'Clinches that led to a voyage of divine discovery.'
"It's my body and I shall do what I like with it" Philip said in no uncertain terms.
He was a good pal and I was concerned for his welfare and other things which were important to me, especially now since we had both developed a wonderful intimate relationship together.
His fuck is sublime and I don't think I could ever go without it now.
"I was simply concerned that's all" I continued. "You've not been looking yourself lately, you are looking pasty and you seem to be putting off weight."
"Well, if you don't want my body any more, you just have to say Pete!" Philip scorned.
"Don't be silly, I want you for both your body and you!" I said trying to pacify him with a soft caress across his forehead.
Looking back I remembered how our friendship grew from just that, to what it is now, and what inspired that.
Philip was always sensitive and I guess that is what drew me to him, that day when he enveloped into tears when his poor mother died of cancer two years ago.
I simply comforted him by coaxing him to rest his head on my shoulder, whispering just to let all the emotion out and he would feel much better for it..
I had never envisaged what would happen then, because we were just buddies and nothing more, just normal guys who enjoyed playing bowls and going to a football match occasionally.
Until then there was never any indication that our friendship would blossom into what it is now.
It is odd how things happen in life. Like me, Philip likes to talk about philosophy and how we came about and things like that.
He impressed me one day when he said that our bodies were simply the framework for our souls. Initially I did not take much notice because Philip was apt to go off on one of his semi-religious themes -but when he explained that the body was simply a tool adapted for our use on earth and when we are done with it, when we grow old and the flesh deteriorates, it is assumed we apparently die and that is that.
It all sounded a but gruesome for me but on thinking about it he had a point,
"But we don't die Pete, our souls live on - our real selves and it is just the flesh that returns to dust, but never our souls, and that's the difference don't you see."
I nodded. His words were deep - he is a deep thinker to be sure but the rocket to the moon came when he added that we should take advantage of this wonderful form with which we have been adorned ,and let our souls soak in the pleasures of the flesh.
And that is when he rested his head on my shoulder; his tears soon dried, and I gently veered him away again, wiping his brow, Then something happened that changed our lives completely,
He touched me intimately and sunk his head into my shoulder once more, murmuring how he thought I was so wonderful and loving.
Initially of course I was not ready for this and promptly grasped his hand and jerked it away. Looking back I guess it was because of my upbringing and how my parents abhorred anything that they thought was so unnatural, such as a gay relationship, dad stating his opinion that the true reason for congress among two human beings was to reproduce their own kind, and this was virtually impossible for those of the same sex to do.
The idea that such a one sex relationship could be based on true love never occurred to him, because he thought of it purely from a sexual viewpoint, thinking that all gay people were toilet bashers and so forth.
So although I had certain feelings about guys I always kept them shut up - the feelings that is - because I thought they were detestable and unnatural because that is what my father said.
So when Philip touched me there - and although I was not adverse to his touch, indeed it stirred me, my mindset was that it was wrong and I should not encourage.
Philip seemed disappointed that I had stopped him. His eyes focussed on mine and I felt he was truly embarrassed and confused.
"I'm so sorry Pete, I didn't mean to do that, I just don't know why I did, it seemed natural that's all, I wanted to cement our friendship to show my respect and love for you. There I've said it, For what it's worth I do love you Pete, So ff you think that will spoil our friendship I will try to understand, but I can't disguise my natural feelings."