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  Kendal sighed. “Listen, I can’t just take you back, just like that. What you did, Charlie, hurt. It hurt a lot. And now I find out that you left me for a man you hadn’t even met yet.”

  Charlie fell silent.

  “Where are you staying?”

  “At Robbie’s. He’s letting me stay in his basement.”

  Kendal nodded. “Look, Charlie. I don’t want to throw away seven years, but I have to have some time. Let’s take it slow. Maybe I was to blame too. We got into kind of a rut. Would you agree to start dating again?”

  He nodded. “Yeah. That would be a start. Maybe we could go out more. I’d like it if you came out with me once in awhile. We could go dancing.”

  “Sure, okay.”

  “And maybe I could be a bit more romantic. I know you like that stuff.”

  Kendal smiled, and nodded.

  They ended their discussion with a brief kiss on the lips, then Charlie left, promising to call him soon. Kendal felt okay with that. As he sat down later in front of the television, he began to think about Aaron. It suddenly occurred to him how badly he’d treated him, how rude he’d been. Poor Aaron hadn’t stolen Charlie from him, at least not knowingly. There had to be some way he could make it up to him, apologise at least. The more he thought about it, the more he decided that his behaviour had been very bad. He searched for that card again, and found it in the waste paper basket in the bathroom. He sighed, picked up the mobile, and pushed in the numbers. He got the answering machine. “Hi, it’s Aaron. I’m either working or playing. Leave your number, and I’ll call you back soon as I can. Bye.”

  Kendal hung up without leaving a message. He was falling asleep in front of the television when the phone rang. “Charlie?” He peered at the time on the television, searching for his new glasses on the sofa.

  “It’s Aaron, sorry.”

  “Aaron?”

  “I have call display. You didn’t leave a message.”

  “Oh, yeah. Sorry. I didn’t know what to say. Look, I spoke with Charlie.”

  “And?”

  “I’m sorry. I’m really sorry. We had a communication breakdown. Charlie had a crush on you, that’s all. He’s never really spoken to you.” He laughed slightly. “Says you’re a snob.”

  “I see.”

  “Aaron, are you angry?”

  “No. So, you’ve forgiven him then?”

  “Not entirely. Technically, he didn’t have an affair, but we have some problems in our relationship. We’re going to take it slow. I’m not taking him back just yet.”

  “Going to make him sweat.”

  “Something like that.”

  “Guess that means you still love him?”

  “Well, seven years.”

  “That wasn’t my question.”

  “I suppose so.”

  “Okay then, well…good luck with it.”

  “Aaron?”

  “Yep?”

  “I’d like to do something to make it up to you.”

  There was silence, then, suddenly, he said, “What do you have in mind, Kendal?” The voice was silky smooth, seductive. It sent a tiny shiver down his spine. Oh, what could it hurt to flirt a little? He’d never had the chance to flirt with someone like Aaron Radcliff, and it was harmless, over the phone. No danger there.

  He laughed a little. “You’re not being a naughty boy, are you, Aaron?” He sucked in some breath.

  “Not yet.”

  Kendal smiled. “What exactly does that mean?”

  “It means that you haven’t given me that opportunity.”

  “Little hard on the phone.”

  “What’s a little hard?”

  “Maybe I’m a little hard. I saw your picture in my friend’s calendar.”

  “Did you?” God, he had a sexy voice.

  “Yes. You have a nice chest. Ever thought about posing nude?”

  He laughed.

  “Would you?”

  “Depends.”

  “Depends on what?”

  “Who was taking the pictures. Do you have a good camera?”

  “You wouldn’t pose nude for me.” Kendal was blushing, and he was all alone in his living room.

  “How do you know?”

  “I’m not your type.”

  “How do you know that?”

  “Come on, Aaron. You’re teasing me.”

  “I think you’re the one teasing me. Why don’t you let me come by your place tonight, and I’ll tell you how you can make it up to me?”

  “Whoa, whoa, cowboy.” Kendal laughed. “If you actually showed up at my doorstep, you’d have to carry through on your promise.”

  “What’s your address?”

  Shocked, Kendal swallowed.

  “What’s your address?”

  A one night stand. A one night stand with the most gorgeous hunk he’d ever laid eyes on. Did he dare? Did he dare let go one time in his life? How many opportunities would he have to make love to someone like Aaron?

  “You still there?”

  “Yeah.”

  “You chicken? You don’t believe I’ll show up?”

  “But why? Why do you want to…?”

  “Could it be that I want to be with you?” His voice was soft suddenly. “Could it be that I like you, find you attractive, fantasize about making love to you?”

  Kendal swallowed. “It would just be for tonight because…well, it would just be sex, right?”

  “It can be anything you want it to be.”

  Kendal took a big breath. “Okay,” he said. “Got a pen?”

  Chapter Three

  Kendal panicked, and in his panic, he tried Aaron’s house three times. He got the answering machine. He hung up in frustration, his stomach in knots. He couldn’t believe that he had invited Aaron to come over. He couldn’t believe that Aaron would actually come, until he heard his doorbell ring. Okay, he’d answer. He’d be cool, make like it was a joke. When he opened the door, Aaron stood there, all of him, and he looked sensational, dressed in black jeans and a silky red shirt. He handed him a blue rose. “Sorry,” he said with a grin, “I would have gotten you a dozen but there’s no place open at this time. I found this one at the all night convenience store.”

  Kendal held it to his nose. “I love blue roses. How did you know?” He opened the door and let him in.

  Aaron closed the door behind him. “I didn’t know,” he admitted. “It was the only one they had, besides yellow and…”

  “You’re supposed to say that they’re unique, and so are you.”

  “Well, I was going to, but I figured you’d consider that to be a line, and so…”

  Kendal laughed. “Yeah, does sound kind of sappy, doesn’t it? Let me put this in some water. Come in,” Kendal said, walking into the kitchen.

  Aaron followed quietly.

  “Aaron, look, we were joking on the phone but…” He turned around to see that Aaron was standing right in front of him. His heart was pounding in his chest.

  “You want me to leave now?”

  “No, we can have a drink and…” Kendal took a vase off the kitchen counter and filled it with water. He tried to put the rose into the water, but his hand was shaking, and he kept missing, stabbing the countertop with the stem instead. Aaron came up behind him. He reached around, placed his hand on his, and lowered the rose into the vase. Kendal sucked in some breath.

  Aaron’s entire body was pressed against his. His erection grazed his ass. “I want you, Kendal. Can’t you feel it?” He moved Kendal’s hair off his neck and pressed his lips there. A shiver ran down his spine. Aaron’s hands settled on his hips. He pulled his ass back into his groin. He lowered his lips to his neck again. “Kiss me,” he urged, turning Kendal around in his arms. “Don’t be afraid. Kiss me.”

  “I’m not afraid, I…” Kendal looked up helplessly into his eyes. “I…” He reached up and took some of his hair between his fingers. “You’re incredibly beautiful.”

  A hand reached around to the back of Ke
ndal’s head, Aaron’s mouth came down on his, brutal, demanding, with unbridled passion. They stumbled back against the cupboard, Kendal’s mouth opening to his. A hand moved under his t-shirt, searching his chest, lightly teasing one nipple, the other buried itself in Kendal’s hair as the kissing deepened, Aaron’s tongue moving sensuously around his. God, he could kiss. The hand moved down his chest to his stomach. Aaron moaned something against his neck, then backed away for a second, both hands undoing Kendal’s belt. Kendal let his head go back, he licked his lips. He heard his zipper coming down. He gasped when Aaron scooped his erection out of his pants, and squeezed it in his hand. “You have a beautiful cock.” He released it, reached over and pulled Kendal’s shirt over his head. He threw it aside. “God, you’re sexy, standing there like that.”

  Kendal was frozen to the spot. He allowed Aaron to push down his pants, his underwear, undo his shoes, and take off his socks. He wrapped his arms around him and kissed him again, moving his hands down over Kendal’s back, then grabbing his ass and practically lifting him off his feet. The kissing grew more intense, Aaron’s hands roaming his flesh, his tongue licking one nipple, then the other, then working down until he was on his knees. When he took his cock into his mouth, Kendal almost came right there, to have this beautiful man on his knees sucking his cock while he stood there completely naked was indescribably sexy, and Aaron hadn’t even taken off a stitch of clothing.

  Kendal came abruptly, with a cry, his hips jutting out, and his head slamming back against the cupboards. Aaron stood up. He grabbed him, and turned him around, pushing him down on the heavy oak table. “Oh God,” Kendal cried out, as Aaron grabbed his legs and spread them widely apart. He pushed up his knees, and separated his ass cheeks, beginning to touch his anus lightly with his tongue. Kendal was erect again, and practically begging for release. The way this guy was using his tongue was driving him out of his mind. At the same time, Aaron reached up and entwined his fingers with his, allowing Kendal to squeeze the shit out of his hand when he came. As Kendal laid back, his chest heaving, trying to get his breath, Aaron began to undo his shirt. Kendal ran his tongue over his lips, his flaccid organ coming to life a third time as Aaron did what was akin to a slow strip. “Get down on the floor,” he whispered, reaching in the pocket of his pants, taking out lube and condoms. “I want to fuck you, Kendal. Do you want me to?”

  Kendal crawled off the table. He threw Aaron’s shirt aside, and reached for the zipper on his pants. “Oh yeah,” Kendal groaned. “I never wanted anyone to fuck me as bad as I want you to right now.”

  Kendal was having a hard time getting his pants down.

  Aaron smiled, and reached over and kissed him on the mouth lightly. “You want them off too badly, let me.”

  Kendal stood back as the pants fell around his ankles, then his underwear. “You have a beautiful cock. God, you have a beautiful body, Aaron.”

  Kendal sunk to the floor, licking the length of his shaft. No one would believe him right now if he told them how gorgeous this man was. No calendar could do him justice.

  “Stop,” Aaron said softly with a laugh. “You’ll make me cum. I’ve been holding onto it for awhile, and believe me the minute I kissed you, I almost lost it.”

  Kendal looked up at him with wonder in his eyes. It seemed impossible.

  “Come on,” he said, “doggie style. Nice and rough, then we’ll turn you around, I want to look into your eyes.”

  The way he talked. It turned him on like crazy, made his cock so hard. The things he said were at once erotic, and so romantic. He had no idea how he managed to strike that balance but he did.

  “Oh yeah,” he said, when Kendal turned onto his hands and knees. “Now I’m turned on. So horny. Oh baby,” he breathed, squeezing lube on his fingers, “I’m going to make sure you’re ready. You have a beautiful ass,” he said, moving an oiled finger around his anus, then, slipping it inside of him.

  Kendal moaned when it entered him.

  “It’s so round and plump.” He gave his ass a little slap. “I love your ass, not bony, but meaty.” The finger slipped in and out, and then Aaron reached around and caressed his cock. “Kiss me, baby,” he said, reaching down and crushing his lips against his. “You want me?”

  “Yeah.”

  “Say, fuck me, fuck me, Aaron. Say my name.”

  “Aaron,” Kendal groaned. “Fuck me. Fuck me…fuck….oh god…god yes…Aaron, fuck me…”

  Aaron fucked him hard and fast, then, pulled out, only to pull him around on his back, lift his legs and go into him again. He looked down into his eyes, and slowed his pace. Kendal let out a low, long moan. “You’re still so hard,” he sighed, grunting. “God, Aaron…um, like that, like that…oh yes…yes…YES!”

  Kendal was pumping into him again, hard and deep, and then he let his head go back, sweat rolling down his beautiful sculptured chest, and he let it go, came into him with short little jabs, then quieted. Gently he let down Kendal’s legs, and sat back on the floor. His eyes closed, his tongue tasting his own lips as if he’d just finished the most satisfying meal.

  Kendal sat up, wiping the sweat from his face. He was contemplating getting up off the floor when Aaron reached for him. He drew him into his arms as he leaned his back against the kitchen cupboard. His mouth sought his. He kissed him gently, tightened his grip on him. God, he felt so good in those arms, too damn good. Aaron stroked his hair. Kendal placed a hand on his thigh and let his gaze feast on his beautiful cock. He glanced at himself, a little embarrassed at being naked suddenly. His body seemed so flabby in comparison. “I…you want something…to…” he began to move out of his embrace.

  Aaron tightened his hold. “Not yet,” he said. “What’s wrong? You don’t like to be held after sex?”

  He loved being held after sex, and he was particularly enjoying being held by him, maybe a little too much. “No, I do, I…”

  Aaron looked down at him. He released him. “Let me look at you.”

  Kendal blushed a little. “I’m not…your body is so much more fit and…”

  Aaron pushed his hands away. “Stop it. You’re beautiful, Kendal.” He reached over and kissed his mouth gently. “Don’t ever hide your body.”

  Kendal smiled. “Want something to drink?”

  “Yeah, but don’t cover up, okay? Promise?”

  Kendal grinned. “Okay. What are you, a nudist?”

  “I like to appreciate beauty.”

  Kendal laughed, and got off the floor. “What do you want to drink?”

  “Something wet, water will do.”

  “Okay.”

  Aaron got up now. Kendal watched him walk naked into the living room. He followed him with two glasses of water. He handed him a glass. Aaron drank it in one gulp, walking around and looking at pictures. They were all pictures of him and Charlie.

  “In better times,” Kendal said, sitting on the sofa and sipping his water.

  Aaron turned around, and looked at him for a moment, then he said, “Hold on,” and disappeared into the kitchen.

  “What? Where are you going?” Kendal laughed.

  Aaron returned with the rose in his hand. “Lay back.”

  Kendal eyed him, but he put the glass aside and lay down. Aaron perched himself on the side of the sofa, and put the rose between his teeth. Slowly, he ran the rose over Kendal’s lips, then around each nipple, then down to his cock, his balls. He pushed up his knees, and trailed it between the cheeks of his ass, then, trailed it back up over his skin again. When he got to his face, he pressed his mouth against his, the rose still between his teeth. He took it out, and smiled at him. “I took out the thorns just for you.”

  “I’m hard again,” Kendal whispered.

  “That was the intention,” he replied, as Kendal reached his arms around his shoulders and pulled him in for a kiss.

  “Do you want to fuck me?” Aaron whispered against his ear.

  “Can I?”

  “Oh yeah,” he growled. “In the shower. I
like to fuck in the shower.”

  Kendal pushed him up off the sofa. “Race you.”

  Aaron caught him halfway up the stairs. He grabbed his wrist and lifted one arm around his shoulder, then, he reached between his legs with his arm, grasped him behind the thigh, and lifted him into the air and over his shoulder. Kendal let out a shout. Aaron had him by one arm, and one leg. “What are you doing?”

  He carried him effortlessly up the stairs like that, then, put him down in the bathroom. “It’s the fireman’s carry. You forgot that I’m a fireman?”

  “No, I didn’t forget that,” Kendal laughed. “I’ve just never had a man pick me up and throw me over his shoulder like that.”

  Aaron grinned.

  Kendal reached in and turned on the shower. “Get in there, stud,” he said, slapping him on the ass this time. “Oh God, I could bounce pennies off that ass.”

  “Later.” Aaron laughed, stepping into the shower. He spread his legs and leaned the palms of his hands on the wall in front of him. The water ran in rivets down over the curves of his flesh. No centerfold would be able to shine a light to this. Then he said, “Do what you want, baby. Let yourself go.”

  Kendal almost lost it right there. His cock pulsed. He stifled a groan, and stepped in behind him. He picked up the bar of soap. “I want to run my slippery hands all over you.” He leaned forward and bit his shoulder lightly. “I want to soap your dick, and your balls. I want to soap your nipples, and your ass. I want to be inside you so bad right now…I…”

  “Slow down, baby, slow down,” he said softly. “Take a breath. Touch me. Come on,” he urged. “Don’t be afraid.”

  “I’m not afraid, I’m…too excited. God, you’re so beautiful…too beautiful…I…”

  “Touch me,” he whispered. “Allow yourself. I’m yours, Kendal. I want you. I want you inside me.”

  Kendal soaped his beautiful body with trembling hands. He wrapped his arms around him, and clutched his hard cock. Once he started touching him, he couldn’t stop. He was moaning almost as loudly as Aaron was, his hands moving everywhere on his flesh, in between his legs, over his tits, up inside his ass. His body was so incredible that it brought tears to his eyes. His own cock was harder than it had ever been in his life.