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Man's POV

Please don't let it be Bright, please don't let it be Bright, I prayed silently as I watched Ben dig out his phone from his pocket.

I watched some more as he swiped on his phone screen.

"Yes, Mother, I arrived here safely," I heard him say on his phone.

I let out the breath that I had been holding in and sucked in some much needed air and said a silent prayer of thanks to whoever heard my prayer.

"Yes, I am with P'Man right now," I heard Ben say after which he looked at me intently and then said to me, holding out his phone for me to take, "Mother is asking to talk to you."

"Sure," I said, taking Ben's phone from him.

"Good evening, ma'am," I said on the phone.

"Mom, not ma'am." she corrected me, making my heart swell with happiness. I took it to mean that she looked upon me as her own son.

"Mom," I said as she requested, "what can I do for you?"

"Listen," she said, "I hope that you will take good care of Ben while he is there with you in Tokyo. Please treat him as your very own brother."

Wait, no, I wasn't going to treat him as my very own brother. We were lovers for god's sake. Even as I was talking to Ben's mom I was already studying Ben's luscious lips and how it would taste like the finest most expensive wine in the whole world.

"Man?" she prompted me to make a response to her request.

"Yes, yes, of course," I replied, feeling very much embarrassed that I had not responded to her right away.

"Wonderful, thank you so much, my son," she said to me. "I hope though that Ben will not be much of a burden to you."

"Oh, no, no, Ben could never be a burden to me," I hastened to assure Ben's mom. "I promise I will take very good care of him."

"Thank you again," she said. "Now could I please talk to Ben once more?"

"Sure," I said, "Bye, Mom, it was very nice talking to you."

I handed the phone back to Ben.

While Ben and  his mother chatted some more on the phone, I started to run a bath for Ben.

I reached the tail end of their conversation just as I got back inside the room.

"Ben, I suggest you soak your tired body in the warm bath that I have prepared for you," I said.

"I think that's a good idea, P'Man," said Ben. "Thank you for preparing it for me."

I watched as Ben walked towards the bathroom and peered inside it.

"Wow," I heard him say. "It's such a spacious tub. It can accommodate two people."

My heart jumped to my throat. The idea never occurred to me but because he had rejected my advances earlier I was afraid to suggest what was on my mind.

My eyes widened and my heart spun around in my chest when Ben started walking slowly towards me. He was looking at me straight in the eye, his eyes gleaming with something that I was too afraid to think of in case I was very wrong.

I gasped when he tugged at my necktie and spun around back towards the bathroom, pulling my necktie along with him.

I was too stunned but more than willing to comply with his obvious wishes.