(BL) Hunting The Field Guide novel Chapter 91

Chapter 91: Behind those hazel eyes

The guiding session that Kellen walked into was mild, and easy. Taylor didn’t have a lot of time to talk to them, since she was busy helping out with the medical team. Kellen hadn’t seen most of these members before, but every few seconds someone was knocking on the door to speak to Taylor.

Kellen found it humorous, since he spent most of the time checking on the Captain’s internal powers. The Captain, however, was slightly annoyed. Kellen could tell from the way the waves were slightly aggressive, and grew more aggressive the longer Kellen guided him.

When Kellen came out after fifteen minutes, spending a few extra seconds to take in the work he had done, he found an apologetic Taylor, and a slightly annoyed Captain.

"I’m sorry you two. I know we probably had a lot to talk about, and that you had some questions, but with the new gate fiasco my team has to coordinate with the other Guild’s and the D.E.C. They need me first. If you have any questions, I’m probably better at answering them as a text." Kellen nodded at her sincere words. She tossed Kellen four shakes, and Kellen caught two of them, while the Captain caught the other two. Then, with a fluttering of papers and her cell phone ringing, Taylor left them alone in the guiding room again.

Kellen glanced at the slightly annoyed look on the Captain’s face, and burst into laughter.

Pulling off the machine’s monitoring tabs, Kellen shook his head as he began to get dressed. The Captain watched Kellen, his facial expression relaxing.

"What’s so funny, Mr. Woods?" He asked, and Kellen turned a laughing smile towards him.

"It’s obvious from your expression what you’re thinking, Captain." When he gave Kellen a raised eyebrow, Kellen smirked. "You’re expression is saying ’I can take some time for myself, why can’t you?’" The Captain’s eyes widened as Kellen pretended to lower his voice to mimic the Captain. His expression brightened, along with his now hazel gaze, and Kellen smiled at him.

"Is that what I sound like to you?" He asked, amused, and Kellen chuckled.

"Sometimes. You aren’t always an overbearing Esper, but right now? That is the energy you are giving off." Kellen teased, and the Captain sat back in his chair, watching Kellen. He could tell that something good had happened to the Guide, but he had no idea what it was. He wasn’t going to complain though, seeing Kellen like this was a treat.

"Oh? I’m overbearing? And I’m judging Green for not managing her time better?" Kellen’s lips twitched and he turned his back to button up his shirt. He heard the Captain chuckle. "Well, I can’t completely deny what you are suggesting. I do believe that Green should manage her time better, especially if she took the weekend off." Kellen snorted.

"She should be able to take weekends off without drowning in work, Captain." He protested, and the Captain chuckled.

"I agree with you, but there isn’t anything I can do about it. Green keeps a small team intentionally, and she has a hard time handing work over to others. My displeasure with her comes from her inability to do so. If she had someone like Brent, or Hill or Gunther, she wouldn’t be as strung out as she is going to be." Kellen turned back around, most of his buttons done up.

He noticed the way the Captain was staring at him and cleared his throat. The Captain’s eyes darted back towards Kellen’s face, his eyes crinkling up at the corners as his hazel eyes warmed. Kellen’s chest warmed as he stared into the hazel eyes of the man he had guided, and he felt his mouth water. Kellen swallowed.

"I didn’t know that Taylor had such a hard time giving up control." Kellen paused, trying to distract himself from the fact that the Captain was still topless by recalling his past with Taylor. She had been on the student council, and was popular and well liked in school. She knew everyone, and appeared to be a part of a bunch of clubs or sports....Huh. Maybe she did have some control issues.

Kellen’s eyes wandered, the same way the Captain’s were. He stared openly at the Captain’s chest. He’d removed the monitors and sat with his pants on. The leather of his belt was shiny, and led Kellen’s eyes towards the large buckle at the front of his pants. As if to entice him, the Captain shifted his legs slightly, moving them further apart. Kellen flushed, glancing up at the Captain’s face to find him watching Kellen like a hawk. Kellen shivered. His eyes weren’t glowing, but Kellen could tell that there was a beast lying behind the gaze.

Kellen knew he should look away, that he shouldn’t poke the bear, but he couldn’t. He couldn’t rip his gaze away from the Captain’s body. As Kellen watched, a slow drop of sweat rolled down his chest, moving slowly, but gaining speed as it rolled between his pecs, and down the valley of his abs. Kellen swallowed, unaware that his mouth was slightly open.

"Kellen." The Captain’s voice was soft, coaxing.

"Hm?" Kellen responded, distracted.

"Do you want to come over for some tea?" He asked, and Kellen froze. Remembering what he’d been lectured on earlier in the day, he felt his face heat. He now knew what the Captain was asking, and knowing that made him feel conflicted. Had he been the same Kellen of the day prior, he would have agreed without an issue. Now?

"...What kind of tea?" He asked, and watched as the Captain’s muscles flexed as he laughed.

"Whatever kind you like." He answered, and Kellen swallowed.

"You mean that?" Kellen asked, and the chair screeched as the Captain pushed it back. Kellen’s eyes followed him as he approached, and the Captain slowly tilted his chin up, forcing his gaze away from the Captain’s body.

"Kellen, I heard what you said before loud and clear. I don’t want to force you into anything. I’m going to make sure you are with me every step of the way. I promise." Kellen met the hazel gaze before him, and felt himself caving quickly. When his eyes were yellow, they felt sharp, hard. When they were hazel? It felt like he was staring into the gaze of a giant puppy.

Kellen, for his part, was also shocked. He hadn’t expected that the Captain winking at him with hazel eyes, eyes he’d helped to make hazel, would affect him this much.