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rest of it’s not too bad. And I only get them once in a while; whenever I’m going back and forth from home to school. I get home more often than G. does.”
    “Yeah? Where’s home?”
    “Huh?”
    The juice from the meat pie had run all down Jonah’s hand and, instead of using one of the napkins so thoughtfully provided in the box, he was licking his fingers, sucking them clean one by one. David would probably be appalled if he realized how avidly he was watching, but Jonah wasn’t going to mention it. “Home? Where is it?”
    “Um, Huntington Beach. Harbor and Adams.”
    “Nice area.”
    “The best. I love it there. How about you?”
    Jonah took a couple of last swipes before cutting David some slack and reverting to napkins. Now that he had some food in his belly and the train was moving again, it was time to get back to some serious seduction. He swung his feet up onto the bed and leaned back, propping his head up with one fist. “Hancock Park… L.A.”
    David shrugged. “I don’t get up to L.A. very often. What’s it like living there?”
    “It’s nice. Not as trendy as the west side, but close enough to downtown that I don’t feel like I miss anything. All the best music comes to town, so that’s good.” Jonah scratched his stomach, letting his shirt ride up a little bit. Slipping his hand up a little higher, he thumbed first one nipple, then the other and David’s eyes went wide for an instant. “You like O.C.?”
    “Yeah. My family’s all there… cousins, grandparents. Brother and sister, and parents, obviously. It’s the best.”
    “That’s right, you already said that. Duh. Now I’m the one who’s distracted.” He let his gaze travel over David’s body, liking the lean, compact body. The dark brown eyes with their exotic almond shape; the glossy, nearly blue-black hair.
    David stood silent, looking vaguely uncomfortable, and Jonah wondered if he was coming on too strong again. The man was just so… changeable. Elusive. One minute arrogant and superior, the next as shy as a--
    Oh, no. It couldn’t be. Like, seriously, the man had to have some experience… Didn’t he?
    No need to panic. He’d just have to keep a tight rein on himself and not get too carried away. But, damnit, David was nearly irresistible, with that cocky attitude and sweet body.
    Jonah closed his eyes and drew in a long, controlled breath. He was just exhaling when David’s voice intruded, but closer this time. “Are you all right? Is it your head? Are you dizzy?”
    “No, I’m-- Well, maybe a little. I should probably lie flat. On my back, you know?” A little white lie. A gentle exaggeration of the truth, wouldn’t land him in the seventh circle of Hell. Exactly.
    “Here, let me help.” Standing next to the bed, David’s face was a picture of worry.
    Jonah let David take him by the shoulders and ease him gently backward. Glancing up into David’s eyes, Jonah winced and closed his own eyes again. “That hurts. Maybe you should lie down next to me.”
    “Why?”
    “Um… because I might open them again when I talk to you, and just looking up could make me dizzy. I hate throwing up.” Not his best effort ever, but he’d never been much good at improvising.
    “Uh, okay.”
    Unbelievable.
    David climbed onto the single bed, pausing probably to work out logistics, while Jonah rolled onto his side and tried to make room by squeezing up against the outside wall of the train. It took a fair amount of jostling and adjusting to get them both wedged into the same space, but it was all worth it when David rested one hand tentatively on Jonah’s hip.
    Jonah opened his eyes and smiled at David’s closeness. “I like your eyes.” It was true. Dark, dark brown, with the perfect touch of exotic Asian ancestry to push all of Jonah’s buttons in exactly the ways he liked them pushed.
    “Thanks.” David flinched and looked away, and Jonah wondered what that simple thank you cost him in response to a