If infidelity is a subject you don't like, don't read it. It's only going to upset you.
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I received a call one morning from Brian, a recent friend I had made. He was this nerdy stud that looked pretty good. He was gay, but were both tops who just wouldn't work together. We found ourselves visiting the same places at night, and now when I was about to go somewhere with a few friends, he was on my list. However, he wasn't going to the rough places anymore lately. And that's because he had a new boyfriend.
On that day when he called me, he asked me if I could pick his boyfriend and give him a ride to his house. I had a car and I lived close to the mall. I never met his boyfriend, but I had seen pictures. The only important detail I remembered at the moment was the he was latino.
"Sure, I can do it" I said to the phone.
"Thank you, Roger."
"Of course. Where is he now?"
"He's just waiting at the front of the mall. He's kind of shy, his name is Diego." I could sense that Brian was smiling while talking about him. Not hard to see he loved him.
"Shy, huh? Just my type."
"Fuck off, Roger. Behave yourself. Don't make him feel awkward." But Brian was laughing with me. I assured him that everything would be fine.
"Can I at least flirt a bit?"
"No. I'm warning you."
Since I woke up late that day, I went to take a quick shower. I couldn't help but laugh when I realized I was dressing up really nice purposefully. I pulled back my blond hair and smiled at myself... I hoped Diego liked blond jocks.
On the way to the mall, I looked up some pictures of Diego. He had dark tone to his skin. I enjoyed some pictures where he was shirtless. He had a lean muscular body that made him ten times more attractive to me. When I stopped the car, I instantly saw Diego. He was outside, waiting on the parking lot. I left the car and went to where he was sitting on a bench below the shadow of the huge building.
"Diego," I said. And he looked up at me. He had been distracted on his phone.
"Oh, Roger?" He stood up and offered his hand. "I was just looking up some pictures of you," he said. His voice was low pitched and raspy.
"Did you like it?"
A shy smile brightened his face.
"Brian warned me that you might flirt."
"Did he? Damn. I was just joking."
"But you are flirting with me," he said, laughing.
"I can't control it. So, let's go?"
"Yeah."
We started walking back the car. Diego by my right side, hands in his pocket. His pants were tight, and it showed off his ass very well. He saw me looking.
"What are you doing?"
"Just checking if you are really Diego."
"By looking at my ass?"
"I was not," I said. "So, you're not from here. How did you get here anyway?"
"Another friend. I came here yesterday, and stayed with the girl because Brian was still traveling with his classmates. He's coming back tonight." Diego had hazel eyes. They looked at me.
"So you're just gonna go to his home and wait?"
"Uh, yeah."
"Come on," I said, and stopped where I was. "We're at the mall. Let's do something. There's a movie theater. Let's watch some movie."
"I don't have much money."
"Don't worry about that. Jesus." I held his arm and pulled him back to the mall. He smiled while he walked, didn't resist much. His comment about money made me ask: "Have you eaten?"
"Yeah, before I left my friend's house."
I rolled my eyes.
"Let's go eat, then we'll watch a movie."
"You're bossy," he said. I laughed. "I'm not complaining though."
So we sat down and ate at a small diner inside the mall. Diego resisted a bit about getting something expensive, but relented eventually. I talked to him about the city, places to go, some night clubs.
"Brian is the one who knows all these places," he said.
"I met him in one of them."
Diego nodded.
"You two make a good couple," I said, watching how one corner of the lips raised higher than the other when he smiled.
"Thanks," he said. "What about you. No boyfriend?"
"Nah. I can't keep it in my pants."
Diego laughed.
"It's so easy to make you smile. I like that," I said.
"I like it too." My heart leaped a bit when he said that. "But maybe you're the one saying the right words."
Now he made ME smile.
Just in that moment, his phone ringed. He looked at it, and then answered.
"Hi, babe. Not yet, we're at a diner, about to go see a movie. Yeah, he's here. Well, he's paying." I could visualize Brian slowly getting angry. "It's just a movie, baby. He's behaving himself." He smiled at me.
"Give me the phone," I said. He did. "Brian, calm yourself. You want him to be alone until the night? I promise I will sit two chairs away from him." I shook my head to Diego, and he laughed silently.
"I'm calm," he said. He really did seem angry. "Alright. Bye."
"Wow," I said. "I never saw him this jealous. If you want to just go..."
"Nah. He's always jealous."
"Really?" I raised my eyebrows. "Do you do things to make him jealous?"
"I try not to," Diego said.
I fidgeted with my juice on the table, thinking.
"So, Diego..." I said. "Do you wanna go see the movie, or just go to my car with me?"
I saw his eyes gleaming with understanding of what my question meant, but he took his time to answer.
"I don't know, man," he finally said.