Twenty Sixth Secret

Darien remembered all too late that he had taken his jacket off to wash the dishes and it was on the back of one of the kitchen chairs. His cap was around the entryway somewhere. The biggest offender had to be his shoes by the door.

It didn’t take Zach’s flatmate long to notice.

“You’ve got someone over,” she said. “Are they someone you can introduce to me?”

The living room was the next room after the kitchen and Darien knew he didn’t have much time as her footsteps approached.

Zach pulled him downwards and Darien ended up with his face in Zach’s lap as Emilia walked into the living room.

“Oh!” she said when she walked around the sofa. “I didn’t realise you were doing something like this. Did you want me out of the apartment?”

Darien realised all too late that his face was pretty much on Zach’s crotch. His flatmate likely thought they were up to something raunchy. He held his breath and didn’t move an inch. He didn’t want to be recogni