When summer came, just before they headed home, Kevin's girlfriend made him promise that he wouldn't have sex with any other girls. He did and asked her to make the same promise.
"Okay," she said, "I promise not to have sex with any other girls." They both laughed.
That was on May 16th.
Over the summer they fell out of touch with each other. Not right away, of course, slowly. Calls and video chats almost every day at first. By the end of June it was maybe twice a week. By the end of July, once a week. And then in August, one phone call. The call.
"I miss you," he said, "I wish we could talk more. Maybe video chat some more?"
"You just want to look at my tits and pussy while you jerk off again."
"No. Well, yeah, but not just that."
"I know, but I'm busy, Kev."
"I know. Why are you so busy lately," he asked, "work?"
"Not really, just, well, there's no easy way to say this. I've been seeing a guy."
Kevin's heart sank. "What do you mean you're seeing a guy?! We promised each other!"
"Well, yeah, I didn't mean to, it just, well, it was kind of an accident. We met at a party and I was kind of missing you and drunk and horny and the next thing you know we were fooling around in his car and, well..."
Kevin was near tears. His dick, which had been hard from just the sound of her voice, was limp. "You made me promise not to fuck another other girls over the summer. I did and asked you to make the same promise and you said promised."
"Well, technically we both only promised not to fuck other girls. Nobody said anything about guys..." She giggled at her own joke; Kevin was silent.
She sighed. "It wasn't serious, not at first, it was just sex. Kind of like masturbating but using a real dick instead of dildo. I didn't even like the guy the first few times. Like I said, it was just kind of an accident, really..."
Kevin was silent. He didn't know what to say. He heard a car horn on the other end of the phone.
"Hey, listen, Kevin, Baby, we both knew this wasn't going to last. I need to get going. We'll talk more later, if you want, okay?"
He tried to say something before he realized she'd hung up on him.
He was quiet for a minute.
Later that night, after work, Kevin decided he needed a drink. He picked a bar he rarely went to, a place that was on the far side of town. It was a little seedier than his usual spot although not really rough. If you'd asked he would have said he didn't know why he went there or that it was because he didn't want to run into anyone he knew and he just wanted to be alone. The truth was different.
The truth was he needed something, something he hadn't done in over year. Something he had given up for his girlfriend. Something he knew he could find there.