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Authors: Chris Owen, Jodi Payne
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raised an eyebrow. "That's detailed."
Phan grinned. "I can write it down, if you want."
Noah's brow furrowed as he took that all in. He rubbed his forehead and closed his eyes like he was trying to put pieces together in his mind. He looked up at Tobias questioningly. "What do you think?"
"I think it's a complicated way of Phan both trying not to be a bother and give you what he perceives as a gift," Tobias said smoothly.
Phan sighed and rolled his eyes. "That didn't take long."
"I was your Master for how long?" Tobias asked with a raised eyebrow. "Don't try to play me, even if you're being kind."
"Yes, sir," Phan sighed again. "I'm sorry."
"I know. But it doesn't matter anyway, because the gift wouldn't have been accepted. He doesn't do that for me."
Noah looked between them. "I knew something wasn't sitting right. The not being a bother thing I got. A gift? I'm sorry, I didn't see it."
"No reason for you to," Tobias said. "One of Phan's favorite privileges was to dress me in the morning. It was a standard reward for good behavior, and the first thing to go if he was being punished. I think he assumed the same for us, and didn't want to take that away from you -- thus the offer to leave you with mornings."
"Oh." Noah smiled. "Well, thank you, Phan. That was sweet of you, anyway. And if that's something you want to arrange between the two of you that would be fine with me. Quite frankly, I need to be in another headspace altogether on weekday mornings when I'm off to work."
"He does raise a point, however," Tobias said, deliberately skipping over the matter of getting dressed in the morning. "I think it would be a good idea to officially designate the two nights you're out as time for me to work with Phan. The weekends, as he said, are when my energy will be yours. The rest of the time can be a little more up in the air."
"That's fine with me," Noah agreed. "And I'd like to suggest that you take Tuesday nights off. You're going to need a break, too." Noah looked at him meaningfully. "You can't really expect to work seven nights a week."
"Ah, but if I take Tuesday, the now traditional 'Phan and Noah eat and cuddle night,' who's going to pamper me?" he teased.
Phan's eye roll was a wonderful thing to see, the boy finally relaxed enough to play. "We'll make sure you have the remote and a pot of tea," he offered.
Noah just snorted. "While we take over the hot tub in the safe room and watch old Bette Davis movies. Really, Tobias, you're going to be so pampered and spoiled between the two of us, you're going to be glad for a night that someone isn't right there to cater to you." He grinned and winked.
"So you think," Tobias said in mock protest. "All right, so Phantom will take care of the usual morning things, aside from a cup of coffee -- simply because I'm the boss and I like Noah giving me coffee. Then Noah and I will saunter off to our jobs and Cinder-Phan will clean house. Go to therapy. Get well. Eventually, work. Wednesday and Thursday nights I'll work with Phan, Friday we'll all troop off to the farm, and Tuesdays we all have off. Sound all right?"
Phan nodded and scribbled madly on a piece of paper.
"I'd sign that," Noah teased.
Tobias laughed and was about to move on to his next concern when the house phone buzzed. "Supper," he said, standing up. "Would you two grab some plates, please?" He pulled his wallet from his pocket and went to answer the door, waiting for the elevator to get to their floor. He could hear them moving and laughing in the kitchen, though he couldn't make out the words.
He was just happy they were laughing.
Arms full with three pizza boxes, he went back to the living room to find them sitting on the floor in front of the coffee table, looking up at him with bright grins. "You two look like you're hungry," he said mildly.
They nodded at him, heads bobbing like five-year-olds.
"Oh, dear," he said, putting the pizzas down. "Mine's on top, don't eat it all."
Phan snickered but
Phan grinned. "I can write it down, if you want."
Noah's brow furrowed as he took that all in. He rubbed his forehead and closed his eyes like he was trying to put pieces together in his mind. He looked up at Tobias questioningly. "What do you think?"
"I think it's a complicated way of Phan both trying not to be a bother and give you what he perceives as a gift," Tobias said smoothly.
Phan sighed and rolled his eyes. "That didn't take long."
"I was your Master for how long?" Tobias asked with a raised eyebrow. "Don't try to play me, even if you're being kind."
"Yes, sir," Phan sighed again. "I'm sorry."
"I know. But it doesn't matter anyway, because the gift wouldn't have been accepted. He doesn't do that for me."
Noah looked between them. "I knew something wasn't sitting right. The not being a bother thing I got. A gift? I'm sorry, I didn't see it."
"No reason for you to," Tobias said. "One of Phan's favorite privileges was to dress me in the morning. It was a standard reward for good behavior, and the first thing to go if he was being punished. I think he assumed the same for us, and didn't want to take that away from you -- thus the offer to leave you with mornings."
"Oh." Noah smiled. "Well, thank you, Phan. That was sweet of you, anyway. And if that's something you want to arrange between the two of you that would be fine with me. Quite frankly, I need to be in another headspace altogether on weekday mornings when I'm off to work."
"He does raise a point, however," Tobias said, deliberately skipping over the matter of getting dressed in the morning. "I think it would be a good idea to officially designate the two nights you're out as time for me to work with Phan. The weekends, as he said, are when my energy will be yours. The rest of the time can be a little more up in the air."
"That's fine with me," Noah agreed. "And I'd like to suggest that you take Tuesday nights off. You're going to need a break, too." Noah looked at him meaningfully. "You can't really expect to work seven nights a week."
"Ah, but if I take Tuesday, the now traditional 'Phan and Noah eat and cuddle night,' who's going to pamper me?" he teased.
Phan's eye roll was a wonderful thing to see, the boy finally relaxed enough to play. "We'll make sure you have the remote and a pot of tea," he offered.
Noah just snorted. "While we take over the hot tub in the safe room and watch old Bette Davis movies. Really, Tobias, you're going to be so pampered and spoiled between the two of us, you're going to be glad for a night that someone isn't right there to cater to you." He grinned and winked.
"So you think," Tobias said in mock protest. "All right, so Phantom will take care of the usual morning things, aside from a cup of coffee -- simply because I'm the boss and I like Noah giving me coffee. Then Noah and I will saunter off to our jobs and Cinder-Phan will clean house. Go to therapy. Get well. Eventually, work. Wednesday and Thursday nights I'll work with Phan, Friday we'll all troop off to the farm, and Tuesdays we all have off. Sound all right?"
Phan nodded and scribbled madly on a piece of paper.
"I'd sign that," Noah teased.
Tobias laughed and was about to move on to his next concern when the house phone buzzed. "Supper," he said, standing up. "Would you two grab some plates, please?" He pulled his wallet from his pocket and went to answer the door, waiting for the elevator to get to their floor. He could hear them moving and laughing in the kitchen, though he couldn't make out the words.
He was just happy they were laughing.
Arms full with three pizza boxes, he went back to the living room to find them sitting on the floor in front of the coffee table, looking up at him with bright grins. "You two look like you're hungry," he said mildly.
They nodded at him, heads bobbing like five-year-olds.
"Oh, dear," he said, putting the pizzas down. "Mine's on top, don't eat it all."
Phan snickered but
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