Together Forever

by David Horne

  “Good morning, beautiful,” he greeted me, while his arms held my body close to his and his lips tasted mine for the first time today.

  “Hey,” I said back.

  Daniel already knows that I’m not the most energetic person during the morning. And he had grown to accept it, even though he was the one that got me into this morning workout things.

  “It’s not morning anymore, you know,” he reminded me as if he was listening to my thoughts.

  “We can still work out.” I pointed out.

  “Yeah, but it’s not the same.” He said.

  I stared at him with disdain, and he burst out a small laugh.

  “How are you feeling today?” He asked me.

  “I’m okay...” I answered.

  “I mean... About us. One year already.”

  “Oh. Yeah. Well, I just want more years to come.”

  “If it’s up to me, this is for eternity.”

  I smiled.

  “I really want that too,” I said while glancing him and his big smile.

  “Where’s Britney?” I asked him.

  “So... I have a confession to make,” he announced. “You were taking so long to wake up that, I already went on a walk.” He revealed.

  “Then why didn’t you say so? I’m only here because of you!” I replied.

  “Stop that. You need to walk at least! Exercise is good.”

  “But I do exercise! Have you forgotten about our swimming lessons?”

  “But walking and running are different! And it’s good for the soul!” He said.

  “Right...” I kind of agreed.

  I love the fact that we are both so different, but that we complement each other so perfectly. There’s no way that I could see myself living with someone other than him. Even though we’ve been together for only one year, the fact that we’ve known each other since we were kids makes our connection ten times more unique!

  “Where do you want to go and get lunch?” He asked me.

  “Do you want to order something and eat at my house?” I suggested. “My mom’s out of town again.”

  “Sure. That sounds nice! Then we can go together to check out the apartment.”

  “Great!”

  We got home after walking for about one hour, and it was already almost 1pm. We were both sweaty, so I suggested we go upstairs and take a shower. Daniel has left some clothes in my bedroom, so he had something to change into afterward. He went first into the bathroom, as I decided to fold some clothes that were hanging out on top of my bed.

  “You’re not coming?” Daniel shouted.

  I should’ve expected that we weren’t just showering. Especially since my mom was not home. Even though I wasn’t thinking about it, seeing Daniels’s naked body as I walked into the bathroom did the trick.

  Daniel closed the shower stall door right behind me and proceeded to kiss me. My hand went to his muscled eight-pack now, and I felt each of his abs like it was the first time. He has been working out way more as of late, but he is still not too bulky. He managed to remain considerably slim while developing the muscles throughout his entire body.

  After a few minutes of intense kissing, he got down on his knees and took my hard dick into his mouth. If there’s something our sex has evolved too was into a rougher but still passionate style. One of his favorite activities was to deepthroat my cock, and I loved how it felt. After gagging and spitting on my dick a few times, he looked up to tell me something.

  “I have a one-year surprise for you,” he said.

  Then, he got up, and after he kissed me, he turned around.

  “Put it in,” he said.

  Since our very first fuck at the residence back in Ghana, I have been the one who’s fucked. Not that I mind it, but since I am versatile, I like to fuck too. Daniel also opened a lubricant bottle and began to put some on his ass. He was prepared, and I could already see his tight and hairy asshole.

  Daniel handed me the lubricant bottle, and I placed some on my dick as well, then, I placed it on Daniels’s asshole, but didn’t push it in. I drew a few invisible circles on his ass with my cock and began grabbing his body gently. One hand was around his waist, and the other one was around his neck, pushing his face near mine.

  Finally, I let my dick slide inside of his hole, and I immediately felt the tightness of it. Daniel screamed a little bit, from the pain of his asshole being opened, but he quickly settled. Gently, I forced my dick a few more inches inside, and the lubricant was helping it to get in without troubles.

  I felt Daniel moaning, and this time it wasn’t all painful. As I felt my dick being squished inside his tight ass, I also moaned. Daniel grabbed the arm that was around his throat and held on to it as he began to move back and forward on my cock. We were both moaning like crazy and focused on the task that we were accomplishing for the first time.

  Daniel started to wank himself off, and I increased the speed of the fucking. I was pounding his ass hard, hearing the echoed noise of my body brutally slamming his ass. He was moaning as loud as I ever heard him groan, and I was very thankful that my mom wasn’t home to be able to listen to that.

  “Ah!” Daniel shouted. “I’m gonna cum,” he announced.

  Hearing him say that made me get even hornier, and I think we came at the same time. Daniel shot a huge load all over the shower. Like, as much as I’ve ever seen him cum. Just a few seconds after, I came inside his ass, and I felt my dick throbbing inside of it.

  We kissed, and, slowly, I removed my dick from his ass. Daniel was laughing.

  “That was awesome,” he said.

  I laughed at him too, and then we proceeded to actually wash our bodies. It was nice to fuck him to distress from the day that we had ahead of us. I was really hoping that the apartment that we were visiting today could be the one. It’s been a long time coming for us to move in together.

  Just the thought of spending my life with Daniel was surreal. I keep wondering how different our relationship could’ve been if we had come out to each other back in high school. Maybe it wouldn’t have been as vital for us, and I do believe that everything happens for a reason.

  We both got out of the stall and began to get dressed in my bedroom. I found an oversized sweater of Daniel’s lying around, and I decided to wear that for lunch. It was quite hot outside, so I just put on some boxers, and that was it.

  As usual, Daniel was showing off his body, wearing nothing but some tight undies. Luckily, he does that so often that I’ve gotten used to it and am not afraid anymore of opening the door to the delivery guy when he’s almost naked. Sometimes, when we spend a few days alone together, he doesn’t even wear anything.

  We order lunch through our favorite app, and, to celebrate, I let myself order tons of sushi. Daniel knows that it’s my favorite food, and since he also enjoys it, we only order sushi.

  Since we were both sitting on the couch, I decided to go into the fridge and open a good bottle of wine. We began to sip it while watching one of the shows that we’re currently watching on TV. After half an hour, the doorbell rang, and I cringed for one second when Daniel got up to answer it.

  It was a woman, which made me even more uncomfortable about his current outfit. If I didn’t know better, I would think that he does that just to provoke me. After delivering the sushi, the girl began to make some small talk, and Daniel kept smiling at her. However, when she asked if he wanted to go out with her, he replied:

  “Sorry, I’m actually here with my boyfriend. It’s our first anniversary today.” He said to her.

  Her face should’ve been priceless at that moment. She went on to wish us a happy anniversary and then left. I think that if she had somewhere to hide, then she would've done it without a second thought.

  Daniel brought the sushi bags to the couch, and we set up everything on top of the coffee table near us. I was hungry, so I went ahead and began eating. Daniel was staring at me, and I paused, questioning what was on his mind.

  “Listen,” he
began, swerving his body into my direction and then crossed his legs on top of the couch. “I wanted to wait until dinner to do this, but the truth is that I can’t wait any longer. So, I’m going to do it now.”

  Oh, boy. This better not be what I’m thinking of. With my mouth filled with sushi and with soy sauce dripping down my chin, Daniel reached his underwear and took out a small, yet beautiful ring. I stared at it in awe, as he was now getting on his knees in front of the couch, about to say the words that I thought I would never hear him speak so soon.

  “Will you marry me?” He asked, looking up at me, with his eyes watering.

  I didn’t even realize that I was crying too, it must’ve been an unconscious reaction. My hand reached for the ring as I chewed up what was still on my mouth, and I almost forgot to reply to his invitation. The ring was amazing. It was a simple rose gold ring with a black engraving with his name. Daniel gave me a ring and took his out from the backside of his undies, showing me that his ring said my name.

  “I love it,” I commented about the rings.

  “What about me?” Daniel asked, laughing.

  “Yes! I want to marry you. Yes! Yes!” I answered euphorically.

  Daniel got up and held me while we both cried. I don’t remember us having such an emotional hug as this one. Then, he kissed my lips so quickly that I barely even felt it. We were both sobbing, and it was hard to stop crying while we were both still looking at each other.

  This meant the world to me. I was never a big admirer of public proposals. I think these things are too intimate to be shared with anyone else, and I would rather have this uncomplicated but still impactful memory on my mind, instead of having a hollow proposal video recorded on my phone.

  I slid my finger inside the ring, and it fit perfectly. It looked perfect too. Daniel definitely knows my style now. I was now just hoping that the apartment we were about to go visit, could be ours as soon as possible so we can start a life together.

  The thought of the two of us living alone and maybe even having kids someday seemed so far away when in reality, it was happening as fast as I could process.

  Daniel sat down and began eating, wiping his tears of joy, and I continued eating as well. I was also really excited to tell the news to everyone, but I held that urge so I could enjoy this lunch with my new fiancé.

  We watched a few episodes and ate everything, and soon came the time when we had to start getting ready to leave. It was almost 3pm, and we were to see the apartment at 4pm. Since it was in another big city nearby, we still had about a half an hour drive there.

  I took some more time getting ready, but I didn’t want to dress too much for this occasion since I still wanted to feel comfortable walking around the apartment. Daniel took the sweater I was just wearing off my body and sprayed it with deodorant. He decided to wear it, even though I advised him not to, just because he said it smelled like me.

  After I dressed in some tight denim jeans with a blue, skinny-fit t-shirt, we went to brush our teeth and left the house soon after. I was feeling both excited and nervous. Now that we are also engaged, there’s even more pressure on my mind to get this apartment. From what I’ve seen online, the place would be perfect for us, and it’s in an excellent location. However, more people are looking to buy the apartment, and that means there’s a possibility it will go above the price we can afford to pay for it.

  We were already in the car, and Daniel was the one driving since he usually likes to drive us around. I have to say the view of his adorable face with the oversized sweater made for a look to drool over. He noticed me looking at him and smiled; then, he reached his hand toward me, and I held it tight.

  I went ahead and texted my mom the big news, and she got really excited. Unable to withhold my enthusiasm, I also went ahead and messaged Carla – she was thrilled with that information! Then, as I still kept playing with my online friends even after having Daniel constantly interrupting my gaming sessions, I messaged my group. I hold a soft spot in my heart for them since they were always supportive of me and were still there when nobody else was. To show them how much I appreciate them, I said that they were all invited to my wedding.

  The wedding! Suddenly, I realized that we had to start planning what could be one of the most significant events in our lifetime. What did the perfect wedding look like for Daniel? Well, for me, it means something simple yet memorable. A party to celebrate love and life and where everyone can have a good time. I’ll just appreciate being surrounded by the people I love the most, and hear Daniel say, “I do.”

  I still don’t know what life holds in store for Daniel and me, but I’ll enjoy every step of the way, wherever it may lead to. I’m lucky enough to have by my side, the only man I’ve ever loved in my entire life, and he feels the same way too. Right now, we’re on track to get married and to buy an apartment together. That’s already more than I could ever ask.

  At least for me, it is in my plans to eventually adopt a kid. And I think that Daniel would like that idea too. Maybe in a couple years or so, we can start thinking about it. Or perhaps even sooner, who knows. The thought of building a family with him and also just waking up by his side every morning gives me chills. Whenever I think about it, I just think about how lucky I am and how much I love him and feel loved by him.

  We arrived at the complex building where we were about to check out the apartment, and being my first time there, I immediately fell in love with the place. It was in the middle of the town, within walking distance from most stores. Since it was a closed complex, I felt safer knowing that we had security at the entrance to make sure that we could live happily without homophobes eventually attacking us.

  The landlord was just outside the door of the apartment and smiled as soon as he saw us arriving. He was holding the key to the studio and, instead of opening the door himself, he gave it to Daniel, which I found to be quite odd.

  Walking in for the first time felt like a dream! The apartment was terrific. It looked new, didn’t seem to have any problems, and had a beautiful view to the outside. From the big and high windows, you could see the center of the city. We were also hundreds of stories tall, which made for an even better view and lighting condition since the windows were facing the sunset.

  I felt the landlord leaving and closing the door behind him, and I turned around to see Daniel smiling while he was holding the key to the apartment. He placed the keys on the tip of his fingers and stretched them forward, in my direction, with a big smirk on his face.

  “No way,” I whispered once I understood what that meant.

  “It’s ours!” he shouted.

  I felt so good hearing the news that I rushed and jumped into his arms. I kissed him almost instantly, and he held his arms around my body so tightly that I could barely breathe. This day was magical! First, he proposed, and now he got the perfect house behind my back? I loved it!

  “We can start moving as soon as you’d like!” Daniel informed me.

  “Then, we’ll begin today!” I shouted frantically.

  There was no need for dinner at a fancy restaurant now. I think dinner in our new home would be ten times better. We could even go back home and bring Britney to see the place.

  We ended up going back to my house and Daniels’ house to bring some essentials, and we decided to spend this extraordinary night in our new apartment. Even without mattresses, we placed some sleeping bags on the floor and called it a night. Of course, we barely even slept thanks to all the excitement, but we spent the night near the living room window, watching the city lights and the cars driving by in the distance. I was laying on his chest while Daniel had his arms around me, and his hands were tracing patterns on my body.

  With some white wine in the mix, and our new dog Britney sleeping close to us, I did really feel like this was my new family, and this was my new home. My heart melted as I was contemplating the future I had ahead of me with Daniel because it seemed so promising. There was nothing in this world that could make me
happier than I was at that moment.

  Whatever happens in the years ahead of us, I know that I will spend them with Daniel, no matter the circumstances. Life already tried to push us away from each other once, and we will never let it happen again. Daniel and I are in control now, and we will fight all obstacles that come between us and threaten the life that we’re building together.

  Right now, we’re both staring in silence at the big city lights, watching the movement of people in a town that never sleeps. I feel the warmth of his torso below my body; I feel the soft and burning touch of his hands on mine; I feel his fingers intertwining on mine; I feel his smooth and calm breath on my head; I feel protected, and I feel loved.

  If this moment were to be my last, I would pause it on my mind forever, keeping it on an infinite loop until eternity. Just me and Daniel, existing as one, living for one another. I would go happier than I ever was in my life, appreciative of the whole journey that has brought us here, to this perfect moment in our lives.