My time with Char.
The Prequel for; "The biggest dick I have ever seen."
My name is Daniel, Danny for short. And I grew up in a LA in a modest middle-class house. I had my first gay experiences just before I went off to college with a kid in my neighborhood. It was just experimental, but opened the door for things to come years later. As I mentioned in previous stories, I married my college sweetheart and started life as most people do. Some years later when my marriage feel apart and I divorced, I found myself re-living some past experiences and looking forward to trying new things.
I had started a new job just after my divorce. I started working for a BIG Credit Card company as a Customer Service Representative and trying to become acclimated in a in the world of big business. It was there that I met and worked for Charlie. Charlie was the manager of my division. He was a mix of white and Filipino. He was -- in my opinion -- too out, too gay, too open, too feminine and just too loud at times. I really didn't like him much at first and thought, great... not only a new job, but a gay boss.
Char as he liked to be called, stood about 5'7 inches tall, medium build with a brownish tanned skin. He had a nice thick head of black hair, which was always styled well. He was very clean shaven, very well dressed and very well spoken. I learned through my time of getting to know him that he was raised in the mid-west, had a big family, but had moved out west years earlier to seek his fame and fortune. Only to end up, like most of us, falling way short of our dreams and taking a job that pays the bills.
As my experience grew and as I showcased my talents, I ended up working a lot of one-on-one time with Char. And as we got to know each other more and as he calmed down and became quieter and more reserved in our one-on-one meetings, I started to admire him more. Learning more about him, beginning to appreciate him, coupled with my hate for women and my taste for something new, started me to develop deeper thoughts of something different. I began to think of him differently. I would often get to work early to see him before our day started. See what clothes he was wearing and to make sure I knew what he wanted of me throughout the day.
I don't necessarily know for sure if I was interested in him or not at that point, or if I was just trying to be the good employee trying to succeed. But what I can tell you is that my thoughts of him and watching a lot more "gay porn" than "normal porn" opened the door for an experience and a love I'll never forget.
Over a few months, Char and I had become close. There was no doubt about it, I was his right-hand man at work. He had promoted me to phone supervisor and I was in charge of training. Most of my days were now spent overseeing other employees, monitoring their phone calls and having closed door meetings with him. There were days I spent more time in his office, than at my own desk. We'd sit alone next to each other overlooking sales and call volumes, study flow chats and times of calls and a host of other job-related things. I was moving up in the world of the Big Credit Card and I was moving closer to being with him.
The group outing
About every two weeks or so on a Friday, most of the employees would head out after work to the local bar, eat, have a few drinks and just release the tension of the work week. I'd often go, since I had nothing else to do and no significant other to spend time with. One particular Friday we were all heading to the local Mexican restaurant for Margaritas. As I was walking to my car, Char drove up next to me in the lot. He said, "Danny, jump in, I'll drive ya."
Without thought I jumped into his car and we made our way to the restaurant to meet up with everyone else. We all sat around that night, laughing, talking, eating and having a few drinks. There was no rush for me to get home, so I was there until Char wanted to leave to drive me back.
Just after 10 P.M. as most people had already started to head back or head home, Char asked me if I was ready to go.
"Sure. Whenever you're ready." I replied.
We headed out to the parking lot and got into his car. As we drove back to our work parking lot, we passed small talk and some business talk, but nothing out of the ordinary. We pulled back into the parking lot of work and Char parked next to my car.
"What a week." He Spoke. "I am so glad it's the weekend."
"Yah, I hear ya." I replied.
Any big plans Danny?" He asked.
"No. Just going to get things done around the house. Maybe hang out with a few friends tomorrow."
"You?" I inquired.
"No. I'm going to go shopping and probably just have a quiet night at home."
"No boyfriend time this weekend?" I asked.
"No." He replied. "I haven't been dating anyone in a while."
"Yah, me either." I grunted.
We sat in silence for a few moments when Char said, "Well I better get home."
As I started to sit upright and reach for the door handle, Char said, "How 'bout a hug Danny."
I chuckled and said, "Sure."
As I leaned over to give him a hug, he placed a soft long kiss on my lips. It took me by surprise. I froze as he pulled his lips away, pulled me in closer and gave me a big long hug. "Thanks for being a good friend and a great employee." He spoke.
I mustered up the reply, "You're welcome." And got out of his car.
I jumped into mine, never looking back as he pulled away. I sat in silence for a few seconds, almost shocked at what just happened. He didn't try to French kiss me, or grope me, he just gave me a light soft kiss on my lips with a big warm hug. But it surely shocked me. I got home about 20 minutes later and started to try to focus on other things around the house. But that night after I got into bed, I couldn't stop thinking about it.
I almost wished I knew that kiss was coming, or if he would have hinted more that he was into me. But then I thought, was it just a goodbye kiss? But instead of the cheek it was on my lips. Was it an accident? Was it the alcohol? Was it just him reaching out for someone to be a friend? A lover? All I knew was that it had come as a surprise, but it was also quite a turn on since I have recently found myself attracted to him.
At work the next week, we were quite busy and I didn't have much time to spend with Char, since we had new employees and I had a ton of training, calls to listen to and assess. Finally on Thursday afternoon, I had the chance to be alone with him in his office. We sat looking at data and spreadsheets, trying to figure out the week. I don't know if it was uncomfortable for him, but I was feeling a bit weirded out from last Friday's kiss.
Finally, Char broke the awkwardness and said, "Danny I am sorry about Friday night after the bar. I don't have a lot of friends and I haven't had a boyfriend in a long time. I like you and I appreciate your work and trust with me, so I did something I shouldn't have."
I laughed it off, like nothing had happened by replying, "No big deal Char. It isn't anything I am concerned with."
"Thank you, Danny." He spoke. "I just felt bad and don't want to take advantage of your friendship."
I tried to make light of the situation but jokingly blurting out, "But in the future of you're going to kiss me, make sure I know it's coming and do it the right way."
Char put his head own in embarrassment and groaned out. I placed my hand on his back, rubbed up and down his back and said, "Hey, I am serious. It's no big issue. You know I love working with you and spending time with you." And I was mustering up the courage to say; "And I'm interested in you." When Char raised his head and stared deeply into my eyes. I could see his heart was hurting and as much as he likes to portray himself as the "got it all together guy', he is lonely and sad and looking for someone to love and spend time with.
It was at that moment, sitting in the quietness of his office, alone, with the buzz of soft voices from outside the walls, echoed by the sounds of phones ringing and the hum of the light fixture, that I realized I was falling for him. We sat in stare for more than 30 seconds and I was about to lean in and kiss him when at knock at his door, snapped us back to reality.
"Come in!" He blurted out. As one of our new employees interrupted, what would have been our first, true, deep kiss.
We went back to spread sheets, call times, assessments and job performance reviews without saying a word about us. But I believe we both knew at that point that we were going to move forward.
Just before I left work Char called me into his office and asked me If I would like to go with him on Saturday night to an off-Broadway amateur play, he had got tickets for. "Sure". I replied. We made our plans, and headed our sperate ways for the night.
Saturday night I picked him up at his place, since he was closer to the restaurant and the theatre we were going to. We whipped into one of the chain restaurants for a bite and headed to the theatre. We sat through this play, that was centered around an early American maid and seamstress, which had musical numbers within it. It was well written and the performers were great, but it was irrelevant to today's world and not a wonder as to why it was "off-Broadway".