A Wave Of Desire

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Ocean

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"Well now, this is an interesting update." Deliah sounded surprised, but she grinned at me nonetheless.

"Hmm." Grantham hummed again, as he looked between me and Makai, who had stepped away from me just a little bit when he noticed my family. 

That didn't help at all though, since they had already seen his arm around my waist and the loving way I was looking into his eyes.

"Hmm." Grantham hummed again as he looked between us, but this time there was a smile forming on his lips. Every time that he looked between us the smile seemed to grow bigger and bigger.

After a moment or two, long after it had become uncomfortable, my sister in-law, Rachel, broke the near perfect silence in the house.

"Ocean, I am so happy to see you." She came waddling toward me, her huge baby belly swaying from side to side.

"I..i..it's good to see you t..t..too Rachel." I stuttered as she hugged me. My wary eyes were still on my three siblings as they watched us.

"And, who is this? You should introduce us to your boyfriend." She turned and smiled at Makai who was next to me.

"It is lovely to meet you, Rachel. I have heard about you, but not enough. My name is Makai, and I am indeed Ocean's boyfriend."

"Makai!?" I snapped at him.

"I knew it." Deliah clapped her hands while giggling.

"Really?" Grantham smirked.

"Haha, so it is true." Julie looked like she was about to start bouncing up and down on the balls of her feet. My face was beet red and felt like it was about to catch on fire.

My embarrassment didn't stop those around me though. My three siblings came forward and started to greet my ass hat of a boyfriend that was standing right next to me.

"It's nice to meet you, Makai." Deliah was there first, her hand taking his and holding it as she shook it up and down. "I am Ocean's older sister, and I am super sad to say that I have not heard anything about you."

"I haven't heard anything other than that you were his friend." Julie was pushing her way froward and trying to get Makai's attention. "I wish you would have said something on his birthday, I would have been able to prepare everyone for this momentous day."

Well, at least they were all leaving me alone for the moment. I was too scared and nervous for all of this. Makai, on the other hand, seemed to be enjoying the attention that my siblings were giving him. He was a natural when it came to talking to people and handling stressful situations.

"To be fair, Julie, the last time we met was just after the start of our relationship. I wouldn't have been able to tell you then because we were still figuring things out for ourselves." Makai's smile was perfect. How was it that he could be so cool under pressure like this? Sometimes, I was jealous of him for things like this. Maybe if I was around him enough, I would be able to learn how to be more calm, cool, and collected.

"So, baby brother, what happened here?" Grantham, who hadn't said anything to Makai as of yet, was standing in front of me with a curious look on his face.

"W..wh..wh..what are you t..t..talking a..a..about?" I stuttered as he looked at me intensely.

"Why are you so nervous, baby brother?" He grinned at me. "You never used to stutter like this."

"I..I..I..I don't kn..kn..know what you're t..t..talking about." Yeah, that was so not convincing or smooth at all.

"Oh, Ocean started stuttering after his head injury. Then again, we're pretty sure that's about the same time that he started to fall for Makai's charms so it could be that too."

"DAD!" I snapped at him as he smiled across the room at me.

"What? I'm just trying to be helpful." He winked at me.

"Yeah, well, find a better way to do it."

"Fine, fine, whatever. Come on everyone. Your mother and Makai worked extra hard on the food today, it's time to eat."

It was only a little after one in the afternoon, but our family would have the meal early and spend the rest of the day talking and eating more. This way we could all be lazy and let the turkey coma overtake us.

The whole family seated themselves around the table, mom and dad sitting at the ends and opposite each other, my three siblings and sister in-law on one side so that they could stare at me and Makai, who was sitting next to me. I could already tell that this was going to be an exceptionally awkward meal.

"So, Makai, my dad said you helped to cook for us." Grantham was the first one to start the questions when we were at the table.

"Yes, my parents are often out of town, so I learned to cook for myself." His answer was short, to the point, and modest.

"But he's leaving out that his family had a staff that can cook for him, but he prefers to do it himself." Mom smiled at me and Makai like there was a hidden meaning there.

"A staff? Really?" Deliah looked shocked at those words.

"So your family is loaded with money then?" Julie smiled at him.

"They do quite well for themselves." Makai nodded. "I guess you would consider us rich, even though that is not how I saw it when I was growing up."

"Modesty will get you nowhere with them." Rachel smiled at him. "They will get all the details they can from you. They did the same thing to me."

"Good to know, thank you Rachel."

"He sure is polite." Grantham said looking at my boyfriend. "What the hell are you doing with my brother then? That little jerk isn't that polite." He laughed and so did both of my sisters.

"I don't know, he seems polite enough to me." Makai was defending me to them, and still, I hadn't said much at all.

"Really?" Grantham's eyes went wide. "Does that mean you were able to tame him and turn him from a feral beast into a gentle housecat?"

"I am not a cat!" I snapped at him.

"Of course you're not, Ocean." Deliah smiled at me and leaned forward to pat my hand on the table. "You're a dog. Or hasn't Makai seen your true side yet?"

When I heard her words I blushed fiercely, and it didn't help that Makai actually answered that question of hers.

"Oh, I have seen all of his sides, and I assure you that I love all of them very much."

I buried my face and wanted to die right then and there. The cacophony of sound that came from their explosion of excitement and the resulting questions was enough to make me want to just drop dead.

"Seriously? So you've already moved onto that part of your relationship?" Grantham sounded shocked and seemed to be in a state of disbelief.

"Oh my God, Ocean. Really? I am so happy for you." Julie was her usual happy-go-lucky self.

"Ocean! Did Mom and Dad know about this?"

"We knew." Mom sounded approving.

"Yeah, we already knew." Dad laughed.

"Just fucking kill me now!" I said into my hands.

"Watch your mouth young man." Mom snapped at me.

"Seriously?" I sat up and looked at her. "I'm the one being reprimanded?" I couldn't believe this.

"You're the one using foul language." She continued to reprimand me when I asked about it.

"Fine. I won't use that language right now, but seriously, why do you all have to make fun of me?"

"We're not making fun of you, Ocean." Julie looked at me with shock in her eyes.

"That's right, we're happy for you and want to get to know your boyfriend." Deliah smiled at me.

"They're right. We're not making fun of you, Ocean. We love you, want to support you, but we were also not told about this in advance so we're taking the time to get to know this whole situation." Grantham was being kind, or at least it sounded like it.

"S..so..so y..y..y..you're not upset or disgusted to find out that I..I..I..I'm- that I'm gay?" It took me a minute to get that question out but I finally managed it.

"Why would we be?"

"Stop stressing so much."

"We all love you, why would we care."

"Ocean, I may not be your sister or brother, I'm only your sister in-law, but I think I speak for everyone when I say that as long as you're happy then we're happy for you." Rachel and all the others gave me their support.

"See Ocean, you didn't have anything to worry about." Makai looked at me and I smiled back at him.

"Yeah, I guess you're right."

Right then, Makai leaned in and kissed my cheek. Julie, Deliah, Rachel, and Mom all squealed in delight when they saw that little move. Oh God, now I wanted to just disappear from sight. Stupid Makai.