Noah's Starship Ch. 17

"Oh! Right... Haha," I laughed awkwardly. I found my back pressed against the wall. He had me.

"You blush so easily! Damn you're cute," Ryan's eyes narrowed in on me and he brushed a thumb across my cheek. He still had me cornered between the wall and his chest.

"Thanks... um... yeah," I had no idea what to say. I've never been good at flirting.

"Are you heading out to the pool or whipping up another batch of cucumbers?" Ryan joked.

"I haven't seen the pool yet, but yeah that sounds... yeah," I bit my lip and Ryan's eyes lit up.

"There's my baby!" Navid called as he suddenly appeared next to us. Ryan got pushed back as Navid wedged himself between us as though Ryan wasn't there. I could smell alcohol on Navid's breath and noted the happy haze in his eyes. He must have had fun with Mark.

"Woah, bro!" Ryan said angrily as Navid slid an arm around me.

"Oh! You make a little friend," Navid said as he suddenly registered Ryan's presence. He turned to my side so he could see both of us.

"Uhh, Ryan, Navid. Navid, Ryan," I said and waved my hand between them.

"Hello Ryan, I'm Noah's boyfriend," he said. His voice didn't have even a hint of jealousy. He seemed genuinely happy and unaware, but it might have been the alcohol. He put one arm around me and offered his hand to Ryan.

I felt like an asshole. Ryan looked disappointed, a little angry, and confused.

"Cool, man," he said. He shook Navid's hand and looked slightly embarrassed.

"Excuse us, please. We are needed outside," Navid said and slid his hand over mine. He pulled me away as Ryan and I exchanged last looks of... something.

"Are you mad? I wasn't really flirting with him... I mean... I wasn't going to..." I stammered when we got to the back patio.

"Him?" Navid laughed a little too loudly like I'd been pulling a prank on him. He straightened up when I didn't laugh along.

"Wait... YOU were flirting with him? Oh... And... You want that I am jealous! I should have fought him to protect my Noah?" Navid asked.

"No... not really... We were just talking," I said, trying to play it off.

"He is pretty cute. You would play with a guy like him? I never thought this was your type. You like a smaller man? He is your age too... not old enough to provide for you. You will like man like him?" Navid asked with sincere interest. He seened to be going through the pros and cons of Ryan.

"No, never... I have you. I was just... talking to him," I insisted.

"But if you don't have me. You will be interested in him? I mean he is your same size, like Asian Noah. Might be kind of hot to watch Blonde you with darker you... He has pretty eyes" Navid trailed off thoughtfully.

"Really? You'd like that?" I asked as a smile crept across my lips.

"Is like watching two girls together. It feels different than if I see you with a man like me. But I don't think this is something you will do for serious. You are too pure and sweet. But at least it cheers you up from the Mike and Karim situation," he noted. He rubbed my shoulder and guided me out towards the pool.

"Navid!" Mark called from the pool where he and a few other older guys were swimming around with drinks in their hands.

I'd forgotten our primary business here was for Navid to secure a client. I put on my happy boyfriend face as Navid led me by the hand. He only had swim trunks on, but I had shoes and a tank-top. I pulled my hand from his and sat down on a lounger to take off the things that didn't belong in a pool. Navid put his phone and wallet in my shoes.

"Shots! We need more shots!" Mark called as we got into the pool and went towards them.

The party was filling up quickly and I didn't recognize any of the guys. It was different from Navid's usual parties filled with Arab or Persian men and their admirers. This one had all kinds of guys and age groups. Navid wasn't the dominant one here and had to rely on his English. He kept me close to him.

The pool was oddly shaped and had little outlets that disappeared between rock formations. It made for a lot of private spaces in the dimly lit backyard. The place looked like it was featured on one of those design shows. It showed that Mark and Allen were very into entertaining large groups.

There were two paved areas on either side of the pool that held lounge chairs. They weren't the typical metal or wicker things you find at a waterpark or hotel pool, they looked like they would do just as well inside the living room. On one side they were arranged around a fire pit, the other side just had them facing the pool.

We swam over towards Mark and his friends as a guy brought over a bottle of something amber colored and a stack of tiny plastic cups. Mark began pouring a few and Navid chugged what he was handed. He was already tipsy and in a very happy mood.

"You two are so hot together!" Mark laughed as Navid brought me in under his right arm. It was a shallower part of the pool so I could stand with the water just up to my nipples, but I still held on to Navid.

"Noah is the best. I keep him by my side now though. He has already attracted admirers," Navid laughed and kissed my cheek.

"You have as well," Mark insisted. I saw his eyes light up as he took in Navid's muscled chest. I looked around for Allen and saw him inside the house talking with two other guys. Karim and Mike weren't anywhere to be found.

Mark and Navid bantered happily as they did more shots. I should have stopped Navid, he was getting a little too happy and didn't realize Mark was into him. The older man was drunk as well and flirting more freely. He put his hands on Navid's chest as though I wasn't right there and squeezed his pecs and biceps like he was considering buying him.

It was awkward and got worse when I saw Ryan dive in on the other side of the pool. We made brief eye contact. He looked upset and quickly turned his back to me. I decided it was best to just leave it alone.

I turned back towards Navid to see Mark rubbing his back. He leaned into Navid's neck and whispered something. The two of them laughed like idiots.

"I'm going to swim around," I said, breaking their private joke.

"Oh," Navid said as though he suddenly remembered I was there. "I come with you." Mark looked disappointed, but I was already pushing off and Navid broke their odd embrace to set his cup on the pool ledge.

I swam over to one of the places where the pool narrowed between two fake rock cliffs. I turned to see Navid had caught up to me and looked at me with happy, glazed eyes. He looked at me like I was some new life form he wanted to explore.

"You're so beautiful, like golden elf," he slurred happily.

"You're drunk," I laughed.

"I am! Is ok though, we sleep here, my little chunk of heaven." Navid came towards me and kissed my cheek.

"You get so happy and lovey when you're drunk," I said. It was good to see him relaxed. He had worked so hard this week and was stressed.

"I love you so much, Noah. Sometimes I just see you and can not believe you are mine for always. I am most lucky man to ever live." He was getting overly sappy in his inebriated state.

"I love you too... I haven't seen Karim or Mike for awhile. I hope they are ok," I said.

"We are great," Karim's voice sounded from behind the rocks. Navid swam over and I followed him. The pool narrowed between the rocks but then opened to a circle with blue lights under the water.

The circular pool was only a few feet deep and there was a ridge around it under the water where Karim sat with his arm around Mike. I followed Navid as he sat on the other side of Karim from Mike. Navid brought me down to his lap and slid his arms around me as he nibbled on my neck.

"You can see the stars out here," Karim noted and I looked up. There weren't many since we were still close to the city, but I understood why the backyard was so dark.

As my eyes adjusted, I noticed a two other couples in the small area. I nudged Navid and pointed to where two guys across from us were rubbing each other under the water and kissing. Navid covered my eyes with his hand and turned my head towards Karim.

"Oh! You can see that too out here," Karim laughed.

Navid said something in Persian and the two of them erupted with laughs.

I looked across Karim's chest and saw Mike was looking at me sheepishly. The anger had left him and he seemed peaceful under Karim's arm.

I looked at him questioningly and he nodded like things were ok. He mouthed, "sorry." I just shrugged and nodded back. I wasn't upset with him.

Navid was bantering with Karim in their language while his hands roamed my chest, tummy, thighs. His lips kissed up my neck and each time he breathed I got a healthy dose of whatever he'd been drinking. He was in an amorous mood and my body responded. I started sliding on his lap as his cock thickened up under me.

"Noah, I'm hard," Navid whispered weakly in my ear as his hands slid down to my swim trunk-covered ass. He moved me on his cock and I started to grind against it.

"I can feel," I whispered back. His lips found mine and I tasted the alcohol on his breath, but his tongue felt so warm and nice in my mouth. I sucked on it as his lips rubbed mine.

"Baby... I so hard for you... My beautiful boy... You need me in that little hole?" Navid said. In his drunken state he was forgetting that we were inches from Karim and Mike. He was getting lost in exploring me, and I was hopelessly dazed by his muscled body that held me in a warm cage. His lips ambled adoringly over my cheek and down my jaw.

"Yes sir," I gulped. The prickly beard of his chin rubbed over my cheek and I looked up to see Karim and Mike cuddled next to us and staring with interest. Mike had his hand in Karim's lap, rubbing a growing lump under his loose green swimsuit. It should have felt awkward, but I was so turned on that I didn't care who saw us. I needed my man.

"My baby," he hissed as his hands rubbed my tummy and slid down to my thighs. He was fully hard under me as I moved my ass back and forth across his lap. I bounced happily on him as his lips and teeth worked on my shoulder.

"Navi," I whispered as he slid a hand up the leg of my swim trunks and rubbed my twitching hole. I turned my head back from Karim and saw Mark making his way towards us.

"Yes, baby," he moaned as he humped against me. He was breathing heavy and I could tell he was close to creaming in his trunks.

"People are watching," I breathed as he ground his bulge against my ass. His lips kissed up my neck and then his teeth nibbled on my earlobe.

"Huh?" He said and pulled his lips off my ear.

"Oh!" He corrected and let his hand fall from my trunks.

"Don't stop for us," Karim said. We turned to see the waistband of his swimsuit was pushed down. I couldn't see anything because the back of Mike's head was blocking it. He must have had Karim's cock down his throat. Karim had his eyes on us the whole time.

Navid said something to him in Persian and Karim just shrugged. Navid turned my head away from the scene and I felt his skin warm with a blush as he awakened to the circumstances.

"Hi boys! Here you are! I see you're making good use of the quiet spots," Mark said when he got close to us. Navid started to slide me off his lap, but then realized his bulge would have looked more obscene. He hugged me back against his chest and splashed some water over us to cool things down. It didn't help. His hands settled in my lap to cover my bulge.

"It's lovely," Karim said as he pet Mark's bobbing head without shame. Navid turned so his back was to Karim. He didn't want me seeing that.

He said something to Karim in Persian. I was guessing it was a warning to put it away because Karim just laughed.

"We were about to go upstairs. Noah's an early sleeper," Navid said. I made a fake yawn to back up his story.

"Oh... Well let him go to sleep then. He knows where the room is. You can stay and maybe... talk for awhile?" Mark asked. He reached an arm past me and rubbed Navid's left bicep. Navid probably thought he was just being nice. I knew the look in his eyes though. It was creepy and I felt my stomach turn.

I turned away from Mark so just Navid could see me. I flared my eyes at him. He didn't look down, but I knew he could tell what I was thinking.

"I would, but... He can't fall asleep without me... Sleeps right here on my chest... Doesn't even know what a pillow is for!" Navid laughed, but I felt the tension in his voice.

"That's adorable, but I'm sure he will be fine. I can send Allen with him. He knows how to put a boy to bed," Mark said dismissively. Navid was facing away from Karim. I wasn't sure what was going on back there or if they had stopped. Mark went behind Navid and sat between him and Karim. I saw Navid give a little jump. Mark must have touched something.

Navid turned around so Mark wouldn't be at his back. I saw Mike had finished or given up on what he was doing. Karim had his bulge tucked away, but he laid back peacefully against the ledge as though he had been fulfilled.

"I'm fine here," I said though I wanted to get out of there. I wasn't going to leave him alone with the older man. Navid looked down at me helplessly like he didn't know what to do. I didn't either. I realized the bulge in his trunks had gone down so I slid off his lap

Mark put his arm on the ledge of the pool behind Navid and began to rub his back. He turned towards him and got a little too close.

"Such a strong, handsome young man... You know I dated an Arab before Allen. He had a family in Florida, but when he came out to LA every month for business we spent every night together," Mark said and rubbed a hand over Navid's pecs.

"Oh... he had wife and children?" Navid asked. He tried to sound neutral about it.

"Well you know they have to do that when they're from traditional families. But he would have preferred to be here with me full time. He was tall and strong, handsome like you. He used to love to dominate me and always wore that head scarf thing when he fucked me... They wear it in the deserts... what's it called?" Mark asked.

"Keffiyeh," Karim offered.

"Yes! That. He'd cover his hair and mouth with it, fuck me from behind. Hard and rough for hours," Mark reminisced. I felt Navid's arm around me tighten. He never talked like this.

"I think he got off most on degrading me. He wasn't the most successful businessman so he'd come here and stay in my house. I had a smaller one, but up in the Hollywood hills back then. Whenever he was in town, it was his. I was his. Most trips he didn't even have business here, just me. I did invest in a lot of his ventures, never got a dime back," Mark laughed.

"Why did you break up?" I asked. I was highly uncomfortable but starting to get into his story. Navid gave me a death stare for opening my mouth while he was trying to get us out of there.

"Oh we were never together. It was just sex. You know how it goes. Not everything has to be a relationship or forever. It was a lot of hot fucking though. That boy could go for hours on my ass," Mark said.

"Yes, well I think we'd better..." Navid said, but Mark interrupted him to continue his story.

"And when I met Allen, well I realized I wanted something more stable than Ahmed could give me. So I had to end it. He wasn't happy, but I 'invested' in his business and he stopped calling," Mark laughed.

"We should get to..." Navid was trying to seize any lull to get us out of there, but Mark pressed on.

"God you're so handsome. I bet you've got a thick cock down there. I'm surprised your boy doesn't limp," Mark said and put his lips to Navid's shoulder as his hand slid down Navid's stomach and nearly made it to his bulge.

"Ok!" Navid stood up suddenly and moved away from Mark. I felt my heart pounding in anger.

"Oh I'm... Sit down! We were having fun," Mark said.

"I forget, it is time to give Noah his insulin. He could have diabetics if we don't do soon," Navid said. He grabbed me and didn't wait for a response. He pulled me to the nearest stairs. I looked back to see Mark had turned his attention to Karim.

"Insulin?" I asked as Navid wrapped my towel around me and grabbed our things from the lounge chair.

"Quiet!" he growled. "Keep walking!"

We went right through the house and up to the room. We were dripping on their floors, but Navid nudged me insistently onward. He closed the door to the room and shucked his swimsuit.

"Get dressed, we go home! I do not want this for us! Is not right! So disrespectful and right in front of my Noah!" Navid said. I realized he was angry. His cheeks reddened as he dragged the towel across his chest and gave his cock a squeeze.

"Our swimsuits are wet," I protested. I dried quickly and pulled out a pair of briefs from the bag.

"We sort it when we get home. Hurry! I order a car to pick us up now," Navid said. We quickly dressed and put our wet things in with our sleep clothes. He zipped it up and we waited for the app to show that the car was near. He grabbed our bag, took my hand, and led me straight out to the waiting car. We didn't say goodbye to anyone.

He greeted the driver and asked him to turn up the music on his radio. He said he loved that song, but he really just wanted us to talk privately.

"We will not do business with him. He is not good man," Navid said as the pop music thumped.

"I think he wanted a lot more than just business from you," I noted.

"I know... but it's worse. He told me when we talk privately that he wants to hire me away from Karim. He said Karim doesn't have the hunger he once did for this business. This was when Karim and Mike were upstairs arguing and you helped Allen. He offered me a bigger cut, said he was impressed by some of the deals I made," Navid said.

"That's great! You've worked so hard!" I exclaimed, not understanding the problem.

"No! Is not great, Noah. You are too naive and young. You did not see he was trying to make sex with us? Of course you don't. You are too pure for that," Navid said. I actually had seen it. I thought that he hadn't until Mark tried to grab his cock.

"Oh?" I asked and pretended to be as innocent as he thought I was.

"Yes, Noah! He try to touch me before and I thought was just accident, but then we drink more and... well also I cannot betray Karim like this! How can I leave him when he does everything to help me get started. Without him I will not have this business at all. How can I turn back to him? No, it is not what I can do," Navid sighed. I felt his pulse racing as he held my hand.

"This the place?" the driver asked. We got out and Navid thanked the driver and showed him on the app that he had given him a good tip.

We went inside and I put out swimsuits and now wet sleep clothes in the washer while Navid texted with Karim.

"They are going to leave party soon. Karim wants to exchange some unkind words with Mark. I am so angry this does not work out. I put time into find him good sites to invest," Navid said.

"You're a real man... you know that?" I asked Navid as he came and gave me a hug. He needed consolation after losing what would have been a lot of money. I was so proud of him for leaving. As drunk as he was, his instinct was to protect us, to not lose his loyalty to Karim. He was a good man.

"How so?" He basked in my sudden praise.

"You're loyal. You work hard and try to get ahead, but you still play fair and do the right thing. You really care about doing good. And... you always take care of me... thank you," I said and kissed him.

"I am your good man?" Navid asked with a laugh like he didn't know the answer.

"I'll answer that after you take me upstairs and finish what you started," I said.

Navid set his phone down on the counter, lifted me up into his arms, and bounded up the stairs to fulfill his duty.