When Gabriel goes to the annual gaming convention, planning to play as many games as he can during the next three days, he doesn’t expect to be glared to death in the parking lot by a really cute guy.  So when the same guy joins the game Gabriel is playing, Gabriel is determined to make him smile, even if it takes some awkward flirting.<br><br>When Aitor makes it inside the convention center after someone steals his parking spot, he doesn’t expect to be so attracted to the man he decided to hate just a few minutes earlier.  But as he gets to know Gabriel through gaming and flirting, he just can’t look away.<br><br>The game of flirting has no rulebook, but for Gabriel and Aitor, it may just have two winners after all.

No Rulebook for Flirting

“Should we do a practice game while reading these?” He held out the instructions paper.


Gabriel set out the cards and tokens, then they played a round. It was easy enough, one of those games where you have to use your cards to both gain points and prevent your opponent from gaining them. They didn’t count the points that first game, and after another trial round, they began playing in earnest.


By the third round, they didn’t have to consult the instructions anymore and they tied in points. The following rounds were short and the game fun, and Gabriel enjoyed himself too much to notice the running young boy that crashed into their table, sending cards and tokens flying.


“Shit, sorry. I…” He held up a rubber egg as a way of apology.


Gabriel waved him away. He couldn’t be mad at a kid, not when the egg from the game he was playing making it as far as their table had clearly been an accident.


Chapter 9