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“Hey honey.” Syn said as you walked towards his boyfriend.
Nuer just looked and smiled while the rest of their group looked between the two lovers in awe.
Yon was the first to break the silence, turning to Nuer. “I’m sorry, why are you not reacting to the fact that Syn is using a pet name for you?”
Nuer focused on getting a red faced Syn to sit down next to him before turning to Yon. “Syn wanted to start using pet names for each other, but he didn’t really know how. So, he’s just been trying different ones until he finds one he thinks will fit.” He put his hand on Syn’s back rubbing up and down. “I’m proud of you for doing it in public this time. Are you planning on using that one again?”
Syn puffed out his cheeks and lightly punched Nuer’s arm. “Shut up. I don’t know if that one felt right so I might try it out again.”
The soft smile that shone on Nuer’s face made Syn melt in his chair as Nuer said, “Alright…sweetheart.”
“AAAAWWWW” a chorus came from the group of friends. If Syn’s face got any redder it would be the same color as his department shirt.
“That’s it I’m leaving.” Syn got up to head out the door. Nuer reached out grabbing his arm to stop him and Kuea instinctively got up to said, “You can’t leave, we’re in class!”
The first time that Syn brought up pet names he was cuddling with his boyfriend on his bed while music played in the background. Syn wasn’t someone who cared too much about music, he would just listen to what came on. But, for Nuer music was his lifeblood. He followed several bands, knew each album, had specific playlists for every occasion whether it be drawing, working on cars or hanging out with his boyfriend. He had actually had a dedicated playlist for songs he wanted to show to Syn. It was the one they were listening to actually.
Syn was enjoying the song that was playing so he lifted his head from Nuer’s chest to sneak a peek at his phone. He saw the song and then looked at the top of the screen to see that the playlist was named ‘My Darling.’
He must have been staring at it for too long, because Nuer sat up as well and put his chin on Syn’s shoulder. “You ok?” Nuer asked.
“Why is this the name of the playlist?”
Nuer looked up at Syn with a small questioning grin on his face, “Because it’s for you and you are my darling.”
That name made Syn just melt into his boyfriend. Until he thought about it and straightened up again, “That’s a pet name. Shouldn’t we be using pet names more because we are in a romantic relationship?”
“We don’t have to if you don’t want to. Relationships are not just black and white Syn, there are many things in a “traditional” romantic relationship that are used by others.” Nuer hugged his boyfriend from behind. Syn relaxed again, “But I feel like I want to at least try it.”
Nuer kissed Syn’s forehead. “Then we can try it.”
Syn smiled, “Alright, babe.” Then he scrunched his face up. Nuer tried to keep in his laughter but failed. “You don’t like that one?”
Syn shook his head.
“Ok well you can keep trying different ones and see how you feel.”
It had been a few weeks of trying different names when Syn decided to confide in someone.
“Kuea, I need help.” Syn said. They were outside on one of the benches on campus studying.
Kuea didn’t look up as he said, “What’s going on dude, what do you need help with?”
When Syn told him he needed help with Nuer, Kuea’s head popped up from the computer. “What happened? Did Nuer do something? God I am going to kill him. Did he try to do something to you? If he did, you would tell me right?”
Syn put both his hands on his friend’s shoulders, “Yes, I would but it’s nothing like that.” He sighed, “It’s about the pet names. I still haven’t found one that fits. But every time Nuer tries one it works and I feel like I turn into a puddle of affection. I want Nuer to feel that way. Do you and Hia Lian use pet names?”
Kuea shuddered thinking back on the first time Lian called him Annabelle. “That didn’t go so well at the beginning. So, we don’t anymore…. Unless it’s in the bedroom.” Kuea unashamedly said.
Syn was so used to hearing about Kuea and Lian’s escapades, the sentence didn’t faze him. “Well, what I am going to do about Nuer. I don’t want to call him Nuer all the time. I want us to call each other something special.”
It was quiet while Kuea was thinking over the dilemma his friend brought up to him. “You say that none of the names you’ve used have worked, could it be that you haven’t felt like they work because they don’t feel authentic?” Kuea asked.
Syn’s lips scrunched in thought, “Yeah, the names I’ve used are ones I could see Nuer using for me. So I thought they would work on him as well. But they don’t feel like something I would say at the moment. I’m saying them after thinking about them.”
Smiling at his naive friend Kuea said, “That’s exactly it. You are forcing yourself to say these things because you think it will strengthen your relationship with Nuer. Know what I think?”
“What?”
“You need to stop forcing it. When you feel comfortable enough it will just happen naturally.”
“You really think so?” Syn asked quietly.
“Syn, you are one of my best friends and you are one of the last people I would call romantic. But I have never seen you act the way you do around Nuer. You like him, you are learning what liking someone means for the first time. Nuer understands that, if you brought up these concerns with him I bet he would make you feel so loved for just the way you are. Give yourself some space to explore without judging yourself so harshly.”
“But you and Hia Lian,”
Kuea cuts him off, “Don’t compare your relationship with ours. When we first began our relationship there was a lot that we hid from each other. Looking back on it now I wish I had sat him down and just told him my concerns. It might have made our relationship start off smoother instead of so rocky.”
“You are happy with each other now though.” Syn said
“Yeah, but not without hardships. I have to tell myself to not regret the past because right now I need to focus on the joy I have in the present.”
Syn pursed his lips as he nodded. “Joy in the present. Okay I can do that. Thank you for the advice Kuea.”
Kuea makes a fake crying face. Dragging Syn in for a hug. “UH! You’re welcome! You are so adorable and Nuer better know he is so lucky you gave him the time of day.”
Syn had told Nuer about his talk with Kuea the same day. Nuer, as always, was very supportive and told Syn that he thought it was great that Syn was letting whatever happens happen naturally. It felt like a weight was lifted off Syn’s shoulder. Kuea was right, he needed to give himself some time to get used to being in a relationship.
Their relationship continued to grow and soften. Their teammates would joke that the couple should go home since their lovesickness could be contagious. Syn had become more comfortable with skinship. It wasn’t shocking to anyone to see Syn and Nuer walking around holding hands on campus. Nuer was always ready to show Syn how much he loved his soft face with a kiss on his cheek. Syn would hide his face in Nuer’s neck when he became overstimulated. Nuer would just pet his hair until Syn would come out of hiding willingly. They didn’t let relationship expectations get in the way of their actual relationship.
That’s why their friends didn’t bat an eye at Nuer waiting outside the classroom for Syn to finish talking to the teacher. Syn came out a minute later, an easy smile appeared on Syn’s face when his eyes found Nuer. Nuer was looking at his phone so he hadn’t noticed Syn until his feet came into view. Syn had his arms around Nuer’s waist before he could even look up.
“Hello love, thanks for waiting.”
That sentence turned off any thought Nuer had. He had to blink a few times to restart his brain. “What did you say?” Nuer asked.
“I said hello and thank you, do you not like that I have proper manners?”
Nuer shook his head and put a hand on either side of Syn's face before saying, “No, Syn what did you call me?”
Syn tried to look down but that just made Nuer’s hands squish his cheeks, so he avoided Nuer’s eyes at all cost. “I called you love. It was an in the moment thing, if you don't like it I won’t say it anymore.”
“NO! Please don’t stop, I love it, I love you.” Nuer was feeling at a loss for words, so he used action instead. Pulling Syn into a breathtaking kiss. Soft lips covering each other’s. Nuer soon took full control, invading Syn’s mouth with his tongue.
Once they separate, Panting for air, Nuer grabs Syn’s hand and starts to speed walk down the hallway.
“Where are we going?” Syn asks while still trying to catch his breath.
“I don’t know, I just know I need to be alone with you right now before I ravage you in public.” Nuer responds, looking for a place that is empty, preferably with a lock.
“This will do.” He says entering an empty study room, pulling Syn in, the door lock clicking into place.
When Nuer turned back to his boyfriend there was a flame lighting his eyes. A flame Syn knows quite well. A flame that could turn into a fire fast if he didn’t extinguish it.
“Nuer, we should leave...”But he gets cut off.
“Say it again.”.
Every time Nuer took a step forward, Syn took a step back. “I don’t think that’s a good idea.” Syn’s back hit the wall and that gave Nuer the opportunity to crowd him.
“Please, I just want to hear you say it one more time.”
Syn pouts, “Fine, but I don’t promise it will arouse the same feeling in you a second time.”
Nuer chuckles, “Oh I have doubt that. It’s not the word that I want to hear again, it is you saying it.”
Syn’s cheeks bloomed red, he looked down. Nuer gave him time to feel comfortable enough to look up again. He was determined to get this over with and get them out of this room. He looked at his boyfriend through his eyelashes and said, “Nuer my love, let’s go home”
That had the opposite effect on Nuer though. He now wanted to stay in this room, in this moment, forever.
He groaned, “I’m not really in the state to leave right now.” Pressing his body into Syn’s until he felt the hard on Nuer had in his pants, making Syn gasp.
“You will need to help me if you want to leave.” Nuer noticed Syn’s breath began to pick up. He put a hand up to Syn’s face. His tone softened, “If you really don’t want to do this, we will stop right now and head home. I don't want to push you into something you are not ready for.”
Nuer had read Syn’s labored breath as a sign he was nervous. In reality Syn was getting turned on by the fact his boyfriend was hard from just one word. It was exhilarating to know that he held that kind of power.
He looked his boyfriend straight in the eye, “who said I wanted to stop love?”
Nuer’s eyebrows raised at the challenge. Which turned into a seductive smirk, “Alright, but don’t say I didn’t warn you sweetheart.”
Syn had been semi-hard already from his discovery. But after a few rocks of Nuer’s hips he became fully erect. Little moans and mewls came out of Syn as the couple continued to grind against each other.
The room felt like it was getting hotter the longer they continued. One of Syn’s hands slid off of Nuer’s shoulder and made its way down to the front of his boyfriend’s pants. Squeezing the girth that fit perfectly in his palm. Nuer let out a broken whine, his head falling in the curve between Syn’s neck and shoulder.
A small giggle escaped Syn as the surge of power entered him. But Nuer was not one to let someone control him so easily. Just as Syn did he let his hands wander around Syn’s body. One hand ended up on Syn’s covered bulge while the other found its way to Syn’s ass. Nuer squeezed both at the same time making Syn cry out and slow the rhythm he started on his boyfriend’s dick.
It gave Nuer the opportunity to undo his pants pulling out his dick resting the elastic of his underwear under his balls. He did the same to Syn and grabbed both of them in one hand.
Pumping them up and down, Syn’s hands had come up Nuer’s arms and were squeezing the fabric of his shirt.
“How does it feel sweetheart?” Nuer whispered in Syn’s ear
“Love, that feels so good.” Syn said, his voice coming out breathy. “Keep going.”
Nuer sped up his hand, “Are you getting close?”
Y..yes.”
“Me too.”
Syn let out a soft high pitched scream as he spilled over his boyfriend’s hand. Nuer followed with a low groan.
It took the couple a few moments to catch their breath. Nuer came back online before Syn. He reached into his bag and got some tissues to clean up his hand and his boyfriend. Once he was done, Syn started to come back to life.
“You just jacked me off in a study room.”
Nuer chuckled, “Yeah I did.”
“We did a sexual act at school.”
“Yeah we did.”
“Oh my gosh, kill me.”
“Mnh where would you like me to suck the life out of you? Your lips or your…”
Syn squaked and covered Nuer’s mouth before covering his face. “You can’t just say things like that.”
Nuer softly smiled, “I’m sorry. Was this too far?”
Syn peaked through his fingers. “Well…no you did ask me and I did like it. I just,”
“Feel like you shouldn’t like it.” Nuer finished. He read Syn like an open book sometimes.
“Yes, I’m sorry.”
“There’s no need to apologize, in the end we both liked it. But we probably won’t be doing this again anytime soon.” Nuer said as he pressed a soft kiss to the side of Syn's neck.
Syn nodded, “Wait, you want to do it again?!”
A laugh burst from Nuer, “That’s what happens when you catch me off guard by doing something absolutely adorable.”
Syn closed his pants and grabbed his bag, “I’m never calling you love again.” He said as he hastily walked out of the study room.
“Wait Syn.” Nuer almost forgot to close his pants in his hurry to catch up to his boyfriend. He straightened himself out before running down the hall yelling, “My darling, come back!