Finally

It was about 10 minutes later when Max woke up, his eyes fluttering open.

"T-this isn't a bed."

Adrian genuinely laughed at his statement, which evoked a sleepy grin from him.

"I guess we fell asleep too fast."

His eyes flicked up to meet Adrian's before quickly looking away.

"I d-don't mind. It's nice."

"Yeah, it is."

They stayed like that for a few minutes, as the previous day's worries resurfaced in Adrian's mind.

ideally alive

Adrian instinctively wrapped his arms tighter around Max's slender form, as though the sinister figures at Companion Corp might steal him right out of his arms.

how did i get so attached to this guy so fast

He smacked his lips together and yawned.

"Can we eat? I'm hungry."

Adrian smiled and removed his hands from around Max.

"You have to get up first."

"Wait, I-"

He faltered, before sliding up and burying his face in the crook of Adrian's neck and shoulder.

"I don't wanna move, sir."

He paused, shocked by the suddenness of it.

"Max..."

His head raised a few degrees, his dark, inhuman eyes meeting Adrian's.

god hes so fucking cute

"Max, I..."

The words caught in his throat. But still, he seemed to understand. Max nodded slightly, the corners of his mouth twisting up slightly into the faintest of smiles.

It was wordless. But he knew.

Adrian wrapped his arms around Max's slender waist and leaned forward, pressing their lips together. For a split second he tensed up, but a moment later he eased into the kiss, pressing back against Adrian.

It wasn't very sexual. It was blissful. For a moment they simply held each other, pressing their lips together. Somewhere in the back of his mind, Adrian registered the fact that he was kissing another man for the first time, but the rest of him couldn't be bothered to care.

After a moment Max pulled away and smiled.

"W-we should get breakfast."

The rest of the day was nice, if slightly awkward. Adrian elected to stay home, partially to buy time on his new assignment, and perhaps to be around Max a little more.

At around noon Adrian got out of the shower, wrapped himself in a towel, and went to his room to sleep. He didn't show it, but he was dreading falling asleep. Or maybe he was dreading waking up and going to work. Entering his room, he was shocked to find Max standing by the bed in only a pair of Adrian's underwear.

"Uh, what's up, man?"

His eyes seemed locked onto the floor, and his voice came out ss barely more than a whisper.

"I'm here to... pleasure... you, sir."

Adrian blinked at him in shocked confusion.

"What?"

"I-I'm supposed to p-perform oral sex or, uh, or you can, if you want, you can use my uh, my-"

"Max."

His eyes flicked up to meet Adrian's.

"Sir?"

"Max, listen, you don't have to do any of that."

"But its my purpose! It's- its why I was..."

He looked away, his face failing to mask whatever turmoil raged inside of him.

"...its why I was made."

Adrian approached him, wrapping the smaller man up in a gentle hug. Max melted against him, trempling slightly.

"You're not a pet, Max. You aren't some science experiment. And you certainly aren't some kind of sex toy. You're a person. and you don't have to do anything like that."

He was quiet for a little bit.

"Sir?"

"Yeah?"

"Can I stay with you tonight?"

"Of course you can."

"Thank you, sir."

thank you