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Tom Cruise is running across the grainy screen like a deer taking its first steps, before the image freezes and the 90’s Euro-guitar music swells louder. When the end credits start rolling, Sonic leans forward with the remote and mutes the television.
“I can’t believe they were racing with open helmets! And no one in the crew was wearing fireproof masks during the pit stop! You’d think this movie was made in the fifties, not the nineties.”
“Well I can’t believe you’ve been in the racing industry for almost ten years and you’ve never seen ‘Days of Thunder’. It’s a classic.” Kim huffs.
North bumps his left shoulder. “In the West, maybe. I hadn’t heard of this Tom Crews until we saw that ‘Mission Impossible’ movie in the theater last summer. Remember that, P’Sonic?”
“Oh yeah, that one was pretty awesome.” The Alpha on Kim’s right side agrees. “Kim, you’ve probably seen every racing movie in the world. You’re the most dedicated person I’ve ever met.”
Glancing over his shoulder, Kim has no idea how to react to that. The whole day, he’s been having the feeling that North and Sonic are showering him with compliments excessively and being more affectionate than usual. Both of them have always been kind, sympathetic and helpful since Kim arrived in Alan’s house, but today… Today feels different. In a normal setting, Kim would have sworn that they are both flirting with him.
But that would be totally inappropriate. Way’s funeral was only four days ago and his absence still feels very present in the house, made even more tangible because Lung Alan also isn’t home. He’s been checking in through text from time to time, but is still staying at Jeff’s. Kim thinks he’s very brave for leaving the three of them alone in his mansion.
Although, Kim must admit that they’ve been behaving pretty well. The three of them quickly got into a routine, managing food, cleaning and laundry at a reasonable level. He’d never admit it to them, but Kim is glad for the companionship. North and Sonic’s erratic behavior cheers him up and takes him out of his gloomy reminiscing of everything that happened in the past months. They’re also very affectionate, mainly with each other but they don’t shy away from touching Kim, by laying a hand on his shoulder or bumping into him. After the isolated period he just went through, Kim isn’t as averse to this as he’d expected.
And if he’s been keeping a close eye on them, taking in their casual touches and intimate glances, noting how their interactions have changed, how they clearly went from friends to more… no one needs to know. He sometimes catches himself looking after them when they go upstairs for the night together, before he turns around and goes to his bedroom in the pool house.
But even though they took their relationship to the next level quite recently, they still go out of their way to include Kim, which had led to the impromptu movie night with one of Kim’s favorite movies.
North slumps down more on the couch and rests his head against Kim’s shoulder, shrouding him with a faint, sweet scent. Again a new and astonishing development. It’s something Kim would expect him to do with his Alpha.
In fact, the couple started the night next to each other on the right edge of the couch, poking each other like children and exchanging whispers. But halfway through the movie, North had gotten up for a refill of popcorn and sodas and when he came back, he had wordlessly plopped down on Kim’s left side. And then sometime later, around the time some cars were crashing on the screen and Nicole Kidman was beautifully looking worried, Sonic had leant across Kim’s lap to make a grab at the popcorn and then just… stayed there, until the end of the movie.
Sonic drops the remote on the coffee table and leans back, crowding Kim’s personal space again and thus effectively sandwiching the driver between himself and his Omega best-friend-recently-turned-boyfriend. Kim is trying to breathe through his mouth to not get overwhelmed by the Alpha’s whiskey and campfire smoke scent, when Sonic sighs dramatically.
“Okay, I’ll admit the movie was pretty good, if more than a bit outdated.” He looks past Kim and exchanges a look with North. “I think I’m ready to go up now.”
North quickly glances up at Kim before nodding to Sonic. “Yeah, I’m okay with that.” Both, however, remain firmly seated, giving Kim the feeling that he is somehow included in a play he never read the script of. A silence stretches out and with it, tension starts to build in the air until it’s almost tangible.
Just as Kim is about to get up from the couch in hopes of making the awkwardness go away, North fully turns to him, leaning his arm on the back of the couch.
“You know, Kim…” North’s voice drops a few octaves. “You don’t have to go to sleep in the pool house. It’s completely unnecessary. Plenty of space in the main house.”
Kim gives him a confused look. “I… guess? I could use the room where Jeff slept. Or Lung Alan’s. I’m not going into Way’s room, that just feels weird.”
On his other side, Sonic turns towards him, drawing his attention. After a slight twinge of hesitation, he puts his hand on Kim’s knee. “Or you could sleep in our room.”
The implication doesn’t sink in at first, but then Kim’s eyes widen. He looks from the Alpha to the Omega and back. “Why… why would you ask me that?”
North tentatively puts his hand on Kim’s shoulder. “Because we see you. Because we like you. Because we’ve been wondering if you would do us the honor of discovering what you look like between our sheets.” He leans closer and Kim feels North’s warm breath against his ear. “Or what you sound like when you come.”
Shocked, Kim leans away from North and turns to Sonic. “Is this… are you okay with this?”
“Yes, of course.” Sonic smiles slightly, before turning serious. “Look, Kim, if we’ve misread you, if we misunderstood the signs, then tell us now. We don’t want to make you uncomfortable, so we can just go to our separate rooms and pretend this never happened. But we have the feeling that you, like us, are interested. Are we wrong?”
For almost a full minute, Kim can’t do anything but stare at Sonic, eyes wide open. There’s a buzzing in his ears and static in his brain. He tries to think, but his mind is swirling so fast that he can’t form a coherent thought. Sonic is waiting expectantly, his face open and calm.
Kim slowly shakes his head.
A teasing smile grows on Sonic’s face. “Okay.” He breathes out, leaning closer into Kim’s space. “If ever over the course of the evening, you change your mind…” Sonic’s eyes drop down to Kim’s lips, before he looks back up and winks. “Let us know.”
With that, he closes the distance. Kim’s eyes flutter shut and he almost lets out a whimper when he feels Sonic’s lips on his own. The first, tentative touch is amazing, and then Sonic pushes forward to start kissing Kim in earnest. He grabs the fellow Alpha’s shirt to pull him closer, laying his other hand on Kim’s neck to move his head where he wants it.
It’s lighting up fireworks behind Kim’s eyelids. After a whole evening of denying himself, the Alpha takes a deep sniff and relishes in Sonic’s warm scent, effectively whimpering as he surrenders himself completely to the passionate kiss. It feels good. He feels good. He had never expected Sonic to take charge like this and he had definitely not expected to be turned on by another Alpha manhandling him. For the first time in weeks, perhaps months, Kim can just let go and enjoy the ride.
Sonic is still gripping Kim’s shirt with his left hand, and his right hand is a warm weight on Kim’s neck, brushing the edge of his scent gland, when the Korean driver registers a soft feeling on the side of his face. With great effort, he breaks the kiss and turns his head.
It’s North, stroking his cheek with the back of his fingers. He’s so close that Kim can almost count his eyelashes, and it’s impossible to miss how North’s eyes are fixated on his lips. The sweet scent that he released earlier has taken on a sharp edge, like Kim’s favorite sour strawberry candy. Kim can feel his mouth water when North grabs his chin and gently turns his head fully towards himself. Before the Alpha can register what’s happening, he’s being kissed again, and North immediately makes it clear that he isn’t playing. He sucks on Kim’s lips and doesn’t hesitate to lick his mouth open.
Kim can taste the difference between the two men in his mouth. Both are bold, but while Sonic had felt calm and strong like the ocean, North is a thunderstorm, bolts of lighting hitting home whenever Kim feels teeth on his bottom lip. There are hands wandering over his arms and in his hair and on the edge of his shirt, but Kim can’t say whose they are. When he feels lips on his neck, he knows it’s Sonic. The younger Alpha kisses Kim’s scent gland and licks his way up to his ear. When he bites the ear lobe, Kim can’t help but throw his head back and moan out loud. He can’t remember the last time he felt so good.
The next minutes pass in a wave of pleasure, both of the younger men attacking Kim’s neck and pulling his shirt to the side to gain access to his collarbone, leaving bright red marks where they can. Just when Kim feels like the whole room is getting too hot too fast, he gets a moment to breathe, when the two break away and start kissing each other over Kim’s shoulder. The image is incredibly hot and Kim can’t comprehend that he gets to have this.
North and Sonic glance at him at the same time and laughter makes them end their kiss. The Omega leans in and pecks Kim on the chin, before sending a wink to Sonic.
“You wanna come up with us?” the Alpha asks softly, as if not to break the hazy tension between them.
“Are you sure?” Kim whispers back, breathlessly. “You guys have only… recently… I don’t want to intrude.”
North coos. “Aw, P’Kim. Look at us. Do you think there’s any jealousy between us?”
Lost for words, Kim looks between them. “This isn’t our first rodeo, Kim.” Sonic says, still in a soft voice as if not to spook Kim. “We’ve been doing this for years. If we met a guy in a bar and we both wanted him, we just took him home together.”
North looks up adoringly at his Alpha. “How is it possible that it took us this long to see what was right in front of us?”
With an actual giggle, Sonic pokes North on the nose. “Yes, we’re both losers. Now stop that before Kim gets jealous.”
Kim starts to protest, but then he realizes he’s pouting and wants to get back to what they were doing. “Okay.” He hears himself say. “I’ll go up with you.”