Chapter 81 - SURPRISE

After Bastian opened the door neither he nor EZ were moving at all. Bastian had yelled the word what when he pulled the door open but that was all. After that everything went completely silent. It seemed as if they had both been frozen in place. I guess they were in some sort of a state of shock.

I don't really think that I have ever seen EZ stunned into silence like this before. He was just staring up at the very tall and bare chested man in front of him. I could see, though, that there was a smirk on EZ's face as he looked at Bastian.

When I had seen the two men just staring at each other my steps slowed. It looked like I didn't have to worry about an angry owl being woken up when he wasn't ready. Or an angry pseudo brother being mad about who this strange man was in his sister's house.

But, really, what the hell was going on here?

Both Kyle and I were still barefoot so we hadn't made a sound walking down the corridor, but apparently EZ could still sense me coming along the hallway.

"Jacy, you often bring me back gifts, but this one is simply amazing. I don't even mind that it isn't gift wrapped." I watched as EZ looked Bastian up and down with a hungry stare. "I really do love this type of candy."

Not one of us was capable of saying anything in response to EZ's words. The shock was hitting all three of us. After a moment EZ looked at Kyle and broke the silence.

"Have you been playing too much Kyle, dear. I think that cat of yours has gotten everyone's tongues." He giggled at his own little joke.

Slowly, and apparently in a very seductive manner, EZ turned to look back at Bastian where he was still standing in the middle of the doorway. With his right hand outstretched toward him he started to introduce himself.

"Hey there scrumptious. My name is Ezekiel Horne, but you can call me EZ."

That seemed to jar Bastian out of the stupor he had been in since he saw the tiny little EZ at the door. There was a strange sound, almost like a muffled hooting that came from his throat for just a second. After that sound there was a quick flurry of movement that seemed to take the rest of us by surprise.

Bastian just reached forward as quickly as he could and his hand grabbed EZ by his left elbow. With a quick jerk of his arm he pulled the small man toward him.

I was worried. I thought for sure the Moon Goddess had forsaken me and my prayer. I thought that Bastian was going to rip EZ's arm off or throw him aside, or something. I truly didn't expect what I saw next.

Bastian had pulled EZ all the way to his chest, lifting his feet from the floor and crushing the smaller man against him.

I just stared as EZ's feet dangled about a foot off the floor. Bastian arms were wrapped around him, one across his back at the shoulders the others around his slender waist. And Bastian's lips were pressed against EZ's while he kissed him fiercely.

I watched as Bastian moved his right hand, the one around EZ's waist. That hand moved lower and lower until it was cupping the entirety of EZ's tiny little backside. EZ, likewise, was not staying still. He had wrapped his arms around Bastian's neck and was holding onto him while he kissed him back with equal fervor.

I was the one frozen right now. Just like EZ had been when he first saw the man in the door. I couldn't believe what I was seeing. My new associate and possible friend was making out with my best friend and pseudo brother without ever having ever said a word to him.

"Bastian?!" I yelled at the owl that was ravishing my friend. "EZ?!" I could hear the shock in my voice as I said their names. It had been all that I was capable of saying.

Bastian dropped EZ then, breaking the kiss and letting the smaller man slide down his body until he stood on the floor. Still pressed against him, mind you.

"Ahem." Kyle cleared his throat, attempting to clear away the awkwardness. "Well-." He trailed off, unable to continue.

"I'm sorry." Bastian looked embarrassed as he said the word.

"I'm not." There was a massive grin on EZ's face just then. "That was the best introduction I have ever had."

"Hhrrmm." Bastian cleared his throat now, but his seemed to be out of nervousness more than anything else. "Uhm, my name is Bastian. Bastian Strong."

"You really are." EZ grinned at him.

"Huh?" Bastian tilted his head in confusion.

"You're definitely strong, and hot, and not to mention an excellent kisser." I saw the wink that EZ gave him.

This would go on for hours if I didn't stop them. I knew EZ and how playful he could be.

"Bastian, what was that about?"

"I couldn't help it. The moment I saw him, no the moment I smelled him, it was all I wanted to do."

"Are you saying you mated with the boy?" Kyle asked Bastian, surprise washing over the both of us.

"Yes, I think I did." Bastian was looking at EZ again, heat filling his eyes.

"That's wonderful." Kyle was grinning.

"Y-you mated? You mated with my little brother?" I was not computing this data at all. I think my brain just crashed. Don't even worry about hacking, my brain can't even handle life right now.

"He's your brother? But he doesn't smell like a wolf?" Bastian just kept looking between EZ and me.

"Pseudo brother. My family basically adopted her when she was younger."

"I was twenty-two years old." I snapped at him like I always did. "Stop acting like you raised me, you diva." That snap of mine earned me a growl from Bastian and a laugh from EZ.

"Calm down, Bastian. Jacy is fine. This is how we usually are with each other. You will learn to love it. You have to, since there are no other options."

"Rude much?" I glared at him while he just laughed at me.

It took a while to get everyone settled down. Apparently it wasn't just Bastian that had felt the pull. The moment EZ saw him it was love at first sight, or so he said. It was kind of funny, really. I never thought I would see the day that EZ stopped being so, well, easy. He was a whore. Well, slut, he never charged any of them for it. Like his favorite name for himself, he gave it away too easily.

After I went with Kyle to get dressed at his place and EZ followed Bastian into my place so that 'Bastian could get dressed', we all headed out to breakfast. It was just the same diner that I went to all the time but it was surreal now. I was sitting across from my best friend and pseudo brother who was sitting with his new boyfriend. A boyfriend he just met and mated with. How in the hell did that happen?

I just sat and listened in stunned silence. EZ and Bastian were talking like they had known each other for years. They were talking about things that were going to be happening in their future. They were discussing where to live If they thought marriage would ever be an option. Who would do what for each other.

It was really blowing my mind. I was so out of it from listening to them that I didn't even notice that Kyle was stealthily taking the unhealthy choices of food off of my plate and sliding them over to Bastian. Kyle had not been lying before. If I couldn't eat something then neither could he. That was actually a really sweet way for him to think about things. But I swear to the Goddess, if he touches my bacon then I will bite his fucking hand off.

"EZ, do you really feel like he is your mate?" I had to ask him. I needed to know.

"Well, does feeling like he is my mate mean that I feel like there is a thread connecting my heart to his? Does it make me want to follow him wherever he goes? Does it mean that I instantly felt like I was basically complete just by looking at him? Because if it does then yes, I feel like he is my mate."

"Really?" That shocked me, not all of it. I knew what the bond felt like for myself. There was just one part of that explanation that gave me pause. "You want to follow him wherever he goes? You? EZ? The man-fairy that never chases anyone and instead makes them chase you?"

"That's right." EZ was grinning. "That alone should tell you what I am feeling."

"And you're not at all weirded out by this?" Bastian asked him nervously.

"Honey, I have known Grumpy McWolfBitch over there for seven years now. Nothing about this can weird me out."

This was going to take some adjusting to. And did he just fucking call me Grumpy McWolfBitch?