The story I'm about to relate is technically my first time with another man. I say that because, when I was younger and learning about my body, I had a friend who liked to experiment as well.
And, happily, he later became the first man I had sex with in the more literal sense.
To start, my friend Jim and I have been best friends since we were in grade school. We did everything together growing up - riding bikes, reading and swapping comics, going to the town swimming pool, sleeping over at each other's house. As we got older, we even double-dated.
But, between the time we were playing with our 'Star Wars' action figures and the time we started to go out with girls, we were curious about the changes in our bodies. We 'borrowed' our older brothers' Playboy and Penthouse magazines and went off to his or my basement to see what was what.
A few years later, we 'discovered' real girls as opposed to the two-dimensional kind. And, by the time we were seniors, we were lucky enough to both lose our cherries. With the same girl but at different times.
College came along and we ended up going to different schools. I stayed near St. Louis while Jim went to California. We saw each other at breaks and over the summer but only spoke occasionally during the year.
The second summer we were home, we were going out to hang with some friends. On the way, he seemed edgy and asked if I'd drive around for a while. He seemed to want to talk but, knowing Jim, it might take time to come out. I asked but didn't pressure him, he'd tell me when he was ready. We were close enough that there were never any real secrets between us anyway.
Finally, he told me he wasn't a virgin any longer. I looked at him, wondering what he was talking about. I knew that. I knew the girl he'd fucked the first time. When he finally explained, I felt a bit like a moron. He hemmed and hawed for a while then finally told me he'd slept with a man. And it was not a one-time thing. I found myself pulling over to stare at him.
He turned pale and mumbled something. I asked what and he said, "I guess we aren't friends anymore."
I hugged him and said that was ridiculous. He was more like a brother to me than my own brother. Then I asked him about what had happened.
As he told me, with only the barest of details, what happened I realized I wasn't surprised. But, deep inside, I had to admit to myself that I was disappointed his first time wasn't with me. When I realized that, I was dumbstruck once again.
The rest of that summer, and the summers and breaks that followed, were pretty uneventful. We got together, hung out by ourselves and with our friends, went to concerts and movies - the usual stuff. Jim's new lifestyle - he had eventually told me that women just weren't exciting to him anymore but men were - never really came up.
Well, except for the moment he told his parents. While they were initially upset, they came to realize Jim was still the same loving son they had raised. Fortunately, his parents, while good Catholics like mine, aren't too narrow-minded. They came to accept his alternative lifestyle. And pretty quickly too.
After college, we both ended up working in different parts of the country. I was lucky enough to stay close to home and got my own apartment. Jim ended up in the New York area - Long Island specifically. We stayed in touch by phone and he visited often enough that it was still kinda like our college years.
And I admitted my fascination of male sex - to myself. I would go to bookstores in the Central West End and buy magazines with pictures and stories in them. These became a major source for my solo sexual escapades. (I wasn't ready to go to adult shops for gay videos - that was more than I had the courage to try at that point. And the internet wasn't quite as 'sophisticated' as it is now.)
I never explored that aspect of my life outside of very personal, very secret fantasies. Neither Jim, my folks, Jim's folks, my girlfriends, or anyone else would've suspected my lurid dreams.
Finally, I made what I thought was a big mistake when Jim was home for a visit. We were in a bar and I had just enough to drink that I mentioned it to him. And the fact that I often had the image of Pete (his college lover whose picture I'd seen once) with his dick up Jim's ass. As soon as I said it, I regretted it.
Fortunately we were in a semi-private booth and no one else heard me. Jim had, of course, but didn't say anything for the longest time. Finally he asked me why I'd waited so long to tell him. I admitted I was scared - scared of my feelings and desires and scared of society's attitude.
Turned out he was upset because he had just started a relationship with a man he'd met in NYC and it was developing well. He asked me, "If I'd asked you last year to have sex, would you?"
I told him yes but then seeing how that seemed to hurt, I added, "I think so. I'm not sure. It's all so new."
We talked long into the night about this. He admitted he wanted to have sex with me but he couldn't while he was involved with Steve, his new lover. I agreed and said I wouldn't either while I was involved with Becky - a girl I'd been seeing for a couple of months. After that, the subject never really came up again during his visit.
A few years ago, during one of our long-distance phone conversations, Jim asked me if I wanted to try something new. I agreed and we began to have phone sex a couple of times a month.
The first time, we arranged a time to do it and I was lying on my bed, naked when he called. The pattern repeated with Jim or I doing the calling after pre-arranging a convenient time for both of us.
The first few times, we told each other stories - fantasies. My favorite was telling him what I pictured him doing the first time. It had become pretty involved considering how little he actually told me about how Pete had seduced him. He enjoyed telling me about the first man he seduced. These and other stories were more exciting than anything in any magazine and I came every time. And I came a lot.
Soon, we began to describe what we'd do to the other as we stroked ourselves. This was just as hot, if not hotter, and we always seemed to experience orgasms at virtually the same time. Just hearing him moaning and breathing as he climaxed would get me off and I'd end up moaning with him.
We also used private email accounts to share stories, links, and images. Soon, I was sitting up at my computer, masturbating with my best friend as we shared the same gay sites on the web. While not as comfortable as laying in bed, it was very exciting to be looking at the same pictures or reading the same stories while we jerked off.
More than once, I'd come so hard, I ended up having to clean the monitor.
A year or so later, Jim began to plan a trip home the following summer - his first since we had begun our long-distance trysts. We discussed this and what it would mean to see each other in person for the first time since we began long-distance sex. We agreed that we would not allow it to interfere with our friendship regardless of our fantasies and long-distance jerk-off sessions.
The possibilities were there for us now that both of us were single again. He'd broken up with Steve about the same time Becky and I had split. In my case, it had nothing to do with Jim but was just the gradual withdrawal in a relationship that wasn't meant to be. (I later learned the same happened between Jim and Steve which was a huge relief to me. I never want to come between anyone if I can help it.)
Jim sent me a short email a month after he told me he was coming home. He said he still wanted to experiment with me. If I wasn't interested, it wasn't going to be a problem. But, if I was, to let him know. Boy did I let him know! This is practically a direct quote from my response: "HELL YES I WANT TO EXPERIMENT!"
We both got blood tests to assure each other we were clean (something we both knew but we wanted the confirmation before we did anything). We both took them, got the results, emailed them to each other and did a follow-up test before he arrived. Fortunately, neither of us was interested in anyone else at the time so sex - with someone else - was not a factor.
Since I no longer live in our home town, Jim agreed to stay with me and we wouldn't tell his parents or anyone else he was in town for the first few days, regardless of what happened.
The Thursday before Memorial Day, I left work and drove to pick him up at Lambert Airport. I arranged to take the next day off so we could hang out together for a long weekend before he went to see his parents.
I met him at the airport baggage claim - as far as I could go into the terminal at Lambert due to the new security demands. We hugged and I swore I felt a spark of something. We grabbed his two bags and headed to the parking garage for my car.
On the way, I looked him over. I caught him doing the same. He seemed to be pleased with what he saw as well. I know I was.
Neither one of us were weight-lifters, not by any stretch. But we did keep in good shape by judicious use of local gyms - running, swimming, and bicycling.
I have to say Jim was in excellent shape. His hair, always lighter in color than mine, was lightened further by the late spring sun (he was always practically blonde by the end of the summer) and his skin was lightly tanned. The golf shirt he wore was snug without being tight and the cargo short he wore cupped his ass nicely.
We got to my place and I showed him to the spare bedroom. We had decided to take it easy and not force anything. I was still nervous about actually having gay sex and Jim was nervous about having sex with me.
After getting settled, we headed out for an early dinner then back to the apartment. As with the drive from the airport, we spent the time getting caught up. But we were both still checking each other out as well.
Once we were back home, I headed to the bathroom and took a shower. I wanted to be squeaky clean inside and out for Jim. Just thinking about it made me stiffen. While I had never put anything bigger than two fingers in my ass, I wanted to be ready just in case. I thoroughly soaped myself and found I was getting harder as I washed then rinsed my anus. As I hadn't masturbated in over a week, my hard-on was difficult to ignore. But I managed to.
I threw on some jogging shorts and a light, pull-over shirt after yelling into the living room that the bathroom was free. Soon, I heard the water running and got hard again.
Sitting in the living room as I waited for my oldest friend to come out, I was suddenly extremely nervous. I wasn't sure I could go through with anything at all. I mean, I was about to have gay sex! With my best friend! And dwelling on it seemed to make the anxiety worse.
When the shower shut off, my body jerked. I kept glancing nervously towards the hallway leading to the bedrooms. Then I'd look out the window at the creeping dusk. Then back to the hall.
An eternity seemed to pass by, eventually, when Jim came out wearing a tight pair of shorts and a cut-off t-shirt showing off his flat stomach. His hair was still damp from the shower and he looked...incredibly sexy.