(BL) Hunting The Field Guide novel Chapter 369

Chapter 369: Just another box

"So where did you hide them?" Rhys asked conversationally as they moved up the staircase. Kellen sighed. He just had a feeling that once he told him, nothing would be secret anymore. He squeezed Rhys’ hand, his own emotions racing, his pulse was probably pounding.

"Uh, well, I had a few shoe boxes. That’s what I usually use for storage." Kellen hoped that the way he said that made it seem like he didn’t hide things in the shoe boxes, and instead just stored things in them. He didn’t think it would get past Rhys, who was well versed in Kellen mannerisms now, but he could hope.

His parents had believed him. His shoe boxes had been safe up until this point. He should trust in the fact that they had lasted this long. They should continue to last.

They got to the top of the stairs rather quickly, too quickly. Kellen wasn’t ready to come face to face with his little secret. He didn’t feel like it was a bad thing, but that didn’t mean that he wanted to explain himself.

He remembered how Rhys had reacted when he’d seen his supply of lube, condoms and other things the first time that they had been together. Kellen now knew that was him testing the waters to see if Kellen could be with him. Now..

Plus, some of the things that Brent had talked him into getting were...strange. And he wasn’t quite sure about them.

Rhys pushed open the door, reaching in and turning on the light in the bedroom. Kellen almost wished that there was someone else in the room, so that they could turn their attention to that. Instead, he watched as Rhys’ eyes began to scan the room. He was looking for where he had hidden it.

Flushed, Kellen gently tugged on his hand and Rhys glanced at him as Kellen moved past him and towards the closet. He wasn’t one for hiding things, so he had put all of the boxes that he didn’t want others to see together. Rhys wasn’t an idiot. He knew one of these boxes held sex toys. Rhys just hadn’t realised that the number had grown, or if he had, he was just being polite and not asking any questions.

"They were here the whole time?" Rhys asked, and that told Kellen that he probably hadn’t noticed. Good. Good.

"Yeah. Well, not the whole time. I left them in the box they arrived in and slipped under the shelves for a few days before I found time to unpack them and check and see if I got the whole order." Kellen told him and Rhys turned to look at him, shocked.

"Damn this power of mine. I had no clue." Kellen chuckled.

"You use your power on me?" Rhys nodded as they stepped into the closet. He didn’t need Kellen’s help to move towards the boxes since he already knew where they were. He’d gotten them before. Well, the regular sex toy box.

"All the time. It stopped working a while ago. At this point, it’s just to make sure." Rhys said casually, moving towards the boxes. Kellen grappled with his words, and how casually he said them. Rhys was always trying to see his future? Always? Kellen was surprised that the level of his contamination was always so normal.

Honestly, Kellen was afraid to find out how much power Rhys had, and how deep it was. Because that? That might be S Class behaviour, but Kellen knew it was SS Class behaviour. It wasn’t normal, and it scared Kellen that he was completely fine finding that out. Like that was normal.

"Which box is the new box?" Rhys asked, looking at the two that were in the front. "Never mind. We should take both boxes to make sure that you didn’t get anything that overlapped." Kellen wanted to laugh.

He didn’t even think that he would have this issue before. Why the hell would he have bought anything similar? Well, he might have bought a cream or lube or something, but he doubted it was a numbing cream like Brent had recommended.

"Uh, sure. I don’t think that there will be an overlap, but go ahead." Kellen said, the nervousness making him a little jittery, a little smiley. Rhys glanced over at him as he let go of Kellen’s hand to grab the first box, tucking it under his arm. Kellen had his hand against his mouth, trying to hide his reaction. Rhys chuckled.

"Is this funny to you?" He asked and Kellen shook his head.

"No. Not at all. I’m just nervous." Kellen told him and Rhys smiled.

"You? My Babe, Kellen Woods, is nervous about me looking at his sex toy collection? Is this a first? Wow. I am simply amazed." Rhys teased.

"Ha ha. Very funny. I can get embarrassed by things too. I’m worried you’re going to tease me. I was just looking for things and it was Brent who steered me in the direction that I went. I did do more research, but there are a few items that I myself am a little...unsure of." Rhys seemed surprised by that. _{freёwebnoѵel.com}

"Is that true? I’m surprised. Also, did you write down your research? If you didn’t, that’s fine. I’m just curious what kind of notes you took." Rhys told him and Kellen swallowed. He...had written down his research. It was actually very exciting to him that Rhys asked about it. He had put a lot of secret moments into it.

"I left my phone downstairs. I just need to go grab it." Kellen told him and Rhys smiled.