Hello Gorgeous humans. Here is a little double update, so make sure you read chapter 9 if you haven't. Hope you enjoy it. Friendly reminder the italics are our lovely characters in the present.

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Levi's P.O.V 

We exit the building to find Alex and Leo waiting in the car. 

"Sup bitches ready to have some fun?" Leo said. 

"You make it sound like we're going to a club when in reality, we're going to have lunch," Alex replied in his usual bored tone. 

"Ah, so good to see you guys. Missed your ugly faces." Jace added. Then he opened the passenger door where Alex was sitting. 

"Get out, and it's my seat," Jace told Alex. 

"What? Since when I was here first. Go sit down in the back." Alex glared at Jace, who just kept looking at him. 

"I called eternal shotgun when Leo got the car, remember? So get your ass off my seat, and you sit in the back. Just because I love you, Lexi doesn't mean you get to steal my passenger princess moment." 

"Seriously, guys, do we have to do this every time? It's just a car, Jace. Please just get in." I held the door, signalling for him to get inside. 

"Yes, Jace, listen to Levi," Alex taunted, which tickled Jace the wrong way. 

He started pulling Alex out of the car… I'm friends with children. I sighed. This is getting out of hand, and I'm not ready to deal with it. So I look at Leo, and he seems to get my drift. 

"STOP!" Leo yelled in a firm voice which halted Alex and Jace's movements. 

"Neither of you is sitting shotgun, so you both can get your asses in the back. Levi, you're sitting next to me. You're acting like children, and I lack patience." He added. 

"But-"

"No buts. I am hungry and not dealing with your bullshit today." Leo interrupted Jace before he got any more words out. 

Defeated, both Alex and Jace got in the back, and I sat next to Leo and gave him an approving nod. Finally, we started driving. I hear both of our children fighting and bickering. Ignoring them, I turn to Leo and start a conversation with him. 

Twenty minutes later, we arrived at our usual hangout place. It's a little cafe called XL. We always meet here once a week. It became our thing once we graduated high school. We wanted to keep seeing each other even when it got busy. But we ended up not needing it because we see each other almost every day, especially since Leo and Alex share an apartment, so we spend most of our time there. 

We go inside and sit at a table, already knowing what to order. We call the waitress straight away. 

"Hello, welcome to XL. My name is Hailey. What can I get you today?" She asked. 

"I'll get the special XL burger with fries and Fanta, and can I get extra mayo, please." Leo starts, and the waitress inputs the order on her iPad. 

Alex orders next. "I'll get the creamy chicken pasta with extra mushrooms, please and a coke." 

"I will also have the chicken burger with no chilli and a coke. Oh, and fries." Jace added. 

"I will get the chicken schnitzel with mushroom sauce, fries and coke. Thank you." I smiled at the waitress as she nodded, reread the orders, and then she left. 

"So, how is everyone doing?" I asked. 

"We're doing okay, still adjusting to living with an idiot," Leo answered. 

"Aww, Leo, don't call yourself an idiot. It's not healthy." Alex smiled at Leo, patting his shoulder. 

"I'm choosing to ignore you. So enough about us. What's happening with you guys?" Leo said, changing the subject. 

"Nothing new, just waiting patiently to start university so I have something to do. Just been thinking about things, which is not doing me well." I answered. 

Leo gives me a knowing look, but I turn to Jace. 

"What about you, Jace? Anything new?" 

"Well, since you asked… Amari asked me to move in together." He squealed excitedly. 

"Oh my god, Jace, that's amazing. About damn time." I also squealed as I hugged him. 

We've all been waiting for this moment since Jace has been whining that Amari hasn't asked him yet. 

"Tell us all about it. Why did he decide to ask finally? You've been hinting about it for months now." Alex joined the questioning. 

“Okay, so here is what happened,” Jace started. 

Flashback…

Jace’s P.O.V

I was doing my mourning routine, dancing while cooking breakfast. Today’s menu was pancakes which I rarely cook, but I’m feeling special. Hannah Montana’s ‘Best of Both Worlds” was blasting through the speakers while I rocked my best dance moves. If Levi was here, he’s be judging my music choices, but he’s not here, so let’s keep it a secret. I was deeply engrossed in my dancing when I suddenly felt two hands wrapping around my waist, pulling me into a hard chest, a hard naked chest. I smiled, sliding my hands over his as he started kissing my neck, waking up the shivers all over my body. 

“Mmm, Morning to you too.” I turned around in his arms and looked up at him. 

“Morning, Bambi,” he smiled, pulling me closer to him and hugging me tightly. 

I snuggled into his warmth that I loved so dearly; seriously, I absolutely love this man. Amari and I met in high school. People who look at us today would say, ‘oh, you guys must’ve fallen in love at first sight, but that was not the case. Amari and I hated each other initially, starting from him accidentally bumping into me in the hallways and spilling my favourite strawberry milk all over me and the floor. The memory still makes me sad. My poor milk did nothing wrong it just wanted to go into my tummy. Instead of apologising like a decent human being, that asshole decided to make fun of my milk. It took a while for me to get over it, and I’m still not over it. 

I give Amari’s chest a hard slap, pouting in the process. 

“Ouch, what was that for?” He asked. 

“It was for the milk you spilled, you asshole,” I replied. 

“Oh my god, Bambi, you still on about this? Come on, it’s been three years since I've repeatedly said sorry and bought you countless strawberry milk. Shouldn’t you have forgiven me by now?” he pleads, his hazel eyes looking sweetly at me. 

I brought my hands to caress his cheeks, his delicious stubble tickling my skin gently. I pulled him closer, giving his lips a sweet kiss. People usually look at Amari and assume that he is a playboy who is cold and detached, but they don’t know him the way that I do. He is so sweet, gentle, and so so loving. Well, to me, he is; to others, he is a grade-A asshole, but I loved that he is only like that with me. 

“I love you,” I smiled at him. 

“I love you, Bambi,” Amari replied, deepening our kiss. 

He brings his hands to my hips, pulling me so close we’re practically one. I wrapped my hand around his neck as I kissed his soft lips. His lips were so soft, almost like a pillow. I could feel the soft tickle of his breath beneath my nose,  fingers carding through his hair, pulling it as we breathed each other in. 

“If we don’t stop now, I won’t be able to stop anymore,” Amari spoke through the kiss, his voice husky and filled with lust. 

I pull away, looking at him through hooded eyes, biting my lips, glancing at his toned skin glistening, his abs constricting, testing my patience. I smirked, looking at him, stepping on my tippy toes and whispering in his ears. 

“Who said anything about stopping,” I slide my hands down on his abs, feeling the hard muscle twitch under my touch. 

Amari growled, pushing me against the counter and kissing me like the hungry man he was, and I loved when Amari got rough with me. It was exciting. His kiss was so deep and demanding it made me want to give my all to him and surrender. His tongue slid against my lips, asking for an entrance, me being the tease that I am. I refused, smiling against his lips. The downside to us being together for a long time is that he knows what buttons to push when he wants me to do something. I felt his hands slip into my ass, giving it a hard squeeze and making me gasp, and he took the opportunity to slip his tongue into my mouth, exploring it like it was a long-lost treasure. 

I moaned at his taste, god I loved the way he tasted. Amari groaned and started grinding against me. His strong thighs rubbed against me, the pressure sending sparks of pleasure up my spine. My hips twitched, and I gasped as Amari’s cock pressed against my leg. He was so hard and hot for me, and it made me moan and shiver. 

Amari moved his hands below my ass, lifting me up on the counter, and I wrapped my legs around him. His lips moved to my neck, sucking and nipping, pulling unholy voices out of me. My head shifted sideways, allowing him more access to do as he pleased. Finally, he found the spot that sent me to heaven and back and focused all his energy on that one place, kissing it so hard I could feel it bruising. 

His large hand ran its course against my torso, taking hold of my hard nipple and pinching it. I moaned at the pulse it sent straight to my aching dick, waiting for its turn to get the attention it craves. 

“Mmmm, just like that, touch me more,” I begged as he slithered his hand further down, exploring my body. I felt heat erupting from every place he touched. It was driving me crazy with want. His hand glanced against my dick, making it twitch and pulse at the little attention it was given. 

“Let’s take this to the bedroom, shall we?” Amari finally spoke, his voice shaking my every cell with how deep it was. 

“Yes, please,” I said between gasps. 

He pulled me up from the counter carrying me in his arms, his lips never leaving my neck. I held on tightly to him, pulling his hair as he kept on abusing my neck. Finally, he put me down on the bed, more like threw me on the bed, sliding back on top of me, continuing his unfished work on my skin. He took off my shirt, throwing it who knows where, and his lips trickled down my chest, his wet and hot tongue wrapped around my sensitive buds. The pleasure pulsing caused my back to arch as I felt my orgasm creep up. Best fucking morning ever. 

After our hot morning workout, we left the bedroom to finish the breakfast I was working on before I was delightfully interrupted. The music was still blasting through the kitchen since we forgot to turn it off. I turned on the stove to start cooking the batter. Amari slides into the counter opposite me and stares at me intensely. 

“Do you need help with anything?” he asked. 

“Nope, everything is ready. I just need to make the pancakes.”

I quickly finished up everything and put the plates in front of Amari and me. I poured our coffee into the mug, and we started eating. 

“So, Kayden wants to move closer to campus,” Amari said as he took the first bite. 

“I mean, he’s not wrong. You guys live an hour away. I don’t know why you decided to move together so far away,” I replied. 

“Yeah, we didn’t know what university we’d be going to, so we thought we’d move out somewhere and figure things out later,” He glanced at me like he wanted to say more but stopped. 

“Okay, so are you guys looking for apartments?” I asked, and he shifted in his seat, looking nervous. 

“Well, about that, he is searching but alone.” He took a sip from his coffee, avoiding eye contact. What is he getting at?

“What about you? Are you staying in that apartment?” I took a bite from my pancakes, which melted in my mouth. I am such a good cook, a man of many talents. Amari looked uncomfortable, and he kept shifting and giving me weird looks. 

“What is it, Amari? I know you want to say something, spill already.” I questioned, getting irritated by his antics. 

“Well… I was thinking, since he is moving and well, hmmm. Since you live close to campus, you have an extra room. So So I could move here with you.” He spilled so quickly that it took me a minute to process his words. 

I looked at him, frozen, unable to say or do anything. I’ve been hinting at him to move in with me since before we graduated, which is why I got a two-bedroom apartment in the first place, but his dumb ass didn’t catch on, and now it is finally happening. 

“Jace? You suddenly got quiet. Do you not want to move in together?” he said nervously. 

I put my fork and knife down and slide out of my seat, running into his lap and kissing him. 

“About damn time, asshole.” I smiled at him as his face beamed with happiness, giving me a tight hug. 

End of Flashback…

Levi’s P.O.V

“That was cute and all, and I am super happy for you guys. But did you need to mention your makeout session?” I asked, shivering at the memory. 

“Of course, it was pivotal to the story,” Jace replied. 

“No, it was not, you pervert,” Alex added as he took a sip of his drink to wash whatever he was feeling away. 

Honestly, leave it to Jace to creep everyone out. 

“So, when is he moving in?” Leo asked. 

“He said he would move in as soon as Kayden found a place,” Jace said, and I took a sip of my drink at the mention of Kayden’s name. It’s been almost a year since I’ve spoken to him. You’d think the sting would lessen over time, but it doesn’t. It's still painful. It’s not like his name didn’t come up in conversations before, especially being around Amari, but it doesn’t make it any easier. I looked up to see the guys staring at me with sympathy like they knew what I was feeling. I smile at them to assure them I’m okay and I am slowly getting better. Love like this takes a while to leave your system, though mine will take twice as long. 

“How are you doing, Le? Are you feeling okay?” Alex asked, reaching over the table to touch my hand, gently squeezing me. 

“I’m doing okay, you guys. I’m slowly getting there. I started writing about what happened to get things out and process things. But it’s not like I'm the first person with a broken heart. It happens. I’ll be fine.” I reassure them squeezing Alex’s hand back, making him smile. 

“Anyone enough about that, and let’s celebrate Jace’s good news,” I added, and they understood that I didn’t want to talk about it anymore. 

They all change the subject and start chatting with Jace. I have the best friends in the world. I take a bite of my food and join their chit chat laughing. 

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