If I Could Move Again (MxM)

Drink With Me (1)

Chapter 5: Drink With Me (1)

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“You did what?!” Elizabeth yelled at the man in the wheelchair that didn’t seem to pay her much attention as she did so.

“I licked his fingers, what of it? Stop being a baby Lizzy.” Ashton said as he turned his back on the woman. He didn’t look in the mood to continue this conversation.

“What if he decides to quit after that? We can’t hire anymore caretakers!” Elizabeth continued as she approached the man and stood in front of him once again.

“Quit it, will you? It’s not a big deal. He didn’t have a bad reaction to that either…” Ashton remembered the man’s reaction yesterday. ‘He seemed flushed…’

“I know I told you to seduce him if you wanted to but he’s only been here for 3 days! Can’t you keep it in your pants for a while longer?!” Elizabeth asked as she voiced her worries to the man that didn’t wish to listen.

“Since when are you so concerned? You never cared about the other caretakers so much.” Ashton nonchalantly said as he looked up at the woman.

“He’s a good boy, I want him to work for us for as long as possible.” Elizabeth said as she checked her phone.

“What is it, message from the kid?” Ashton asked as he observed the woman’s reaction.

“It’s from the shop. I have to go now.” Elizabeth said as she rushed to the door to put her heels on again. She stopped before opening the door. “Behave yourself! At least for one more week!” She yelled lastly and opened the door just to see the student in front of her.

“Hello Lizzy~!” Ethan said as he put his keys back in his pocket. He seemed to have been just about to unlock the door on his own.

“You’re here already! Great. Make sure he behaves today too, okay?” Lizzy said as she rushed through the door not bothering to close it behind her. It left the student a bit stunned at the sight.

“She really is always in a hurry…” Ethan said out loud as he watched her leave.

“Pretty much…” Ashton simply agreed and opened up his laptop to begin his work for the day.

“Do you want me to make breakfast before you begin work?” Ethan asked the man in the wheelchair as he showed the groceries he had just bought. “I hope you don’t mind me going out of my way to buy groceries. I thought you might not have some things…”

“It’s fine, how much do I owe you?” Ashton asked as he took out his wallet.

“It’s totally fine sir, I didn’t buy that much stuff anyways…” Ethan said as he left the grocery bag on the counter and began unpacking the products.

“Your paycheck isn’t enough to also cover my food expenses, so take the money.” Ashton said as he handed the man a 50$ bill.

“Just a second I’ll give you a 20$” Ethan said as the groceries he’d gotten were only 30$.

“It’s fine, keep it.” Ashton refused the money and simply got back to his work.

“Sir, I don’t mean to be rude…” Ethan couldn’t possibly imagine giving away money like this to someone. So accepting money he did not earn was also out of the question. “I know, I can buy you something else with the 20$. What would you like?”

“You really can’t just accept it as is?” Ashton asked while looking at the man.

“I really can’t sir…” Ethan confirmed once more he would be extremely uncomfortable if he were to accept this kind of money.

“Fine then, you can go buy liquor, but you’ll need more than that to do so.” Ashton said as he pulled out another 100$ bill and handed it to the man.

“Of course sir, what would you like?” Ethan asked as he received the 300$ bill.

“There’s a list of liquors you can buy on the counter… Chose the ones you like.” Ashton said as he tapped away on his keyboard.

“Alright sir, I’ll be back in about 10 minutes!” Ethan said as he put on his shoes and went out.

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‘These are all hard liquors… Does he drink that much? All of them are pricy as well…’ Ethan was left very surprised after reading the list of alcoholic drinks that the man asked for. He went into a nearby store and purchased several bottles that he thought might be good from the list.

He went back soon after and the man was still on his laptop working. “I’m back with the drinks sir!” Ethan said as he entered the apartment.

“I’ll be done in about 30 minutes, so can start pouring the drinks and lay them out on the table.” Ashton said while continuously clicking his mouse on the screen.

“Alright!” Ethan said as he did what he was told and treated each bottle differently. Some bottles were meant to be drank on room temperature while others had to be cooled down farther. It’s a good thing he had gained previous knowledge on different alcohols when he worked as a bartender.

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After exactly 30 minutes as promised Ashton closed his laptop having finished his trades for the day.

“Good work sir. Which drink would you like to start with?” Ethan asked as he showed off several bottles and brought different glass cups for each of them.

“You seem very knowledgeable on alcoholic drinks.” Ashton remarked as he observed the man’s actions and smooth movements while performing said actions.

“I worked as a bartender for a while. So I got a lot of experience handling different types of liquors.” Ethan said with a smile on his face. He knew exactly what kind of liquors to pour in which type of cup and how to serve them.

“Where did you work?” Ashton asked with great interest. Judging by the man’s skillful handling he must have worked in a quite high profile place.

“At Bar Heaven’s Door in S city…” Ethan said as he fondly remembered the time. It was exactly one year ago, he so desperately wanted to go back to S city again, but it was very expensive. Of course he wasn’t the one who had paid for his trip to there either. It was the lovely woman that had hired him, they had a mutual friend so it kind of worked out in the end.

“I know the owner there, Amanda Cunningham, right?” Ashton asked to confirm.

“I believe her name was Amanda Hendrix, sir…” Ethan was surprised that his new employer knew one of his previous ones, and was certain about her surname so there was no doubt.

“She got married recently. I was invited to the wedding but sadly I could not attend because of my condition…” Ashton said as he pointed to his legs.

“That’s…” Ethan wasn’t sure what exactly to say to that.

“Don’t worry about what to say too much. I’m not easily offended by most things, you can speak freely.” Ashton said as he looked up at the student who had a confused expression on his face.

“I will do that sir…” Ethan said as he thought for a moment on what exactly to say to his boss. There were just so many things on his mind.

“You can start by not calling me ‘sir’ anymore, truth be told it gets on my nerves.” Despite saying he is annoyed, his voice and tonality made it seem like he couldn’t care less what he’s called.

“How should I refer to you then?” Ethan was confused as to what to call his employer. He thought it was only natural to call him ‘sir’ or at least ‘Mr. Barrik.’

“You can call me Ashton, it’s my name after all.” Ashton said as he pointed to one of the drinks. “Could we start with this drink right here?”

“Of course!” Ethan said as he took the bottle the man pointed at and poured him a glass of it. “Then... si- I mean Ashton… You can also call me by my first name…” Ethan wasn’t exactly sure why he said that, but he thought it was only polite to give the man permission as well. ‘Now that I think about it, he’s never really called me anything until now… He’s only ever referred to me as “you”, how are we just thinking about this now?’

“Sure Ethan, I was going to ask you that same question…” Ashton said as he took the glass cup into his hands, then continued. “Drink with me.”

“I couldn’t drink on the job si-Ashton…” Ethan still wasn’t used to calling his boss by his first name. It seemed really different…

“It’s part of your job to keep me company… You can’t do that by just staring at me while I drink. Or maybe you’re weak to alcohol?” Ashton said with a smirk on his face, this seemed to be a challenge.

“I’m actually quite a good drinker…” Ethan seemed to take the bait and sat down after pouring himself a drink as well.

‘Too easy…’ Ashton thought to himself as he managed to convince the man with a single sentence. ‘He seems like the type to get swindled easily…’

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After downing several drinks both the men had proven to hold their liquor quite well. But it seemed like it was affecting Ethan more so than it did his companion.

‘Does he not feel the alcohol at all? We’re drinking the same thing in the same quantity, yet he looks completely fine while I’m here struggling to keep my mind focused.’ Ethan was completely baffled at the man in front of him, his composure and alcohol tolerance seemed to be extraordinary. Despite drinking so much Ashton wasn’t even flushed as much as the student was.

“Did you drink too much? You seem to be staring off to space.” Ashton remarked as he observed the man’s empty minded stare directed towards him.

‘I’m actually focused on you rather than anything else…’ Ethan thought to himself while watching the man continue drinking unfazed. ‘Such thin lips, fair skin, blond hair… He seems so… delicate…’

Without realizing it Ethan had reached out his hand and placed it on the man’s pale face caressing it.

“What do you think you’re doing?” Ashton calmly said but did not remove the man’s arm.

“You… are really handsome…” Ethan was already pretty drunk, he said those words without thinking at all and since he was a bit dizzy he didn’t even regret saying it.

“I get that a lot…” Ashton said, and in truth he really got a lot of compliments concerning his looks. So he wasn’t really impressed from one more.

“Handsome in a very… pretty way…” Ethan seemed to be lost in a daze as he continued to caress the man’s face; soon enough moving his hand to the man’s blond hair. ‘So soft…’ he thought to himself as he touched the man’s hair.

“You seem to really be enjoying yourself…” Ashton said as he felt the man’s touch on his head. It wasn’t a bad feeling at all, he actually liked it.

Ethan continued to touch the other man as he saw he didn’t push him away. ‘Does he like it?’ he wondered as he continued moving his hand. Staring off at the man’s lips he accidentally spoke out loud. “…I really want to kiss you right now…”

“…I think you’ve drunk enough already.” Ashton said as he moved the glass cup away from the man. ‘I’m too old to be doing this…’ he thought to himself as he watched the man. They only had six years of difference between them and also both of them were of legal age… Despite there being nothing wrong with it, he still decided against it.

“Can… I kiss you again?” Ethan asked while still in a slight daze, he seemed a bit more focused on the man in front of him.

“You’d better not do things you’ll regret later…” Ashton said as he put the man’s hand down and away from himself.

“I… won’t regret it…” Somehow drunken Ethan was a bit more persistent than the sober one. Now that he had this idea of his head of ‘I want to kiss you’ he wasn’t about to give up on it quite that easily.

“You’ll definitely regret it…” The man in the wheelchair said as he saw the other man leaning in towards him. ‘…or maybe I’ll be the one regretting it latter…’ he thought to himself and also leaned into the man’s kiss.

“Mmm…” This kiss was a lot more different than the first one they shared. The first one was very innocent and only their lips touched. But the one they were having right now was quite more passionate, their tongues intertwined and it felt like they were melting into each other.

Ethan got this indescribable feeling that he couldn’t understand. Whether it was from the drinks they just had or maybe something else was at play… but the man’s lips that he was kissing at the moment seemed somehow… sweet.

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Author’s Note: For any of you cuties interested in who is ‘Amanda Hendrix’: She is a character from another novel of mine called ‘The Deceiving Woman’ I highly recommend you check it out on my page! Thank you so much for reading and I hope you are having a great day! Don’t forget to follow me while you’re on my page, okay? Love you~

Also expect some smexy things to happen in the next one!!!