Normally, Luigi preferred coffee, but if he drank coffee it had to be of
the best. And he couldn’t make it as
well as the cafés on the street. Tea was
different. Too many cafés used tea-bags
instead of leaf tea, and he could make tea with tea-bags just as well and more
cheaply at home. And, anyway, he knew
Cody preferred tea. He took the mugs of
tea and a plate of toast with butter through to the bedroom, and set it down on
the bedside table.
Cody was still
sleeping. He kissed him on his shoulder.
“Tea?” he asked.
Cody rolled over
to face him and opened sleep-drugged eyes.
For an instant fear filled his eyes and then he relaxed. He smiled.
“There’s hot
buttered toast, too.”
“My favourite,”
murmured Cody, stretching and yawning at the same time.
Luigi climbed into
bed again. It was chilly. Winter was on the way.
After they had
sipped their tea and eaten the toast, Cody said, “You know what’s wrong with
eating toast in bed?”
“Nothing?”
suggested Luigi, moulding himself more closely to Cody’s body.
“Crumbs,”
disagreed Cody. “They go everywhere.”
“I’m sure I can
lick you clean,” offered Luigi, his eyes shining black.
“Insatiable!” Luigi could see that Cody was making a
determined effort to be happy, and he felt again melancholic. He’d been through enough depression himself,
and he knew how often one could rise out of the swamp only to be sucked back
again. It struck him that he had so
often wished for Cody to return, and now he had, yet he still wasn’t happy, for
new problems had arisen.
Trying not to show
his sadness, he pulled Cody closer. They
would worry about tomorrow when tomorrow arrived.
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