by Nanea Knott
“I’m good. Your foot must be feeling better since you’re wearing heels.”
“To tell you the truth my foot is killing me, but I don’t have any other shoes to match this dress.” She confessed. Keoni laughed and a warm pleasant shiver went down Anna’s spine.
“Let’s get our table then and get you off your feet.” Anna agreed and told the hostess they were ready to be seated. Keoni looked around.
“Is something wrong?”
“Is your boyfriend here?”
“He couldn’t make it.” Anna lied. Keoni nodded and tried to keep the look of disappointment on his face, but it wouldn’t last long. If the man was stupid enough to leave such a beautiful woman with him, then he deserved what he got. Keoni put his hand on the small of her back and lead her to the table. He pulled her chair out for her and then sat across from her.
Their table overlooked a boat harbor. All was quiet and peaceful. It was a perfect romantic setting and Keoni intended to make the most of it. They perused their menus in silence, Keoni smiled behind his. Anna made sure he got a menu without prices. He knew the menu having eaten here several times before and approximately what everything cost. He ordered something reasonably priced he knew he would like. The waiter took their orders, and brought them a bottle of the wine Keoni suggested.
“Tell me what you think of Hawaii so far.” Keoni said. He liked this woman and he wanted to know everything about her. He would let her tell him what she wanted him to know, and then he would begin quizzing her on the things he wanted to ask, like where her boyfriend was.
“I teach English at the Waterfall Academy, and I sometimes sub for the music teacher. I’ve been here for a year. I love it so far. The people I’ve met have been wonderful to me. What about you?”
“I was born and raised here. I’ve lived here all my life. Most of my family is here, except for my sister who moved to Seattle for her husband’s work. She likes it, but it’s cold. She hates waking up and it’s only 35 degrees when here it would be in the 70’s or 80’s.”
“She’ll get used to it.” Anna assured him. “I’m from Portland and the weather is similar. As long as she stays dry and warm, she will be okay.” Portland? Christopher’s family home wasn’t far from there. Keoni thought then scolded himself for dwelling on the past again.
“She told me I might have to pick her up from the airport when it drops below freezing and they start getting black ice on the roads.” Keoni snickered.
“The weather is one of the reasons I said yes when they offered me the job here. I love being able to go out any time of the day or night and be comfortable. I can’t wait for New Years. I can stand outside to watch the fireworks and not be freezing my butt off.” Keoni laughed. “You haven’t told me what you do yet, or are you a full time beach boy who rescues injured women?” She joked.
“I only rescue the pretty ones, I leave the ugly ones alone.” He said grinning. Anna laughed. Keoni liked the sound of it. “I do marine life research. My team and I are currently monitoring the local dolphin pods. In January, we are going to put the dolphin project on hold to go to Maui and do more observation on Humpback whales.”
“It sounds exciting.” Anna said.
“It is, and when you find something another team half-way across the world confirms, it feels good. I like my job. It’s my way of giving back to the sea that has sustained me and my family for generations.”
“I’m sure you will do your family proud.” Anna said sincerely.
“I hope so.”
“So what were you doing at Makapuu?” Anna asked.
“The bonus to working at my own pace is I get to go surfing whenever I want.” He laughed. “Surfing helps me think. My team gathers data from different sources. Once they turn in their findings, it’s up to me to decide where to send them next. If I choose wrong, we could be wasting our time. If I choose correctly we could be contributing to the knowledge used to educate people all over the world.”
“Wow, handsome and smart.”
“Thank you and you are beautiful and kind.” Keoni said charmingly. Anna blushed. The waiter brought their food and they began to eat. Anna took a couple of bites of her food and made noises of pleasure.
“This is delicious, thanks for choosing this place.”
“Thanks for inviting me.” Keoni said. At first he didn’t want to come here. He was avoiding the place. Too many memories of Christopher.
“Earlier you said you haven’t seen much of the island, how come?” Keoni asked. Anna didn’t want to tell him she and Christopher were fighting too much to spend more than a few minutes in each other’s company.
“The island is still pretty much a mystery to me because there hasn’t been much time for exploring, but I hope to check out more of the island over Christmas vacation." She was making excuses and she knew it, but she couldn’t think of what to tell him.
“If you aren’t doing anything this weekend, I would be glad to play tour guide for you. We could go to Pearl Harbor, Punchbowl, or the North Shore. At this time of year, the waves are very high. I drive out to Haleiwa to watch the waves cresting. Sometimes it looks like the waves are high enough to block out the sky. It’s awesome. Listen to me going on and on.”
“It makes sense, you’re a surfer. You understand the power of the ocean. You can appreciate the beauty and the danger in high waves. Nature is an awesome thing.”
“Yes, well sometimes my mother tells me I talk too much.” His smiled warmed Anna’s heart. He looked around the room and saw all the Christmas decorations hanging in the restaurant.
“Are you going home for Christmas?” Keoni asked. Anna frowned.
“I don’t know what I’m doing.” She answered in such a strange tone, Keoni had to ask.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean I might be breaking up with my boyfriend before Christmas. I haven’t decided.” Anna said staring at her wineglass.
“You’re not sure if you want to break up with him?” Keoni knew he was pushing, but he wanted to know her status. If she really was breaking up with her boyfriend, he wasn’t going to hesitate to let her know he was interested in dating her.
“I love the man, but since we moved here, all we do is fight.”
“It’s none of my business, and this may seem obvious, but have you tried talking to him?”
“We fight too much for that. I always leave because I can’t take the yelling. I was at Makapuu because I was trying to clear my head.” Anna admitted. Keoni reached over and briefly took her hand and squeezed.
“I’m sorry things aren’t working out right now. Hopefully it will change soon. Maybe he just needs time to adjust to the culture here. It’s very different from the mainland. Paradise isn’t always what people imagine.”
“He’s familiar with the culture here. He graduated from UH and lived and worked here for a couple of years after he graduated. He taught at some of the public schools. He said he left here when his father got sick.” Keoni’s eyes flew wide. It couldn’t be. There was no damn way it could be Christopher, his Christopher, but he had to be sure.
“What does your boyfriend teach?”
“He teaches math.” Anna answered. Keoni started to sweat.
“What’s his last name?” Keoni asked dreading the answer.
“It’s Whitley.” Keoni apologized to Anna, thanked her for dinner, and told her he had to go. He called the waiter for the check.
Anna was confused. Things were going well then suddenly they were leaving. She thought she must have said or done something wrong. She paid the bill and Keoni apologized again for having to leave. Anna quickly asked him if he still wanted to be her tour guide.
Keoni hesitated then said he was and he would call her on Friday night. They could discuss what they wanted to do for the weekend. Anna accepted his answer and let Keoni walk her to her car. He kissed her on the cheek saying he would speak to her soon.
She started the c
ar and drove away from the restaurant. She was having a nice time with him until she opened her mouth and started blabbing about Christopher. He wasn’t even there and he had managed to ruin her evening. She would call Keoni tomorrow and apologize for dumping all her problems in his lap and give him a chance to back out of his offer to be tour guide. Although she hoped he didn’t.
She really liked him and wanted to spend more time with him. She could easily see herself dating him. He made her feel pretty, and feminine. It used to be the same with Christopher, now she only felt raw and vulnerable around him. She allowed herself the thought of leaving Christopher and dating Keoni instead. She couldn’t deny the thought was appealing.
8
After putting gas in the car, Christopher prayed he would get lucky and see Keoni’s car on the road ahead of him. He got all the way to Kahala and figured Keoni had probably turned off somewhere. What he would have done if he caught up with him he didn’t know. What did he think he was going to say, “I’m sorry I left you?”
Christopher drove home expecting Anna to be there. She was always there, but tonight she wasn’t. He wasn’t sure where she was. She hadn’t left a note; she probably needed some time away from him. He couldn’t blame her.
Anna was sweet, loving and incredibly strong. Not many women would have left everything they knew to move to a place they had never been before. When he asked her if she would move with him, he thought she would say no. She gave up everything, for him. He was so excited to be moving back he was scattered. Anna was organized and made sure everything happened on schedule. He left it all in her capable hands and he was grateful for her, even if at the moment he wasn’t very good at showing it.
When he had sex with her, she gave him everything she had. When he was inside her he felt invincible. Her small soft hands on his body made him weak with need for her. Her soft skin had him yearning to touch and taste every inch of it. Her sweet pussy clenched around his cock had him close to ultimate bliss. Her breasts were made to be touched, licked, and suckled. Her hard rosy nipples against his chest had him wild to fuck her until neither of them could move. There had been times he was so desperate for her, that even when he was exhausted and sated, he still wanted her. He had fallen asleep with his cock still inside her. When he was screwing her he couldn’t get enough of her, but there was one thing he had never done. He had never fucked her in the ass.
They discussed it and she was willing to try it if it was something he wanted, but he had never done it. She knew something about it bothered him but she never brought it up. She was content to let him keep his secrets. He wondered what she would say if he told her he would never fuck anyone’s ass because it was the one thing he had done with Keoni. He couldn’t share that with anyone else.
Keoni had been a demanding lover. Keoni gave him the strength to acknowledge what Christopher never thought he could, a sexual attraction and love for another man. He remembered Keoni lying next to him in bed naked with the light on, touching him in every conceivable way to find out from Christopher what he liked, what he didn’t like, and what made him burn.
Keoni was determined to know his lover’s body like no one else ever had before. He insisted Christopher know him in the same way. Keoni allowed him to know himself. After being with Keoni and his open attitude towards mutual pleasure, Christopher was never the same. The things Keoni taught him made him a better lover with Anna.
As usual, thinking about Keoni made him horny. His erection was making his pants tight and his balls felt swollen. He went into the bedroom and reached into the bottom of one of his dresser drawers.
There at the bottom was a dildo he bought two months ago. When thoughts of Keoni got to be too much, he needed relief. At first he would jack off, unfortunately for the amount of time he thought about Keoni, he was whacking off several times a day. He was having a hard time getting things done. He bought the dildo hoping the physical sensation of being entered would help. It did. He only had to use it every couple of days. He got the oil he kept in the same place and took both items with him to the bathroom. He went in and turned the shower on. If Anna came home, she would think he was taking a shower, and when he was done, he would.
He took off all his clothes, leaned on the sink, and stared at the mirror. This was his favorite place to masturbate. There were two mirrors in the bathroom, one above the sink and a full size mirror on the wall behind him. He could see himself from the front and see his reflection from the back. His dick was rock hard and throbbing. He poured some oil in his hand and stroked his cock, running his fingers over the most sensitive areas.
He watched himself stroking. He watched the pleasure of it cross his face. He felt dirty watching himself as if he was a porn star and he loved every minute of it. He stopped to flip open the oil put a few more drops of it in his hand making sure his fingers were slick. He went back to stroking himself with one hand then watched himself stick first one then another greased digit inside himself and watched as he finger fucked himself.
He purposely bought a dildo the same size as Keoni and he knew if he didn’t stretch himself, it would hurt. Keoni taught him well how to prepare to get fucked. Christopher remembered that once Keoni got Christopher’s ass ready, he would slide the head in and slowly push forward until his balls rested against Christopher’s ass. Then Keoni would hold still to ask him if he was ok, once Christopher got used to being so full, Keoni would move inside him. Keoni knew how to fuck. Christopher came every time Keoni was inside him.
Christopher was sure he was ready. He grabbed the dildo and put some oil on it, making sure it was completely covered. He put the head of the dildo at his puckered opening imagining it was Keoni. He pushed further in and started to mimic the rhythm Keoni always used on him. Christopher’s dick was so hard, he thought he would burst.
He could feel and watch in the mirrors how deep the dildo was inside him. He pushed in harder and faster. He watched his face as well as the reflection of him fucking himself with the dildo. He was desperate to come. He continued stroking his cock. He remembered the words Keoni loved to say to him when he was riding him and he groaned.
“You are going to take a hard ass fucking tonight and I’m not going to stop pounding you until cum shoots out of your cock. Until then you are going to keep taking every inch of my dick up your ass.” Remembering those words had Christopher panting. He shoved the dildo into himself one more time then watched his cock shoot his orgasm on the bathroom sink. He had to grab on to the counter with both hands, his knees were so weak. The fantasy was still in control and he was still coming. His cock jerked and he dribbled on the floor. Still he watched himself. He stood there with his orgasm all over the bathroom, trying to catch his breath with the dildo still inside him.
“What a fucking pathetic bastard you are.” He muttered to himself. Once his legs could fully support him again, he pulled out the dildo, cleaned it, and set it aside with the oil. He cleaned the sink area, and the floor, and then got in the shower to wash it all away.
9
Anna was on her way home when her cell phone rang. She glanced to see who it was. She didn’t recognize the number and thought about letting it go to voicemail, but decided to pull over and answer it.
“Hello?”
“Anna, its Keoni.”
“Hi, is everything all right?”
“Yes, I wanted to apologize for the way I acted at the end of our dinner. It was rude and I’m sorry.”
“I’m the one who should apologize. I was going on about Christopher. I made you want to leave.”
“No, you didn’t. Are you home yet?” Do you want to meet for coffee? I promise there’s an explanation. Please?” Anna looked at her watch, it was still early.
“Yes, where are you now? I’m near Kahala.”
“There’s a small café on Kilauea Avenue it has Kona coffee and desserts. Do you know it?”
“Is it the White Tip Café?”
“That’s the one.
I can be there in ten minutes.” Keoni stepped on the gas.
“I’ll be there.”
Keoni had no damn idea what he was going to tell her, but he didn’t want the night to end so abruptly. Hearing about Christopher upset him, but that was no reason to take it out on Anna. He drove to the café and saw her car. As soon as he pulled up, she got out to wait for him.
“Thanks for coming.” Keoni was grateful she was willing to give him a chance to make it up to her.
“No problem. I didn’t know what was going on. I was having such a good time and then we were suddenly done. I didn’t know what to think.” Anna said. Keoni nodded thinking he must have been crazy to let the past come between him and this amazing woman.
“I’m sorry about that. I was having a good time too. Let’s not let the night end for us just yet.” He said. He opened the door for her and she walked into the little coffee shop. They walked up to the counter and chose what they wanted. They picked a table in a secluded corner and Keoni watched Anna eat her dessert. He loved that her face showed the pleasure of the taste of it. It had him thinking of things he would like to taste. Anna’s voice pulled him away from his hungry thoughts.
“Now that I’m going to be up all night on a sugar and caffeine high, tell me what went wrong earlier.” Anna insisted studying his face. She would remember later how handsome he looked and how it felt to be with him. She would use the memory of this night to calm down the next time Christopher picked a fight. Keoni looked at her as if he only had eyes for her. No one had ever made her feel as if he wanted to know everything there was to know about her.
“The reason I acted the way I did earlier was because I was surprised.”
“Surprised about what?”
“Your boyfriend Christopher, I think I know him.”
“You do?”
“If it’s the same Christopher Whitley from Oregon, I do. Do you have a picture of him?”
“Yes.” She pulled out her cell phone and searched through it to find recent picture of Christopher. She handed the phone to Keoni who stared at it blankly.