#reading comments

Laurent laughed softly. “You are cute.”

Damen felt the blush rise. Laurent was in a very good mood apparently. He busied himself with cutting the tomatoes for their salad.

“Are you embarrassed?”, Laurent asked giddily, “are you blushing?” He fixated his gaze on Damen and tracked every movement.

“No.” Damen didn’t dare to lift his eyes. He knew he was a horrible liar. 

“Let’s pretend I believe you.” Laurent still smiled and then he waved his phone at Damen. “Did you read the comments to your video?”

Damen shook his head. “No. I could listen to shrieks and excited shouts for ten minutes straight after you appeared and then I wanted to cook dinner. I know that people are absolutely overwhelmed by your beauty.”

Laurent shrugged. “It runs in the family.”

That much was true. Damen knew Laurent’s brother and his parents. It was really not surprising that the blond man looked so damn gorgeous.

“What do they write?”

“Should I read the best ones aloud?”

Damen nodded. “Yes, I really want to know.”

“Lola123 wrote: I can’t believe we were withheld Laurent’s beauty up until know. I didn’t even know anyone could look like that.”

Damen laughed. Lola was one of his most regular subscribers. “She was always a fan of yours.”

“Well, I see no reason that she shouldn’t be.” Any other person would have shrugged, but Laurent only raised one perfect eyebrow in challenge.

“Me neither.” Damen couldn’t suppress the fond smile he shot at Laurent. He grimaced, as if to tell him he should stop to be so sappy, and turned back to the comment section.

“CrazyL wrote: OMG I KNEW he is blond. But have you seen his FACE? If I were Damen I wouldn’t spend so much time doing some video. And Nik replied: Believe me, they spend enough time doing other things. Somehow I think he wants to insinuate something with that comment.”

Now Damen couldn’t contain his laugh anymore. “He can’t squabble with you in person so he does it in the comment section. You two miss each other, and neither of you can convince me from the opposite.”

The shocked gasp from Laurent was mostly an act. “How can you say something so offending? Are you trying to break my heart?”

Damen laughed again. “Come on, dinner is ready.”

Laurent put the phone away and they ate their food. Damen observed the other man very closely. He loved to watch Laurent eat. It was amazing how he could enjoy food. This was also the primary reason for Damen to take up cooking. He just wanted to see Laurent enjoy his meals.

“I love you, you know.”

Laurent looked up to him. “I love you too. Very much so.” His blue eyes sparkled, the smile on his lips was achingly beautiful. He was so endearing that Damen had to pinch his thigh to make sure that he wasn’t dreaming.

“Now listen to the next comment. It’s from someone called HJ777: This man is epitome of perfection. I would love to see Damen and him together in person. He had a lot of replies where people screamed and agreed and started a petition to get a meet and greet with us.” Laurent sounded so amused Damen could listen to him for hours. 

“You certainly made sure my followers are properly occupied with thoughts of you. This is my reality, so they should just know how that feels.” Damen stood up and started to put away their plates, while Laurent observed him with rosy cheeks.