Devon, you're an idiot! A fucking idiot! Why did you...
gah!!!
Yeah, Devon barely slept that night. Tossing and turning he went, looking at the hotel's clock every hour or so. He wagered he finally slept two, maybe three hours by 4 AM before just kind of stirring in his bed. Some shitty dream he kept waking up from as if he was in some kind of live action Grand Theft Auto game, but driving haphazardly by some cliffside where he kept inadvertently diving off the side of the cliff into the water and/or jagged rocks. So yeah, he jerked off once to again the not-faded-at-all wonderful - if bittersweet - memory of Jason pounding away at his ass two days before. That probably wasn't going away anytime soon, for sure. It was definitely fertile material from which to blow loads to be wiped away by hotel sheets that would be cleaned by some maid that would come when he wouldn't be there.
Wow. But that actually happened, didn't it? I still can't believe it.
Finally resolved that he wouldn't sleep any more, Devon hopped out of bed, rubbing at his temples. He was unfortunately reminded of his place in the grand scheme of life. He'd lost everything. The girl of his dreams, a pretty OK job if not a great one, a pretty decent place to move forward from. All of that. This was a thing he'd have to dig himself out of and he hadn't lost sight of that.
He grabbed his phone and looked at it, almost dreading doing so as he did.
Messages! Holy shit, he really did message me.
He'd actually assumed it might come in the form of a phone call, or most likely nothing at all.
Devon looked at his texts. There it was:
HEYA DEVON. YOU STILL DOWN TO DO WHATEVER IT TAKES TO MAKE THIS WORK?
And it was only sent 30 minutes beforehand. He smiled broadly, even giggling a little then. Yeah, the giddiness was back. Butterflies, even, if that could be a thing. He responded immediately:
WHATEVER IT TAKES. I'LL BE A GOOD GIRLFRIEND. ο
He then waited. He could see Jason was "typing" almost right away. Was he as excited as Devon was? This was all so mysterious.
THAT'S EXACTLY WHAT I WAS HOPING YOUD SAY. :D CUM BY MY PLACE AT 9 PM AND BE READY.
Devon set his phone down then, nodding resolutely. The smile never left his face.
Oh yes, I'll be ready.
Then the smile ebbed a bit.
Just don't... do that again, Jason. Please. I can't take that again.
He knew he deserved a lot of things but he didn't deserve that. Not again.
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9 PM came so quickly. Devon spent a few hours "doom-scrolling" on his phone before getting ready for his "date." That mostly consisted of giving himself a hot bath where he did some basic maintenance. You know. Cleaning his ass, shaving his pubes (even crack) outright, and soaping up for a good hour and half to ensure he would smell nice. He wanted to at least present himself as fresh as Jason had in their first night together. He afforded himself only 3 shots of Tito's vodka before departing.
After a drive, he was there. Quickly he rushed to Apartment 2B, clambering up the steps to the second floor. He knocked, eagerly. Before even five seconds passed, the door opened, not swiftly but rather slowly. And then there was those piercing blue eyes looking into his own.
"Awesome. Right on time," Jason said. Smiling tightly. He gestured inside. "Come on in."
"Okay."
Devon noticed right away, of course, that his old friend wasn't clad in just a towel like last time or anything. Though as he passed him going in, he noted he still smelled as spectacularly as before. Just as fresh. Not wanting to presume anything, he began to head toward Jason's living room.
"Ah-ah!" Jason said. He then pointed the hallway bathroom. For which the door was closed. "Go in there first, please. If you will."
"In
there?
In the bathroom?"
"Yeah," Jason said with a nod and that grin again. "I know, I know. It'll make sense when you go in there, I think." Devon - surprisingly - wasn't really nervous until that exact moment. "You'll know what to do."
"Eh... okay. Like I said, I'll, uh... do whatever. I want this to
work."