Praise Me [BL] COMPLETED

Chapter 7

"Hey," Declan leaned against the kitchen counter, "you've been hanging out with Caesar and Morgan a lot lately."

"Huh?" I glanced up from my sandwich, mid bite, and blinked at him. "Um, yeah, I guess?"

"Hm." He let out a thoughtful hum before eyeing me warily. "I think Morgan likes you."

"..What?"

"Weird, right? I didn't think so at first but he keeps talking about you. Maybe I'm over thinking it though, he is dating Caesar."

I scratched my cheek nervously. "What if, um, what if he did?"

He smiled. "I'd kill him."

"O-Oh. Really?"

His smiled widened as he nodded. "Yeah, why?"

"No reason." I quickly shook my head. "He's dating Caesar, he probably doesn't like me."

Declan leaned closer and narrowed his eyes at me. "You sound disappointed."

"What?! No, I'm not!"

His eyes narrowed further. "Do you-" his face fell, "do you like him?"

"Me? Like Morgan?" I flailed my hand around. "No way."

He leaned away and crossed his arms. "Alright. What about Caesar?"

"What about Caesar?"

"..Do you like him?"

"No!"

"Hm," He suddenly smiled and winked at me, "Okay, Harry. I understand."

"Understand what?!"

"Don't worry." He whispered, as if there was anyone else in the house besides us. "Your big brother will help you."

"Please don't."

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I startled when there was suddenly a weight on my back. Looking up, a smile quickly graced my face when I saw Morgan grinning at me. He slung his arm over my shoulder and pulled me closer. "Did that surprise you?"

Before he could take a step further, I turned in his arms and hugged him tightly. "Did that surprise you?" His eyes widened for a moment before he quickly looked away, whispering an inaudible oh god, he's so cute.

I beamed at him. "I missed you!"

Morgan slipped his hands from my waist to squish my cheeks together. "Why are you so cute?" He shook my head back and forth. I smiled in confusion and let him, as long as he was touching me I didn't mind.

After we pulled away, he held my hand in his and started to guide us off campus. "Come over?"

My tail wagged faster. "Okay."

"Are you feeling better? Your heat all gone?"

My mind flashed back to yesterday when they called, making me flush pink. I pushed the thought away and nodded. "Mhm! All gone."

"That's good." He squeezed my hand. "We missed our baby~"

Ah, I think I wanna kiss him.

"How did you know I had class?"

"Declan told me." He glanced down at me. "I had a lesson earlier with him so I just waited. Caesar doesn't have any lessons today or he would've come too."

My stomach swooped. "Declan told you?"

"Yup." He pulled me closer when another couple walked by us. "Why? Is that surprising?"

Oh god, he was serious about that.

"It's nothing." I waved off before leaning forward to get a better look at him. He was wearing a loose button up, tucked into a sinfully tight pair of skinny jeans and an assortment of jewelry. "You like fashion a lot, huh?"

"Hm?" He looked down at his own outfit. "I guess?"

"You're always dressed so nicely."

He ruffled my hair, making my ears twitch. "So are you."

"I just throw on whatever, you put effort into your outfits." I looked over him again and nodded to myself. "You look very handsome."

Morgan laughed fondly. "Thank you."

I grabbed at a piece of my hair and played with the wavy, brown strand. "You even style your hair every day. If I had long hair, I think I'd be too lazy to do it all the time."

He pulled me into the elevator after we made it to their apartment building and wrapped his arms around my waist from behind. "I'd do it for you then."

I tilted my head up and peered at him over my shoulder. "Ah," he blinked back at me, "you're seriously so handsome. You have really pretty features too."

He raised his eyebrows but a smile played at his lips. "Why are you complimenting me so much? You're usually so shy. What do you want?"

"Huh? Why would I want something?"

"Mm, I forgot you're not Caesar."

Morgan pulled me into their apartment and slipped his shoes off. I quickly copied his actions and set my bag down before I started to follow him.

He didn't say anything at first, he let me trail behind him as he went to get a drink and casually drank it as I watched him with my own drink in hand. He didn't say anything when he went to the bathroom and I waited by the door, or when he pulled out one of his textbooks and I sat next to him silently.

"Um," he finally spoke up, "are you okay?"

I blinked at him, confused, and tilted my head. "Yeah, why?"

He leaned back against the couch and studied me. "You're following me around like a little puppy."

"Oh, am I?"

"Mhm, I don't mind." He waved off. "It's pretty cute actually, but don't you want to say hi to Caesar?"

My ears perked up. "He's here?!"

He laughed at my eager reaction and gestured to their closed bedroom door. "Yeah, he probably has his earbuds in and didn't hear us. Go say hi~" I went to stand up but he pulled me back down and grabbed my chin to pull my forward. A noise of surprise fell from my lips when he kissed me. "Don't take too long." He smiled and patted my head. "Alright, go on."

I flushed when he patted my ass after I stood up and went back to his textbook like it was nothing, while I was over here having an internal meltdown.

Poking my head into their room, Caesar did in fact have his earbuds in. He was laying against the head board as he typed something on his computer.

Noticing movement from the door, he glanced up and smiled when he saw me. "I didn't know you were coming over." He took his earbuds out and set his laptop aside. When I was close enough for him to reach, he guided me onto the bed with him. "How are you feeling?"

I smiled widely and went to sit on my knees. "I'm good. Morgan picked me up from my class so I'm happy."

Caesar puffed out a breath of amusement and scratched behind my ears. I leaned into the touch and let out a happy noise. "Where is he?"

"He's doing homework, I think." I peered over at his laptop. "Did I interrupt you?"

"Nah, I needed a break anyways." His hand dropped to his lap, making me instantly miss the touch.

I tapped my fingers against my knees absentmindedly. "Well, I'm glad I could help~"

We talked about this and that, enjoying the break from our studies, before he started to explain a new project he and Morgan were working on.

While he went on about some of the ideas they brainstormed, I felt distracted by him. Caesar was handsome, he was handsome in some ways Morgan was and wasn't. Morgan had pretty features that he fully used to his advantage while Caesar had more masculine features.

Ahh, they were both too good looking. It wasn't fair.

Now that I was staring at him so intensely, I had a sudden, strong urge to nuzzle into him. The need to cover him in my scent was almost overwhelming. I hadn't even realized I was thinking about it so hard until he quietly trailed off and raised an eyebrow. "-what?"

I blinked back into focus and quickly shook my head. "It's nothing. I was just thinking how you and Morgan are so good looking." Maybe I should be worried when we're out in public. What if someone else found them just as handsome?

It left an unpleasant feeling lingering in my stomach, so distasteful that I crawled closer to him. He blinked at me and lifted his arms when I pushed them aside to sit in his lap.

He smiled after that, something soft and small. "I forgot you get like this after your heat." His hand lifted back to my head and petted me fondly.

"Like what?"

He hummed softly. "You get a little territorial."

I frowned. "No I don't."

"Alright." He scratched behind my ears again.

"...Only a little."

"Of course."

"You're just agreeing with everything I say."

"Is that bad?"

My lips pursed. "I guess not." I reached up to grab his wrist and cradled it to my chest. "If- If you already think that then can I?"

"Can you what?" I looked away from his burning gaze but he pulled my chin right back, and rubbed his thumb along my jaw. "Hm?"

My hands tightened around his wrist as I felt my face warm. "..Be territorial."

"That's not something you need to ask. You're a pup, hm? It's only natural." He tilted his head as his lips pulled into an alluring smirk. "You want to scent me, don't you? You kept staring."

I leaned forward, eyes cautious to see if he'd pull away, and dipped my head into his neck. "You won't even be able to smell it."

"But you can."

My hands rested against his broad chest, hesitant in the way they clenched around his shirt. "It's really okay?"

"Why wouldn't it be?"

With his finalized permission, I went on to scent his neck, immediately feeling satisfied with the fact that my scent would linger on him all day. "Can you recognize people from their scents?"

I nodded against his neck, not wanting to pull away just yet. "Not as much as an actual dog but if someone gave me your shirt, I'd know it was yours."

"What do I smell like?"

"Like-" I smelled him before I realized he might find that weird, "...I can't describe it. You just smell like you." After I pulled back, I gave him a smile when he looked down at me, clear interest in his eyes. "You smell good, don't worry."

"What about Morgan?"

"Hm? I like both of your scents, they're my favorite."

He cupped my hips, tickling the hem of my shirt in the process. "So I smell like you right now?"

"Well, you still smell like you but yeah. You're wearing my scent."

His lips twitched up. "You seem pleased with this."

I smiled and nodded. "I am. Scent is important."

Caesar let out a small hum, "Cute." and dipped his head down to kiss me. I was a little surprised from it but let out a happy noise and kissed him back with more expertise than last time. I've had more practice.

He pulled away much too quick, so I surged forward and pressed our mouths together again. I felt his lips pull up, surely amused, but I couldn't find it in myself to care, too lost in the kiss to give it a second thought.

My stomach clenched when he shifted his legs and cupped my ass to pull me closer in his lap. "Ah." We were flush against each other, no room left to fill as he cupped my jaw.

At times like these, our height difference was made even more noticeable. He wasn't considerably taller than me, but someone else might give us a second glance when we were together. Especially now, when he was holding me against him, clearly broader and bigger. It only made me melt into him more when he took full control of the kiss.

Pulling back, I panted softly, already feeling so breathless. "Come here."

My hands grasped Caesar's shoulder tightly when he abruptly stood up, taking me with him. He held me up like it was nothing as I wrapped my legs around him. "Did that surprise you? Sorry." He chuckled lowly after noticing the look on my face.

Quickly getting over the surprise, my tail started wagging. "What're you doing?"

"Gotta get something." He squeezed my ass, just for the fun of it, making me squeak.

He dumped me on the floor when we were in front of his closet, making me whine, "Caesar."

He crouched down and smirked. "You're fine." With a parting squeeze to my chin, he walked into his oddly large closet and kneeled down by one of the dressers.

"I don't know why I'm just noticing this, but you're kinda rich."

He threw a dismal wave over his shoulder. "Not really." I somehow doubted that as I looked around, really taking in my surroundings for once.

Feeling curious, I peeked over his shoulder and instantly slapped my hands to my cheeks and looked away. "Sorry!"

He glanced over at me before his lips curled up. "Why? These are for you."

My face burned as I looked back to the entire bottom drawer full of s*x toys. "M-Me?"

"Mhm, just for our pup." He slid it closed. "That's not what I'm looking for though, maybe next time." And then he was sliding open another drawer. "This is what I was looking for."

I stared at the collar hanging from his finger for a long moment, tail progressively starting to wag faster, before looking back to him. He was already watching me, calm expression on his face. "I smell like you, so you should smell like me."

My hands clenched against my knees as I nodded quickly. "Yes, please." He laughed softly and let his hands drag over my neck to put the collar on. It wasn't anything fancy, a simple black collar that clasped in the back.

When it was on, he hooked his finger in the front and guided me forward until I was only a breath away. "What a pretty boy." He tipped my chin up with his finger and smirked. "Aren't you?" I nodded, just to please him, and was rewarded with another squeeze to my chin. A silent praise.

"Is it too tight?"

"It's good." My hand skimmed the material, almost not believing it was there. "I like it."

He hummed and stood back up. "I'm glad." He rubbed the back of my head for a moment, scratching the base of my neck, before pulling away. "He'll like it too."

"Morgan?"

"Yeah, that's his."

My mind went blank. "..Morgan likes pet play?"

He led us out of the closet and raised an eyebrow. "Yeah? We talked about it?"

I didn't think he'd like this but I could somehow make this work. "I didn't know he wanted to be a puppy too."

Caesar seemed to be just as taken back as I was a moment ago before laughing. "Oh no, I meant that's his collar since he bought it. We both have a few but I thought he'd be happy if you wore that." He seemed highly amused at what I was implying. "Try telling Morgan to act like a puppy and he'd bite your hand if you came near him with a collar."

"Oh." I smiled in my own amusement and followed him out to the living room.

Morgan was still in a similar position from the last time I saw him, sitting on the edge of the couch as he leaned over to write on his notebook. He glanced up briefly, "Oh hey," before doing a double take. "Hey."

He stared at me before closing his notebook. His lips curled into a smirk as he spread his knees. He patted his thigh and gave me a rather alluring look. "Come here, pup."