I couldn’t say no. Even if I wanted to, he wouldn't be able to hear me. He was pressing my mouth so hard and so rough when he was fucking me. All I could do was just look back at him enjoying me.
He didn’t take more than a minute. He began moaning, moaning even louder than me. I immediately found that, that was not fair! How could he get to do it so freely without caring about the risk of being noticed by Samuel or Jerry outside the room while I wasn’t allowed? And then he came. An immense warmth filled my entire butthole. I felt Ethan’s every squirt, adding more warmness and hotness—the intoxicating tingling sensation—shot after shot as he fired his load inside me. The entire world was suddenly only him and nothing else but pleasure.
When he was done, he pulled his cock out and reached his mouth down for my abs. He licked my cum, scooping it with his tongue and came up to kiss me with my cum in his mouth.
Fuck. That was plain hot. Hot! I hugged him tightly and kissed him back.
When we were done, Ethan dropped onto the bed beside me. Both of us panted. After a while, when our breathings were back to normal, we looked at each other and smiled.
“You’re amazing, babe,” I said.
“You’re too,” Ethan said back.
I looked at him, his face mainly, admiring this person. When I said he was amazing, I meant it. He understood me so much. And fuck, he was damn good in bed. “Can I ask you a question, babe?”
“Sure.” Ethan rolled over to hug me. He closed his eyes, relaxing.
I could feel his cum beginning to leak out from my ass. It wasn’t a bother at all. I enjoyed that feeling. I held his arm and put my face against it, nestling. “Am I the first person that you’ve ever fucked?”
That caught Ethan’s attention. He opened his eyes to look at me. “Where did that come from?”
Remembering Max said that honesty and trust were two of the most important things in a relationship, I decided to tell him the truth. At first, I thought it would be embarrassing, but I figured nothing would be more embarrassing than him letting me see him poop. I also told him how Max tried to warn us about STDs.
Ethan grinned. “Isn’t it too late to ask that? I’ve already seeded you. So what if I have an STD?” He caressed my face. “Will you see me as a monster again like before and leave me?”
I immediately knew where this was going. I quickly rolled over to face him directly. I embraced him. “I don’t care, babe,” I told him. “Or else, I won’t let you fuck me just now. If you really have one, then I’ll choose to have it with you.”
Ethan smiled and pinched my nose. “Don’t be silly, babe. Don’t worry, I gave my virginity to you the same night you gave it to me.”
“For real?” I took back what I thought earlier. This guy wasn’t experienced in bed. This guy was talented in bed.
“For real,” he assured me. “Unless you consider me fucking you in my mind losing my virginity.”
I laughed, remembering that he used to fantasize about me. We were quiet for a while then as we both rested on the bed in each other’s arms. None of the problems in the world seemed to matter anymore.
“Hey, babe,” I called.
“Hmm?”
“I’m sorry if I hurt you by asking that, okay?”
“It’s not hurting me,” Ethan said. “It’s normal. I’m glad you asked.”
“Wait,” I said. The thought crossed my mind. “How did you know I was a virgin?”
“Someone like you, if you’ve fucked anyone, you would have told me first thing to show off.”
“What did just you say?!” I tickled him, couldn’t believe what he’d just said. He burst out laughing and tried to tickle me back.
When he failed, he chickened out and got off the bed. “Let’s get ready, babe, or we’re gonna be late!”
“You’re not running away from this, babe!” I got off the bed too, and went after him.
We weren’t late. I knew what I was doing and had kept track of time. I also made sure that Theo came with us to the bar in the town center, keeping my promise to Max. We went in two vehicles. Jerry, Theo, Ethan, and I rode with Nathalie in her car, while Olivia rode with Samuel on his motorbike. Last night, when I asked Theo to come out, he agreed immediately, saying that Max had some sort of family emergency last minute and had to go back to his hometown. So he had no plan. Everything was going according to plan.
Unlike the rest of the area in town, the town center didn’t have any tar roads. The roads here were made out of brick. The town center was a pedestrian-only zone. No vehicles were allowed here. It was a perfect place for Max. Coincidentally, the place where Max wanted to execute his plan was right beside the bar we chose, exactly in the middle of the town center, where a huge splash fountain was located. The fountain wasn’t on, though. There was no water spurting up from the pool of water.
We sat at a table somewhere near the window, where we could easily see the fountain. The bar wasn’t one of those dark and dim bars. This one was bright. From here, we could see a band of musicians by the fountain’s side, as well as dancers warming up. They dressed like they were natives from the forest or an island, wearing only knee-length loincloths. For the females, they covered their boobs, of course, with matching clothes. For the men, they were all good looking and fit, with bodies as good as Ethan’s and mine. All of them wore makeup, white lines on their faces.
“Didn’t know they have performers here,” Theo said. He was definitely attracted to them.
“Shall we order, guys? I’m so hungry,” Olivia said.
Samuel raised his hand up, calling the waiter. “Hey, order please!”
That was my chance. As they began ordering their food, I took out my phone and texted Max. We’re here.
Ethan, who was sitting close beside me, saw it. He looked at me and asked, “What was that?”
Just look outside. You’ll see. I typed in Max’s chat for Ethan to read. Without questioning further, Ethan turned to look outside. At the fountain, the band of musicians and dancers moved. They’d disappeared from the fountain, but they’d left their props there. When Nathalie and the rest were done ordering, I erased the text for Ethan and replied to Max: Now.
And then it began. A violinist from the band earlier started playing her violin, treading gracefully towards the front of the fountain. It surprised almost everyone because the volume was so loud. The volume was adjusted so that even people from inside of buildings around the fountain could hear, including us.
This captured Theo’s attention immediately. “Is that… Lindsey?”
Max had told me who Lindsey was. She was Theo’s favorite violinist from YouTube, and Max had asked her to come all the way here just for his plan. The violinist began moving left and then right, capturing everyone else’s attention. More instruments joined in. The other musicians started playing, supplementing the violin lead in harmony.
Lindsey jumped once, kicking her ankles to her butt. When she landed, four streams of water spurted up behind her. The water was clear because the fountain lights were switched on, illuminating the fountain with special effects. Lindsey jumped here and there now. More water, streams by streams, one after another, they spurted. She entered the fountain area, dancing and twirling as she played her instrument. As she moved in well-choreographed patterns, more water gushed out behind her, following the same patterns.
I looked at Theo. His eyes were glued to the performance. One after another, the dancers joined the violinist in dance. The surrounding of the fountain was filled with people quickly. Soon, we weren’t able to see anything.
“Can I go out, Sis?” Theo asked. “I’m gonna record this for Max. He’s not going to believe me.”
“Sure,” Nathalie said. “Go, go!”
Theo hurriedly went out. He almost bumped into someone on the way.
“I‘m going too.” I stood up. “You coming, babe?”
“Of course,” Ethan said and followed me out.
The crowd was still gaining people. I followe
d behind Theo closely, squeezing through the crowd. We managed to bull our way through and got a front view directly in front of the performance. Theo took his phone out and started recording. Ethan and I stood by his side, watching.
Mist appeared from both sides of the fountain. The fountain wasn’t clearly visible anymore. Suddenly, thunder roared, and lightning struck the middle of the fountain.
The people around us gasped. Some even stepped back. Even the dancers and the musicians were shocked. But they were fine despite being in the water where the lightning had directly hit. When the mist subsided, suddenly, there was a man in the middle of the fountain.
Everyone around us leaned forward to see who it was. It was a man, dressed like one of the dancers, only in a much fancier outfit. He was wearing a tribal wooden mask. Around his neck was a necklace carrying a green glowing stone. He had a tribal tattoo on his right chest and shoulder. He was looking downwards at the water.
“I’ve been,” he sang in a melodic voice, “staring at the edge of the water. Long as I can remember, ever since knowing you...” He looked up to face the crowd. No, not the crowd. Theo. “I wish, I could be the perfect doctor, but then I realized, there’s something more important in life.” The man began walking towards Theo. “Every turn I take, every trail I track, every path I make, every road leads back, to the one I love, one I can’t forget, where my heart belongs to be…”
Then, the violinist began playing again, followed by the other musicians. As the masked man began to sing and dance, the dancers joined him and followed his lead. Waters around them began to move once again, dancing along as the performers grooved.
I looked at Theo, wondering if he had figured out who the masked man was yet. The man was covering the original soundtrack from Moana, one of Theo’s favorite Disney movies. As Theo watched, he was laughing. He was like a child seeing a live musical show for the very first time. When the performers in the fountain finally finished their performance, the entire crowd applauded. Theo clapped real hard too. Water gushed one last time before the fountain returned to its calm state.
But the show wasn’t over yet.
“I know a boy from a small town,” the masked man started singing again, without any music this time. He walked out of the fountain and towards Theo. “He stands apart from all men. I love him among all people. He makes me proud...”
The masked man stood right in front of Theo now. “Sometimes the world seems against us. Our journey has left many scars. But scars heal and make us stronger, to be who we are.” He removed his mask then, and knelt on one knee in front of Theo.
Theo gasped, closing his mouth with his hand. His eyes filled with tears in an instant.
“We’ve been through many troubles,” Max continued to sing. “We’ve argued a lot of times. But nothing has kept us apart. The love between us. For our memories together, happy or sad. Tonight I beg you to listen… Theo, we’ve come so far. Theo, listen...” He took out a small wooden box somewhere from his loincloth. He opened it, revealing a small silver ring. “Will you marry me?”
Theo broke into tears.
“Say yes!” one of the guys shouted.
“Say yes now!” a girl shouted.
“What are you waiting for?!” another man shouted.
Theo looked around. Everyone was recording with phones and waiting for his response. Theo covered his face with both hands this time, crying. He nodded and dropped his arms. “Yes,” he said and reached his hand out.
Max smiled and quickly put the ring on Theo’s finger. The crowd erupted. Everybody was cheering and applauding again. Max stood up, and both of them hugged each other.
“I love you so much,” Theo sobbed.
“I love you too,” Max said.
Seeing them together like this, I wondered if Ethan and I could make it this far one day. And if we did, should I be the one proposing or him? I recalled what Max had told me that night when he asked me for help.
“I’m proposing to Theo,” Max had told me.
“What?” I had thought I’d heard wrong.
“I know, you may think he’s too young or something but… every day, Liam, every day... I see people die right in front of my eyes. You know how it feels, right? You’ve just witnessed one earlier. Each and every day, I prayed none of the patients that come in is Theo. That night when you got in with Ethan, when I found out that he’s Nathalie’s best friend... Theo’s sister’s best friend, I’d thought, it was so close… So close...” Max had shaken his head as he recalled. “It could be Theo that was beaten up. It could be Theo on the gurney. I was terrified. I don’t wanna wait anymore. I’m sure I want to marry him. I’m sure he is the right person. Because if not now, when? What am I waiting for? We don’t know what will happen tomorrow, the day after, a week, a month, or a year later. Life is too unpredictable…”
“I understand, Max,” I had said and nodded. “Is he sure about you too?”
“I’m sure he does,” Max had answered confidently. “I want it to be a surprise, which is why you cannot tell Nathalie or even Ethan. I’m afraid they might slip.”
I had nodded, promising him.
After Theo had calmed down, the four of us walked back to the bar. As we passed by a few tables to get back to our table, a few people congratulated Max and Theo. Max went to the restroom and got changed. When he came out, all of us had to squeeze around the same table. It was a little cramped, but we were comfortable with it since most of us were couples here except Jerry and Nathalie.
“Aw,” Nathalie teased. “My brother is getting married soon. Big boy already. Congratulations, brother.” Then, she said to Max, “Make sure you take good care of my brother, you hear me? If you do anything that upsets him, I’m gonna cut your dick off myself, you hear me?”
“Sis,” Theo complained.
“Yes, Sis.” Max nodded.
We laughed.
“I can’t believe you’re part of this, babe,” Ethan said. “You didn’t tell me anything. How could you?”
“I’m sorry. My hands are tied, babe. Please forgive me.” I raised my hands in surrender.
“I’ll tie your hands later,” Nathalie said, pointing me with her first finger. “Good things must be shared, but instead, you kept it to yourself!”
“Give him a break.” Max saved me. “I asked him not to. I didn’t wanna risk losing the surprise for Theo.” He pecked Theo’s face.
Theo kissed him back. “Thanks, Max.”
“Now we have three things to celebrate, woohoo!” Olivia brought her glass up.
Just when we were about to hold our drinks up to toast, Jerry suddenly interrupted the moment. “Actually, I have a surprise waiting too,” he said and took a deep breath. He raised his hand and waved. We looked around to see what was happening.
A waiter came with a bouquet of roses on a tray. There were three roses in the bouquet. The moment I saw what they were, I quickly used my hand to cover Ethan’s eyes before he could see them.
Ethan pushed my hand down. “It’s okay, babe. I’m not floraphobic.”
“You mean anthophobic,” Max corrected him.
“You sure?” I was concerned, remembering how he would cry when something triggered him to recall about his past, especially flowers.
The waiter passed Jerry the roses and Jerry held the roses in front of Nathalie. Nathalie was quiet at once. She was blushing. “Nat, I’m looking for somebody to love. Will you love me?”
Our jaws dropped.
Nathalie snapped. She smacked Jerry’s head .“Eh, Jerry! Is that how you’re gonna ask me?”
Jerry looked left and right, wondering what he had done wrong.
We laughed.
After a few seconds, when Jerry was still clueless and starting to look sad, his lower lip jutting out, Nathalie took the flowers from Jerry’s hands. She carried them like they were a baby. “But I get what you mean.”
“So do you mean...?”
“Look at her face. It’s a yes, bro!” Samuel said
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Jerry looked at Nathalie, smiling. Nathalie was still shy, embarrassed. I’d never seen her like this before. Slowly and hesitatingly, Jerry tried to wrap his arm around Nathalie’s waist. Nathalie scooted closer to him to let him do that.
“Yeah!” all of us cheered.
“Congratulations, Nat, big girl already.” Ethan grinned, teasing her. Then, he said to Jerry, “I’m just telling you first, Jerry, before you find out elsewhere and start a fight unnecessarily with Nat. I slept with Nat before,” he confessed.
“What?” Jerry and I said. How could I not know about it? And I thought Ethan said he was a virgin earlier!
“Eh, Eth!” Nathalie pointed her first finger at Ethan. “You better not say anything before I flash my boobs at you again!”
“Ew, stop it, Nat!” Ethan looked away immediately, as though Nathalie would do it right here, right now in front of all of us. At the same time, Jerry shouted, “What?!”
I tried to picture what had happened. Nathalie flashing her boobs at Ethan? What the fuck?
“Ho ho!” Olivia said, looking at Jerry. “Look at how jealous he is right away. He’s serious. Nat is in safe hands. Anyway, that makes it four things to celebrate, woohoo!” she said as she tried to bring her glass up again, attempting another toast.
We successfully toasted this time, hitting everyone’s glass in the air and drank our drinks.
“Hey, Eth.” Jerry straightened up. “I’m serious. What is this ‘boobs flashing’ all about?”
Nathalie pointed at Ethan again. Knowing that look, she must have been warning Ethan that he would be so dead if he ever said anything.
Ethan shivered. “Why don’t you ask her yourself?”
And then Jerry stopped bothering Ethan and asked Nathalie himself. But it wasn't only him who was curious. I wanted to know too. When did this happen? What was this ‘sleep’ all about? How did I miss it? And why did it had something to do with Natalie’s boobs?
I folded my arms across my chest. “What is this, babe? Were you playing with Natalie’s balls?”
Theo spat his drink. “Sorry.”
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