VIETNAM 1967
PART 31
Remember - This story takes place in 1967, when there was no AIDS or HIV; thus unprotected sex was common practice. This story contains consensual sex between Male Adults. If you are not 18 - DO NOT READ THIS STORY. If this type of story is not acceptable where you live, DO NOT READ THIS STORY. Please send a contribution to NIFTY to keep this site up and free.
Please Note: The "chemical helpers" listed in this, did not exist in 1967. They are a product of the author's imagination.
In 1967, the most dangerous STDs were Syphilis and Gonorrhea, which could be cured by penicillin, or the new antibiotics. Condoms were not needed for gay sex.
After initial sex had been met, Jeff and Daniel restored the supply shack. The four went to the Mess Hall and were the last to be fed. They then went to the NCO club. Daniel was not of sufficient rank to be entitled to go to the NCO club; but he could go in as a guest. The four sat at a table, drinking cold beer and "shooting the shit." After the NCO club closed, they walked to the barracks the photographers had been assigned to sleep in. John took advantage of the situation and walked with Jeff. After walking a distance, John said to Jeff: "Jeff, I have to talk to you about Daniel.
Jeff replied: "What about Daniel?"
John said: "Jeff, I like you very much so please don't take what I am about to say the wrong way!"
Jeff answered: "John, I like you very much and value your opinion, so talk away!"
John sought the right words and finally said: "Jeff, these are my first impressions!. You did to me in Bangkok what you have not done to Daniel. Having had sex with him, I observed his behavior when his guard was down!
"When I repeated on him some of the things you did to me in Bangkok, he acted like those acts were brand new to him. He knows the basics, but not the subtleties that can make male-to-male sex, beautiful. He didn't tell you but he was a virgin until he met you. You took his virginity!"
Jeff was stunned! He was amazed and thought what he would have done differently if he had known Daniel was a virgin. He replied: "He should have told me. I knew he was tight and inexperienced. I thought he was more experienced than he was."
John said: "Jeff, you assumed wrong! Please consider: he was an inexperienced boy from backwoods Nebraska. He doesn't know what the love of a male is! He does have gay Instincts. He was a virgin when he worked up the courage to approach you. He doesn't know anything. At this point, you are using him for your sexual gratification because you are under a misapprehension! I know that you would not use him, like a "piece of meat, de jour." You always gave your partner as much pleasure as you got. That was true with me, I am asking that you do the same for Daniel. Please make love to Daniel, not just sex him! He is an innocent. The image that comes to my mind is that of a young puppy who wants to be loved! I ask you to love him!"
Jeff was still stunned. He asked: "He was a Virgin!? He didn't tell me. I thought that was all he wanted - "Slam Bang, Thank you m'ame."
John said: "He is an Innocent who may not know what he wants. In many ways, he is like I was in Bangkok. You responded to my needs in Bangkok. You must respond to the needs he doesn't even know what he needs. Give him the knowledge so that, when he returns stateside, he will be able to stand on his own feet. You must teach him what it means to love someone, not just fuck them!"
There was a period of silence as they walked. Jeff was very thoughtful. Finally he said: "As I review the past, in relation to what you said, you are right in saying that I would never deliberately "use" someone. I thought my relationship with Daniel was satisfactory to both of us. Now you say that my perception was wrong! Daniel has provided me with a needed outlet, but I have not been fair to him, In retrospect, I can see that you are right! I was wrong!"
There was another pause as Jeff looked for the right words. After a few moments, Jeff said: "Both Daniel and I understand, intellectually, that our relationship will end when we go back home. In the meantime, you're right, I will try to love him, and teach him so that when he is on his own he will be prepared for the world. He is not my special person, but he is not a piece of meat to be used for my sexual gratification. He is a human being with human needs. I will try to meet those human needs."
A quiet john replied: "Please Jeff, I like him! When you are with Daniel, try to love him, not just fuck him!" The rest of the walk to the "guest" barracks was quiet.
The next day, John and Tom divided the provided list in half. They spent the day tracking the named solders down, and photographed them at "work." That night the four met for a sexual liaison in the supply shack. They then retired to the barracks. The next morning, the Chinook Helicopter landed to pick the photographers up.
That night Jeff brought Daniel to the NCO club, as a guest. Jeff went to the bar and got two cold beers. He brought the beers and Daniel to a table for two, in a remote corner of the club. After several swallows of beer, Jeff said: "I had a talk with john about you!"
Daniel interrupted, saying: "What did he say? I thought the sex was good!'
Jeff continued: "He said the sex was good; but then he said something else!"
An agitated Daniel asked: "What did he say?"
Jeff turned several shades of red and then commented: "Based on John's...interaction...with you, he said that I was not being fair to you. After reviewing our relationship, I concluded that he was right."
Daniel vehemently responded: "The sex has been great and we both benefitted."
Jeff asked: "Why didn't you tell me you were a virgin when we met?"
An embarrassed Daniel was, at first, shocked that he knew. Then, with his heart in his mouth, and his face red, he answered: "I was too embarrassed to tell you!"
Jeff said: "My approach to you would have been different if I had known. I recognized that you were tight, but I credited your lack of experience to being that you were from Nebraska."
There was a period of silence that lasted several moments. Then Jeff continued: "I am going to paraphrase what John said. Essentially he said that I had made a basic error in dealing with you. I have treated you as though you were an experienced gay man. According to John, this is not the case. You are a virgin from Nebraskaand and I should be teaching you, not only the mechanics of gay sex; but I should also be teaching what love is. This I have not done! I have been so concentrated by my emotional involvement with Tom that I have not been thinking straight. Daniel, I ask two things of you: please let me teach you what love is and how it differs from sex. I also ask that you forgive my behavior and my misinterpretation of what was necessary for my dealing with you!"
Daniel sat there for several minutes, absorbing what was said. Finally he asked: "What does this mean about our sex life?"
Jeff answered: "It means that I will teach you some subtleties about sex; the difference between sex and making love. I will teach you how sex can be an expression of love! I thought you knew, but you didn't. It means that I will show you that fucking can be a means to other ends, not just sexual gratification!"
Daniel looked around them and made sure they weren't being overheard. He asked: "Does it mean we can still fuck?"
Jeff answered: "Yes, but I will treat you like you know nothing about what it means to be Gay. I will not assume that you are experienced. John said that in some ways you are a total innocent! That is what I will deal with and educate you in!"
Daniel admitted: "In many respects, I have felt like I don't know what I am doing. The sex has been good, but I have often felt empty."
Jeff replied: "That is what I want to address. John reminded me that in Bangkok I dealt with his needs. I want to address your needs! I am a firm believer that in sex, you give as much pleasure as you get. I want to make sure that you know this, not as an intellectual exercise, but as an integral part of sex; when the sex act becomes love making."
Daniel asked: "What is involved?"
Jeff responded: "It means that I have to consider your needs, both sexual and educational. John said that he did things to you that I had done to him in Bangkok, and you reacted as though things had been new. That means that I did not teach you those things. That is my failure, and I am sorry that I misconstrued you and the situation. I firmly believe that sex can be beautiful! Without that beauty, sex can be like scratching an itch. In our relationship, I have been scratching both our itches; but not showing you the beauty of sex. Daniel, I ask that you allow me to teach you the joy of making love, not just sexing!"
Daniel sat there, not knowing what to say. The sex between them had been good. Did Jeff mean that sex could be better? He did not know. After several seconds, Daniel said: "Jeff, please teach me what I have to know. I don't know what I don't know!"
Jeff answered: "Daniel, I like you, and feel responsible for you. You are not my special person, but you are in my heart. I am not that kind of person who can have sex with someone I have no feelings for. When we are home and go about our lives, I will have pleasant memories of my friend in Vietnam. As a reasonable gay man I feel a responsibility that the next generation knows what life is about. That is what I must do, but did not realize that I had to do it with you! I do not want to see you dead, beaten up or plagued by disease. So, Daniel, I ask you to let me teach you the subtleties of sex. What it means to love, and what it means to be a gay man.
"You have some basic instincts. You realize that our proclivities must be hidden, and we must "fit in;" but you must intellectually understand this. This intellectual awareness is where John says I have failed you, along with the subtleties of the sex act."
Daniel replied: "I don't want to seem shallow, but what does that mean practically?"
Jeff had been thinking about this, quite a bit, and so he had an answer prepared: "It means that I must, consciously, consider the needs you don't know you have. It means that when we have sex, I must teach you the things I thought you knew. It means that I must teach you, not only about sex, but also what it means to be gay."
Daniel asked: "Do you mean the sex can be better?"
Jeff replied: "I am not sure about better, but definitely more varied!"
Daniel answered: "Jeff, I know that I am a "hick" from Nebraska, When we go our separate ways, I want to be able to stand on my own feet, and not be dependent on anybody else. Although I haven't said it, I have been counting on you to educate me. Please educate me!"
Jeff answered the question: "Daniel, I will educate you as best I can. It won't be overnight and will take time. I promise you one thing! I am now aware of your situation, and will educate you to the best of my ability. I am not an "Expert" but will try to teach you what I have learned. I promise you that when I am done, you will be completely knowledgeable and an independant gay man! We can start tonight!