Chapter 3: A fool's errand
My phone ringing and buzzing beside my head woke me; the loud tone shot through my head, even stinging my eyes. It was my best friend, "H..h..hello...?" I tried to ask, but nothing came out. I cleared my throat and felt a piercing pain shoot through the muscles of my throat. "Hey, what's up?" I continued in a groggy voice like I had a frog in my voice. "I'll call you back later..." I managed to hoarsely whisper before hanging up.
My throat was shredded from the night before. I couldn't believe I'd done it again. I closed my eyes and re-lived the night in a flash. After leaving Bobby, I had let Charlie's large mushroom-headed cock facefuck my throat again before finally draining another total stranger who had stood beside us waiting patiently for his turn, like he was queuing to use a vending machine. I didn't even look up at him, accepting his penis and cumload as if it was the most normal thing in the world. I felt guilty and ashamed.
As I lay trying to think of other things, Bobby's face and the feel of his hand rubbing my face kept creeping back into my mind. I felt butterflies in my stomach. I hadn't felt this way for a long time, but it was a feeling I knew well, "how could I possibly be falling for him? I don't even know his real name!" I rolled over grinning to myself, imagining him holding me. Finally, I dragged myself out of bed, into the shower and then out the door; I was determined not to waste the weekend in bed.
Paris was quiet on a Sunday, nothing like London; most places seemed to be closed and so I decided to do some sightseeing. I'd visited Paris a few times before, and had been to all the main tourist sites, except one; the Moulin Rouge. I got out my phone and planned my trip to the closest metro station nearby it. As I was getting in the metro, I felt giddy with excitement to be discovering my new city, and I was happy deep down that I was falling for a new man.
I arrived at my stop after around 25 minutes and hopped out running up the stairs to street level. I could see the well-known sign of the "Moulin Rouge" right away and couldn't help but let out a yelp. I took some pictures and then started to walk a little down the boulevard. As I looked around, I realised I had been in this area before with friends. There were lots of bars, but in particular lots of Sex Shops. I should have known since that's what the Moulin Rouge is known for. It wasn't seedy though, it was almost as if it was a facade of a previously sleazy neighbourhood - designed to attract tourists. There were lots of locals strolling around, even some with kids.
I started looking for a bench to sit down on, but as I walked each bench I came across was already being squatted on by groups of men; Indians, North African, all kinds. I continued strolling until a handsome young Arabic guy caught my eye. He must have seen me looking and was nodding his head to me and saying something I couldn't understand. I approached him nervously, "You smoke weed? Want to buy cocaine?", "No, no, I'm good," I replied and quickly walked on. I had occasionally gotten into smoking weed, but didn't really feel like I wanted any right now; I made a mental note of where I had crossed this guy just in case.
Eventually, I came across an empty bench and sat down, pulled out my phone and searched for a place to grab lunch. I was totally engrossed, trying to find a place that was well-situated so that I could walk down towards the Seine after eating and have a rest beside the river. I didn't notice a man sitting down beside me. I only became aware of his presence when I caught the sight of his hand rubbing his crotch out of the corner of my eye.
I was a little shocked, and turned to glare at him; he was about my age; between 30 and 33, and he was of North African descent. His dark hair was slicked back with a wet gel and he was clean-shaven. His face was much more obviously masculine than my own, but he was handsome. His gaze was fixed in front of him, as if he was purposefully not looking at me. His dick was hard, I had no doubt. He was jerking himself off on the bench through his jogging bottoms. He turned and looked at me quite menacingly, and I froze. I wanted to touch my own penis, but I was petrified. We were on a bench in the middle of the street with people all around us. It seemed to go on forever, and looking around, I suddenly realised that there were many lonesome men either sitting or standing around close-by, all of them loitering for one reason. It was so seedy, and I loved it.
The guy beside me got up and started walking, I followed his lead, but he quickly took off with some teenager who had been standing opposite us. I was too slow. As I looked around, I couldn't understand how I hadn't noticed this before. It seemed that there were at least 10-15 men cruising right here in the street. I sat back down on the bench and opened Grindr on my phone - wondering if I could connect with one of them - the shame and guilt from earlier that morning had been replaced by a thirst for the taste of a man's spunk.
"Hey, what's up, man? You free tonight?" I saw the message from that familiar profile: "XL thick now"; it was Bobby. I felt that lightness in my stomach and smiled. "Hey there," I typed, getting up to walk back to the metro and head home, instantly shaking off the carnal desire that had been stirring in me here among the group loiterers in the street. "I'm free, what've you got in mind?" I wrote as I hopped back onto the train and thought about a nice night at the cinema for our first date.