Chapter 8



The following morning came, the sun shone brighter than it had ever shone before, the birds sang more beautifully than they had ever sang before, the air smelled sweeter than it had ever smelled before. Everything to two baby boys in love felt new, bright, better, more cheerful, just more. Todd and Kyle woke up at almost the exact same time, as they usually did, but this morning they did not move. They were facing each other, their noses were very nearly pressed together, their legs were intertwined, their arms wrapped lovingly around each other. They did not even open their eyes, everything just felt too beautiful and they did not want to ruin it by moving too soon.


For more than half an hour they laid like that, just cuddling, just being, not moving, not speaking, yet more was being said in their feelings than ever before. The night before, they made love to each other; sweet, passionate, tender, gentle lovemaking in all its glory is what they shared the night before. They still felt as they did when they passed out the night before, and neither wished for it to ever end.

Sadly, though, as all good things must, end it did. Both their stomachs had been growling since the first moment they had waken up, it was now getting to the point where they were more hungry than they had ever been before. They had expended far more energy the night before than either was used to, and dinner was a very long time ago now, especially considering the two lovebirds slept in a full two hours late.


With all that, they had to get up and get breakfast right away or they might not survive much longer. Still without saying anything at all, they both threw off the sleeping bag at the same time and finally opened their eyes. Still they said nothing. They leaned into each other, the last centimeter, and pressed their lips together and kissed for just a few seconds. Finally they got up, dug through their packs for a pair of pants and some socks and put them on, and then exited the tent. The cool morning mountain breeze felt good on their bare chests, they both sighed deeply, stretched satisfactorily, and finally they spoke.


“I don't know about you Baby, but I slept better last night than I ever have in my life.” Todd sighed.


“Yeah, me too. I love you so much, I hope you know that.”


“And I hope you know I love you that much and more. I also realized something as I fell asleep last night. It wasn't your dad I made love to, it was you, I love you, not your dad. Sure, I loved him with all my heart, I still do and I'll miss him for the rest of my life, but it was you I made love to, you I gave my heart and soul to last night, and you I wish to share it all and more 'til the day I die.”


“I realized the exact same things last night, I guess in my dreams, because I don't even remember anything at all after my last cum.”


“No, you passed out just as you came down. I'll get the fire this morning if you wanna get breakfast started.”


“Okay, but I don't know about you, but there's no way I can wait for breakfast, so as soon as we're done, I need a snack. I say some of our trail mix and a hunk of jerky.”


“I could go for that as well, and considering breakfast will probably take almost an hour still, it's damn near mandatory with me, so come on.”


“Me too.”


They went and got their chores done, and as soon as they were, Kyle, who finished first, had grabbed their snacks down and they both sat back and enjoyed a small snack to tide them over until breakfast was ready. Once they finished that, some water was brought up and half was put into their filter jugs and the other half was put on to heat up, so that they could brush their teeth and wash their faces. Kyle told Todd that he was going to go get their diapers and wring them out as well, so he did so, and they were put into the other pot so that any remaining water could be used to rinse them. It was determined that there would not be enough water for that, so more was added to the pot on the fire.


Finally everything was good to go for them to make breakfast, and this morning they went with breakfast wraps and fried potatoes with onions and peppers. The water that they had used to re-hydrate the onions and peppers was poured into the egg mix, so that any extra flavor that came out into the water could then flavor the egg mix as well, and a little while later they were cooking, and then finally eating.


“Wow, that was really good. We're eating better camping than I normally do at home, and a far cry better than even the last time your dad and I went camping.” Todd sighed deeply as he finished his last bite, which I might add put him to well past capacity.


“Oh yeah, for sure. I have no idea how my mom could say she doesn't like the dehydrated food, because, to me at least, there's no difference at all. Dad and I learned a huge amount though over the past few years, and he got super good at it, and I think I'm getting almost as good at it as well.”


“I don't know either, but whatever, she doesn't have to eat it if she doesn't want to, but I agree with you, I hardly can tell the difference at all, and it certainly isn't a bad difference either. I'd still prefer real eggs, because that's really the only thing I can tell with. Mind you, I don't like drinking powdered milk at all.”


“Well, you don't drink the powdered milk silly, you're supposed to mix it with water and let it sit for a good hour first.” Kyle giggled, shaking his head and all.


“Funny, real funny.” Todd deadpanned.


“I know, I'm just a real comedian, aren't I. Dad told me that all the time.” Kyle said, continuing to giggle.


“You really are the exact same as he was, because I used to tell him the same thing.”


“Thanks.” He smiled brightly.


“You're welcome, because that is the best compliment a guy could get if you ask me.”


“Well, should we clean up now, and then get our diapers rinsed and hung up to dry?”


“Yes, and no, we should wash out these diapers real quick first after getting the dishes taken care of, then we should rinse them all. We'll just have to put them all into one of the bags 'til we reach the next lake though, because we should get going pretty quick so that we can get set up and relax some.”


“Ah, good point, and sure, that sounds fine though. Hopefully they won't be too heavy when wet though, because we don't really wanna be carrying too much unnecessary weight.”


“We'll be fine, don't worry about that.”

They went about taking care of all their chores, and before too long they were almost ready to go. They had packed up all their gear after cleaning up, got everything ready to go, and then their final chore before leaving was to douse the fire well. Then they realized that the pots were at the bottom of their packs. Todd actually said a choice swear word when he realized what they had done, called himself an idiot, Kyle laughed and said he was too for not realizing it, and then they dug one of them out, the one in Kyle's pack was easiest to get to, and then put out the fire.


After packing their things once more, they took off for the next leg of their trip. This hike was almost two and a half hours long, but because it was mostly flat land, with only a few hills to climb and or go down, it was a nice relaxing hike for the two of them. At most times during the hike they were holding hands as the lovers they were, they were not really worried about anyone coming along and seeing them, because in most cases they would be able to hear someone coming long before they would see them, and they would be able to let go at any time quickly enough at any rate.


When they arrived to the lake, they found that once again they were alone. They came onto the lake near to the middle of it, and it was a beautiful lake. It was almost twice as large as the lake they had just left, though it too was not overly large. The mountains loomed over the lake, framing it in, but on the side that they entered from, which is also the side that one would camp on, the mountain was several hundred meters behind them, and the land leading to the lake was very nearly level, only just a very slight slope. There were almost twice as many campsites on this lake as there had been on the last one, but they were a little smaller, still very nice though, and at least right on the water. There were still picnic tables as well, but none of the fire pits were quite as nice, but would still suffice nicely.


Kyle whistled and said, “Nice place.”


“Yeah, it is pretty nice, isn't it. And we can go swimming here. Granted, it's still bloody cold, but at least you won't get hypothermia from it.”


“That's fine with me, I'm used to swimming in cold water, we did it all the time at home.”


“Yeah, and it's probably about the same here, so you should be good. Let's get set up, and then I think that we could probably go swimming.”


“Okay.”


They quickly got everything all set up, started the fire so that they could have lunch soon, as well as the warmth would feel very good after the frigid water, they even hung their still wet diapers in the tent so that they could dry. They refilled their water jugs and then even put a pot of water onto some stones right next to the fire to start heating up. Finally they were ready and stripped down bare so that they could go swimming, both figuring that they would be more than safe to do so. They swam and cleaned for only maybe twenty minutes before the coldness just got to be too much, and even Kyle admitted that if he stayed in any longer that he was going to get a headache from it, similar to getting an ice cream headache.


They hopped out and dried off, put on fresh diapers and got dressed, put their wet diapers into the lake once again to let them soak, and then got started on some lunch. Today they were going to have some soup and trail mix, so that was all prepared and then they sat down to eat once it was ready.


“Mmm, that was really good, I love split pea soup, it's my favorite.” Kyle sighed as he finished his last bite.


“Me too. Funny thing though was that was the only soup your dad couldn't even try, and it wasn't because he didn't like it either, he just couldn't try it, always said it looked like bad vomit to him.” Todd laughed.


“I know. He asked me how I could eat it, but I'd tried it at a friends place once when I was there for lunch and I loved it. Any time after that that we went to a restaurant and they had it, I just had to have it, so did. My mom would make it for me as well, but no matter what my mom said, he just wouldn't try it. She didn't care for it herself actually, so she made it just for me.”


“Yeah, my mom used to make it for me and my dad all the time, we loved it, she didn't, and of course your dad wouldn't even try it. Let's get cleaned up then Baby and go get more firewood. At least there was enough here already for us for lunch, but there's almost nothing left and we're gonna need more.”


“Okay.”


So that was what they did. After cleaning up their lunch dishes, they went and scoured the area looking for good firewood to use. Todd had the bow saw once again and Kyle had the hatchet. They came back an hour later with the last of their wood, having gathered more than enough for a good couple days. They would be camping here now for the remainder of their time, except their last night, and would just take a few day trips until then, whenever they decided that was. As soon as they sat down, Kyle stoked up the fire and got it going again, then sat back and sighed.


“Mmmhmm, this is the life. It's so quiet and peaceful here, there's no one else, possibly for kilometers anywhere near here. Think we'd be safe to make love on the beach under the stars tonight?”


“More than likely, because no one in their right mind would hike at night unless they had no other choice, and if there's no one here by then, there shouldn't be.” Todd said, going painfully hard inside his diaper.


“I don't know about that, Dad and I did night hikes. Mind you, they were just short hikes around the area we were already in, and the area was reasonably flat. I suppose the odds of someone coming all this way is pretty small though.”


“Yeah.”


They sat there talking for a while longer, mostly just laying back and relaxing though. It was so very peaceful that they ended up not even talking for more than an hour, just sat there side by side, holding each others hands, enjoying the sounds of nature all around them and the soft crackling of the small fire they had going. It was also very romantic, both thought.


They ended up staying right where they were until dinner time, and when they decided that they should probably get some food, they decided what they wanted and then they both helped to get it ready. For the rest of the evening, they played some cards and talked, and then after dark, they did go down to the lake, where they stripped each other bare, put their wet diapers with the other two that were still in the lake, and then in the tall grass by the lake, they laid down and made love to each other.


Todd had grabbed the lube, and when they made it to where they wanted to go, they laid down in a sixty nine and sucked each other in while preparing each other for entry. Once they were ready, which meant that they both fired once and had three fingers inside each other, Todd offered Kyle the first go this time, and he was only too happy to do so.


Kyle lasted only about five minutes, but once he came down, they traded places, and Todd made love to Kyle. After coming down once again, they traded places and started all over again, and then once more after that. They made sweet love to each other twice, kissing and petting each other softly as they did. By the time that they were done, the moon and stars were very bright in the night sky, they rolled onto their backs, clasped hands and stared up at the wild beauty above them. It was without a doubt the most romantic thing that either had ever dreamed possible.


Finally though they were getting very tired, so they headed back up to their tent. They had already put out their fire, so they were good to go to bed. After crawling in, they diapered each other, crawled into their sleeping bag, kissed for another minute or two, and then fell fast asleep.


The next four days flew by for the two lovers, and before they knew it, it was nearing time that they should think about heading out. The past three nights they had been unable to make love on the beach, because they had gained a few other campers, but the night before they arrived, the two of them did make love on the beach once more. The rest of the time they had to be far more careful and only made love to each other in their tent. Thankfully the sites were separated enough that there was little chance of anyone hearing, and it was nice that the others all took sites as far from others as they could get, so they were not disturbed either. Washing and rinsing their diapers was a little more of a chore now with others there, but thankfully no one seemed to notice at all, and though Kyle cared very little if someone saw, Todd cared a great deal, so he was at least glad that they were not caught washing them.


During those few days, they did make several hikes, and the one day they hiked to both the other lakes that were in area, and Kyle did have to agree with Todd in that they were nice hikes, but not so nice lakes to camp on. The one lake had no cover whatsoever, there were no trees within a couple hundred meters of the lake, it was really rocky, and the wind was horrible. The other lake though was just a large rocky slope all the way around the lake, but was actually the nicest lake of the four, which was really too bad, because it would have been a nice lake to camp on, had there been anywhere at all to camp. They also went on other hikes and found a beautiful waterfall that led to the lake they were staying at, and they even sat on the edge of a cliff overlooking the entire river valley that Todd would soon be moving to, it was a very beautiful sight. Kyle had asked to be made love to right there and then, but it was too risky and they decided that they had better not. It would have been perfectly safe, had they decided to do so, because no one came around, but how could they have known that.


Just after breakfast on the day they decided would be their last day at that lake, they packed up all their things, checked to make sure they had everything just as they found it, and grabbed up their packs. Once more they held hands all the way down to the first lake, except only once when they heard others coming, and that was only for a few minutes. When they made it there, they set up camp in the same site that they had used when they arrived, because it was available, and got everything ready.


This time there were a few other groups there, one of which looked like an entire family, so they were not as free as they were when they first arrived, but still, everyone was far enough away that it did not matter any at all. They stayed the night there, and then the following morning they headed back down so that they could head home. When they made it to the car, they loaded all their gear into it and then headed out. Seconds after pulling away, Kyle sighed.


“Mmm, that was real nice, thanks. That's definitely the nicest camping trip I've ever been on.”


“Me too, I'm glad that you're here and that you wanted to come camping with me. I missed it almost as much as you did.”


“Yeah, I did. I'm glad that I'm here as well though, and after what we've done this past week, I don't honestly know what I'm gonna do once it's time to leave, because I can't leave you.”


“I know how you feel, I don't want to let you go either. We still have six more weeks about before that happens though.”


“Won't be enough time, an eternity won't be enough time, I have to tell my mom that I don't want to go, that I want to stay with you, but I know what her response is gonna be.”


“You can't though, you know that.”


“I know, but I have to. I'm gonna tell her tonight when I call her.”


“You know she'll cry first and then say no though!”


“Yeah, I know. You have contacts at city hall here you said, could you ask around and see if her skills could be used here. If she had a good job to come to, maybe, just maybe she'd agree to it.”


“I'll ask, but her skills are pretty specialized and there's no telling if they have an opening for it here.”


“I know, but the least we can do is ask, because I can't leave you, not now, not ever.”


“I know.”


They talked all the way back home, and as soon as they made it there, they brought all their things in and set it in the kitchen to be dealt with later, and went to the bathroom and started a nice hot bath. They stripped each other and then climbed into the hot frothy water as soon as they were ready, both of them sighing deeply as they sunk into the nice hot water.


The bath felt especially good to them after having bathed in just slightly above freezing water for the past week, and they ended up just laying there soaking for a good half hour before even moving at all. Todd was in the back and Kyle was in front of him, leaning against his man. Finally though they started washing each other tenderly, and before too long, they were almost clean. To finish cleaning though they hopped into the shower and finished off in there. Finally they hopped out, dried off and went and got each other diapered.


“Ahhhh, much better, a nice hot relaxing bath and then an even nicer thick baby diaper. The cloth diapers are fine, but I really do prefer my disposables.” Kyle sighed deeply.


“I bet, now diaper me please Baby.” Because Kyle had gotten to go first, and Todd really wanted to be diapered as well.


Kyle of course smiled brightly and did as he was asked to.


“You really do love your diapers now, just like I do, don't you?”


“Yeah, I think I do. Not sure how or why, or even why anyone would love them, but I do too now.”


“Just because, and there's no better reason than that.” Kyle smiled.


It was after lunch by this time, and now that they were clean, their other needs became apparent, and they wanted food, so they headed to the kitchen to take care of that. After getting their fill, they started the daunting chore of unpacking everything, getting it cleaned and put away, this took more than an hour to do. Finally though they were done.


“Could you call whoever at city hall here and ask around please, so that I know when I call mom later?” Kyle asked.


“Okay, leave it with me and I'll see what I can come up with. Just don't get your hopes up.”


Kyle nodded his head, but Todd was certain that Kyle had already done so. He made the call to the mayor, since that was his main contact there, and who better than the mayor to tell him what was available or not. They talked for a good half an hour before Todd even got to the heart of the matter, Kyle standing there with an overly impatient look on his face the entire time.


“So, Jim, the real reason I'm calling though is that my best friends wife is a public works planner, and since he died, she's by herself raising their son, and since I'm his godfather, I should help to care for him. She's got a good job there, and clearly I can't leave here, but with her limited job availability, it's hard for her to find work in most places. So, what I'm asking is, what are the odds that you need a good public works planner? She's a really good manager, people really like her and she's good to those she leads, and she's really good at what she does.”


“To tell you the truth Todd, normally I'd have to say no, but our public works manager just died of a heart attack less than a week ago, and we haven't even posted his job yet. The problem though is gonna be that technically his job should go to the person beneath him, but she's ready to retire in less than a year, and I know she wants to, so she probably wouldn't even want to take the position. She's been managing just fine, so I'll have to ask her what her intentions are.”


“Would you, and maybe call me back?”


“Actually, if you just hold for a couple minutes, she's in the office next door to me, so it'll only take a minute or two.”


“Sure thing.”


Todd was put on hold, but he did not tell Kyle anything, once again, he did not want to get Kyle's hopes up too much. As it was, Trish might just say no anyway, but at least he would have the information for her. Finally the mayor came back on the line.


“Okay Todd, I talked to her, and she says that while there's no one to take over, she doesn't mind filling in, but that she isn't management material, doesn't want the extra headaches, and wants to retire soon anyway, so said that if I could find someone to replace Alfred soon would be best.”


“Okay, if she's interested, should I give her your number then and have her call you?”


“Sure, but strictly speaking, I'm supposed to put this up for auction essentially and let everyone here bid on the job. The problem is, no one's qualified to do it and it also takes time, so you know what, have her call me and we'll just go from there. I can't make any promises of course, but if she comes from another city, and her boss says she's good, then that's probably gonna be good enough for me.”


“Thanks, I'll have her call you tomorrow then.”


“Great, if this works out, then you'll have saved me a shit load of work.” He laughed.


“Call it favor one canceled if it works out then, because you owe me remember.”


“I remember, don't worry.”


“Well, I'll let you go then, have a good day.”


“And you too, but we should get together and play a round of golf again one of these days.”


“Yeah, we probably should, it's been too long.”


“It has. Well, have a good day Todd, talk to you soon.”


They hung up, and then Todd turned to Kyle and told him all that he knew. Kyle was understandably happy to hear all this.


“So, you're friends with the mayor?”


“Yeah, I got to know him before he became mayor, he's a really nice guy. He used to manage the finance department for the city, and he and I had to work together a lot when I first started here because my firm was designing the new city hall. I ended up winning the design rights for it, and because they had a limited budget of course, he and I had to work closely together to come up with a good design that looked nice, but wasn't gonna bust the budget all to hell.”


“Cool. I hope it works out. So, why does he owe you favors, and how many does he owe you?”


“At least a hundred or so, and most of it's from when we were designing the new city hall. Several things though have been since he became mayor. I also designed his personal house for him for nearly free. There's a few things though that I can't tell even you why he owes me.” Todd grinned.


“Ooh, sounds juicy. Anything horribly illegal?”


“No, not really, just a little immoral, but not really even for me. No, he bypassed a couple bidding processes to have me design things, and of course he was the lead chairperson for the new museum, so his vote meant the most, not that it mattered any anyway, because they all voted for mine without question. Most of it though, should anyone find out, wouldn't necessarily get him fired, but would make him look a little bad, but really, we've never done anything bad.”


“That's good.”


“So, we need to go grocery shopping Baby, because we have no more fresh food in the house and we don't want to use all our provisions, because we're gonna need more pretty soon.”


“Okay, then let's go get dressed and head out.”


They went and did just that and then hit the grocery store. Their diaper stocks were good, but they needed more diaper rash cream, so they went and grabbed that as well. They got everything that they needed from the two stores, but because they were only going to be home for just a couple days, they did not get too much, just enough to last them a few days. Once they got home and unloaded everything, they stripped down to just their diapers once again, and then relaxed for the rest of the day.


After dinner, Kyle said he was going to go cal his mom, so he did, and they talked for a few minutes before Kyle got to the real reason he wanted to talk to her.


“Hey mom, I don't know how to say this, but well, I don't wanna go back there. Before you say no or anything else though, Todd thinks that he might have found you a job here, so I'm gonna let him talk to you now, okay.”


And before Trish could actually say anything further, Todd was passed the phone.


“Hi Trish.”


“Um, hi Todd, what's going on?”


“Well, just like Kyle said, he likes it too much here, he doesn't want to leave here, or me, and truth be told, I don't want him to go either. The mayor here's a really good friend of mine, and he's waiting for you to call him. The manager of their public works department died recently and the lady who'd normally just take over doesn't want to, she's getting ready to retire soon, so she doesn't want the position. If you want it though, it's yours. I know you're only in a temporary position, but this would be a full time position, and management as well, which is what you're actually trained for. I don't know if you actually do the management there or not, but I don't think it'd matter too much. All you have to do is call the mayor tomorrow and talk to him.”


“Let me guess, he's fallen in love with you, and you him. You finally got Kevin, sort of?” Trish had to chuckle lightly, she had wondered, even figured that it was bound to happen.


“Yeah, but in so many ways, so much better too.”


“I'm happy for you two, and not even surprised in the least. I knew the second he let you change his diaper that it was bound to happen, and in a way, I guess I hoped it would too. I'll call the mayor tomorrow then, because I know that if I tore Kyle away from you, it'd hurt him far too much, and he'd resent me for it as well, which wouldn't be good for either of us. I did find out a couple days ago though that my position here will be temporary, and that once the person whose job I've been filling comes back, she'll be taking it. My boss said they were gonna try and find me something else here, but that at this time, there's nothing else, so this might work out for the best. I still have a couple months left, so if the person who's running the department there's good for that long, then we could maybe make it seamless, but I'll talk to him tomorrow. So, what's his information?”


Todd gave Trish all the information that she needed, and then after a few more minutes of chatting, they hung up.


“Well Baby, looks like it might actually all work out.” Todd said and then explained what had been said.


“Wicked. I figured that she'd know about us, it doesn't surprise me in the least, and I'm happy that she's okay with it too.”


“Yeah, me too. Had she have panicked, I'd be in jail in roughly twenty minutes.”


“No kidding.”


They talked for a bit more, then relaxed for the rest of the evening. Once bedtime came around, Kyle wanted to make love once more, Todd was of course more than okay with that, so they made love to each other, just once this evening, but it was very nice none the less.