Matt! All I can say is
OHHH MY GAWD ! You made it hurt so good. See that you don't stay away too long

My shortz are saturated with precum. I was as rock hard as a café while reading that. (You had to be at the St. Louis JUB meet a few years ago to understand that)
I'm sorry it's been so long sheep

You said not to stay away and that's almost exactly what I did! I'm back on track, though!!
Awesome, Matt. If it hadn't been for Nate's ignorant head-trip Brayden may not have witnessed as intense a fucking as he did. I guess straight guys sometimes have a purpose in life......

Seriously, that was so awesome. Not only did Matt and Brayden have a fantastic session, but your readers felt the pleasure as well... I can attest to that........................
I have a sneaky suspicion that Sam may have some hidden thoughts about Nate. And, as far as Nate goes, Sheep said it best, "Perhaps he doth protest too much!" Could we be seeing the budding of a new relationship in the dorm????? Love this story.
Craiger
A sneaky suspicion, huh? I never give away my secrets! There's one single theme for the next few chapters, though... It should be 'fun'.

I'm surprised no one has yet commented on the changing viewpoint of your latest chapter. For me, reading that was a wonderful experience, allowing me to get a much better feel for Brayden, plus being able to see Matt from a fresh and appealing perspective. I thought Brayden's description of Matt early on in the chapter was a great bit of writing. Also, understanding that the the two of them don't see things exactly the same made the story come to life in a more believable way.
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But your story, as wickedly sexy as it has become, isn't just sex. It's interesting and appealing guys leading very real lives. It has a very real feel to it. Guys facing issues that really do confront so many of us often ... too often. Choices that are hard to make, but we have to make. Clashes in personalities and goals and style and ... pretty much all the shit that happens everyday. Only you make it all fascinating and exciting and . . . yes . . . erotic as hell.
Thanks, as always. One of your best chapters so far, or, perhaps, your very best!
Glad you enjoyed it through Brayden's eyes!! I
know he did. I didn't think I'd get to use it so quickly, but, I think it worked. At least, no one's told me it didn't!!
I know a guy like Nate hes an asshole. needs the shits kicked out of his brains. you did great putting him down and fucking with him. maybe im not suposed to say this but the end of this was so fucking hot i couldnt believe it. you got my jizz just like hrs. ha you know what i did and all and i hope you do a lot more like this. your doing real good.
Thanks Billy, glad to have you along for the ride!! And you're right, Nate really is an asshole. Let's see if I can get him to piss off Kevin and then we'll see what he thinks about Matt!!! It's fun to be the puppet master sometimes!!
Love the story! I read it all today lol I can't wait for the next chapter
Welcome aboard, accord!! (See what I did there? Ha!) I'm glad you've enjoyed it and I wish I could have got the last chapter rolling a little bit faster!
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Today is a day which is cause for celebration!! Matt has
finally finished chapter 23!!! I'm so sorry it took so long (considering where the last one ended, that was probably a painful wait), but I couldn't exactly get things to flow the right way. That all changed, though. I've got it and a plan in place. I don't expect the next one will take so long, but then again, there isn't a holiday smashed in the middle!
So, without further ado, I've got Chapter 23 here for ya. We're back in Matt's perspective, even though that isn't explicitly explained right off the bat. I think you guys are smart enough to figure it out, though. ENJOY!
Lost in a Dream, Chapter 23
“I feel like I’m a broken record when I say that I love waking up next to Brayden. But it’s true. I have feelings for him that I have never had for anyone else. He’s not just some hunk of meat that happens to like me. There’s ... something else between us. A real connection. It's something I haven’t ever been able to explain to myself.
“There have been other guys I’ve had crushes on. And there have been guys interested in me. But, when it came down to it... I always chickened out.
“Until I met Brayden. I remember being nervous about that initial phone call I made to him more than anything. I had never felt so compelled to call anyone before. It was like my brain was finally telling me not to chicken out. Thank fucking God,” I said to Sam as he and I sat on the futon in my room.
“This connection ... is it fate?” Sam asked me. I heard some movement in the bed above us.
I thought for a few moments. Was that what it was? Fate?
“I think it is, Sam.” Brayden leaned over the side of the bed enough so we could see his shoulders. His hair was completely affected by gravity and with the grin he had on his face, he looked incredibly goofy. I stood up as much as I could and kissed my upside-down Brayden on the lips. I don’t know what Brayden thought of it, but my guess was that it was a good way to start off a Thursday!
I had almost forgotten Sam was in the room with us as I enjoyed the feeling of Brayden's soft lips on my own.
“Does that make you feel like Spider-Man, Brayden?” Sam asked, interrupting our kissing.
Brayden giggled and got down out of the bed. He was just wearing boxer briefs, and... well, he was in a normal guy’s morning predicament. Sam and I were both smiling as we both stared at the tent Brayden's boner was making, but I could tell Brayden didn’t care. He laughed, grabbed his shower stuff and wandered off to the bathroom to take care of business.
“And you guys have only been together a month?” Sam asked.
“Not even. Officially,” I said, using my fingers to signify quotation marks, “we’ll hit the three-week mark on Monday.”
“Okay,” Sam said with a pause and a nod, “how did you know you were gay? Sorry if that’s too forward.”
“It’s not, don’t worry! It’s quite a common question, to be honest!” I said with a smile. “The serious answer is that I’ve always felt an attraction toward guys. Even when I thought I was straight and didn’t have a girlfriend, I figured I was just waiting for the right one.”
Sam smiled and said, “And now you have. What’s the non-serious answer?” he said with a sly grin stretching.
“Vaginas scare the fuck outta me!” Sam and I both laughed as Brayden walked into the room with his hair dripping and a towel wrapped around his waist. He took the towel off his waist and dried his hair, showing Sam and me his ass.
We both started laughing again and he turned around and said, “What?”
He was still drying his hair off, so Sam laughed again and said, “You haven’t got an ounce of modesty in your body, do you?”
“I do, but, we’re all guys here,” Brayden said as he got dressed. “So, what are you guys talkin’ about that was so funny when I got in?”
“I was asking Matt how he knew he was gay, and he told me what he thought of vaginas.”
“What did he say? That they scare the fuck out of him?” Brayden asked while holding a straight face.
“Why did you even ask if you already knew the answer?” Sam asked in return as he shook his head and grinned.
“I didn’t know!” Brayden said in protest. “I just had a good idea. I added the ‘fuck’ in there for effect, though.”
“So did he,” Sam said with another laugh. “You guys must know each other pretty well for only having been together two and a half weeks.”
I looked at Brayden and smiled. He had sat on the futon so I was between him and Sam, so he was already looking at me. I was just about to agree with Sam when Brayden beat me to the punch.
“Yeah. You want to know why I knew he was scared of vaginas?” Brayden asked. I looked at him curiously, unsure of where he was taking this.
Before Sam could answer, Brayden’s sly grin grew across his face. “You’d know too if you saw the way he goes for my di--” he said, before I jumped on him and quickly covered his mouth with my hand. My face was suddenly flushed with embarrassment, and that only seemed to fuel those two. I looked at Sam and he was laughing. I shook my head side to side, and then felt Brayden’s hot, wet tongue slobbering across the palm of my hand.
I pulled my hand away and pouted. “... my dick, Brayden continued right where I'd stopped him before. "He’s a magician! His grand finale is a vanishing act!” Brayden told Sam, who continued to laugh.
“I’m not saying he’s lying, Sam,” I started, “but, who do you think taught me that trick?” I asked as my pout faded and a smirk replaced it.
Sam’s smile quickly faded. Suddenly, there was no emotion on his face. Just minutes ago he was laughing ... seconds ago he was smiling. What did I do?
He got up and started walking toward the door. My own smile had faded and I looked at Brayden, confusion printed all over my face.
“Sam? I’m sorry, that was over the line.” I said, thinking I might have gone too far with the joking.
He froze in his tracks and his head bowed forward.
Then he started laughing. He turned around and was all smiles. Was he just messing with me? I could hear Brayden cracking up next to me. “Sorry, Matt!” Sam said, still standing by the door, “I remembered I had a meeting with a professor to go to while you were talking. I thought it might make a good joke, too!”
“And it worked like a charm,” I said, shaking my head and grinning.
“Thanks for the talk, too. You guys are great. You really are. If Nate doesn’t see that, then that’s his own damn problem!” Sam said as he walked out.
The questions Sam asked me today ... well, they made me wonder. Was he just being curious? Or, was there some other reason he was asking them? No reason to jump to a conclusion. Time would tell.
The rest of Thursday was calm. I liked calm, though. I got a little irritated at one point after dinner when Nate and some of the guys walked by and he gave me a weird look, but I got over it. Brayden and I both got some homework done and welcomed in friends for some company before bed.
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Friday was a different story. It started off amazing, since I woke up next to Brayden per usual. But the longer the day went on, the worse the day got.
The clouds first moved in early that day as I was leaving the shower. Guess who I saw? Yeah. Nate. I smiled to be polite, but he just rolled his eyes. What an asshole!
My ‘cloudy day’ continued until I got to psychology. Unfortunately, that’s when the rain came on my day. We had a pop quiz. I recognized some things, but I felt like a toddler who suddenly forgot to walk after I finished.
I thought about going home and just taking a nap to pass time, but ran into Lukas on the way home from class. Finally, a light shined through! He invited Brayden and me to join Evan and him for a run, so of course I accepted! I told him Brayden was at class, but I couldn’t wait!
Once we made it to the Wellness Center, I started feeling better and better. I stopped worrying about Nate. I stopped worrying about psychology.
I got to vent about my day as we started running, and Evan saw fit to point out all the hot guys he could see. “Fifteen feet ahead. Tall, blonde, and tan,” he said.
“Dude. He’s a giant,” I said, “and you would just make him look smaller. He makes Lukas seem small like us!” Lukas laughed, but didn’t have anything to say.
“Fine! Is that Nate on the treadmill over there?” Evan asked, pointing briefly.
“Don’t think so,” I said. “He’s big and muscular like Nate is, but his hair’s too long and dark. Nate’s is just a buzz cut.”
“Wow, study him much?” Evan asked. He and Lukas laughed at his joke. I didn’t find it funny, but it did get me to smile.
“Nah, just saw him this morning coming out of the shower. And he continued his asshole-ish antics,” I ranted.
Evan laughed and asked, “Did he look nice?”
“I said I was coming out of the shower. He was just walking down the hall.” I looked over at Lukas and could tell he looked a little annoyed. Maybe he was just having a rough day, too. Though, nothing seemed to be bothering him earlier.
We continued to run for a while, Evan continued to point out guys and give them a ‘hotness rating’. I played along, but only to keep a decent conversation going.
After our workout, we all decided to just shower at the gym rather than walk back to the dorm all sweaty. Evan took a really fast shower and headed to the lockers to change when he finished. It took Lukas and I a little longer, but he asked me what was up with Nate, so I told him.
Once we were done, we walked to the lockers and couldn’t find Evan. I shrugged my shoulders, but Lukas seemed irritated that he didn’t wait.
After we were changed, we walked out to the lobby area and found Evan chatting with the guy at the front desk.
“Alright, Evan. We’re going,” Lukas said, sounding rather annoyed as we walked up. “You coming with?” he asked as we walked past. Why would he even ask that? I was starting to think Lukas wasn’t just annoyed, but pissed.
As we started to walk home, tension between the two of them filled the air. Evan took a deep breath and then exhaled. “That was fun, guys!” he said. “We’ve gotta do that again some time soon.”
“Go right ahead,” Lukas said flatly, “but I will just stick to swimming with Brayden for my exercise from now on.”
“Oh, come on,” Evan said playfully, “it wasn’t that bad. Sure it’s different from swimming, but --” he started to say, but then was interrupted by Lukas.
“But what? There aren’t enough guys to put to your ‘hotness rating’ when you swim?”
“Actually, if you would have let me finish,” Evan said, sounding annoyed, “I was going to say running works out different muscles than swimming does. Are you mad I was checking guys out? Is that what your attitude is about?”
That was the trigger Lukas needed to go off on Evan. It seemed like he set him up to me. “No, I’m not mad you were checking guys out,” Lukas said, his voice raising in volume. “I’m mad that you kept talking about it. Almost every single fucking guy there, Evan.” Lukas did have a point. It was pretty obvious that Evan was checking every guy out.
Before I could really even mentally process what had happened, Evan snapped back at Lukas. “I really don’t see how it’s a big deal!” Evan exclaimed, throwing his hands in the air. “It’s no different than window shopping, I just have no intention of buying anything!”
Somehow, no matter what Evan would say, it would set Lukas off more. When we made it outside the dorm, they were practically yelling at each other. Lukas ended up walking away from the dorm all together, whereas Evan went inside with me to go to his room. I had tried to calm them down, but it never helped. After they split off, I went to my room, still trying to process what had happened.
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So, just like that, after the clouds had started to clear and I was having a decent day again, the real storm hit. Nothing I did could stop them or cheer them up, so I was feeling upset too. When Brayden made it back from class, he could tell I was in a different mood.
“Can you believe that?” I asked after I had explained what had happened between Evan and Lukas. “I mean, I do see where they were both coming from... Lukas was mad because Evan kept ogling and going on about every guy he saw with a tight ass or a nice package or whatever... Evan was mad because he thought Lukas overreacted... but for that kind of argument to turn into yelling and screaming at each other... that was just ridiculous to me.”
“It sounds like it got pretty crazy,” Brayden said. “That’s what happens sometimes I guess. But I kinda wanna hear what Lukas has to say about it.”
“It just sucks!” I said as we walked into the room and closed the door, “I hate seeing friends fight. It’s always for something stupid, too.”
“It doesn’t really sound like it was a stupid reason, but they really needed to talk about it and not fight about it,” Brayden said, shrugging his shoulders.
“It was kinda stupid though. It spiraled way out of control. And neither of them seemed to want to apologize.”
“Do you really think Lukas should have had to apologize? I mean, it sounds like even you agree it’s Evan’s fault.”
“Oh, I do agree it’s his fault,” I said, “but, Lukas didn’t seem any more willing to compromise than Evan did.”
“Okay. It’s not that I don’t believe you, but I kinda want to hear from Lukas before I think too much about it.”
“And Evan,” I added. “There are two sides to the story. Besides, they’ll both probably come around at some point asking for advice.”
“I suppose you’re right. I’ll call Lukas and see if he’s okay.”
To be continued...