Seducing Deion
"What are you doing on Saturday?" I asked Deion.
"Eh... nothing. Probably drink with my cousin at home."
"Again? Dude, you're never going to get any gains drinking like that every weekend."
"You're right... oh, well!" he laughed.
I was 20 at the time and Deion had just turned 21 a few months earlier. We were friends through high school, but only really started hanging out after our senior year after we bumped into each other at the gym one day. After that, we started working out together regularly. There was a big contrast between us. I'm Hispanic, 5'6", and around 145 lbs. I was majoring in Kinesiology and got into great shape right after high school. I had also been training to compete in the Men's Physique class at bodybuilding competitions.
Deion was black, 6'1" and weighed around 260 lbs. He used to play football in high school and had started studying Computer Science in college. He had always been a chubby, nerdy boy at heart, but he was trying to slim down and get in shape (that's why he had joined the gym). I thought he had the cutest face, with such a cute personality. He was a sweetheart and overall, just a great guy, albeit, with some self-esteem issues.
As we started growing closer, he confessed to me that he was feeling somewhat insecure due to not being able to pull any girls. It was "impossible" for him, as he described. Deion had also only ever had
one
girlfriend for about 3 months, which was in high school, and whom he was still somewhat in love with. He had a bad experience when she dumped him, then left for college out-of-state. She never considered her relationship with Deion serious, but Deion did.
I said that I could help with what I could - diet, workouts, motivation, etc. and even introducing him to new people.
One day, out of the blue, I realized I started to think of Deion more than usual. More than I should have been doing.
"Let me come up with another nutrition plan for Deion since he doesn't really like salmon."
"Let me see if I can get Deion to come to the gym with me all of this week this time."
"I hope Deion doesn't drink too much this weekend. That would really set back his progress."
My sexuality wasn't orthodox by any means, but I came to peace with it quickly right after high school. Publicly, I slept with and dated various women. But secretly, I did this with just as many, but likely
more
men. I finally came to peace with myself - I was seriously crushing on Deion. I kept telling myself I'd never go through with any unwanted advance on a close, straight, friend such as him. At least I never thought I would...
"Well, if you're going to drink, might as well come with me to Carly's birthday party and we can drink there. It'll be a pool party," I said to Deion.
"Pool party? Take my shirt off? Hell no. You're crazy, Emmanuel," he said to me.
"Are you sure? Danielle will be there."
"Oh fuck. Hell yeah. I'm in,"
Carly was our friend from high school, and was Danielle's best friend. Her parents had a multiple acre home with a pool, and she loved hosting her wild parties whenever they were out of town.
As for Danielle, Deion always joked around with being "in love" with her, and you really couldn't blame him - just about every guy was in love with her. She was beautiful; light-skinned, extremely fit, perky-butt, and had beautiful dark afro hair with blonde tips. She also happened to be my best "girlfriend", which stemmed from our parents being very close friends. She knew my deepest secrets, even about me experimenting with a handful of guys. She didn't know how I felt about Deion though. I'd only mentioned we'd been hanging out at the gym, but I doubt it ever crossed her mind that I actually had a thing for him.
Deion picked me up at my apartment and we arrived at the party around 6 PM. I wore sunglasses, a backwards baseball cap, tank top, short, pink, floral board shorts, and flip-flops. Deion was wearing a very loose t-shirt, sunglasses, long board shorts and some Adidas slides. He never really had a sense of style, but I thought that was cute for some reason.
The party was fun, as Carly's parties usually were. She invited her closest friends which also happened to be the majority of the cheerleading team from our high school years. Needless to say, Deion was having a blast, even if he was mainly there for the eye candy.
I took off my shirt and had a swim in the pool in my short, pink, floral board shorts. I always shaved my body to go with the aesthetic look for my bodybuilding competitions.
"You're such a fucking show off, bro! Look at all these ladies staring at your abs!" The girls weren't
really
staring at my abs. But in my mind, I figured that having a six-pack was something that
he
really wanted to achieve, so he figured it was impressive for everyone. I simply played along.
"Hey, I'm just here for the free beer!" I joked as we both laughed.
"You're silly, bro. But anyway, you know what? You really need to invite me out to these parties a little more, my man! Having a way better time watching these beautiful ladies walking around versus sitting and drinking with my dumb cousin," he laughed.
Deion and I stuck by each other through the night, even if we were chatting with different groups of people. There was a point where one of Carly's friends from out of town, Emma, got tipsy and started
heavily
flirting with me right in front of Deion. She practically
threw
herself at me.
I wasn't really feeling Emma, so I ended up telling her I had a girlfriend which of course, was a lie. I also didn't plan to simply ditch Deion.
"Why'd you turn her down like that, man? She was so into you!"
"Eh, I just them really annoying when they're drunk. It's a turn off," I said laughing.
"I'll never understand you, bro. If I had your body, I'd be enjoying the hell out of these sexy ladies' attention!"
"You'll get there, man. We just got to get you to stop drinking every damn weekend!" I said.
"I don't know about that!" he said as we laughed.
It was getting late and naturally, people were drunk and started hooking up, eventually leaving or taking one of the rooms within Carly's huge house. We chatted with Danielle for a bit, but she had brought a date. Eventually, they disappeared on us as well.
Deion and I went inside the house to grab some of Caryl's birthday cake, then came back outside to the pool area to eat it as we dipped our feet in the pool.
Then, I noticed Deion in a gloomy mood. After she left, it was literally only Deion and I outside
"You alright, man? Did watching Danielle leave with her date bother you?" I asked him.
"Oh, nah."
"Oh. Then?"
"It's not her man. I just feel bad, you know? Everyone's hooking up. Everyone's getting some action. I'm fucking eating cake."
"Well, you're not the only one here. I'm here with you,"