Perry was standing over me, a concerned look on his face. The room was still a little fuzzy, but I could make out the color of the ceiling and the brownish blur told me I was down in basement, my apartment, not the hot tub room. Perry must have carried me downstairs, a pretty large task considering my height. There are quite a few tight hallways in the house.
We had just been relaxing in the hot tub; it was my first time to ever be in one. It seemed almost overwhelmingly warm and moist, but I rather liked it. I was just chatting lightly with Perry when I felt the need to piss, so I got out and went to the bathroom. In the middle of pissing I felt a little strange, dizzy almost, and by the time my shorts were back up the room was spinning and that was the last thing that I remembered. I guess I couldn't take the heat as well as I thought. Perry had warned me that such a thing would happen, but I didn't listen
We hadn't really chatted much before that night, although I had lived under his roof for more than six months. I was a busy student and he had a normal job, and an active social life. Something I found out in the those six months was that Perry was gay. It wasn't a secret, but it took me awhile to learn it only because I spent most of my time downstairs in my basement apartment.
Perry had a birthday party for one of his friends and invited me upstairs for it. It was quite a big deal and a fun time. I noticed that most of his close friends were men, all in their mid to late thirties like Perry and were very open about being gay. It was when I got involved in one of their conversations that I learned more about Perry. I admit that I was a little shocked and a little intimidated. It wasn't so much that I was homophobic, perhaps I was a little; it was just a life that I didn't know much about and I never wandered too far from my comfortable little existence. The evening of my fainting episode Perry's plans fell through and so did mine (a blind date), so Perry invited me up for a soak, as he called it. I didn't have an excuse and I knew I needed the stress relief so I decided to go up there.
When I regained my senses the firs thing I noticed was that I was naked. I instinctively covered myself, but it wasn't necessary because I was under my blanket.
He squatted next to me, a smile on his face.
"Sorry about your shorts," Perry said sympathetically," I didn't want you to get your couch wet, so I took them off before putting you down. I hope you don't mind. I didn't get fresh or anything" He said that last part with a supportive laugh. I was shivering a little, from the cold as much as nervousness, but his laugh seemed to calm me a little.
"It's ok. Thanks for carrying me downstairs. I wasn't expecting to react to the heat and humidity like that. I'm a little embarrassed," I said.