Yours To Control

Chapter 8

They had been home for about two hours before it all started.

Juno thought he was safe. They ate dinner, did the dishes, tae picked a movie. The three of them sat on the couch, Yuna was in the corner, her legs were tucked under her. Tae was in the middle and Juno was on the other end, he had a pillow on his lap.

The movie played for some minutes then Tae paused it.

Juno looked at the screen then he looked at Tae, "Why did you pause it?"

"Because we need to talk," Tae said.

"About what?"

"About the restroom."

Juno looked at the screen again, "I do not know what you are talking about."

"Juno," Yuna said. She turned to face him, pulled her legs out and sat up straight. That was always bad. "I watched you leave the table, I saw you go to the back of the restaurant. When you came back, your hair was messy, your shirt was untucked and you had a smile you tried to hide."

"My hair was fine."

"It was not fine," Tae said, "I saw it too when you sat down. You looked like a guy who was messed with in a small room."

"That is a lot of detail."

"I notice things," Tae said. He turned on the couch to face him too, "tell us."

"There is nothing to tell."

"Juno Dylan Ames," Yuna said.

"That is not my middle name."

"I know, I am being dramatic." She pointed at him, "talk."

Juno looked at both of them and pulled the pillow closer. Tae grabbed his legs, Yuna grabbed his arm then Juno was flat on the couch. Tae sat on his legs and Yuna held both his arms over his head.

"What are you doing," Juno said.

"Keeping you here," Tae said as he smiled, "until you talk."

"This is not allowed."

"We live together so different rules."

Juno tried to move his legs and Tae sat harder. "Talk," Tae said.

"Fine," Juno said. He stopped moving, "Fine, there is a guy."

Yuna and Tae looked at each other.

"We know there is a guy," Yuna said. "We knew since you came back from that bar the morning after you found out about Nate. We want more details."

"What kind?"

"All of it," Tae said. "Start from the beginning and do not leave anything out, I will know if you do."

Juno looked at the ceiling. Tae was still on his legs, Yuna still held his arms and the TV was still paused.

"I met him at the bar," Juno said, "the night I found out about Nate. He was alone so I sat next to him and we talked. Then..." he stopped.

"Then what," Tae said.

"Then we went upstairs."

"Upstairs where," Yuna said.

"The hotel, the bar was in a hotel."

Yuna and Tae looked at each other again.

"He had a room," Juno said. "A suite on the third floor."

"He had a suite," Tae said slowly.

"Yes."

"It was already booked."

"Yes."

"In a hotel."

"Yes, Tae."

Tae looked at Yuna, "he has money."

"A lot of it," Yuna said. She looked back at Juno, "keep going."

Juno looked at the ceiling again. "It was just one night then I saw him at Oleander and..."

"Oleander," Tae said. "That place..."

"I know."

"He has a lot of money," Tae said.

"Can you let me finish?"

"Sorry go on."

"I saw him at Oleander, we went to the restroom and..." Juno stopped.

No one talked.

"And?" Yuna said.

"And I kissed him."

"You kissed him?," Tae asked.

"He kissed me back," Juno said, "Just so you know."

"In the restroom at Oleander?," Yuna queried.

"Yes."

"While we were at the table," Tae said, "while I was talking about work."

"You were going to tell that story anyway."

Tae opened his mouth then he closed it. "That is fair," he said, "but still." He looked at Juno, "So it is the man at the corner table, In the suit?"

"Yes."

"The one who messed up your hair."

"Yes."

"Okay," Tae said nodding. "Who is he?"

Juno kept quiet.

Yuna looked at him, "Juno."

"I am thinking."

"You are thinking," Tae said, "about who he is?"

"Yes."

"You do not know who he is," Yuna said.

Juno pulled his arms a little, Yuna held them tighter. "I do not know," he said.

"Wow," Tae said.

"Okay, last name?"

Juno said nothing.

Tae stared at him, "Juno."

"I do not have it."

"You do not have his last name."

"No."

"His number?"

"No."

"Where he lives?"

"No."

"Where he works?"

Juno opened his mouth.

"Do not say 'no'," Tae said.

"Well, I have no idea."

"No idea?" Yuna said.

No one talked for a bit.

Then Tae said, "So let me get this. You do not know his first name, no last name, no number, no address and you kissed this man in a restroom."

"He kissed me back," Juno said again, "I keep saying that."

"Juno..." Tae looked at him as he was trying to be calm. "You like a man and you do not even know his full name."

"I do not like anyone."

"You are blushing," Yuna said.

"I am hot because you are sitting on me."

"Your ears are red," Tae said. "Your ears only get red when..."

"They do not."

"They do," Tae said. He leaned in and looked. "Yep, both of them."

Juno turned his face away.

Yuna let go of his arms as she sat back. She looked at him, her face was soft now, "he makes you smile," she said. "I saw it at the restaurant, every time you looked at him you tried not to smile."

"I was not looking at him."

"You looked at him four times," Tae said, "I was counting."

"What do you know about him?" Yuna asked, "what do you really know."

Juno thought a bit, "he keeps things to himself. He will not tell me his name, he is..." he stopped. "He is hard to figure out but not in a bad way, he makes you want to know him." He looked at the television, "and he has a younger brother."

Tae stared at him, "that is it? That is all? He keeps to himself, he is hard to figure out and has a younger brother?"

"Yes."

"And you are blushing about this guy."

"I told you I am not..."

"Your ears, Juno," Tae said pointing at his ears.

Juno covered his ears with both hands.

Yuna laughed first then Tae joined. They laughed at Juno as Juno laid on the couch. His hands were over his ears, he looked at the door while he waited for them to stop.

They did not stop for a while.

"A younger brother," Tae said while he was still laughing. "That is what you have, a younger brother and no name."

"And he kissed me back," Juno said from behind his hands.

That made them laugh again.

Yuna leaned over, she pulled one of his hands off his ear. She looked at him as she was done laughing now. "Are you okay?" she asked. Her voice was calm, "like really okay?"

Juno looked at her, "Yeah," he said. "I think so."

She looked at him then she nodded, squeezed his hand and let go. Then she picked up the remote.

"Younger brother," Tae said one more time and shook his head.

"Tae," Juno said.

"I am done, I am done," but he wasn't done. "A younger brother, Tae said again."

Juno threw the pillow at him.