"You can get your own stuff, once you've earned my trust. I've explained it to you, but you keep forgetting whatever I tell you. In one ear and out the other." Perhaps he just didn't know how to listen. Hobi sighed and reached out to cup his face, gently running a thumb along his lower lip. "I agree. You still have a lot to learn, my love."

But he had just called him his love, so that did mean something. "I will show you the gift I got for you. Maybe that will help you understand."