Date: Wed, 4 Jun 2014 07:38:35 -0500
From: Miroslav Curren <mirocurr@gmail.com>
Subject: A Kiss Around Midnight Chapter 6

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Writer's note: This story is about what me and my friend went through and
what we are currently living through. This is pretty much the way our life
is. Why did we decide to write this? Because love has no gender, we cannot
help but to love guys, we did not choose this life, but now that we have
embraced it we love it. We changed the names of people and the location
because there are a lot of nuts out there and we really do not feel like
being stalked. There is plenty of cursing because us and our friends curse
like sailors, it's that simple. We want to thank you Miro for all the help
we know you thought we were nuts for wanting to write it but thank you
anyways. Enjoy and write Miro if you want to make a comment.

Editor's note: I was approached by "Kieran and Caleb" not too long ago
about writing this story after they found a couple of the Nifty stories
that I had saved on my desktop. I was very apprehensive about them wanting
to share their life and struggles with the general public. I made it clear
to them that I thought it was a bad idea but they insisted on sharing
it. They would like to help anyone out there struggling with their
sexuality to be true to themselves. This story is pretty much how things
went and how things are going for them, like all gay teens they have gone
through some struggles but they have jealously been protected by us, those
who care and love them.  I have taken what they wrote (mostly Kieran) and
expanded it to make it more entertaining. The sexual content within this
story was extremely difficult to edit because it is something that I
believed should ONLY be between the boys and no one else, they wanted to
add it and with reluctance and after much thought I obliged. With that
being said I guard their true identity with absolute jealousy, it is
something that I have been entrusted with and I do not intend on breaking
my promise to their parents or to them. I welcome all comments, I will not
entertain any strange requests, so please don't even send them, thank you.

Mirocurr@gmail.com

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BAH! Sorry guys I jacked up when I sent the last chapters in but now I have
fixed things! Sorry!!

A KISS AROUND MIDNIGHT

Chapter 6.

"Hey bro!" Kieran said as K.C walked in the room

"Hey...why haven't you picked up my calls?" K.C. asked as he walked over
and stood in front of Kieran.

"Been kinda busy" Kieran shrugged.

"Oh, too busy I guess huh? So I didn't know..." K.C said not finishing his
thought, he immediately grabbed Kieran by his left arm and inspected his
scrapes making him cringe in pain.

"HEY! Careful!" Caleb said getting K.C's attention.

"What the heck happened?" K.C asked obviously concerned.

"Jeff..."

"FUCK! I'll beat his brains in!" K.C angrily interrupted.

"Chill man I'm taking care of it he's just an idiot, I got it" Caleb
interjected.

K.C glared at Caleb, pure hatred was emanating from his entire
body. "You're taking care of this?"

He spat, "Pft, I bet you had something to do with this"

"What? No I didn't, I actually helped" Caleb defensively replied.

"Yeah right, I don't see any bruises or scrapes on you so I guess you
didn't do enough!" he snapped back.

"Okay relax!" Kieran said pulling his arm away from K.C "He really did
help, I got jumped and he got them to stop, honest"

"Look I've been your friend for longer than anyone" K.C said glaring at
Caleb once again "and if you would have waited for me like I told you to
none of this would've happened".

"Oh please! If Jeff wanted to get him he wouldn't have stopped if you were
there! And you need to stop talking to him like he's some crippled little
kid" Caleb angrily replied.

"You both need to just relax, Jeff is the asshole here, he's the psycho
that jumped me and Caleb you helped a lot, you know that, and K.C I'm sorry
for not waiting for you but I wanted to get back home, I know you've been
there for me all this time but you just gotta relax, he's not a bad guy"
Kieran replied as he looked and smiled at Caleb.

"I didn't say he's a bad guy now did I? All I'm saying is that I want to
beat Jeff's brains in and he's not going to stop me" K.C retorted.

"I'm NOT going to stop you, go ahead, if you want to fight him go ahead I
don't care, all I said was that I was going to handle it, I know how to
deal with Jeff, you don't" Caleb replied.

"OKAY! Enough about that, I've moved on! so what's up? Why'd you come?"
Kieran interrupted.

"Cus you haven't picked up my calls, I wanted to hang out is all" K.C said.

"Oh...Yeah I'm really sorry bro, feel like sleeping over?" Kieran smiled.

Caleb was immediately irritated that Kieran was asking him to spend the
night with them, he wanted to have Kieran all to himself, he wanted to
cuddle with him and to get to know him better. He sighed loudly and Kieran
instantly knew that he was upset for extending the invitation but said
nothing.

"Yeah I guess It's cool" K.C replied smiling back at his friend.

"So...do you guys know each other?" Kieran asked the both of them.

"Yeah, well kinda, we've talked before but we don't hang out much" K.C
replied

Caleb sat quietly on Kieran's bed, he was afraid that if he spoke they
would be able to hear the frustration in his voice, he simply nodded and
remained silent.

"Dude! So I walked home with Vicky today and that chick is sprung! You sent
her a cock pic or something?" K.C joked

"Oh hell, here we go" Kieran moaned.

"What? Honest question, she's all in love with you or something, I think
you sent her a pic of that big dick of yours huh?" K.C continued to press.

Caleb began to feel anger build inside of him at the thought that K.C had
seen Kieran's dick, he knew that they were best friends and probably had
seen each other's but it had never occurred to him that perhaps they had
messed around in the past, the thought had never crossed his mind until now
that K.C was talking about Kieran's penis. Jealousy began to poison his
mind and heart as his mind began to cruelly play out different
scenarios. He couldn't take it anymore, he needed to walk away before he
said something stupid or hurtful.

"I'll be right back" Caleb said immediately walking out of the room. He
didn't know where to go, he thought about leaving but now that he had those
thoughts running wild in his mind he didn't want to leave K.C alone with
Kieran, he trusted Kieran but there was still a level of mistrust for K.C,
he didn't know if he would pressure Kieran into doing something with
him. As he stood in the hallway trying to clear his mind he heard wild
giggling coming from Jamie's bedroom. He smiled and thought it would be a
perfect time to get to know him so he walked to where Jamie's room was and
knocked on the door.

The giggling immediately stopped but no one answered the door "Hey...it's
me...Caleb" he whispered.  He heard the shuffling of feet followed by the
sound of a door unlocking.  "Caleb? What's up?" Jamie asked looking out of
breath.

"Are you busy? Can I come in?" Caleb asked looking around the room.

"Nope watching Bad Grandpa come on" Jamie said letting Caleb walk in. He
locked the door and walked back to his bed and flopped back down on it.
"You mad at Kieran?" He asked.

"Nah, he's talking to K.C so I thought I'd come in here to get to know you"
Caleb replied.  "Oh cool, well pop a squat next to me and get to know me
then" Jamie said making Caleb smile. He took his shoes off and sat next to
Jamie on his bed drawing both of his knees up to his chest.  Caleb looked
around the room and noticed that he too had neat little trinkets like
Kieran, except that Jamie's room was messier than Kieran's. His walls were
covered with different types of posters. He had some of Voltron, another of
Guns and Roses, a few of Slipknot, and a few others of zombies.  On his
ceiling he had different type of rubber spiders and scorpions hanging from
fishing lines. Next to his night stand he had a picture of himself along
with 5 of his friends dressed in Zombie makeup that made him smile. His
desk had a laptop that looked like it hadn't been used in days as it was
collecting dust.  On the other side of the room Fred's terrarium was under
a heat lamp.

"Cool room...you're into the same type of music your brother is?" Caleb
asked.

"Yeah, not like him though, I like rock just as much, like Guns and Roses"
Jamie replied pointing to his Guns and Roses poster "I had more but I gave
them to my friend".

"That's cool, so what do you think of me so far?"

"Dunno, haven't really talked to you so I dunno, you seem cool" Jamie
shrugged.

"Nice, well why not hit play so we can watch the movie together?" Caleb
suggested.

"You sure? Kieran is not going to get mad?" Jamie asked.

"Nah, he won't even realize I'm gone, he's talking to K.C so they prolly
going to need some time alone anyways" Caleb added.

"OH! Dude I got Ender's Game want to watch it after?" Jamie excitedly
asked.

"Yup, haven't seen it either so it'll be cool"

"HUH? You serious?"

"Yeah I dunno why I didn't see it but I heard its good...but we'll see wont
we?

The boys laughed wildly at Johnnie Knoxville's antics throughout the movie,
for the time being Caleb's mind was at ease, he was somewhat angry at
himself for feeling the way he was, especially for a boy, a boy he had just
recently began speaking to. When the movie ended Jamie played Ender's Game,
he smiled at Caleb who was beginning to feel his eyes become heavy with
sleep.

"If you're sleepy just close your eyes, I won't mind if you sleep here"
Jamie said still smiling at Caleb.

"Yeah okay, sorry it's been a long day is all" Caleb apologized, he truly
wanted to watch the movie with Jamie, he wanted to bond with the boy but he
was just too exhausted the day had been too emotionally draining. Before
long his eyes closed and he was sound asleep.

"So you've been hanging out with him all this time?" K.C asked Kieran

"Yup, he's pretty cool, I like him" Kieran replied smiling as he realized
how much he cared about Caleb.

"Yeah, he's a cool kid, I got nothing against him and all but I dunno just
weird that you guys are really cool with each other now"

"Nah, why is it weird? It's just how it happened I guess, we just kinda hit
it off like me and you did" Kieran reminded K.C who simply shrugged.

"I can share you I suppose" K.C joked. "I'm actually glad you guys are
talking, helps the both of you out"

"How's that?" Kieran asked.

"Cus Karlan hasn't really been hanging out with him and you have another
friend" K.C. replied Smiling.

"Good point, he told me Karlan has been kinda ditching him" Kieran said.

"Yup, it's wrong I think, now that he's got a girlfriend he's been ditching
him so yeah I think it's kinda wrong...where the heck is he at anyways?"
K.C. finally noticed that Caleb had been missing for quite some time.

"Dunno...be right back" Kieran said walking out the room to look for Caleb.

He quietly walked out to the living room to see if he was there but he saw
no one, he quietly walked back towards the hallway and peered in the
bathroom but the light was off, he then walked over to his brother's room
and quietly placed his ear on the door to hear if he was awake, he heard
the muffled sound of a movie playing and knew that Jamie was awake, he
thought that perhaps Caleb was in there watching a movie with him. He
quietly knocked and almost immediately Jamie opened the door. Kieran looked
towards Jamie's bed and saw Caleb asleep on it.

"He came a while ago..." Jamie said when he noticed that Kieran had a
questioning look on his face.  "Oh...did he say anything?" Kieran asked.

"No, just that you and K.C were talking and he wanted to give you guys time
to talk" Jamie replied

"He didn't have to leave, he could've stayed" Kieran said sighing loudly in
frustration.

"He prolly didn't know he could, anyways you want me to wake him up so he
can go back?" Jamie asked.

"No just let him sleep" Kieran replied as he walked back to his own room.

Kieran thought it was odd that Caleb left him and K.C the way he did, he
thought that perhaps he had said something or done something to upset him,
he wanted his best friend and his boyfriend to get along and to maybe
become really good friends but things were not looking too good.

"Did you find him?" K.C asked when he saw Kieran walk back in.

"Yeah, he fell asleep on Jamie's bed" he replied as he laid down on his own
bed finally realizing that he too was tired.

"You're going to sleep now?!" K.C incredulously asked. "It's too early!"

"Yeahhh I'm tired" Kieran yawned.

K.C really enjoyed sleeping over at Kieran's house, they always had a great
time playing video games or simply talking, he enjoyed those days the most
because it gave them a chance to really get to know each other that is why
they knew so much about each other and that made him feel good, it made him
feel like he was a good friend. Before he realized it Kieran was already
asleep "Dang, he was really tired" he said to himself as he got undressed
and laid next to Kieran and fell asleep himself.

Sometime in the middle of the night Caleb woke up with a start, he felt the
sudden urge to use the restroom so he reluctantly got up and zombie walked
towards the bathroom. He groggily stood in front of the toilet and began to
piss, he had forgotten all about what had transpired the day before, he
felt peaceful that at least some people knew who he truly was, the
butterflies in his stomach had left him and he began to feel all the
worries in the world leave him. When he finished draining the ocean of
urine he had built up inside he loudly sighed, washed his hands and walked
out of the bathroom. As he walked past Kieran's room he decided to take a
peek at him, he quietly turned the knob and hoped that the door was
unlocked which it was. He quietly walked in the room and stopped
immediately. At first he thought that maybe the sleep that was still heavy
on his eyes was playing a trick on him but after he rubbed his eyes he
still saw the sight that was now beginning to wake up a monster inside of
him.

K.C and Kieran were both asleep in each other's arms, the boys slept this
way ever since they began to sleep over at each other's houses. There was
nothing sexual or perverted by the way they slept, they were both afraid of
the night and felt some comfort by hugging each other as they slept. This
time Kieran had not initiated it, it was K.C who embraced him during the
night out of habit, it was something that was so ingrained in them that it
came natural to the both of them.

K.C was not gay, bi-sexual or even curious about such things. Kieran and
K.C had a long conversation about the gay subject back in the 5th grade
when they saw two gay men holding hands at a restaurant. Kieran longingly
stared at them wanting to speak to them, to ask them questions, but knew
better than to walk up to total strangers and drill them on a subject he
wasn't so sure about. K.C had made it clear to Kieran that IF he was ever
to be gay or bi-sexual that he would have no problem with it but that he
himself loved girls and that boys really didn't interest him. Kieran never
brought up the subject and never felt the need to tell him that he was gay,
he just simply accepted what K.C told him and moved on.

Caleb's heart began to burn with jealousy and those cruel thoughts that
were tormenting him began to stir deep within him, he wanted to wake both
of them up and confront them immediately, after all he had caught them red
handed, he had caught Kieran in the arms of another boy. He couldn't
believe that he was as jealous as he was, especially because of a boy. His
emotions were too much to handle and tears began to flow, he didn't know if
it was sadness that he was feeling or anger all he knew was that he needed
to get out of there.

He quietly gathered his things up and walked back to Jamie's room, he saw
that the boy was still asleep and in that moment he decided that it would
be best to walk back home. He put his shoes on as quickly and quietly as he
could and rushed out of Kieran's house.

The night sky was illuminated by the many stars he enjoyed looking at, and
out in the distance he heard the crash of the waves something that he also
enjoyed listening to, the stars and the sound of the waves crashing always
brought him peace and comfort but at that moment it simply wasn't enough to
ease his burning jealousy. He took his phone out to check the time it read
2:47 AM, at that moment he decided that he couldn't go home, not yet. He
wanted to talk to someone that could comfort him but there was no way he
was going to wake his parents up he would instantly be grounded for walking
around town at 2 AM! He decided to walk to Karlan's house instead, he was
sure that he would welcome him in even if it was as early as it was.

He continued to slowly walk down some streets and when he reached Karlan's
house he hesitated for a moment, he remembered that he had been short with
him the last time he saw him, he also felt that their friendship was
strained. He was ashamed for being so distant with him; perhaps it was he
who had the problem and not Karlan. He thought about it for a second and
realized that he needed to be happy for his friend, he needed to support
him. He sneaked around the house and towards Karlan's window; he carefully
picked up some pebbles and threw them at the second floor window that was
Karlan's room. He threw one, two, and three but there was no movement and
Karlan never peeked out the window. He dejectedly walked away but as he
passed the front of the house he heard someone calling back in a loud
whisper.

"Caleb! Caleb!" a voice called, he turned to see who it was and was
joyfully surprised to see it was Karlan standing in his front door wearing
nothing but some red and white boxers. Caleb instantly was relieved to see
his best friend standing there waving him over to come in. He quickly
rushed inside the house and quietly walked upstairs to Karlan's room. He
looked up and down Karlan's body like he had always done; he always found
him attractive but fought hard to keep those thoughts suppressed.

Karlan is shorter than Caleb, he stands not even 5 feet tall but he always
argues and tells everyone that he is 5 feet tall (he's really not that
tall), he has auburn hair that he keeps neatly trimmed, and his eyes are a
deep forest green with wisps of honey. He has a speckling of freckles on
his nose that stretch just right under his eyes. Like most outdoor SoCal
boys his skin is a nice tan color, he is laid back and tries very hard to
always be there for his friends.

As soon as he locked the door behind him he lay back down on his bed and
just looked at Caleb but said nothing to him. He was waiting for him to
initiate the conversation; he was hurt that Caleb had been ignoring him as
much as he had been. He knew that Caleb was jealous of him for having a
girlfriend because he knew that Caleb liked him, he knew that Caleb was
gay, he had been awake several times during those nights when Caleb kissed
him. He didn't mind it at all, he quiet truthfully enjoyed all of the
attention of lately he had been wrestling with his own sexuality. He wanted
to know who he was that is why he decided to have a girl friend to really
be sure if he was gay or bi-sexual. One thing was for sure, he liked boys
and didn't have a problem with it, the only issue he had was that he didn't
know how to even begin talking about it with Caleb.

Karlan loved Caleb more than he could ever imagine but he just didn't know
how to tell him, he felt Caleb kiss him so he knew that the feelings were
mutual it was just hard for him to bring up the subject, Karlan sometimes
would become angry at himself for being so bashful, it was something that
kept him from experiencing life but there were certain things that he had
problems with speaking about and his sexuality was one of them.

After what seemed like an eternity Caleb finally broke his silence walking
over to Karlan and sitting on the edge of the bed. "Sorry...for everything
bro...I've been an ass to you and I'm sorry" he croaked as tears began to
flow.

Karlan was surprised at what he was seeing; he hated seeing his friend cry
so he reached over to him and hugged him. "It's okay bro...you're an ass
most of the time so I'm used of it" he replied.

Caleb pulled away from Karlan and looked at him in his eyes, the same eyes
that made his stomach flutter as if he had a million butterflies in it, the
same eyes that melted his heart but at that moment he remembered Kieran and
his heart broke, he couldn't handle it anymore, he began to uncontrollably
sob as he covered his face with his hands.

Karlan was now worried that something else was wrong, he had never seen his
friend cry this way before, sure he had seen him cry several times but this
time something else was different, his whole body radiated something he had
never felt before, he knew something was definitely wrong so he embraced
Caleb again and let him sob on his shoulder as Caleb hugged his friend back
tightly.

Life had become too complicated for Caleb in the last couple of days, he
loved Kieran more than he has loved anyone, he wanted to be with Kieran, he
wanted Kieran to be the one to comfort him as Karlan was now comforting him
and as he thought back at what he saw in Kieran's room he continued to sob
uncontrollably, Karlan simply rubbed his back and let his friend pour out
his emotions on him, figuratively speaking and quiet literally as he felt
his shoulders drip with tears.

Once he felt that Caleb's sobs began to calm down he gently pulled away
from him but held on to his shoulders and stared back at his friend. He saw
a boy that he didn't recognize, the spark that he had in his eyes, the joy
he always had was being extinguished by something. He looked like he was
agonizing about something, he needed and wanted to get to the bottom of it,
he wanted to know who was responsible for extinguishing such a powerful
spark that Caleb exuded. He gently wiped the tears that were still slowly
running down Caleb's rosy cheeks and at that moment he did what he thought
Caleb needed, he leaned in close and kissed him on his right cheek.

Caleb closed his eyes and sighed heavily, he liked the feeling that
Karlan's kiss gave him but he knew it was wrong, he felt absolutely loyal
to Kieran even if Kieran was not being loyal. Caleb smiled as Karlan and
pulled away "t-thanks...I kinda needed that" he mumbled.

"What's wrong bro?" Karlan soothingly asked, Caleb simply shook his head,
he couldn't utter the words, he couldn't speak to his friend about what was
truly hurting him because it would mean that he would have to divulge
information he didn't want out, not yet.

"Come on...you gotta tell me...you can't just leave me hanging like this"
Karlan continued to press.

Caleb sighed and shook his head again "I-I C-Cant..." he mumbled again.

"Why not? You gotta tell me if something is wrong...did Micah do
something?" Karlan asked remembering that Micah was Caleb's tormentor
causing him to cry several times before.

"No...it's something else..." he quietly replied.

"Well then what is it?" Karlan asked again.

"I don't want to talk about it...not right now" Caleb said trying his best
to smile at Karlan. He really appreciated the fact that Karlan wanted to
help and wanted to know why he was hurting so much and so deeply but he
just didn't have the strength to tell him the full truth, he just wanted to
be comforted and it was something that Karlan was accomplishing really
well. He really and truly enjoyed the kiss and all of the attention that
his best friend was finally pouring out on him again. He felt awful that he
had been angry at Karlan, he was angry at himself for not sharing in his
friend's happiness.

"Dude...I'm really sorry for being hella lame lately...it's just that I
thought you were kinda ditching me" Caleb sheepishly said.

"What!? You're really dumb if you thought that" Karlan said feeling hurt
and softly pushing Caleb's shoulder with his right hand.

"Yeah I know, it's just that I thought you didn't have time for me anymore"
Caleb continued.

Karlan shook his head in disbelief "Listen dude, I would NEVER ditch you
over a chick, it's just something I had to try you know? It's really not
that bad...you should prolly get one" He added trying to test what Caleb
would say.

"Don't really want one...not right now anyways" Caleb replied.

Karlan's heart fluttered when he heard those words but instantly felt
ashamed for feeling happy that Caleb didn't want a girlfriend, he knew it
was unfair that he had one but wanted his best friend to be single, he was
working on gathering enough courage to finally open up to Caleb, until then
he wanted Caleb to remain single and not fall for someone who he believed
wouldn't appreciate him, truly appreciate him.

"Hey I'm getting sleepy...do you mind if I sleep over?" Caleb asked
breaking Karlan's train of thought.

"Umm...yeah of course!" He replied as he laid himself down on his side of
the bed and motioned for Caleb to lie next to him. Caleb took his shoes
off, tossed them to one side and climbed in bed. "Ugh...I don't think so!"
Karlan suddenly said making Caleb jump off the bed.

"What!? What's wrong?" he said worried he had done something wrong.

"Nothing! You gotta take your clothes off if you're going to sleep in my
bed is all" Karlan giggled.

"Oh...Okay then" Caleb giggled back as he began to take his clothes off.

Karlan secretly enjoyed his best friend's body, he would always tease Caleb
about his abs and tell him that he was losing them causing him to
desperately do more crunches. He watched as Caleb first slowly removed his
shorts to reveal his boxers and as he stepped away from the shorts that
were now lying on the floor he caught a glimpse of his dick that quickly
poked out of the boxer's front making his own dick begin to stir. He
continued to watch as Caleb took his shirt off exposing the abs that he
enjoyed looking at.

"Come here big boy!" Karlan said winking at Caleb and motioning with his
finger to come closer. Caleb giggled but said nothing. When he finally laid
next to Karlan Caleb let out a loud sigh, he felt better now that he and
Karlan had made up, things were now like they used to be, before he met
Kieran, before he gave his heart, his entire being to a boy that he didn't
know just a few days ago. Before he knew it sleep over took him, he was
exhausted from the emotional upheaval he just experienced.

Karlan quietly watched as his best friend finally went to sleep, when he
was sure Caleb was truly asleep he leaned in and kissed him on the lips
like those many times Caleb had kissed him. He knew that one day soon he
would have to speak to Caleb about everything, but for now he wanted Caleb
to rest and to forget about all of the pain.

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