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"Can't if you're doing that," Bob replies, soft voice softer still and barely a murmur. He's already doing this with Arthur far closer to home than he should be, but his brain isn't worried about details like that right now. Instead he's focusing in on how the other man's lips that close to his own makes him feel high.
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Adding, still tugging slightly on Bob's shirt, "You seemed so focused on everything else before now..."
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"Come on." This time he sounds more gruff, forcing himself away from the lithe man to head for the exit. They've got a ten minute walk and he doesn't intend to lose any of the heat in his veins on the way.
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He did let Bob lead the way but kept closer than he had on their way to the tube.
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Arthur snorts, bumping his shoulder with Bob's, "As long as animals don't come streaming out of the front door when you open it, I'm sure it'll be fine."
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"My kitchen doesn't have any Michelin stars either."
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Adding, "Provided your food is in date."
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Adding also, "I can pay for it."
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"I know you can but it's cool. I've got it."
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"No baked beans for you," he promises as he turns into his front garden and heads for the main building doors, hand jammed into his pocket to find his keys.
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It's simple, fast, and has more than enough carbs to burn off.
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Finally getting into his own flat, he holds the door for the American, pleased at least to see it's the time of the month when the moon streams in from the French doors.
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He then spares Bob a small glance, hesitating as his instincts dictate he not let anyone get behind him, but he does go in, quick to turn around and watch Bob from where he's standing (also trying to get a feel for anything else in the flat -- like if there is anyone else here).
It's a part of Arthur he can't separate from himself (even with someone like Bob or in a moment like this -- he's in someone else's territory and he doesn't know this space as easily as he would a well-lit hotel room and the instincts he learned from his previous profession do not leave him easily, if ever).
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"I'll save the three-course meal for some other time, yeah?" He finally adds as he stops moving and waits for Arthur to emerge. He tends to expect everyone to make themselves at home in his flat.
"Make yourself at home," he calls out for a final time before he's opening up his fridge to find... an onion, butter and not much else. Though there are those two beers he was remembering in the side of the door.
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