Brief Encounters Anthology
Chapter 13
The Biker
Often in life, we walk past mysterious people--people we may never see again, people we might have a lot in common with to form friendships or even relationships. For example, working in customer service, you sit there and talk with someone and learn you have a lot in common--perhaps even feelings for them. Then dread comes up to your throat like a lump of phlegm, knowing that this person is about to leave and possibly never come back.
It's the unfortunate life of working in retail, and I am currently in that situation, working as a cashier for my parents' shop. My name is Alex, and I am a 21-year-old college student studying physics at UCLA. I work part-time at the shop to pay for my essentials, gas, insurance, clothes, etc. My parents help me pay for my apartment.
My last relationship ended a few months ago, and I've been going through a dry spell in the sex department. I know there are apps to hook up on, but to be honest, it sometimes feels scary to use those apps. So I avoid them. The one time I did use the app, I got a ton of notifications after posting a near-naked selfie. The only piece of clothing I had on was a pair of gray Calvin Klien briefs. My slender body with almost no hair appealed to many men. I was getting DM's like crazy. Most of them were straight-up dick pics, while others were genuine offers to hook up. However, I felt overwhelmed and deleted the app.
It's a scary world we live in.
The world had changed so much. Before, you'd find someone at a bar or a club and then hook up. Nowadays, it is in your pocket. When I talk about the subject with friends, they think of me as an old-timer despite my young age. Perhaps it was wishful thinking to believe a hot guy would just walk into my life and whisk me away.
It turns out that is what happened.
It was a warm fall day in Southern California, and I was manning the cashier for my parents' store. The roar of a motorcycle engine broke me from my boredom of staring at afternoon soap operas. I turned to see a black Kawasaki Ninja backing up to a parking space in the front of the store. Its driver had an athletic figure; he wore snug black jeans and a black biker jacket. The helmet was two-tone in color; the upper half was black, while the bottom half was white. I watched him as he bent forward to wipe something off the small windshield of his bike. My eyes widened as I saw his jacket lift upward and reveal a white waistband.
The sight alone got me aroused.
I broke my stare when the biker got off the motorcycle and entered the store. His helmet remained on his head. He walked up to me and spoke. His voice was muffled due to the helmet, but I still understood him: "Do you guys have a restroom?"
I nodded, "We do, but it's for customers. I'm sorry, it's my father's rule."
"Can I pay after?"
"Of course."
I pointed to the back of the store, where the bathroom was. He walked down the middle aisle of the store with my eyes glued to his plump butt cheeks inside his jeans. Each cheek moved up and down with each step. He turned his head from side to side, looking at the items on the racks, possibly pondering what he would be buying. I almost thought about letting him use the restroom for free, but perhaps an interaction like paying for something would provide more information on this mysterious guy.
When the mysterious biker returned, he walked down the same aisle. I watched him as he looked through the items on the shelves. My eyes gaze at his form, slowly going down to the bulge in his snug pants. The perfect little crease in his crotch allowed for the secured package to be seen. I had to admit I was growing an erection, so I stopped. The last thing I wanted was for my father to see a tent in my pants on the security cameras.
The biker approached the counter with a bag of chips and a candy bar. I began to scan the items. "Oh, these are the new Hot Cheetos," I said to spark a conversation.
"Yeah, have you tried them?" he replied.
"I have, they're quite good. But not spicy like they say there are on the label," I rang him up, "Total is $5.46."
"Oh, before I forget, a pack of Marlboro Reds."
A smoker? I thought. I don't know why I found that to be hot; I've never smoked nor had a desire to do so. But perhaps it just added to the allure of this mysterious man.
I scanned the pack and gave him his new order. The biker slid his card into the reader, and I turned to look outside at his bike. He noticed me staring at his bike and said, "Do you like motorcycles?"
I turned to him, "I've never been on one. What kind of motorcycle is it?"
"It's a Kawasaki Ninja ZX-10R."
I nodded as I waited for the receipt on the slow machine. I knew it was a Kawasaki Ninja, but the rest of the model type is what lost me. "It sounds nice."
"It goes fast," he said.
"I like to go fast," I muttered.
"What?"
"Sorry, I said I wish this machine went fast."
The receipt was finally printed, and I handed it to him; that's when the dread came. The dread
of knowing he was about to walk out of my store and my life. I didn't understand why I felt this way about him; I didn't even know what he looked like. But perhaps that didn't matter; maybe it was just that I was meeting a hot biker. A preference I never thought I had.
The motorcycle roared to life, and I watched him drive off. And he was gone.
A few days passed, and the biker didn't return, further fueling the fear that he was gone from my life. Was I so desperate that I lingered on a man I barely knew? A man who probably wasn't even gay like me? A man with whom only a few words were exchanged.
My dread was calmed when I heard the motorcycle. I popped my head up and saw the same motorcycle from before backing up into the parking lot. This time, he wore blue jeans with the same jacket as before. He got off the bike and walked into the store; he waved at me and walked down the aisles. "Nice to see you again," I said, immediately regretting it.
He turned to me and said, "Same."
The biker walked down the first aisle and then turned into the middle aisle. I loved how this man looked in snug jeans; they hugged his slim figure well. He walked down the aisle holding his items, and when he reached the front of the aisle, something on the lower shelf caught his eye. I watched as he squatted down to get it. This position provided a good view, an interesting view. Once again, I saw the white waistband of his underwear, but something else surprised me. I saw a line just below his butt cheek. At first, I thought it was a crease in his pants, but I realized it was something else. The line ran around his thigh. He stood up, and the creases around it disappeared, but that line remained. Was this man wearing briefs? This man just kept getting hotter and hotter in my mind. I could only imagine what his bulge looked like underneath those snug jeans.
The biker placed two bags of chips, a box of dingdongs, and a slim Jim on the counter and asked for a pack of cigarettes. I grabbed his pack and scanned it, then the rest of the items, and gave him his total. "So, does the helmet ever come off? Are you in some sort of creed?" I said, referencing the show The Mandalorian.