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and tried to hide his smile as he typed.
    That was some kiss. Can’t wait till later .
    Gareth’s phone buzzed and he grinned when he read the message on his screen. “Me neither,” he said.
     
     
    Jules was practically bouncing with nervous excitement as he stood waiting for Gareth to show. They’d arranged to meet in the city centre on a side street that had plenty of restaurants and bars. Jules had walked because it was a nice evening but had allowed too much time and ended up being early, so he texted Gareth to tell him where he was waiting.
    He caught sight of Gareth as he turned the corner of the cobbled street. Jules waved and Gareth’s welcoming smile lit Jules up from the inside. He looked almost shy as he greeted Jules with an affectionate hug and kiss on the cheek. Jules was glad Gareth wasn’t shy about PDAs, but it only left Jules impatient for more.
    “Are you hungry? Or do you want to get a drink first?” Gareth asked.
    “I could eat,” Jules replied. He was a little too jittery to be hungry, but he didn’t want to drink on an empty stomach. He wanted to keep his wits about him tonight, and no way was he going to drink enough that Gareth could use it as an excuse to turn him down again.
    “Where do you fancy eating?”
    Jules grinned and wiggled his eyebrows. “I’m easy.”
    Gareth chuckled. “So I gathered.”
    “Oi!” Jules said indignantly, punching him on the arm. “You don’t have to agree with me!”
    “Come on. I need food, even if you don’t. That burger place over there is good if you like that sort of thing?”
    “Sounds good to me.”
    The restaurant Gareth had suggested was a quality fast food type of place. You ordered at the bar, but servers brought your food to the table. Once they’d ordered, they managed to get a seat in the window where they could watch the world go by. It was a warm summer evening and there were lots of people out and about.
    “Oh, I love that girl’s hair,” Jules said as a woman with long pale purple hair walked past. “But her boyfriend needs some serious restyling.” The guy holding her hand had thick, dark hair that had outgrown a short cut and badly needed reshaping.
    “You’re not at work now,” Gareth said, sounding amused. “If I’d known you were such a hair snob, I’d have made more of an effort with mine.”
    Jules laughed as Gareth ran his hand over the millimetre or so of dark fuzz that covered his scalp. “Yours is perfect—it is since I fixed it for you anyway. You looked a bit moth-eaten before.”
    They grinned at each other, and Jules felt a flush of heat as he remembered the feeling of Gareth under his hands, the scent of his body as he’d leaned in close to trim around his ears. Maybe Gareth was remembering it too, because he pressed his leg against Jules’s under the table.
    “Yeah.” Gareth’s voice was a little gruff and he cleared his throat. “I guess I need someone like you to keep me looking respectable.”
    “Any time you need help, you know where I am.” Jules lost himself for a moment in a little domestic daydream where he was Gareth’s boyfriend and got to shave his head for him every week. He wondered whether Gareth manscaped. Maybe Jules could help with trimming other things too.
    He was pulled from those thoughts by the arrival of their food.
    “Oh, this looks good, thanks,” Gareth said to the girl who’d brought it over.
    Jules had ordered a lamb burger with halloumi and grilled tomato. Gareth had a beef burger with more traditional trimmings. Jules hadn’t ordered any sides, but Gareth had chunky cut chips with sweet chilli sauce.
    As they started to eat, Jules realised there was no way to eat a burger sexily, especially when the grilled tomato started to disintegrate and he ended up with juice and tomato pips sliding down his chin.
    “Here.” Gareth handed him a napkin, seeing his plight.
    Jules hummed his thanks around a delicious mouthful, glaring at Gareth who was grinning.
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