By Zephyria 
Suddenly, a great commotion erupted from all directions.
“What? What did you say? They slept together? Oh my god, really?”
“This is an unimaginable combination! No, suddenly? Why? How?”
“Is the world ending? Aliens might invade tomorrow, or were they aliens all along?”
“Wait a minute, it’s too early to talk about who topped and who bottomed. First, did they sleep together….”
Someone cluelessly stepped forward, but was met with fierce criticism.
“They slept together, you idiot! What more confirmation do you need?”
“Are you deaf? Or are you brainless?”
“You’re the alien! Confess before we peel off your skin!”
Even a conspiracy theorist from the group joined in the concentrated barrage, and the man who had spoken first was soon forced to shrink back. Before long, they returned to square one and continued their debate.
“It must be Miller.”
Ezra declared first.
“I know Dane’s position. Miller bottomed.”
Immediately, groans erupted from all around.
“No way, don’t be ridiculous! That Miller? He’s over two meters tall!”
“Yeah, there’s no way Miller bottomed. Look at his Trait, he’s a Dominant Alpha! A Dominant Alpha bottoming for a Beta? Does that even make sense?”
“That’s right, it’s not Miller.”
“I think so too. Here’s ten dollars!”
“I’ll bet twenty!”
“Me too, here!”
As they rushed to bet money, Ezra reiterated his opinion.
“Miller may be bigger, but think about it, Dane bottoming? Can you imagine that? Huh?”
The color drained from everyone’s faces. They looked at each other, then quickly took back their bets and placed them on the other side.
“Miller definitely bottomed.”
One person said, and soon another voice agreed.
“Yeah, I can’t imagine Dane bottoming.”
“Damn it, you scary bastards! Don’t even mention such a horrible thing!”
The majority opinion converged, but there were always minorities. The man who had been verbally assaulted for suggesting they consider whether they had even had sex in the first place cautiously placed a dollar on the opposite side with a trembling hand. Piercing gazes were directed at him, but he didn’t give up.
“I can’t imagine Miller bottoming more.”
“Traitor.”
“You really don’t know anything about Dane.”
“Don’t ever invest in stocks.”
After a round of ridicule, someone raised a question.
“Then how do we divide this one dollar?”
Soon, laughter erupted again.
“What’s one dollar? One dollar.”
“Yeah, you should have bet a hundred dollars.”
“Hey, do we really have to bet? Just put it away. We’ll consider it bet.”
“Then what do we do with all the money we collected here? We all bet on the same side.”
The opinion converged. This time, even the man who had bet one dollar agreed.
“What do we do? What’s the reason we’re having this party? Let’s put it in the donation box!”
At someone’s suggestion, everyone readily put the collected money into the donation box and handed it to Ezra and Sandra. They toasted with beer and chattered noisily, and the party ended in high spirits.
Desire Me if you can
Damn it, what should I do?
Dane sat in the driver’s seat with one hand covering his face. He had already arrived at work, but he couldn’t bring himself to go inside.
Even after stepping on the accelerator and returning home, he was still angry and didn’t know what to do. He had to suppress his anger so that Darling wouldn’t be surprised, but it wasn’t easy, so he poured cold water on himself and punched the wall several times.
But the problem was after the anger had subsided to some extent. As reason slowly returned, he realized what had happened. And where that place was.
“Ugh!”
He covered his head with both hands again and screamed. It was an act that had been repeated several times since he suddenly realized the fact in the middle of the night the day before.
How can I fix this? Damn it, why did that bastard have to be next to me then? No, if I hadn’t done that in the bar in the first place. No, if only I had dealt with it more calmly…!
It wasn’t just that everyone had heard them. It was a party for a colleague’s sick wife, and they had made a mess of it, so what could he do? Dane was even more tormented by guilt towards Ezra and his wife.
It’s all because of that son of a bitch.
Grayson Miller annoyed Dane at every turn. The problem was that he reacted to it every time. He should just ignore it, but why couldn’t he? Thanks to that, he caused such a big accident.
From now on, I’m really going to ignore that son of a bitch.
Dane gritted his teeth and made a new resolution, but the important thing now was not that problem. What should I do? He groaned again, but he couldn’t stay in the car forever. Unable to control his boiling insides, Dane eventually had to get out of the car.
Desire Me if you can
“It’s Dane! Dane’s here!”
“Wow! Dane Striker!”
As soon as he opened the locker room door, the guys who had been chatting inside stood up and applauded. Dane’s distorted face was ignored as they shouted as if they had been waiting, waving their fists and whistling, causing Dane to stop dead in his tracks.
Ah, shit, damn it…….
Dane covered his face with one hand and cursed. There was no choice. He had no choice but to ignore it. As he slowly moved towards his locker, the firefighters on either side of him clapped and spoke.
“Hey, you… how did you think of bottoming for a Dominant Alpha?”
“As expected of Dane Striker. The best.”
“Our hero! Guardian! Dane Striker!”
With the shouts pouring in, Dane, who had just opened his locker, felt a momentary urge to just beat all these guys up. The moment he clenched his fist, Ezra approached.
“Hey, Dane.”
“Ah.”
When he saw Ezra, Dane released his fist. Soon, embarrassment suppressed his anger.
“Um, well… I’m sorry, it was a party for Sandra.”
“Oh, no. It’s okay, really, you don’t have to worry about it at all.”
When he offered the apology he had prepared, Ezra was startled and shook his head. He seemed to be glancing around, then lowered his voice and opened his mouth.
“Actually, Sandra had a lot of fun.”
“…What?”
Dane paused at the unexpected words, and Ezra continued.
“She said it was such a fun event. She said it was the first time she’d had such an exciting event since she got cancer, and she couldn’t sleep last night because she was talking about it? It’s been a long time since I’ve seen Sandra laugh so much.”
“Oh… really…?”
Dane was dumbfounded by the unexpected situation. Someone’s meat is someone else’s poison, but is this the opposite case? Just as he felt a small comfort in the thought that not everything was bad, Ezra suddenly asked.
“That was just a show, right? You and Miller were just trying to make Sandra laugh with a play, weren’t you?”
What?
Dane paused at the unexpected words. Ezra continued, confident in his belief.
“I was fooled at first, but Sandra told me. She said she was so grateful that you even prepared this event for the party. She asked me to thank everyone.”
Dane just blinked and stood there. Then the other guys chimed in.
“Hey, does that make sense? How can you do something like that as a play?”
“Is Miller the kind of guy who would do that? And if Dane was such a good actor, he would have become an actor!”
“It’s real, they slept together, I’m telling you!”
“Hey, you’re the one who bottomed for Miller, right?”
Dane finally realized the situation at the flood of words. Whether Ezra sincerely thought this or was just trying to save Dane, it didn’t matter. This was too good an opportunity for him to escape.
“Yeah, that’s right.”
Dane said with his usual relaxed smile.
“I threatened Miller to act. To make Sandra happy.”
“What? It was acting?”
“Lies, it’s a lie, right?”
“Threatening Miller, how? With what words? You don’t even have money!”
Dane responded calmly to the bickering voices.
“You don’t need to know the details, if Sandra was happy, that’s all that matters, right? Or.”
Dane deliberately looked around with a cold gaze.
“Did you guys really want me to sleep with that bastard?”
Everyone flinched and stepped back when they saw Dane’s serious expression. Among the guys who were looking at each other, one person bravely stepped forward.
“So, that was all a lie? You’re saying you two have no relationship at all?”
“There’s no reason for me to sleep with that bastard. Can you imagine that?”
No one could answer that. In the end, they had no choice but to accept Dane’s words.
“Ah, what. I knew it didn’t make sense.”
“It was fun for a few hours, though.”
“It’s impossible for Miller to bottom in the first place.”
Dane secretly sighed as he watched the guys walk away, chattering in groups of three or five. Just as he was thinking that this was how it was going to pass, Ezra, who was still there, opened his mouth.
“Thank you for doing such a play with Miller. For us.”
I’m the one who’s thankful, Ezra. Dane thought so and patted Ezra’s arm with a smile without saying anything. Ezra stared at Dane, who was pulling his T-shirt over his head to change clothes, and muttered to himself.
“…I’m really glad it was a play.”
“What?”
Dane stopped moving and asked, but Ezra smiled and shook his head.
“No, nothing.”
Soon he left. Dane stood there wondering, but soon lost interest and continued to change his clothes.