The water was on their shoulder lever, and the hot tub was foaming, so nobody could see what they were doing inside the hot tub. Gaius enjoyed it until he heard the sound of a young boy suddenly called him, "Mom, what are you doing with Uncle Reed?" 

Both Reed and Gaius stopped their activity as they darted their eyes at the same time towards the clueless Hermes. 

Hermes was carrying a tube as he was heading to the slide. He could just teleport as usual, but he wanted that experience of climbing the stairs to the top of the slide. 

Then on his way, he saw his Mom and Uncle Reed were chilling inside the hot tub with foaming water on their shoulder level. 

Mom was sitting very close to Uncle Reed, and his expression was very strange as if he was trying to hold his voice for something. 

Thus, Hermes repeated his question, "Mom, what are you doing with Uncle Reed?" 

"O—Oh… it's nothing, Son. We're just relaxing in the hot tub because we're tired," Gaius replied nervously. He tried to break free and distance himself from Reed, but he suddenly lost his strength again. 

Because Reed didn't seem to be nervous at all, in fact, he had a little devilish smirk on his face. 

"Really? Your face is red, Mom…." Hermes pointed out Gaius' obvious blush. 

Gaius got nervous and shook his head, "It's because the tub is really hot, so I can't help but get red as well, haha…." 

"Why are you sitting so close with Uncle Reed?" Hermes asked out of curiosity. He had never been in a hot tub, after all, so he didn't know much about it.

"That's because this spot is the best spot," Reed replied instead to lift some nervousness from Gaius' shoulder.

"Really?" Hermes frowned. "Do you need me to do anything, Mom? Do you need a drink?" Hermes offered like an obedient child.

"Y—You don't need to, just go and have fun. You want to play the slides, right?" Gaius replied. 

"Un… can I play in the hot tub as well?" Hermes asked. The foam in the hot tub looked so fun to play with. 

"T—This is only for adults. Just go and play in the slides," Gaius warned. "Don't question any further. Go and play now."

Hermes felt something was amiss, but he didn't dare to anger his beloved Mom. Since his Mom said that he just wanted to relax, so Hermes took it as a fact and finally left his Mom and Uncle alone. He headed to the slide to play instead. 

Gaius took a deep, relieved breath after Hermes finally left. Reed was satisfied with it, so he just released Gaius out of his body manipulation power. 

Gaius distanced himself from Reed. His face was flushed red as he glared at Reed, who leaned at the edge of the hot tub. He spreader his arm and rested his arms at the edge of the tub. He raised his brow and smirked, "What's wrong, brother-in-law? Why do you look so hostile to me?"

"You—You're hard…." Gaius said, pointing out how that big cock was rubbing against his ass. 

"Ah, isn't that a natural reaction? Of course, when you rub mine with your supple butt, I'll get hard. It's very natural, don't think about it too much," Reed replied. 

Gaius was conflicted. True, it was just a natural reaction when you had your cock rubbed with something. But that didn't make everything okay, especially on his side, because he was married to another man.

Yet, he didn't know how to get angry at Reed because he was trying to help.

In the end, Gaius could only blame himself for what had just happened. He also didn't know if this itching would continue, but he promised that he wouldn't ask for Reed's help in the future.

He should, and he must control himself!

"D—Don't tell this to Clarke. He might have a different view over this," Gaius said. He thought that Clarke might think he was cheating, while Reed was just trying to help him.

Though, Gaius wouldn't lie that he felt Reed was very unscrupulous with his method as if he wanted Gaius to feel the forbidden pleasure that would waver his loyalty to Clarke.

Yeah, that would never happen because Gaius' love for Clarke was rock solid. 

[For real, though, in the character background, Gaius is in love with Clarke that much?]

[Pupa: Yes, apparently, Gaius met Clarke when he was in a pinch since his first day of being a superhero. Clarke saved him, and after that, Gaius had always looked up to Clarke.]

[Pupa: His admiration grew into love, and Clarke also happened to fall in love with him. Thus they got married after four years in a relationship, and now they had two kids, Hermes and Artemis.]

[Pupa: Gaius is not an adamant cheater like you.]

[Hey! What's that last line for!]

"Don't tell my brother? Why? I want to tell him that you've been feeling unwell for a few days, and it might be the deed of some supervillains. Who knows he can get you treated," Reed said. "I'll also tell him how can I treat you temporarily, so in case Clarke wants to do it, he knows how."

Gaius immediately imagined Reed trying to explain how he rubbed Gaius' chest and fiddling with his nipples, complete with rubbing his big cock against his brother's wife's butt.

No matter how they tried to make it sound proper, they just couldn't. Because what they, Gaius, and Reed did was basically sexual! 

Gaius got scared imagining how angry Clarke would be once he found out that he let Reed touched and fiddled with his nipple, even went as far as sharing a hot tub together. 

Thus, Gaius shook his head immediately, "Please don't. Just… please don't report this to Clarke, I beg you! He will assume the wrong thing!"

Reed only had a grin on his face, "Ah, does that mean you have a different idea of what we did just now?"