Chapter 37

Mart put down another box in the bedroom then walked outside into the living room area and stopped in the door, leaning against the frame. A little smile was playing around his lips as he watched Dave joking around with Calo as Viva and Ava were unpacking some of his stuff while chatting with each other. The mood was nice and Martin felt relieved because of this. Last evening he got a call from Sue who just simply announced that on this Saturday he’ll have to take care of the kids, because not living with them didn’t mean that he can completely get rid of his family ties and duties as a father. Mart didn’t know where she had to go, but he didn’t even care.

The most important thing was that his kids seemed to like Dave and accept their relationship. Of course he had to sit down with them and explain the new situation, but their curiosity was stronger than their strange feelings about their dad having a male lover. And to be honest it was a modern world and luckily their kids were as open-minded as Martin, so after the first surprise they calmed down and when they finally met they turned towards Dave with curiosity.

“Will you show me the rest of the building? Does it have an exciting attic? Will you take me there for treasure hunt?” Mart heard the line of questions from Calo and his heart leaped hearing Dave’s deep chuckle and saw the warm glint in his eyes as he looked at the little boy.

“Sure, kid. After we finish this room, we can take a look if your dad agrees, okay?”

“Sounds cool!” the boy smiled widely and gave a high five for the brunette man.

Martin chuckled to himself then went back to the girls to help. Finally things seemed to go well! They were nearly free if he didn’t count his ongoing divorce and that they didn’t decide yet whether they should come out in public with their relationship, or keep the pretence that they are just friends and workmates who happen to live in the same building. They still had to discuss and decide a lot of things. For now they just tried to adjust living together – which was new for both of them.

Later that day Martin was sorting out his impressive vinyl and CD collection, putting them onto some new shelves, while the girls helped to Dave to cook dinner. Calo was still sleeping after the exhausting morning and early afternoon. The intercom buzzed and Dave hurried to the door to answer it then in a few minutes time he came back with a tall and lean boy around his early twenties.

“Everyone, meet my oldest kid, Jack!” he smiled from ear to ear “They are Viva and Ava, Calo’s still asleep and he’s Martin…” Dave introduced everyone and sent a warm smile towards Mart who just walked into the kitchen and shook Jack’s hand. The young man eyed him for a moment then smiled and turned to his father.

“Well then, it’s nice to meet you all, but dad… tell me exactly how many siblings I have now?!” he asked jokingly, which made everyone laugh. Dave knew that he can count on his silly son.

“You clown… this won’t really make them your siblings…” Dave rolled his eyes and pushed a bottle of beer into Jack’s hand to drag him around the new house, hearing the girls giggle on Jack’s ‘suffering’ face.

“So how are the others back in New York?” Dave asked Jack after he showed around the studio under the apartment.

“They are doing fine. Rosie and Jimmy miss you, but I guess it’s not big news for you. They really wanted to come back with me, but Jen didn’t let them because of school” he shrugged.

“Yeah, she told me that on the phone. She sounded happy” Dave added while scratching the beer label on his bottle.

“Yeah, she seems so, but this isn’t easy for her either.”

“I know. Sometimes I feel like a coward for leaving her and the kids behind to deal with this new situation, but she always says that it’s okay…”

“You know her. She’s strong and more balanced now. Although I saw on her that she still tries to adjust to your other side” he chuckled shortly.

“Well, I’ve never told to anyone in New York.”

“Yep, but it doesn’t matter anymore. You are who you are and it won’t change that you’re our dad” he shrugged and smiled again.

“Thanks, son. It means a lot to me” Dave smiled back and squeezed his shoulder.

“You won’t get rid of us that easily, old geezer!” he patted Dave’s back as they headed upstairs.

“Hey, watch your tongue, young man, I can still give you a fatherly slap!” he warned him laughing as he lightly hit his head from the back. Their laughter filled the stairway and they were still smiling as they stepped back into the kitchen.

“Can we help something?” Jack asked the girls with a grin.

“Oh… sure…” Viva turned around lightly flushed.

“Cool. What’ll be for dinner?”

“Roasted chicken with some spicy sauce, fries and some boiled veggies” Ava smiled while pealing a carrot.

“Sounds yummy! Where did you learn to cook?”

“Our dad was at home with us before things got going with his work and met your dad” Viva chirped, quickly cleaning the counter with a rug.

“Ehm… yes, so he’s good in the kitchen, too?”

“Not bad” Ava nodded “Though we’ve learned a lot by ourselves as well.”

“I see. Then… what can I do for you, beautiful ladies?” he grinned.

“Here you are!” Viva gave a knife to him and pointed at a nice amount of potatoes “You can start to peel” she explained with rosy cheeks.

“What are you smiling at?” Dave asked stroking along Mart’s forearm as the two of them were sitting in the living room from where they could look into the kitchen where the kids were preparing the food and laughing now with Calo, too.

Mart first sipped from his beer, glimpsing at the football match then gave a quick kiss to Dave and nodded towards the kitchen. “My eldest fancies your son, I think…”

Dave followed his gaze and smiled too “So you’ve noticed too?”

“It’s quite obvious, isn’t it?”

“They are cute.”

“Indeed” Mart agreed and squeezed Dave’s thigh, who had to swallow hard and close his eyes for a moment.

“When can we go to the club?” he whispered, feeling already horny and impatient.

“Just much later… after dinner I have to drop the kids off first.”

“They can stay over… oh god…” he stifled a moan when Mart’s hand sneaked on his bulge for a moment “They can have a slumber party or… whatever while we sneak out…”

“Hm… sounds like a plan…” he nodded with darkly shining eyes.

“Dinner’s ready, you old pervs” suddenly they heard Jack’s voice who walked into the living room area to call them.

Of course Dave blushed until he had a nice purple color, which made Mart and Jack chuckle as they walked back to the others.

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Luckily they were over head and ears in work in the last couple of weeks, thanks to Kessy and Daniel, who flooded them with things to do. They were working with several bands at the moment. Some of them asked just for lyrics or corrections, some of them wanted demos or full songs, so the boys were not bored. At the end of the day they often just fell into bed totally exhausted. And they started to get more money for their works as their name spread in the music scene. This meant that they will be able to finish the construction works earlier in the house than planned. Their home, their own little kingdom. Dave joked around with this title, which always made both of them smile. It was nice to finally live together and apart the small and sometimes annoying habits they had, they got along well, totally in love with each other. Just blind people couldn’t see this on them, for example when they went to look for some new furniture or shopping. They tried to act normally, but the shining glimpses they exchanged often gave them away.

When they had more energy, they saved some free time for each other or went down to the club to relax or to have some rough fun. The latter sometimes ended with picking up Trix and Jus and taking them home to have a great time in a more comfortable environment… The girls considered them as friends and great lovers, but everyone knew that due to the rules they had set down a long time ago their relationship was about pure sex, friendship – and in Justine’s case work that sometimes ended up with having hot sex in the studio or upstairs, but none of them minded it.

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