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Chapter 14: UDub

Ben saw Evan coming up the stairs and Easton followed him out the front door. Evan formally introduced Easton to Ben and John. “E., this is a good friend of mine Ben, and his boyfriend John. Easton is in the 3rd seat in my crew, or we call it the ejector seat. Now E., hand over your Husky Card and dorm key, I’m going to take Ben and John up there after we work out at the IMA.”

Ben’s jaw dropped at the request and the ease at which Easton took out his card and key and handed them to Evan, John was also shocked at this display by the look on his face.

“Does Sir want E. to come up there with you?” Easton asked, his voice much more weak and shy than when Ben had heard him earlier this morning.

“No, E. will make sure his roommate doesn’t disturb Sirs until say 2:30. Clear? I’ll message you when to meet to give them back. Sir and E. will have their own private time together before they leave for Oregon.”

“Yes, Sir. Permission for E to go to class now?” Easton looked at Evan who nodded yes and he walked across the street without another word.

“Uhmm Evan, I thought you said you didn’t have a girlfriend or boyfriend for that matter?” Ben was appalled and needed to know what just happened.

Evan made sure Easton was well ahead of them and out of sight before following in the same direction toward the main part of the campus.

“Ben, Easton isn’t my boyfriend, I think I told you we fooled around, but I’m not sure how to put this in a way you’d understand. All of that with him is non-romantic, we’re FWB or fuckbuddies, and he’s got a submissive kink.“ Evan was talking and walking without much haste, as he didn’t want them to catch up to Easton.

John tried to hold his tongue, he knew Ben was only into good clean fun, and would always be the one who stood up for the little guy to make it known when he thought others were being treated poorly or abused, he was a Boy Scout after all, and a model one at that. The look of disappointment and confusion on Ben’s face was telling and his silence was the kicker.

John felt he should be the one to break the ice for now. “You don’t have a place on campus, you mean Evan?” He asked.

Evan shook his head. “No, I was offered free housing with my rowing scholarship but my family felt really guilty about being well off and taking something that I didn’t need. I enjoy the commute anyway, unlike Ben. My brother also had a rough freshman year in high school so my family is glad I decided to stay home.”

Ben was happy to change the subject for a bit. “How is Liam? You said he is quite popular in high school, unlike us back then.”

“Yeah,” Evan laughed and raised his voice over the traffic under them as they walked across a pedestrian bridge. “That was the issue, too much time with girls and not enough time doing homework. He almost quit soccer too, but after seeing how sticking with your sport put me where I am, he’s stayed with it. I was able to help him get his grades up now after my parents ripped into him on that first report card.”

“He looks up to you.” Ben sighed. “I thought I did too.”

John made an audible ‘oooooooooo’ sound as he could tell Ben wasn’t going to put what he witnessed to rest.

Evan stopped on the path in the middle of some trees. “What the hell do you want me to say to make you understand Benjamin? I don’t take advantage of Easton sexually at all, and he knows I fool around with others too. He has a safe word to let me know if I’m taking things too far, and we’re both new to this type of thing. Everything is consensual and what you witnessed was turning him on. Despite what it looks like I treat him like any other member in front of my crew, no favorites and I won’t single him out without a reason. Why do you think I made him wait outside of the locker room for me?”

Two older men walking in the other direction couldn’t help but burst out laughing after they passed the three boys overhearing part of Evan’s rant.

Ben rolled his eyes. “Okay Evan…. I’ll admit this isn't the time or place to judge you on your relationships, you’ve been my best friend for as long as I can remember and you’ve helped John feel more than welcome here in Seattle. I just hope I didn’t just ruin our whole day together.”

“You didn’t Ben, if you want me to try to explain more about it later in private I can. But as I said, it’s just something we’re both exploring and learning about ourselves too.” Evan thought about bringing up Ben’s thievery from his closet if Ben wanted to sit on his high horse and play the clean-as-a-whistle act, but figured the privacy of the dorm room was a better place. “So, are we good now?” Evan asked and held out his closed fist.

“Yeah, so long as you never call me B.” Ben gave Evan a fist bump.

“John?” Evan looked up.

“Whatever floats your boat buddy, I guess you could take that in a literal sense in this situation too.” John laughed.

“Evan, if we head to the IMA after your class then back up to wherever Easton’s dorm is then back down to your car, does that mean we have to do this hike three more times?” Ben pointed out.

“Well, we can take the bus, I have Easton’s Husky Card that one of you can use, but maybe you’re right, going to the IMA after Easton’s dorm makes more sense than going back and forth. John, see why Ben was voted SPL and not me. He’s always been the master planner!” Evan gave Ben a light jab on the shoulder.

“That I can agree with, all I had to do was tell Ben when the concert was and he did the rest.” John took Ben’s hand as they got closer to the busier part of the campus and the Quad.

Evan looked at his Apple watch. “Well, I’m almost late for class after all that talking. You guys can go grab something to eat, Ben knows all the good places in the U District. Meet me outside of Easton’s dorm, Maple Hall at 11:30.”

“They named the dorms after trees just like Mines? How original.” Ben quipped. “Anyway, we’ll see you in a bit Evan.”

Evan waved and walked to the other end of the Quad while Ben and John walked toward the library. They found a cafe a block from campus and sat down for brunch.

“So, are you transferring here anytime soon and leaving me at Mines?” John joked.

“Don’t even laugh about that Johnny, Mines is where my heart is because you’ll be there too. As much as I dreamed about going here growing up, this place is a zoo compared to Mines. When we were walking through Red Square I felt like an ant. You must feel it too right? Ben took a sip of his Apple Juice.

“Yeah, you probably wouldn’t look good in Purple too.” John chuckled. “What about that whole thing with Evan and Easton, do you still want to talk about it?”

Ben groaned. “Well it’s a side of Evan I never saw before and it shocked me. I looked up to Evan as much as I did my brother. He got to be taller and bigger than me, but not necessarily older and wiser I guess. You remembered how much I talked about him before you met him right?”

John let out a deep sigh. “Ben, you can’t be so hard on him, it’s just a kink for both of them. I take it he was never condescending to you or anyone else before, it’s role-playing or fantasy. Evan isn’t trying to be mean or a jerk, he's just trying to turn Easton on.”  Both of their orders arrived and John started to dig into his pile of buttermilk pancakes.

John tried to finish his train of thought before starting on his next pancake. “You and I have our fetishes and kinks too, you’re turned on by almost every form of sportswear, and the thought of you getting caught wearing mine excites you. I’m turned on by seeing you in my clothes, so that’s like a perfect match!” John looked up at Ben whose cheeks lit up redder than usual.

“Well, now that you put it that way I see what Evan was trying to say. I guess I owe him an apology. Thanks, babe, do you know a lot about that dom and submissive stuff or something?” Ben slowly picked at the waffle on his plate now feeling he was a bit out of his lane concerning Evan.

“Not really, Connor sometimes talked about Daddy-Doms but this is different since they’re both the same age. I can see why you might have some reservations about it though since Evan is team captain and in a position of real authority. You’re Evan’s best friend in the whole world, I think you should just take him up on his offer to talk about it, I don’t have to be there either.” John continued to drench his pancakes in syrup as he ate, while Ben slowly ate his waffle. “I am starting to like it here in Seattle though, the only thing it’s missing is a basketball team, I might have to take your mom up on her offer if things don’t work out at home. Would you like that Benji?”

Ben’s ears perked up. “Oh, of course, I would! You know I’m dreading that day next week that you have to go back to Wisconsin and then I won’t see you again until August. Have you thought about how you’ll have to eventually tell your family?”

“I was thinking about it last weekend when I was home actually. I started testing the waters with my brother since he still lives at home, like just randomly saying ‘What do you think of Lady Gaga being bisexual?’ after hearing her on the radio. He said the ‘alphabet people’ don’t really bother him so long as guys don’t hit on him but I’m guessing he didn’t take the hint, he’s kinda a dolt.” John finished his plate and waited to see when Ben was ready to head over to the dorm.

“Just don’t make the same mistake I did, don’t do it in the car, even if you’re parked. “ Ben grinned and finished his waffle. “Do you want to head over there now?”

“Yeah, but I want to stop at the UW Bookstore that we saw on the way up here to get some souvenirs for home and a t-shirt. I bet it would confuse the heck out of Evan if I showed up there wearing a Huskies t-shirt.” John made sure to grab their bill and Ben led them back to the UW off-campus bookstore.

After looking at the apparel section John decided purple wasn’t his color either, so he chose a heather gray adidas t-shirt with a big ‘W’ and ‘Huskies’ on the chest and bought some Coast Salish mugs for his parents. Ben followed John into the bathroom and John took off the Mines shirt he was wearing and put on his new Huskies shirt.

“So, what do you think Benji, am I an honorary Washingtonian now? John asked.

“It doesn’t look half bad on you I admit, but I hope if it becomes real it’s by your own choice. I kinda want to visit you at home like you were able to come here, anyway we better get moving, we don’t want to keep him waiting.” Ben took John’s Mines shirt, crammed it into his bag with John’s pants, and started for the exit as they were starting to get late.

John followed him back onto the street. “Wisconsin is boring compared to here, you and Evan were so lucky to grow up here with the mountains and ocean at your doorstep.”

“I know, but if all things were perfect I’d like to meet your family just like you met mine one day.” Ben looked at his phone and led them to Easton’s dorm a couple of blocks away. Evan wasn’t there yet so the couple waited by the door, John trying to blend in in his new shirt.

Evan spotted them at the door as he came around the block and instantly noticed John in UW collegiate gear. “Whoah, I guess John is defecting, are you gonna join crew too? Evan laughed and let them in with Easton’s ID and walked them into the elevator.

“It’s just a souvenir.” John laughed  “I can’t make Ben go back to Colorado by himself, now can I? Oh, there’s something he wanted to tell you too, maybe I can have a quick look around this place and you two can talk about it in private. Which floor is it?” John asked.

“4th floor, 409. It’s one of those elevators where you have to swipe your ID first. You could probably pass for Easton so you can have his ID, and there’s probably not that many people including RA’s around at this time of day.” Evan swiped the card then pushed the button for the 4th floor and opened the door again to let John back off with

Easton’s ID. He figured Ben wanted to talk to him about Easton more, but it would also be a perfect time to confront Ben about the things he stole. “It’s about Easton I guess?” Evan led the way after the doors opened on the 4th floor.

“Yeah, I just wanted to apologize for how I reacted to it this morning, it’s just a side of you I never encountered before, I just want to know more about it to hopefully understand.” Ben watched as Evan unlocked Easton’s door, the thrill of them both trespassing in someone else’s dorm was making him hard. Maybe Evan would be even into letting him peek into Easton’s closet.

Evan flipped on the light. “Thanks, Ben. I know it’s always been in your nature to stand up for people who get pushed around so I can’t blame you. I struggled with how I would explain it to you when I was still learning about my boundaries with Easton and I think we’re still at that stage. Evan sat on the bed on the side of the room that Ben presumed was Easton’s, he seemed to be a big Marvel fan with a Spiderman poster on the wall, and a Captain America pillowcase.

“So, is Easton 19 or 9?” Ben asked nervously and slapped the superhero pillow at the head of the bed.”

“Freshman, just like us. But he’s a bit of a big kid at times, we might have tried to do a bit of Daddy/little role-play but I think he prefers to see me as more a Coach/Team Captain figure just as it is in real.” Evan motioned Ben to sit down on the bed with him.

Ben sat down on the bed next to Evan. “So, how did it all start?” He asked.

“Well not too long ago actually, on that San Diego trip back in March. I’ve fooled around with a couple of other guys at school before but no one on crew until him. Remember we took all his clothes and hid them? Well, let’s just say I had a little too much fun with that and I found it really turned me on, and I made him beg me in front of everyone to get everything back. I noticed he was getting pretty hard in his spandex too, and I wanted to do something then and there, but of course, it had to wait until we were all alone back at school. I made him put that unisuit back on because his ass looks so sexy in it and I had a piece of it.” Evan grinned and looked down at Ben whose dick looked like it was about to burst out of his cargo pants, Evan reached over and undid the button on Ben’s fly and Ben helped him with the rest by undoing the zipper.

The nostalgic memories of fooling around with Evan in middle school rushed into Ben’s head as Evan felt his dick through the soft microfiber AC briefs. Evan moved in even closer and started kissing Ben on the cheek. Ben had no idea that Evan felt about him that way and had repressed that desire all through high school. Evan fished Ben’s dick out of the fly of the boxer briefs as Ben kicked his pants down and off. Suddenly, Evan let go of Ben’s dick and pushed him hard to the bed, and covered Ben’s mouth.

“Don’t think I never noticed when my compression shorts went missing and when you took my shorts as your own. When I saw John wearing navy blue ones like the ones I lost last year and he said you wear each other’s clothes I figured it was always you when they disappeared. Do you have something for stealing my underwear?” Evan pinned Ben on the bed with his massive legs preventing any attempt Ben might make to break free, all Ben could do was look up at Evan’s serious face and nod his head in agreement as Evan wasn’t moving his hand over his mouth anytime soon.

“Well, let’s see how you like it when people take your things without asking, especially someone you’ve been close with and trusted since we were like 5.” Evan used his free hand and grabbed the gym bag Ben had brought with him and dumped it out, examining the contents inside.

“John’s black sweatpants, who are the Bobcats? There’s no B in Mines.” Evan finally let his hand off Ben’s mouth as Ben looked up at Evan holding the pants up to his chest by the waistband. Evan still had his legs pinning down Ben’s legs so he had nowhere to go.

“They’re his pants from his high school”. Ben coughed as he tried to sit up with Evan still on top of him.

“You’re so lucky he fell for a skinny twig like you, his ass looked quite nice in these this morning.” Evan tossed the pants over Ben’s face and Ben inhaled the familiar scent of his boyfriend. As much as Ben wanted John to rescue him from his predicament, the experience of Evan all over him like this and confronting him about stealing his gear had him boned up like never before. Even after Evan had let go of his cock, Ben was still as hard as a rock.

Under the pants were Ben’s favorite royal blue UA shorts, Evan realized they were the exact ones John was wearing today too and they must be special to Ben if they had matching pairs. He pulled the pants off Ben’s eyes and held the shorts up like he did the pants.

“Matching shorts for you and your boyfriend I guess, how sweet. I sometimes make E wear my old unisuit from the old rowing club.” Evan held the shorts up to his face and his nose wrinkled a bit, Ben had worn the shorts for the last night in Idaho, and again with no underwear last night so the smell of Ben’s crotch and sweat was all over them, but Evan wasn’t going to let that make him back down from his plan.

“You can put away the rest of that stuff, I got these,” Evan grunted as he got off of Ben and quickly pulled down his pants and boxer briefs with Ben’s blue shorts still in his hand.

Ben sat back up fully and watched Evan’s hard circumcised cock pop out below his UW hoodie. He started to stuff John’s pants, shirt, and mugs back into his bag and glimpsed as Evan pulled the shorts up over his jaw-dropping athletic legs. He didn’t even ask when Evan moved back closer to the bed and Ben instantly grabbed Evan’s pole through the nylon fabric. The feeling on Evan’s dick was amazing, as much as it was great to have Ben grabbing his cock again, the fabric of the shorts was something else, nothing like any of the athletic shorts he wore, or any of the shorts of his that Ben had added to his collection.

“John’s a lucky guy too I guess, he can get those sweet lips around his dick anytime he wants.” Evan grabbed the base of his dick under the shorts as Ben bent down and slipped Evan’s cock into his mouth through the fabric of the shorts. “Mhmmmm, no one beats you at this Ben.” Evan moaned as he pulled Ben in by putting his hands on the back of Ben’s head, he could feel himself getting closer when there was a loud knock on the door.

Evan let Ben go as Ben spat out Evan’s penis. “That better be John, or we’re both screwed.” Evan wedged his foot behind so the door would only open slightly while Ben covered himself with Easton’s comforter.

“Yeah?” Evan peeked through the door and whispered “Get in here.” when he saw it was John.

As soon as Evan locked the door behind him John saw Ben covered in a blanket half naked with his pants on the floor and Evan wearing Ben’s blue shorts with an obvious hard-on still throbbing into an already wet patch of fabric. “You guys really couldn’t wait for me?” John groaned.

“Sorry, John, but did you know your boyfriend was a bit of a kleptomaniac for my sportswear? In fact, you’re probably wearing a pair of my UAs that he stole last summer.” Evan started to take off his hoodie while Ben sat motionless on the bed.

“Oh uh, sorry, do you want them back? I didn’t know Benji was into stealing stuff, all he  told me is he liked to peek into closets and drawers and try stuff on.” John grinned at Ben’s guilty face. “How could you do something like that to your best bud?”

“I’m sorry Evan! I already told you how reluctant I was to ask you out, it would have been even weirder if I started to ask to borrow your clothes. When I was headed off to staff at camp last summer I didn’t know how easy it would be to sneak around and do that stuff, so I took the opportunity to grab them out of your laundry hamper the next day I was over at your place for that last high.” Ben was near tears and pulled the blanket over his head in shame.

“It’s okay Ben, I just wished you asked, I spent like 2 hours looking for them and blaming my mom and then my brother later that week because I was looking to wear them to the gym. You guys can keep them though now, they aren’t UW colors and I’m only allowed to wear adidas to competitions.” Evan pulled the blanket off Ben back to his waist and gave him a gleaming smile.

John shook his head. “I guess my boyfriend has secretly been a naughty boy scout all this time, did you steal anyone else’s stuff behind their back? Better come clean about it!”

“No!” Ben cried. “Honestly, if I took anything else of yours Evan without asking I always put it back a couple of days later. The same thing with the other staff at camp, I might have ‘borrowed’ some lifeguard trunks I came across, but I put them back later that week.

Evan liked where this was going and could tell John was in the mood too, he pulled the comforter from Ben’s lap and threw it on the floor, Ben was still very aroused, despite being the object of humiliation of both his best friend and boyfriend for thinking he got away with all the theft. “On your knees and take off that underwear…uhm Benji. You’ll see how this troop deals with thieves!” Evan ordered.

Ben crawled down onto the blanket and did as he was told, Evan wasn’t impressed. “On your knees and keep your back straight!” Without warning Evan gave Ben a hard slap on the ass after Ben had gotten into the correct position. Ben didn’t feel much pain, his mind was racing with the thought of Evan spanking him wearing his favorite nylon shorts, Evan’s hard cock bouncing around in the material with every slap.

As Ben’s cheeks got red John started to get aroused too, Evan looked over at John and stepped back. “Your turn, don’t be afraid to put some emotion into it!”

John adjusted himself in his shorts then lightly patted Ben’s sore ass. “You know, sometimes you take my stuff without asking too but that’s fine 'cause we’re a couple, but sneaking around and taking people’s underwear and shorts without them knowing who took them is pretty deviant behavior and you should be punished.” John wound up and gave Ben a hard smack on the ass, followed by several spanks before looking back at Evan.

“I’m not sure he’s learned his lesson, are you still going to creep around in other people’s drawers Benji?” Evan messed up Ben’s hair.

“I’ll try not to! Sometimes it’s just a compulsion and curiosity gets to me.” Ben rubbed his sore ass.

“That’s not what I wanted to hear.” Evan walked over to Easton’s dresser and pulled out an entire drawer of underwear and compression tights. “I bet you wanted to see Easton’s too! Is this what gets you off? Evan laid the drawer beside Ben, pulled out a pair of red plaid loose boxers, and shoved them over Ben’s head. “Now, I hope you’re prepared for what’s next, John, why don’t you get comfy on the bed.”

Evan looked through the drawer on the floor as John watched and Ben sniffled with the underwear over his head. On one side of the drawer under some pairs of Hanes boxers were a pair of dildos, a tube of Astroglide, and an open box of Trojan Magnums. Evan took the condoms and lube out and pushed the drawer out of the way.

John was intrigued. “Are those really your condoms? I haven’t seen your dick yet and you haven’t seen mine, I guess we can finally break that Asian stereotype of a small dick in my mind if you wear Magnums.”

“Hey, they aren’t the XLs, but thanks for the compliment I think.” Evan chuckled, pulled down the waistband of Ben’s blue UA shorts he was wearing, and started to open one of the packages. John’s eyes lit up as he finally saw his first in-person look at an exotic cock. Evan tucked the waistband of the shorts under his balls for John to get a good look, it looked a lot like his own, circumcised, about 6.5 inches, with very visible veins, but Evan had a lot less bush around his. John started to rub his dick through his UA shorts and compression shorts, knowing Evan had worn that same pair as well.

“Ben, you can take that off and help your boyfriend, you better savor every drop too, I know you’re a pro.” Evan got into position and squirted some lube onto his hands as Ben took off the boxers and fished out John’s dick out of the basketball shorts and compression shorts. John helped him by pulling them down to his ankles and pulled Ben closer toward his burgeoning cock. Ben slipped John’s fully erect cock between his lips as John wrapped his arms around Ben’s head and Evan slid in behind him and lowered Ben’s shorts he was wearing to his knees.

John moaned with pleasure as Ben worked his usual magic, but Evan was ready now and slipped his dick along the crack of Ben’s still sore ass. Ben couldn’t do anything but gag in pain as his mouth was full of his boyfriend’s cock while Evan slowly inserted his tip inside him. Ben tried his best to relax his hole, but as Evan held his sides he increased his pace forcing Ben forward and John’s cock slipped deeper in his throat, Ben gagged but John had his eyes closed in bliss and didn’t pull out.

As Ben clenched his ass Evan let out a deep moan, and Ben thought to himself what a sexy sight a fly on the wall must be watching in this dorm room: three college Freshmen in their prime, him a butt-naked Boy Scout twink getting railed in the ass by his high-school Chinese-American crush and rowing team captain clad in only his favorite blue nylon shorts and at the same time deep-throating the man of his dreams, his Mid-Western born and bred, basketball and baseball-playing jock boyfriend wearing the same shorts. This image in his head almost took his mind off the pain he was feeling in his arse until he remembered to relax once again. Once he did Evan shifted in deeper and John opened his eyes and watched Evan move back and forth with Ben’s shorts around his knees.

Ben couldn’t take much more of this as he was needing his release too, he again gagged with all of John’s cock in his mouth but tried his best to bob his head up and down over it faster and swirl his tongue as much as he could around the base of John’s dick. This seemed to work as John’s eyes finally rolled into the back of his head and his head tipped backward before gripping hard at Ben’s head. “Oooooooooohhhh eugh Bennnnn…..” John exclaimed as he shot his warm load straight into Ben’s throat. Ben gulped and swallowed it all before John released him and slipped out of Ben’s mouth.

Evan smiled as John tucked his now flaccid wet penis back into the compression shorts and shorts. “Impressive Ben, not a drop wasted, now if John doesn’t object why don’t you get on the bed so you can finish yourself off too.” Evan let go of Ben as well and slipped out his cock momentarily as John got up and sit down on the other bed across from them while Ben got up still naked and sat on the edge of Easton’s bed and started touching his own still hard uncut cock.

“I bet this will help you with that.” Evan grinned and tossed Ben a pair of Easton’s black Speedos he had found in the drawer on the floor. Ben started to wrap them around his cock as Evan lowered Ben’s shorts that he was wearing to his ankles and lifted both of Ben’s legs. Ben obliged and scooted his ass closer to the edge of the bed while still furiously wanking his dick with the speedos. Still hard, Evan forced himself inside Ben once again, Ben gritted his teeth but at least this time he had more than just his nose to breathe through and could pleasure himself at the same time.

Evan placed his hands on Ben’s sides as he fucked him. Ben laid back but he could still see the passion in Evan’s deep brown eyes. Both of them had wanted this for a long time but they had never dared to ask each other for it. He clenched once more and this was enough to send Evan into overdrive. Evan increased his pace until he reached his climax, he squeezed Ben hard and screamed “Fuuuuuck Ohhhh Fucccck….” and fired his load into the Magnums up Ben’s ass.

Ben felt the warmness inside him and that was enough for him too, he felt a wave envelop him as he gripped the speedo over the head of his cock, spasming into them moaning “Ohh ahhhh….” as his load blew into the seat of the fabric where Easton’s ass sat.

Evan stepped out of Ben’s shorts as Ben peeled the cummy fabric off his wet cock, he used the Speedos to wipe his crotch and Evan grabbed them after he was done to clean up his mess as well and tossed them behind Easton’s bed before picking up Ben’s shorts to cover Ben’s naked body. Ben slipped them on without his underwear and laid back on the bed exhausted.

“You sure you guys still need to hit the gym after that?” Evan asked as he fished his black Calvin Klein boxer briefs out of his track pants, put the briefs back on, and sat next to Ben on the bed feeling Ben’s forearm. “Ok, maybe I take that back when I called you skinny, but you’re still a bottom.”

Ben sighed with his eyes still shut. “We should at least give John a tour of the gym since he goes back next week and you’ll be in California, but you’re right I need to catch my breath now too.” Ben wiped a trail of sweat from his brow and left his hand on his head.

“Sure, I just have another class at 2, anyway John still looks like he could run a marathon.” Evan smiled at John still sitting on the bed of Easton’s roommate. “What made you fall for our little Benji here?”

John pondered for a moment. “Uhh, well he’s got the biggest heart, honest, loyal, can cook, about 10 times smarter than me, and he can get me hard in a millisecond. Oh, and those rosy cheeks! Both on his face as well as his…What more could I ask for?”

Evan played with Ben’s lips. “Benji, same question?”

Ben pushed away Evan’s hand. “Ewww, go wash your hands. Well, Johnny just about belongs on the cover of Men’s Health, his positive attitude made me feel comfortable about coming out of the closet and made me work on improving myself as a person too. He’s protective, sensible, and can stand my weird sense of humor and quirks. I honestly wake up each morning not knowing who to thank for having him in my life, especially right now that we get to sleep together every day.”

“Aww that’s beautiful, you guys were made for each other.” Evan wiped a tear from his eye. “Yuck I guess you’re right Ben, time to wash up, why don’t you guys get comfortable in this moment together.”

Evan got up and went into the ensuite bathroom to wash his hands while Ben found the energy to get up and sit right next to John on the other bed. John pulled him in for a kiss then felt at Ben’s twinkish bare chest and lowered his hand onto the waistband of Ben’s shorts. Coming back out of the bathroom with a hand towel, Evan adjusted himself when he saw the two lovers at it again.

“See what I mean by getting me instantly hard? Maybe it works on you too.” John chuckled.

“Yeah,” Evan laughed. “Ben couldn’t keep his hands off me before you got here, but it sounds like you two have a real healthy relationship. I hope I can find that one day, but how are you gonna handle being apart for the rest of the summer?

John took a deep breath. “It’s crossed my mind, my ex-girlfriend and I broke up because of the distance too with her being at UW-Madison and me being in Colorado, but I think Benji and I know and love each other so much that we can deal with the lack of physical touch for the two and a half months. I am of course leaving some things of mine for Ben to wear and remember me by, and I’m taking some things of his back to Wisconsin. But I guess he didn’t tell you we’re going to be in the same off-campus housing unit for second year? We won the lottery there! No more having to deal with another roommate’s schedule or hoping one of them goes home for the weekend, just Ben and I with a double room to ourselves.” John smiled and felt Ben’s semi-hard cock through his shorts.

Ben shuddered with the new attention. “Well Johnny, I think this whole trip here was a preview to when we’re back at school again in Colorado and helps with us being apart for the rest of the summer. Our own bedroom, sleeping with you every night, being able to do whatever we want and go wherever we want since you’ll have your car there too. I can’t wait!”

“Wow,” Evan sighed with a hint of jealousy, he was the boy who had everything he ever asked for except the stable relationship Ben and John enjoyed. “I’m actually gonna be living on campus come fall too, but in my own room, so I guess I’ll never experience that Freshman roommate drama. Liam and I didn’t even have to share the same bathroom at home.”

“Oh, our roommates weren’t bad at all,” John replied. “My roommate was out of the closet and Ben’s was quiet but accepting, it was just awkward trying to find time to ourselves. Anyway, maybe Ben should wash up, put on some underwear, get changed for the gym and you can take us around there before you go to class.

“Sounds like a plan, looks like Ben has been rubbing off on you.” Evan complimented John as he put Easton’s room together while Ben went to rinse himself off quickly and get dressed. After he was finished in the bathroom Ben decided to wear John’s Mines shirt for the rest of the day instead of putting on his own.

The three of them made the hike back toward the shellhouse and the IMA gym. John was impressed that free weights, cardio, and weight equipment all had their own separate room. Evan wasn’t too familiar with the IMA at this point, he had mostly used the training facilities at the shellhouse with his rowing crew and was only going to be using the IMA so Ben could join him.

After seeing Evan off for his last class Ben and John took a walk around the other part of campus by the big fountain that John didn’t see in the morning.

John gritted his teeth a bit before working up the courage to ask Ben something. “So, I was thinking about what Evan was talking about, after next week, when I’m gone. Those two and a half months, are we ready for it? Was I stupid for wanting what we just did with Evan? You’re gonna see him almost every day then and I won’t.”

“What are you saying?” Ben took John’s hand. “You think I’m gonna fool around with Evan again behind your back and leave you like Allison?

John gulped. “I’m sorry, I know you never would, the whole Evan thing was my idea. I just know it’s going to be on my mind when I’m all alone back home, and I can’t help it. Still being in the closet to my family doesn’t help one bit either.”

As they reached the fountain Ben took John’s other hand and faced him. “Maybe you need to get that off your chest too, but it’s something only you can decide when the right time is. I’m here for you for whatever the ramifications of that might be.” A tear ran down John’s cheek and Ben put his arms around him and kissed John on the lips. John closed his eyes as Ben whispered. “You’re the only one I’ve ever felt that I could spend the rest of my life with.”

After John opened his eyes, Ben backed away from the embrace and they started to walk around the circular fountain hand in hand. They got a couple of smiles from other people sitting by the fountain maybe to observers, the heartache in their soon-to-be long-distance relationship was made somewhat obvious by John in UW colors and Ben in John’s Mines shirt.

Ben scratched his head. “Don’t tell Evan this, but another reason I never got around to asking him out was he’s made some homophobic comments in the past when we were growing up. I guess he’s always struggled with being bisexual like you, we never talked about that, along with girls and stuff, just fooled around when we were younger.”

“Really?” John asked. “He seems like a decent guy, he hasn’t said anything negative about you and me, even after you were harping on him about Easton.”

Ben nodded. “Yeah, it was one of the reasons I never felt comfortable about coming out in high school and only did to select people, we were still close friends though, hopefully, he’s outgrown it. I know he said last week that my being gay didn’t surprise him at all and it wouldn’t have changed our friendship, but when he used the ‘f’ word and other crap when we were 15 it didn’t feel that way.”

John let go of Ben’s hand and put his arm around him. “I told you that I grew up in a family that was pretty homophobic too, but I want you to know I never agreed with it, even before I started finding some boys attractive as much as girls. I too want my family to meet you and realize how complete you make me. Ben, I promise you that I will try to come out to them this summer and tell them about you. Maybe if things do go smoothly we can do the same thing in Wisconsin next summer, though there might not be as much to do there as we’ve done here already in 5 days.”

“Don’t be silly!” Ben laughed. “You know I’d go anywhere and do anything with you, even if it means sitting around your house all day. Both of them walked back toward the building where Evan’s class was to wait for him to take them back to Lynnwood.