(BL) Hunting The Field Guide novel Chapter 183

Chapter 183: Don’t look down on bake sales

Kellen watched the two of them like a hawk as they left the room. He was tense, focused, until he felt an arm wrap around his shoulders.

"Triple chocolate cherry cookies?" Hill asked, and Kellen nodded, feeling his lips twitch at her curious tone.

"Yeah. I used to do a lot of baking in high school. Made a killing with bake sales. It’s how I bought my first car. I had to sell it when I went to the front lines." Kellen told her, and she seemed impressed.

"Nice. Sucks you had to sell your car though. If you have any extra after baking for Taylor, would you send some my way?" She asked, and when Kellen glanced at her, she was fluttering her eyelashes. She looked ridiculous since she was on her toes as she wrapped her arm around Kellen’s shoulders. He burst into laughter.

"I’ll just make a triple batch. I know how much you can put away, and I’m sure Casper will like them."

"What? None for me?" The Captain’s voice rang out from across the room, and Kellen couldn’t stop his laughter at his indignant tone.

"Do you even like sweets, Captain? I wasn’t sure you did." Kellen teased, not calling him by his name as he had requested. He frowned as Kellen continued to smile, his shoulders still shaking.

"I like sweets, but I also like anything you make." Kellen wiped a tear away from his eye, shaking his head.

"I was planning to make you something with oranges, since I know you like them, that’s why I wasn’t including you in the request, Captain." The Captain narrowed his eyes, before he sniffed.

"Well, if you were planning to make me something special, I guess that’s okay." The Captain’s eyes sparkled as he looked at the laughing Guide, his smile wide and warm. Kellen slowly stopped laughing, and swallowed. The Captain wasn’t hiding anything, especially since Kellen had admitted everything yesterday.

Or, because he had admitted his feelings yesterday to himself, and to the Captain, Kellen was noticing it now. Coming to that realisation, Kellen felt his face heat. Hill, who noticed the sudden change in a laughing, good mood Kellen, to a thoughtful Kellen, grew concerned..

"What’s up Kellen? You all good?" Hill asked, and Kellen sighed, nodding. Running his hand over his face. He was going to be fine, he was just struck with the fact that he’d been in love with this man for a long, long time, and now, he was his. The Captain belonged to Kellen.

Fuck.

He wanted to hug him.

Hill, sensing something was slightly different about Kellen, slowly grinned.

"What? Didn’t get enough of the Captain’s love yesterday, Kellen? Was he not as generous as I thought he was? I haven’t heard any complaints before now." Kellen knew that she was twisting part of the conversation that they had earlier, especially the parts that Brent had said. Kellen wanted to smack her, but refrained, but did toss her arm off of his shoulder.

"Hill, you know that’s not the case! I am just trying to think about how much work I’m going to have to do now that Casper’s off to take care of himself." Kellen liked smoothly, and Hill laughed. She jumped towards him, giving him a gentle hug by her standards, before letting him go and taking a step back. She pulled a lollipop out of her pocket and began taking the plastic off.

"Uh huh. Of course I’ll believe that. You always sigh like that when faced with a lot of work." Her grin was filled with childish glee. "But what I’m not hearing you say is that he was generous? Did the Captain give you enough? I’m worried, you know. I can’t have our first pair in the Guild have any issues. As the premier Esper with the most experience, you know you always have a shoulder to lean on if you need advice." She was having the time of her life teasing Kellen as he felt his face heat more.