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As an ensemble story, it can occasionally be hard to keep track of characters, so below is a brief summary to help remind you who they are.
Daniel `Danny' Davies – 12 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.01 - Danny is a popular and well-liked boy amongst dorm 1.01. Best friend to Chris and currently Mikey's only real friend. Last chapter, Danny got annoyed at being set up by Chris with Adrian, especially when Mikey lashed out at him because of it. (locked in chastity, by choice)
Christopher `Chris' Smith – 12 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.01 – Chris is a loving, affectionate Irish boy with a large family. Recently started a relationship with Kyle Scott. Currently enduring No Nut November, meaning he has not cum since Halloween. (unlocked)
Nicholas `Nicky' Jones – 12 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.01 – Nicky was an early bloomer, already taller and more developed than anyone in his year. Started a relationship at the start of the year with his mentor, Will. (unlocked)
Michael `Mikey' Corbyn – 11 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.01 – Mikey is a volatile, often angry boy who has only just started to make friends with Danny, but still remains largely isolated. Recently lashed out at Adrian after seeing him spend time with Danny. (locked in chastity)
Robert `Rob' Wilson – 11 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.01 – Rob is an intelligent boy and often spokesperson for the dorm, usually doing the thinking for them too. Recently obsessed with finding out who pranked the dorm. (locked in chastity)
Joshua `Josh' Williams – 11 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.01 – A cheeky and playful boy, best friend to Rob. Has two older brothers at the school, Ryan in Year 12 and Mark in Year 13. (locked in chastity)
David Brown – 11 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.01 – David is the youngest and shortest in the dorm, making him take on the `little brother' role to many. Intelligent but naïve and sensitive, he often looks to the others for support. An expert on computers and currently working to try and access the school's network to find who pranked the dorm. (locked in chastity)
James Taylor - 11 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.01 – James is a very serious and often misunderstood boy who lacks the playfulness of many of his peers. (locked in chastity)
Adrian Rivera – 12 – Year 7 – Dorm 1.03 – Adrian shared a lot of activities with Chris and after revealing a crush on him, was set up with Danny by his best friend and Chris. Spent time with Danny but ended up getting an injury playing Basketball with Mikey. (unlocked)
Tales from Kingswood --------------------
Chapter 19 ----------
Friday 15 November 2019
Danny licked Chris' smooth body from navel to neck. The other boy had been asleep when he started but awoke when the tongue was mid-chest with a pleasured moan and a gentle shudder.
Chris let out a low growl as he began to wake fully, feeling the tongue gently teasing him. He had been looking forward to this day all week, the day he would be able to cum after two weeks of denial and edging - literally the longest he had gone without cumming since his first orgasm at the beginning of the Summer before joining Kingswood. Alas, his freedom, his release, he been delayed once again on the torturous whims of Kyle and Danny. One week had turned to two, then two weeks had turned into `No Nut November' and Chris suddenly found himself with a further two weeks of frustration ahead.
Annoyed at the lack of orgasm, but happy with the way he had been awoken Chris let out a sleepy, "Morning!" His eyes suddenly shot open. "Oh... happy birthday!" he said, grinning at Danny.
"Thanks," Danny said with a little giggle. The chaste boy had been restrained each night since his abstinence began, to stop any unpermitted or accidental touching, but Danny had untied his hands before waking him. He nestled down beside his friend, feeling his now-free arms wrap around him.
"Why you up so early?" Chris asked, knowing Danny had taken the day off from his usual early-morning gym routine due to his birthday.
"Something to take care of," Danny said, slightly glumly.
Chris tilted his head away from Danny and peered down to the bed beneath his own bunk, sighed and looked back. "Mikey, I'm guessing!" he said sympathetically.
"Mmm-huh," Danny hummed as he nodded a little.
"I'm sorry. If I hadn't tried setting you up with Adrian, this wouldn't have happened!" Chris apologised. Following a well-meaning attempt to hook Danny up with Adrian from dorm 1.03, Mikey had gotten jealous of someone else spending time with Danny and lashed out at him, throwing a basketball in his face at practice the night before.
"It's fine," Danny replied with a slight shrug. He was undeniably annoyed. He had already given up his own birthday plans so that Mikey could have a day that was just his, after learning the often-troubled boy had never really celebrated birthdays with his family. Now Danny was having to give up even more of his day to deal with more of Mikey's issues. He glanced at Chris and smirked. "I'm guessing I can trust you to go to swim practice and back without playing with yourself," he said optimistically.
"Yeah, but Mr Beecham's not gonna be happy," Chris pouted. "He keeps saying this no cumming thing is distracting me from performing well in the pool."
"Wait, you told a teacher about not cumming?" Danny asked, surprised and amused in equal measure.
"I had to. I have a boner, like, all the time and I didn't want him thinking it was because of him!" Chris explained.
"Although it probably is!" Danny replied with a slight snigger.
Chris chuckled shyly. "Maybe sometimes," he admitted. It was certainly hard (pun intended) to be around Mr Beecham sometimes. After what they had done together over half-term, it was difficult to keep their relationship professional, but he enjoyed the extra swimming coaching a lot and didn't want to mess it up over sex stuff, despite his obvious attraction to the man.
"Well, you should get going," Danny said, pulling away a little to allow Chris to sit up. "I'll see you at breakfast?"
Chris gave his friend a quick hug before climbing down from his bunk and heading out of the dorm to head over to the Sports Complex.
While Danny wanted to speak to Mikey as early as possible, it still felt a little bit TOO early, so he lay back and just enjoyed the peaceful quietness lingering in the room. The only sounds were the sleeping breaths of the other six boys. It was about half an hour before most of the boys' alarms were due to go off when he finally climbed down and walked round beside Mikey's bunk.
"Wake up!" he hissed, giving Mikey a rough poke on the shoulder.
Mikey opened his eyes with a start and just stared up at Danny.
They had not spoken the previous night. Danny knew Mikey would happily ignore any difficult conversation, so this whole thing could probably be avoided by simply never mentioning it, but he felt it had to be addressed. Mikey would usually opt for moodiness, silence or both rather than actually talk. Last night had been no exception. When Danny returned to the dorm with Chris, he had simply ignored Mikey, not even making eye contact with him. He had been too mad to have a rational conversation and as he stared down at him in his bed now, he was still unsure he could hold back from saying what he was really thinking.
"Get up!" Danny said sharply.
Mikey stared back in silence, his expression not yet revealing whether Danny was going to be dealing with angry, shouty Mikey or nice, sweet Mikey.
"Meet me outside!" Danny ordered, then headed for the door without even waiting for a response.
Danny was stood leaning on the wall opposite the door to the dorm when Mikey emerged a minute later, hastily dressed. He quietly closed the door behind him, the other boys either still asleep or at least not showing any hint of getting up. "Are we... going to fight?" Mikey asked, looking uncharacteristically nervous.
Danny nearly just said yes, but instead he huffed and shook his head. "No..." he started, "You're gonna do something. Well, two somethings actually!"
Mikey just looked back, both curious and weary at the same time.
"First, you're gonna come with me to find Adrian and apologise for what you did!" Danny insisted.
"It was only an accident!" Mikey insisted.
Danny felt his anger flare. "DON'T..." he started, angrily, then paused. For some reason, he found himself thinking of Joseph, feeling the same twist of fury he felt when he found out his mentor had lied to him. He took a deep breath to calm himself and said, "Don't try that with me. Don't lie to me. Ever! Got it?"
"Okay, geez, calm down!" Mikey said, rolling his eyes but quickly added, "Sorry," as he saw how annoyed Danny actually was.
"And the second thing you're gonna do... you're gonna make me a promise," Danny explained. "You're gonna promise me that no matter how angry you get or how upset you are or... how jealous..."
"I'm not jealous!" Mikey snapped moodily.
"What did I just say about lying?" Danny asked coldly. He got a sheepish glance back and a gentle nod, so he went on. "No matter how jealous you might get, you never EVER hurt anyone!" Danny demanded.
Mikey rolled his eyes.
"Mikey, I'm serious," Danny said, his anger quickly giving way to a look of genuine concern. "You just can't do that stuff, or you'll just be gone! I know you don't believe me half the time for whatever reason, but I AM your friend and I DO like having you here, so don't screw yourself over by acting like a dick, okay? Promise me!" Danny demanded. "No violence. Ever!"
Mikey was clearly annoyed about being spoken to that way, but Danny was probably the one person he would accept it from. It was clear the other boy, inexplicably, cared about him. "Okay, I promise!" Mikey said quietly, nodding.
"Good, now let's go find Adrian!" Danny said, gesturing down the hallway. He had intended to take Mikey somewhere more private to talk, but the urgency of the conversation had started things quickly, though it was still early enough that nobody was really around.
"What, you meant now?" Mikey asked, hoping the promise had earned him at least temporary freedom and that the second part of Danny's demands could wait. The cold glare he got from Danny told him objection was not welcome. A few moments later, they were down the corridor with Danny knocking on the door to dorm 1.03.
The door opened quietly and a boy appeared. "Oh hey," Anthony said, seeing Danny standing there, but his face dropped as he spotted Mikey lingering off to the side. "What's HE doing here?" he asked angrily.
"Is Adrian around?" Danny asked, before Mikey could react or Anthony could say any more.
Anthony's eyes narrowed as he looked Mikey up and down for a moment, then moved back into the dorm and called out, "Adrian, visitor for you!"
Danny saw Adrian jump down from his bunk, approaching the door happily, obviously unable to see Mikey. He stopped as he got to Anthony who whispered something to him before he continued on. "Hey Danny," he said with a smile, "Mikey," he nodded as he saw the other boy behind him, presumably warned by Anthony.
Both boys winced as they saw Adrian. While his light brown skin lessened the vividity of it, he had two very obvious black eyes.
"Hey Adrian," Danny said softly. "Mikey wanted to say something to you!"
Adrian smiled sweetly at Danny, then looked nervously at Mikey.
"I... I'm sorry... I hurt you," Mikey said, barely even loud enough for Adrian to hear. "I shouldn't have done what I did and I'm really sorry!"
Adrian sighed, looking thoughtful.
From what Danny knew of him, he was a very calm, rational boy, verging on timid, so it seemed an angry outburst was unlikely. It was a good thing really, as he could already tell how uncomfortable Mikey was and uncomfortable Mikey often became angry Mikey very quickly. If this escalated into an argument, Mikey could go full-on tantrum again.
"Thank you... for apologising," Adrian said graciously. "Let's just... put it behind us, okay?"
Mikey just nodded, but after getting a not-subtle elbow to the ribs from Danny he said, "Yes, yeah, that would be good, thank you."
Danny stood watching the two looking awkwardly at each other before he glanced at Mikey and said, "You can go now!" He leaned closer for a moment and whispered, "You did good!"
Mikey smiled back, regardless of how hard he tried not to. The reassurance from Danny seemed to melt away any residual anger he felt over the embarrassment of the situation. Still glad to be able to get away he turned and dashed back to the dorm.
"He's..." Adrian started, shaking his head, unable to think of the word.
"Complicated!" Danny offered, with a bemused smile.
Adrian nodded. "Good word for it," he said, smiling.
"So... how bad is it?" Danny asked, gesturing to the black eyes.
Adrian shrugged. "Looks worse than it is. Bad nosebleed right after, but Doc Arkwright says nothing's broken, I'll just be bruised for a while!"
"I'm sorry," Danny said sheepishly.
"Why? It's not your fault!" Adrian said with a shrug.
"Coming through!" a voice called from inside the dorm as a couple of the boys emerged, seemingly heading for the shower room.
Adrian moved out into the hallway as he stood with Danny.
"It... kind of is. It's..." Danny hesitated.
"Complicated?" Adrian asked with a smile.
Danny nodded, smirked and said, "Good word for it!"
"Maybe we hang out some time and you can tell me all about it?" Adrian asked, then grinned again and added, "Just as friends, you made that pretty clear!"
Danny blushed. When the two had been `set up' the previous day, Danny had been completely oblivious. Having reached the recent conclusion that he was not ready, or interested, in dating he had expressed his feelings on the subject and in doing so accidentally shot Adrian down spectacularly. "Yeah, I think I'd like that," he said shyly. Regardless of any romantic interest, the two seemed to hit it off as friends and Danny certainly liked the other boy.
"Great. We've got Geography together this afternoon. Wanna sit with me and we can make a plan instead of actually paying attention to the lesson?" Adrian offered with a cheeky grin.
"I like the way you think!" Danny chuckled.
"I'll see ya this afternoon then," Adrian said happily as he stepped back inside the dorm. "Oh, and Danny," he said as Danny stepped away.
"Yeah?" Danny asked, reappearing in the doorway.
Adrian leaned in close, gave him a quick peck on the cheek and said, "Happy birthday!"
"Thanks!" Danny said, blushing as he turned and headed out. As he walked away, he couldn't help laughing at the hooting and hollering coming from the other boys in 1.03 who had seemingly witnessed the friendly birthday kiss.
"Do you have any idea how lucky you got?" Andrew asked, shaking his head in sheer frustration. The Year 10 boy was sat at the table in one of the study rooms, looking at Mikey who was sat opposite, arms on the table with his face buried in them.
"Mmm-huh," Mikey hummed without lifting his head to face his mentor.
"They take violence pretty seriously here. Deliberately hurting another student should earn you a harsh punishment at best and potentially a one-way ticket home at worst!" Andrew explained. "You can't risk your place here by doing such stupid, reckless things!" They had not long come out from a meeting with Mr Verity, and both been stupendously surprised when the Basketball coach revealed Mikey would face no worse punishment than a simple essay on why it was important to be civilised and respectful of other players on the court.
"You sound like Danny," Mikey grumbled.
"Good, that means there's more than just me looking out for you!" Andrew said, his intention supportive but his tone still a little angry. He let out a gentle sigh then reached out to muss Mikey's hair.
Mikey reached up and swatted the hand away, more out of habit than any actual dislike of the feeling. He raised his head, slouched back in his seat then rolled his eyes as he said, "Danny thinks I did it because I'm jealous!"
"Is he right?" Andrew asked, mirroring Mikey's body language.
Mikey looked round the room for a few moments, looking everywhere except at his mentor before letting out a frustrated sigh as he said, "Maybe!" Andrew just sat looking at him for several moments until he got so awkward that he continued if only to fill the silence. "It's just... not many people like me! Not many real people anyway. But Danny's always so nice to me and then suddenly there's someone new, and..." He trailed off, ending with a hint of a shrug.
"You were worried you were being replaced?" Andrew asked.
"No, nobody can replace me, I'm one of a kind," Mikey replied, not in a cocky way, but rather stating it like he knew it to be entirely true. "I thought... maybe if he starts hanging out with someone who's not a twat everybody hates that he'd realise it's easier and just... give up on me!"
Andrew shook his head slowly. "Oh you are really one broken little dude, aren't you!" he said sadly. "I don't know Danny that well, mainly just the stuff you've told me, but I get the impression he'd never do that. He's already stuck by you more than most people would. You can't really think he'd give up on you!"
Mikey sighed and shook his head. "I just... don't wanna be alone anymore," he said softly.
Danny's day had been a good one, even with having to resolve the Mikey issue. He had warned Mikey that he would be spending some time with Adrian but had also reassured him that it didn't mean they were any less friends. To his credit, Mikey had actually gone out of his way to be nice to Adrian before their shared Geography lesson had started, getting a happy look from Danny that only seemed to encourage him more.
Sitting with Adrian in the class had been fun, though Danny had been forced to endure whispers from Chris and Adrian's best friend, Tommy, who clearly thought their attempt to set the two up had been at least partially successful. That was only enhanced when they all moved into sixth period, Maths, and Danny had sat with Adrian again.
The final two periods on Friday were PE, the one class that all four dorms shared together. Much to Danny's delight, they were spending the lesson at the swimming pool. While he was used to seeing half the boys in speedos when they attended swimming club, having a full PE lesson at the pool meant seeing every one of his peers near naked. It certainly made for a pleasant birthday treat.
It had also presented a perfect opportunity to get Chris back for his playful whispering with Tommy. No less than five times throughout the 85-minute double period Danny had managed to turn Chris on and draw the whole Year's attention to his obvious erection. By the end of the lesson, Chris was so embarrassed that it had actually become an endless cycle of humiliation and arousal, blushing at the attention of the other boys, then getting turned on by it, which drew more attention.
Kyle had happily joined in on teasing Chris and after the first time Kyle had yanked down Chris' speedo, it started a trend amongst the other boys who happily repeated it literally any time Chris allowed his attention to wander. Some of the boys had suggested it would be easier for Chris to simply stay naked, but he had refused, awkwardly pulling his speedo back on over his erection repeatedly, only adding to his frustrated stimulation each time. Chris couldn't help noticing his own arousal was causing a few more `embarrassing' bulges amongst his peers, but it seemed they had reached a silent, collective agreement that only Chris was to be teased.
After lessons finished, most of the 1.01 boys went to their usual after-school activities. Only Danny, Josh and Rob had nothing formal planned, though Rob was working on a `secret project' for David.
Having been pranked by a mystery tormentor a few weeks earlier, Rob had continued to try and figure out who it was and David had been drafted in to help after he claimed he may have a lead through accessing the school's secure network. David had quickly regretted his offer, being constantly harassed by Rob for answers. Rob had now been given a 500-page document of `computer code' by David and directed to search through every line for a particular series of numbers. In reality, it was just 500 pages of absolute gibberish that David had made up to keep Rob busy and out of his way, though he had only let Danny in on that particular secret.
With Josh helping Rob on his `project' Danny had taken the alone time to make a call to his family. They had celebrated his birthday early when he was home for half-term but they still wanted to spend some time with him on the day. He had happily chatted away with his parents and his sister.
As the 4 til 6 activity slot came to an end, most boys had started making their way down to the Dining Hall for dinner, but the 1.01 boys had other plans. Having decided to let Mikey have the day out at the weekend be dedicated solely to his birthday, Danny had instead opted for a low-key pizza party in the dorm. As the others began to return, Danny had decided to head out to grab a quick shower before the pizzas arrived.
As he headed for the door, he saw Nicky heading out in front of him. "Hey, party starts soon, where you going?" he asked.
Nicky glanced round to see Danny closing in behind him, clad in just a towel. "Same place as you, I'm guessing!" He turned slightly to the side to reveal the towel and change of clothes he was carrying under his arm.
"Oh, yeah, I forgot your whole..." Danny paused, gesturing to Nicky in general, "Shower... thing..."
"It's not a thing," Nicky said with an incredulous smirk. "I just don't feel like being on show for the whole school!" Nicky had been self-conscious about his body long before coming to Kingswood and despite the supportive atmosphere, he remained just as shy about being seen undressed. As a result, while most boys went to and from the shower room in just a towel, he always went in fully dressed and came back out the same way.
"You could at least be on show for me. It IS my birthday, after all!" Danny joked.
Nicky chuckled. "Well it's not the worst idea..." he said with a grin. "Maybe I'll even introduce you to the birthday tradition me and Chris started!"
"Oh yes?" Danny asked curiously as they got to the door to the shower room. With everyone else down at dinner, the room was empty.
"Yeah, we... did this thing. Nothing serious, just a birthday kiss!" Nicky said shyly.
"Ohhhhh!" Danny said in realisation. "I saw you and Chris kiss before. I actually... thought you may have been together!"
"Oh, we are. He's my secret boyfriend!" Nicky said seriously. "He's been cheating on Kyle with me for weeks now!"
"What?!" Danny exclaimed, eyes wide. "You're... what?"
Nicky burst into laughter. "Ha, so pretty but so gullible!" he said, patting Danny's cheek playfully.
"You're such a dick," Danny chuckled, then frowned momentarily. "Wait, I saw you two kiss another time too..."
"Geez, stalker much!" Nicky muttered teasingly.
"Shut up," Danny smirked. "So... does that mean... did we miss your birthday?"
"Ah!" Nicky said, nodding. "There's a difference between missing a birthday and not knowing it exists. I skipped it cos I don't like it!"
Danny had been quite jealous the two times he saw Chris and Nicky kiss, though that felt like a distant memory now. Even with moving on, with Chris dating someone and with Danny comfortably deciding not to date, it was still nice to have an explanation for what he had seen. "But Chris knew about your birthday then?" Danny asked.
"Only by accident," Nicky explained. He hadn't ever wanted anyone to know but had let it slip out by mistake.
"So two birthday kisses. I'm kinda jealous," Danny said playfully.
"Of me or Chris?" Nicky said back with a smirk.
"No comment!" Danny said, shaking his head.
"Yeah, I thought so," Nicky said, pushing open a cubicle door. He stood just inside, looking back at Danny.
"What?" Danny asked as Nicky stared at him.
Nicky just raised an eyebrow.
"I don't... know wh... what that means..." Danny stuttered, suddenly nervous.
Nicky stepped closer, looking down at the shorter boy. He reached up with both hands, gently grasped Danny's head and tilted it up, then leaned down and kissed him. It was slow and sensitive but passionate and he felt Danny shudder a little before he pulled away after embracing him for several moments. "Know what it means now?" he asked softly, then gestured to the shower cubicle again, "If you want your present, it's in there!"
Danny grinned wide-eyed then rushed into the cubicle.
As Nicky followed him in and locked the door behind them, he hung his towel and change of clothes on the back of the door. He turned to see Danny leaning against the wall, watching him in obvious anticipation. Despite his initial confidence, having the other boy staring at him made him uncomfortably self-conscious. "Turn around," he said shyly.
Danny smiled and nodded his understanding, turning to face the wall as he heard Nicky undressing behind him. A few moments later, he felt a hand grab at the towel around his waist, pulling it away.
"You've got a really cute butt," Nicky said happily. "You can... turn back now... if you like!"
Danny turned and let out a quiet, "Fuck!" as he looked at the boy before him. Nicky was undeniably a handsome boy and his skinny torso and gangly limbs had a definite cute allure about them but Danny's eyes were drawn to his cock. Seven rigid inches, man-sized balls and slight hint of stubble where his pubes had been shaved off. It was hard for Danny to comprehend that this tall, well-developed boy with his impressive cock was almost the same age as him. Realising his delighted ogling was making Nicky a little nervous he smiled and said, "You're so freakin' hot!"
"Not looking bad yourself," Nicky chuckled. Danny's crotch was covered by his chastity device, but the rest of him was fully on show. He had much more bulk to him than Nicky did, though it was all well-toned. He felt like they were absolute opposites, Nicky with his undeveloped torso and over-developed cock then Danny with his toned body and concealed, presumably undeveloped cock.
"Out there... that was... my first kiss!" Danny said, more processing out loud than actually advising Nicky.
"It... was?" Nicky asked, shocked. "I didn't know, I'm sorry... I..."
"Don't be sorry," Danny grinned. "It was... nice. And one I'm happy to remember!"
"Oh," Nicky said, visibly relieved. "Good! So... would you like a second one?"
Danny nearly lunged at Nicky but held back as Adrian popped into his head. "Erm... yeah, but... I don't... I mean, I'm not looking for... erm... more than... just this?" he sounded so unsure of himself that it actually came out like a question.
Nicky's face suddenly dropped as he stuttered, "B... but I thought... this was true love. I... I love you, Danny!"
"What!" Danny said, gripped by absolute panic, his expression terrified, eyes wide.
Nicky burst into laughter. "Seriously, how are you this gullible and still alive?" he chuckled.
Danny realised he had been tricked again and stared in open-mouthed annoyance, but definitely seeing the funny side. "You twat!" he growled playfully.
"Yup," Nicky accepted the insult. "And relax, this is just... a birthday present. Besides, I've already got a boyfriend!"
"You have? What? Who?" Danny demanded.
Nicky almost regretted mentioning it, but he knew he could trust Danny. Still, this wasn't the time to share. "Danny," he said, raising both hands to hold the other boy's head again. "I can use my mouth for talking, or I can use it for kissing. What's it to..." He didn't even get to finish the question before Danny's lips were on his own.
Both boys allowed their hands to roam each other as they kissed, each exploring new ground in a casual, carefree way. Nicky reached behind Danny and turned on the shower, the warm water flowing over them and turning smooth skin slippery. He parted his lips from Danny's, but just to move round and began playfully nibbling at his neck and ear, revelling in the happy moans it was getting from the other boy.
Danny was almost lost in the pleasure Nicky's mouth was inflicting, but just managed to keep enough of his senses to enjoy the feel of Nicky's slender frame beneath his fingers. He knew how Nicky felt about his own appearance, it was an issue he was supportive of, but supporting and understanding were two very different things. To Danny, the tall, slim torso, the long, lithe legs, the slender, delicate arms, every bit of his friend's body was as beautiful to touch as it was to behold. He hadn't even ventured near the huge, rigid meat poking against his stomach, and he was already more aroused than he had ever felt before.
Nicky let his hands slide down Danny's sides, then round until he was cupping both of the shorter boy's buttocks in his hands. They were fleshy yet pert, two perfect mounds of relaxed muscle that fit so perfectly in his grasp. He stopped nibbling at Danny for a moment but kept his lips near the ear as he whispered, "God, your butt really is freaking perfect!"
Danny chuckled shyly. It was far from the first compliment he had received about his little bubble butt but every time he heard another it made him immensely proud. "I guess it makes up for what's NOT round the front!" he joked at his own expense.
"It'll grow," Nicky said, pulling back and looking at the other boy as the shower wettened his hair against his head. "But your arse, ugh, so hot! I'm guessing... you don't do butt stuff yet?" he asked.
Danny shook his head nervously, flicking water side-to-side. "N... no, sorry," he said softly.
Nicky smiled and raised a hand to brush the wet hair away from the anxious boy's eyes. "It's okay, nothing to apologise for," he said softly.
"Wait... do you?" Danny asked, surprised. "Like... do butt stuff, I mean!" Danny felt like he was much further along than the other boys in the dorm. Aside from his (secret) ability to orgasm, he had sucked cocks and swallowed cum and it made him feel so grown up compared to the other boys. Suddenly, standing here with Nicky, thinking about him doing anal, it made him feel substantially less advanced.
"Maybe," Nicky said with a knowing grin. "But don't rush, you'll move on to stuff like that when you're ready, but can you promise me something?" he asked, hands still grasped tightly onto Danny's buttocks.
"Sure," Danny replied without hesitation.
"When you do start doing that... let me have a turn!" Nicky requested with a grin. "My cock and that butt HAVE to meet!"
"Maybe that can be my next birthday treat!" Danny said with a grin, then lifted his head to kiss Nicky again for just a moment before pulling back with a mischievous twinkle in his eye. "I may not do butt stuff yet, but I can definitely do something else!"
Nicky looked back at him curiously for a moment, but as he began lowering himself to the ground it became immediately apparent what he meant. "Oh, well, if you insist!" Nicky sniggered.
"Oh, I really do!" Danny said as he stared at the large cock excitedly. It was definitely the biggest cock he had encountered. Joseph's was a fairly girthy six inches, but Nicky's was both longer and thicker, to the point where it was actually a little intimidating. It would be a challenge, but one was definitely up for. He gave another glance up, and suddenly found himself thinking of Joseph. `Skinny boys with big dicks. I think I've found my type!' he thought playfully as he grasped the erection around the base and guided the head into his mouth.
Nicky let out a happy moan. It was both strange and exciting to feel another mouth on his cock. His boyfriend/mentor Will's had been the first mouth he ever felt on it and then Will's mentor, Jonathan. Chris had sucked it once, for just a minute when they played a game in the dorm, but since then his activity with Chris had been restricted to mutual masturbation on Saturday mornings. Danny's mouth was only the third he had experienced properly and it felt great.
Danny had insisted he could suck dick and he was undeniably right, but as good as he was at it (and he was VERY good at it), Nicky couldn't get his mind off of the boy's arse. As his friend squatted before him expertly pleasuring his meaty tool, he couldn't help picturing having the boy bent over, slowly easing his manhood (boyhood?) into the tight little hole between the two perfect mounds.
"Nicky," Danny said, pulling the thick cock from between his puckered lips.
"Mmm-huh," Nicky hummed, slowly easing back from the brink of orgasm he had found himself rapidly approaching.
Danny's cheeks were red, but it was unclear whether it was from exertion or embarrassment. "I... really wanna make you cum..." he started.
"Oh no, how awful," Nicky said sarcastically.
Danny smirked and shook his head, "But your dick is so fun that I don't wanna finish too quick if I'm not gonna get to play with it again til my next birthday!"
Nicky lowered his hand to Danny's head and stroked it gently. "Oh you're definitely gonna get to play with it more often than that. We can play any time you like! So... knock yourself out!" he said invitingly.
"Awesome!" Danny said excitedly, wasting no time in getting the cock back into his mouth. In his eagerness, he took most of the seven inches in, gagged and had to pull it out, coughing.
"Jeez, know your limits, mate!" Nicky joked.
Danny coughed again and nodded as he looked up. "Guess I'll have to work on that!" he said, happily thinking ahead to what other fun they could have.
"Once again... how awful..." Nicky repeated with a playful smirk. "Now make me cum already!"
"Yes Sir!" Danny teased.
Nicky was glad Danny had immediately turned his attention back to the large cock as it meant he didn't see look of nervous excitement that spread over his face at those words. Nicky had been utterly resistant to being Dominant with Will, yet it was strangely exciting to get a hint of submissiveness from Danny as he called him `Sir'.
Nicky didn't really have long to linger on the errant thought as Danny's eager and effective sucking had him on the brink of orgasm once again. Annoyingly, he slowed down again, prolonging the pleasure but denying release.
Danny sniggered to himself. His time spent torturing Chris over the last couple of weeks had really taught him a lot about edging and he found it almost as exciting as actually making guys cum. He knew he wouldn't keep Nicky on edge for long, mainly because he was about to taste another boy's cum and the hunger for it was growing. He had kept one hand gripped around the base of the shaft, partly for Nicky's pleasure, but also top stop himself over-eagerly deepthroating and choking himself again. The other hand was playfully caressing the other boy's ample balls, eager to set them off and enjoy the juices within.
"Ah God, yeah, Danny... I'm close, I'm so close..." Nicky gasped happily as he felt the boy's tongue trace a full loop around the head of his cock. "Ah, I'm cumming, I'm cumming!" he moaned excitedly as the expert sucking pushed him over the edge.
Danny pulled back a little, so that just the head was gripped between his lips. Aside from enjoying the taste and texture of cum, he was learning to love the feeling of it spurting into his mouth. Chris was very much a shooter and while Kyle could get a decent distance, it was a lot less energetic when he was being sucked, just a steady flow of cum onto his tongue. Nicky, it turned out, was much like Chris and he felt every hefty spurt hit the back of his throat as the thick tool pulsated in his mouth.
Nicky felt his legs go a little weak as Danny continued to pleasure him until it was too sensitive to continue and he had to retract himself from the boys' mouth, moaning dreamily.
Danny stood, cum still held in his mouth, then swallowed and smiled at Nicky happily.
Nicky grabbed him and they kissed again, his tongue probing into Danny's mouth eagerly for several seconds. It was much more eager than their earlier kisses and he blushed a little when he finally let go. "Sorry, I... I kinda like tasting... me... in a guy's mouth," he admitted shyly.
"Yeah, I like that too!" Danny said in delight. So far, every boy he encountered seemed to love orgasms, either giving or receiving them, but very few seemed quite as into the semen as Danny was, so it was nice to find someone else who seemed to share the interest. "So let's not waste it!" He grabbed Nicky for another long, slow kiss, allowing the final remnants of spunk to linger between their mouths.
When they parted for the final time, their heads rested against each other, both enjoying the serene moment of shared pleasure as the shower continued to rain down over them.
Nicky playfully kissed the end of Danny's nose and said softly, "Happy birthday, Danny!"
"No!" Josh screamed out. "Don't do it, you can't take any more!"
"I have to!" Rob replied, holding Josh's hand. "If not me... then who? For the love of God, Josh. Who?" he demanded dramatically.
James leaned over the back of the sofa between the two overly dramatic boys and said, "Erm... we could always try... leaving some of the pizza!"
Josh and Rob grabbed each other, gasping as they recoiled in horror away from James.
"How very dare you!" Rob exclaimed in utter disgust.
Josh looked round at the others who were sniggering at their antics and declared emphatically, "Don't listen to him. They are the devil's words!"
Rob reached down and grabbed one of the few remaining slices of pizza from the large boxes strewn across the floor between the sofas. He jabbed it sharply in James' direction, like some kind of gluten-based weapon and continued on, "You would have us leave this? This masterpiece of bread and cheese and... I dunno, whatever animal that is!"
"Anyone gonna help me here?" James asked, thoroughly bewildered as the others laughed along.
"No!" Rob snapped sharply. "You betrayed the pizza and now you pay the price for it!" He moved the slice aside mindlessly as he continued, "You shall be forever shunned from dorm one-oh-one for turning your back on this, our most sacred of meals!"
James seemed genuinely unsure now whether Rob was even joking, but as he watched the boy continue his tirade, his eyes kept drifting to the side where he could see Josh slowly leaning closer.
"Never again shall you set foot in this dorm," Rob went on, Josh got closer. "Not until you have made peace with the Great Gods of the Pizza Hut Pantheon!" Rob continued his sentencing. Josh continued leaning.
"You shall be forever..." Rob paused and let out a dramatic yell as Josh finally made his move, biting a huge chunk out of the pizza in Rob's hand. "PIZZA THIEF!" Rob yelled in horror, pointing at Josh with the remnants of the slice as the others burst into hysterics. "Meh," he added, suddenly dropping into a casual shrug. "I'm full anyway!" he said with a smirk.
"Me too!" Josh said with his mouth full. "This was a mistake!" he added, chewing unhappily.
"Yeah, we should probably just leave the rest," Rob suggested.
"Good idea," Josh agreed.
"But... but... when I... but..." James stuttered, looking back and forth between the two while the other five boys were on the verge of wetting themselves from laughing at the whole ordeal.
"You two are so stupid," Danny said happily as he sat with an arm casually draped around David.
"I'm just glad to be doing something other than looking at code!" Rob said with a hefty sigh.
Danny smirked a little, knowing the truth about the `code' David had him working on. The slight laugh earned him a sharp elbow to his side from the other boy. "Oh, yeah, you're so dedicated," Danny said, making himself sound serious. "You're doing great work!"
There was a sudden knock at the door and after a quick shout from the boys it opened and Mr Trent walked in. "Alright boys, all done with pizzas?" he asked as he approached. "Thought I'd clear out the boxes. You boys make enough bad smells in here without leftover pizza making it worse!"
The comment triggered a round of hasty insults aimed at each other. David and Rob both jumped out of their seats to help stack up the boxes and collect the rubbish.
"I'd help too, but too much effort..." Chris said, waving his arm in the general direction of boxes as he lay sideways on the sofa with half his body over the arm and his head resting roughly on Nicky. "I'm too full of pizza to move!" he said, getting a groan of agreement from some of the others.
"Oh really?" Mr Trent asked, standing up with the stack of boxes. "So you won't be able to eat any birthday cake then?"
Chris' eyes widened as his head suddenly raised. "How about I just lay here with my mouth open, and you drop the cake straight in?" he suggested with a cheeky grin.
"How about you bite me!" Mr Trent said back, smirking and making the other boys laugh.
"I would but I just ate!" Chris replied, prolonging the laughter, with Mr Trent joining in too.
The teacher walked away, shaking his head. "I'll be right back with the cake!" he said.
"I didn't know there'd be cake!" Danny said happily, bouncing a little in his seat.
"Ooh, what you gonna wish for when you blow out the candles?" David asked sweetly.
"More time in the shower with Nicky?" Chris asked, sniggering.
"A date with Adrian?" Mikey asked, finally feeling brave enough to joke about it after steering clear of the subject all day.
"Pubes?" Josh called out, getting another laugh.
Danny tried to look annoyed, but was still grinning as he said, "Screw you, and screw you and definitely screw you!" pointing to each of them in turn. "I was actually gonna wish for..." he started confidently, but then felt a little embarrassed. Blushing he finished coyly, "For more nights like this. I really like hanging out with all of you like this."
The replies were swift and mostly just playful mocking. "Aww so sweet." "Puke!" "That's nice!" "Loser!"
"I WAS thinking I actually like you all, but I may be changing my mind on that!" Danny said petulantly.
"Really, even Mikey?" James asked with a slight snigger.
Mikey, who was sat on the floor leaning back on the arms of the sofas between Danny and Nicky, moved as if to respond, but before he could say a word, he had been grabbed from behind. Danny had wrapped his arms around him tightly, then looked to James and said, "Especially Mikey!"
Mikey just grinned at the gesture then poked his tongue out at James. He suddenly felt Danny give him an over-exaggerated kiss on the cheek. "Eww!" he yelped, rubbing his cheek as Danny sat back up in his seat.
A few moments later, the lights suddenly clicked off and as they looked over at the door they saw Mr Trent walking in carrying a cake topped with lit candles. "All together now!" he called out.
"No, don't sing," Danny moaned, shaking his head.
It was too late. "Happy birthday to you, happy birthday to you, happy birthday dear Dann-eeeee, happy birthday to yooooou!" As they finished singing, Mr Trent had reached the boys and Danny stood up.
"Okay, gimme a good blow," Mr Trent said, winking teasingly at Danny who just blushed as the other boys laughed.
Danny blew out all of the candles in one puff, getting a cheer from the others. As Rob rushed over to click the lights back on, Mr Trent placed the cake down and quickly cut it into slices and removed the extinguished candles.
"You taking a slice, Sir?" Danny offered as the other boys eagerly retreated back to the sofas with their own slices.
"Aww, thank you Danny," the teacher said, smiling at the boy as he grabbed a piece of the cake for himself. "Hope you've enjoyed your evening!"
"I have Sir, thanks. I didn't know about the cake!" Danny said, grinning.
The teacher smiled back. "Well it's not normally part of the pizza party deal, but..." he paused, leaning in close so nobody else could hear, "I bought this myself, cos you're my favourites, but don't tell anyone!"
Danny stared for a moment, mouth slightly agape. "That's... wow, thank you Sir!" he said, then leaned in and gave the man a brief hug, which raised a few eyebrows from the others, though their attention quickly returned to inhaling the cake.
"You're welcome," Mr Trent said, patting Danny on the back. "Now I'll leave you to it for the rest of the night, and I tell you what, you keep the noise down to a reasonable level and I'll let you have lights out an hour later too!" After another thank you from Danny, he bid the other boys goodnight and headed out of the dorm.
With round one finished, the boys eagerly descended on the cake to get more and almost all regretted it by the time they finished their second piece.
"Okay, now I'm REALLY full," Chris groaned, now sitting cuddled up to Nicky. "I couldn't eat another bite!"
"Oh please," Rob said, shaking his head. "If Josh hadn't beat you to it, you'd be up there licking the plate! You have NO self-control!"
"Hey, I've got plenty of self-control!" Chris objected.
"That why you get tied to the bed every night?" Mikey asked, sniggering.
Chris immediately blushed bright red.
"Or did you think we hadn't noticed?" Mikey added.
"Wait, who's getting tied to what now?" James asked, looking round in confusion.
"Danny," Nicky answered. "Keeps Chris tied to the bed at night," he explained. "And I guess not everyone noticed!"
"Since when?" James asked, annoyed that he seemed to be one of the only boys who was oblivious to what had been happening.
"Couple of weeks now," Danny answered casually, seemingly unfazed by talking about it.
"Oh... well... why?" James asked, frowning.
"I wasn't sure if I wanted to know the answer to that," David said with a slight giggle as he saw Chris squirming in his seat.
"Danny..." Chris cautioned, willing the other boy to behave.
"Oh relax, you can trust me!" Danny said, smiling.
Chris breathed a sigh of relief. "Thank you!" he said happily, the others looking a little disappointed.
"So it started at Halloween..." Danny started.
"I thought you said I could trust you!" Chris whined.
"Yeah, trust me to embarrass you. Duh!" Danny sniggered.
"I hate you," Chris moaned, blushing as he pouted and folded his arms petulantly.
"So you know Kyle went away for a week. I decided not to let Chris cum until he got back, just as a treat for Kyle!" Danny explained.
"Oh my God," Josh chuckled.
"Except then Kyle got back, and he felt like he'd missed out on seeing Chris suffer, so he had to wait another week," Danny went on.
"Two weeks. How have you not burst?" Rob asked the very visibly embarrassed boy.
"Except..." Danny started, getting slight gasps and sniggers from the others as they realised there was more.
"What?" Josh asked eagerly. "Except what? Come on. Tell us tell us tell us!"
"Well have any of you heard of a thing called No Nut November?" Danny asked, grinning devilishly.
"What have nuts got to do with it?" David asked innocently.
Some of the others laughed at the boy's naivety as Danny said, "No, not that kind of nut. Nut as in... ya know... jizzing!"
"No," David immediately disagreed, shaking his head. "I heard my Dads mention No Nut November and when I asked what it was they told me it's like an allergy awareness month!"
"Aww, no," Danny said shaking his head sympathetically as the others burst into hysterics. "I think your Dads might have... bent the truth a bit!" he explained as delicately as he could.
"David, No Nut November is when a guy tries to go the whole month without cumming!" Nicky explained.
"Oh!" David said, nodding his understanding.
"Wait, so is Chris..." Nicky started, then all eyes turned back to the embarrassed Irish lad who seemed to shrink into the sofa. "Oh my God. He'll die. He might actually die!"
"Can we change the subject please?" Chris requested, annoyed that his cock had responded immediately to the embarrassment and stiffened.
"Yeah, like maybe we can talk about why David's Dads are talking about it?" Josh asked, turning attention back to the other boy.
David suddenly looked horrified. "I... hadn't thought of that!" he said, frowning heavily.
"Ewwwww, dad sex!" Rob teased.
"Hey, it's not that bad. His Dads are hot!" Chris said, grinning.
"Ewwww!" Rob repeated, with David joining in as the others laughed.
"Hold up. Dads?" Mikey asked, cutting through the noise. "More than one?"
"Oh, yeah," David said shyly. Danny, Chris and Josh had met (and learned about) David's two Dads when they came to pick him up for half-term, but it had seemingly not been mentioned to the others. "I... have two Dads," he said cautiously.
Everyone looked to Mikey, expecting some kind of insult or tease. Instead he just smiled and said, "That's so cool!"
"Oh," David said, visibly surprised. "I... I guess it is," he said, then smiled and added, "I guess it's a bit more accepted here than at my old primary school!"
"People were mean?" Danny asked from beside him, giving him a slight momentary squeeze.
David nodded. "Yeah. Very. When they found out, everyone just... said horrible things!"
"People are dicks!" Mikey snapped angrily. "Back at my old school..." He paused a moment, clearly thinking. Blushing a little, he went on, "There was this kid who just tried to hold another boy's hand and that was it. From then on, he was `gay-boy' and everyone was just... dicks to him!"
David looked back at him and smiled meekly. It wasn't hard for the others to surmise that the `kid' was actually Mikey, though nobody actually said it. "I guess it just makes us appreciate this place more!" he said gratefully.
"That's so true," Josh said, nodding. "But let's not forget what really matters here!" Everyone looked to him, wondering if he had some serious point to mention, but he suddenly grinned and declared, "Chris doing No Nut November!"
"You're right, Mikey. People ARE dicks!" Chris said unhappily, hoping the matter had been forgotten.
"Oh hey, now the secret's out, I can start getting some help with it!" Danny said as a wicked grin spread across his face. He jumped to his feet then looked to Chris and said, "Stand up!"
Chris let out a slight whimper and grabbed onto Nicky defensively, trying to cower behind him.
"Chris!" Danny said firmly.
With a sigh, the other boy conceded and climbed to his feet. "What are you doing?" he asked Danny quietly.
"Enjoying my birthday!" Danny replied happily as he reached for Chris' t-shirt and pulled it up over his head.
Without the t-shirt hanging down to hide it, the bulge in Chris' sweatpants was beyond obvious, causing a ripple of whispers amongst the watching boys. The bulge wasn't on show for long. As soon as Danny had tossed the t-shirt aside, he grabbed the waistband of Chris' sweatpants and underwear and yanked them both down, nudging Chris' feet one at a time so he stepped out of them, taking his socks off as he did so.
Chris stood, red-faced and stark naked, his cock rigid with the tip moist with pre-cum.
Danny flopped down into the seat Chris had just vacated then looked round at the other boys and said, "Do you what you like, just don't make him cum!"
The instruction got a wild reaction from most of the room, with Chris looking both horrified and excited at the same time. The others were clearly eager to play but nervous not to look too keen. Their reluctance was short-lived though. Rob was first to move, prompting most of the others to follow, ten hands immediately finding their way onto Chris' bare body.
Danny looked to his side where Nicky was still sat and asked, "Not joining in?"
Nicky shook his head. "Nah, I get him every Saturday morning. Let the others have their turn!" he said, grinning. "Oh and don't worry, I'll make sure he doesn't cum when we're together!"
Danny glanced over at Chris who was already lost in the attention he was receiving then back to Nicky and said, "To be fair, he actually DOES have a lot of self-control. He wouldn't cum without permission, but feel free to have fun with him anyway!"
"Oh I will!" Nicky said happily. "You just gonna watch?"
Danny nodded. "Yeah, it's... kinda hot just seeing it!"
"Let's get more comfortable then," Nicky said, climbing up fully onto the seat and slipping his feet behind Danny to lay down
Danny let Nicky wrap himself around him. "Hmmm, this is nice," Danny mumbled as he pressed his back against Nicky, both boys laying and watching Chris' ongoing torture. "This has been a great birthday!" he said dreamily.
"Hold that smile," Nicky said, holding out his phone to take a picture of himself holding the other boy.
"I like that," Danny said as he saw the picture momentarily on his screen. "And that!" he added as Nicky took a quick picture of Chris surrounded by the others.
"I've taken a few pictures tonight; I'll add them to the slideshow!" Nicky explained, gesturing over to the digital photo frame they had gotten for the dorm on their day out for Chris' birthday.
"Awesome," Danny said, nuzzling back against Nicky. "Hey, erm... what happened earlier in the shower, I just... I didn't want you to think I only like you for... ya know... naked stuff. I wanna spend more time with all of you and I'd still wanna do that even if you weren't hot and hung!"
"I know," Nicky said, kissing the top of Danny's head playfully.
"Hey, were you... serious before? About having a boyfriend?" Danny asked.
Nicky glanced at the group. He and Danny had their voices lowered, but the others were so caught up with teasing and edging Chris that they weren't listening anyway. "Yeah, but only Chris knows, so don't tell anyone, okay?"
"Yeah, no problem," Danny said, grabbing Nicky's hands that were clamped together in front of his chest.
"Hnnh, I thought you might ask who it is," Nicky said, surprised at the absence of follow-up questions.
Danny shrugged a little. "I figured you'll tell me when you wanna tell me," he said casually.
Nicky chuckled. He had seen so many boys get to know Danny and suddenly seem a bit smitten – David, Chris, Kyle, Adrian, even Mikey – and while he knew Danny was nice, and undeniably cute, it had always eluded him exactly what the allure had been. Laying there holding him, he still couldn't explain it, but he could definitely feel it. He gave the other boy another playful kiss on the top of his head then settled in with him to watch Chris' pleasured misery.
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