The year before the covid madness, I went to the UK to attend a family funeral. My older brother had died suddenly, and I volunteered on behalf of the family to sort out his affairs.
My elderly father had planned a wake, and the beers began flowing at 11 AM at the local pub. The guest list included the parents of a dear friend with whom I happened to have enjoyed a secret bisexual relationship and his university friends.
Lyndon, it turned out, lived about sixty miles from me, was married and with several children. I had not spoken to him since 2005, and we had not enjoyed sex for maybe a decade.
He was going through some personal pain, but his parents asked me for my UK number and vowed to pass it on so that I could share my condolences. Our friendship transcended our sexual antics, and Lyndon was a dear friend despite some elapsed time in which we had not been in contact with each other.
Lyndon was not a Facebook or Twitter guy, so staying connected took a lot of work. However, his parents' offer of reconnecting with each other via text messaging was welcomed, and I gladly handed my number over.
Sure enough, Lyndon made contact the next day, and we exchanged a few pleasantries. He asked me how long I was in the UK for one more week following the funeral and what my plans were.
Those plans included a catchup with another ex-lover in Manchester before I departed the fair shores of the UK. Can I stop by Leeds and meet up with Lyndon for a drink?
If anybody knows the UK train network, they know how difficult and expensive it is to take impromptu rail journeys. However, since Leeds is on the way to Manchester, and I had the time to spare, I decided to spend the money and reconnect with an old dear friend. I also booked a room at the Hilton for the night.
Lyndon and I made the requisite plans, and I arranged to meet him at a tavern in the city centre on Friday afternoon.
The weather was dreary for the time of year, with a lingering mist of water vapour that clung to one's clothing, making you feel constantly damp as you walked the streets.
I found the pub easily and was about half an hour early. My nerves began to play on me as I wondered what Lyndon looked like. Would I feel any lust towards him? I banished those thoughts as I reminded myself he was married with children. Despite being single then, I had to remember that our sexual antics occurred twenty-something years earlier.
Lyndon sent a text to say that he was on his way. I downed my drink and waited. He recognised me before I did him. Still a hulk of a man, he had lost all his hair and the cares of distressed parenthood was visible on his still handsome features.
"You haven't changed a bit," He gushed as he hugged.
"Good to see you too, my friend," I replied, "Please sit."
I handed him a drink, and we simply stared at each other for several minutes, sizing the other up. I wondered what was going through his mind as a million memories shot through mine.
Small talk ensued. We each expressed condolences for our enduring pain, but neither of us was sad. It was a joy to reconnect with an old friend during adversity.
"You in touch with the uni crowd?" I asked after consuming several beers.
"No, for about twenty years," Lyndon replied, "They moved down south. Last I heard, they became respectable family guys."
"Nothing wrong with that, I guess."
"What about you?"
"I dabbled on both sides of the fence since uni but have tended to preference the feminine," I replied.
"Yeah, same," Lyndon said, "Those times were wild, though."
"Yep, pretty insane," I agreed, "I learned a lot about sex."
I was surprised that Lyndon mentioned our past sexual history so soon. The deal with his university housemates and me was clear-cut. We went on the town to pick up pussy, but if we were unsuccessful, we had the option of engaging in gay sex together.
At no point did we consider ourselves gay, bisexual at best, straight at worst. That time was a sexual exploratory phase that we seemed to grow out of. I had never discussed those experiences with anybody, and I was taken back at Lyndon raising them so soon after meeting up after fourteen years.
"You done anything with a man since?" Lyndon asked.
"It's been a while," I replied after looking deeply into his navy-blue eyes, "Probably six, seven years ago."
"How was it?"
"Very familiar to when we hooked up," I said candidly, "The no kissing rule applied."
Lyndon laughed. Of all the absurd rationalisations we produced during our uni days, the no-kissing rule was the one rule that determined we were not gay. No one kissed another man. Sure, they would have sucked cock, taken cock anally, swallowed sperm and other nasty activities, but because we did not kiss each other, we were not gay. Thinking back on it, I simply shake my head in incredulity.
"I've been there a handful of times," Lyndon confessed, "But it was not the same."
"How so?"
"I don't know," He shook his head, "Lack of connection, I suppose."
"Meaningless sex?"
"Yeah, those guys weren't into our interests."
"Well, they were advanced for the time," I joked.
"For sure," Lyndon agreed, "I haven't found a woman that shares those interests."
"I came close, once or twice," I said, "But I agree for the most part."
Lyndon raised a questioning eyebrow and glossed over some detail that filled him in. He then quizzed me about some of the bisexual experiences I had enjoyed in the last twenty-plus years. Retelling those tales raised the hardness of my cock, and I quickly realised that Lyndon was angling for a last hurrah.
"What do you have in mind?" I asked with a serious face.
"I'd love for us to have one more time together," Lyndon stuttered, thrown off balance by my directness, "I wank off to our memories all the time."
"Even when fucking your wife?"
Lyndon's cheeks flushed bright red, and a scowl of anger swept across his face at my temerity, but he quickly gathered his equanimity.
"Especially then."
"I haven't been a bottom since that time in the woods," I confessed, "And your cock is massive."
"You remember that time that we watched pornos together?" He asked, "I worked your arse with fingers and tongue that you took me easily."
"I remember," I acknowledged, "It was about the only time I enjoyed receiving anal, period."
"I would love to do that again," Lyndon said, "And I'm more than happy for you to fuck me."
"When was the last time?"
"Being arse fucked?" Lyndon asked, "A few years ago, I did not enjoy it."
"How come?"
"Fucking too small to even feel it," He said before adding, "He did come a lot in my mouth, though, which I enjoyed."