Government Experiment: Soulmate

Chapter 8

Connor POV

I'll admit, the first thing I thought when I saw Nathaniel was that he was small. Now you're probably thinking, "well no shit Connor not everyone is taller than you, you insensitive prick!", but that's not what I meant by small. In height he was probably only half an inch shorter than me, but he was thin, like mega unhealthily thin. His clothes hung off of his thing lengthy limbs, and he seemed to be hiding behind Adam. I heard his breath hitch as he let out a semi quiet gasp.

"Are you alright Hun?" Mrs. Black asked him as she moved forward and reached for Nathaniel's hand. I saw him flinch but he didn't pull away from her. "Do you have a form of apnea?" He shook his head.

"No? Well why don't you step on in and we can give you a checkup. How's that sound Hun." Cleo didn't wait for a response as she pulled him into the room by the hand. "Adam dear, why don't you take Connor and Milo back to our place. The guest houses aren't fully cleaned and set up yet." Nathaniel looked at Cleo, then to Adam, then to me.

"Are you sure Mom?" Adam asked keeping his eyes on our nervous soulmate. "Maybe we should stay. Get to know each other a bit."

"That can wait until dinner Adam." She told Adam giving him that look all mothers have.

"But-" He tried to reason with her, but got cut off.

"I didn't ask Adam." Her face was firm and it kind of remembered me of my own mom.

"Sorry Momma!" Adam said with a red face. Aww he is defiantly a Mama's boy. He turned around to face our fathers.

"Um, Milo are you going to follow me back to the house?" He asked my father, who just shook his head.

"Actually kid, I am going to help your father with a few things here," Dad explained. "But you can take Connor back to your place. Maybe you two could work on making dinner and get to know each other." He winked at us and nudged Stephon. Stephon caught on to what Dad was implying and nodded in agreement.

"Yes, um, we have things and stuff, so go on and head back home." He encouraged. "Nathaniel will be brought back to the house when he is all done here." I looked back to Nathaniel. He was staring at me with what I assumed was confusion.

"Are you alright?" I asked. His face lit up red and he turned away, and I finally heard him speak for the first time.

"I-I'm sorry," His voice was quiet and soft. "y-your just kind of handsome. Oh! I'm sorry!" It was my turn to turn red. No one had ever called me handsome before, I had only been a male, physically, for a few hours. It was then I noticed that everyone in the room had gone quiet and was watching our interaction. Thankfully It didn't take but a second for someone to speak up.

"Did you just apologize for complementing someone?" Adam chuckled. "You don't need to be sorry for telling the truth. He is quite handsome." My blush darkened and Dad shot me a teasing look, but before he could say anything, a high-pitched squeal rang through the room.

"You kids are so cute!" Cleo shouted as she bounced up and down with glee. "You will all be a wonderful couple, but first I need you to leave so I can give this cutie his checkup." She said as she stepped away from a flinching Nathaniel to push us out the door.

"Well," Adam started. "May I escort you to my car?" He asked me, and I couldn't help but laugh at that dumb ass sentence.

"What are you, dude? 80?" I said through mylaughter. "But sure, my good sir, lead the way."

Adam POV

He had a cute laugh and looked cute face while laughing. Honestly I was damn proud of myself for being able to make him laugh, it was so worth it. I couldn't help but stare at the way his eyes crinkle and his nose scrunches up, and how a little dimple forms near the right corner of his mouth, his eyes sparkle with amusement. It made me beam with happiness.