Date: Wed, 7 Jan 2004 15:29:46 -0800 (PST)
From: rimpigfl <rimpigfl@yahoo.com>
Subject: MY BROTHER'S MARINE BUDDY

DISCLAIMER: This is just a fantasy. It didn't happen to me or anyone I
know. This is for all of you who like you're stories RAUNCHY. I have to
admit, I like them that way myself. If you aren't allowed to read stories
like this, then don't. Or, just tell whoever says you can't read it to
"Fuck off!" and read it anyway!

No Marines were hurt in the production of this story, but several had
complete changes of view towards certain activities with other males.

MY BROTHER'S MARINE BUDDY
Part IX
by RimPig   2003

Rick and I stood there for a few more moments, watching his brother and
mine, holding onto each other's hands, smiling into one another's eyes and
not saying a word. Finally, Rick couldn't stand it anymore.

"Uhh! Guys! Cal's got a room if you need it!" he growled.

This seemed to break the spell and the two suddenly seemed to realize where
they were. They dropped each other hands and I could see the spread of
blushing embarrassment spreading over each of their faces. Now they
couldn't look at each other or at either of us.

"Why don't we go into the kitchen and I'll make a pot of tea." I said.

This was, like my mother, rapidly becoming my answer to any awkward
situation. Go make tea! I now understood why she did it! It gave you
something to do and you could avoid having to say anything until you got
things settled in your mind. I led the way as we all trooped into the
kitchen, the other three sitting down at the table.

Cal and Mike tried to sit at opposite ends of the table from one another,
but Rick deftly maneuvered himself so that he forced them to sit next to
each other. This caused them to make fleeting glances at each other and
more embarrassed redness to appear on their already red faces.  Rick was
watching this with complete delight! I knew my lover well enough to know
that he was figuring on how to devil the two of them. I decided that this
was not going to happen! I recognized what was going on here and, if I had
my way, these two were going to spend time alone! I walked over to my lover
and leaned down as if to kiss him. Instead I put my mouth in his ear.

"If you say or do anything else to embarrass them, you will find yourself
jacking off ALL ALONE for the next week!" I whispered tersely.

He tried to give me one of his 'innocent looks' but he quickly saw it
wasn't working! He then threw up his hands in an 'I surrender'
gesture. That was fine with me! That's just what I wanted! I served the tea
and looked at Cal.

"Cal, Mike is going to be staying with us for a while. He had to leave
home. Rick is going to see about getting him a job a KRON tomorrow." I
said.

"But there aren't any openings in the garage, are there, Rick?" Cal looked
at Rick confused.

"No. Not in the garage. Mike's got a degree in Journalism. He's looking to
join the staff of the news department." Rick said.

"You'd make a good reporter! You've got the looks for it!" Cal said,
turning to Mike.

Ahh! My brother, the silver-tongued devil! Nice way to slip in a
compliment, bro!

"No. I'm a journalist. I want to write for the news, not be on camera."
Mike said, giving Cal a shy smile.

"Hmm. Seems a shame to waste your good looks behind the camera." Cal said.

"Thanks." Mike said quietly and started blushing again.

This was absolutely fascinating to me. I was getting to see something that
I'd never seen before.  My brother 'making his moves'! I guess I'm just a
voyeur at heart because I found this fascinating! I have often thought over
the years that social workers and psychologists - to be any good - have to
be voyeurs to some degree. They have to have a fascination with other
people lives to do what they do. What was happening right now was that I
was getting to see a side of my brother that I had never seen before! A
side that I wondered how many brothers ever got to see?

There was some more small talk and then I told Mike I'd get him sheets,
blankets and pillow to make up the couch into a bed. I saw Rick just about
to make a comment about this when I gave him another look that said, 'You
do and it's jacking off for you, Bud!' He caught the look and instantly
shut down whatever snide remark he was about to make. I got the bedding and
put them on the couch and then went back to the kitchen.

"You've got to get up for work and I've got early classes tomorrow. I think
it's time we went to bed." I said to my lover, giving him a wink to let him
know that, while I wanted to go to bed, it definitely was NOT sleep I had
on my mind.

"Yeah! You're right! You guys sleep tight. We'll see you in the morning!"
Rick said.

And, grabbing my hand, he started to practically drag me to our bedroom!
Evidently this little interplay between Cal and Mike had exactly the same
reaction in him that it had in me - made me insanely horny! It was like
watching Rick and I that first time together and bringing back all those
incredibly strong desires! Right now, I wanted Rick in the worst way and it
was obvious that he was feeling the exact same thing!

We no more got in the bedroom and the door closed and Rick grabbed me,
smashing his mouth against mine and trying to choke me with his tongue! At
the same time, he was pulling so eagerly on my t-shirt that he was
practically tearing if from my body. I grabbed his hands and pulled my
mouth away from his.

"Slow down! I'm as horny as you are, but I want to enjoy this!" I said
breathlessly.

"Fuck! I thought I was gonna just throw you down on the table and rape you
right there in front of them!" Rick moaned.

"Well, you've done that before - just never with an audience!" I chuckled.

"And you loved every minute of it, too!" he grinned.

"Never said I didn't! I just don't think that either one of us is ready to
have sex in front of our brothers!" I laughed.

"No, I guess I'm not that kinky yet!" he laughed.

I looked at him funny.

"I don't know about that 'yet'?!" I said.

"Oh, I ain't gonna have sex with my brother!" he said getting embarrassed.

"Why not? You had sex with mine!" I laughed at him.

"That's different. You wanna have sex with Mike, go right ahead!" he
grinned.

"No, thanks! That's the small compact size! I've got the large economy
size!" I grinned. "Though when I first saw him, I about had a heart attack!
You two could be twins!"

"Yeah. Everyone always told us that. Do you really think that anything is
gonna happen between them?" Rick asked, thoughtfully.

"I'm betting that, when we get up in the morning, Mike is NOT sleeping on
the couch. In fact, I'll bet the couch doesn't even get made up as a bed."
I said.

"What the fuck we gonna do about that?" he asked.

"What the fuck do you mean, what are WE going to do about it? Nothing! It's
not any of our business." I said.

"But it's your brother!" he said.

"And it's your brother. And your point is?" I asked.

"Well, shouldn't we do something?" he asked, frustration showing in his
voice. "They could end up lovers or something!"

"And that would be a bad thing?" I asked.

"Well...no...not exactly...I guess." he said.

"Okay, where's this all coming from? What are you afraid of?" I asked.

"I'm just afraid they're gonna end up hurting each other or something." he
said.

"There's nothing we can do to stop that, even if we wanted to. But, I've
got to tell you, I don't think anything of the kind is going to happen." I
said, calmly.

"What makes you so sure?" he asked, skeptically.

"Did you see the way the two of them looked at each other?! Didn't you
recognize that?!" I exclaimed.

"Yeah. I've seen plenty of guys that are out of their minds horny for each
other before!" he said.

"I don't believe you! That wasn't horniness! Well, not the kind you're
talking about! I remember seeing that same look in your eyes that afternoon
in my room when we first met." I said.

"Yeah, I was out of my mind horny for you! I wanted you really bad!" Rick
said.

"No! Not at the beginning. I mean later, when you began making love to
me. That look scared the shit out of me and melted my insides because I
knew - right then and there - that you were feeling for me the same thing I
was feeling for you! I knew you were, as Cal calls it, 'The One!'. That was
it for me. I was completely in love with you and nothing was going to
change it!" I said.  "That's the look I saw on Cal and Mike's faces out
there! They didn't even need to have sex to get it like we did!"

"You really think so?" Rick said, pondering this.

"I know so! And besides, when they do go to get it on, they're evidently
sexually compatible!" I grinned.

"I can't believe it! Mikey, a little raunch pig!" Rick laughed.

"Well, the apple doesn't fall far from the tree, does it?" I smiled at my
raunchy lover.

"No, I guess not! I knew that Mikey always tried to be like me. I just
never would have guessed that he would have picked up on that!" he said.

"Well, I will bet that you've always been kind of raunchy, right?" I asked.

"Kind of! Fuck! I was always very raunchy!" he laughed.

"Didn't like to shower? Loved the ripe scent of your own body? Right?" I
asked.

"Yeah! That's right." he laughed.

"And you shared a room with Mikey and your other brother?" I asked.

"Yeah. Brad would complain about my stink sometimes." Rick said.

"But I'll bet Mikey never did!" I said.

"Hey! You're right! He never did!" he said.

"That's because he was enjoying it! I'll bet if he'd ever admit it, he
stole your underwear or jock to huff while he jacked off." I said.

"That he don't have to admit! I caught him doing it once or twice!" Rick
said.

"Really!" I said.

"Well, I didn't say or do anything. I saw him doing it but I didn't
interrupt. I didn't want to embarrass him. He doesn't know I saw him." Rick
said.

"Very loving brother." I said, kissing him gently on the cheek.

He grinned sheepishly.

"I was always closest to Mikey. He kind of looked up to me." he said.

"Is that why you came on like 'Angry Daddy' with him tonight." I asked
quietly.

He looked at me sheepishly.

"Yeah, I guess I did, didn't I." Rick said, guilt dripping from his voice.

"You really love him but you also feel very responsible for him. Right?" I
asked.

"You can tell, huh?" he asked quietly.

"Oh, God! Can I tell? You scream it like a neon sign!" I laughed.

"I can't help it. It's always been that way. Our Dad wasn't very warm or
demonstrative. Basically didn't have much to do with us - except to yell at
us. When Mikey got scared at night, or skinned his knee, it was me he
always came to." Rick said.

"I wish I'd had Cal to go to." I said quietly.

Rick's strong, warm arms wrapped around me.

"You could go to him now. Well...maybe not now. I think his arms may be
full of my brother right now." Rick smiled gently at me.

"I don't need Cal. I have you. I'd much rather be in your arms." I said
softly.

"Count on it babe! I'll always be here for you." he said, leaning down and
nuzzling my neck.

I started groaning. The feel of his lips, tongue and teeth against my skin
was driving any ability to think completely out of my head. All the was
left was this tremendous need. I needed Rick. I needed him to make love to
me. I wasn't feeling raunchy. I wanted the emotional connection with him. I
wanted to feel him inside me and know that connection where we became one!
And the way that Rick was gently nibbling and licking at my neck, told me
that he was thinking the same thing.

I felt his hands traveling down my body, pulling at my t-shirt again, but
gently this time. He pulled it out of my jeans and slowly slid it up my
torso until he could get his hands underneath it to feel my bare skin. I
groaned at his touch. His hands felt so warm against my skin,
work-roughened hands but so gentle, so tender. He worked the t-shirt up to
where I raised my arms and we broke the kiss to let me toss it on the
floor.

With my arms up, Rick immediately put his nose into my ripe pit, snorting
my warm scent and then gently licking me there. I was moaning at the feel
of the slow, sensuous movements of his tongue against my very tender
skin. Rick was also moaning, deep in his throat while his hand continued to
gently stroke my back until they reached down to grab my butt through my
jeans, pulling our crotches together.

He pulled his face out of my pit, let go of my ass and stepped back. He
undid my jeans and I pushed them down until I could step out of them. I was
wearing nothing underneath as usual so I was now naked before my lover. He
went to take me back in his arms but I put my hands on his chest holding
him away.

"Now you." I said, my voice husky with desire.

Rick quickly divested himself of all his clothes and, when he was as naked
as I was, again gathered me in his arms, kissing me deeply as our two rigid
manhoods rubbed against each other, leaking cock-honey all over our abs. He
pushed me back towards the bed and we fell across it, a tangle of arms and
legs. He maneuvered me to where we were both lying on the bed, me on my
back and him on top of me. I loved the feeling of him being on top of
me. It wasn't the issue of surrender, but of feeling so safe and secure
covered with his muscular body. Safe, secure and, above all, loved and
desired. I could see the combined heat and love in his eyes as he looked
down at me. My lover, my mate, my protector, my partner, the man that I
would gladly spend the rest of my life with!

I leaned towards him and began to lick his neck and shoulders, using my
tongue to taste the saltiness of his skin and my teeth to gently nibble at
it. He groaned and started moving up my body so that I could reach his very
tender and sensitive nipples. I grabbed hold of one with my lips and began
sucking on it, not being at all gentle. Sucking hard and making it stand up
like a little cock, and making him moan at the feeling. Then I moved to the
other one and did the same thing, causing the moaning from him to grow
louder.

He kept moving his body up, presenting me first with his abs, which I
licked the ridges of and then his belly-button, which I swabbed out with my
tongue. This also caused my cheek to come into contact with his hard cock
which left a trail of his cock-honey up my cheek. Moving further up, now
resting on his hands and straight arms, I buried my nose in his fragrant
pubic bush. The raw scent of male - sweat, musk, rut and stale piss hit my
senses like a strong hit of poppers - but no headache afterward! I licked
through his bush until it was wet with my spit. He moved a little farther
up, allowing me to now reach his balls.

The scent of sex was strong now, with my nose pressed to his nut-sack. The
rich, pungent aroma of his maleness was driving me crazy - as he intended!
He knew how to get me ready! My tongue came out and I laved his balls in my
spit. I tasted the sweat, musk and the tang of piss as I licked and suck at
his ball-sack. But he quickly had enough of preliminaries! He moved back
down to where the head of his leaking cock was brushing my lips. I could
smell the smegma under his hood and taste the sweetness of his cock-honey
on my lips. I opened my mouth and began chewing on the tip of his
foreskin. I knew how much he loved for me to do this and my actions were
met with appropriate and expected groans from above me.

I allowed his cock to slide into my mouth, using my lips to roll back the
foreskin as it did so. I began to taste his smegma along with his pre-cum
and the sweat on his cock. The taste was pungent and alluring! I loved
it. I realize that many consider it nasty - but I love nasty! I soon had
his cockhead and under the ridge of his cockhead clean of all of this
special male treat. I then began to suck his cock in earnest. I allowed
that monster to slowly works its way forward until almost all of it was in
my mouth. The only thing bad about the position we were in was that,
because my head was bent forward, I could not 'deep throat' his
monster. However, since this was only fore-play, only an appetizer, what I
was doing was quite sufficient. So sufficient that I would have to be
careful not to get him off before the 'main event'!

"Ah, fuck, yeah, Kevin! Suck my cock! That's it babe! Use your tongue!
Fuck! That feels so fuckin' good! Yeah! Get me wet so I can fuck that sweet
ass of yours!" he begged as I continued to feast on the huge gift of
man-meat in my mouth.

I continued to slurp on his cock until I could feel it growing larger and
harder. I knew that signal!  A male's orgasm is unmistakable! It broadcasts
itself long before it happens. While I would love to continue to lay there
and have bolt after bolt of his cum pouring into my sucking mouth and down
my hungry throat, I was hungry for far more! I wanted his cock inside my
guts, reaming me out!

He pulled out of my mouth and moved down the bed to where he was kneeling
between my spread legs. He lifted them and pushed his hands back on the
backs of my thighs until my ass- trench rose in the air. He bent forward,
running his nose up and down my crack, breathing deeply of my ass-scent and
moaning before he began to run his tongue up and down the same groove,
drooling spit into my crack to lube me. His mouth locked to my hole and
began sucking while his tongue slid up my hole, opening me to him.

"Ahh! Fuck! Yeah! Eat my ass! Tongue-fuck my hole! Yeah! Make me slick for
your cock!" I begged as he continued to drive his tongue deep into my ass,
actually brushing my prostate!

When I was sufficiently wet, to his standards, he rose up and lowered my
legs slightly to where his cockhead was pointed at my hole. I took over
holding back my own legs from him while he skinned back the head of his
cock and began rubbing it up and down my ass-crack, letting his copious
cock-honey coat my hole and slick me up further. Then he put his cock
directly to my opening and slowly began to press forward. I pushed out with
my anal muscles and felt him slide deep within me!

"Oh, fuck! Yes! Shove that cock up my ass! Fuck me! Fuck me HARD!" I begged
him, our eyes locked to each other.

"Yeah, babe! I'm gonna fuck you! I'm gonna fuck you so hard! I'm gonna fuck
you until you walk funny tomorrow!" he groaned through clenched teeth.

He bottomed out in my hole and allowed a few moments for my ass to get used
to his girth. But, after all the times that Rick has fucked me, that didn't
take any time at all! Then he began pounding my hole. Nothing slow or
subtle, just all out butt-fucking! His hips snapped against my ass cheeks
as he steadily drove his cock in and out of my hole. I reached up, locking
my hands around his neck and pulling him down so that our mouth met in a
passionate, moaning kiss.

His hips continued to drive into me, slamming his cock deep in my
chute. With each thrust, I grunted at the 'charges' of feelings that went
through me! My cock was so hard it would cut diamonds and was leaking
copious offerings of pre-cum all over my abs. We were both building to a
powerful climax. I knew that I was soon going to cum and from the way that
Rick's hips were now getting out of rhythm and becoming more erratic in
their movement, I knew that Rick was almost there as well.

Then it started! I could feel the tightening in my groin and the tingle in
my balls as my sperm moved up the tube and got ready to launch itself out
of my piss hole. I groaned and then Rick's slamming into my prostate with
his cock sent me over the edge!

"FUCK ME! FUCK ME! FUCK ME!!!" I screamed mindlessly as I shot a profuse
torrent of ball- cream all over me - my face, my neck, my chest and my abs!

At the same time, the clenching of my ass-muscles around Rick's cock as I
came was enough to trigger him as well.

"FUCKIN' YOUR ASS! CUMMIN' IN YOUR BUTT!" he screamed out as he painted my
bowels with his heavy load of spoonge - volley after volley of his hot,
juicy sperm!

He collapsed on top of me. We were a sweaty, 'cummy' mess. He began to lick
the cum off my face, my neck, my chest and my abs, gathering a mouthful and
then sharing it with me. Then he moved back down between my legs. I knew
what was coming, so I grabbed them and pulled them back to where my knees
were almost on my chest. He put his mouth to my butt and began to suck and
lick at my ravaged hole, sucking out as much of his own cum as my hungry
and selfish ass would give up! Then he again moved up the bed and shared
this treat of cum and assjuices with me. He moved off to my side, I let go
of my legs and moved over into his waiting arms.

His scent was strong as was the scent of cum, ass and fucking. It was, to
us, a heavenly mixture of our spectacular love for each other! I sighed
deeply as I settled into his arms and prepared to drop off to sleep.

"Do you think it could be like that for them?" Rick asked quietly, his
voice sleepy with exhaustion.

"I hope so! I so truly hope so!" not having to ask who 'them' were.

And in the morning, my predictions were all born out. When I got up to make
tea, the couch did not contain the sleeping form of Mike. In fact, the
blankets, sheets and pillow were still sitting right where I put them. It
warmed my heart to think that there was the possibility that our brothers
had found in each other that over-whelming, once-in-a-lifetime love that
Rick and I had found in each other! This could only serve to draw all 4 of
us tremendously closer!

I took two mugs of hot tea back to the bedroom, kissing my sleeping mate
awake. He opened his eyes and pulled my mouth down to his. But the first
words were not of love or even 'good morning'.

"The couch slept on?" he asked - first thing!

"Nope! The sheets and blanket are still folded and sitting right where I
left them!" I said.

"Well, I'll be damned! But that just means they're sleeping
together. Doesn't mean that they'll fall in love." Rick said.

"Wanna bet me?" I grinned.

"Fuck NO! You're too good at this predicting what people are gonna do
shit!" he laughed.  "Frankly, I really hope you're right!"

"Oh! So do I!" I said. "It would draw us all so close! I would love it!
We'd both have our brothers and each other! How great would that be!"

"Well, we can't all continue living in this apartment together. It's
getting a little crowded." Rick said. "I guess Mike and Cal are gonna have
to get their own place eventually."

"Couldn't we...umm...ahh...couldn't the four of us...well..." I stammered.

"What is it, babe? Spit it out!" Rick said, looking at me funny.

I didn't know how he was going to take this idea.

"Couldn't we just...well...get a bigger place - all together?" I asked him.

"Shit! I'd love that. But it will be up to Cal and Mike as to whether
they'll want to. You know, if they do fall in love, they may want to get a
place of their own so that they can be alone." Rick said.

"Yeah, I guess you're right. We'll just have to see." I said, somewhat
sadly.

"You really like havin' that big lug around, don'tcha?" Rick smiled at me.

"Yeah, I do. I mean I spent so many years completely cut off from Cal, I
really like having him close now. I like finally getting to know him! I
love him in ways I never thought I could!" I admitted.

"I understand, babe! I was thinkin' how nice it would be to have Mikey
around, too! And, don't get me wrong! I love the big lug, too! Cal's still
my best friend after you!" he grinned.

While I was cooking breakfast that morning for Rick, our two sheep-faced
brothers appeared in the doorway of the kitchen.

"It smells so good in here!" Cal said, smelling the bacon I was frying.

"Plenty for four! Sit your butts down!" I said, from the stove.

Rick poured tea for both of them. I had my back to the three of them, so I
was somewhat surprised when I felt someone come up behind me and their
warm, muscular arms slipped around me because it wasn't Rick! Instead, it
was Cal! Even though we had grown much closer than we had ever been, Cal
still wasn't very demonstrative or affectionate. It had nothing to do with
me - that's just the way he is so I was a little disconcerted when he not
only hugged me but leaned down and gently kissed my cheek. The mystery of
all this was solved when his lips went to my ear and he very quietly
whispered so that only I could hear him.

"He's the one." was all Cal said, and all that he needed to be said!

I put down the spatula, turned in his arms, threw mine around his neck and
kissed him on the cheek, hugging him tightly!

"Oh, bro! I'm so happy for you!" I said. Then, lowering my voice, I asked
him, "Did you tell him that?"

"Yepper!" he grinned and I could see the excitement and love written all
over his face!

At the same time, Mike and Rick were having a rather quiet conversation
with each other and I could bet what was being said - probably not much
different than what Cal and I were saying to each other. I let go of my
brother and started serving breakfast to them and to my hungry mate.

"So, did you sleep all right, Mike?" Rick asked.

Rather than answer, Mike looked over at Cal and they smiled at each other.

"I can't ever remember sleeping better!" he enthused, continuing to look at
my brother while he answered his own.

Rick started laughing and I couldn't help but start chuckling as well. Both
Cal's and Mike's faces colored in embarrassment.

"Okay! Okay! Yes, we slept together last night." Cal growled.

"That's perfectly fine!" Rick said.

"Yes, we certainly are not in any way opposed to that. It's the rest of it
that we want to know about." I said to Cal.

"Oh...you mean..." Cal stuttered to a stop.

"Yes. I mean the 'rest' of it." I said.

Cal looked at Mike who nodded his head, evidently giving Cal permission to
speak for both of them.

"We haven't worked it all out yet but...well...we both feel the same way
about each other." Cal said.

"And that is?" Rick asked.

He was not going to make this easy on them. Mike looked his brother in the
eye.

"We are very much in love with each other and would like to spend our lives
together." Mike said. "And I know you probably think this is a bit
precipitous of us, but that's the way it is."

"Well, I'll be damned!" my lover said, turning to me, grinning. "He uses
those big words when he gets nervous, just like you do! Is that something
they teach you in college?"

"Rick!" I slapped him playfully on the arm to get him to behave! Then
turning to Mike and my own brother, "Look guys, we knew the first afternoon
we spent together how we felt about each other! And according to our Mom,
Cal's and my parents did exactly the same thing - fell in love the moment
they met! So don't let this old horn-dog give you any grief about it! He
was the one who first voiced it between us!"

This now made my mate turn several shades of red, which I felt taught him a
sufficient lesson about 'people who live in glass houses' and 'throwing
stones'. This brought a smile to Cal's face and a huge grin to Mike's
seeing his brother suitably embarrassed for once.

"We're actually quite thrilled about this! We had no idea that it would
happen but, to be honest, having our own brothers fall in love with each
other is something that we feel could well be the second most important
thing that's ever happened to us! I know now that we'll all stay close to
each other." I said.

"Yeah! Mike and I were talking about that last night." Cal said, smiling.

"You guys actually had time to talk?!" Rick exclaimed.

"Rick, one more dig and you'll be looking at porn mags for a month!" I
growled at him. "Now, behave! We trying to talk seriously here!"

"You are just no fun in the mornings anymore!" Rick said, and - I couldn't
believe it - stuck out his tongue at me like a 5 year old.

Well, that's all it took and we were all laughing hysterically and it took
a while for us all to calm down. When we had, I turned again to Cal.

"So what did you two talk about last night?" I asked.

"Well...we decided that when we got a place of our own, it was gonna have
to be close to the two of you." Cal said, with Mike enthusiastically
nodding his head.

"We were talking about this last night." I said, "And we were talking
about..."

Cal suddenly interrupted.

"Wait a minute!" Cal exclaimed. "You were talking about this LAST NIGHT?!
How? We didn't decide any of this until early this morning!"

I looked over a Rick and we both got red in the face from embarrassment.

"Well...uhh...it's like this...ahh...you see...I saw the look on both your
faces when you looked at each other last night." I said quietly. "I knew
that look! It was the same one that I'm sure was on my face and I knew was
on Rick's that first afternoon with each other. I would have been very
shocked if you two hadn't come to the conclusion that you were in love with
each other. I could already see it before we even left you two alone."

Cal looked shocked but Mike just started laughing!

"I told you they knew all along! I win! You owe me!" he laughed at Cal.

"What did you win?" Rick asked.

"None of your damned business!" Cal growled at Rick.

"Oh! One of 'those' bets!" Rick laughed.

"As I was saying!" Trying to restore some kind of peace and they all three
turned to me. "As I was saying, Rick and I talked about this and we
thought, if you guys were willing, why don't we all just rent a bigger
place together where we can all live?"

Cal looked at his new lover and Mike grinned and nodded at him.

"Course, this all depends on me being able to find work." Mike said.

"I'm gonna do everything I can to make that happen, bro! I know that my
boss has pull upstairs.  I'll bet he can get you on." Rick said.

"That's all I need, Rick. Just my foot in the door! I know I can be an
asset to the news department!" Mike said.

"Hey! You don't have to sell me!" Rick laughed.

"Mike, have you ever been to San Francisco before?" I asked.

"No, never." he said.

"Well, I don't know anything really about Journalism, but I would imagine
if you're going to write about a place, don't you think you should know
something about it?" I asked.

"Well...yeah. You're right about that." he said.

"Rick and Cal have to go to work, but I only have one class this morning
and I can skip it for one day. What say you and me go take a tour of the
city and you can start to get a feel for it?" I asked.

"Oh, Kevin, that would be great! Are you sure you don't mind doing it?" he
asked.

"Hey! You're my brother-in-law! Twice!" I laughed.

It took everybody a second to figure out the twice and then we all laughed!

I had a great day, spending time getting to know Mike while I helped him
get to know the city. I love this city more than any other in the whole
USA! I never want to be anywhere else! The people, the climate, the beauty
of it! No place else in all the United States is like San Francisco! I
think some of that must have rubbed off on Mike while I was giving him the
tour because at one point, he looked at me.

"You really love it here, don't you?" he asked.

"Yeah! I never thought I could love a city as much as I love this one. I've
been free here. Rick and I can be who we are and never have to apologize to
anybody for it! The population is diverse but each culture gives something
to all the others! I felt at home here the very first night I was here!
Rick took me up to the top of Twin Peaks and I looked out over the lights
of the city and, just like with Rick, it was love at first sight!" I said.

"You know, I think I'm beginning to feel like that, too!" he grinned.

Mike turned out to be a good deal like Rick, only unlike Rick, who gets
embarrassed by displays of emotion, Mike is openly loving, giving and
compassionate. I'm really pleased that he was "The One" for Cal. I think he
gives Cal what he's always needed - somebody to truly love him for who he
is! I found it interesting that, after Mike came into his life, I never
heard another intolerant word from Cal from then on.

And that's how we all came to live in this beautiful old Victorian row
house. We bought it for a song but it's taken a lot of work from all of us
to redo it! If you ever want to find out how strong your relationship with
your lover or brothers is - just remodel a house with them! It was some of
the worst, back-breaking work I've ever done in my life but it all paid
off! Rick and I have the top floor, Cal and Mike have the middle floor, the
basement and garage we redid over into a common laundry, workout and
recreation room.

Rick and Cal still work together at KRON, while Mike has become the
producer of the nightly news. I finished school and set up a private
practice working with a lot of gay men, a lot of whom have issues far more
serious than just 'coming out'. A lot of them are dealing with AIDS or the
aftermath of losing lovers and friends to the disease. It's tough work
sometimes, but as I once said to him, I have Rick to go home to! He holds
me and loves me and basically puts me 'back together'. And there is the
wonderful relationship I have with my own brother, Cal. One that I never
expected to ever have! And, I can't forget to mention Mike! What a great
guy he is! My brother and I seem to have the best of taste in the men we
choose to fall in love with!

And all because my hated, tormenting brother decided to bring his best
'buddy' from the Marine Corps home for Christmas! You just never know where
love is gonna find you!

THE END OF MY BROTHER'S MARINE BUDDY

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