In the early 1990's, I was living in Los Angeles with a friend of mine from high school. We didn't travel in the same circles in high school, but we were friendly. I was a jock and John played the clarinet in the band. We had a few classes together along the way. I always thought he was a little feminine, so it wasn't much a surprise when I heard that he was actually gay. To each his own, I guess.
After I graduated from college, I moved to LA. John and I ran into each other by chance one night and we talked a while. We hadn't seen each other since graduation about 5 years prior, so there was plenty of catching up to do. He said he moved here about a month after graduating from college and was still settling in. It turned out that we were both apartment hunting and decided that we'd be better off sharing a place. So, we spent the next three weeks looking and decided that we'd take the small house in Manhattan Beach. It was pretty small, about a quarter mile from the beach itself, but it had two separate bedrooms in the second floor with a balcony that wrapped around the back, complete with a circular hot tub. Both bedrooms had access to the balcony and were about the same size, so there was no fighting over who got which room. We did share the upstairs bathroom, but it didn't seem to pose any problems. The downstairs was spacious and open with a full kitchen and half bath. The rent was high, but we both did pretty well at our jobs so we were able to make it work.
John and I settled into a routine and I really enjoyed living with him. I'm a neat person by nature and John was the first roommate I'd ever had that didn't just assume that the kitchen and living area would clean themselves. Our work schedules were just about in synch and we usually left and arrived home about the same time every day. The only difference was our weekends. I had a 'normal' weekend with Saturday and Sunday off while John had Friday and Saturdays off. We spent a lot of time just hanging out, drinking beers , and getting high. We'd hit up the local bars and party with some mutual friends. I'd bring a girl home from time to time, John would bring the random guy home.
One thing really amazed me about John, though. He was a smooth talker at the clubs. I had a much more difficult time even getting some girl's number than he had getting a guy's. And the number of dates he got was at least twice as many as mine. Needless to say, he got laid one hell of a lot more than I did.
Over time, we became more and more familiar with each other. This included clothing on the upstairs patio and hot tub. I went out there one Saturday and John was sunbathing nude.
"What the hell are you doing, John?" I asked.
He was laying on his back and he turned toward me when he heard my voice. I walked over to the hot tub and was climbing in when he said "What? I'm catching some rays."
"Well, yea," I said. "But nude?"
"I want an all-over tan. Not anything you've never seen before"
Well, that was true enough, I thought.
"I think that we should make a new rule around here. I don't think clothes should be allowed on the patio anymore. The trees give us plenty of privacy so the neighbors can't see. What do you think?" he asked.
"Sure. No one will see up here," I said and relaxed in the tub as the water washed away my hangover from the night before. I closed my eyes and relaxed. I heard John get up and walk toward the tub. I opened my eyes as he was getting in. He really did have a great body, for a guy anyway. I was 6-1, 185 pounds. John was about 5-8 and 160. He seemed to be skinnier than my frame, but I guess that could have just been my perspective.
"You're breaking our new rule," he said.
"Oh, right," I said as I peeled off my swimsuit and threw it on the ground.
"That's better," he said. "There's no need for clothes up here. Just let it all hang out."
I closed my eyes again and said "Do we have any pot?"
"Yea, I'll go get it," he said and he got out of the tub and went inside.
When he returned, he had a small pipe in his hand. As he walked toward the tub, it was impossible not to notice he didn't have any pubic hair. He got back in the tub and we passed the bowl back and forth as we got high. This is living, I thought to myself as I relaxed. I thoroughly enjoy getting high. It's much more enjoyable than drinking, but I do like that as well. Getting high doesn't give you a hangover, so I preferred that. The only problem was that it never failed to make me horny as hell. I almost always got at least a semi-hardon.
"When did you shave your pubes," I asked John as I passed him the bowl.
"A long time ago. I had a boyfriend once who insisted on it and I've been doing it ever since. I think it's sexy. You should try it sometime. I'm sure the chicks you fuck have trimmed bushes, right? " he asked.
"Some of them do," I admitted.
"It's like that. It's sexy and fun and it makes it more sensitive down there. You should try it." He said again. "Also it has the added benefit of making your dick look bigger without the hair."
"Maybe I will," I said. "What? You just take a razor in your shower or something?"
"Yep. Nothing to it. Just like shaving your face," he said.
We sat in silence for a while. I thought about shaving myself and figured I'd give it a try in the morning.
"You going out tonight?" he asked me.
"Nah, I'm going to hang here tonight I think. I'm already pretty high. Might as well save some money I guess," I told him. "Are you headed out?"
"Billy is coming over later. We're going to rent a video and stay in tonight."
"Billy is the guy from the other night?" I asked.
"Yea, we hit it off pretty well," he said.
"I could tell. You guys were pretty loud in your room that night," I said smiling at him.
He laughed and said "Yea, sorry about that. We were both a little drunk and it got a little crazy in there."
"I noticed he wasn't here in the morning. Did you kick him to the curb after you fucked him?" I asked.
He laughed again and said "Pretty much. He's fun and all, but I don't see it going anywhere long term."
"Well, you all seemed to be having a grand ol' time the other night." I looked over at John and he was sitting there with his eyes closed and his head back. "So, how does that work, anyway? With a guy, I mean."
"How does what work? Fucking?" he asked.
"Yea, I mean, do you like it in the butt or something? Do you take turns? How's it work?" I asked.
He laughed again and said "Well, it's like fucking a girl, I suppose, but I've never done that. Usually, one guy is the bottom and the other is the top, ya know? Billy likes to be a bottom, so we're good together."
"So," I asked," you just blow each other and then what? You fuck him in the ass?"
"Well," he said, "there isn't any other place to fuck him, so yes."
"Doesn't that hurt?" I asked.
"At first, a little. Not much, though. You just have to concentrate and relax and use a lot of lube. It actually feels awesome. Some guys can actually cum from it. Billy doesn't like it very much back there, but he lets me fuck him every once in a while. I met a guy a while back who fucking loved it in the ass. Absolutely loved it. Have one of those chicks you bang play with your ass a little next time. You'll love it!"