Cole's Redemption By James
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Cole's Redemption
Chapter Eight
Fear is just a part of love And one thing I found Is love is what you deserve Briston Maroney Freaking Out on the Interstate
Cole
Kevin and I set up our tent, as well as got out the cooking equipment we would need for that night. We would be cooking out, and I was really looking forward to that, and I knew that Kevin was as well! We also got changed in to swimming shorts, as we were going to be going swimming in the lake that was only a short walk from where our tent was set up.
Once I had on my shorts, Kevin stood next to me putting on his own shorts. He did offer to go in to the tent and change clothes, and I told him that I would be alright changing in front of one another. I wasn't usually comfortable dressing and undressing in front of other people, but something about being there with Kevin as we were made me feel relaxed enough so that I didn't feel the need to hide anything.
I changed quickly, but not in a huge rush. I could see Kevin trying to keep his eyes away from my body, but he would glance at me, and I was discovering that I liked being checked out by him! I also snuck glances of him as he undressed, and though he changed quickly as well, he didn't work too hard to hurry with changing. I also noticed how comfortable he seemed with being undressed in front of others, or at least he seemed comfortable being in various states of undress in front of me anyway.
Once Kevin pulled up his shorts, I got out the bottle of sun screen, and held it out to him. He took it, and he offered to help me put it on.
"Yeah, I'll probably need help, especially with getting it on my shoulders and on my back," I said.
"No problem," he replied.
When I saw his body for the first time at that point, I saw that he had a lot of hair on his arms as I had noticed, and while it wasn't a huge amount, it was still noticeable in the sun light. He also had a large patch of hair on his chest, and from the small glance I took of the area between his legs, I thought I could see a thick area of hair in which his cock was surrounded, and I took my eyes away before looking at his balls, but I figured that they were as equally hairy, and though I wasn't fully hard, I did feel a thickening at the base of my cock, and a slight tingle run through my balls. I knew I liked how his body looked, and I had a desire that was faint at first, then as our time together would go on, that desire would only increase that made me even more interested in touching what he had between his legs, as well as to touch his body all over, as well as to taste his lips on mine.
I wasn't even thinking about this in terms of Gay or Straight, but of the fact that I was quickly falling for Kevin, and I was more sure now than ever that he felt the same about me as well. I wondered how hard I'd have to work, no pun intended at keeping my cock soft as we spent that afternoon and night together.
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Kevin
When Cole undressed in front of me, I was excited, and my excitement grew even more when I could see his body when I took small glances of it! His body was smooth, and while he had some hair on his arms, it was so short, that you had to feel it to know it was there. His chest and stomach were totally hairless, and of the really short glance I saw of his cock, he had a small nest of hair surrounding his cock, and a light dusting of hair on his balls. I didn't look long enough to get a full view of his cock itself, but I figured that it would look really amazing! Cole's legs had some hair on them, but for the most part he was smooth on most of his body. He was also clean-shaven like usual, and he was the most beautiful boy I had ever seen!
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Cole
Kevin stepped close to me, and he began gently rubbing the lotion on my arms, and on my shoulders. When he moved to do my back, his arms were around me at this point as his hands rubbed the lotion in to my back, and his stomach and chest were lightly pressing against mine, and the feeling of his warm skin against mine made my heart beat faster, as well as feeling like it skipped a couple of beats. My stomach was fluttering like crazy, and I could feel my cock begin awakening, and I could feel the slight feel of Kevin's hardness against mine through our shorts as my own flesh was increasing in stiffness! I hadn't ever felt anything like this before, and I knew that I wanted more! I did get control of myself though, and after Kevin finished massaging the lotion in to my back, I helped him put the lotion on himself, and I did the same with him as well.
Feeling his skin was amazing! I loved the feel of the hair on his arms, as well as his hairy chest, and then the smoothness of his back, shoulders and stomach! I could have gone on all the rest of that afternoon and night touching his body all over!
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Kevin
When I rubbed the sun screen in to Cole's arms, stomach, chest, shoulders and back, I loved how smooth his skin felt. Not only did it look smooth, but its feel was amazing! I never had felt skin that silky on a boy before, not that I had touched too many boys in my life, but Cole was a boy who's skin and who's body I could have touched all the rest of that afternoon and all for the whole of that night if he let me!
Feeling Cole rub my upper body all over with the lotion felt incredible, and by the time he finished, my penis was almost painfully hard, and I had to think of the most boring school work assignments to get my erection to subside, and after a moment, it did!
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Cole
Kevin put away the sun screen, and we walked to the water's edge, and stepped in. It was cold, and while the day was warm, it was only in the low 70s, and so we took a moment to get used to the water.
We stood there after having gotten used to the temperature of the water, and then we started swimming. We swam with me seeing how fast I could out-swim Kevin, and I was keeping up a rather fast speed, and was doing a good job of beating him to the beginning of the shore.
We did stop a couple of times to ketch our breath, and then we continued on with swimming, then after several more minutes of this, we stopped at the same time in the middle of the water, and we were in an area of the lake where the water came up to the area of Kevin's torso that was at the beginning of his abdomen.
As for me, if I stood on my feet, I would have my head a couple of inches under the water, and so I floated there with my legs slightly bent, and my arms bent on the surface of the water as if sitting at a desk. Kevin saw this, and he motioned for me to hold on to him. This wasn't technically necessary, and we both knew it, but I was still happy to make physical contact once again with him!
I moved closer to him, and gently wrapped my arms around his torso while he put his arms around me, and I clung to him, as he took his hand and gently eased my head down, and I rested it against his chest.
I closed my eyes as we held each other, and it was like time was standing still. I felt like it was just Kevin and I there in that moment, and I could feel his strong powerful arms around me, and I could feel his strong body as I had my arms wrapped around him. AS I had my head resting against his chest, I could hear the beating of his heart, and it was the most peaceful moment of my life!
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Kevin
As I stood there with Cole in my arms, I felt complete! His smooth body that was pressed against me as he held on to me was amazing to feel, and I never wanted that moment to end! I also loved the feel of his smooth back as I gently and slowly rubbed my hands up and down it's velvety surface! I could have stood there with him like that forever, and I never wanted that moment to end!
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Cole
After a few more seconds of me resting my head on Kevin's chest, I lifted my head, and looked up in to his deep warm brown eyes. He gazed just as deeply in to my intense grey eyes, and the words were out before I even realized I was going to say them!
"It feels so right being in your arms like this!" I said softly just above a whisper.
I hadn't even planned to say that, but it was out now. Kevin smiled, and nodded his head.
"I feel the same way!" he replied.
"When I'm with you," I went on. "I feel so safe, as well as really protected! I feel like nothing bad is ever going to happen, and I feel that even more so when your arms are wrapped around me! I've never had a friend like you before, and I really do treasure our friendship, and I treasure you as a true friend!"
"I feel the same way about you as well Cole!" Kevin responded. "I feel so complete when we're in one another's arms, and just next to each other! I've never had a friend like you before either, and I truly do treasure you as a true and amazing friend, as well as I treasure our friendship; I treasure it every day!"
"So do I!" I answered.
We eventually swam back to the shore, and by the time we got back, it was approaching 5:00 P.M., and I was ready to lay in the shade hopefully with Kevin holding me close. Once we dried off, we changed in to boxers and regular shorts without buttons or zippers, and Kevin looked to see if I was going to put on a shirt.
"If you're comfortable going without a shirt, then so am I," I said.
He smiled at that, and we sat on a beach towel I had spread out on the ground beside our tent. We then sat down on it with me leaned up against Kevin, and him with his arms lightly slung around me as we talked.
"It was fun swimming like we did," I said turning my head to look at him.
"It really was," Kevin answered. "I've been having a lot of fun with you today!"
"Me too!" I responded.
I then motioned for Kevin to release me, and I lay down on my back, then motioned for him to do the same.
"If you want to that is," I said.
He smiled and lay down beside me, then gently draped his arm across my stomach, and I scooted closer to him.
We lay there with me on my back, and him lying on his side, and we both fell asleep for a bit. Once we awoke, the sun was lower in the sky, and when I awoke and checked the clock on my phone, I saw that it was a little after 6:00 P.M. Kevin was sitting up now, and we decided that it was time to get dinner going.
We decided on cheese burgers and potato salad for dinner that night, just something simple, and I was looking forward to it. We also had cokes to drink with it, and I got things set up to cook on the portable grill that Kevin's parents let us use. Kevin got the flames going, and I placed the patties on and we talked while the meat got cooking.
Everything turned out well, and I really enjoyed the food, as well as Kevin's company. I could sense that he felt the same, and after we worked on cleaning everything up, we then lit a fire that we sat by. It was now getting dark out, and the fire provided a nice light, as well as a warm glow.
Kevin put an arm around me, and I snuggled in to his embrace. He looked deeply in to my eyes as I turned my head to face him, and I felt a deep surge of love for him that I couldn't hardly put in to words! We had music playing in the background provided by my phone that had a playlist that I had put together a while back.
As we sat there looking deeply in to one another's eyes, the song Freaking Out on the Interstate by Briston Maroney was playing at this point, and we were both listening to the words.
When it got to the part where he talked about fear being a part of love, and love being what they deserved, I felt something deepen further between Kevin and I, and I spoke again not this time without thought like before when we were in the lake, but the words still wouldn't be denied a voice. I looked deep in to Kevin's eyes and moved my face closer to his.
"You're in love with me aren't you," I said as more of a statement of fact rather than a question at that point.
I had known it on some level all along, but as the first couple of weeks went by between us, I was becoming more and more sure of how Kevin felt about me. Though I had always assumed myself as being straight over the last few years, I was starting to think more about the lack of feelings I had towards girls, let alone the thought of being with them both sexual as well as romantically. I wasn't ready for a boyfriend, also not when I started living with Daniel, for I was just barely getting by and dealing with the memories of what I had been put through over the last several months, as well as what I had been doing before I began the work to change. I only knew though that while I wasn't in to girls, and was starting to figure that on some level I was in to guys, I was becoming a little more aware of this fact about myself in the months and weeks leading up to the night on which Kevin and I would meet for the first time.
All that being said though, I still didn't see myself spending my life with a guy, but assumed that one day down the road I'd probably get with a woman, and spend my life with her, then possibly marry her. Once I met Kevin though, and as I sat outside the restaurant we ate at that Friday night when Kevin was in getting our ice-cream, and the song First Time He Kissed a Boy came on, I was beginning to realize what the feelings were to which I was awakening towards Kevin. It scared me at first feeling that attraction, but also excited me at the same time.
As I thought about it a little more, then even deeper as the days and weeks went by, I was growing more comfortable with the understanding of the fact that I was realizing that I'm gay. I wasn't ready to come out to Daniel, nor to anyone else yet, but I had a good feeling that based on what I knew about Daniel, that he would accept me. I figured the same about Justin as well.
Now as I sat there after having said what I had just said to my best friend, I waited to see what he would say, and I hoped that he would confirm what I suspected!
"I'm more in love with you than I could say in words Cole," Kevin said as our eyes stayed locked on each other's! "I was hoping that something could happen between you and I, but I could sense that I needed to be patient with you. Then when you told me about all of what you had been through, I knew I was right to take my time with you, and I wanted to get to know you really well before I tried to see if anything might happen between us as more than friends. I wanted your friendship first before anything else though, and I did have the hope in my mind that we could become boyfriends and lovers hopefully sometime down the road."
My heart melted, and then while our arms had been gently wrapped around each other, we wrapped them tighter around one another, and my lips pressed tenderly against Kevin's own lips. I at least hoped that it was a tender kiss, as I hadn't ever kissed anyone in this way before, and then as I kissed him again, he began kissing back, and our kiss slowly deepened then opened like a flower!
We then separated from the kiss, and I rested my cheek against Kevin's cheek, then I worked at getting my breath under control! We just sat there holding each other for a long moment, then we moved apart so we could look directly at each other once again.
"You kiss really amazingly!" Kevin said smiling.
"Thanks!" I answered. "It sounds like I did a really good job with this being my first time kissing anyone in that way!"
"You did a truly wonderful job!" Kevin answered.
"You kiss really nicely as well Kev!" I answered. "Also, I fell hard for you rather quickly as well! It has taken me a bit of time to understand that I'm gay, but I am getting more and more comfortable about knowing that that's a part of me, and I just know that I am completely comfortable with knowing that you're in love with me, and that I feel the same about you as well!"
"I'm really glad to hear you say all that!" Kevin responded. "I figured that you had a lot to work through, like I said a moment ago given all that you had told me about what you had gone through, and though you've worked through a lot of it, I want you to know that I won't pressure you in any way. I won't try to make you do anything you don't want to do. I promise you that, and you have my word about that as well!"
"I wouldn't ever pressure you to do anything you didn't want to do either Kevin," I replied. "I want you to feel totally safe, happy and comfortable around me!"
"I already do," he answered. "I want the same for you too."
"I feel totally safe and comfortable around you, and have since we first met," I said. "I also feel more happy than I can put in to words, and I always want you by my side!"
"I want you by my side as well Cole!" Kevin answered as we held each other close, and just sat there like that as Freaking Out on the Interstate gave way to some other song that neither one of us were paying attention to at the moment, as we were focused totally on each other as we held one another close!
Finally it was dark out, and after Kevin was ready, I put out the fire, and we lay down on our backs looking up at the stars. I pointed out where Orion was, and we looked at the stars around it, and then stayed silent for a moment, then I turned on my side to face Kevin. He turned on his side, and he put his arms around me, and I snuggled in to his embrace.
"I love being here with you like this," I said looking in to his eyes.
"I feel the same way as well," Kevin replied.
"Lying here under the stars with you, I feel so whole and complete," I said. "You really are my best friend Kevin, and I can't picture my life without you in it! I've never felt this way about anyone before, and I need you by my side!"
"I need you by my side as well," Kevin answered. "You're my best friend as well, and I too, haven't ever felt this way about anyone before! I had always wanted to save myself for the right guy, and before meeting you I didn't think I'd have a boyfriend until possibly sometime after I was close to finishing high school. I met you though, and I figured that I found the guy who's my first love, and I've come to know that you're my first love, as well as my soul mate!"
"You're my first love, also Kevin!" I said as I looked deeply in to his eyes. "You're absolutely my soul mate, and I feel a deep connection with you like I haven't ever felt with anyone before!"
"I feel that connection as well!" Kevin responded. "I feel like we're one, and I don't ever want to be apart from you!"
"I know," I said. "I never want to be apart from you either, and I feel like that connection and bond between us will grow only deeper and stronger as we continue being in each other's lives."
"I feel the same way also," Kevin replied. "I want that bond to grow stronger, and I'm willing to work at that!"
"Me too!" I answered.
Eventually, we got in to our tent, and we zipped mine and Kevin's sleeping bags together to form one large cover, and we got in to it dressed only in our boxers. I was feeling slightly chilled though since it was now in the mid-fifties, and Kevin was there and he put his arm around me moving close to me so that his stomach and chest were pressed against my back. He was so warm, and feeling his warm arm around me was pure and absolute Heaven!
As he lay there with his arm around me, and his stomach and chest against my back warming me, I could feel the love and possessiveness in his gesture of holding me close to him! I felt safe and protected, as well as deeply loved as he held me close, then he kissed the back of my neck, and I turned my head and our lips met in a warm and long kiss! It was absolute magic, as well as feeling like Heaven when our lips met! After the kiss, I looked in to his eyes for a moment, then turned to face him.
"I love you Kevin!" I said. "I love you more than anything in this world, and I'm really glad that we're here in this moment right now!"
"I love you too Cole!" he answered. "I'm also glad that we're sharing this moment together! Also, when we talked about being close once we were getting closer to the camp site earlier today, I figured that we were talking about more than being close to that. Am I right?"
"Yeah, you're correct!" I said as I kissed Kevin's cheek. "I knew we were getting closer in our friendship and relationship together, and clearly you've picked up on that as well."
"I have," he replied.
"I would love it if we could be boyfriends," I went on. "I don't want anyone else for my boyfriend, just you!"
"I only want you as my boyfriend as well Cole!" Kevin said as we kissed.
"So we're boyfriends?" I asked smiling hugely at this point.
"We're absolutely boyfriends now!" Kevin answered as we smiled, then kissed a couple of times.
We lay there holding each other, and deeply happy with where our friendship had gone at this point. Eventually, I turned back on my left side, and Kevin gently pulled me in to him and wrapped his arm around me again, and I could feel the warmth of his torso against my back and shoulders once again, and his embrace and his skin against mine warming me wonderfully! I then drifted off to sleep, and Kevin kissed the back of my neck, and whispered good night as I felt sleep over-take me. It had truly been the best day of my life thus far!
Author's Notes
I hope you guys enjoyed where Kevin and Cole have progressed in their journey together. I wanted to get to this point soon, and now we're here. I thought for a while on how I wanted things to unfold in this part of their relationship, and I figured that this situation would be the best way to set things up with Kevin and Cole becoming more than friends. Again, I hope all of you enjoy how I handled that. I hope like usual, that everyone is staying safe, as well as doing well. I'll see everyone in Chapter Nine.