My parents died in a car crash when I was five, so I was raised by my uncle. Around the age of nine, they had their own son, Kevin. I grew up with my aunt, uncle and cousin like they were my mom, dad and brother. Around the age of thirteen or so I knew I was different because I like boys more than girls. By the time I was driving, I knew I was gay, as did my parents. My cousin and I grew up like brothers. I called him Kev and he called my Unc, even though my real name is Jimmy.
After graduation I went to college and got my degree and sowed my wild gay oats. I moved back to my home town when I was in my late twenties. Through all this time, Kev and I remained as close as brothers. We both enjoyed the outdoor activities like hiking, biking, fishing and all that. At least once a month we would get together and do some type of outdoor activity.
Kev grew up to be a fantastic young man. He was polite, smart, handsome and loved by the ladies. He dated a lot of girls but the most recent one, Isa, has been his girl for a few years now. She's a pretty from a large family. And nice enough, but can be taxing at time and is relatively vapid in general.
One hot summer day, Kev and I made plans to go hiking. It was a scorcher of a Minnesota day, but we decided to go anyway. On the phone call, Kev asked if I was okay with Isa's brother coming. I didn't mind. Isa was a beautiful girl and, I thought, maybe her brother would be easy on the eyes as well. Fingers crossed and all that. I reminded him to have them bring a change of clothes in their packs as well as water and other necessities. I've been hiking enough to know it's easy to get dirty/muddy and I know I don't want that stuff in my car and I know Kev is just like me in that regard.
I arrived at the trail around 1130AM. It was already super hot already and I was gingerly nursing on my water bottle when Kev's truck arrived. Kev and Isa popped out of the truck, I knew it was going to be a long hike from the look on Isa's face. I honestly don't know why Kev stays with her. He could do so much better in regards to her personality. She must be good in bed is all I could think.
"Unc!" he shouts as he walks towards me and we hug. We are a touchy-feely family. I said hi to Isa when I noticed someone else jumping out of the truck.
"Hey, I'm Jimmy!" I said with a smile as a gorgeous young man made his way towards me. He looked to be around Kev's age (mid-twenties) but his full black beard threw me off his age. Other than that, he was about my size of five eleven. I'm about two twenty five, but I work out three to four times a week. I'm not catwalk model but I'm more than happy to run around shirtless whenever I can.
"Hi. I'm Frank" he said as we shook hands. He smiled at me wildly and I made note to watch this one.
"Let's go guys!" I said as I led the way. "There's a pond up here that's great -- no one knows about it but me and the landowners."
"How far is it?" Isa asked as I rolled my eyes.
"About an hour or so" I replied as nicely as I could.
"That's too far!" Isa protested, much to my chagrin, though I chuckled when I noticed Kev was ignoring her.
Me and the other two guys made conversation as we hiked. Frank kept commenting on how beautiful it was there, how much he loved all the green, etc. I noticed that he and I were in the front of the group, while Kev fell back with Isa. I also noticed Frank's sexy body. His legs were covered in soft looking black hair, his heard, while short, was well trimmed and not a hint of grey, he looked to have the body of a former runner: lean and muscular. His thick forearms, like his legs, were covered in soft looking black hair, and a bit of chest hair poked up through his tank top. Eventually Isa slowed us down. About twenty minutes in to the hike, she twisted her ankle, which caused us all to stop. Kev want back to assist her.
"Isa is not a country girl for sure!" Frank said as he got close to me. His big brown eyes sparkling in the sunlight as it made its way past the trees.
"Yeah...she's not enjoying herself" I replied.
We watch her and Kev for a minute when Kev waived us back.
"Sorry Unc but I think we need to go -- she can't walk all the way there and back" he said.
"No worries -- we can head back. The pond's not going anywhere anytime soon!" I responded.
"Well, why don't you guys go back and Jimmy and I can go to the pond" Frank suggested. "I'd really like to see this pond" he said looking at me with a smile.
We discussed the logistics and Kev and Isa headed back to the truck and Frank and I continued on the trail to the pond. As Kev and Isa rounded the corner to the truck, Frank sped up and got next to me on the trail.
"Damn sure is hot today" he said.
"Yeah, we're sweating like pigs!" I replied, taking off my shirt. I'm proud of my body for a mid thirties guy. I have some grey in my scruff but my body is still pretty tight for my age. While I wanted to cool off, I also wanted to flirt with Frank some.
"Yeah that sounds good to me!" Frank said as he ripped off his tank. His body was fantastic! Muscular chest covered in black hair, with a faint trail that ran down his readily apparent abs, accumulating on a small patch around his belly button. His shoulders were muscular and wide, while two patches of black hair peaked themselves out of under his arms. He caught me staring at him but I tried to play it off as best I could.
Ten minutes later we were wading through grass almost as tall as we are before we made it to the pond. It was quiet with a slight breeze, though the sun was still plenty hot on our skin.
"Wow. This is great!" Frank yelled as he held his arms out to the side. I was just as mesmerized with his natural beauty and the pond. We made out way to the lackluster pier and laid back getting some sun.
