Date: Fri, 23 Sep 2016 02:21:02 +0300
From: Benjamin Conner <bjconner@mail.ru>
Subject: Red Cherries (Chapter 6, Gay, YF)

This fictional story is about two preteen boys who discover their love for
each other on a journey of pleasure and happiness. It's more a love than a
sex story, but contains graphical scenes of consensual sexual
activities. If you don't like these kind of stories, don't read it!

Feedback is very welcome to: bjconner@mail.ru

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Chapter 6 "To be in love"

I woke up in the middle of the night and panicked. It felt like as if I
couldn't breathe anymore. There was sweat all over my body. Freeing myself
from the sleeping bag I furiously crawled out of it, trying to get my
breathe back.

Josh woke up.

"Sam, what are you doing?"

"I....can't breathe" I stammered holding on my neck with my hands.

"Sam...SAM...lay down and try to relax, I'm here, relax!"

I tried but it didn't work. Josh softly put his hands on my chest as he had
done before to calm me down.

It took more than thirty seconds before my breathe returned to normal and
my heartbeat slowed down. Josh was still holding on me and continued
whispering, that he was there. I recovered and finally was okay.

Some minutes later I started to tremble from the coldness of the wet
element that covered my body. Joshua opened his sleeping bag which was
unused by now and got into it covering me up from behind. Taking his shirt
he wiped the sweat off of my face.

"You ok?" he asked worried.

"Yeah I'm fine but freezing."

His hands were everywhere on my body rubbing on it to warm me up. He
spooned me and I relaxed but felt like I had just passed the half mile
sprint.

Some minutes later my body had taken over his warmth; the trembling stopped
and the pain of my bruises also faded away again.

"What's happening?" Josh asked.

"I don't know, perhaps I'd a bad dream....don't know."

"It's ok, I'll take care of you. You saved my life and now I'm gonna save
your's."

I wasn't sure if Josh was already asleep because we didn't talk for the
next couple of minutes. Our sleeping bag had warmed up and the cozy feeling
was back.

"Josh?" I whispered.

"Yeah?"

"What we did tonight....was that ok for you or are you feeling bad about
it?"

"No!"

"You mean no like it was not ok?"

"I mean, I don't feel bad about it."

"So you're ok with it?"

"Yeah, it felt......good."

"For me too."

The next minutes again were filled with silence. I felt Josh's skin on mine
and that was all I needed. Perhaps I have been scared that this had only
been a dream or that he would feel sorry about it. I never knew what I
wanted, but this time I was sure and didn't question it anymore. We were in
love, though I never knew what this word could mean or what it would do to
my body.

"Thank you Josh."

He stroked my shoulder and put his hand in mine. I grabbed it and put it on
my belly closing my eyes.

The last thing I know was that he was softly playing with my navel before I
entered slumber land and hoped to not wake up before the morning.


					    ***


"Morning my love" my mom said to her husband.

"Morning sweetheart, how did you sleep?" he asked hugging her.

"Oh it was wonderful and I don't want to miss the next action scene of that
movie."

"You won't. I promise" he said kissing my mother "the boys awake already?"

"No, nothing's moving there."

They both looked out of the kitchen window over to the tent before my mom
poured a cup of coffee for her beloved.

"I wonder what they were doing all night" my mother more said to herself.

"What all boys would do, drag the night for as long as possible and fall
asleep fed up with all the stuff you provided."

"Possibly."

"What's on your mind? Still going for that gay thing?"

"No, I mean perhaps - we both don't know really, do we?"

"As I said, they are just boys and Sam has never had any sexual interests
by now. Don't worry, they're fine."

He didn't know how wrong he was.

"What if we go and peek on them, just a quick look?"

"You are obsessed with that thought aren't you?"

"No, I just....can't you understand that I want to protect our son?"

"Sure, but you are overprotective at the moment. Come here and show me that
you love me, wife!" he said with a mischievous grin on his face.

"Here I come bad boy, but you better be prepared for what you're asking
for."

"I am, always have been!"


					    ***


My dreams were interrupted by a wet and warm feeling on my lips. I opened
my eyes and saw Josh's face right in front of mine. He looked at me with an
innocent smile. His right leg was in between mine and it felt wonderfully
smooth to wake up being so close to him. Of course I had a morning boner
down there - and that was not only because of the coke we had finished.

The brightness of the day lit up the tent. It was warm inside of our
sleeping bag, which was not as wide as mine and therefore we had to be very
close together to fit into it.

I could also feel his hard thing down there, looked around and sighed.

"What?" Josh asked.

"I need a pee."

"Me too, but I didn't wanna go out without you."

We put on our shirts and did as mother nature told us. After leaving the
tent, we lined up behind it, pulled out our dicks and let go. It was a
wonderful feeling to get all that unneeded stuff out of our bodies.

"Jerking more than twice is wanking." I said.

"So what?"

"Nothing, but I guess it's not a good thing to do in the garden, is it?"

We both laughed and let our boxers snap back on before we entered the tent
again and sat down on our sleeping bags cross-legged. This made me feel the
bruise on my knee again and I stretched my legs making contact with
Josh's. I still had the butterflies in my tummy as we looked at each other.

"I feel funny."

"Me too."

"It's my tummy, it's like as if I got hit, but then I don't feel bad at
all."

"Yeah, exactly."

I thought about it for a moment and asked "You feel the same?"

"Guess so, but what is it?"

"Don't know, but it'll go away."

"I hope so."

"Let's keep that between us, ok?"

"Yeah, definitely!"

We both were intrigued by the love for each other but neither of us was
able to interpret the feelings we had, which were only present, when we
were together.

"Knock Knock, anybody home?" my mom's voice was heard from outside.

"Come in!" I said and opened the zipper again.

"Hey boys, how are you? I thought I'd bring you some toast and some hot
chocolate as breakfast."

"Wow mum, that's spot on!"

"Yeah!" Josh added as she handed us a wooden tablet with all we needed to
enjoy ourselves.

"How did you sleep?"

"Good, it was perfect."

"Great, you two enjoy your meal and whenever you need anything, just let me
know."

"We will mom, thanks."

"Yes, thanks Rebecca."

"You are welcome!"

We feasted on the presented breakfast looking at each other smiling now and
then. His face was so perfect, his eyes bluer than any others I knew and
the lips I was allowed to feel on mine last night, just longed for more; I
wanted them to ask for more.

"What happened with you last night?" Josh asked.

"I've no fucking clue."

"I've been scared."

"Me too, really...thanks that you helped me."

"Sure, I'll never let you down."

"You know, aehm....can I ask you something?"

"Sure!"

"You....still like me?"

"Yeah I do, Sam."

I felt my heart beat faster and my tummy was cramping up like never
before. This was the moment of truth.

"I ask, because.......I more than just like you. I mean, I'm not queer or
something. But I think.....what would you think, if I said that...I loved
you?" I asked in a meek voice.

"Don't know...just say it if you like!"

"Come on Josh, don't make it harder than it already is, I know you feel the
same."

"What's so hard about it?"

"You're a boy....but still....I've those feelings for you."

"Than say it for god's sake....say that you love me. I may only be twelve
and for most people I'm a total geek, but I know about myself.....and I
love you Sam. You can hate me and you can send me away, but I feel this
way. So say it, please!" he begged.

"You really love me?" I asked full of disbelief and equally hope.

"Will you say it?"

"Yes."

"So?!"

"I love you, Josh."

With closed eyes he dropped his head and sighed. Obviously some weight had
fallen from his shoulders. Josh really was a surprise to me on that. I
never expected him to be so brave about his feelings and of course never
thought he would say that to me.

"I love you too."

Feeling like a little kid that was caught with a hand in the cookie jar I
tried to act as normal as possible.

"What...what does that mean for us?"

"I don't know."

"Yeah, as always."

"I feel good about it" Josh said with a confident voice.

"Me too, I never thought you would have the same feelings, though it's
awkward in some ways."

"Why?"

"Perhaps it's because I've never been in love before, not mentioning
you....a boy."

"Me neither, but I don't feel awkward. I really feel good about it and
always knew I liked you when you passed our house, and actually I never
stopped thinking of you since my dad's funeral."

"Wow...you are really..."

"Crazy?"

"No, but I never thought you would feel like that. I always thought you
were....awww forget it."

"I also didn't know, but when you stroked my back and I could hear your
heartbeat yesterday, I knew you feel the same."

I was stunned by what he said so open hearted like if he was 16 or so. From
one moment to another he matured and acted like a self-confident boy who
didn't seem to question anything in the entire world. Knowing that side of
the coin only made me love him more. Even if we both didn't know the exact
meaning of love and the effects on us, we were looking forward to learning
about it together.

"I guess that makes us gay, doesn't it?" I said.

"You can't tell anyone!"

"Nooo, of course not, but....I never thought I was gay."

"Is it so horrifying?"

"No idea, guess not since it's you."

"My uncle's gay."

"Really?"

"Yeah, he's a cool guy."

"Perhaps we can ask him about it?"

"About what?"

"Being gay.

"Nooo, I'm not telling anyone!"

"Let's try to act as normally as possible, ok?"

"I am normal."

"No you're not!"

"Why do you said that."

I made up my mind about it for a minute, because I never thought about Josh
being normal."

"Cos you're special to me."

We smiled at each other. He leaned in, stopped for a second only an inch in
front of my face while we looked into each other's eyes.

"I love your eyes, Sam" he said before he kissed me.

The warm and sweet taste of him always made me close my eyes and focus on
what we were doing. The intensity we discovered by being close to one
another was tremendous.

After we had this incredible talk and the breakfast finished, we packed our
things and walked back to our house. Josh had promised his mom, that he
would be over by 3pm so they would have some time together.

But this didn't happen before we went upstairs to my room, which I likely
wanted to be called OUR room, and enjoyed the others presence one last time
this day.

We sat down on the bed and even if we just opened up to each other, we felt
peculiar about it. But we both longed for it, more than we admitted to
ourselves. Ok, the French kissing thing was not what we went for in first
place, but just to feel my lips on his, and my hands on his muscular but
soft calves, his chest or his neck had so thrilling effects on me.

After our talk I was able to stroke his cheeks or his back without feeling
strange anymore. I was just able to be myself and Josh also seemed to like
the freedom we just discovered. Nobody was there to interrupt us, nobody
was there to hold us back. We finally were free and enjoyed the presence of
the other.

An hour later, Josh had to leave. By the time he left, I was missing him
already and felt sick. If you ever experienced such a love, you know
exactly what I am talking about. You feel lost...incomplete...like if you
just gave your heart to someone who was running away with it and you
wouldn't be able to catch up no matter what you do. I laid down on my bed
and thought about the last night, when Josh put his lips around my tongue
or when we kissed and exchanged cherries - the red cherries...our fortune.

Thinking of it, I got aroused and had to relieve myself full of thoughts
about my love as he was standing in my bath room, naked.


					    ***


"MOM, I'M HOME!" Josh shouted as he opened the door to their house.

"Heyyy there you are, come here!"

She deeply hugged her son and kissed him everywhere she could get her lips
on.

"Mom....MOM! It's okay, I missed you too."

"It's so good to have you back. How was it?"

"It was soo cool, we spent the night in a tent and had lot's of chips,
gummi bears, coke and so on."

"Really? That sounds like a lot of fun?"

"Yeah we had. I go to my room ok?"

"I prepared some cheese cake. Perhaps we can sit down and enjoy it" she
said full of expectations.

"Not now mom, perhaps later ok? Can I go upstairs?"

"Sure. Can I get you anything?"

"No, thanks!"

With that, Josh went upstairs.

Marie was a little worried since her son had never left out a piece of
cheese cake, especially not a fresh one. But Josh had other things on his
mind.

He felt all confused about being apart from me, just as I did. Dropping his
backpack in the nearest corner of his room he laid down on his bed and
looked at the poster of his dad's truck.

We both were unable to look into the future. What our love would mean to
us, how we could handle it. How we could be together without telling and
finally how we could spend time together as much as we wanted to.

It was a sad feeling. Not only because discovering such thing as love means
commitment, when you throw yourself in it with all you have. But also
because there was no reliable recipe for surviving the time when you are
not with the one who holds your heart.

Only those people who ever truly loved someone can understand how
incredibly strong those feelings can be. They can make you laugh in one
second and cry in the next - but both would make you feel all the love you
have inside - not matter what.

Marie noticed that something was up and followed her son to his
room. Unfortunately she didn't knock and found him distraught sitting on
his bed.

"Hey, can I come in?" she asked with a soft voice.

"Yeah."

"What's wrong? What happened?"

"Nothing mom" Josh said and wiped away his tears.

"You can tell me pookie bear, I'm here."

"Can we lay down?"

"Of course we can, come here!"

Josh snuggled up to his mom who put her hands around him and slowly stroked
Josh's back softly singing 'Bye bye Blackbird'.

After about half an hour Marie spoke up to her son.

"Hey sweetie, what's bothering you, is it about Sam?"

No answer can be an answer after all.

"You like him very much, don't you?" she asked.

"Yeah, I do..."

"Does he like you the same way?"

"Yes."

"And you.....already miss him, right?"

"How do you know?"

"Well, I've seen you two together and remember, I know you for twelve years
now."

Some minutes of silence.

"What am I supposed to do?"

"Do what your heart tells you. Look, there's no rule to follow when you
like someone, but the one thing I can tell you...I love you, no matter
what."

"I love you too, mom."

With that she gave Josh some space and went downstairs preparing a tea for
her son. But not before she picked up the phone and dialed.

"Jack?"

"Hey sis, how are you?" Marie's brother answered.

"I'm fine Jack. Listen, I need to talk to you."

"What's wrong?"

"Can you come over tomorrow?"

"Sure, I'll be there at...let's say 5pm?"

"That'd be wonderful, thank you Jack."


					    ***


"SAMUEL?"

"YES MOM?"

"Can you come downstairs, we need to talk to you."

"A minute" I answered after closing my notebook and pausing the videogame I
was playing.

"Hey buddy!"

"Hey dad...mom...what is it?"

"Sit down please!" my mom said and continued "there seemed to be some
misleading indications we would like to talk to you about."

"What indications?"

"About you and Josh."

My dad was quiet and left the speaking to my mom.

"What about us?"

"Is there anything we need to worry about?"

"Like what?"

"Like you and Josh....uhm...being closer together as friends should be?"

"What?"

"I saw you yesterday morning and you were coupled up, so I'm asking myself
if...."

"Whooo Rebecca, easssy" my dad threw in and took over "let's go out for a
walk and have a talk - only the two of us."

"But I..." mom intervened.

"No, please sweetheart!"

Dad waved at me to follow him and we both left my mother alone in the
living room as excited as she was. We went out in the garden and sat down
on the bench close to the pool, which was lit up by the integrated
lights. Steam was raising from the water.

"What's going on with mom?"

"She's a little worried."

"About what?"

"That you and Josh maybe....friends."

"But we are friends - he's the best friend I ever had. What's there to
worry about?"

"It's great that you're friends, but to be honest she's afraid that you and
Josh might be...more than friends."

"Yeah, I heard that inside."

"Are you?"

"I don't get it?!"

"Are you two a couple, like gay?"

"What if so?"

"Well nothing, I told your mom that this is ridiculous and even if so, it
was your decision but to be honest, I hope it's not what she thinks."

I thought about it for a moment before answering. On the one hand I liked
to be honest with him but on the other the last thing I wanted to do was
disappoint my dad. He always had faith in me and tried to support me to be
the strong man he was; so I lied.

"Yeah, you're right, that's ridiculous."

"I knew it. Forgive your mom for being overprotective."

"What did she want to protect me from anyway?"

"I've no idea. Let's get back in!"

He seemed to be relived and didn't want to hear anymore of this. We stood
up from the bench, walked towards our house and entered through the back
door.

"You can go upstairs, I will handle the rest" my dad said to me as he
patted my back.

After entering my room I dropped on the bed and felt awful. It was clear
now that I wasn't able to tell them about my love for Josh. I felt sick
again - this time not for my love but for the lie I had to tell because of
protecting my parents from the truth they weren't able to take. What was I
supposed to do?

The pain I felt in my tummy and the love for Josh totally made me forget
about my bruises and the pain they provided. I was all sad and started to
cry for what or who I was.

I never did the wrong things and of course never had done anything to let
my parents down, but now, when I needed them most, they would leave me on
my own. That was not what I deserved.

The miserable situation I was in took over control and made me miss Josh
even more. I longed to be with him, to feel him close to me, touch his
skin, his face, stroke his back, kiss him and regain the completeness I
only had, when we were together.

While my parents discussed the outcome of our talk I silently cried myself
into the night until I finally fell asleep being exhausted from another
demanding day; thinking of my first love - Joshua.

End of chapter 6.