I watched my workmate Curtis sticking his ass out as he leaned over the counter, trying to get Connor's attention for an extra bowl of sugar for table three. I must have been watching a bit too closely because my best friend Alex punched me in the shoulder.
"Curtis?" She said incredulously. "Still? Honestly Danny, get it together." I shrugged and tore my eyes away.
"He's hot."
"Curtis is a certified himbo slut and quite frankly it's embarrassing you even look in his direction." I rolled my eyes.
"It's looking, I'm not going to do anything."
"Have some self respect then and stop fucking begging for it."
"I'm not begging for it!" I glanced at Curtis. "If anything he should be begging for it."
"Whatever." Alex rolled her eyes. She couldn't deny my reputation preceded me though. I grinned at her. Yeah, I certainly wasn't going to try it with Curtis. He was insanely hot. Just fucking beautiful but fuck, he knew it. He seemed to have a new boy picking him up every week.
"Breaks are 15 minutes Drew." He frowned at me as he swooped past with the sugar. Asshole. He wasn't wrong, maybe I had pushed my break a little long... but...
"Did he just call you Drew?" Alex frowned. "Looks like he's not exactly begging for it huh?"I felt my cheeks grow red. Holy shit, we worked together twice a week! How did he not know my name?!
"He will." I said. Alex raised her eyebrows.
"Bet you $100 he won't." I put my knife and fork down. $100 huh?
"Done." I said. "How can I prove it?"
"You're my best mate, dumbass we can use an honour system." I grinned as I stood up and cleared my plate. Sweet. An excuse to pursue the hottest fucking piece of ass I'd ever seen- albeit the most arrogant prick as well.
"You're on." I shook Alex's hand.
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Ok. He didn't know me from a bar of soap, which meant I clearly hadn't caught his eye- which personally I think is insane. I mean, Curtis is beautiful but I'm no slouch. I work out like crazy. I have long dark hair and big dark eyes and I'm a reputable top in Wellington.
Curtis is just damn pretty. He's a little shorter than me, but still tall. His hair is curly and dark- he's Maori like me but I'm definitely darker than he is. I kind of like his soft Maori features with his pale skin. I mean, honestly, I super like it. I suspect a lot of people do.
And now that I had $100 on it I had to really try to work out what he likes.
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Legs.
I watched him carefully, I could see what he was gravitating towards. His type was all over the place, but guys who really make him smile all have great legs. Lucky for me all I needed was a pair of shorts.
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He was on a break with his current man. It sounded like Curtis had been caught with his pants down quite literally, and he was grumpy all weekend. I swanned up on Saturday, the hottest day November had thrown us so far, in a tight but not obscene pair of shorts and some Doc Martens, and I could feel his eyes almost immediately. About time, fucker.
"Hey Danny." He smiled at me. Awesome. He'd learned my name. Still, he couldn't keep his eyes on my face, they kept drifting to my calves. I'm a cyclist, my calves are pretty damn good. It's not enough though. You don't beg for calves, you beg for the whole damn package. I needed him to want all of me.
Halfway through the day we were both running coffee.
"Hold up." I stopped him, and looked at him. I don't think he'd ever really looked at me before. I slowly reached out and pulled an imaginary piece of fluff out of his hair- giving him a chance to notice my freckles, my brown eyes, my strong jaw. "This fucking mop of hair." I joked. "You're such a mess." His mouth parted and he blushed a little. I knew he'd like teasing.
"Thanks." He muttered.
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I knew he was going to a gig on Sunday so naturally I got myself a ticket. I had a drink at the bar and watched him chain smoke outside, animatedly talking to his equally pretty and probably vapid friends. He spotted me as he went to get another drink.
"You get stood up too?" He pulled up a stool. I glanced at him.
"Did you? I'm here alone."
"Alone huh?" He swept his big, pretty eyes over me and I could see him deciding not to let the night go to waste. He parted his lips and-
Tama appeared between us and wrapped me up in a hug. He kissed the top of my head. Curtis's eyes immediately grew steely as he narrowed them at me. God, that's right. He's kinda a skeeze. He probably gets off on breaking couples up. Not that Tama and I are a couple. Tama is my cousin. But Curtis didn't need to know that.
"Didn't know you'd be here?" Tama grinned at me.
"Not usually my scene." He agreed. "Tama, this is Curtis. I work with him. Curtis, this is Tama." I grinned to myself as Curtis looked Tama over. He clearly decided he stacked up because he gave me a smile.
"What are you drinking?" He ignored Tama. I didn't though. Leave then wanting more.
"Oh." I said, and glanced at Curtis as I stood up. "No thanks." And I left the most gorgeous man, who I'd had a crush on for over a year, sitting at the bar alone.
—-
I had his attention. He was watching me now. Every shift. But into it and begging for it are two different things.
I overheard him whining about how his boy had left for good. Maybe because he was a fucking slut and got caught cheating. Curtis had a full kinky streak which I'd been able to glean by eavesdropping. I think he found it hot to cheat, to cuck his boyfriends. He definitely fantasised about more than one guy. A plan was starting to take shape in my head.
"Hey." He always said hi to me now, leaning against the coffee machine and playing with his hair. He looked rough this morning. I raised my eyebrow.
"Late night?" He shrugged.
"That obvious?" I pushed a curl behind his ear carefully. He blushed at my touch.
"You look like shit." I grinned. He started saying something else, but I was playing hard to get, so I ignored him and walked away.
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"Why doesn't he like me?" I overheard him asking Alex. "You guys are mates right? You want to help me out here?" My heart skipped as I listened to them.
"Well." Alex sighed. She had my back, even if her bet was against mine. "First, don't shit where you eat. And second..."'she sighed dramatically. "Look. You're a fucking whore and Danny doesn't really do sloppy seconds." Ouch. She had guts- I would never say that to someone. But Curtis was clearly thinking about it.
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"Hey Danny." He blinked at me.