It was my first summer term at university. I'd been biking a lot so my legs and butt were nicely muscled, but I wanted to have an all-round balanced look. I'd resolved to work on my upper body by using the weight sets at the gym, which was only a few minutes' walk from my residence. I'd been doing regular workouts there for the past three weeks, but hadn't really talked much with anyone there. Most of the guys there were a bit scary looking, really intense, and I guess none of them were interested in workout tips from a slim guy like me.
This time, though, was different. As I worked out with the barbells in front of the wall-sized mirror, I found it a bit too muggy and warm for my taste. I put down the weights and headed out of the gym and into the hallway where it was a bit cooler.
That was when I noticed that I'd been followed out of the gym by a fellow I'd seen in the mirror in there as I'd been working out. He looked like he was an undergrad like me, 19 or 20 years old, and he was wearing a loose t-shirt and the typically short gym shorts that were in style back then. His light brown hair was short, and he was a bit taller than me - maybe 5' 10" - with a slim build, but nice looking shoulders and arms.
It was quiet in the hallway, with only the muffled sound of music and the clanking of weights and machines breaking the silence. I had been heading out to the door nearest to the residences just up the hill, but I noticed that he seemed to want to say something to me, so I prompted him by saying hello. It must have been what he'd hoped I'd do, because then he asked me how my workout had been. He'd noticed me inside the gym, probably when I hadn't been looking his way in the mirror. I told him I'd had a good workout, then asked him how his had been. It was all quite a stilted way to start a conversation, and I could tell he thought so too, but the both of us seemed to want to get through this awkward moment, regardless.
He asked me if I worked out often at the gym. I told him I did, every two days, in the late afternoon. My responses were somewhat guarded at first, as I guessed why he had followed me out to this hallway and why he was interested in chatting. Then I decided I was willing to go along with him to see where it would lead. I'd had a lot of gay sex fantasies over the last few years and I might finally be in a position to live one out with this nice looking guy.
After these few words, our conversation seemed to taper off. Either I was going to say "good bye, see you later maybe" and walk away from the possibilities now open to me, or I could plunge myself into this new, and until now, only imagined world. I was pretty sure I knew what he wanted. Fortunately for the both of us, I wanted the same thing.
"I'm heading back to my residence room. Are you headed that way?", I ventured.
"Oh, sure," he replied. "I live in Armond house - hang on a sec and I'll grab my backpack." I'd lived in Armond the previous school term, and it seemed immediately relevant that Armond is an all male house. At the time I lived there, it had been a dull, dreary, cold winter, and none of the guys in my house had been in the least interesting.
He was back in a flash, holding his backpack with the campus logo on it. I had a drink at the water fountain, and we were off through the doors into the late afternoon sunshine. The residence I lived in is one of the closest to the gym, and as we walked there we discussed our respective majors and how nice it was to be on campus in the summertime.
I led the way up the stairs to the second floor, then through the hallway to my door. I reached for my key; it was hanging from my neck on a length of white shoe string. To open the door I bent over to insert the key into the door knob, knowing that he was standing right behind me and feeling a rush of excitement as I signalled my vulnerability to him. I couldn't tell what he thought of seeing my shorts-clad ass bent over before him, but I made sure it took me extra time to get the key into the door knob. He didn't hesitate to come in my room when I invited him to.
Residence rooms are not large - they have enough space to comfortably fit a bed, a desk, two chairs, and leave room for nervous pacing. The walls are all white-painted cinder block, with the exception of a thinner cork-surfaced wall separating adjoining rooms. I was pleased to have a single room, and it sounded as if my next door neighbour was not in.
I invited my new friend to have a seat in the upholstered chair, while I turned on a fan and put some low tunes on the stereo. I sat on the edge of my bed facing him, wondering what would happen next. I was really getting into the idea of seducing him, of letting him use me for his pleasure. He seemed oblivious as looked around at my posters and calendar on the cork wall; they weren't much to look at - just some cheap prints I'd gotten the previous term. I decided then that I needed to change out of my sweaty clothes - just the thought of my removing my clothes was tinged with a hint of sexual excitement that I hoped he would detect.
"Do you mind if I just change shirts?", I asked him.
"No, go ahead - it's not like I've never seen bare chested guys before, ha ha," he replied.
Was that the hint I was looking for? I wondered if he'd seen a lot more than just their bare chests. I stood up from the bed and walked over to open a dresser drawer by the closet. He occupied himself by looking over my stereo, which was on a shelf in the closet. I found a clean shirt, then took off the one I was wearing. I was half-turned away from him, since I wasn't sure I should look at him straight on as I stood before him wearing only my gym shorts, but I wanted to see if I could catch his eye while I was mostly unclothed. I almost gave up hope that he'd look up at me, but he finally passed his eyes over my upper body, very quickly - almost a bit furtively - and I immediately felt my cock stir.
"Actually, I think I'm not going to bother with another shirt - it's too damn warm." I put the clean shirt back in the drawer and sat down again on the bed, this time leaning way back on my elbows and straightening my legs out towards him, into the middle of the room.
"That's not a bad idea - say, can you turn the fan over a bit on me too?" he asked.
"Sure," I said as I got up to move the fan a bit. "Feel free to take that shirt off too - nothing like a good stiff breeze on you [gulp! did he catch that?] - but you probably don't want to sit back in that chair with your shirt off! The vinyl on those chairs feels awful on damp skin... you might as well just sit on the bed."