Ji-Su tucked his face into Raul’s neck, his panting breath hot on his skin as he came between their bodies, the cum spilling from his cock wetting his stomach and Raul’s shirt. His soft, sweet moans pushed Raul into his own climax. They came together, wildly kissing, bodies shuddering and trembling as they to strained to pull forth every drop of sensation from their release.
As the pleasure began to fade, their kisses turned lazy. Finally, they went still, but stayed pressed together until they caught their breath. Only when Raul was sure that Ji-Su was fully recovered did he set him on his feet.
“That was nice,” Ji-Su said with a sleepy, satisfied smile.
Raul raised a brow as he looked down at his spent lover. “Just nice? I need to try again if it wasjust nice,” he teased as he reached for Ji-Su’s hips.
Ji-Su laughed and slapped his hand away. “Sorry I didn’t bring my thesaurus to our post-orgasm chat. But if you try that again right now, I’ll have to sit on one of those donut pillows while I game for the next week.”
Raul smiled and took Ji-Su’s hand instead. “Come on, let’s take a hot shower.” Tugging Ji-Su along behind him, he went into the en suite bathroom and turned on the shower to let the water warm up while he undressed.
Once he was naked, he guided Ji-Su under the rain fall shower head and stepped in after him. Soaping up his hands, he gently massaged Ji-Su at the same time he washed the sweat from his shower warmed skin. With a content little sigh, Ji-Su went boneless and relaxed against him. Raul smiled to himself as he gladly took on Ji-Su’s slight weight and continued his soapy massage. He’d had a fantastic orgasm and now he held his lover nestled in his arms as they stood under a warm, soothing shower. Ji-Su was right. Thiswasnice.
Chapter 31
Three days after their meeting, Ji-Su received a text from Elaine with the time and date to visit the casino and pick out the location for the tournament. He texted back that he would be there. For the rest of that night, his upcoming visit to the casino had stayed on his mind.
He wanted to make a good impression—both for himself as an individual and for gamers in general. Plus, Raul would be with him and everyone would know that they were together. And he couldn’t help but think of that couple—the man and woman Raul had been with at the dinner theater. They were both beautiful and elegant. They looked like they belonged on the arm of a powerful man like Raul. Whereas he looked like what he was—a shy gamer nerd who liked the comfort of hoodies.
At the thought of his favorite item of clothing, Cedric’s cruel words slipped into his head. The vampire had often mocked him for the way he dressed and those taunts made him doubt the way he looked was good enough for his visit to the casino.
He’d decided that he couldn’t show up in his regular clothes, so he’d grabbed his laptop and gone online to EXPRESS, the first place for nice men’s clothes that he thought of. He’d scrolled through the site until he found three button down shirts and two pairs of dress pants that he thought would work. He’d ordered them, using the credit card Raul had given him. When they arrived, he tried on everything, mixing and matching until he settled on the burnt orange shirt and charcoal gray pants.
Now, the night of the location scout was here and Ji-Su was dressed in his chosen outfit. He stood in front of the mirrored closet doors taking in his appearance as he buckled his belt closet. Earlier he’d brushed and blow-dried his shower-wet hair back from his forehead, styling it with gel to hold it in place. He looked good. Different but good. It was a little strange seeing himself this way. But surely he would look like he belonged by Raul’s side in this outfit more than he would in a pastel hoodie and jeans.
He was still standing there reassuring himself when the bedroom door opened and Raul walked in. When he saw Ji-Su he came over to stand behind him, leaning down to place a kiss on his throat.
“You look nice.”
“Do you like it?” he asked, slightly anxious to hear his answer. Raul must have picked up on his nervousness because he frowned before he responded.
“Of course. The style is different from the way you normally dress. But you’re still gorgeous. You’re always gorgeous.”
“I thought that you might prefer it,” he said as he smoothed his palms down the front of the orange shirt.
Raul straightened. Without speaking, he took Ji-Su’s hand and pulled him along behind him across the room. Raul sat down on the edge of the bed and used Ji-Su’s belt buckle to pull him in close. Looping his arms around Ji-Su’s waist, he held him in a loose hug.
“Ji-Su, you don’t need to change your appearance for me. I likeyou. And I like you just the way you normally are. I like you cute and soft in your hoodies and sweatshirts.” He chuckled, his eyes shining with humor. “Even your aegyo gets me hard.”
Ji-Su’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. “Really?”
“Yep. If you want to dress this way that’s fine. But it’s not necessary to please me or anyone else. It’s fine to dress up ifwe’re going somewhere it’s expected or has a dress code. But we’re only going to the casino. I’m in jeans, see?” He glanced down at himself.
Ji-Su looked too. Raul was in his standard dress of dark jeans, plaid shirt—this one maroon, gray, and white—and black cowboy boots. And he looked good. He always did. Raul’s style was the reason his stream audience had given him the nickname Vampire Ranch Daddy.
“Wear whatever you’re comfortable in. Okay?”
“Okay.”
“Are you ready to go?”
Ji-Su chewed his bottom lip as he thought for a moment. “Actually, do we have a few minutes for me to change?”
Raul gave him a soft smile and let his arms drop from around his waist. “Take all the time you need.”
Ji-Su hustled over to the closet. He stripped out of the new outfit and pulled on a pair of black jeans, a neatly pressed white T-shirt that he tucked into the jeans, and a powder blue zip up hoodie. In his usual clothes, he felt more like himself, instead of like he was putting on a facade. In the bathroom, he ran a brush through his hair to loosen up some of the gel, but otherwise left it. Feeling more confident, he left the bathroom and smiled at Raul patiently waiting on the bed. “Now I’m ready to go.”
They went downstairs and outside to where Sam was holding the door of the Cullinan open for them. Ji-Su slid in first followed by Raul. After they were both buckled in and headed down the drive, Raul linked their fingers together. He stroked his thumb across the back of Ji-Su’s hand.