Chapter Eleven

Chapter Eleven

James admitted that the outdoor air was a refreshing change. It was a beautiful early summer day, and there was a breeze with low humidity. His mood was lighter as he and Mike walked through his neighborhood. He laughed when Mike took him to a food truck and ordered his dreaded hot dog. James settled for a baked pretzel. It wasn’t the most nutritious thing to eat, but it seemed healthier to him than the rest of the vendor’s offerings.

James rolled his eyes when Mike bit into his frankfurter then licked his lips, moaning with pretended ecstasy. James finished half his pretzel, then handed the rest to Mike, who sucked it down like a human vacuum.

“Come on. Here’s the ice cream parlor I was telling you about,” Mike announced, pulling James into the shop.

“Are you going to be able to eat ice cream now?” James teased.

“Always room for dessert,” Mike replied in a matter-of-fact tone, rubbing the palms of his hands together. “And this place has the best ice cream flavors, mix-ins and toppings.”

“Can I help you?” the bored girl behind the counter questioned James.

“One scoop of vanilla in a cup, please,” James responded.

“Anything mixed in or toppings?” the server asked.

“Nope.”

“What? I just said, you can get any combination you want, and you choose plain, old vanilla?” Mike exclaimed.

“I like vanilla,” James explained.

“Well, sure. Everyone does, but you can have that any time,” Mike protested.

“No, I can’t,” James answered. “I need to stay in shape. So, I never have ice cream. If I’m going to splurge and eat some, I want to get what I like.” The girl handed him his treat, and he handed her a twenty, telling her that he was paying for the two of them.

“You don’t have to do that,” Mike interjected.

“You paid for the pretzel.”

“Big whoop,” Mike snarked. “And I ate half of it.”

The server turned her attention to Mike. “What can I get you?”

“I’ll have the coconut and chocolate swirl ice cream, the Mounds candy mix-ins, the hot fudge sauce topping, along with whipped cream, nuts, a cherry and toasted coconut flakes,” Mike replied.

James barked a laugh. “Jesus. You’re like a little boy in a candy shop.”

Mike shrugged, then whispered in James’ ear, “And you’re a big boy, made for swirling my dessert then letting me lick your utensil clean.”

James almost choked on a spoonful of his ice cream, then turned away from the counter so the server wouldn’t see him blush. Once Mike had his order, he joined James at his side and they walked out of the store and over to the park.

“Man, you’re a pig in more ways than one. You’re going to have to spend all day in the gym tomorrow,” James scolded.

“Yes, Dad.” Mike smirked.

Once they were seated on a park bench, they sat quietly while eating. Once James finished his food, he sighed with a grin. “I haven’t had that in a long time. Why does it have to taste so good?”

Mike chuckled. “You want something that really tastes good? Here, eat some of this before I finish it,” he offered, holding a spoonful of his concoction to James’ mouth.

James did his move of jerking his head back with an amused expression. “Keep that away from me, Satan.”

“Come on, just one spoonful isn’t going to ruin your pretty figure,” Mike teased.

James gave him a side-eye, but leaned forward and allowed Mike to spoon the ice cream into his mouth. James moaned, causing Mike to laugh.

James swallowed and chuckled as well. “Okay, that was delicious.”

“See? Want some more?” Mike offered, holding up another spoonful.

“I do, but I will refrain. Thank you,” James replied, looking off toward children playing on a jungle-scape.

“Ever wish you had kids?” Mike asked.

James looked surprised. “What? No. Billy is sort of like my kid, as well as being my brother. There’s only a nine-year age difference, but I felt responsible for him. I still do.”

Mike nodded. “I see that. You’re good to him. He’s lucky to have you.”

James shrugged. “I’m lucky to have him, too.”

“I heard you on the phone earlier, telling him you’d accompany him tomorrow to pick out an engagement ring for Nadia. I guess that means we won’t be spending the whole day together after all, huh?” Mike asked, though he tried not to sound like he was whining when he did.

James avoided Mike’s eyes, looking back to the kids instead. “Yeah. Sorry about that. I have a hard time saying no to him. This is important, and he values my opinion.”

Mike put a hand on James’ thigh to reassure him. “It’s okay. I get it.”

James smiled in thanks. “But we have the rest of today, tonight and tomorrow morning. If you still want to stay over, that is.”

Mike laughed. “That’s like asking me if I want another bowl of ice cream.”

James shook his head. “And I won’t ask you that because you’ve had enough. Come on, let’s walk back to my place.”

They threw their empty cups into a nearby trash can and exited the park.

* * * *

“Maybe you should turn off the air-conditioning and open the windows,” Mike suggested when they returned to the building. “It’s so nice out. The cool breeze will be nice on our naked skin.”

James gave Mike a flirtatious look. “We’re not naked.”

Mike advanced on James and put his arms around him. “Not yet, we aren’t. But I don’t want you wearing clothes for the rest of my visit.”

James chuckled. “Oh? Well, I’m not in the habit of walking around my apartment naked, even when I’m alone.”

Mike smirked in return. “I don’t care that you’re modest when you’re by yourself. But when you’re with me, you’ll be an exhibitionist. So, take your clothes off, please.”

James crossed his arms in mock protest. “Such a voyeur. My God. Fine—after you.”

Mike laughed before throwing his baseball cap onto the kitchen table and pulling off his jersey. Before James could comment, Mike unzipped his jeans and shucked both them and his underwear down his legs and off his feet, leaving him only in white athletic socks.

James clicked his tongue. “Wow, stunning. What brand of socks are they? I can’t take my eyes off them.”

“Asshole,” Mike chastised, reaching over and tickling James until he was crying from laughing so much. Mike didn’t wait for James to remove his clothes. He knocked the cap off James’ head and yanked up his T-shirt and pulled it off his body. Mike backed James against the wall and undid his jeans and, as he had done for himself, pushed both the pants and underwear down with one fell swoop. James’ hardening cock bounced up to greet him. Mike knelt before James, pulling the clothing off his legs and feet, then removed James’ socks. Still on his knees, he reached over to touch James’ now engorged dick, examining it with affection and lust. “It’s magnificent.”

James let out a nervous laugh. “Yeah, well it seems to be drawn to you. Literally.”

“Mm,” Mike moaned, taking the head of James’ member into his mouth. Surprised, James dropped his head back against the wall, gasping. Mike swirled his tongue around the crown, surprised by how much he loved the taste and scent of the man. He ventured to swallow more, getting as far as filling his mouth without entering his throat. James was gasping, and it made Mike erect as well. He sucked and slurped on his new favorite oral treat, reaching his left hand to James’ balls so he could caress them.

“Mike,” James whispered. “Let’s go in the bedroom.”

Mike released James’ cock with a wet popping noise and blushed. “Sorry. Am I being too messy?”

James shook his head. “God, no. Wet is nice.” He reached his hand down to take Mike’s so he could assist him to his feet and lead him to the bedroom. Once they were there, James pushed Mike onto the mattress like he had done to James earlier. James pushed against Mike’s knees so he knew to scooch back on the mattress. What Mike hadn’t expected was James taking hold of his calves, lifting them and pushing them up until Mike’s knees were resting near his chest.

“What the hell?” Mike whispered. “You aren’t going to fuck me, are you?”

James laughed. “Someday, I hope. But not now.” Mike relaxed, then James knelt before him so he could start kissing the backs of Mike’s thighs.

“Jesus,” Mike muttered.

“Nah, it’s just me,” James replied. “Keep your knees in place. I like looking at a hot guy offering himself to me.”

Mike whimpered at that, pulling his knees as far forward as he could. He knew he was wide open and felt even more exposed than earlier when he was rimmed from behind. He was a little embarrassed and aroused at the same time. Mike liked offering himself to James and letting him be the one to see him in this most intimate position. He was relishing the light licks and kisses along his legs until a few moments later, James pressed his tongue on his opening. “Oh God,” he cried.

James pulled his head back and snarked, “You keep going up the deity chain, but it’s still just me.”

“You’re my god,” Mike exclaimed. “And I’m here to serve you.”

James snorted. “Such a poet. And right now, it seems I’m the one serving you.” Then he went back to caressing Mike’s sensitive skin with his tongue until Mike was vocalizing deity names and vulgarities in the same word stream. After a few minutes, he backed off and climbed onto the bed. He shifted Mike so that his entire body was on the mattress, then aligned himself over Mike in a sixty-nine position. “I’m going to suck your cock, and I’m going to finger your ass,” James asserted.

Mike was staring at James’ privates hanging over his face, wondering if James wanted him to resume blowing him.

“Suck me at the same time,” James ordered, as if answering the unasked question.

Mike didn’t know where the controlling James came from, but he liked it. “I want to try taking in as much of you as I can.”

James spoke a bit more softly. “Be careful. Remember what I told you—I’m not expecting you to be a porn star. Do what you like and what makes you comfortable. Use your hand to stroke what you can’t manage.”

Mike didn’t have to hear more instructions. He grabbed James’ hips and lowered the throbbing tool until it was seated past his lips. Mike resumed the pleasurable sucking he had started earlier, only this time, James was also sucking Mike and using his fingers to breach Mike’s hole. Mike had never felt ecstasy in so many places of his body, especially when James started finger-fucking his ass. Mike pulled off James just for a moment so he could exhale and mumble, “Yes, keep doing that, please.” He sucked James’ manhood back into his mouth, starting to let some of it slide into his throat. The gagging he experienced was unpleasant, and he remembered James’ warning. He moderated how much he took in and he massaged the rest of James’ tool with his now slick hand.

James pulled off for a second so he could handle and look at Mike’s wet hardness. “Your cock is beautiful, Mike. Tastes so fucking good.” He went back to sucking it, taking him to the root. James took long, deep swallows of Mike, picking up the speed of poking Mike’s prostate with his finger. Within seconds, Mike began shooting his cum down James’ throat.

Mike had pulled off James as he was ejaculating, unable to keep from gasping and crying out. “James! Oh God!” Once he felt himself cresting, he took James’ dick back into his mouth, reaching up to James’ ass with his other hand and inserting one of his fingers into his lover’s now sweaty hole. The sensation caused James to drop Mike’s softening prick from his lips. James bucked back and cried out. Mike slid his finger in and out of James’ opening as he continued applying pressure to James’ manhood with his hand and lips. After a moment, for the first time in his life, Mike experienced a man coming in his mouth. He was afraid he’d gag, but realized it was as easy as swallowing any other liquid. Mike loved the warmth of it, ecstatic to have this beautiful man share with him such an intimate part of himself.

Once Mike’s sucking was making James’ softening dick too sensitive, James pulled himself away and repositioned himself so he could lie down, face-to-face with his companion.

James reached over to stroke Mike’s hair, watching him pant. “Are you okay?”

Mike smiled. “Holy shit, yes!”

James began to laugh. “Okay. No first-time regrets for this one.”

Mike turned to look at James, his smile fading into an expression of affection. “Who could regret something so wonderful with the most handsome man in the world?” He wrapped his arms around James, noticing he tensed for only a moment before surrendering to the embrace.