The rest of the evening passed like some sort of waking nightmare. Neel said nothing to let on that he knew what happened, but I constantly caught him watching me out of the corner of my eye.
Every time he spoke, I could see the hint of a knowing smile just behind his facial expression.
Aside from that, he behaved with perfect normality, cooking a delicious curry for dinner, and chatting amicably about the challenges of his day.
I, however, found myself completely tongue-tied, stuttering with every reply, and struggling to hold up my half of the conversation.
To make matters worse, Neel wore a tight-fitted T shirt, showing every muscular flex whenever he moved, and a pair of loose shorts. The constant wobble of his junk under the thin material proved that he was without underwear.
I constantly found myself watching him as he moved, picturing his package inside his shorts. I was hypnotised.
My mind was constantly distracted. In one moment, I was thinking through the implications of what I'd done, and his knowledge of my behaviour. In the next moment, my mind was taken by the image of his cum arching out of his cock and splashing into the red dust.
I was so horny that I was salivating, and it was all that I could do to stop myself from getting hard right there in front of him.
Through it all, I constantly wondered, what the fuck had come over me? How had I gone from a straight-as-an-arrow tit man to this pile of hormones salivating over my handsome housemate?
Pretty soon it became obvious that Neel was toying with me. He could barely walk 2 steps without dropping something on the floor and bending over, ever so slowly to pick it up again.
At one stage I walked back into the common room from a toilet stop, to find him sitting on the couch with legs splayed, cock poking freely from the leg of his shorts.
"Jesus, man, would you put it away?" I joked, pointing towards the offending member.
"Haha, sorry mate," he said, tucking himself away without any hint of embarrassment. "I seem to have run out of clean underwear, so I've had to go commando."
I turned towards the sink and started the dishes, more to hide my blushing face than anything.
The time did tick by though, and finally my escape was at hand as I headed out to my study site as night drew on. It was with some relief that I walked out to my buggy, loaded my gear onto the back and headed out along the track.
The night was surprisingly clear, although the humidity was oppressive. My mind was working overtime as I travelled the short road to my shelter.
I couldn't understand what was happening. I'd never been attracted to another guy before. Even in my teen years, I'd heard people say that it was normal for guys to be attracted to other guys at some stage, but I always thought that was just an excuse to be gay.
I'd always been strictly attracted to women. The hours I had spent over the years fantasising about women, trying to hook up with them, watching straight porn, must be phenomenal.
And now, with just a month in isolation, I was salivating over some guys hard cock, imagining him spurting cum all over my face, watching his fucking cock waggle in his shorts!
There was no getting away from the fact that I was besotted by him. Every glance made me blush. Every movement made me hard. Every time I closed my eyes, I saw him cum.
What was I going to do?
Before I got too lost in existential panic, there was a pressing need that required attention first. As I pulled up to my shelter, I quickly unloaded the equipment before sitting down on my deck chair, listening to the frogs.
Unbuttoning my shorts, I released my aching hard-on, sliding my pants down to my ankles. I sat back breathing in the night air and closed my eyes, stroking slowly to the image of Neel's hard, ejaculating cock.
*********
The following morning, I once again raced home early, sneaking quietly into my room hoping to pass unnoticed by my sleeping housemate. I lay awake for an hour, waiting in rapt anticipation, hoping for a repeat show even though I knew it was impossible.
Why would he come back out again, knowing what he knew about me?
The first glimpse I had of him was as he walked past my window fully dressed and laden with his work gear, heading out for the day to his research site.
I sighed disappointedly and settled in for a long day without sleep.
Friday evening finally arrived, and I relished the chance to have some drinks and to try and forget my mortifying transgression.
Neel seemed in for a good night as well as we both hit the scotch with abandon. The conversation soon flowed freely, and it was as though nothing had really happened between us.
Before long, we were onto past relationships, and the women that had really screwed us over. I'd never really talked with him about what led to me coming out here, so he was surprised to hear my story of betrayal.
I could feel the alcohol loosening my tongue as I described finding her riding her trainer in our own bed.
"The worst part of all," I said, trying to ignore the thickness of my tongue, "was that as I came to the door, I saw what was happening before they saw me. I watched them for a minute or two, and to be honest, it was fucking hot. If the circumstances were different, I would have happily rubbed one out right there in the doorway.
"That's so fucked up, right? Imagine getting turned on by the biggest betrayal of your life!"
"Nah, I totally get it, man." Neel reassured me, patting my shoulder ruefully. "The body just has a mind of its own, right? We're really just slaves to some pretty primitive biology."
I glanced at him quickly to gauge his expression, but he simply took a swig of his drink and moved on to his own story.
"My story's not much better, I guess." Neel began, settling in for the tale. "I'd been dating this girl for around 3 months. She was a bit on the kinky side, liked to fuck in places we might get caught, that sort of thing. Even came to my lab one time wearing just high boots and a trench coat and let me fuck her in the supply closet.
"It was fucking hot, really. She was insatiable."
He was staring off into the distance as he spoke. A slight rounding of the consonants indicated the effects of the alcohol coursing through his system.
"Wasn't long before she suggested we do some sex tapes. Had all the standard chats about privacy and deleting them after, etc. etc. But you can see where this is going."
He glanced at me sideways, almost looking bashful as he continued.