JOGAN.

Noises

“Bear?”

Derek looked up from his cell phone. Amanda stood in the doorway, rocking back and forth on her heels.

“Yes, Panda?” She skipped forward, and Derek scooped her up in his arms.

“Are Juju and Yoyo okay?” Her face contorted with worry, and Derek frowned.

“What do you mean?”

“I heard weird noises coming from their room,” Amanda explained, “it sounded like Julian was hurt.”

Derek blinked. “What kind of noises?”

“Like…like…” Amanda trailed off, and then she opened her mouth, letting out a half-wail, half-moan.

“Oh god.” Derek quickly set his sister down, fists clenching with anger. “Panda, just stay here, okay? I’ll be right back.”

He stormed from the room, fuming. I said no sex around Amanda, how the fuck is that so difficult? Absolutely ridiculous—can’t keep it in their pants for more than an hour…They aren’t even being quiet about it…

The sounds were audible down the hall. Julian’s breathless gasps, Logan’s low murmuring, and…was that a giggle?

Derek threw open the door, bringing one hand up to shield his eyes. “Guys? What the fuck is going on?” The sounds stopped, and Derek slowly dropped his hand.

Julian and Logan were on the bed—but they were fully clothed. Julian was tucked into Logan’s side, pink-cheeked and grinning. “Hey, Derek.”

“What…what are you doing?”

Logan grinned. “Did you know that Jules is really ticklish?” He reached over, wiggling his fingers into Julian’s side.

“Logan—!” Julian broke off in a fit of giggles, squirming away. Logan just laughed, holding Julian still as he mercilessly ticked his boyfriend. Across the room, Derek just shook his head in disbelief and turned away, closing the door behind him.

“Bear?” Amanda peeked around the corner, “Are they okay?”

Derek sighed. “They’re fine, Panda.”

“Oh. Okay.” She smiled, skipping down the hall to tug at Derek’s shirt. “Can we go get ice cream now?”

Another fit of giggles erupted from behind the door, and Derek rolled his eyes. “Ice cream sounds great.”