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puppies. They’re so cute. The owner is out of town, so they are still there. Ya wanna see them?”
    Ooh, he liked puppies—kittens too actually—but he shouldn’t press his luck. It had been a nice evening despite his efforts to derail it before it started. He shook his head.
    Chay chuckled, grabbed his hand and pulled him up. “No you don’t, Bit. I saw that look on your face when I mentioned puppies. You’re coming with me.”
    “Chay, really, I can’t. I have an early class tomorrow. And quit calling me Bit.”
    Chay just smiled, damn him. Something told Keaton he’d better get used to the nickname.
    “All right, I’ll go with you to your office, but afterward I have to come home and go to bed.”
    One of Chay’s dark eyebrows lifted and a grin tugged at his lips.
    Keaton laughed. Good Lord the man is going to be the death of me.
    “Alone.”
    “I didn’t say anything.” Chay chuckled and tugged Keaton out the door.
    “Wait. Gotta get my keys.”
    “You could always spend the night at my house if you get locked out.”
    “Ha ha. Will you quit flirting with me?” Keaton grabbed his keys and followed Chay out the door.
    “That another one of your rules, Bit? No touching, no kissing, no flirting?”
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    “You forgot no calling me Bit.”
    “Yeah, I don’t like that one. I don’t think I like the no flirting either.”
    Chay opened his truck, clicked the button to unlock the passenger side and got in.
    Oh brother . If Chay was going to disregard rules he didn’t like, Keaton was in big trouble. He slid into the truck and put his seat belt on as Chay started the truck and backed out. “How does that work? You ignore rules you don’t like?”
    Those full sensual lips quirked. “Well yeah. I mean, it’s worked so far.
    Annoys the crap out of my mom, but hey…”
    Keaton smiled. The man was something else. His good humor and carefree attitude was catching.
    “Speaking of my mother…”
    Uh-oh!
    “…what are you doing tomorrow night?”
    Okay this could be a case of opening his mouth and inserting his foot, but he didn’t want to lie to Chay. If they were going to have any kind of a relationship it needed to be founded on honesty. And up until this point it had, brutal honesty actually. “Same thing I do every night. Finish up my lesson plans, grade any tests that need grading and then read or watch TV. So basically nothing. Why?” Dare I ask?
    “I’m having dinner with my folks tomorrow evening. I want you to go with me. Meet my parents.”
    He did a mental eye roll. He knew that was coming. “Do you really think that’s a good idea?”
    Chay nodded. “I think it’s a great idea.”
    Keaton snorted. “Yeah. Hey, Mom, Dad. This is Keaton. I know I’m straight, but he’s my mate. Don’t know what the hell I’m going to do about it yet, but deal with it.”
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    “We really have to work on your pessimistic attitude, Bit. You are definitely a ‘glass half-empty’ kind of guy.” Chay laughed. “I will introduce you as my friend.”
    “Well…okay, I guess.” Yup, it had definitely been an open-mouth, insert-foot situation. What the hell had he agreed to?
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Chapter Four
    When Bit walked down the stairs of his apartment the next evening headed for Chay’s truck, the first thing that popped into Chay’s head was mine . The second was damn the man is a looker . Which no longer creeped Chay out. Sometime yesterday, Bit being a guy ceased being an issue for him. After spending the evening with Keaton and getting to know him, and seeing him “ooh” and “ahh” over those puppies…no way in hell was Chay going anywhere. Bit was his and the man was going to have to deal with it. Aside from the penis, Bit was everything he’d ever wanted in a mate. Chay genuinely liked the younger man, was intrigued by him.
    Although, he had to admit, the