Names of Characters in this story are fictitious and any similarity to real persons, living or dead, is coincidental.
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With my cock straining to get loose from my jeans, I looked forward to seeing him every noon hour. He'd eat his sandwich, some cookies and an apple, while looking in my sport-card shop window. By now, I felt like I knew him. And when he'd left, I'd fantasize him naked in the back room, moaning, ecstatically, and pressing my face into his thick, black, pubic hair. 'Oh, yeah, man, get right down on my big, fat, uncut cock,' he'd shout, and I'd obediently do everything he commanded.
The position of the sun, at that time of the day, permitted me to sit shaded and invisible while he was in the direct sunlight. It was a great opportunity for me to scope him mercilessly. His big cock, of course, was only a figment of my fantasy.
He was young, probably eighteen, or so and most probably straight. He was extremely cute, in a rough sort of way. Wearing a Montreal Canadians Hockey Club windbreaker gave him the appearance of a typical jock. I felt certain he was in great shape. About five foot ten inches tall, he had a very wiry, hundred and thirty pound body.
I was sitting behind the showcase, waiting for him to take his usual spot at the window, when he surprised me by actually coming inside. Acknowledging his presence, I then tried to ignore him, as I usually did with all customers, to let him leisurely look around. He came directly to the glass showcase where the most desirable hockey cards were displayed.
"Hi, if there's anything you'd like me to take out of the showcase, don't be shy to let me know, huh?" I said, hoping he couldn't see how shook up he'd gotten me.
"Thanks," he said, flashing a great smile. I stared, admiringly, at his gleaming teeth, wishing I could get my tongue between them. "I hope I'm not disturbing ya," he said, then went on, "I'm a freak fer hockey cards but I can't afford to buy them. I love lookin' at them, though...yer sure I'm not botherin' ya?"
"Of course not," I assured him, "Lots of people come in just to look...You're welcome anytime. An even if you can't buy, I'll be very happy to take cards outta the case for ya."
"Wow! That's awesome. Can I hold the Robby Gore card fer a minute?" He had a champagne taste, I thought. The Gore card was worth two thousand dollars.
"Sure," I said, taking the card from the case and placing it reverently in his visibly, shaking hand.
"Mama mia." he said, wide-eyed, as he minutely examined both sides of the plastic, encased card. "I never thought I'd ever get to actually have this card in my hand, mama mia," he repeated. It was unreal, he was breathing hard because of a hockey card. He turned it over and over, repeatedly. "How much is it worth?"
"It lists for twenty-five hundred."
"Twenty-five hundred bucks," he repeated, so softly that it seemed to be meant only for his ears. "Imagine...ya coulda got this with a five cent pack a gum. Hey," he said, glancing at the clock and handing back the card, "I gotta go. Would it be okay fer me to come back?"
"Sure, yer welcome anytime...Bye the way, what's yer name, I'm Russell O'Brien, but everybody calls me Russ," I said, offering my hand.
"My name's Nico, Nico Ciccone...I gotta get back to school. See ya, Russ."
"Ya betcha, Nico."
I was now even more enamored of Nico, even though I was sure he was straight. Close up, he was much better looking than I'd thought and he had a very sexy voice. This new knowledge would allow me to have fantasies that would be closer to reality. I was like a kid waiting for Santa Clause, thinking tomorrow would never come. The name, Nico Ciccone, was like a beautiful melody you can't stop humming.
"You're right on time, Nico. I've been wondering," I said, even before he was completely in the door.
"Hi, ya, Russ. What're wonderin' about?"
"How come ya didn't bring yer lunch, yesterday"
"I ate it at school...I didn't think you'da wanned me to eat it in the store." he explained.
"Don't worry about it, Nico, it's okay...What do wanna hold in yer hot, little hand today?" I asked, laughing.
"I'd love to touch the Grendy, if it's okay. I been dreamin' about it...I'd love to have both the Gore and the Grendy standin' on my bureau." Nico said, wistfully. I handed the Grendy to him and his expression became one of awe; he was holding the "Holy Grail."
"Where do you go to school, Nico?" I loved to say his name. "Is it here, in the Gay Village?"
"Where's the Gay Village?" He asked, a bewildered look on his face.
"Well, right here, this is just on the fringe. Don't guys, around here, ever try to pick ya up, Nico?"
"I don't know, at least, I never noticed. Do you think I look Gay, Russ?
"No, but that wouldn't matter."
"I didn't know this was The Gay Village, fact I never even heard of it...I only go to the school in the morning, then after, I go right home. So I don't know the area. I go to the Tech school just down the street."
"Oh, yeah, I know where it is. What're you studying?"
"It's a auto mechanics course...This Grendy card is really beautiful."
"You have expensive tastes in hockey cards, huh, not many can afford those cards, unfortunately...What do you do for excitement besides school?"
"Nuthin' really, ya can't do much if ya don't have dough to spend. Sometimes I go to my girlfriend's house, or she comes to mine. We watch T.V. sometimes, but mostly I'm studyin."
"Does your girlfriend often have the house to herself so you get a chance to be alone?" His answer to that could be revealing.
"Naw, it's impossible fer us to ever have any privacy...My parents are always at home, too. Sometimes I get the car, but it's not very often."
"That sounds petty rough, Nico," I said, sympathetically, "A cute, young stud, like you, has to get some happiness, once in a while."
"Ya, I know, even when I have the car, though, it doesn't make any difference...'Nico, I don' wanna do it in the car. I wish y'ad stop askin me' she says all the time."
"Maybe ya should start lookin' around fer a new one, Nico, it's not right fer ya to have to go without even the simplest necessities."
"Ya, Russ, I been thinkin' about dumpin' her but it ain't easy to do."
"Why not?"
"'Cause her parents and mine came over on the boat together an', like, they seem to think we have to marry...just cause they left The Old Country together."
"When you're out in the car did y'ever ask her to, kinda, give yer willie a little kiss?" I asked, laughing.
"Fuck no, she won't even let me put my tongue in 'er mouth."
"Nico, ya gotta get rid of her, she's a prize dummy. I'd a thought she'd be dyin' to suck ya off...what a nutbar." I knew where Nico could get the best blow-job in town. "I gotta go now, Russ, but I'd like to come by again tomorrow. Are ya sure ya don't mind, like, I don't wanna be a pest...It's gonna be years before I'll have money for cards."
"Can't you find a part-time job and make a little dough fer yerself?"
"Naw, my dad freaks out anytime I talk about getting a job. He says he's spendin' a lot of money for me to learn somethin' useful an' he don't want me to neglect my studyin'...Maybe you got some ideas on that, Russ."
"I'll see if I can think of something, Nico."
"Okay, see ya tomorrow, ciao."
"Ciao, facci bello bambino."
"Hey, man, where'd ya learn to speak Italian, d'ya know what ya said?"
"Sure. I said, 'So long good-looking baby', I called the Italian radio station to ask them for the translation."
"D'ya really think I'm a good-looking baby?"
"I don't tell lies." I said, laughing.
"Ciao, Niko said." He was laughing as the door closed behind him.
Nico seemed genuinely pleased with what I'd said to him, and that caused me to wonder if his need to be close to someone might be even stronger than his need for hockey cards. By this time, he was spending much more time with me than with his girlfriend. She was of no use to him, whatever; at least, not in the way that counted. Somehow, I was talking myself into being a father figure for him. My aspiration had been only to get into bed with him; and that was what I still wanted but I had to decide whether I wanted to con him or just be his friend. Of course, there was no reason why a guy couldn't have sex with his friend, was there.
"Hey, Hey, Hey, my bambino is back," I said, smiling widely, "come sta lei?"
"Sono bene, you, too?"
"Yep. You ready to say hello to your friends?" I asked, opening the showcase.
"Yeah, I wanna hold some that I'll be able to buy as soon I start getting tips for fixin' some rich dude's Ferrari," he said, smiling directly at me. He separated three cards from the group. "These are kool," he said, desirously, "How much y'askin' fer these?"