Bzzzzt. Doot-dot.
The phone went off again. Mike checked it. It was AznLex again.
"So when do you want to meet?" *Photo attached*
Mike felt nerves down his spine. The photo showed an array of toys across the bed. Some looked bigger and more painful than what Mike had seen in person. No doubt they might even be more pleasurable. He furrowed his eyebrows to something at the bottom left corner, at the edge of the bed. That's weird.
"Why is there a bottle of hot sauce in here?" He wrote back.
The dots started typing immediately. AznLex replied, "What's your hot sauce tolerance?"
That's a new one. Mike had been exploring kinks for a while now. He'd been used to hearing of the usual; the dildo, the whip, the pumps, nipple clamps, and candles. But hot sauce? Edgy.
"I've tried the Korean spicy noodle challenge. That was rough but I got through it."
The dots returned. "Weak."
Mike felt insulted . It wasn't like he grew up trying to set his insides on fire at every meal. Thai chilis? Not too bad. Lao Gan Ma? An absolute must when having mapo tofu.
Infuriated, Mike replied "am not."
*Seen*
Mike waited a little longer but still nothing. He turned his phone down and went back to his YouTube feed. He was about to start a new video when a new notification came on again.
"X928374837: Hot singles in your area, click to learn more jsdnvsi.idjdsm"
Twitter really needed to have less spambots. And getting Mike's hopes up too easily, but maybe that was just him. He only met AznLex a few days before. After he liked a few posts and typed lustful comments, they struck up a conversation, on the sort of topics you could only discuss on gay Twitter.
Having had access to prying into each other's past sexual history, their conversations became more about what other things they had wanted to do or had yet to do. AznLex seemed legitimate, they talked enough where it didn't seem like he could have been a catfish. Even if he was, the videos and photos of his physique were too hard to pass up. AznLex said he was shorter than Mike but he made up for his compact size with a ripped body where his muscles took advantage of the space. It was like looking at a rugby player with padding under the skin, thick and muscled. If he tackled, his body was big enough to smother you down, but gentle so it wasn't a trip to the ER for a concussion. Mike wasn't sure what he wanted to do with AznLex, he just knew he needed a release.
A new notification went off. "Come by tonight. I'll show you what the hot sauce is for. *devil emoji*"
Mike wasn't going to just keep chatting. He wanted to see for himself and there would be no point in prolonging the texts than an opportunity to have some fun. Every second he wasn't there was a moment to lose. It was a good thing he ate dinner and showered early. He picked out a grey button up over a blue cardigan and a pair of grey ripped jeans. He asked for the address, got in his car, and drove off.
15 minutes later, Mike turned onto the well groomed street, street cleaning had cleared much of the autumn leaves as the trees continued to sway under the fresh wind. He found a spot a few units before the address and walked the rest of the way. Shaking off his last jitters, he punched in the apartment code, expecting to hear someone on the other end. There was no camera by the door. The speaker turned on and he expected AznLex to say something. But there was silence, only the static noise coming from the call system itself. Gingerly, Mike finally spoke, "H-hey. It's me."
The door buzzed open and Mike made his way in. Down the hall were the elevator and the emergency stairs nearby. Figuring it would be more interesting, Mike took the stairs to the fifth floor, it wasn't too bad of a climb up. As he arrived on the fifth floor, he opened the door to a long hallway, the signage clearly displaying the unit was in the left direction and so he headed there. As he passed each unit, he could hear TVs on blaring the various primetime shows. One home tuning into the evening news, another playing some sitcom or drama or whatever. Thankfully it wasn't endless and he arrived at the steps of 1537. There were no sounds at the door, just Mike's slight breathing. Whatever were to happen tonight, at least AznLex lived right at the end of the hall away from any prying ears.
Again, a second to wait, another moment to lose. Mike firmly knocked on the door. The faintest change in light through the door peephole meant Mike new AznLex was at the door. After a few seconds, the locks clicked and the door opened.