I needed new pants.
Sunday night at the mall: I passed a security guard, leaning and scrolling on their phone. The pretzel shop kids were starting to break things down, trying to keep eye contact from anyone who might try to be a customer. The whole mall seemed to be yawning, slowly turning itself in for the night. A few of the shops, like those weird eclectic shops that seemed to be owned by locals who sell Earth flags and incense, were already gated up.
I was going to the place I usually go to, since I know the sizes and I don't have to go to the dressing rooms. I arrived and made a beeline for the men's rack. Picked up two pair, and then turned and saw the underwear section, where I did a double-take.
A new line of underwear had made it to this part of the world, and I was amused: thongs. In this area. Not really the most progressive city, hell, not even the most progressive county.
"They're new," a voice said, and I turned and saw the store's employee, with an armload of shirts, putting things people had tried on but didn't want back to their racks.
"Yeah. Surprising."
He laughed. "They're pretty great." He was college-age, tall, lean, his hair short, blond, and curly. He wore tight, low-cut skinny jeans, high tops, and a large, baggy shirt. His face was feminine, his name tag said "Hudson." He smiled and tossed the pile of shirts onto a nearby rack, then playfully pulled down the waistline of his pants while pulling up his underwear to show me he was wearing a pair.
"So you approve?" I smiled.
"You should try some on," he said.
"The underwear?"
"Or the pants. Whatever." He took a small step closer. "I just think you should try something on. I can open the fitting rooms for you. And...help you."
It took me a moment to register all that was happening. This young man was coming on to me! Opportunities like this don't come up often, and I didn't really know what to do, since I was in the hesitancy of shock.
He took the pants I had picked out from me. "Here," he said. "Let me get you set up."
"But what about the store?"
"Don't worry. Sheila?" he called out.
A young woman's voice came back. "What's up?"
"I think this gentleman should try on these pants. I'm gonna take him into the dressing room. Do you think you could watch the store?"
Sheila appeared: a brunette, wearing tight jeans and a white tank top that showed off a black push up bra performing the Lord's work on a set of giant tits. Lipstick as shiny red as an 80s sportscar. She looked me up and down. "Why, certainly."
"Okay Sir," Hudson said. "Please come with me."
We walked to the back of the store, me still in shock, my heart beating quickly, just falling in line with Hudson's direction. We walked the hallway of dressing rooms, where he opened one of the stalls to the back, and he opened the door. "This way, sir," he said, looking back over his shoulder with a look, the look, that look. It was here that I changed over from surprise to letting myself get into this escapade: he was hot, he was game, and when do things like this happen? I followed him into the small booth and closed the door behind me. We had a five foot by five foot space to ourselves, a full length mirror, a small bench. A moment passed.
"Which pants would you like to--"
Before Hudson could finish the sentence I stepped to him and put my hands on his hips, pulling him close. He gave a little gasp, and then smiled coyly. "Oh, sir," he said. I pulled him right to me, and I could feel his hardness in his pants. I made sure he felt something hard in my pants. I took my hands from his hips and put them on either side of his face, and kissed him. He twisted at the waist, rubbing our crotches together. He pulled away, bit his lower lip.