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CHAPTER SEVEN

Matt sat on Oliver’s couch feeling antsy Oliver had left a couple of hours before to go on his date He found hi out with Had they been dating long? What was he like? Why hadn’t Matt heard about him earlier? Were they serious? It surprised him that Oliver hadn’t had a serious relationship before He would never have thought he’d have been the one in a relationship before Oliver, but then in some people’s eyes maybe what he and Parker had didn’t qualify, and it was over anyway

It was soh He deserved a good man like himself and Matt couldn’t help but wonder if he’d found that in the guy he was seeing tonight

Matt let his eyes wander to the corner of the room—to the piano that looked as it had the first time Matt saw it in Oliver’s house as a child He’d been drawn to it right away Wanted nothing ers over the white and black keys

Seeing it again ht in front of his fingertips but not able to grasp it Made him res Matt didn’t have but was also so da out with him and his friends, no matter how many times he said no

Before that day with the piano, he’d always turned hi more than to be friends with Oliver

“Fuck” Matt shook his head and shoved to his feet, annoyed at hi such a mopey bastard He’d been back in LA for less than twenty-four hours, and he was already starting to feel sorry for himself

His stonored the piano in the room and made his way toward Oliver’s kitchen He couldn’t re

The kitchen was a spacious rooh-end appliances and somehow had a modern yet rustic feel at the same time It fit Oliver perfectly

Matt’s stoain, so he opened Oliver’s pantry and looked at the expansive space “Jesus fucking Christ, Ollie I could live in here,” he mumbled to himself He didn’t knohy it was a surprise to him It was similar to the pantry Oliver had in his childhood home, which had been about the size of Matt’s bedroom

The shelves were perfectly organized—snacks, baking supplies, dinner foods, all separated into their own section—and Matt found hied Oliver had always been so his friend still had those tendencies

He shuffled things around looking for so that he knew Oliver always had on hand Matt pushed boxes and packages to the side, knowing that it had to be here so It was stupid to feel…aled; he was looking for a box of cereal for fuck’s sake, but then he saw it—two boxes to be exact, shoved behind pancake ular Lucky Charms