Ch 7

Rhett

I have put it off so far, but it is halfway through the week and I need to declare my major. Kai is acting strange but he is heading in the same direction as I am, until the split in the path so I glance at him.

“Kai, what’s with you lately?” I ask my best friend on my way to the guidance office to declare my major.

“You haven’t figured it out yet, dipshit!” Kai snaps at me. “Can’t you tell I’m fucking head over heels in love with you? I do whatever the fuck you ask of me, whenever you ask it. No matter how fucked up or kinky, I am there! Now this old man comes into your life and you seem to be dreaming about him all the time even when you were with me yesterday!”

Fuck! 

Kai has feelings for me! This wasn’t supposed to happen!

Kai goes up the fork leading to the language arts building and I go down the fork that leads to the administration building. I run my fingers through my hair and bump into my history professor while staring at Kai as he continues towards his class and I walk backwards into the admin building.

“What’s going on with you, Rhett? You seem flustered and that is not like you. A wise ass, or prankster, yes, but flustered is new,” Professor O’Connel says.

“My best friend just admitted having feelings for me and…I don’t know why I am telling you this! I have enough problems with old men telling me what to do! I am not seeking advice!” I snap at the friendly and helpful professor, who is less than ten years older than me.

I feel bad. He’s always been a nice guy and super understanding and he looks hurt and concerned. I’m not a total dick, so I apologize and ask if he has a minute after I declare my major.

Professor O’Connel buys me a coffee at the shop across from the school and we sit and chat. I tell him about Kai and the strange fight. 

“So what about this older man?” O’Connel asks.

“Um…” I hesitate, uncertain about what I can say about him. 

      “He’s my dad’s friend. He’s staying with my family and his bedroom adjoins mine through the shared bathroom. Kai is jealous, but Kai and I never had that kind of relationship. It’s pointless,” I say with some hesitation. “It’s all about what is in Kai’s head.”

“Does Kai want there to be something between you? Is there a possibility of there being something between you and this older man?”

“Gabe and I have little to nothing in common, Professor. He’s my father’s friend,” I reply.

“Rhett?”

“I won’t lie and say there is no sexual attraction, but our personalities clash so it is unlikely,” I grunt, honestly.

“You are a smart young man and a better student than you like to let on, Rhett. I don’t want to see you taken advantage of or falling apart over all of this,” the professor sighs.

“I am not going to be taken advantage of,” I laugh. “Don’t you know my reputation, professor?”

“Rhett, I prefer to ignore the gossip and pay attention to who you are as a student and you have been exemplary in your classes with me.”

“If I thought you’d cave to it I might even flirt with you, professor, but I know you are in a committed relationship,” I say with a smirk.

“How did you know that?” The professor asks. “No one around the school knows about my boyfriend.”

“A little bird told me..or rather, I hit on him at a bar a few weeks back and he told me I was cute but he was in a committed relationship. I was going to continue trying until it slipped where I go to college and he asked if I knew you and I admitted I do…we had a decent conversation and I bought him a drink and then moved on to a different target for the night,” I laugh. “I ended up with a hot tourist who brought me to his hotel room for the evening.”

“I was really hoping all the rumors I heard were just that, Rhett. I wish you would have more respect for yourself than to whore around like that. You are worth more,” my professor sighs.

“When I meet a man who can match my fire, maybe I’ll consider a comittment, but until then, I’m having fun.”

“And Kai can’t do that? Isn’t he your best friend?”

“He is, but he is too vanilla. He…nevermind…there isn’t any passion and I need passion. Kai is a good friend, but I don’t feel anything more than friendship.”

I stop short of telling him that while Kai says he’d do anything kinky I ask, he wouldn’t, or he would only let it go so far. He likes some mildly kinky stuff, but in reality, he would stop before it got too hot. One thing is for certain…I can’t tell my professor how I lust after Gabe and want him to spank and whip me.

The truth is, I want more than just a good spanking from Gabe. I want to see how far he is willing to go to whip me into shape. Will he tie me up or handcuff me? Will he use a whip or flogger, or maybe a riding crop? I wonder just how kinky Gabe can get and how much I have to push before he caves and gives in to the lust I know he feels.

“You have gotten quiet and have a far away almost dreamy expression, Rhett. I would ask what you are thinking, but as your professor, it is probably not something I want to know,” O’Connell says before getting up. “I have a class that starts in about twenty minutes, so if you are fine for now, I’m going to go to my office and get the test I am handing back to the students with their grades.”

I smile at the professor and reply, “I know. I am one of those students, but you knew that and are just trying to get my mind back on school and out of the gutter. Too bad it’s always in the gutter, even when I am in class.”

Professor O’Connell shakes his head and looks at me before saying, “I know you better than that.”

He’s right. I think of things other than partying and sex. I just think of sex more than I do many other things. Art and Music are about the only things I think about as much as sex. 

I still wonder how much I can push Gabe before he has had too much or caves.