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It was so silly, he knew, but he loved that he could get chicken any time he liked now. He could get chicken for lunch. He could get chicken delivered.

That was the best.

Max had had a thing and Nyx was busy, too. Hex had jumped on the opportunity to get online and play a bit, only pausing when the door alert went off. He left his headset and answered the door in his shorts, a smile on his face for the driver.

Except the driver wasn't there. Not a trace. Just the food stapled shut in a paper bag.

"That's odd," he said as he gathered it all up to bring it in.

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"No...yeah, I mean...I..:" he stammered, reaching for the tech to turn it on.

And missing, because he wasn't looking. At all. Hex was too busy kissing Max's stomach.

He did realize after a moment and looked up.

"Sorry," he said, mostly a reflex.

"No- I... It's nice," Max said softly. "I just didn't think... I thought you, um, had a boyfriend."

There, he'd finally said it. He was finally asking.

"I mean, yeah. But he sleeps with who he likes. And he never asked me to...not," he replied.

Hex pulled away enough to look at him.

"I really like him, but be realistic, Max. He's a pop star. I'm a bit of fun. I'm not going to let me best mate go for that. You and me, we'll still be here, when he...I don't know, probably takes his ex back," he admitted quietly, daring to hope Max would want to be.

Like a backup. Max wondered if he could live with knowing he was Hex's second pick.

Was it sad that he thought he could?

"I mean, I'm not going anywhere..." he said finally.

Until Jack figgered out how to get Max hard...then it sounded like everything about the man was much more interesting than Hex's life.

"Me too, yeah?" he said, a soft smile as he looked earnestly into Max's eyes. "You and me. No matter what." "

Max wanted that to mean more than he thought Hex did, but he just smiled and nodded.

"Best friends, yeah?"

Hex blinked at him a couple times.

"Partners," he nodded. "Forever."

"Right, partners," Max agreed, nodding a bit and pushing his hair back out of his face.

Hex smiled softly, a light in his eyes as he studied Max's face.

"I never had one before," he said, looking down after a moment.

"A partner?" Max asked, amused. "Me either. Never had a business before, after all."

"I never trusted anyone like I trust you," he admitted. "No mate. Lover. No one."

Hex hesitated, squirming a bit.

"I love you, Max," he said, brows pinching together. "But...more."

Max looked surprised, and for a moment wasn't sure what to say.

"I love you too. ...I don't know what that means though - For us, I mean."

"I don't know, either," he admitted. "I just want you to know you're the most important person in me life. Me whole life. Ever."

He offered Max a smile, small and nervous. It hid the rush of fear that overtook him as he anticipated the worst.

"What about your boyfriend?" Max asked bluntly, seeing no reason to tiptoe around it.

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