(BL) Hunting The Field Guide novel Chapter 43

Chapter 43: A way to a man’s heart

They led Brent up to the cafeteria, and the whole time he wouldn’t drop his suspicion of the two men. When Kellen handed him a tray for food, he threw him a look.

"I can take whatever I want?" He asked, and Kellen nodded, trying to hide his smile.

"The only thing not included in the price of working here is the coffee shop across the way." He glanced behind them towards it, before he nodded. That confirmed, he piled up three plates with food, along with drinks. Casper took pity on him, and helped him carry his drinks since Kellen needed all of his space for his own meal. Brent was practically salivating over the meal, and once the three of them found a table to sit, he began to devouring the food. It was quite a scene, and both Casper and Kellen kept their heads down, but Kellen knew he was smiling.

He’d got him.

Brent finished before even Casper, and once he had confirmed that he could have seconds, off he went. This time he came back with a modest two plates of food. Once everyone had finished their meals, Brent cleared his throat.

"The uh, food was good." He told Kellen shyly, and he laughed.

"What? Did the food suck now that I wasn’t cooking for you anymore?" He asked and Brent wouldn’t meet his gaze, causing him to laugh harder. "Had I known that, I would have saved the office for later and taken you directly to the cafeteria." He teased and Brent snorted.

"Admit it, you just wanted to show off that you had an office." He scowled at the other Field Guide while he grinned.

"That might be the case Brent, but, what are you going to do? Are you going to let this cafeteria go free? Especially when they can stock your apartment with food and it’s 24 hours a day? Is this going to be the one that got away?" Brent growled at the other, giving him the finger. It was an impressive response from Brent.

"Fuck you Kellen, you fucking weasel. You know all of my weaknesses." He muttered and someone laughed behind Kellen.

"I see he likes to gather information. We should have had him in charge of that instead." Hill’s cheerful voice washed over them. "You must be Brent Jameson. Kellen spoke quite highly of you. Don’t worry, he has dirt on me too." Kellen spun in his seat to watch Hill approach. Kellen watched as the two people he had always worried about meeting, met. Hill smiled at Brent, while he just stared at her. Brent then offered his hand to her while she joined them at their table. Instead of shaking it, Hill laughed and gave it a kiss. Brent flushed.

"Kellen, you really should have led with how many fucking pretty people are in this Guild." Brent scolded him on a sigh while Hill laughed.

"And you should have told me he was such a cutie Kellen. You know I have a soft spot for the cute ones." Kellen groaned.

"This is why I made sure the two of you never met." Both of them stared at Kellen in shock.

"That’s why-Kellen! That’s a crime!" Hill protested and Brent nodded vigorously.

"The worst kind of crime! You have no right to prevent two people from meeting!" Kellen shared a look with Casper, who seemed stunned that they were eerily similar.

"I can if it’s to save my own sanity. But look, you two have now met. This is either going to work out great, or blow up spectacularly. Good luck. Brent, are you going to join my department?" Kellen asked sweetly as the other Field Guide glared at him. The moment of meeting Hill for the first time fading quickly.

"You’re not going to take no for an answer, are you?" Kellen’s smile widened and Brent began cursing up a storm. "I should have fucking known anything to do with you was going to be a nightmare. You have a knack for making poison taste good." Hill laughed.

"That does sound like Kellen. I take it you two worked quite closely together?" Hill prodded and Brent nodded, his handsome face still sour.

"We were partners on the front lines. Not in a gay way, despite my trying," Brent’s quiet mutter wasn’t lost on Hill’s Esper ears, as Kellen could tell by her wide smile, "but we worked contracts together. We often got each other jobs that would fit our specializations. Usually, whenever Kellen came around with a job I knew it was going to be difficult, but I’d get paid well, and probably laid. He was thoughtful like that." Hill, oddly enough, nodded in agreement.