"Hey Jim, you enjoying the party?"
I looked up, and saw that it was my host, Bruce, walking up to the couch I was sitting on. I was a co-worker of his sister, and she was constantly bragging about his parties, and that I should come to one with her. I gave in, more out of curiosity than anything, and here I was, sitting on his couch, drinking his mojito, and people watching.
"I am, thanks Bruce, just taking a load off for a minute."
"Sounds like a good idea, I'll join you."
He eased into the other seat of the two-seat sofa, balancing his wine.
"You have a great house."
It was great, a two story place, one level below a McMansion, Bruce was a software developer with at least one nice patent, or so it seemed. The living room, where we were right now, was quite large, with five other couches spread around in the very dim light, all of them occupied in some way. You couldn't see specific faces unless you knew them really well, just shapes. I had mingled a bit earlier, but the only one I knew at the party from before was his sister.
"Once we've both rested, I'd be happy to show you around."
"I'd like that, thanks. You throw a great party."
"I'm glad you could make it, Lisa has told me a lot about you."
His sister was not a dating candidate for me, she was into rocker types that I totally wasn't. But we were the same age, 26, and had enough in common that we were close friends at the office, and buddies outside of it.
"She's always bragging about you too."
"Is she your date tonight? No girlfriend?"
"Not right now, just haven't met the right woman. What about you? No man to share this with?"
"So she told you I'm gay?" An eyebrow was raised.
"Of course, shouldn't she have?"
Bruce was 33, medium sized in most ways, with dark hair. He didn't look 'gay', but only in that he wasn't effeminate. Stylish would be the right word.
"Not at all, I just forgot that you two are such close friends. Have you ever experimented with a man before?""
"No, never." Most gay guys I met asked me that, so this wasn't a surprise. Either it was part of their way of putting me at ease, or they just wanted to sniff out a homophobe right away, or both.
"Grossed out by it?"
I laughed.
"If you'd asked me that 5 years ago, I'd have said yes. But now, I just haven't had the inclination."
"Interesting. Too bad too, you're the kind of guy that I usually go for."
I was very flattered at hearing that, this guy could have his pick of gay guys.
"Well thank you, that's nice of you to say. The type of guy you go for as a boyfriend? Or sexually?" I knew at once that I shouldn't have said that, but I hid it, as it was too late now. I had fallen into a slight trap of sorts, without realizing the full implications.
"Both, if you want to know the truth."
We got off that subject for a bit, instead talking about Lisa and what she must be up to right now in another room, she was a bit slutty.
"You haven't been with her?"
"Just a kiss or two at New Year's, that's it."
"You don't want to?"
"I don't know, we're just too good a friends to mess with it." Not true, I would nail her in a minute if I could, though I would never count on her to be faithful. But even with a gay man you don't admit that you want to fuck his sister. It's just not done.
We talked about other things for awhile, and wound up sharing his wineglass for the last few sips, as mine had run out. The party was still in full swing, and swing was right, as a couple in the couch opposite us had started to make out, heavily.
I couldn't help but notice, and Bruce turned his head too. He leaned close and whispered to me:
"They really should get a room, but I don't want to be a spoilsport."
"I think they're probably not the only ones going at it right now."
He had scooted over to do the whispering, his arm on the back of the couch behind me, and now his breath was warming my face. It felt good, and I didn't want it to stop as he replied.
"Good bet. You need to imitate them, find a nice girl to hook up with." There were straight people at the party of course, it was probably 50/50.
"I'm fine where I am, you should find a nice boy."
"I'm fine where I am, but I appreciate you thinking of me." His arm was now around my shoulders, and without thinking I slipped mine around his waist.
"No problem. Will you stop them if clothes come off?" Now I was thinking about that arm, but he had moved his body so that it would be awkward to take my arm away.
"I don't know, I wouldn't want to ruin your show. It's two guys you know, doing that."
I couldn't really tell, only that they were both slim, but I guess I would have to take his word for it.
"So that's why you're not stopping it."
"I'll give you $100 right now to go over there and say something to them." He quietly chuckled.
I laughed quietly at the offer, the coin wasn't worth what the reaction would be.
"No thanks, not going to do your dirty work." Plus, it was too much fun watching them, I was hoping that clothes might come off.
His arm squeezed around me.
"Admit it Jim, you're turned on. You hope that one of them will start sucking the other off."