In the center of July, the air conditioning unit in my office picked the best time to crap out.
The heat was recording historic highs. The landlord claimed the unit would quickly get fixed first thing Thursday morning. Problem was, it was Monday afternoon.
The weekend was spent at the lake with friends. I just recently become single and saw my share of beautiful bodies all around the lake.
I also hadn't had sex in over 6-months due to work being busy and my abusive, toxic relationship.
It was now 12p Monday afternoon, my shirt was filling up with sweat, so I decided it was time to find somewhere air-conditioned.
My immediate thought was to go see a movie in a cold theater. I jumped in the car to head the closest theater, but as I was heading towards the freeway, my eyes caught "Massage" in a small strip center.
My car fluidly glided into an available parking spot directly in front of the massage studio.
My still soaked shirt felt the air-conditioning in the car as I looked at my sweaty face in the rear view mirror.
I unwrapped a piece of cinnamon gum, put my phone underneath my seat and proceeded to exit the vehicle.
Just as the alarm on the car notified as armed, the bells of the door rang as I slowly opened the studio's door.
A cute, older Asian lady smiled as I walked to the counter with, "I'll take a 60-minute massage please."
She looked down onto a pad of paper and trailed her finger to find seemingly the schedule for today. I had this bad feeling no one was available, but she looked back up at me with a smile and said in an Asian accent, "You lucky day, only one masseuse available."
I smiled back, "Finally, my air-conditioning unit is out, so I haven't had much luck lately."
She stood up and led me down a dark hallway. The air was cold, the music was soft and it was radio silent of any other human sounds.
My brain was empty with thought, just relieved to feel the cold air and the upcoming quiet massage.
She brought me into a tiny room with just a massage table, so small there wasn't even a place to keep my clothes.
She quietly closed the door and I proceeded to strip down and slide under the thin, white sheet.
My body exhaled in happiness as I laid on the cold sheet as my sweaty neck felt the coldness.
Seemingly minutes later, the door quietly creaked with footsteps to follow. My eyes open and could see white Reebok's quickly walk past.
I felt a finger trace my body over the sheet down to my large toe. The strong hands proceeded to simply hold each foot with a pressure as-if releasing a large bottle of lotion.
The hands were wonderfully firm and held steady as my brain and body rejoiced in this now realization of what a genius decision this was.
The hands flowed up to my calves and hamstrings and back down to my feet. The firmness and flow was magic. This routine held steady for minutes, which had me fading quickly in new comatose state.
Finally, guessing twenty minutes into the massage, a deep voice asked, "Are you okay?"
My eyes opened with my surprise of a male's voice, but quickly responded, "You are very good at what you do, you almost had me asleep with your perfect flow and pressure."
"People don't realize the feet and calves carry so much stress."
I closed my eyes and exhaled with, "Yeah clearly."
As the room went silent again, I was able to collect my thoughts and realized, this was the first time I had ever experienced a massage from a male before. I would have never known if it wasn't for him speaking. His hands and flow somehow felt firm balanced with soft.
His hands proceeded up to my shoulders and then reversed the flow downwards to my lower back. The routine was identical with his hands firmly holding my neck and shoulders and then flowing down to my lower back. Again, it was magical.
Minutes further passed, comatose reignited and again the deep voice.
"Do you want to turn around?"
He lifted sheet and my naked body flipped onto my back.
I opened my eyes to see an Asian man, long hair in a pony tail, very thin, but with well built shoulders. He had no facial hair and had a well defined facial structure. Overall, a pretty man.