"So what's it like Ben, you know... living with a gay guy? Has he tried to suck your dick yet?" asked my buddy Dylan, referring to my absent roommate.
Dylan and two of my gym buddies, Mark and Steve, were at my place celebrating end of term. We had all worked hard this semester and were looking forward to unwinding this evening, after just finishing a game of basketball in a nearby park. My roommate Aaron had gone home to his parents for the weekend so we had the two bedroom apartment in the student residence building to ourselves. Our plan was to drink beer, smoke weed, and play poker, in no particular order.
Aaron had moved in mid-semester after my previous roommate had dropped out. He was a decent, handsome guy who happened to be gay, and I was fortunate to find him for a roommate. I didn't realize he was gay when I first met him but he had been upfront about his sexuality in the initial interview. Luckily, I was more interested in finding someone who wasn't a complete psychopath than worried about who they were sleeping with. Aaron was easygoing, fun to be around, and serious enough about school that we got along well. In fact, we were quickly becoming close friends.
"Of course he hasn't you asshole! Just because I have a dick, doesn't mean I'm Aaron's type. Also, he seems to score fine without trying to nail my ass."
"What do you mean, he brings guys back here and fucks them?!" Dylan asked incredulously as he looked around the apartment. What was he expecting to see, used condoms draped on the furniture?
"Jesus Dylan, do you have a problem we need to talk about? You seem awfully interested in my roommate's sex life. Yeah, sometimes he gets lucky and brings a guy home. I honestly don't know or care who is fucking who but I do know he probably scores more than you do. Are you thinking about switching teams? It's cool with me if you are. Aaron has a theory that everyone is a little gay, but most never explore it."
Mark and Steve were watching this exchange in amusement as we played poker around the kitchen table. We had just finished a fat joint on the balcony and we were feeling nicely buzzed on top of the beers.
"Fuck you buddy, you wish. Nah, I just wondered what it was like living with a gay guy. It looks like it hasn't affected you too much... yet."
Ignoring the dig, I replied, "I have no complaints. He's tidy, pays his rent, and even lets me use his Xbox."
Mark, who was a huge gamer on top of being a big jock, turned towards me and said, "Your roommate has a fucking Xbox?! Why the hell are we playing cards?"
I laughed at Mark, "Sure, we can check it out, but we'll have to play it in his room. Let's finish this hand before I whoop your sad wrestler butt in Call of Duty."
We finished our game and headed down the hall to Aaron's room. Aaron comes from money and had his room set up well with decent furniture, a solid desk, and a big screen TV that also worked with his gaming console. Dylan and Steve sat on the edge of his bed while Mark settled into Aaron's desk chair. "He keeps it in this drawer," I said while opening the drawer below his TV. Hmm, other than a couple loose cables, the drawer was empty. I checked the other two drawers in case he had moved it. "Uh, bad news guys. I think he may have taken it with him."
"No!" groaned Mark.
I heard Dylan say, "Let me check these drawers" as he pulled out the top drawer in the night table beside Aaron's bed and leaned over to look inside. Dylan seemed to be taking his time.
"Uh, did you find it Dylan?"
"No, but I found a ton of other shit!" I looked over and Dylan had the top drawer open and was digging through the contents. From where I was standing, the drawer looked like it was crammed full of condoms, lube, cock rings, DVDs, and a host of gay sex toys. I could see the cover of one of the DVDs titled, 'Butt Fucked Fever' with a picture of an athletic white guy lying on his back with his impressive hard-on pointing upwards while some buffed black guy had his thick cock buried halfway up his ass. There was spunk dripping from the white guy's hole and slicked along the black's guy cock. Whoa. Something flew at my face landing in my lap as Dylan asked, "Have you been looking for these Ben?"
I picked up what looked like a yellow and black jockstrap with the word, 'Addicted' written on the waistband. "Very funny." While I was admittedly curious about the contents of Aaron's drawer, I felt uneasy digging through his stuff. "C'mon Dylan, put everything back and close the drawer." At that moment, my phone rang and as I pulled it from my pocket, I saw that it was Aaron calling. Shit! Great timing. "Hey it's Aaron guys, cool it!" I said to the room as I stood up to answer the call, "Aaron, how's it going? How was the drive?"
Aaron was calling to see if I wanted to join him and his parents for dinner after they drove him home on Monday. They were booking reservations at a fancy restaurant downtown and asked if I'd be interested. I readily accepted. "Hey Aaron, did you happen to take your Xbox with you?" The guys were talking in the background so I let him know that we had just been looking for it in his room.
He confirmed that he had it with him. Dylan took the opportunity to yell, "It's okay Aaron, we found some other cool shit!" For fuck's sake Dylan. Now I had to explain to Aaron that Dylan had checked his night table looking for the console. Aaron thought this was hilarious and joked that he hoped he hadn't traumatized anyone with the contents of his 'toy box'. He even said to help ourselves to anything in there including the condoms if we have any babes over. He really was easygoing, I had lucked out having him as roommate. I told Aaron I'd see him on Monday and hung up the phone relaying the news to the guys who were obviously disappointed about the Xbox, but glad Aaron wasn't pissed that we had been rooting through his stuff.