"Hang it all Robert Browning!!" Jack exclaimed. "Brenda just texted me 'NO' for Valentines Day dinner at Sordello's."
Brenda was the well coifed goddess of the third year marketing class. Statuesque and currently magenta haired, the boys, and some girls, drooled in her direction.
"Sordello's? That's the hottest restaurant in town." Mike was laying on the sofa, watching Netflix with the sound down. "How did you manage to get reservations there?"
"I booked it 8 months ago, when I was going out with Melody, and when she broke up with me, I figured I'd find someone to fill in."
"You know Brenda is out of your league -- why did you even bother to ask her? You didn't even call her to ask her out, texting a girl for a date is pretty lame."
"I figured anyone would jump at a chance to go to Sordello's. Instant panty dropper..."
"You're trippin Bro, they'll say 'Thanks for the wonderful evening and I'll get an Uber home'."
"I'll bet you, whoever I get to go for Valentines, I'll fuck them that night."
"You're on. It's Sunday, and Valentines is Wednesday. No way will you get a date. You have been dry for 6 months."
Jack and Mike had been roommates since the start of their third year in college after Jack answered a "Roommate Wanted" ad. They weren't best buddies, but got on well. Jack being in Marketing was a bit more outgoing and social, where Mike in Theater Arts, was a bit cynical and introverted. He was more interested in production than on stage drama, or any drama at all.
Secretly, Jack was afraid Mike was right, but pride had spoken and he was going to his damnedest to get someone to dinner on the 14th. "I'll just get out my little red book." He started scrolling through his Tinder app.
Jack was swiping right on every face that came up. "One thing you learn in marketing is numbers. Even if only 5% reply, that'll be fifty choices out of 1000 swipes."
"Jesus Jack, if you are that desperate, hire an escort. Spend the $200 bucks for dinner on an escort, and get yourself laid properly."
"No, I can get a date for Valentine's Day, and trust me, any little lady treated to a fancy dinner like that will want to fuck me."
Mike laughed. "Let's make the bet interesting. You lose, you have to suck my cock."
"What the fuck? I'm not sucking your cock, you can go fuck yourself..."
"Come on Jack, if you win, you don't have to suck my cock, and you're so sure of winning, it's a no brainer."
"Well, WHEN I win, you have to suck my cock then."
"You mean after you have sex with your date, or before?"
Jack took a couple of seconds to follow along. "It's whenever I want."
Mike got off the couch and walked over to shake his hand. "You're on."
Jack was left to ponder what exactly he had gotten himself into. Mike had a funny sense of humor. Jack wasn't sure if Mike was joking, or he seriously thought he would have to suck Mike's cock if he lost the bet. What's the worst that could happen? If he lost, he would just tell Mike he was kidding, and never seriously thought Mike would make him really suck his cock.
And thinking of cocks being sucked, made his cock stir in his pants. It had been 6 months since he got lucky. A sorority girl who's name he wasn't even sure of let him finger her and then fuck her standing up. He came quickly and left. Not the most romantic of encounters. When he went out with Melody, she had sucked his cock for his birthday after pleading with her. He knew she hated it, but feeling a warm mouth on his cock was unbelievably good. Maybe he would have the still unfound date suck his cock after their romantic dinner. Jack suddenly decided he need to take a long shower.
Mike smiled to himself as Jack left, the little tent in Jack's pants telling a story about what happens in warm long showers when talk of cocks being sucked abound.
By Tuesday night there was no advance of the date front. It seemed everybody in the world had plans for Valentine's Day except him. He was used to the no replies, but even the ones who had replied turned him down when he begged for them to a date on Valentine's Day. They must have sensed his desperation.
Mike, as usual, was thinking it was funny. "Got a hot one lined up? Tell her panties optional for dinner?"
"Fuck you Mike. What are you doing for Valentine's Day anyway?"
"Nothing. I don't need a corporate holiday to have sex if I want to."
"Yeah, well you haven't exactly been hooking up left and right yourself."