Day13 (Thursday)
Jon’s alarm went off at 7am, Derrick was already awake, he regularly woke up in the night needing a piss. Jon got up and offered Derrick a coffee. He made them both a latte and got back into bed. He warned Derrick that the builders would be there at 8:30,
Derrick: do you want me to go?
Jon: you’re welcome to stay, I just didn’t want to surprise you.
Derrick: I appreciate that, I have to go anyway, my husband will be getting worried. Do you mind if I take a photo of you, he doesn’t mind me fucking other men as long as he gets to see them naked.
Jon posed a bit and Derrick took a photo. They both showered and had a quick fuck in the new shower. They had to make it quick but Derrick felt obligated to do something about Jon’s morning wood. Afterwards as he put on his clothes and went to leave.
Derrick: Jon. thank you. for everything, not just last night but dinner and the help at work. We’re definitely more than just friends by proxy now.
Jon: you’re welcome, I’m glad to be you’re friend for real. Speaking of the proxy. They may have paid a lot of money to fuck me a few days ago, you’ve known them for longer than I have so it’s up to you if you want to let them know about last night, I won’t mention it.
Derrick: I’m sure Mitch would be pleased for me, although I won’t be mentioning it to anyone other than my husband. I used to get laid all the time, even a few years ago. It’s happening less and less often with each year that passes.
Derrick said goodbye and made his way down the 4 flights of stairs, walked to the club and drove home. Jon went back to bed. Just as he closed his eyes the door to the loft opened.
Marcus: good morning!
Jon: uuuggh
Marcus: come on, aren’t you going to make me a coffee?
Jon: haven’t I already shown you how to make one?
Marcus: yours taste better, and they’re so pretty.
Jon knew he would end up making Marcus a coffee, there was no point arguing. He got up and made them both coffees. It wasn’t even 8 yet.
Marcus: what do you think of the progress?
Jon: it’s actually unbelievable. I hoped you would get it done fast but I never imagined it would be done this quickly.
Marcus: it’s not a big job.
Jon handed a latte to Marcus and got back into bed. Marcus joined him in bed.
Marcus: sooo, what did you do last night? Did you make the most of Blake’s absence, who was the lucky person?
Jon: our relationship is not like that, I don’t have to make the most of his absence, I’m free to do what I want any time I want, Blake knows how I feel about him.
Marcus: okay but there were 2 dirty plates left on the breakfast bar?
Jon: so I ate dinner with someone.
Marcus: And there’s 2 cocktail glasses over there (he pointed at the balcony table).
Jon: of course we had drinks.
Marcus: you recently showered and you don’t have morning wood. And there’s coffee cups, 2 of them.
Jon: ok we fucked last night, and this morning.
Marcus: go on.
Jon: no.
Marcus: ugh, you’re no fun today, you must be missing Blake or something.
Jon: I’m sorry, if it was just me then I would tell you but the other party may not be so comfortable with you knowing what happened, so… drop it… please.
Marcus: that means I know this person. Hmmm. Was it Mitch? You fucked Mitch again right?
Jon: I said drop it.
Marcus: it was Mitch? I was just teasing you, I didn’t think you actually
Jon: it wasn’t Mitch. Now drop it.
Marcus: fine… you’re definitely more fun when Blake’s around.
Jon: thank you for stocking the cocktail bar, that was a really nice touch.
Marcus: I thought you would like to make Blake a cocktail when you surprised him. I wasn’t expecting you to be entertaining….. well, someone else.
Jon: and the study area, the computers.. Blake and I both have computers, he is bringing them back with him, you really didn’t have to.
Marcus: absolutely not, 2 mismatched computers, not matching the design. You think I would let you do that? You can put your computers in the shared study area for the tenants to use, there’s a cupboard to hide them in.
Jon: well thank you for everything, this place is amazing.
Marcus: I know darling, I’m glad you like it though.
Jon: so what’s the plan for today, it looks like there’s not much left to be done?
Marcus: indeed, we’re ahead of schedule, just finishing touches left, we need to put up some glass walls around the bathroom, a bit of decorating, add some finishing touches. We will be done by this evening and you will have the cleaners in tomorrow morning. Oh, I’m changing the stairs. Right now anyone can get in here with a standard key and it’s impossible to close the stairs while you’re in the apartment. I’m getting an automatic system installed with a keypad on the wall downstairs. You enter the passcode and the stairs will drop down, press a button when you get into the apartment and they will close.
Jon: I hadn’t even thought about that.
Marcus: that’s why I’m here, to think of everything so you don’t have to.
Jon finished his coffee and went downstairs to make porridge, Marcus followed him, Jon made enough for 2 and served it with fresh bananas and blueberries, with honey on the side incase Marcus liked it sweetened. They chatted as they ate breakfast on the breakfast bar. After breakfast Jon took a quick shower and went to the gym, leaving just as the workers were arriving. It wasn’t even 8 yet, Marcus was clearly a man on a mission. . He made sure to take plenty of pictures for for Tom at the gym. On the way home he stopped off to buy wine and some ingredients to make Blake something nice when he gets home.
He checked in on Angelo when he got home. The shop looked immaculate. Angelo was busy interviewing potential staff and he had a barista from the roastery training people. Jon stayed a while to watch the training, the barista was really good but the people he was training were not responding well. Once Angelo was done with his current interview Jon took a seat with him.
Jon: how’s it going?
Angelo: not great, I have to get some decent staff for tomorrow or we cannot open and the posts are already up, we’re expecting it to be really busy tomorrow. Tom had been in to get some photos of the finished shop and of the baristas in uniform, he had only just posted and there were already millions of likes and thousands of comments on his post. There was a genuine excitement in the area about Angelo’s shop.
Jon told Angelo that he would be happy to help with the early shift but that he had a shift in the club at 2pm. Angelo said he was still hoping to get something sorted out by the end of the day but he appreciated the offer and might have to take him up on it.
Jon went upstairs, threw his gym clothes in the wash with his clothes from last night. He put the dishes from last night and the bowls from breakfast as well as number our coffee cups from the builders and Marcus in the dishwasher. He went up to the loft to have a quick look around and was pleased with the progress. He made coffees for anyone who wanted one.
He was determined to get to work early today, he was going to prove a point to the other barmen. He arrived at 1:45pm, got changed into his work shorts and had the bar ready for customers by 1:50pm. He spent the next 10 minutes cleaning all the customer chairs and tables, making sure everything was perfect.
His first customers arrived just after 2pm, they wanted something special, he told them to take a seat and spent about ten minutes talking to them at their table to find out what they liked so he could make them custom cocktails. There were 5 of them and they each wanted different things. Jon quickly got to work creating 5 unique drinks, each one looking beautiful, he then served each drink to the appropriate customer. He then went back to the bar to clean and stock up. The customers loved his creations, they ordered another round shortly afterwards.
By 3pm the club was filling up, Jon had given every customer great service and was already making good tips, he had also restocked everything and detail cleaned all of the bar and equipment. At 4pm Derrick arrived and was quietly impressed with the high standard Jon was setting. Jon asked Derrick if he could make him a drink, Derrick asked him to surprise him like he did last night. Jon almost joked that he would have to clock out if Derrick wanted that but his professionalism took over. He made Derrick a unique cocktail and served it to him in his office. By 6 pm the bar was packed but all of the customers were happy and the bar was fully prepped for the late shift. As Jon was about to go on a break one of the barmen pulled him aside and asked him what he was doing? Jon acted ignorant, he just said “I’m doing my job”. The other barmen said “you’re making us look bad bro”. Jon just smiled and said “I don’t think I’m the one making you look bad… Bro”. The other barmen were looking pretty pissed off as Jon headed to derricks office to take his break.
Jon: looks like the plans working.
Derrick: is it?
Jon: look at the salty looks I got from the other barmen when they started their shift, they already know that a new standard has been set and are shitting themselves.
Derrick looked at the camera footage, the faces weren’t crystal clear but it was still obvious that the barmen weren’t happy from their body language.
Jon and Derrick spent Jon’s break chatting as friends. Before they knew it Jon’s break was over, he headed back to the bar and got back to work. The atmosphere was a little cold as most of the barmen were mad at Jon but he didn’t care, he worked hard for the rest of the shift and made excellent tips. Without Blake Jon was easily the most popular barmen because of his looks and because he was fast, he also made great cocktails, selling more custom cocktails than pink panthers for once. It seemed that word had spread that he was more than just the pink panther guy. He checked on Tom’s instagram after work and saw that lots of people were tagging Tom and himself saying how he just created this awesome drink for me. Jon stayed back after the other barmen left and made cocktails for himself and Derrick and served them in the office as he had done last night, only tonight he didn’t pay for them.
They chatted for a while, Derrick asked how the apartment was coming along, jon showed him some pics he took before he left for work and told him it should be finished. After a long and casual chat they went their separate ways. Derrick had never planned on what happened last night, he was glad it happened but wasn’t planning on repeating it any time soon. On the way home Jon saw a message from Marcus. He had installed a ring doorbell so that Jon could answer the door from his apartment, Jon installed the app thinking what a great idea it was and how Marcus really did think of everything.
When he got home Jon made himself something to eat, smoked a few joints and drank a bottle of wine on the balcony. He jerked off for the first time since he left his parents house, it felt weird not having Blake to help him cum. Blake would be home tomorrow though, it was just one more night. He struggled to fall asleep in bed alone for the first time in almost 2 weeks.
Jon’s alarm went off at 7am, Derrick was already awake, he regularly woke up in the night needing a piss. Jon got up and offered Derrick a coffee. He made them both a latte and got back into bed. He warned Derrick that the builders would be there at 8:30,
Derrick: do you want me to go?
Jon: you’re welcome to stay, I just didn’t want to surprise you.
Derrick: I appreciate that, I have to go anyway, my husband will be getting worried. Do you mind if I take a photo of you, he doesn’t mind me fucking other men as long as he gets to see them naked.
Jon posed a bit and Derrick took a photo. They both showered and had a quick fuck in the new shower. They had to make it quick but Derrick felt obligated to do something about Jon’s morning wood. Afterwards as he put on his clothes and went to leave.
Derrick: Jon. thank you. for everything, not just last night but dinner and the help at work. We’re definitely more than just friends by proxy now.
Jon: you’re welcome, I’m glad to be you’re friend for real. Speaking of the proxy. They may have paid a lot of money to fuck me a few days ago, you’ve known them for longer than I have so it’s up to you if you want to let them know about last night, I won’t mention it.
Derrick: I’m sure Mitch would be pleased for me, although I won’t be mentioning it to anyone other than my husband. I used to get laid all the time, even a few years ago. It’s happening less and less often with each year that passes.
Derrick said goodbye and made his way down the 4 flights of stairs, walked to the club and drove home. Jon went back to bed. Just as he closed his eyes the door to the loft opened.
Marcus: good morning!
Jon: uuuggh
Marcus: come on, aren’t you going to make me a coffee?
Jon: haven’t I already shown you how to make one?
Marcus: yours taste better, and they’re so pretty.
Jon knew he would end up making Marcus a coffee, there was no point arguing. He got up and made them both coffees. It wasn’t even 8 yet.
Marcus: what do you think of the progress?
Jon: it’s actually unbelievable. I hoped you would get it done fast but I never imagined it would be done this quickly.
Marcus: it’s not a big job.
Jon handed a latte to Marcus and got back into bed. Marcus joined him in bed.
Marcus: sooo, what did you do last night? Did you make the most of Blake’s absence, who was the lucky person?
Jon: our relationship is not like that, I don’t have to make the most of his absence, I’m free to do what I want any time I want, Blake knows how I feel about him.
Marcus: okay but there were 2 dirty plates left on the breakfast bar?
Jon: so I ate dinner with someone.
Marcus: And there’s 2 cocktail glasses over there (he pointed at the balcony table).
Jon: of course we had drinks.
Marcus: you recently showered and you don’t have morning wood. And there’s coffee cups, 2 of them.
Jon: ok we fucked last night, and this morning.
Marcus: go on.
Jon: no.
Marcus: ugh, you’re no fun today, you must be missing Blake or something.
Jon: I’m sorry, if it was just me then I would tell you but the other party may not be so comfortable with you knowing what happened, so… drop it… please.
Marcus: that means I know this person. Hmmm. Was it Mitch? You fucked Mitch again right?
Jon: I said drop it.
Marcus: it was Mitch? I was just teasing you, I didn’t think you actually
Jon: it wasn’t Mitch. Now drop it.
Marcus: fine… you’re definitely more fun when Blake’s around.
Jon: thank you for stocking the cocktail bar, that was a really nice touch.
Marcus: I thought you would like to make Blake a cocktail when you surprised him. I wasn’t expecting you to be entertaining….. well, someone else.
Jon: and the study area, the computers.. Blake and I both have computers, he is bringing them back with him, you really didn’t have to.
Marcus: absolutely not, 2 mismatched computers, not matching the design. You think I would let you do that? You can put your computers in the shared study area for the tenants to use, there’s a cupboard to hide them in.
Jon: well thank you for everything, this place is amazing.
Marcus: I know darling, I’m glad you like it though.
Jon: so what’s the plan for today, it looks like there’s not much left to be done?
Marcus: indeed, we’re ahead of schedule, just finishing touches left, we need to put up some glass walls around the bathroom, a bit of decorating, add some finishing touches. We will be done by this evening and you will have the cleaners in tomorrow morning. Oh, I’m changing the stairs. Right now anyone can get in here with a standard key and it’s impossible to close the stairs while you’re in the apartment. I’m getting an automatic system installed with a keypad on the wall downstairs. You enter the passcode and the stairs will drop down, press a button when you get into the apartment and they will close.
Jon: I hadn’t even thought about that.
Marcus: that’s why I’m here, to think of everything so you don’t have to.
Jon finished his coffee and went downstairs to make porridge, Marcus followed him, Jon made enough for 2 and served it with fresh bananas and blueberries, with honey on the side incase Marcus liked it sweetened. They chatted as they ate breakfast on the breakfast bar. After breakfast Jon took a quick shower and went to the gym, leaving just as the workers were arriving. It wasn’t even 8 yet, Marcus was clearly a man on a mission. . He made sure to take plenty of pictures for for Tom at the gym. On the way home he stopped off to buy wine and some ingredients to make Blake something nice when he gets home.
He checked in on Angelo when he got home. The shop looked immaculate. Angelo was busy interviewing potential staff and he had a barista from the roastery training people. Jon stayed a while to watch the training, the barista was really good but the people he was training were not responding well. Once Angelo was done with his current interview Jon took a seat with him.
Jon: how’s it going?
Angelo: not great, I have to get some decent staff for tomorrow or we cannot open and the posts are already up, we’re expecting it to be really busy tomorrow. Tom had been in to get some photos of the finished shop and of the baristas in uniform, he had only just posted and there were already millions of likes and thousands of comments on his post. There was a genuine excitement in the area about Angelo’s shop.
Jon told Angelo that he would be happy to help with the early shift but that he had a shift in the club at 2pm. Angelo said he was still hoping to get something sorted out by the end of the day but he appreciated the offer and might have to take him up on it.
Jon went upstairs, threw his gym clothes in the wash with his clothes from last night. He put the dishes from last night and the bowls from breakfast as well as number our coffee cups from the builders and Marcus in the dishwasher. He went up to the loft to have a quick look around and was pleased with the progress. He made coffees for anyone who wanted one.
He was determined to get to work early today, he was going to prove a point to the other barmen. He arrived at 1:45pm, got changed into his work shorts and had the bar ready for customers by 1:50pm. He spent the next 10 minutes cleaning all the customer chairs and tables, making sure everything was perfect.
His first customers arrived just after 2pm, they wanted something special, he told them to take a seat and spent about ten minutes talking to them at their table to find out what they liked so he could make them custom cocktails. There were 5 of them and they each wanted different things. Jon quickly got to work creating 5 unique drinks, each one looking beautiful, he then served each drink to the appropriate customer. He then went back to the bar to clean and stock up. The customers loved his creations, they ordered another round shortly afterwards.
By 3pm the club was filling up, Jon had given every customer great service and was already making good tips, he had also restocked everything and detail cleaned all of the bar and equipment. At 4pm Derrick arrived and was quietly impressed with the high standard Jon was setting. Jon asked Derrick if he could make him a drink, Derrick asked him to surprise him like he did last night. Jon almost joked that he would have to clock out if Derrick wanted that but his professionalism took over. He made Derrick a unique cocktail and served it to him in his office. By 6 pm the bar was packed but all of the customers were happy and the bar was fully prepped for the late shift. As Jon was about to go on a break one of the barmen pulled him aside and asked him what he was doing? Jon acted ignorant, he just said “I’m doing my job”. The other barmen said “you’re making us look bad bro”. Jon just smiled and said “I don’t think I’m the one making you look bad… Bro”. The other barmen were looking pretty pissed off as Jon headed to derricks office to take his break.
Jon: looks like the plans working.
Derrick: is it?
Jon: look at the salty looks I got from the other barmen when they started their shift, they already know that a new standard has been set and are shitting themselves.
Derrick looked at the camera footage, the faces weren’t crystal clear but it was still obvious that the barmen weren’t happy from their body language.
Jon and Derrick spent Jon’s break chatting as friends. Before they knew it Jon’s break was over, he headed back to the bar and got back to work. The atmosphere was a little cold as most of the barmen were mad at Jon but he didn’t care, he worked hard for the rest of the shift and made excellent tips. Without Blake Jon was easily the most popular barmen because of his looks and because he was fast, he also made great cocktails, selling more custom cocktails than pink panthers for once. It seemed that word had spread that he was more than just the pink panther guy. He checked on Tom’s instagram after work and saw that lots of people were tagging Tom and himself saying how he just created this awesome drink for me. Jon stayed back after the other barmen left and made cocktails for himself and Derrick and served them in the office as he had done last night, only tonight he didn’t pay for them.
They chatted for a while, Derrick asked how the apartment was coming along, jon showed him some pics he took before he left for work and told him it should be finished. After a long and casual chat they went their separate ways. Derrick had never planned on what happened last night, he was glad it happened but wasn’t planning on repeating it any time soon. On the way home Jon saw a message from Marcus. He had installed a ring doorbell so that Jon could answer the door from his apartment, Jon installed the app thinking what a great idea it was and how Marcus really did think of everything.
When he got home Jon made himself something to eat, smoked a few joints and drank a bottle of wine on the balcony. He jerked off for the first time since he left his parents house, it felt weird not having Blake to help him cum. Blake would be home tomorrow though, it was just one more night. He struggled to fall asleep in bed alone for the first time in almost 2 weeks.