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One thing he did know: Ty was fearless

He laughed slightly, shaking his head and turning around to look through the cabin He wondered where Ty had gotten to His partner hadto run an errand as they left the restaurant after lunch Zane had already decided to be lazy for a while, so he"d come back to their cabin, kicked off his shoes, and padded across the rooh

It was only a few minutes later when he heard the door to the stateroo as Ty caht

"I" toothpaste," Ty told hiled with the tiny buttons of his shirt

"By a tiny little old lady with dead butterflies on her hat"

Zane had to fight hard not to laugh He had noticed the past few days that whenever Ty got frustrated, he began pulling off pieces of clothing left and right It wasn"t like Zane didn"tso now probably roped was funny

"I" those pants,"

ZaneTy"s ass

Ty rolled his eyes Zane wondered how o before he put a stop to the lecherous co He watched his partner, appreciating the view as Ty went to sit on the sofa, propping his feet up on the table in front of hirumpily "How do people live like this?"

"I have no idea," Zane o to the casino and feel like he was doing so useful so far He"d seen Vartan Arames, but only for the seconds it took for Armen to nod and move on It obviously wasn"t

"ti, and neither really had any interest in shuffleboard Zane had been only half joking when he suggested the country-Western line dancing lessons, which had set Ty to cackling Aside fro nice with Signora Bianchi, whoot It hadthe heels of his hands into his eyes and groaned miserably as he rubbed at the?" he asked The rubbing looked like more than simple tiredness

"Are you that restless?"

"Yes," Ty answered in frustration "I haven"t gone for a run in a week," he gruan to bounce rapidly

"The only thing I"ve ed to do is climb half a rock wall and then nearly fall off And paddle lazily around sonoring the sarcas track around the upper outside deck

You"ve got the body of a runner No one would think anything about it"

"Oh, I have the body of a runner, huh? Zane," Ty said slowly, closing his eyes as he leaned forward, as if he were about to broach a complicated subject with a small child, "I have never been leered at so much in my life," he said with e to any of the gyhttiet laid"

Zane couldn"t hold in the quiet laugh "Poor baby You cannot tell led a lot in your life"

Ty looked at him ide eyes, his frustrated expression one of complete sincerity "No," he insisted "At least if I was, I never fucking noticed it!"

Zane frowned "You"re serious?" He looked Ty up and down significantly

"Yes," Ty said in an affronted voice He shifted uncomfortably under the sudden scrutiny and stood "Why?" he asked defensively as he begantoward the balcony

"Because…" Zane had seen Ty use his good looks to his advantage He knew that Ty are of how he appeared to others

He could turn on the charm and all but the coldest of hearts would melt for him, and half of that battle was physical But Zane suspected what Ty was talking about noas a different type of ogling, and he thought better of a flippant answer He studied Ty for a longoff the question wouldn"t make his partner feel better "You"re a very handso his voice low and serious

Ty turned and looked at Zane over his shoulder, one eyebrow raised as if he expected there to be a joke following the stateht jerk of his chin and snorted at hi to look out at the ocean that rolled past the ship

Zane rose to his feet and walked over to stand behind hi used to this being-able-to-touch thing "What"s the ames "til somebody pays you a co as he looked out the balcony doors diligently "I guess you catchhonest,"

he finally decided with a ist to the words

"I think we"re honest with each other," Zane ainst Ty"s cheekbone "We just don"t… volunteer htly, tensing briefly under Zane"s hands before he relaxed again "Volunteer," he repeated carefully

"Neither one of us isto rub Ty"s belly

"I share," Ty argued stubbornly His hand slid into Zane"s hip pocket in an unconscious gesture

Zane cleared his throat in a disbelieving sound "Such as?"

Ty was silent, obviously trying to corunted "What do you want me to share about?" he asked

He sounded uncoed "It was more of a comment on past information," he said He wasn"t about to push Ty to "volunteer"

anything right now They hadn"t seriously argued in two days He enjoyed the bickering and teasingon his botto on top of Zane"s "I don"t mind questions, you know," he finally said softly "If I can"t tell you what you want to know, I"ll just tell you that," he assured Zane "Just… for future reference," he said

"Like if I asked about the phone calls in the ht that send you off to ithout me?"

Ty was silent for a htly and leaned forward "I can"t tell you what you want to know," he answered, voice low and monotone