Hayze was beyond exausted when he came home after running between projects and sitting at a desk in a room with annoyingly bright lights. But he knew if the lights weren't bright, he would get sleepy while he worked. And he didn't want that happening.

He also knew he had to invest in better seats that would promote good posture because his back was killing him and he was only twenty four.

Blue greeted him at the door as he took off his shoes, bouncing around happily, eager to be petted. All Hayze could offer was a few scratches behind his ears before his bed started calling out to him.

He slid his socked feet over the floor and up the stairs slowly. Once he made it up the stairs, he turned to the right. The hallways seemed extra long to get to his bedroom and it seemed like every step he took, another foot was added onto the hallway.

A door clicking opened made him stop for a second. He barely processed the short, long haired thing running towards him before she was jumping on him. He stumbled back in surprise and tiredness as she locked her arms around his neck and her legs around his waist.

Even though he was tired, he was still aware of how cute River was. The way she was pressed up against him made his bulge in his pants grow slightly.

"Hey, pretty girl," he said softly, stifling a yawn as she pulled back to look at him. "Did you miss me?"

"Y-yes." She swept her delicate fingers under his eyes. "You're tired?"

"A bit." He yawned big and River covered his mouth with her small hands.

"Can i take care of you this time, then?" River asked as she ran her hand over the bit of stubble growing in.

He looked at her with a small, tired smile. "You want to take care of me?"

"Yes," she nodded.

He set her down onto her feet and kissed her forehead. "Sure. I'm going to get my shower now."

She smiled brightly before scurrying off down the stairs, her long french braids bouncing against her back. Her small, bare feet hardly made any noise as she made her way down. Hayze quickly took one last look at her behind and groaned as she waved before dissapearing.

He shook his head in amusement before going into his room and grabbing a towel. He went into his connected bathroom and stripped before turning the shower onto a cool setting.

He stepped under the shower and let his head fall back as the water hit his face and neck, soaking the rest of his aching body.

Images of River in that cute underwear set had Hayze hardening up despite the fact that he was exausted.

As soon as he'd met River, he'd spent maybe sixty-five percent of his life with a hard on. And it was damn annoying.

He was like a teenage boy all over again.

One time he was in a meeting and River had texted him asking where the treats for Blue were. It was a simple, innocent question but yet he was going through the meeting with a bulge in his pants because of just the thought of her.

He shut the water off as images of River crawling through the grass and walking around in those cute little outfits he got her flashed in his mind.

He gripped his length and stroked himself a few times, imagining his hand was actually River's.

When she had said she would take care of him, he was hoping that his throbbing length would be included; but obviously that wasn't what she'd meant and he'd be corrupting her if he just asked her out of the blue.

He had to work up to that

He thought about the little skirt and bralette set he had put her in one day and he shut his eyes as images of her sitting on his lap had him closer to release.

He began to wonder if fantisising about his innocent wife when she was just downstairs was wrong, but that was quickly pushed out of his head when another image of her in the blue velvet set while she sat swinging her legs on the counter flashed through his mind.

He panted quietly and then groaned as he released onto the shower floor.

How badly he wanted to be buried inside her.

He turned the shower back on and washed away the evidence of what he had just done before soaping his body up with the green shower gel.

Once he was sure he'd washed the smell of hard work off his body, he rinsed off and wrapped his lower half with a black towel before stepping out.

He happily soaked in the cool air on the top half of his skin that was still damp with water and he ran his fingers through his hair so it wouldn't look so wild.

As soon as he entered his room the tiredness hit his body hard and he found himself lacking the energy to even put his clothes on.

"Um, i made yo-" He turned around on his heel and laughed quietly as River's eyes locked onto his chest. It made him feel good that she found him handsome enough to stare sometimes.

She squeaked and turned around after realizing she had been staring. "Sorry, i can come back one your chan-"

"No, its fine. I don't mind you seeing me," he smirked. "I don't mind you looking either."

She slowly turned around and kept her eyes trained to everything but him, the tray she was holding was shaking the tiniest bit because she was so nervous.

Hayze stepped up to her and grabbed the tray of food, which made his mouth water, and placed it down onto the bedside table.

"You made this for me?" he asked as he scanned over the chicken and vegetable stir fried rice. He usually ate pastas, chicken and things like that but this looked really good.

"Yeah, its kind of fast and easy to make. And you're tired so i just decided to make this."

He pulled her to his chest and angled her head up so he could look into her pretty honey eyes. "Thank you. You're so thoughtful." He leaned down and pecked her lips before pulling away and smiling at her. Her eyes were still closed and her eyelashes fanned out over her flushed cheeks.

She took a deep breath and he could feel her chest press against him. "Your welcome."

She opened her eyes before slowly pushing hin back towards his bed. He stepped back to help her because if he didn't, he wouldn't have moved. She pushed him onto the bed and he placed a hand on his towel to keep it in place so he wouldn't flash her.

Her cheeks would be burning if she knew what i had been thinking about in the shower

He was slightly tempted to tell her but he thought better of it when she grabbed the bowl of rice and a spoon.

He chuckled. "You brought a spoon?"

"Yes." She furrowed her eyebrows. "Do you not eat rice with a spoon either?"

"No. I don't think i ever have."

"Well, you've been missing out." She waited for him to scoot up against the giant headboard before passing him the bowl of rice.

He held it and looked at her expectantly.

"What?" She asked as she tilted her head to the side.

So cute "Aren't you gonna come up here?"

"Oh," she blushed. "Okay." She studied the very high bed before trying to climb up but sliding back down off the sheets. "Why is your bed so high off the ground?" she grumbled as she stepped back and then hopped up and pushed herself up with her arms.

Hayze had to stifle his laughter as he watched her struggle before he yawned again.

"Umm," she sat down in front of him. "How was work?"

He was surprised that she had asked this. She sounded so mature but he smiled anyway. "It was... productive. Very busy but i got a lot of work done."

"That's good," she nodded.

"Did you finish off your online school work?"

She nodded again and then looked down at the bowl of rice. "That's going to be cold once you eat it."

He looked down at it and yawned again. "Right." He shut his eyes for a second before opening them and scooping up some of the rice. Right before he put the rice in his mouth, he stopped and stared at River.

She looked hurt for a second because he seemed hesitant to eat the rice.

"You don't like fried rice?" She asked through a pout.

"Oh no, babygirl. I hardly ever eat fried rice but i am going to eat it. It smells good but you just looked so pretty," he said as he scanned her over.

She crawled up to him and straddled his towel clad thighs before picking up the bowl of rice from his hands and scooping some up with the spoon.

He looked at her closely for a second before opening his mouth and letting her feed him the rice.

He hummed in delight at how fresh the friend rice tasted. "Mmm, its very good," he said once he finished chewing. "Thank you, pretty girl."

She bounced in happiness on his lap but he quickly stopped her by putting his large hand on her waist. The only thing seperating them was a towel and her shorts. He needed the last bit of self control he had left.

She was about to pass him the bowl back but put his hands to his sides. "I like when you do this instead."

She leaned over towards the bedside table and Hayze held her hips firmly so she didn't go tumbling off the bed.

She grabbed the glass of water and brought it to his lips and he leaned down to take a sip, his eyes never leaving hers. "Thank you."

She blushed and slowly scooped more rice into his mouth. Her eyes seemed to be trained on his mouth as he chewed and then her eyes would flick to meet his as he watched her watch him.

"I don't have food around my mouth, do i?"

"No," she said quietly and then she picked up another spoon of rice and fed it to him. "You have a really sharp jaw."

He laughed softly and played with one of her braids, running it over his fingers. "Is that a good thing?"

She ran her finger over his jaw and he tried to hide the shiver that ran through him.

He was so easily affected by her.

She pulled her finger back with a hiss and Hayze would have thought she really did hurt herself if it wasn't for the playfulness swirling in her eyes.

"See," she held her little index finger up. "You cut me."

He threw his head back with a laugh before grabbing her hand into his and then bringing her finger to his mouth. "Can i kiss it, make it better?"

She giggled. "Yes you may."

He pressed his lips to her 'cut' finger and then to the palm of her hand.

"Such a pretty girl," he whispered huskily.

And she really was. Inside and out