Chapter 126: Chapter 126

Ethan's POV

Soft, cute, warm, nice, beautiful, comforting, baby blue, lovely, gorgeous these are a few of the many words that randomly pop into my mind as I lie back comfortably on the driver's seat with my head tilted a little to stare at Michael, lying beside me on the passenger seat, animatedly talking about his past birthdays, his baby blue eyes glowing beautifully under my car's dome light.

" And then Ethan...I..", he pauses and tilts his head smiling at me. My heart melts on seeing his dimples and I stare at him awestruck. When he smiles at me like this I feel my entire being coming to a standstill.

He then suddenly giggles, the most softest and cutest voice, which is like music to my ears. And the corners of his baby blue eyes crinkle making him look more cute. He simply takes my breathe away with those eyes and dimples of his.

"Why are you looking at me like that ? " he asks, stopping his giggles as I keep on staring at him. Soon he blushes and tilts his head back, looking out of the front glass.

" What were you saying ?", I ask him in a whisper whilst caressing his palm.

" Uh..I- I forgot.", he replies and then fishes out his phone from his pocket. " Oh it's 11 : 49. Only 11 more minutes for our b..birthday ! ", he squeals. I smile and continue caressing his hands.

It's almost half an hour since we are simply sitting in the car, looking out of the front glass at the road in front of us. After we cut cake and had Barbecue and Fajita Burgers from Black Swan, we all went to watch a movie together at a nearby theatre. It ended at 7 PM and they all left for their homes.

And then we both went to the Game arcade and spend almost three hours there, playing various games. After that we simply walked through the streets for an hour before finally driving to this rest stop near a bridge, twenty minutes away from our school. We had decided we are going home only at morning and we'd spend the night together doing something. Now we are waiting for our birthday to start so that we can wish each other Happy birthday.

" Ethan...", Michael says sitting up straight and turning his phone screen to me. It shows 12:00 Am and I quickly shoot up from the lying position.

" Happy Birthday Ethan.", He smiles wide at me, causing me to feel butterflies in my stomach

" Happy Birthday Michael.", I reply, leaning forward and kissing his forehead.

Then I pull away and bend down, grabbing the paper bag from under my seat.

" What's that ? You got me a g..gift ?", He asks smiling.

" Yeah..so, where's my gift ?",I ask raising an eyebrow.

"Uhm...Ethan..actually I didn't get you any g..gift.", he says.

" C'mon baby..take it out. I'm giving you your gift only after you give me mine.", I say. I know he is just kidding. He sure got me some present.

He shakes his head. " Okay, I got you something. But you first give me...mine.", he says.

" Uhm..okay.", I nod and take out the gift box from the paper bag, handing it to him.

" Oh..this is h..heavy. What is it ?", he asks taking the box from me.

" Open it and see.", I whisper, smiling. He excitedly opens the top of the box and dig his hands inside carefully taking out the item in his hands.

" Oh woah ! It's a lamp ! ", he squeal dropping the box down and looking at the transparent globe shaped bed lamp in his hands. " It's beautiful Ethan ! How to t..turn it on ?", he asks and the lamp glows spreading it's golden beautiful light inside the car.

" Woah ! ", Michael utters making his mouth an 'O', totally mesmerized at the light. I feel happy that he liked my present. I reach my hands and turn the dome light off so that the lamp can shine even more beautifully.

" Oh..! This is so beautiful.", Michael says grazing his fingers over the globe. " Wait ! But how did it automatically t..turn on ?", He asks tilting my face to me, confused.

" Find out yourself.", I chuckle. He scrunches his eyebrows cutely and starts looking for some switch or button on the lamp. He turns it upside down and starts desperately searching for a button as he can't find any on the top. Two minutes later, he is done with it and he tilts his head, frowning at me.

" C'mon..how to turn it on and o..off ? Tell me.", he demands.

" Find it yourself Michael.", I say and the lamp turns off, making it fully dark inside the car.

" Oh..! Wait ! Is it voice controlled or something?", he asks.

" Yeah..", I laugh.

" Oh..what did you just say. F..find it out Michael ??", he asks. I can't help but laugh as he repeats ' Find it out Michael' again and again.

" Does it only work with your v..voice ?", he asks, his voice revealing annoyance. " Then how is it useful to me when you are n..not there?"

" I'll be always there with you, Michael.", I say and the lamp glows.

" Ahh C'mon Ethan..",he pauses as the lamp goes off. " Woah! It works with m..my voice too.", he squeals. " C'mon Ethan..", he says and the lamp glows again making him giggle. He then keeps on repeating 'C'mon Ethan' again and again, causing the lamp to go on and off.

" Just need to say 'Ethan' baby.", I laugh.

" Oh ! ", he laughs. " But wait ! It didn't turn out when you s..said Ethan now. Then h..how did it..", he pauses as the lamp goes off again.

" Michael..", I say and it glows. " Baby it turns on and off when you say Ethan and when I say Michael.", I explain to him and the light again goes off.

" This is great Ethan..", he says in amazement, causing the lamp to light up again. And he is smiling widely looking at it, causing my heart to flutter.

" It might have coasted a lot.", he then says.

" C'mon..I'm buying you everything with your mother's money.", I say. He giggles a little at that.

" But why you bought me a voice controlled lamp when I d..don't have Nyctophobia anymore?", he asks. Yes his darkness fear is long gone. He don't have it anymore. Three months ago on a night, he was bathing and suddenly the electricity went off in dorm. Gavin rushed to the bathroom with his mobile flash. But surprisingly Michael wasn't panicking. He was totally fine. And he now sleeps without night lamp.

" I found it amazing and I just bought it to you.", I say.

He smiles. " It's truly amazing."

" So Where's my gift ?", I ask.

" Your gift..", he says and leans forward pecking my lips. " That's your gift.", he says pulling away.

" C'mon Michael...", I groan.

" Ethan, sorry, I really didn't get you...any material present. Okay, let's d..do one thing. Let's go to some shop and I'll b..buy you what you want."

What ? He really didn't get me anything ??

" Oh..It's okay..", I shake my head. " The kiss is enough.", I smile although feeling a bit sad.

He bites down on his lips. " It's okay. Do get me a present on next birthday, okay ?", I say.

He nods and reach his hands to his Jeans pocket, taking out something very tiny from it. Is that a gift ? I look carefully. But his palm is closed

" I can give you s..something you would like. B..but it isn't a...material gift again. Open your p..palm.", he stammer a bit more than usual causing me to frown. Anyway I open my palm. And he stretches his hands and places the thing on my palm. I look at it and it's a key.

Not just a key. But the key with '69' written on it. The key to his dorm.

" What do you mean ?", I ask him confused.

" Take me there and....make love to me.", he says making me choke on my spit.

" Are you...are you serious ?", I gulp in surprise.

" Yeah..", he nods. " I've a wish that our f..first time should be in our 69. I- I want to do this adventure. Are you a..afraid, Ethan ?", he asks, his tone damn serious. I look at him for a few more moments in surprise.

My baby has grown so courageous. He not just asked me to make love to him for the first time but he wants us to do it so adventurously at our dorm.

Yes we haven't had actual sex yet. It's almost 7 months since we started dating and 6 months since I bought a bottle of lube, but we haven't used it yet. However we do other naughty things ever so often.

" Let's go.", I say and twist the key in the ignition after placing the dorm key ' 69' safely in my pocket.