Part 6
Tyler wanted to cry and hide and never come out.
After Pauline's text, his phone sat dormant on the bed. He could only imagine what else was going on out there with that link. Some part of him hoped that she'd only sent it to him and no one else, but deep down he knew that was impossible. Pauline was popular and connected and she loved to gossip.
People were going to see that video now, and see him naked. There would be whispers in the halls at school about his cock size or how skinny he was.
Tyler wanted to talk to Max, but he couldn't bring himself to admit what happened. Max had only done it because Tyler pushed him about needing the money, and now his life was as fucked as Tyler's.
He stayed in bed most of Sunday, only emerging when his parents knocked on his door to come down for dinner. It was a mostly silent meal and when his mom asked him what was wrong he fumbled out an excuse that he was just tired and needed to go to bed.
By the end of the day Tyler had talked himself around to the idea that maybe Pauline hadn't shared the video around. She'd been the one scouring gay porn sites, after all.
He finally checked his phone again and the only text he'd missed was from Max. He'd sent a simple, "Hey" in the afternoon.
Tyler set his alarm for the morning and turned out the lights.
MONDAY
The next morning Tyler went through his morning routine getting ready for school. He'd never been a morning person, but this time he was a zombie.
Over breakfast his mom asked again if anything was wrong and suggested he should stay home if he was feeling sick. His dad piped up that he was probably fine, and Tyler just shrugged and agreed and said he would go.
He left the house at eight and walked a low-traffic route to avoid other people. Twenty minutes later he arrived at school and tried to keep his ears open as he walked through the noisy halls to find his locker.
Tyler was just one of two thousand students, so he felt safer in the anonymity of the crowd as he continued to be ignored by everyone around him.
Then he saw Pauline.
She caught his eye over top of their lockers, a few aisles away. She was ignoring a few of her friends talking in a tight circle and she had a thin self-assured smile that told him he wasn't free yet.
He finally saw Max from a distance entering a classroom down the hall as Tyler stepped into his History class. Thankfully neither Pauline nor her friends were in the same class and he threw himself into reading about the Opium Wars and 19th Century Europe.
His second class before lunch was English and although Sinéad, one of Pauline's friends, was in it, there was no indication of anything out of the ordinary. He found he was able to focus reasonably well on the third act of Othello and spoke up for one of the teacher's questions. By the end of the class he was pretty sure Iago was a terrible person, but that Pauline might not be. She'd insulted him and sent that video, but she hadn't spread it around. There was a good chance he would be able to get away without anyone else finding out.
After class Tyler was organizing his locker when a hand tapped his shoulder. It was Max. Tyler immediately smiled.
"Hey," said Max.
"Hey," said Tyler.
Tyler knew Max was concerned about him since he hadn't replied to his text, but in that moment, without even needing to say it, Tyler assured him he was alright and they were good.
"Want to come by tonight?" Max asked.
"Gonna go fuck each other in a hotel?" Pauline asked.
Tyler's heartbeat pounded.
They both turned to see Pauline, flanked by her minions. The smirk on all the girls' faces told Tyler everything he'd assumed was wrong.
"I guess it makes sense now why you had such a hard time getting an erection for me, huh Tyler?" She wasn't even pretending to keep her voice down and Tyler could feel eyes around them turning to look.
"Shut the fuck up Pauline," said Max. He took a half step, getting between her and Tyler.
"So did you enjoy sucking his baby dick, or was it just about the money?"
Max clenched his teeth but held his tongue. He turned his back to her and put a hand on Tyler's shoulder as he said, "Let's get out of--"
"Don't touch me!" Tyler swatted his hand away.
Max stepped back in surprise.
Tyler was finding it hard to focus. The sound of his heartbeat was drowning him and every time he tried to breathe it felt like his lungs were squeezed shut. He saw the shocked look on Max's face and knew it was all over. None of the fantasies he'd had for them since their car ride would come true. Max would probably never speak to him again for talking him into making the video, and as soon as the rest of the school saw it there would be nothing but whispers and snide remarks for the rest of the school year and he'd have to leave and he'd have to switch schools and he'd never see Max again.
His feet were moving before he could process it. He left his bag and open locker and ran.
Tyler got home and ran past his mom as she came out of the kitchen in a flour-covered apron. He was aiming for his bedroom, but a vicious contortion in his stomach sent him to the bathroom and he just managed to raise the lid on the toilet before he started vomiting.
His mom came up a moment later, brushing his sweaty hair off his face and pouring him a cup of water from the sink.
She helped him out of his shoes and sweaty shirt and put him in bed with a glass of water and a large bowl. She kissed his head and said she was going to call the school to make sure they knew he was staying home sick.
Tyler drifted in and out of a bad sleep through the afternoon until he heard his mom answer the front door. She spoke to whoever it was, but he couldn't make out the words, and then footsteps on the stairs ended with a knock on his door.
"Hey," said Max.
Tyler kept his back to the door and pulled the bedsheet tighter to try and make himself small enough to disappear.
Max stepped inside and closed the door behind him. He approached Tyler's bed but stopped short of making contact.
"I got the video removed. I was able to get my dad's lawyer involved to push it through faster."
"You told your dad about it?" Tyler's voice cracked a little as he spoke for the first time in hours.
"I didn't mention you or the money. I just said I'd fucked up by letting someone film me and they'd posted it without telling me."
"But did you tell them what kind of video it was?"
Max gave an exhausted laugh and he sat down on the edge of Tyler's bed by his feet as he said, "It was posted on a site called `Real Gay Porn' so there wasn't really any way to hide it."
Tyler squeezed his eyes shut to try and stop tears from slipping out. He whispered, "I'm so sorry I made you do it. You can tell your dad it's my fault."
"Hey, Ty, it's not like that." Max rested his hand on Tyler's leg.
The feeling of Max's hand through the sheets broke the dam and tears started to well up in Tyler's eyes. "I made you do it," he said, trying to keep his voice steady, "I told you I needed the money and I talked you into it, and now everyone thinks you're gay and it's all my fault!"
Max moved further up the bed and moved his hand to Tyler's shoulder. He tugged gently at his friend until Tyler rolled over enough to look at him.
"Tyler, I am gay. My parents already know."
Tyler didn't know how to answer.
Max continued, "I'm sorry I didn't tell you sooner. I was just afraid things would change with us. I didn't want to lose you." He pulled his hand back and stared at his knees.
"But," Tyler spoke slowly as he tried to piece things together, "why did you go along with the video?"
Max looked at him, confused, "What do you mean?"
"If you're gay, why would you want to do that stuff with me?"
Max turned himself more towards Tyler as he asked again, "What do you mean? The only reason I agreed to do the video is because it meant we could fool around. I know you're straight, so when you seemed open to it I felt like I couldn't miss my chance."
"But you could have had someone better."
"Better?"
"Like, someone more attractive."
Max was looking at Tyler like he'd said something crazy. Tyler adjusted his position so he was sitting up a little higher, but he kept the sheets held up to cover his skinny bare chest.
After a long pause Max finally shook his head and said, "Ty, I've had a crush on you for years. I think you're the hottest guy in school."
Now Tyler was confused, "But Pauline--"
"Fuck Pauline." Max said, cutting him off. "Don't ever listen to anything that bitch has to say ever again. Please. Not ever. She doesn't know what the fuck she's talking about. You have nothing to be ashamed of."
Tyler wasn't sure what should happen next. The conversation had gone nothing like he'd been imagining. In the back of his mind he started to revive the fantasies he'd had in the car ride home. Seeing Max sitting on the bed beside him, Tyler's heart beat a little faster and he tried to line up his thoughts.
"I might not be completely straight," Tyler said slowly. He let his eyes glance up to Max's for a moment and then kept focusing on Max's hands.
"Oh?" asked Max.
Tyler shrugged, letting the sheets down a little to reveal his bare shoulders.
"So how not-completely-straight are you?"
Tyler bit his lip and looked at Max again.
They were all alone. Thoughts were racing through Tyler's mind so fast he couldn't figure out which one to grab on to. But the pressure of the past few days had burned him up so much that suddenly he just said, "Fuck it," and he pushed the blanket aside, sat himself up, grabbed hold of Max's shirt, and mashed their lips together in a desperate kiss.
Max was stunned for a moment, but as Tyler's tongue started to search his mouth he wrapped his arms around Tyler's bare body and pulled them closer.
Tyler rearranged his legs so he was kneeling on the bed without breaking the kiss, and he pulled Max up onto the mattress with him. He ran his hands over Max's shirt and then they parted just for a moment so Tyler could drag the fabric up and off, revealing Max's smooth bare chest and the little gold chain.
They collided with total passion. There was no caution like their kiss in the library courtyard. Every moment of the past weekend bubbled up inside them and they clung to each other like shipwrecked survivors on a lifeboat.
Tyler started to undo Max's jeans and as he fumbled with the button Max pulled back from their kiss, holding Tyler's head in his hands, and he asked, "Are you sure this is ok?"
"I've been thinking about sucking your dick all weekend."
They grinned and kissed., their hands dancing over naked skin. The emotional whiplash from before Max arrived to this moment made Tyler feel drunk with happiness and he wanted it all.
Tyler finally managed to get Max's pants undone and tugged them down with his underwear. He broke the kiss to see Max's hard erection. He wrapped his fingers around the familiar shape and gently stroked it.
Suddenly Tyler looked up at Max and said, "Can we sixty-nine?"
Max's eyebrows went up and he nodded, "Yeah, of course."
"I watched a video and it looked like fun."
"You watched a video?"
Tyler smiled and blushed, "I don't think I've ever cum so much so fast."
Max kissed him again.
They parted and wrestled awkwardly trying to get each other's pants off. There were giggles and Max nearly kneed Tyler in the eye, but soon enough they were both completely naked, facing opposite directions across the middle of Tyler's bed.
They were both propped up on one elbow with the other boy's legs under their arms. With delicate, hungry strokes, they played with each other's cocks as they slowly leaned their mouths in at the same time, trying to hold eye contact as they stuck out their tongues and delicately licked their cockheads like ice cream cones.
A small bead of precum appeared at Max's cock slit and Tyler wiped it off on his thumb and examined it closely for a moment before he sucked it into his mouth and explored its salty taste. It felt like the most intimate thing he'd ever done and he was hungry for more. He savoured the moment as he watched Max's lips slip over his cock and carefully opened his mouth to do the same for Max.
Their cocks throbbed in their warm mouths as they slid down as far as they could manage. Max paused once to tell Tyler to try wrapping his lips around his teeth, and they giggled with the silly awkwardness of it all, but quickly dove back down and felt the hunger building inside them.
Tyler's mind ping ponged between the thick throbbing cock in his mouth and the silky pressure of Max's sucking.
They moved their arms and turned more towards each other, pulling each other's hips in as they sucked harder and stroked faster.
Tyler felt his climax nearing. He thought about warning Max, but then Max pulled away for a moment to say, "I'm gonna cum!" and Tyler sucked harder and moaned as Max took his cock back in his mouth. It twitched against his tongue and then the first shot of Max's cum splashed against Tyler's teeth and he moaned as his own climax hit and he shivered as Max sucked the load out of his cock.
They swallowed and held each other and gently sucked as their cocks started to soften.
Finally they rolled back, cocks slipping past their red lips, as they felt the sweat start to cool on their naked skin.
Tyler lay still, his eyes on the ceiling, completely winded by the most incredible feelings.
Max shifted first, turning himself around and wrapping Tyler's arm around himself as he cuddled up against Tyler's bare chest. He kissed the side of Tyler's chin, and Tyler kissed the top of his head.
"Wait a sec," said Max. He pulled away and looked around, then pulled his pants over from where they had been tossed at the base of the bed. He rummaged in a pocket for his phone and tossed the pants aside, returning to his spot nestled under Tyler's arm.
He opened the selfie camera on his phone.
"What are you doing?" Tyler asked.
"Don't worry, this one is just for us."
THE END
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