Chapter 6
While agent Ross was out N'Jadaka did a bit of snooping. Of course he did. Presumably secret CIA safe-house? And he was left there alone? You bet your ass he went through every closet in every room. And was a bit disappointed. It was no safe house all right. This was a fuck fest nest. Nothing interesting but lube and condoms and all sorts of other kinky shit.
He didn't find any weapons or secret stashes but now he knew that agent Ross' lover was gifted. N'Jadaka knew that brand of condoms. He used them himself.
Why lie and say this house belonged to a friend? Why not say the truth? 'Hey we can hide in the love nest I use to get fucked by a huge dick'. N'Jadaka isn't a prude or anything. He understands.
Anyway, why was he thinking about it so much? What was so irritating in the thought of agent Ross having wild sex with someone else all around this house. He couldn't care less. Right?
To distract himself from that mental image N'Jadaka went to take a closer look at a computer he saw earlier. The thing was old and primitive but he got his first engineering degree at 15. He knew his way around tech. Even such an outdated one.
When he was almost done agent Ross came back.
N'Jadaka let go of the breath he didn't even realize he was holding. Hey, it's okay that he was worried about this man. Compassion is a completely normal human emotion, it doesn't have to mean anything.
And then - Everett - tried to apologize and be all official with him but he wasn't having any of it. N'Jadaka saw the man in his underwear. They were beyond all that.
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While N'Jadaka was finishing with the computer Everett went looking for anything that might be useful. He didn't have time to look around earlier and before today only saw this house on a picture.
There was some food in the kitchen, mostly frozen TV dinners and cereal. In bathroom he found new toothbrushes, still packed. Bedroom... Okay nothing useful in bedroom except Charles' clothes. Which won't fit Everett but might be roughly N'Jadaka's size. Everett hoped they won't be here long enough to need them.
Otherwise the house was empty, no emergency stashes. Thankfully, Everett brought his own.
When the computer was ready Everett used an encrypted chatroom to send a short massage.
November Tango Zero Five
Few minutes later in another chatroom Charles wrote:
Evy! What's happening? Are you alright?
I'm fine. We're at that place you told me about last week. I hope you don't mind
Of course not
I need you to find anything you can about what happened with my mission
Will do. Lay low for now, okay?
Thanks. I knew I can count on you
Any time. I'll contact you if I find anything. Do you need me to come over?
If it's safe, sure
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"So when is your lover coming?" asked N'Jadaka.
"My lover? Charles is my friend and colleague. Nothing romantic." That was weird.
"So you say. I don't mind it, you know? I'm not a homophobe."
"That's good to know." Definitely weird. After somewhat awkward silence Everett decided to clarify. "Charles is straight. But I'm not. So, yeah, good to know."
The prince cringed a little. 'Way to go, N'Jadaka. Very smooth.' He thought to himself. 'You just had to make Everett come out to you right now, didn't you?'
Oh well. At least the nagging irritation he felt about the perspective of meeting Everett's lover was gone.
Hm. N'Jadaka wasn't ready to analyze his feelings right now. They had more important things to do.