Date: Mon, 14 Apr 2003 23:03:09 +0800
From: paul sung <psun@hotmail.com>
Subject: The New Year 3

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It was easy to see why I hated the man. Even just out of bed, James Sung
looked good enough to eat. Glossy black hair tousled from sleep, his
thickly lashed, dark brown eyes heavy-lidded, a shadow of stubble dusting
his squared jaw and a hard, tight body that was a wondrous distillation
of muscle, sinew and testosterone. Framed artistically against the plain
white sheets of my bed with the early morning sunlight coming through my
front windows, he looked like one of those impossibly good-looking men
who belonged in sexy cologne ads and underwear catalogs.

It wouldn't be the first time I felt like punching that stubbled jaw.
Despite my protests, the bastard had seduced me, plied me with wine and
fucked me against my office desk. Sure, I could have made a louder
protest but then again I, John Sung, am a weak man. Faced with such
temptation - and months of celibacy, how could I possibly resist? The
first time had been brutal, almost animalistic and primeval as we fought
and tangled our way through the remains of what used to be my office.
After the initial fuck, I certainly couldn't be held responsible for what
happened on the living room sofa, on my dining table and then twice on my
bed. It was a wonder that we even made it back home.

It was still early by his standards. James wasn't even half-awake yet and
I could take my time to ogle his perfect physique without inviting
comment. Lying facedown on one of my pillows, he lay prone giving me a
great view of his magnificent bare back. His skin glowed like highly
polished wood, smooth and unblemished except for a couple of red imprints
held high on his sculpted shoulder where I'd put my mark on him the night
before. His butt was a masterpiece all on its own and I ran my fingers
down over it possessively, marvelling at the smooth, petal-soft skin
overlying the hard curve of muscle. My roving fingers ventured down the
deep, hairless seam separating the sweat-slicked globes and the tight
gluts flexed in response.

"Well, well, look who's up." One dark eye slid open and the man gave me a
salacious wink. "I think I've unleashed a bloody monster."

Frowning, I gave his tight behind a swat. "You're a bastard, James."

"Bitch all you like, lil Johnny." His reply was a half-smirk that dared
me to deny his words. "You enjoyed it all the same."

It was one thing to sleep with a man who knew you - and another to be
with a man who knew you - well, inside and out. I didn't need to explain
exactly what I meant since he understood perfectly. This was a guy who'd
been in my life since... forever and it was almost scary sometimes how
James could predict my reactions. Even so, I felt that I had to explain
my reactions. "I was drunk."

"Yeah, yeah, tell it to the judge." Turning over on his side of the bed,
he raised himself up on his elbows and faced me fully. His eyes were
still held at half-mast and I realized what they actually meant by
bedroom eyes. Even satiated and hazy with sleep, they smoldered with
fire, those dark chocolate-brown eyes. "But let me remind you, you were
not drunk. You only had that one teensy glass."

It would be too easy to blame that one glass of wine but I knew logically
that couldn't have caused it. It was his damned irresistible pheromones
and that incredible body staring me in the face that brought me down - in
more ways than one. Even now, the sheer perfection of his torso drew my
attention and I found it almost impossible to keep my hands to myself.
"Well, it can't happen again at any rate."

"Not this soon, that's for sure." Seeing the expression on my face made
him laugh.

"James." Giving him a darkling look, I muttered quietly. "You know what I
mean."

"Please!" Groaning, he dropped facedown onto the bed and chuckled softly
into his pillow. His voice came out muffled but still decipherable.
"Don't say that, please. The last time you said that I had to prove it to
you on the dining table. I think I bumped my knee on that damned chair."

"And broke my lamp, mind you," I reminded him. Sure, I hated the damned
lamp - grotesquely made out of seashells and other assorted paraphernalia
that I didn't quite recognize. It had never occurred to me why anyone in
their right mind would spend money on such a hideous gift. And yet it
stood on my dining table as an intriguing conversation piece, its
peculiar brand of monstrosity somehow inviting all sorts of comments.

Never one to hold back, James was as usual ever ready with his
appraisals. "It was stinkin ugly."

"Fourth Aunt bought it in Taiwan," I reminded him.

"Damn. She always had bad taste."

I couldn't argue with that and decided to keep my comments to myself. It
was a universally known fact that my Fourth Aunt was not only
colour-blind, she was also totally fashion blind and wouldn't be expected
to differentiate a pashmina from a Persian rug. And frequently wore then
together. But my aunt's lack of style and colour coordination didn't
matter right now. What mattered was the naked man in my bed. "Look, damn
the lamp. What happens now?"

"Fuck." The corners of his lips curved up in a singularly wolfish smile
as his left hand dove between the sheets and crept up my naked thigh. It
would have been so easy to respond in kind and follow his lead, bringing
my hand up to the hard nine inches of uncut meat that I now knew lay
between his thighs. Bring his undeniably delicious cock to my lips and
tease the plum-sized head till sweet, pungent honey oozed from the slit.

"No." Catching his hand midway up my thigh in a steel grip, I eyed him
coolly. My cock throbbed with need, bombarded with images of the night
before but I resisted my baser urges. "We're not doing that again."

"Great. You've thought about it." The man let out a sigh. "Do you
seriously want to talk about this right now? It's not even 7 yet."

"Seven is already late."

"Shit, you sound like grandpa," he muttered.

Lately, I had been barraged with the unwelcome news that I was becoming
an old stick-in-the-mud, reminiscent of my cantankerous grandfather.
Honesty, the very thought of it was appalling and if only James' mother
had voiced the opinion, I could have handled it better but when even June
and my brother Jonathan said the same, it scared me to the bone. Was I 27
going on 80? It was something that I didn't need reminding and that
earned him another swat on the butt. "Take that back."

"Ouch." This time the man flinched and an interesting play of muscles
rippled through his naked back. An inspiring act that managed to draw an
enthusiastic response from my dick. "You sure do like my butt, don't
you?"

My dark brows flew up. "I'm not going to stroke your ego with a reply."

It was an innuendo-laden reply and I winced painfully almost as soon as I
said it. It was like dangling a carrot in front of an ass, albeit a
great-looking one. However the man thankfully made no comment and drew
himself up to a sitting position instead. Before I knew what he was
about, he shifted forward and drew me into a kiss. His lips were just as
I remembered, hot, wet and absolutely irresistible.

As I tried to move away, his hands snaked around down my back and pulled
me close. "Sorry, John. No talking. I don't function before my first cup
of coffee."

"Wait.. I.." His hot hands ran up the length of my back. It was at the
tip of my tongue to make a protest but I found that I couldn't since his
tongue had taken possession of my mouth. "This doesn't solve anything."

"But it feels great."


If it was one thing I should have learnt through the years, it was never
argue with James Sung. It certainly wasn't worth it. I finally surfaced
again an hour later with only one thought in my head. "James. I think.."

"God." The hot, sweaty man above me let out a soft groan. "Not another
word, please."

As he shifted above me, his muscular thigh brushed against mine and I had
to resist an urge to groan. "I just wanted to say.."

"Wait, don't say anything yet." The man shut me up with another kiss,
teasing mine with his firm lips. He tasted of heat, musk and
testosterone. Even as the thoughts in my head drifted slowly away, I
melted beneath him and wondered what it was that I wanted to tell him.

"James.."

Easing away with a final quick bite at the edge of my jaw, James turned
his head up to smile at me. "You're determined to kill me, aren't you?"

Taking pity on me, he pulled away from me and returned to his side of the
bed. For a moment, I couldn't imagine what he was talking about but as my
senses cleared, I remembered what I meant to say earlier. "I just wanted
to tell you that you're.. incredible. You definitely don't need that cup
of coffee to function."

His smile widened. "You're welcome."

"John. James."

Since we were kids, my mum had done the same every morning giving us a
last wake-up call before school. It was a voice I'd heard so often that I
could imagine it in my sleep but it had never occurred to me that it
would come now. The familiar voice drifted upstairs and my heart stilled.
"Damn. Fuck."

Recognizing the voice, James just laughed. "Relax, I think it's only your
mum."

"Fuck," I breathed out slowly.

"Two fucks in a day." Propping his dark head up on his arm, he chuckled.
"That's the most times I've seen you swear in a day."

As my mother called out to us again, my mind was in a turmoil with only
two thoughts rattling in my head. My mother was downstairs. James was
lying naked in my bed. It had to be a sign. The very idea of my mother
coming up the stairs to find me in bed with James was far too horrifying
to be thought of. It was time for action. Disregarding the half-smirk on
his handsome face, I leapt off the bed and threw our clothes on the bed.
Thank God, I'd had the foresight to bring the clothes up this morning.