Chapter 5

Jacob and Kiefer stared at each other and then looked at the box once again.

"Maybe she misplaced this?" Kiefer said, trying to justify why the box of condoms was on the tray as well. "No one misplaces a box of condoms on a tray with brownies, Kief," the omega frowned at him.

"I was just stating a possibility, you know?" Kiefer shrugged and picked up the box. "Hey, what are you planning to do?" Jacob asked as he grabbed his wrist. "I just wanna take a look inside," the alpha said and proceeded to open the box.

He took out a sachet and looked at the front and then the back. Kiefer then looked at the box again and confirmed that it really was a chocolate-flavored condom.

"It says it's chocolate-flavored," he chuckled as he stared at the box. "Does it really taste like chocolate, though?" Jacob said as he raised a brow.

"Wanna try tasting it?" Kiefer jokingly said as he waved the sachet in his hand. "Sure," Jacob said and took the sachet he was holding.

'I was just joking, though. Is he just gonna put it in his mouth and try tasting it?' the alpha thought as he watched Jacob open the sachet.

"Hey, it might taste disgusting. You should just eat the brownies instead," Kiefer said as he took the opened sachet from Jacob.

The omega just stared at him as he tried not to laugh because he knew that Kiefer probably thought that he was really gonna try tasting it.

"Good idea," Jacob sarcastically said as a half-smile formed on his lips. He then stabbed a brownie with a fork and ate it whole.

The way a bulge formed on Jacob's cheek as he chewed on the brownie made Kiefer think of dirty thoughts. But before his thoughts could even escalate further, he immediately put the box and sachet inside his pocket and turned his head away.

"Since I'm already full from what we ate earlier, I guess you'll get to finish all of those, huh?" Kiefer chuckled as he looked at the plate that was full of brownies. "Of course," Jacob said as he put another brownie in his mouth.

'Right... It's Jacob we're talking about here. He's my friend and brother at heart. What was I even thinking before?' Kiefer thought as a smile curved on his lips as he watched Jacob stuff his face with brownies, now looking like a chipmunk because of how full his mouth looked.

"Slow down, I'm not gonna take those from you," Kiefer laughed as he wiped the corner of Jacob's lips with his thumb after seeing that there was a crumb there.

Jacob just ignored him and continued eating peacefully. After he was done (it only took him a minute to finish the entire plate), he and Kiefer finally started their study session.

Sitting in front of the study table, Kiefer blankly stared at his book as Jacob explained how he should solve a certain word problem.

'Is this guy even listening to me?' Jacob thought as he stared at the alpha, who now looked like he was sleeping with his eyes open.

"Kief," he called his name as he put his pen on the table.

"Kief," he called his name again.

Jacob pursed his lips and moved his mouth closer to Kiefer's ear and said, "Kiefer, is your brain asleep?"

Kiefer, who now had gone back to reality, turned his head in Jacob's direction. Before the omega could even move his face away, their lips had already touched.

'Mother, whom I love so dearly, please forgive your sinful son,' Kiefer thought as a small smile curved on his lips as he felt his soul leave his body.

'Did he just smile? What did that mean?' Jacob thought as he moved backward. He was wearing his usual stoic face, but his eyes were screaming how shocked he was about the sudden touching of their lips.

'What was that?' the omega thought as his eyes looked at the book that was on the table to avoid looking at Kiefer's face.

"Sorry, where did you stop? I think my brain stopped functioning after you said that I should try checking if my answer is right by using a scientific calculator," Kiefer said, pretending as if their lips never stopped.

Jacob stared at him for a couple of seconds and let out a sigh. "That was at the very first part, Kief," he said as he frowned, now also pretending like Kiefer.

'He's acting like that thing didn't happen just a few seconds ago,' they both thought as they looked at each other.

'Thank god, I didn't look fazed. He'd probably laugh at me if I reacted to it,' Jacob thought as he flipped the book back to where the lesson started.

'Whew... Lucky. I didn't think he wouldn't notice that my face turned hot there for a second,' Kiefer thought as he slowly let out a heavy breath.

"So, let's start here again. This time, listen to me, okay?" Jacob said as he tapped the book with his index finger. Kiefer just nodded while smiling at him to hide how shaken he was.

"Now, starting from here to here, we're gonna use this equation," Jacob said as he started writing in his notebook. "We're gonna use this because..."

As Jacob explained to Kiefer, the alpha was attentively listening to him, fearing that the same accident might happen again. And because of that, Kiefer actually learned something that he didn't learn in class earlier.

"If you do this, you will be able to come up with the same answer," Jacob said as he showed how he did it on the scientific calculator as well.

"Try the rest of the problems in the activity here. I'll see if your answers are right by tomorrow. We have this as our homework, anyway," Jacob said as he turned to another page.

"Alrighty!" Kiefer said with a smile on his face. "I think I should go downstairs and start cooking now, Jake. It's just the right time to cook dinner," he continued as he took a quick look at his wristwatch.

"Huh? Oh, sure. You did say you'd cook dinner," the omega shrugged as he closed the book. "I'm sure anything you cook will taste good, honey," Jacob said as he smiled sweetly, acting as if he were a loving husband.

He thought Kiefer would go along with him just like how he usually does, but after a couple of seconds, he noticed that the alpha was strangely quiet.

And then it was at that moment when Jacob realized something after seeing how flushed Kiefer's face was.

'Ah... So that kiss really did mean something to him.'