.”
I wiggled in discomfort about the praise. Zeke rubbed his hand up and down my back before ducking in to kiss my neck.
“Micah, you should be proud of your power, what you did tonight.”
Scraping my top teeth over my bottom lip, I shrugged and watched both my hands now in Hyde’s hair. Maybe the feel of it comforted me also.
“Hyde and I woke locked in cells; we were close to escaping when we felt a small amount of energy disappearing from us.”
Zeke’s gaze swung to Cade. “I did too.”
They stared at each other, and I wanted to know what was obviously running through their minds. “What?” I squeaked and then gnawed on my bottom lip.
Zeke moved his hand to the side of my neck and pulled me into him, kissing my temple. “Nothing at the moment. We’ll talk with Sebastian.”
“Did I do something….” My words trailed off when Hyde’s arm circled my waist, and he rubbed his head against my thigh, distracting me.
Cade suddenly stood. “I’m heading to bed.”
An invisible hand gripped my heart, causing me to call out, “Cade.”
He stopped, his back to us. “What?” His tone was rough, hard, and had me shrinking in on myself.
“Nothing. Um, night.”
He flicked a couple of fingers over his shoulder, then shut himself inside his room.
“It’s been a big night, Micah. He just needs some sleep.”
Nodding, I threaded my fingers through Hyde’s hair again. I didn’t understand why I wanted Cade when I had two men already wrapped around me. But a part of me hungered for Cade to be involved in… everything. Logically, I knew that would never happen.
Heck, I wasn’t even sure what was happening between me, Zeke, and Hyde. Yes, Zeke and I had kissed, but what did that mean? Had it changed something for us? And what about Hyde? What did he want? There had to be something, right? Or else he wouldn’t be snuggling me as he was.
While I didn’t have much experience with having friends, I knew enough to know that friends didn’t hold one another as we did.
I didn’t know what to do or think. Feeling overwhelmed, I struggled for clarity, my pulse racing.
Zeke bumped his nose against my cheek. “We should probably get some sleep.”
Sleep.
It would definitely be good to shut down my brain for a while. Yet I couldn’t bring myself to move when I had them so close.
“Micah.” My name left Zeke’s lips on a whisper before he kissed my cheek.
I couldn’t resist. I had to turn my head enough to press my lips to his. Zeke had said he wanted more kisses, and I really wanted to give them to him. My heart beat a mile a minute. I pulled a shaky hand from Hyde’s hair and rested it on Zeke’s shoulder, fingers digging in when Zeke deepened the kiss after a brush of his tongue against my lips.
A whimper escaped me, and I stilled when I felt Hyde’s weight lift from me. I broke the kiss, breathing heavily to see Hyde on his knees, watching us.
Blood rushed from my dick to my head, almost dizzying me.
“I-I… um….”
Zeke’s chuckle had me flicking my gaze to him. “It’s all right. Hyde doesn’t mind.”
“Mind?” Mind what? Us kissing in front of him?
Zeke tapped my back, low near my butt, and if my face wasn’t already red, it would be now because I wanted him to do it again.
“Up,” Zeke ordered, and I stood quickly. Zeke followed and took my hand, leading us to the bedroom. I glanced to Hyde and shivered as a thrill swept through me when he tagged behind us.
In my bedroom, Zeke faced me and took my other hand in his. When I drew my gaze up to his, he smiled. Was this goodnight? Was he leaving? Were they both going? Leaving me alone?
My belly twisted at the thought of always being alone.
I didn’t want Zeke to leave. I didn’t want Hyde to leave. If I had the courage to ask, I’d have asked Cade to be here too.
The fear of Zeke being taken still clung to me like a second skin, even after knowing it was all a test.
“Don’t go,” I blurted before looking to the floor.
“Micah.” Zeke’s soft voice had my head lifting. “If it’s okay with you, I’d like to sleep beside you.”
My throat closed over, but I let out a mew as I nodded. I glanced at Hyde. “Will….” Blowing out a frustrated breath, I clenched my jaw and let go of one of Zeke’s hands to face Hyde, who stood at the closed door. “Can you, um, stay too? In… human form, as you are now, instead of wolf?”
Zeke chuckled as Hyde’s eyes widened. Zeke dropped my other hand to step up behind me and wrap them around my shoulders. He rested his chin on the top of my head. “Hyde didn’t know you’d figured out he slept in here at night.”
“Oh” was all I could say, unsure if it was good or bad admitting I knew. Did it make Hyde uncomfortable? Should I apologize? What was I—
“I’ll stay,” Hyde said, his tone gruff.
Well… what did I do now?
Zeke kissed the side of my neck, causing my heart to fly behind my ribs. “I’ll go get some sleep shorts from my room. Be back in a sec.” He slipped by me, and Hyde moved enough for Zeke to go out the door.
Gripping the bottom of my tee, I stretched and tugged at it while glancing around the room behind my veil of hair. “I’ll, um, I guess, get, ah, changed.” I nodded to myself and went to my bed, where I left my pajamas on my pillow.
I struggled to focus and pull my mind away from Hyde. I wanted to kiss him. I really, really did.
Dear God, I had to slow my pulse before I passed out from the possibility of stealing two incredible men from someone else. Not that I knew if Hyde was interested.
I let out a yip when warm hands landed on my hips. Hyde brushed his nose up the back of my neck, and I heard his large intake of breath.
“Kissed Zeke.”
My heart stumbled at his words. “Yes?” I panted. His warm hands had slipped slowly up and under my tee, which I’d been too distracted to remove. His nails scraped gently over my belly, causing it to quiver. I bit down on my bottom lip at the sudden urge to take hold of his hand and guide it to my growing erection.
Was this wrong? Was I supposed to stick to just Zeke, who I’d kissed? But they didn’t seem to mind each other sleeping in here, and there were those few sweet moments I’d seen between the both of them.
But was this moving too fast?
Or not fast enough.
“No,” Hyde clipped. Wait, what? Did he not want me to kiss Zeke? “I have.”
Oh.
Ohhh.
Hyde and Zeke had kissed before.
Blood abandoned the rest of my body and rushed to my dick. How could I be so turned on? I blamed my roommates. They were hotness personified, so I couldn’t be held responsible for the need pulsing through my veins.
My stomach danced as Hyde’s hand went back to my hips before he turned me. I kept my gaze on his chest as I tried to find the oxygen in the room, but it was currently hard, pun intended, because Hyde had me swooning.
“Micah,” Hyde growled.
What was I supposed to do with my hands? Why was I freaking out now when I just made out with Zeke? Then again, that was after a good amount of adrenaline.
But back to the hands question: Where was I supposed to put them?
Forget it.
Reaching up, I wrapped my arms around his neck. Tipping my head back, I pressed my lips against his and slammed my eyes closed.
Hyde made a noise in the back of his throat right before I was lifted in his arms. Brazenly, I curled my legs around his waist and held on as I pulled my face back. Panting, I managed to pant out quickly, “I’ve never really done anything before. Zeke was my first kiss. I-I don’t know what to do.”
Hyde’s pupils blew wide. He laid me on the bed and hovered over me. “Nothing you do will be wrong.”
My breath hiccupped, and tears welled at the strong emotions coursing through me. My body hummed. I couldn’t say anything, and really, I didn’t want to. Instead, I threaded my fingers through his hair and slowly drew him down on top of me. He didn’t give me all his weight, but it was enough for his heat to warm my whole body. I lifted my head enough to peck at his mouth. He waited, watched, and the desire to please him pulsed to life in my chest.
I slipped the tip of my tongue out and ran it across his bottom lip, licking over his scar.
Hyde sucked in a sharp breath and took control.
He kissed me with a groaned growl, teaching me, showing me how he liked it. Teeth, tongue, and lips all involved in this sensual kiss. I gripped his shoulders and pressed the sides of my knees into his waist. Our groins rocked against each other’s, both hard. That he was hard for me was exhilarating. I wanted to crawl inside him and taste him forever. My stomach and heart danced together, and my mind kept chanting, Mine, mine, mine.
Just like when Zeke and I shared a kiss, something unlocked inside me, and a part of me detached. I was happy for it to go. To Hyde. To Zeke.
They could take whatever they wanted.