Life's not easy when your mum's nuts, your uncle is becoming your aunt, and one of your crushes could -- and probably would -- break your face if he found out how you felt about him. That's Tab's life, though, malevolent gods and all. His text-flirting with Demi, the brother of his best friend, is going nowhere: Demi already has a boyfriend and anyway, who dates their best friend's twin? But then, the pining after Nick is going nowhere either, because Nick probably likes gay-bashing on Friday nights for fun. He's gorgeous, but he's dangerous, and Tab knows better than that. So what's a bit of harmless flirting, when one is taken and the other is straight? It's just a bit of fun. That is until Demi is suddenly single, and Nick is not looking as straight and scary as he was before.

The Suicidal Peanut

I did not, Tab denied, even as he knew he had. He felt himself flushing, even though Demi couldn’t see him.


And now u just sent me 6 kisses so whose flirting now???


Totes ;) Demi replied, and Tab flushed. Bet u’ve got looooads of kinks.


Couldn’t possibly comment, Tab parroted.


Well-played, good sir. But 4 srs, bet u do. BET. U. DO.


I wouldn’t know, I’m not a whore like u and Maxi ;)


Oooh, burn, Demi taunted. U’d love to explore my kinks.


Tab flushed again, but…differently. Not so intensely. And he felt weirdly…uncomfortable and not. Like Demi had said something embarrassing but…


But, the God of Horribly Honest Truths—who was Tab’s long-term sponsor—murmured, not untrue.


Depends what they are, Tab said boldly.


Bossy ;) Can’t say I mind a bit of ordering about x


Chapter 37