17. Chase

17

Chase

C hase walked down the hallway until he came to the back of the building. There, he opened the door of the file storage room. The place, naturally, was packed with folders and boxes along the lines of the shelves. Aka, the redheaded fox boy, was currently standing on a stepladder and arranging folders according to the new system Chase had just implemented.

Leaning his tall, muscular body against the doorframe, Chase cleared his throat, a smile on his lips. Aka turned then, and his emerald-green eyes widened in delight and a bright smile flashed across his face. That smile warmed Chase’s heart.

“Chase,” the boy said. “What ya doing here?”

“Checking up on you,” Chase said.

“Why?” Aka asked. “I already promised not to slack off at work, didn’t I?” He tilted his head to one side. “Oh, I see. You still don’t believe me, don’t you?” He made a sour face. “Nobody ever believed a beastkin when he said he’d work diligently. Should have known.”

Chase said, “Who said this nobody doesn’t believe a cute beastkin when he said he’d work diligently?”

Aka raised a brow. “Oh, so you do believe me when I told you I can work diligently? How nice.”

“Is that sarcasm I hear from you, runt?” Chase said.

Aka’s face turned crimson and his eyes flared. “I am not a runt! I’m just… malnourished. You just wait and see. In a few years, I’ll be as tall as you are and just as big.” He flexed his puny arm, folder in hand. “I’m working out.”

“I can train you, if you’re so inclined to bulk up,” Chase said in amusement. “At night and in my bed.”

Aka harrumphed. “Stop flirting, idiot doctor. Now go back and check on your patients.”

Chase changed the subject and asked, “By the way, Aka, did you hear someone calling your name a little while back?”

The boy widened his eyes. “Did you hear it, too? Is it a ghost? Is this place haunted? I knew it! This place is haunted.”

Chase couldn’t help himself and burst out laughing until his stomach hurt. He couldn’t believe the boy was that oblivious to the trouble he had caused a while ago with Shiro. Did he even realize his adopted brother had been in the clinic and was chasing after him?

“What are you laughing so hard for? And just so you know, I’m not scared of ghosts, okay?” Aka said. “And it’s not funny, so stop laughing already. ”

When he managed to calm down, Chase said, “There’s no such things as ghosts.”

“Don’t be silly,” Aka said. “There are ghosts. I know it. I’ve seen it.” He shivered and looked around. “I can’t believe I have to work nights.”

“You requested to work nights,” Chase said as he straightened up and walked toward the boy.

“I know that,” Aka said. “But I have no other choice. I told you I’m busy during the day looking for my bros.” He pointed a folder at Chase. “And you promised to help. It’s been two months now and you haven’t done a damn thing, you liar.”

“Okay,” Chase said, wrapping one powerful arm around the boy’s waist and lifting him off the stepladder.

Aka gasped. “Oy! What are you doing, you idiot doctor? Put me down.”

“Let’s leave work for later,” Chase said. “Now, how about pleasing the boss?”

“Huh?” Aka expressed, struggling and wiggling his body about on Chase’s broad shoulder. “No way. Put me down, Chase.”

Chase slapped the boy on the butt and said, “Stop moving so much or you’ll fall.”

Aka sighed. “I’m not going to suck your cock again. Nope, I won’t.”

“What?” Chase asked as he walked out the door. “Are you upset because I wasn’t paying attention last time?”

“Yeah, like I care,” Aka said. “But who gets his cock sucked while talking to a friend on the phone?”

Chase chuckled. “So you are upset. Then how about I’ll suck your cute cock instead this time? ”

Aka started struggling again. “No way, you idiot. I’ll die if you suck my cock again.”

“What? But your cum tastes so great.” They were inside his office now, and Chase put the boy down on the sofa. Aka chose that moment to escape by scrambling up, but before he could get off the sofa completely, Chase already had his powerful arm around the boy’s waist and was pulling him onto his lap.

“Dr. Chase,” Aka said. “You big idiot! Why do you always do this to me?”

“Because you’re fucking cute and I feel the unexplainable urge to tease and touch and kiss you,” Chase said. He nestled his face against the boy’s neck as his hand slipped under the boy’s shirt. “If you don’t want this, you know to never come back, right? You’ll never have to see my face again, but you keep coming back so I’m taking it that you like me enough to want to come back.”

“Shut up,” Aka said. “I come back because… I have a job and I need money, okay, not because…”

Chase cupped the boy’s chin in his hand and nudged Aka’s face closer to his so he could look into the boy’s beautiful green eyes.

“Not because?” he prompted.

“Because I… like you…” the boy said softly, gazing up at the man.

“Ah, I see,” Chase said. “So you do like me…”

Aka went bright red in the face and opened his mouth, intending to protest, but Chase shut him up by planting his lips on the boy, his tongue plunging straight into Aka’s welcoming mouth.

Chase kissed the boy deeply, his tongue playing havoc with Aka’s, who became dazed and groaned softly, his body hot and weak. When Chase finally released those sensual lips, he trailed little kisses down the boy’s slender neck while his hand slipped into the boy’s pants. He felt the cute bulge there and said, “Oh my, but you’re already hard.”

“Shut up,” Aka snapped. “You’re hard, too. That beast is poking against me like a steel pole.”

“Steel pole, eh?” Chase said, claiming the boy’s lips again.

Aka tapped him on the shoulder to draw his attention. “Hmm?” Chase answered as he moved back. His hand, though, was still working enthusiastically on the boy’s cock.

Aka groaned as he bit his lower lip.

“Ah, fuck, you’re so cute,” Chase said. He was about to claim the boy’s lips again when Aka covered the man’s mouth with his hand.

His eyes large, the boy asked, “Can I ask you something?”

Smiling, Chase said, “Ask away, little minx.”

Aka wrapped his hand around Chase’s wrist and held it tight. “First, stop. You have to stop touching me there. I can’t think straight.”

Chase chuckled, but obliged.

Calmer and his head less dazed, Aka said, “I saw The Beautiful Monster. What’s he doing here? What’s he to you?”

Chase cocked his head to one side. “When did you see him?”

“Yesterday,” Aka said. “I saw him at the foyer downstairs. I… I got so freaked out at seeing him that I ran out again.”

Chase burst out laughing, hard.

Aka pouted. “It’s not funny. His alpha aura was damn intense. It sent chills down my spine.”

When Chase managed to stop, he asked, “Did he release his alpha aura? Probably not on purpose. He probably thought some naughty boy was breaking into the clinic.”

Aka glared at him. “What is he doing here? And what is he to you, Chase?”

“If you’re so inclined to know, how about I take you out to meet him tomorrow and you can ask him yourself?” Chase said.

Aka shook his head. “No way in hell I’d want to meet him. He’s scary.”

“And I’m not?” Chase asked curiously.

“You were scary, too, when I first met you, but you’re a doctor and you’re saving beastkin’s lives so I figured you’d be nice.” He cleared his throat. “But you’re not scary anymore. I mean, you’re big and scruffy and you do very annoying things to me, but I’m not scared of you or anything.”

“I’m glad to hear you’re not afraid of me,” Chase said. “It’ll be worrisome if you are. I won’t make love to a boy who’s afraid of me.” With that, he stripped the pants from Aka’s legs, which made the boy gasp in outrage. Before he could protest and demand the man slow down, Chase was already kissing the boy on the lips again, shutting him up, while his hand was busy teasing that cute cock, which was now leaking with pre-cum.