Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 20:36:18 -0700 (PDT) From: Evan Bradely Subject: Chapter 31 of "The Crew" The following fictional story deals with sex among males. If you are offended by such material, are too young, or reside in a location where it is not allowed, please depart. Though not observed in this story, care enough about yourself and humankind to practice safe sex. The author retains all rights. EvanBradley33@Yahoo.com Chapter 31 More Claiming The Thomas Construction Site After everyone at Winston Construction Company had met Kenji's brother, Yuki, Hal led the way to the construction trailer as Max; Kenji; Yuki; Angie, carrying Hal Robert; and Jimmy followed. Once inside, the men retreated to Hal's office while Angie took care of a fussing baby. Stopping for a second to check out his little buddy, Jimmy turned and pranced into the inner office as though he owned the place and hopped up into Hal's lap, leaning up and giving Hal a lick on the chin and then turning in Hal's lap to face the three men sitting in front of the desk, panting, looking from one to the other, as though to ask, "What's up, guys?" Yuki turned to Max and Kenji. "So do I have a home, or do I have to sell this hot body on the streets?" Kenji snorted. Max grinned, turning to Kenji. "What do you say, Love, shall we give this waif some shelter?" Kenji mock frowned. "I guess we have to. He got himself this far. And the look on that truck driver's face made it appear that Yuki had worked for his fare." Yuki grinned, mischievously. "Want details?" Max jumped in: "We'll create our own when we get you home." The fire of lust leapt in Yuki's eyes, matched by that in Max's. Though his face reflected nothing, a rush of joy infused Kenji because the two most important people in his life were connecting. It was as though a dream had come true. The three didn't notice Hal's wistful look. He was reminded too much of how many times he'd lost men he'd loved, most recently by his own bad judgment. "Great!" Yuki exclaimed, turning to Hal. "Now that that's settled, how about that job?" Max chortled with glee. His brother-in-law was a force unto himself. Max wondered if there was any genuine strength behind Yuki's bluff manner as there was with his brother. Clearly, Yuki was going to test Kenji. Max was glad that, in doing so, Yuki was going to push his older brother out of his reserve, out into the world of men, his buddies. Max was ecstatic having Kenji as his lover, but he wanted him to loosen up, to throw off the bonds of old world propriety and duty that had held him prisoner. After having gleaned more details about Hamada home life from Yuki, Max knew that Kenji was too much like his uptight father - and was totally unaware of how much he hewed to the paternal pattern. Even when Kenji had escaped his home, he had carried those bonds with him. 'Just like Hal and the orphanage,' Max concluded to himself, 'Humans are so damned complex.' "Well, young Yuki," Hal began, "I suppose we could try you out with the same offer I gave your brother." Hal had intuited at that moment that a challenge needed to be delivered. "I'll give you a month to prove that you can carry a man's load here. And Yuki - attend closely to my words: all that charm and quick wit you fostered in your earlier life won't count much here if you can't deliver the goods. You hearing me?" Hal asked. Yuki suddenly sobered, his constant smile fleeing his mouth. This WAS something different. This handsome man wasn't a push-over. Wasn't trying to buy his way into his pants. He knew he'd better cut the act and listen. "If you can't deliver," Hal continued, "I'll fire you. And I'll be doing your brother and Max a favor - and they know it. If you can't cut it here, you won't cut it with them. Should I have to fire you, I'll contact your family and ask your father to come pick his BOY up. Understand: all real men work for the benefit of others." Hal looked at the floor for a minute, reminded of his sins, especially those committed against Drew. Looking up, he continued, "I forgot that recently, and I was knocked back on my ass for it. . . . I hurt people, people I loved - as old as I was, I did that. So it isn't a matter of being young or old - you have to know what right is and do right by others, especially those who are your brothers." "Yes, Sir," Yuki said respectfully. "I understand. If this is the same offer you made my brother, then I know he assured you that you would not have to fire him. So you know that I can do the same." Hal smiled. The others were assessing this unusual communication in which the subtext was more revealing than what they were hearing. Hal and Yuki's eyes were locked on each other as silence ensued. "Hey Boss," Kenji addressed Hal, "may I take the rest of the day off to buy some work clothes for our waif?" he asked, emphasizing Max's term for Yuki. Kenji's request evoked an immediate smile from Yuki. "I guess we can't have the little bugger running around in his 'altogether,' can we?" Hal observed. "Nobody would be able to pay attention to their work. Our clean accident record would be ruined. And you'd better get him some workout clothes too since he'll be joining us at Murphy's for workouts." "All right!" Yuki exclaimed enthusiastically in the manner of the teen he was. Kenji arose, walking over to give Max a kiss on the lips. Then he nodded to the door: "Come on, little brother. Max, we'll be back for dinner. Maybe we'll even have it ready when you arrive home." Max arose, following his special men out of Hal's office. *** Since Kenji and Yuki had their pickup, Max had asked Ted and Levi for a ride home at the end of the day. Max wondered what he'd find awaiting him. For three guys who were so close, the conversation was oddly one-sided during the ride home. Ted and Levi were discussing an approaching Miller family gathering, one Levi was fretting about attending. Ted and he were hardly tolerated by a few in Levi's family, and Levi's mother was known to remark about a lack of grandchildren from him. Levi knew he wasn't going to change his family, and he was afraid of the long-term effect it would have on Ted, whose family, being Greek, evidenced no such behavior. Ted was trying to talk Levi into taking a positive view of the experience. The intensity of their discussion left Max free to ponder other matters. Max had spent the afternoon thinking about what a third person living with Kenji and him would mean. He knew it might be a little awkward at first, and some sacrifice would be required, but he wasn't sorry that Yuki was going to be living with them. For one thing, Kenji would finally be able to let go of the guilt and fear he'd felt about Yuki when their father threw him out of their home. Secretly, Kenji had felt that, in some way, he had abandoned Yuki. But Yuki's strange reaction on that fateful day had kept Kenji from doing anything until he finally worked up the courage to write his brother. Max suspected that Kenji was relieved that Yuki would be under their care, where he could be happier. It had to be good for Yuki. High spirited though Yuki was, Max knew the Crew would be big brothers who would guide him in the right direction. Deep down, he thought Yuki craved it. They would all be an extension of what he'd found and loved in his older brother - steady, unwavering love and acceptance. It was the only explanation for his being . . . so bubbly upon meeting everyone. Kenji might have turned out the same if he'd had an older brother who'd played the same role with him. 'Kenji, bubbly? I can't quite imagine it,' Max realized. 'It makes me appreciate all over again the man I love. I love every bit of him just the way he is. Except for throwing off the burden of his family, I don't want to change a thing about him. Wonder if he wants to change me?' Max pondered that quietly as Ted shifted lanes a couple of times to prepare for his turn onto Max's street. 'Well, if Kenji ever did want to change me, he's probably already done it, but I was so in love with him I didn't notice it.' That thought was followed by a pang of guilt. He was so lucky. He had Kenji, but he'd abandoned Hal, and then had taken Kenji from Hal. 'Well, that last part wasn't quite right: Hal gave Kenji and me to each other,' a realization that made him feel all the guiltier. It had been a rocky road for Max since then. He'd stood by, unable to do anything to smooth out the road for Hal - except for taking a lead with Ted for moving the crew into supportive roles with Hal and Drew. 'We can't be faulted for not trying to help them. We've done everything short of tying them in bed together.' He grinned at the image. It was hot. Of course, with those two, it was no guarantee that anything positive would happen. 'Well, again that's not quite right: they are trying, I think' he decided. They couldn't help it that Boyd would come along so needy during their first date since Brett. But they are both so strong that if they ever get it together, they'll carry themselves to the ninth sphere of happiness.' As Ted pulled into the driveway, Max noted the closed garage door, meaning Kenji and Yuki were probably home, likely preparing dinner. He wondered if Yuki was as talented in the kitchen as his brother. If so, when had Kenji learned his way around that part of a house? Ted, Levi and Max said their good-byes as Max pulled the house keys from his pocket. He entered the house, not detecting those wonderful scents of Kenji's cooking. And the house was quiet. His male antennae deployed, full play. Whatever was cooking, it certainly wasn't occurring in the kitchen. He divined what must be transpiring. So he quietly set down his lunch kit and started removing his clothes. He hadn't had a shower, but he didn't think the Hamada brothers would object to his scent. He walked quietly down the carpeted hallway to their bedroom. The door wasn't closed, allowing quiet moans to emanate from within. Max stepped quietly into the room. What a sight! He had been half erect as he made his way down the hall. Now he had to stifle a laugh, for his cock had "boinged" fully hard the second he saw his two special men. Kenji was flat on his stomach on the bed, with slim Yuki pumping in and out of Kenji's hot ass, the slight, round globes of his ass dimpling with each pump. They were so alluring that Max had to work hard to resist caressing the warm, golden flesh covering them. Max appreciated that Yuki was making love slowly, just as intent on giving his brother pleasure as taking it. Told Max the boy - no man - had matured in making love to another. He wondered how new that development was. As he drove himself into Kenji, Yuki would lick and kiss and nibble his brother's back and neck. Max saw Yuki's hands under Kenji, moving, giving him nipple play. And Kenji was moving his ass in circles to give his brother plenty of action on his dick. Max knew Kenji was using his inner muscles to work Yuki's dick simultaneously. Max saw clothes spread out on the floor, some new, some not. 'So that's how this started,' he thought. 'Trying on new clothes to see if they fit. Let's see if I fit,' he decided. Walking silently up to the bed, Max eased himself onto the mattress on his knees. Before either inhabitant of the bed could react, he dived for Yuki's ass. Max couldn't help trembling when he pushed his mouth into the cleft between those smooth globes. He couldn't stifle a groan when he caught the man scent of his brother-in-law. As his whiskers scraped the smooth flesh of Yuki's ass, the young top yelped, trying unsuccessfully to suppress a squeal when Max's tongue immediately dived for and penetrated Yuki's rosebud. Yuki's pucker was loose, and Max immediately tasted his lover's cum. 'Oh, so Kenji's already been here,' he thought. 'Got Yuki loosened up for me.' Kenji smiled. He hadn't seen what was occurring behind him; he didn't need to. He'd felt Yuki's rhythm broken as Max dived into his ass. It had pushed Yuki's dick deeper into Kenji, to the latter's delight. He'd fantasized that his lover would find them making love, would join in, would help him claim their brother. It was the perfect ending to a perfect day. He'd even dallied a bit at the shopping center to try to time events just right. Once home, Kenji had suggested that Yuki try on some of his new clothes, but his brother didn't get far before Kenji had attacked him, overwhelming his all-to-ready brother with the sweetest fuck imaginable, at the same time making certain that he was ready for Max's fat, six-incher. It was a good thing Max didn't need to spend much time preparing Yuki, for he suddenly was seized with a overpowering desire to join with the two brothers. In his heart, he knew his relationship with his lover would deepen by including the latter's brother. He knew how to make it count for all of them. He slowly slid into Yuki, allowing the latter's plunges into Kenji to seat Max's cock in the younger brother's hungry chute. Max matched Kenji's plunge with his own so that they were making a masterful entry into Kenji. This required that Max lower himself more onto Yuki, but he tried not to mash the two under him. He'd positioned his legs inside Yuki's, which were inside Kenji's. Kenji moved his legs in tight so that the brothers' legs would be clasping Max tightly. In no time at all they were perspiring, enveloped in the scent of each other, ramping up their pleasure. For his part, Kenji's bliss was about to make his heart burst. He had his Yuki back. He had his forgiveness. His lover had allowed him to bring Yuki into their home. Kenji had even reveled in paying for Yuki's new clothes from his own bank account. And now they were joined like a family, a family they'd made, not one forced on them. And finally, his lover was claiming his brother while he had his cock inside Kenji, the two men he loved most in his life. Max was surprised that Yuki began gyrating his ass around the top man's cock, evoking moans from all three because that meant his cock was doing the same to his older brother. They couldn't help it: it was too hot, too good. Yuki was the first to begin to lose it, trembling, shuddering with pleasure between the two most important men in his life. He lost his rhythm and then his control. He was at the mercy of Max and Kenji, both of whom increased their thrusts forward and back. Their perspiration caused their bodies to slide more on the one below. A small keening began deep inside Yuki, growing with each thrust of the three men. All of a sudden Yuki's body wrenched as he poured his seed into his brother, accompanied by a shout. Seconds later Max cried out as that movement set him off, pouring his seed into his brother- in-law. For the second time, Kenji's body gave up another load onto the sheets. The three collapsed, lying in the afterglow, panting out their recovery. Max rolled off Yuki, pulling the young man down between his lover and him. Yuki turned from one man to the other, murmuring thanks and bestowing loving kisses. Eventually, Kenji arose, walking to the bathroom. Max gently pushed Yuki in the same direction. The three stepped into a large glass-enclosed shower that the two men had installed not long after Kenji had settled in. The three men gently, lovingly soaped and bathed each other. Then Yuki returned to their cocks, sucking another load out of each one before Max pinned him to the shower wall, drawing another load from the little horndog, accompanied by Yuki's shout of joy. Once out of the shower, they dried each other. "Yuki, why don't you gather up your clothes and take them to your room while I start dinner?" Kenji suggested. "Okay, but I'm not dressing. I hope you guys don't either. I want to see the total 'you.'" Max grinned at Kenji, shrugging his shoulders. "Okay," Kenji replied. The three men had a beer as they prepared dinner, Yuki careful to pitch in by setting the table. They finally sat down to a rather quiet dinner, for they were drained but happy. Upon completing the meal, Yuki said to the two men, "Tell me about Boyd." Kenji smiled at Max. "Are you on the hunt, little brother?" Yuki looked surprised and innocent. "No. I just like guys like him. And I don't have a boyfriend. I need to find one so that you two can be a couple. I don't want to be cutting in on you two all the time. And you have to admit, you've wondered if I wouldn't expect to be included all the time." Kenji and Max were separately gratified by Yuki's sensitivity. "What do you like about Boyd?" Kenji inquired. "He's so tall, slim, but he has muscles too. He's handsome, but he looks so intense, sometimes so unhappy. If I could put a smile on his face, it would be like getting off. I think I could make him happy. You've noticed how he's always watching us," Yuki said to Kenji. "He wants us, Kenji - well, at least one of us. I'd like to be that one. I'm not kidding, guys, I could really go for him. So is he gay?" Max and Kenji swapped glances. Kenji nodded to Max to take the lead in responding to Yuki. "I don't know that he is for a fact," Max said, "but I wouldn't feel bad staking a month's pay on his being gay. I think maybe his family kicked him out, and he's been all alone. But I don't really know much. Boyd has reluctantly confided some details to Hal. Something happened to him recently that made it necessary for him to ask for Hal's help, or Hal probably wouldn't know as much as he does. I know it ruined Hal and Drew's date. As for what befell him, Boyd plays it close to the vest even more than your big brother does." Kenji's head cocked to the side as though to say, "I can't imagine why you said that." "Who's Drew," Yuki asked. "He's Hal boyfriend - or was," Kenji responded. "Meaning?" Yuki pressed. So Kenji related the sorry mess that Brett had caused among them and the way Hal's background had fed the fires. "I think I'm lucky," Yuki observed. "Yuki," Kenji began, stopping a moment, forsaking a directive approach, "if you decide to let Boyd know your attraction to him, you will be careful won't you? You do know what could go wrong?" "What are you saying?" Yuki asked his brother. "Boyd is looking for someone to love. He's been doing that ever since he was kicked out. That's the way I was. He's been hoping desperately. At the same time, his desperation sometimes makes him imagine desperate acts. . . That's the way I was." Kenji looked and Max, smiling to reassure him. "That why, when Hal offered me a job and a place to stay, I jumped at it. I was really frightened about being homeless. I could see that he wanted me. So I gave him what he wanted. I knew fairly quickly that, as nice a guy as he was, I wouldn't ever really love him." Kenji paused, swallowing, looking under his lids at his lover, who was looking grave. "But I kept it up. Sex with Hal was great. He's handsome, hot, and great in bed. And I was hungry for acceptance. So I gave him what he wanted. Well not really. I knew Hal wanted love, and I knew I wasn't going to be the person to give it to him. As I explained a little in the letter I wrote you, I was attracted to my big, hunky lover almost as soon as I set foot on the building site." Kenji glanced at Max, noting a small grin there. "I wanted Max's love so much, Hal spotted it almost as soon as I knew it. I've told you how he gave us to each other. And I needed Max's love so much, I moved in with him and became his partner." "Sounds good," Yuki said. "You wouldn't say that if you saw the look on Hal's face for several months after that. Max and I really tried to clamp down on our expressions of love on the site out of consideration for Hal, but he was hurting, Yuki." Max broke in: "You see, Yuki, I did the same thing with Hal." Yuki's face froze. "What Kenji is saying is that our love, as natural as it was, hurt Hal. We knew every day that he was hurting and that our need for each other caused that. Kenji and I know that, in some way, we along with Ted and Levi, set Hal up for Brett. . . . You don't want to do that to Boyd. I want to encourage you to examine your feelings. Give yourself some time to identify accurately what those are, but if they don't include Boyd, tell him so. Otherwise, you'll hurt him, maybe irreparably." The men sat in silence, pondering the awesome forces that produced fierce issues in humans' lives. "Remember how you felt when Dad kicked me out after you acted as though I'd hurt you?" Kenji asked. Yuki's head dropped; he uttered a soft "Yes." "Tell me how you felt." "I betrayed you because I was afraid. . . I was a coward." "Did you know how much that hurt me?" Head still bowed in shame, Yuki shook his head up and down. "How did you feel about that?" A soft sob escaped from Yuki's throat. "That is how you will make Boyd feel if you play games with him, pretend something with him just to satisfy what you associate with him." "I never . . . want to hurt anyone like that again," Yuki said with a trembling voice. "Then you must not encourage Boyd if there is any doubt in your mind. He's vulnerable now." Yuki looked up at Kenji, then Max, tears sparkling in his eyes. "I think I feel more for him than you think." "Just know," Max said, "that it's okay to explore and test those feelings. Just don't lead Boyd on. You are a good person." "I want him," Yuki said softly. The Thomas Site At midmorning, Hal was out in the Thomas house when his cell phone sounded. "Hal, it's Les Proctor." "Hey, Les, how are you?" "I'm fine, all the more so because of the information I have to deliver. Can you and your fella Boyd come over to my office now? I'm sitting here with Officer Thomas Halstead, who's just delivered some news. I need to share it with that up-tight young worker of yours." "Yeah, we can be there, but we're in our work clothes." "Ou-u-u-u! All the better. I like hot men." "I hire only PURE men, you know," Hal replied, his eyes twinkling. "And your saying that in front of Officer Halstead tells me he must belong to the 'family' too." "Oh, yeah, in a BIG way," Les replied, chuckling, "and I'm not using 'big' loosely." Hal heard a fulsome chuckle in the background. "Tell me, my friend, your remark and that chuckle suggest that Officer Halstead is not just a random acquaintance. Could it be that he and you have had a romp or two?" "Or 32? Besides, that's privileged information," Les said, not able to stifle a chuckle on his part. "Privileged only because you don't want anyone else to find out how wonderful his endowments are!" Les roared with laughter. "You should have been a lawyer, Hal. By the way, as long as we are baring our souls, don't feed me that guff about pure men. They don't work for you long at all before they are well schooled in the delights of man sex. So get over here. Say, I hope for our benefit you guys are wearing torn cutoffs, work boots, and tool belts." "We don't belong to the Village People, you know." Les roared. "Get that butch butt over here - p-l-e-a-s-e?" he ended as though whining. Hal chuckled. "It's on its way. Oh yeah, Les, my man Boyd is new to all this. His dad chucked him off the ranch he loved because he caught Boyd and his boyfriend getting it on. He's been struggling since. Go a little easy on him - or he may die of a terminal blush." "Okay, I'll go easy. Just get over here." Hal signed off and hunted down Boyd. He knew where to look - wherever Kenji or Yuki were working. Hal and Max had decided that Yuki would catch on fastest if he worked along side Kenji, especially since they were enough alike as brothers and Kenji remembered what it was like to be a "newbie." Sure enough, Boyd was working right beside them, getting his eyes full. His face was even flushed from his proximity to the hot brothers. Hal knew Boyd's dick had to be nearly hard. He wondered if Boyd had to sneak off for a hand job just to stay on task. Hal certainly had no complaints about that. Boyd was an excellent worker. Hal called out to Boyd, waving him over, explaining that they needed to go to Les Proctor's office. Boyd suddenly looked somber. "Don't I have to go home to change clothes?" "Naw, Les belongs to the family, remember? He especially requested that we show up in cutoffs, tool belts sagging enough to reveal our cracks." Boyd blushed, looking away momentarily, trying to hide a smile, and Hal had thought he heard a little catch in his breathing. "Oh, yeah, an Officer Thomas Halstead will be with him. He has good news for us. Just so you will relax, Tom is one of our 'family.'" Boyd looked puzzled. "Gay/bi, Boyd." Boyd's eyes suddenly widened with understanding. Hal hoped he was seeing the implications of a gay cop meeting with his lawyer bringing him good news. "Be with you in a sec," Boyd stated, walking over to Kenji and Yuki, telling them that he had to go with Hal but holding Yuki in his gaze all the while. Hal was touched my Boyd's gesture even though he knew it was fed by the need to rut. The brothers bid Boyd farewell, but Yuki reached out and ran his hand down Boyd's arm, smiling, telling him that all would be well. Hal was certain he noticed a shiver move down and back up Boyd. 'That little sexpot,' Hal thought. 'He knows that's going to set Boyd's loins on fire. He's obviously caught on to Boyd's being attracted to him. I wonder if he knows how deeply. I better watch this. I don't think it's good for Boyd to be involved in a casual flirtation now.' He shot Yuki a probing look, who threw it back with his award-winning, sassy, charming smile. Kenji was glaring at Yuki with a wrinkled brow over the tease he'd just delivered Boyd. 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