Written by: Dallas Walsh

Orvilla storms into her office at the Barracuda Blue and makes a beeline for her desk. She has a million things to do today, including dropping the price on some of the suites in the resort in hopes of getting more visitors back. She knows that the press and public opinion of the Barracuda Blue has been tarnished since the shootings took place at the launch party for the Pink Roses and she is determined to get the resort back on track.

"Not only does the Barracuda Blue need to have increased sales," she tells herself as she sits behind her desk and opens her laptop. "But Meccanica's bottom line is also impacted by how well the resort does. I refuse to let everything I've worked so hard on to come crashing down because of some stupid party that Lyzz pushed me into hosting."

"As much as I hate putting my beautiful rooms on a discounted price, I have to get more people at the Barracuda Blue," she says as she types into her laptop. "Once that happens, this place will be back to it's booked self."

She turns and looks out of the large window. She can see her nephew, Liam, playing tennis as he is working towards becoming a professional player. She can see Leaf, his tennis coach, also there, rallying with Liam. She arches her eyebrow at the sight unfolding in front of her.

"Interesting," she purses her lips together. "I don't know why I never thought of this before. Leaf could be the way that I remove Liam from a contender of CEO of Meccanica," she says as she gets a sly grin on her face. "I just have to convince Justin that it is a good idea."

/\/\/\

The sunset is creating a vibrant pink and purple sky, which is reflecting into the waves of the Pacific Ocean. At the guest cabin that Arrow and Leaf share together, the couple is sitting on some patio chairs with beers in front of them.

"This view never gets old, does it?" Leaf chuckles to his lover before he takes a swig of his beer.

"Nope, never," Arrow replies to him quickly. "We really are lucky to live the lives we live."

"You know that I am most grateful to have you in my life, right?" Leaf asks him quickly as they lock eyes.

"I know," Arrow smiles back to his lover. "What has gotten into you lately? You're being very romantic."

Leaf shrugs back to him with a grin on his face. "Is it wrong that I am in love with you?"

"I love you too," Arrow says as he leans over and kisses Leaf on the lips. "Do you want to take this inside? I could give you another kind of vitamin D," he winks."

Leaf's eyes fill with lust as he kisses Arrow again. "I thought you'd never ask," he smiles in between kisses. "I hope you're in the mood to ride?"

"Always," Arrow says as he stands up and the lovers rush towards their bedroom, eager to have passionate sex with one another.

/\/\/\

The following morning, Arrow opens the door to the Barracuda Blue and heads towards Café Tropical to have a quick breakfast before he starts his working day. He has a grin on his face as the previous night he and Leaf had hot, intense sex with one another. Obviously, being with his partner in that way leaves him in a very good mood.

He moves into the café and finds an open table on the patio and he takes a seat. Within a few minutes, Alex is bringing him a coffee and he orders his ham and cheese omelet. He looks out at the waves softly crashing into he beach and he gets a smile on his face. He recalls how the previous night he told Leaf that they are blessed to have this life, and he means it.

And, he owes it all to Orvilla. Arrow was just in high school when he met Orvilla, who was working as an intern for a fashion house in Honolulu. Arrow was taken, immediately, by her beautiful and how she demanded the attention of a room whenever she entered it. At the time, Arrow was in rough shape. He had just come out to his conservative parents, who did not take the news very well. His father was born and raised in Michigan while his mother was a native Hawaiian. In Hawaiian culture's, being gay or transgendered is celebrated, but a white man from Michigan would not hear of that. He kicked Arrow out of their family home, which resulted in Arrow living on the streets for a while until he was able to find a couch to crash on.

Which is why he is so grateful to Orvilla. Not only did she befriend him quickly, but she gave him a job as her assistant as she was working at a local fashion design house in Honolulu. The pay cheque was able to allow Arrow the resources he required to get his own apartment, clothing, food and all the other life needs.

After Samuel started Meccanica and the Barracuda Blue opened, it was Orvilla that suggested that Arrow become the resort maintenance man, which he continued to do until Samuel's passing. Once Orvilla took over as the CEO of the company, he got promoted to resort manager and he was able to hire Leaf as the tennis instructor on the resort. Arrow believes that had he not met Orvilla when he did, his life would be very different than what it has become. Hell, he doesn't even know if he would have survived the streets.

As a result, Arrow, almost, feels indebted to his friend. He will do anything to help her accomplish her goals because she has helped him accomplish his.

He takes a sip of his coffee and continues to look at the Pacific Ocean crashing into the beach. "Yea, I'm a lucky man, and I owe it all to my friend, Orvilla."

/\/\/\

Later that morning, Arrow opens the door to Orvilla's office at the Barracuda Blue and moves inside. He can see that she has somewhat of a frown on her face, so he can tell that something is troubling her.

"Morning, what's going on? You look like you're about to have steam coming out of your ears," he chuckles as he moves closer to her large desk.

Orvilla looks back at her friend with a heavy sigh. "You know me too well."

"That I do, so what is it? More bad press from the Pink Roses launch?" he asks her.

"No, but it is related," she says as she stands from her desk. "I've had to lower some of the prices on some of the suites," she explains to him. "Since the launch, sales and bookings have been down, so I am hoping that this will bring people back to the Barracuda Blue."

"That's a good idea," Arrow replies to her quickly. "But I know how much you hate putting the resort on discount. Still, I can relay this to Carson and he can share with Chloe and the other front desk staff."

"Your damn right I hate it!" Orvilla hisses. "This place shouldn't be discounted; it is one of the most beautiful resorts in the world."

"I don't disagree with that," Arrow nods back to her. "I actually think that this will work; short term pain for a longer-term gain, right?"

"I am hoping you're right. Anyways, I am glad that you're Justin, we need to talk, and I'm afraid that you won't like what I have to say."

Arrow arches his eyebrow back to her. "You have my attention, what is going on? And how can I help?"

Orvilla uneasily chuckles back to him. "We have been friends for so long, and you know that I cherish that, right?"

"You're scarring me," he laughs back to her. "What's going on? Talk to me, Orvilla."

"This is about my plan to ensure all of the Thornton children are unable to become CEO of Meccanica," she explains to him. "I have taken care of Lyzz, so my next target is Liam. That's where you, and Leaf, come into play."

"Me and Leaf? You'll have to spell this out for me, because I am not sure I know where this is going."

"Sit down," Orvilla tells her friend. "And before you say anything, please keep an open mid. This will work, you just have to be onboard, and then you'll have to convince Leaf of the same thing."

/\/\/\

A rattled Arrow quickly walks through the resort towards the exit. He passes some guests and doesn't stop to greet them, which is unlike him, but after hearing Orvilla's plan, he must find Leaf to talk to him about it. He isn't sure what to think of Orvilla's plan, but he knows that they must ensure Liam can't over as CEO because otherwise their world's, and lives, could change drastically. He just hopes that Leaf sees it that way.

"I'm glad I found you before you left," Arrow announces as he opens the front door to their guest cottage, where he sees Leaf wearing a polo and shorts about to grab a bottle of water. Next to him is his tennis bag.

"You're back already?" Leaf asks him in confusion. "Normally I don't see you until the end of the day. I must get going, I'm meeting Liam at the tennis courts for his practice. He has a tournament coming up and we need to perfect his slice serve today."

"The practice can wait," Arrow moves closer to him. "We have to talk. Our futures could depend on it."

Leaf gulps heavily back to him. "You never talk this way, what the hell is going on?"

"It's a long story," Arrow sighs back to him. "But in Samuel Thornton's will, there was a clause stating that when all of his children turned 18, each of them would have the opportunity to take over the CEO position of Meccanica."

"Whoa," Leaf looks back at him in surprise. "Isn't Rachelle about to turn 18?"

"Exactly," Arrow nods back to him. "That's why Orvilla has come up with a plan, or plans, so to speak to ensure that she remains the CEO of the company. If any of the children take over the company, we could all be out of jobs."

"And our lives would change drastically," Leaf clues into what Arrow is saying. "So, this plan? What does Orvilla want to do with Liam?"

"That's where you come in," Arrow looks back at him with intent. "Orvilla…well, she, uh, she wants you to seduce Liam."

"What?" Leaf asks with a chuckle. "But I am in a monogamous relationship with you and am in love with you."

"I know that; we both know that," Arrow replies to him. "We've talked about being open before, consider this…a free pass? Come on, Liam isn't a bad looking guy, you can fuck his ass, enjoy it, and come back to me. It just nneds to happen once. What do you say, Leaf? Fuck Liam so we can stay employed?"

/\/\/\

"Okay, great, when you toss the ball up in the air, really stretch your leg arm up, it will help you make sure your toss is worthy of hitting," Leaf tells Liam as they stand across from one another on the tennis courts of the Barracuda Blue. "You don't have to hit every single toss if it's gone array."

"Yea, thanks for the reminder," Liam nods back to him. "I sometimes forget that because I don't want to piss off the other player."

Leaf chuckles back to him. "Don't worry about him, remember to only focus on yourself."

"I wanna try five more serves, then we can take a break?"

"Yea, sounds good. Don't overhit the slice serves, but add top spin, really hit through the ball," Liam tells him, as he moves to the back of the court to return the serves.

The first serve is a slice serve out wide; the ball hits the line; Leaf stretches for it and manages to return the serve. He gets a grin on his face.

"That was sweet," he chuckles to him. "The ball was spinning away from me, great work."

The second serve is a hard, flat serve up the line. The ball misses the line, but Leaf still returns the serve back to Liam, who catches the ball.

"Just long, hey?"

"Yea, it's about the snap of your wrist," Leaf tells him. "You'll get there, not every serve has to be in."

The third serve is about hard, flat serve up the line, this time, however, the serve catches the line. It was so powerful that Leaf isn't able to get his racket on it. Liam gets a grin on his face at the fact that he just aced his coach.

"Oh, damn man, that was a good serve," Leaf looks back at him with a grin on his face. "Good job."

"Thanks Leaf, I like impressing you," he winks back to him. "I know I said five serves, but I am smoking hot, let's grab some water and sit in the shade?"

"Yup," Leaf nods as he rushes towards the bench. When Liam gets to the bench, Leaf playfully slaps his ass. "Good work out there, stud."

Liam looks back at his coach in surprise. He has had many fantasies of a scene like this unfolding before, and even masturbated to the idea, but he's not dreaming right now. Leaf just hit his ass and called him a stud. He feels his cheeks flush.

"Ah, sorry, I didn't mean to embarrass you," Leaf notes back to him, seeing him turn red.

"I…I guess I wasn't expecting that, that's all."

"I hope I didn't overstep," Leaf grins back to him. "It's just, I've seen the way you've looked at me before and, I mean, I am a man."

Liam looks at his big biceps and licks his lips together. "Yea, you are a good-looking man, I've noticed that for a long time."

Leaf chuckles back to him. "See, no harm in two studs checking each other out, right? Especially since we are seeing all of our, uh, assets in motion."

"You've noticed my ass?"

"How could I not?" Leaf winks back to him. "Anyways, we are getting more heated out here. Drink some water."

"Yea, I'm definitely feeling hotter now," Liam admits to him. "I really wasn't expecting this today. But definitely not complaining."

"Good, neither am I."

/\/\/\

Arrow moves into the main bedroom of the guest cottage that he shares with Leaf. He is rattled by Orvilla's request that Leaf seduce Liam; he knows that he presented the idea to Leaf as a way for them to save their current lifestyle, but he really doesn't like the idea of Leaf having sex with Liam. That being said, everything is already in motion, and now, he has to finish finalizing the plan.

He moves over to the dresser where he sees a framed picture of him and Leaf. He picks it up and looks at how happy they look. The picture if their Christmas picture from a few years earlier. The small caption reads, "Merry Christmas, from the Justin's".

"I have to get it together," Arrow whispers to himself as he places the picture back on the dresser. "He will only sleep with Liam once, and then he will come back to me, and everything will be normal. The alternative is that we all get fired and won't have the income levels that we are accustom too. This will mean nothing. Absolutely nothing."

Next to the picture, he places a small device and sighs. "This will ensure that Leaf and Liam are caught on camera," he tells himself. "That way, Orvilla will have proof that Liam slept with his coach. The tennis tour has strict rules against this, so if he ever tries anything, she will ruin his tennis career before it even begins."

He runs his hand through his hair hoping that he is doing the right thing by executing this plan of Orvilla's. The last thing he wants to do is ruin his relationship with Leaf. "We've already talked about being open, this is just…a good first step."

He looks at his watch and realizes that the tennis practice might almost be over, so he needs to leave in case the two men come back here to have sex. He rushes out of the bedroom and out the front door of the cottage. The smell of ocean hits his nose; normally he stops to breathe it in, but he is on a rush, so he barely notices it. He freezes, however, when he gets to the tennis courts. He can see Leaf putting his hand on Liam's ass and squeezing it, while they are kissing one another by the bench. He feels his heart sink into his stomach at the sight.

"It's happening," he whispers to himself. "It's really happening."

/\/\/\

On the tennis courts, Liam pulls away from Leaf as they just shared a kiss with one another. After taking a water break, the men found themselves talking, once again, about their mutual attraction to one another. Liam, still, can't believe that this is happening as he has thought about it for so long. He places his hand on Leaf's muscular chest and looks back into his eyes. On the other side of the tennis courts, Marco sees the kiss and feels his face flush. He had finally got the courage to come and talk to Liam, only to see him making out with his coach. Marco rushes away unseen, feeling embarrassed and flustered.

"Are you, uh, sure you want to do this?" Liam finds himself asking his coach back on the tennis court.

Leaf looks back into his eyes with lust. "Why would you ask that?" he asks with a chuckle. "Haven't I made it clear that I think you're a babe?"

"You have," Liam nods back to him. "It's just…I know that you're with Justin, I mean Arrow…I don't want to be a homewrecker or anything."

"You won't be," Leaf replies to him quickly. "The truth is, Arrow and I, we have been talking about being open for a while now. As long as you're okay with no strings, this can, and should, happen," he replies to him as he grabs Liam's hand and puts it on his crotch, where Liam can feel the growing member in his shorts.

"Wow," Liam looks down at the shorts that are filling out before he looks back at Leaf. "You're…a big boy."

"You made it that way," Leaf leans in and kisses him again. "And I think you should help me finish what we've started."

They kiss again as Leaf grabs Liam's ass again, this time with more force. "No one will be in my cottage, let's go there?"

Liam finds himself nodding back to Leaf, as they grab their tennis bags and scurry towards the cottage house.

/\/\/\

"Marco? Marco, wait up," Kelvin rushes up to the lifeguard, who is storming towards the staff lounge at the Barracuda Blue. Kelvin knows that he has been trying to get Marco's attention for a while, and he thought he made some progress the other day when he went swimming, but he has never seen the lifeguard in such a tizzy before. "What's going on? You are on super high speed or something."

"It's…it's nothing," Marco waves his hand in the air. "I just saw something that I never thought I'd see, that's all."

"Do you want to talk about it? It might be good to get it off your chest?" Kelvin suggests to him as he puts his hand on Marco's shoulder. "And I'm a good listener."

"No, I don't want to talk about it, and even if I did, I would find one of my friends, not a stranger, no offence, Kelvin," Marco says back to him quickly, crushing Kelvin's spirit in the process. "If you'll excuse me, I have to get changed and out to the pool."

"Yea, of course," Kelvin whispers back to him, wondering if Marco will ever see him as anything other then the bellhop.

/\/\/\

About forty-five minutes later, Liam's legs are on Leaf's shoulders, which he is holding in place as Leaf thrusts deep into Liam. Liam is moaning in pleasure as Leaf continues as his rapid pace. Within a few minutes, Liam groans loudly as he reaches his climax.

"Oh damnnn," Leaf says at the sight as he pulls out and ends up finishing all over Liam's chest.

In the aftermath, Leaf falls next to Liam and looks into his eyes before he leans over and kisses him. "That was…."

"Really hot?" Liam finishes his sentence.

"Yea, really hot," Leaf replies to him. "I don't know why it took us so long to do that."

"Neither do, but I needed it more than you know."

"You're a bit messy, why don't you hit the shower and we can go finish our practice?" Leaf suggests to him. "We might hit better now that we got that out of our systems?"

"That sounds like a plan," Liam winks as he rolls off the bed and heads to the shower.

Alone on the bed, Leaf runs his hand through his hair before he covers his mouth, reeling that he actually slept with another man other than Arrow. He is having so many mixed emotions right now, and he is completely unaware that the small camera was recording the entire event.

/\/\/\

Arrow sits at the bar in Café Tropical with a whiskey in front of him. He is looking at the screen of his phone, subtly, so he can see what the camera he planted in his bedroom is recording. He takes a hearty sip of the whiskey when he sees Liam and Leaf climax, almost at the same time, as both men clearly enjoyed the pleasure each other were providing the other. He sets his phone down with a loud sigh. He slams the whiskey back and then stands up. Alex notices and moves over to him, so Arrow hides his phone his pocket.

"I'm done with that," Arrow tells Alex, who grabs the empty glass and the hotel manager leaves the Café.

He moves to the elevators and moves when Kelvin steps off with a luggage trolly. "Hey boss," Kelvin waves to him, but Arrow ignores him and steps on the elevator and pushes the button for the third floor. Once he gets there, he makes a beeline towards Orvilla's office.

He opens the door and looks at her with intent. "Justin? What is it? You look like you've seen a ghost? Are you okay?" she asks him quickly.

He throws his phone down onto the desk. "It's done," he whispers back to her. "Leaf slept with Liam, and there's video evidence."

"That was fast!" Orvilla claps her hands together. "This is perfect, now we have what we need to keep Liam in place."

"I hope you're happy," he looks back at her, ignoring that she is pleased. "Because this feels horrible for me…my partner just fucked another man, so this better damn well be worth it, Orvilla because a part of me thinks that I just lost the best thing that's ever happened to me."