Chapter One || Amani & AJ
AJ grinned when Amani accepted the strawberry and didnât even have the heart to taunt him about the dribble, since he made such a big deal about it before. âI didnât know that was supposed to be likeâŠsexy. I thought it was just like when youâre on a date and itâs cute cause you have to have a little bit of trust in the person. To not like put a dick in your mouth,â he explained, breaking into a laugh before he could finish his reasoning. âYouâre going into some very tiny details here and Iâm just warning you that my memory is really shitty, so maybe we could write this down somewhere?â AJ suggested, not wanting to forget and accidentally take Amani fishing. Even though that would be a horrible date or honeymoon activity. âChubby, little legs, aw. You have to show me pictures some time. I love babies,â he told the other with an excited smile, taking another strawberry for himself. âHey, makeup is very important. Youâve got to let girls do their thing when it comes to that,â he told Amani sternly. Heâd had enough girls present in his life to know how sacred makeup routines were and if heâd learned one thing, it was to never rush them and never judge. He smiled lightly as Amani explained how different it was to not be surrounded by people. âYeah, thatâs pretty much how my house is. My dad travels for work, so he isnât home too often and my mom is always helping with some charity thing or organizing an event. Things are different now that Iâm here though. Cause before, I was still in New York, so we saw each other all the time. When I went home this summer, I swear, itâs like they dropped everything to spend as much time with me as possible. They absolutely hate the idea of me living up here,â he chuckled, shaking his head at how ridiculously doting his parents had been this summer after years of depriving him of attention. Granted, they had a good reason to want AJ close to home, but the change of pace was still weird for everyone. âBut, if you ever get lonely, you can always invite me over!â he suggested with a grin, hoping the situation could be mutually beneficial. AJ hated to be by himself and now that Layla was moving away, he no longer had a roommate to keep him company 24/7.
âDunno. Food and sex has always been a weird concept to me. Like why would I want to waste chocolate on someoneâs body? Or whatâs sexy about honey dripping over someoneâs tits, right? Putting a dick in their mouth when theyâre expecting food is way too risky anyway. Iâd be worried about teeth,â Amani cringed, the bridge of his nose scrunching at the thought. He had to stop himself from trying to over-analyze the whole blind-folded thing before he ended up boring AJ to death with his train of thought, even though he felt the itch to continue exploring the concept. Maybe that was for another time. âYou want me to write down the doâs and donâts of dating Amani Lamere? Number one: donât take me on a date to an aquarium,â he joked somewhat, grinning a little as his teeth pressed into his bottom lip, hoping he wasnât making himself sound too high maintenance or picky. He always prided himself on being the exact opposite. And heâd probably end up just sucking it up and going along with whatever kind of plans AJ had in store for them, even if one of them happened to wind up at an aquarium. He considered digging his phone from his pocket right then and showing the other pictures of his niece but the idea of âoohingâ and âawwingâ over a baby while he was still trying to get laid soon didnât really sit right with him. He smiled instead, making a note to himself that they could bond of their love of babies some other time. âI donât mind them being interested in makeup or wanting to do it but when youâre living in a house with eight people and one bathroom, time management becomes very, very vital. And my bladder is just a tad bit more important than contouring.â He settled into AJâs side quiet as he ate another strawberry, letting the boy take over the conversation as he went into detail about his own home life, trying to imagine being alone all the time or even having fully-functional parents that were absent for tangible reasons instead of being too trapped in their own minds. âDo like having their full attention on you like that? When theyâre home, I mean? I know some people complain about suffocating parents but, I wouldnât even know what that looks like honestly.â He smirked at AJ reminding him that he didnât really have to be alone if he didnât want to be, placing a hand on the boyâs thigh and giving it squeeze, âYouâre welcome anytime.â














