Remi was giggling at their antics as Phoenix turned to his omega and his haughty expression melted instantly at the no-nonsense look Aiden was giving him. Remi’s phone vibrated in his pocket and he reached for it automatically, pulling it out and seeing that he’d just gotten a message from Dimitrios. He felt the little smile tug at the corners of his mouth and bit his lip.
“Ooooh… Who is it?” Phoenix asked, wiggling in his seat like a child. “You’ve got that good dick smile on.”
Remi burst into laughter. “What in the hell did you just say?”
“Actually I kind of have to agree. That’s a good dick smile if I ever saw one.” Aiden said, eyeing Remi narrowly.
“Babe!” Phoenix said, looking touched and putting a hand on his chest. “You are truly my soulmate. But if we’re talking about good dick, then after class we can go- Ow.”
“Would you stop for one minute? We’re talking about Remi here.”
“Oh. Right.” Phoenix turned back to Remi with a big smile. “So… who is it?”
“No one.” Remi said, hiding the screen against his chest. Phoenix plucked the phone from his hands and handed it to Aiden, then moved to block Remi as he squawked and tried to get it back. “HEY! Give that back.”
Remi was trying to reach around Phoenix to get the phone from Aiden but was unsuccessful. Thankfully his phone was locked, but he hadn’t opened the message from Dimitrios, so Aiden could still read the new one on the lock screen. He needed to change his settings.
“Good morning, pretty boy. Last night was fun, but I’ll be out of town for a couple days, so we won’t be able to get together until Friday night. I’ll let you know a time later.” Aiden read aloud.
Remi felt his face burning, but was secretly thanking the gods that there was nothing in the message worse than that. Dimitrios had a filthy mouth, and he was lucky that the message was fairly innocent. Remi wrestled one of his arms free from Phoenix and snatched his phone back before shoving it in his pocket. He glared at the pair of them while they turned twin smiles on him. Remi just looked toward the front of the class and prayed that class would begin before they started in on him.
“Remi… do you have a boyfriend?” Phoenix sing-songed, poking Remi’s cheek, trying to get him to look at them.
“No. Shut up.”
“Aw… Remi has a boyfriend!” The alpha practically yelled and Remi shushed him.
“Shut the fuck up, Phoenix.” Remi hissed.
There were a lot of omegas at his university who were still mad at Remi for breaking Cade’s heart. Though Remi didn’t understand why. When they’d been together those same people were just as quick to say that they were a bad couple and wanted them to break up. Now they were angry that they’d broken up.
Remi thought secretly that they all needed to get over it, including Cade. It had been almost a year ago, and the alpha still seemed to be holding out hope that Remi would change his mind. He thought that what Cade really needed was to move on and find a new boyfriend or girlfriend. The alpha had all the options in the world, and of course he focused on Remi… the one omega on campus who wasn’t remotely interested in him.
Before the couple could resume their nagging, class started and Remi shushed them both.
After class released, Aiden and Remi both headed toward their next class, Phoenix giving his boyfriend a kiss that was almost too lewd for public. They finally parted when Remi started dragging the other omega away by the arm. Phoenix kept pace with them for a few moments, but finally let them break away as they turned a corner.
“Bye, Babe! Love you. Let me know if you wanna skip out on class and get your ass ate in my car!” Phoenix called after them, making several people around him burst into laughter. The alpha didn’t react at all, he was totally shameless.
“Love you too. And don’t yell things like that in the hallway!” Aiden called back.
“What am I supposed to do, pretend I don’t wanna eat your ass? Never gonna happen, Babe.”
“You guys are disgusting.” Remi said as he pulled Aiden along to their next class, Advanced Culinary Techniques.
“Your boyfriend doesn’t eat you out? That’s sad. With an ass like yours… a true crime against humanity.” Aiden teased.
“I don’t have a boyfriend.”
“So… what is it just like a fuck-buddy slash friends with benefits kind of thing? Cause we all know you’re getting dicked down by somebody.”
Remi knew he would only make his friend more suspicious if he kept denying it, so he told a half-truth to get his friend off his back.
“You and Phoenix are both the damn same. Fine, yeah. We just… both have needs and we click pretty well in bed together. So, we’re helping each other out. It’s just for fun. Neither of us are looking for anything serious, so it’s perfect.”
“I see.”
“You’re totally judging me right now.” Remi accused.