Out of Nowhere (Balls and Brawn Bodyguard #4)

19. Chapter Nineteen Dex

Chapter Nineteen: Dex

S eo-jun had been acting strangely ever since they entered the airport, and now that they’d boarded the plane, Dex was certain something was wrong. He seemed so agitated, almost nervous, like maybe…Wait. Could Seo-jun be afraid of flying? It seemed unlikely since he had to fly periodically for his job, but the way he’d been fine one minute and then tense and agitated the next pointed in that direction.

“Are you all right?” Dex asked when they’d stored their carry-ons above their seats and settled in.

Giving Dex a wary look, Seo-jun asked, “Why do you ask?”

“You seem tense. Do you not enjoy flying?” When Seo-jun didn’t answer, Dex added, “Many people don’t. I don’t mind it, but I don’t exactly enjoy it, either. I aways get a little antsy when I have to fly.”

Seo-jun’s jaw tightened, and Dex decided to drop the subject. But when the announcement was made to buckle their seatbelts, Seo-jun’s hands shook.

Reaching over, Dex clasped Seo-jun’s right hand. “Hey. It’s okay.”

When Seo-jun met Dex’s gaze, his eyes held so much fear, Dex tightened his grip. He’d never seen Seo-jun look like that before.

“You’re afraid of flying, aren’t you?” Dex asked, voice only loud enough to be heard over the accelerating engines as the plane started to move into position. When Seo-jun dipped his head in assent, Dex loosened his grip, planning on adjusting it so their fingers were laced together. But Seo-jun evidently though Dex was going to let go and grasped Dex’s hand hard.

“It’s okay,” Dex said. “I’ll hold your hand the entire flight if that’s what you want.”

When the plane stopped and then began to turn until it was in takeoff position, Seo-jun took a deep breath, and Dex could only hold onto his hand as the plane began to roll forward, then pick up speed until it suddenly lifted into the air. Seo-jun’s face dripped sweat. His eyes were closed, and lips parted as his breathing accelerated. Why in the world had he offered to go with Dex if he was so scared of flying? For that matter, how did he handle the flights he frequently had to take for his job?

Once they’d reached the desired altitude and the announcement came on that they could remove their seatbelts, Seo-jun eased up the death grip he had on Dex’s hand.

“Sorry,” he said, looking so embarrassed, Dex’s heart went out to him.

“No need to be. I totally understand. I’m extremely afraid of heights. Get me on a bridge or something else where I can see how high up I am, and I become paralyzed. But, Seo-jun. How do you deal with it with your job?”

“I have a prescription that really helps,” Seo-jun said, wiping his face with a tissue. He was pale and his hands were still trembling.

“Did you forget to bring it with you?”

“No. I have it. But it makes me loopy and kind of sleepy.”

“Take it, Seo-jun,” Dex said sternly. “Go on. You have a bottle of water. Take your prescription. In fact, take two if you can. There’s no reason for you to suffer like this.”

“It might be hard to wake me up,” Seo-jun said, glancing at Dex.

“I’ll manage it,” Dex said.

It was a testament to Seo-jun’s fear that he obeyed without further argument, pulling his water bottle out of the pocket on the back of the seat in front of him, and a bottle of pills from his jacket pocket. Dex watched him swallow two small blue pills then lean back against the seat and sigh.

“I’m sorry,” Seo-jun said again, closing his eyes.

“Stop apologizing and try to relax.”

Seo-jun took several deep breaths through his nose, the tension in his arms and legs slowly easing.

“If you want to sleep, go right ahead,” Dex told him. “I’m going to read my book.” He pulled out the paperback he’d picked up at the store in the airport and opened it. Soon, Seo-jun’s soft snores alerted him that Seo-jun had indeed fallen asleep. When his head sagged onto Dex’s shoulder, Dex couldn’t help but smile.

The word loopy was an understatement. Maybe it was because Seo-jun had taken two of the pills. Dex really did have trouble waking Seo-jun up when the flight landed, and then it was a struggle to get him off the plane. As soon as they entered the airport, Dex steered him toward a coffee shop and ordered him a double espresso.

“You’re cute,” Seo-jun told him a moment later when Dex set the cup of steaming coffee in front of him and sat down. He had a dreamy look on his face as he rested his chin on his palm and stared at Dex.

Chuckling, Dex said, “Thanks. So are you.”

Seo-jun shook his head slowly. “No, I’m not. Not like you.”

“Okay, well, then, you’re hot as fuck,” Dex said, confident that Seo-jun wouldn’t remember this conversation later.

Seo-jun looked comically surprised. “Do you think so?”

“Definitely,” Dex said. “Now, drink your coffee. But be careful—it’s hot!” he warned when Seo-jun immediately picked up the cup and brought it to his lips. When he set it down again, he poked Dex on the arm. “I like you.”

Trying to keep a straight face—it was just too funny seeing the normally stoic man acting this way—Dex replied, “That’s good. Because I like you, too.”

Again, Seo-jun’s surprised reaction was downright funny. “You do?”

Dex nodded. “Very much.” God, Seo-jun, you are fucking precious when you’re high as a kite .

Seo-jun’s lips turned down, almost in a pout. “I don’t like to fly.”

Smiling over the rim of his coffee cup, Dex said, “I could tell.”

“But I wanted to be with you. I want to help you.”

Dex looked up at him. “Help me what?”

Seo-jun seemed to be trying to find the words to describe what he meant.

“I don’t want you to be alone. I want to help you to…get through this.”

Dex’s nose and eyes stung.

Tentatively, Seo-jun brushed away a tear that escaped and rolled down Dex’s cheek. “Don’t cry.”

Sniffling, Dex reached for a napkin and mopped his face.

“Maybe we should head to the hotel,” he said.

“I wanted to book a room with a single bed, but I was afraid you wouldn’t like that.”

Oh my God, Seo-jun would not be happy if he knew how loose his lips were right now. Also… Seo-jun wanted to sleep with him?

Hoisting their carry-on bags onto their shoulders, they made their way toward the exit, Seo-jun still a little wobbly but holding his own. Neither of them had checked a suitcase, agreeing it made traveling easier. Dex’s friends were bringing extra climbing equipment for Dex, as they were driving from Nevada and camping in Yosemite for a few days. Dex planned to meet them for a day of climbing.

After picking up the rental car, Dex headed for the Marriott, Seo-jun falling asleep as soon as his ass hit the passenger seat. When Dex woke him up twenty minutes later, Seo-jun seemed a little less out of it.

Seo-jun had booked them a suite with a living area and a bedroom with two beds. Dex looked a little longingly at the one Seo-jun flopped down on. Seo-jun had been wrong to assume Dex wouldn’t want to sleep in the same bed with him the way they had at Brand Nichol’s apartment.

“I’m going to call Anna’s facility and find out when the best time to visit is.”

Seo-jun lay down on the bed near the bathroom, leaving Dex the one by the window. “Maybe you shouldn’t warn the staff that you’re coming. If Anna says they aren’t what they seem, you should catch them unaware. They don’t know you’re in Fresno, right?”

Dex’s eyes widened. “You’re right. I should totally show up without calling. You’re a genius.”

Without thinking, Dex smoothed a stray lock of Seo-jun’s black hair from his forehead. When their eyes met, Dex’s heart started pounding and he stilled his fingers. At that moment, all he wanted was to bend down and kiss those beautiful lips. He even thought Seo-jun wanted him to. But…he shouldn’t. Not when Seo-jun wasn’t one hundred percent himself.

Seo-jun’s gaze clung to his. “Dex?”

God, he looked beautiful lying there. More vulnerable than Dex had ever seen him. Which was why Dex shouldn’t take advantage.

“Are you…still high from the pills you took?” Dex asked breathlessly.

“I don’t think so. After the nap in the car, I don’t feel high anymore. And I want…”

“What year is this?” Dex asked.

“2024.”

“What’s eight plus eight?”

“Sixteen.”

“Minus two?”

“Fourteen.”

“What’s twenty-eight squared?”

Seo-jun gave him a look of disbelief. “Can you answer that off the top of your head?”

“Okay, sorry. What’s pi?”

“Approximately 3. 14. Come on, Dex.” The slight note of pleading in Seo-jun’s voice broke down the last of Dex’s defenses.

“That’s good enough for me.”

Leaning over the bed, Dex caged Seo-jun with his arms. What he meant to be a simple kiss to test the waters became so much more as soon as his lips touched Seo-jun’s. Immediately addicted, Dex sucked and nibbled on their pillow-like softness for long minutes before Seo-jun finally wrapped his arms around Dex’s neck and pulled him down on top of him, deepening the kiss. The moment their tongues slid against each other, Dex moaned low in his throat, then gasped when Seo-jun pushed his groin upward, grinding their cocks together. Even with the material of both of their jeans between them, it felt amazing.

Dex’s blood sang in his veins, pleasure and desire burning through him hot and fast like a grass fire. He wanted Seo-jun so badly—wanted to rip the man’s clothes off and taste every inch of him. His fingers tangled in the silky strands of Seo-jun’s hair as their mouths moved together.

Seo-jun gently nudged Dex over onto his back and climbed on top of him, knees to each side of Dex’s hips. Dex sucked in a breath when Seo-jun began to rock, pushing their swollen groins together. His hands automatically sought Seo-jun’s ass, gripping and squeezing the tight globes through Seo-jun’s jeans. Seo-jun seemed to like that a lot, making desperate noises that drove Dex’s desire even higher. Planting his feet on the mattress, Dex ground his erection against Seo-jun’s, delicious tingling sensations spreading throughout his body. When Dex let out a noise of frustration, Seo-jun pulled away and yanked his shirt off, throwing it onto the other bed. Dex did the same, and then they both lost their jeans.

A naked Seo-jun was a sight to behold. Dex had seen his body before, but he’d always looked away, afraid he’d be caught staring. Smooth skin of a tan color, hairless chest and narrow happy trail leading to closely trimmed black pubic hair surrounding a beautiful, slender, very erect cock with a glistening tip.

“Let me taste you,” Dex said, licking his lips, and Seo-jun’s pupils seemed to melt into his dark irises. Seo-jun’s ass felt even better in Dex’s palms when it was bare as Dex urged Seo-jun forward until he was sitting on Dex’s chest, his cock inches away from Dex’s mouth.

Dex looked at it hungrily, then, tilting his head to the side, he planted a kiss on the soft skin of Seo-jun’s inner thigh. Seo- jun trembled, watching with dark, lustful eyes as Dex placed a second kiss on the leaking head of Seo-jun’s cock.

Dex moaned, licking the precum from his lips. God, Seo-jun tasted so good. In the back of his mind, he was very aware that this was the first cock he’d ever had, and he could only hope he did it justice. Dex swirled his tongue, glancing at Seo-jun’s blissed out face before taking the soft head into his mouth and gently sucking. Then he tongued the head some more until Seo-jun started to pant, his hands fisted at his sides.

“Don’t tease me,” Seo-jun begged.

“Sorry. You’re just so beautiful.” Dex flicked his tongue at the slit, loving Seo-jun’s desperate cry when he did, then took him all the way in at one go, gagging a little when the tip touched the back of his throat then sucking as he pulled back. He repeated the maneuver a few times before letting Seo-jun’s cock fall from his mouth.

“Am I doing this right?” he asked. “Does this feel good?”

“Oh, God, yes,” Seo-jun whispered and then groaned when Dex eagerly sucked him in again. “Fuck!”

Gaze moving up the rippling muscles of Seo-jun’s abdomen, Dex was pleased to see that Seo-jun’s nipples were hard and his chest was rising and falling quickly, a sheen of sweat having gathered at his collarbones.

Wanting more, Dex squeezed Seo-jun’s ass hard, encouraging him to fuck his face. When Seo-jun seemed reluctant, Dex pulled off and begged, “Gag me on it, please , Seo-jun.”

Eyes blazing with lust and locked on Dex’s, Seo-jun crammed his cock into Dex’s mouth, hitting the back of Dex’s throat before pulling back and doing it again.

“You look good with my cock in your mouth,” he said, low and breathless, before shoving his dick all the way to the back of Dex’s throat again. Tears welled in Dex’s eyes, then fell as Seo-jun continued to pump in and out of his mouth.

“Crying for me. I love that.”

Seo-jun’s words enflamed Dex. He gripped Seo-jun’s ass, fingers massaging the soft globes, leaving bruises, he was sure. Dex wanted Seo-jun to have bruises—proof that Dex had had his ass in his hands.

“Look at you,” Seo-jun whispered. “Sucking me—ahh!” He sucked in a breath, head falling back. “Fuck!” He continued fucking Dex’s mouth and Dex’s eyes kept pouring tears. “Ungh…I’m going to come. Dex…Dex!” Seo-jun shouted out something in Korean, body trembling. He tried to pull out, but Dex didn’t let him. He wanted Seo-jun’s cum. He could feel it shooting up Seo-jun’s cock inside his mouth, hitting the back of his throat. Dex drank from him, swallowed it all down, then gently pulled back, easing Seo-jun onto the mattress beside him.

Seo-jun leaned in and kissed Dex, their tongue’s tangling erotically. Dex gasped when Seo-jun wrapped his hand around Dex’s hard cock and began to stroke it while he continued to explore Dex’s mouth with long sweeps of his tongue. Panting into their kisses, Dex rose higher and higher until his orgasm crashed over him, whiting out the world.