Disclaimer: the following story is completely fictional. It describes a sexual act between two boys so if you don't like that sort of thing, don't read it!
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Brian heard a soft knock at his door and without looking away from his computer screen said, “Come in.” The reflection of the screen allowed him to see the door open and the dark mop of hair that walked in could only be his younger brother.
The boy walked up behind his chair and put an arm around his shoulders in a half hug as he said, “Hey, how's the best big brother in the world doing?”
Brian mentally sighed. “Simon, what do you want?”
“A small favor.” His brother raised a hand with two fingers slightly separated to emphasize how insignificant the favor was.
Of course, Brian knew if his little brother was putting on such a big show it would be anything but a small favor. He kept his brother waiting for a moment as he blew off the head of a Nazi and then paused his game and said, “Out with it.”
His brother dropped the act and asked in a flat tone, “Will you go trick-or-treating with me and my friends?”
At fourteen Brian considered himself too old for that. Up until two days ago he had intended to go to a party, but he was trying to avoid his classmates now. They were getting annoying. Of course, that didn't mean he wanted to go trick-or-treating either. In fact going outside the house was not high on his priority list right now. “Why are you asking?”
His brother shifted nervously. “Todd's mom won't let him go trick-or-treating without someone she thinks is responsible to make sure we don't get in trouble. His cousin was going to do it but he's coming down with the flu or something. Todd’s mom said you would be all right.”
“She wants me to be in charge of you three?”
“Not in charge,” Simon snapped. “She just wants you to make sure we don't get in trouble. She still doesn't believe the volcano incident was an accident,” his brother trailed off.
Brian smiled at that memory, but was still tempted to say no. In fact he would've said no if it wasn't for three things. He knew his brother had actually saved up money to buy a costume, as had his friends. This would also probably be his brother's last year of trick-or-treating before his mom would say he was too old. The third and probably the most persuasive argument was if he said no now his brother would just go to his mom and she would make him go since he didn't have plans. “All right, I'll take you three around the neighborhood.”
Simon smiled at his easy victory. “Really? Well there is one other thing. Um, Todd's cousin said he would go in costume too. We still have the costume and it might be a bit big, but it would be really cool if you would, um, you know.” His brother put on the puppy eyes and added, “Please?”
He eyed his younger brother suspiciously. “What exactly are you planning?”
Simon's smile spread from ear to ear.
That evening found Brian looking in the mirror and deciding this wasn't so bad. The costume his brother wanted him to wear was pretty simple and almost plain compared to his brother’s. Simon's costume apparently required him to tape up his calves like some sort of kick-boxer. Besides at least his had a mask. “Who am I again?”
“Kakashi,” his brother said as he adjusted a flimsy piece of metal on his own forehead. “You are the teams leader. Just stare at that orange book and you'll look just like him.”
“You mean he puts baby powder in his hair?” Brian had thought his comment would've gotten a laugh out of his brother, but instead he received a glare. “Sorry.”
His brother's brown eyes continued to drill holes through him, but he was saved by the doorbell ringing and their mom shouting up the stairs, “Simon, your friends are here.”
His brother was out of the bathroom before their mom had finished her sentence. Brian spared one last glance at himself in the mirror and decided he would never understand his nerdy brother. Really, going as characters from an Anime show? He doubted anyone would recognize them. Shrugging that off, he headed downstairs.
His brother wasn't particularly popular. Simon liked science and math and just about everything else that made you a nerd. His brother had found friends like him in his grade though and the three of them were currently looking over each other's costume and talking over each other.
Each of the costumes were very different from each other, but they did have some things in common. Each of them wore sandals even though in upstate New York they already had frost this year. They also each had a sort of pouch with several plastic knives in it. The only other thing was the piece of metal they all wore although not in the same place. That reminded him that his brother had asked him to pull his down over his left eye every time they were at a door.
Besides those three features the costumes were very different from each other. His brother wore white shorts and a dark blue shirt with some symbol on his back. Ashley, the girl of the group, had died her hair pink and was dressed in what he thought was bike shorts along with a dress that looked vaguely Chinese and was split on either side up to her thighs.
Todd, the shortest of the group, was dressed in a bright orange jumpsuit that looked to have a couple of random symbols on it. His blond hair was a mess, but it looked intentional. He had also drawn three horizontal lines on either cheek. Brian’s eyes lingered on him. His costume didn't really stand out, but it showed off his body a lot more than his usual baggy clothes did. It made Brian thinks some thoughts he probably shouldn't have about his brother's friend, let alone a kid he had pretty much known all his life.
When the boy's eyes landed on him he snapped out of his fantasy as Todd shouted, “Awesome!”
He was suddenly mobbed by the two newcomers. Ashley and Todd circled him in opposite directions and called out small details of his costumes. Their enthusiasm was contagious and he found himself smiling. His mom reappeared with a camera and took several pictures of the four of them. Brian even joined in posing with the others, glad he was wearing a mask, knowing his brother he would probably want a picture to put in his locker at school. The last thing Brian wanted right now was to catch flak for that.
After the photos were done they set out. It was already getting dark, but that wasn't unusual. The development they lived in had rules about trick-or-treating and it ended at nine o'clock. There were already a lot of ghosts, serial killers and superheroes walking the streets. His three charges bragged they would hit every house which would take about an hour and a half if he remembered correctly.
Trick-or-treating itself was uneventful. The costumes were recognized several times by other kids and a few teenagers who answered the door, but none of the adults had a clue. His brother and friends were having fun and although he didn't carry a pillow like the other three, he was offered candy quite a few times. He ate the small stuff and gave the other stuff to one of his charges.
Towards the end of the night, though, he started to notice something strange. Simon, Ashley and Todd had been friends since the first grade. Ashley was somewhat of a tomboy, but also a science geek like the other two. As he walked behind the trio he noticed a pattern. Whenever Simon and Ashley accidentally brushed against each other they pulled away. He wondered if their relationship might be changing and he wondered what Todd thought of that.
By the end of the night they had hit every house in the development. It had taken a little longer than he had thought, but it was still before nine o'clock. They walked along a small access road to get back home and Todd dropped back from the other two.
It was dark but the stars provided enough light to see his face as he gave him a smile. “Brian, thanks for coming out with us. I know you wanted to go to that party.”
He shrugged, glad the rumor hadn't worked its way down to the lower grades. “Parties are actually pretty boring. Besides, it was kind of fun.”
“Yeah, well, thanks anyways. My mom... well, you know.”
“Yeah, I know.”
They walked in silence for a moment before the boy piped up again. “I got an A on my last history test.”
“So the tutoring paid off?” Brian said feeling a little prideful.
“Yeah, and cheating,” Todd said jokingly.
He swatted at the boy who ducked and they threw a couple of fake punches at each other, both grinning before settling back down. Todd really wasn't bad for a geek Brian thought, and he was pretty cute.
“Are you going to watch the movie with us when we get to your house?” Todd asked suddenly.
Brian frowned, “Don't you guys have to go home? There is school tomorrow.”
“Simon didn't tell you?” The boy gave him a surprised look. “We're sleeping over.”
“Ashley too?”
“Yeah.”
Brian snorted. He wondered how many twelve-year-olds could have a coed sleepover on Sunday night. He couldn't imagine his mom would have agreed to the same thing when he had been Simon's age. Being the oldest could suck sometimes.
“So are you?” Todd prompted.
He mentally shook his head. “No, I'm sure I wouldn't like the movie you picked out. It's an anime, right?”
“Yeah, Perfect Blue, it's about a serial killer, sort of.”
“I think I'll just call it an early night,” Brian said wanting to skirt a debate.
“All right,” Todd said sounding almost disappointed.
When they arrived back home he did just that. As his brother and his friends headed into the family room to use the big screen TV he headed upstairs to shower. He messed around on the computer for a while, but went to bed early, trying not to think about school tomorrow. Brian slept through the night until about 2:30 when a dream he couldn't remember woke him up. Being way too awake to sleep anytime soon he went down to the kitchen for a drink.
As he stood at the top of the stairs in his boxers and a T-shirt, he noticed a glow from the TV screen. For a brief second he wondered if his brother was still awake, but thought it was more likely it had just been left on. He went down the stairs quietly not wanting to wake anyone, but couldn't resist and stuck his head into the room. To his surprise he did find someone awake. “Todd?” he said quietly.
The blonde turned his head towards him a 360 controller in his hand. “Hey.”
“Shouldn't you be asleep?”
“Can't,” the boy answered.
Brian thought for a minute before looking over at Ashley who was sleeping on the love seat and then his brother who had claimed a spot on the floor. “I'm getting a drink, you want anything?”
The boy hesitated before looking back at the screen and said, “Yeah, I'll be with you in a second.”
Brian nodded and went to the kitchen. He got two glasses down from the cabinet, filled them with water from a pitcher and waited for Todd. The boy walked in a moment later dressed in pajamas and took the offered glass. Brian thought he looked tired so something had to be bothering him and he doubted it was too much sugar. “What's up?”
The boy looked at him. “Can you keep a secret?”
He raised an eyebrow at that. “My parents still believe the last microwave broke because of old age.”
Todd smiled weakly his thin lips in a tight line. “Yeah, I'm really sorry about that,” he trailed off, obviously remembering how cool it had been. “Anyway , last night Simon and Ashley kissed. They said they're dating, but I'm supposed to be the only one who knows.”
Brian nodded, not really surprised. It wasn't just what he had seen tonight, his mom used to joke about it. Of course, he could see two reasons why Todd wasn't happy about this. “So, were you hoping to be the one to kiss her?”
The blonde rolled his eyes, “No, she's just my friend.”
“So you're afraid they won't hang out with you anymore?” Brian said, asking the next obvious question.
Todd seemed to consider his question this time, but shook his head. “No. I think we'll still be friends.”
“So why can't you sleep?”
The boy bit his lip and looked down before looking back a bit nervously and answering his question with one of his own. “Is the rumor going around school true?”
A pit opened up in Brian's stomach. He opened his mouth to deny it or at least offer the counter rumor, but Todd was hoping for a different answer and he realized his first question had been close to the truth, he had just picked the wrong one of the trio. “Let's go to my room.”
Todd quietly followed him upstairs and into his room. Brian sat on his bed and he gestured for the boy to sit in his computer chair. Todd sat in the chair and pulled his knees up to his chin protectively. The position made the boy look smaller than usual. It took Brian another moment to summon up his courage though.
Taking a deep breath, Brian said, “It's true. I sucked off Chad. I did it to him several times and he did it to me several times. The little bastard blabbed it to everyone because I didn't want to come out.” He put the last word in air quotes.
“So you're gay, right?” Todd asked wanting to be sure.
Brian looked at the floor. He had thought those words, but never said them. “Yeah, I guess.”
The room fell silent for a moment. Brian's ears burned to hear something and he never realized how quiet his house could be. The sound of the wind blowing against the windows and the distant ticking of the hallway clock was all he could hear.
“I'm gay too.”
Todd had spoken the words softly, but Brian felt a little reassured by them, which was funny because he had wanted to comfort Todd. Remembering that, he tried to push his own feelings aside and looked back up at Todd. “So you were hoping to kiss my brother?”
The boy smiled showing his white teeth. “Yeah, I kind of knew it wouldn't happen, but you know, I like to think it would. I lost that hope today. Did you ever have a crush on a friend?”
Brian nodded. “It's no fun. I mean, I eventually got over it, but hearing that doesn't help.”
“How did you get over it?”
He smiled at the question. “I fell for someone else.”
That got a smile out of Todd, and then he asked a question Brian wished he hadn't. “So did you like Chad?”
“No.”
“So why did you do that stuff with him, then?”
Todd's question was simple, but Brian wasn't really sure he could answer. “I don't know. It was stupid. I don't know if you know or not but Chad is really feminine. I mean he's almost just like a stereotype. A few weeks ago I probably hadn't said more than ten words to him, but we got assigned a project together and I don't know... it just sort of happened. I guess anyone could do it once – well, it's kind of what you want, you know?” He realized he was rambling, but he didn't really know why he had done it. Maybe he was just lonely, but he didn't want to say that.
“So, what, your pants just fell down?” Todd asked innocently.
Brian glared at the other boy. “It's hard to explain.”
Todd hid his face from his glare, but popped back up almost right away. “So you think we should date, then?”
“What!”
The other boy just shrugged as if he just made a comment about a video game. “Why not?” He started to tick off points on his fingers. “We're both gay. We already know each other. We get along. We both like video games and were both not seeing anyone else.” Todd shrugged. “It's worth a shot, don't you think?”
Brian choked back a laugh. “It's not that easy.”
“Why not?" Todd asked. “Simon and Ashley were friends and now they're dating. We're not as close, but you like me, don't you?”
“I'm two years older than you.”
“Sixteen months,” Todd corrected.
Brian frowned at him. “Did you just figure that out?”
The boy shrugged before lowering his legs and crossing them. “Yeah, it's simple.”
“Well, the kids at school will think it's a big deal.”
“So?” Todd said dismissively. “It’s not like I want to go to a dance or anything. I just want someone special. It could even be like practice dating if you want. Like you did with Chad, only you know, all of it,” Todd looked away as he finished.
Brian opened his mouth to voice another objection, but one didn't come to him. If they were to keep it a secret, it wouldn't matter what others would think and he guessed he did consider Todd a friend. It wasn't like they talked every day, but they had played video games together and watched a couple of movies. Not to mention he had been roped into a couple of their experiments.
He looked at Todd who wasn't looking at him. He was cute even now in his baggy pajamas. Taking a breath he said, “I guess we can give it a shot.”
The boy's head snapped around and he looked surprised as he started to smile. “Really? I mean we can kiss and everything?”
“Yeah, we can give it a try.”He patted a spot next to him in and Todd crossed the room in an instant, popping down right next to him. From this close-up Brian could still see the remnants of the horizontal lines Todd had drawn on his face earlier. In an odd way they were kind of cute. “So you think we should kiss, then?”
Todd nodded and puckered his lips and that caused Brian to laugh. Todd looked at him with a hurt look on his face which shut him up. “Listen, just relax, okay. I haven't kissed much, either.”
“Didn't you do it with Chad?”
Brian shook his head. “We just sucked each other. Honestly, I've only kissed two girls and those were only because of a party game. I'm not even sure if they were real kisses, but…”
Todd leaned in and kissed him cutting off whatever he was going to say. Suddenly Brian couldn't even remember what he had been talking about. It couldn't have been that important. The younger boy broke the kiss, but Brian quickly chased after him pressing their lips together a little harder, but it still felt nice. Nothing like when he kissed a girl. He even felt himself becoming hard and that had never happened before.
This time when they broke their kiss Brian could feel himself grinning stupidly, as was Todd, who was looking down. At first Brian thought the boy was too embarrassed, but then he started giggling and he looked down to see the head of his erection poking through his boxers. He quickly covered himself with his hand.
“Guess I'm good,” Todd said covering his mouth.
“Yeah, yeah, laugh it up. See if I ever do it again.” Brian was embarrassed, but not as much as he tried to sound.
“Hay, I'm sorry.” Todd said quickly as if he thought he was serious. “It happened to me, too.”
“Oh, yeah? Show me.” The words had escaped the older boy's mouth before he realized it and seeing Todd's reaction he wished he could suck them back in. “Sorry, I didn't mean that.”
The boy was quiet for a few seconds then he said reluctantly. “It would be fair.”
“Yeah, I guess.” Todd hesitated for a second and climbed off the bed.
Standing in front of the older boy he started to pull down his pajamas before Brian's hand shot out and stopped him. “You don't have to,” Brian said even as he realized he did want to see what Todd’s dick looked like.
The other boy stopped and there was an awkward moment of silence before he said, “If I show you, will suck me?” Brian nodded, his blood-starved brain thinking that was a good compromise.
Releasing Todd's arm, the boy continued to pull down his pajamas. Once they got past his hips they just sort of fell, but his oversized top covered his privates. Falling to his knees, Brian lifted Todd's pajama top enough so he could see what the other boy had. It was not what he had been expecting. It was hard, but it was probably only an inch long. Brian had been expecting it to look something like his brother's which he had caught glimpses of over the summer when they changed for the pool.
He didn't say anything about it, though. Instead he just leaned in and let the little nub brush up against his lips. Todd jerked back a little, but quickly settled down. Brian started to shake his head back and forth running his lips along the boy's little head. He slowly let it slip in until he opened his mouth and let his tongue touch the boy's tip.
The next several minutes he did every trick he had discovered. He licked and sucked Todd's shaft and even licked the boy’s balls. Chad had shaved so that he would try that, although he was pretty sure his current partner just had not grown any hair yet. The boy seemed to like his attention, never pulling back, although he did jump a little when Brian's tongue worked the underside of his head.
Brian was so involved in what he was doing that it wasn't until he heard a quiet whimper from his partner and felt the boy started to soften in his mouth that he realized Todd had had a dry orgasm. He let the little erection go soft in his mouth before looking up into the boy's red face. “You like?”
Todd nodded and smiled. “It was weird, but I like it.”
“Good,” Brian said as he climbed back onto his bed, his own erection harder than ever.
The other boy noticed it and quietly asked, “Should I do you?”
There was something in Todd's tone that made Brian not answer with the obvious yes. After a second he asked, “Do you really want to?”
Todd hesitated and shook his head back and forth slowly before saying weakly, “I'm tired.”
Brian forced a smile, “Then don't. You're probably ready for bed after that.”
This time Todd nodded and yawned. “I should go downstairs.”
“Yeah, that's probably best.” There was another moment of silence and this time it was awkward. As Todd turned to leave Brian suddenly crossed the room in two large steps and spun the boy around to kiss him. It was a short kiss and as the boy was a head shorter than he was it was a little awkward, but it felt right. He threw his arms around the smaller boy even as he broke the kiss. He held him for a second looking at him and he started to smile. “Naruto, that's the name of the show, right? The characters we dressed up as?”
“Yeah,” Todd said nodding.
“You really like it, don't you?” He waited for Todd to nod again and he continued, “You think I could come over and watch an episode or two tomorrow?”
“I would like that,” Todd said, starting to smile.
“Tomorrow, then,” Brian smiled and let the boy go.
Todd left after that and Brian went back to his bed, not believing what had happened. If he had fallen back asleep right away he would've written it off as a dream, but for an hour he lay in his bed replaying events. He couldn't help comparing this to when he had done things with Chad. With Chad it had been an arrangement, but with Todd it was different. He would have never have just done Chad and left himself to his own hand, but that's what he had done with Todd. He realized he already liked him. That thought was oddly comforting and was what he held onto as he drifted back to sleep.
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