Aaron, Dan and I had a longstanding tradition that Saturday nights were for game nights. They would come over to my apartment, we'd order a pizza and then spend the evening playing one of a slew of different games. Tonight was no different, a new fighting game had just dropped and we were all set to waste hours beating the hell out of each other all out brawls.
Dan showed up first, bringing a couple of pizzas with him. We'd met shortly after starting our freshman year in the dorms and had been fast friends since. He was around 5' 6" and stocky, he spent a decent amount of time in the gym and had a good physique going on.
Dan immediately moved to setup the pizzas while I got the game setup. Without really checking he brought over a couple of slices for me and setup on the couch across from me. "Your roomie in tonight?"
"Nah, Matt's off doing family stuff this weekend. Said he won't be back until late tomorrow or something." I was busy scrolling through all the character choices with the game, trying to figure out which one I'd go with first.
Before the conversation could go any further, the apartment door burst open and Aaron strode in. "You ladies ready for a beatdown?" Aaron's usual cocky attitude when videogames were involved was on full display tonight. Aaron was the tallest of us at 6'1" and was lanky at maybe 170lbs. With his pale blonde hair and mischievous smile, I'd always wondered why he never seemed to have much luck with women but he always seemed to strike out.
We spent the next hour playing, switching through the character roster at will until we had settled on our favorites.
"How about we make this a little more interesting," Aaron interjected after our last match ended. "Three lives for each of us, lose a piece of clothing with each death."
"Dude, you just want to get naked? I've been kicking your ass all night!" The idea of seeing my friends naked had me a little excited. We'd been friends for a few years but I'd never had the chance to see either of them in anything less than their underwear.
"Nah, I've figured my character out now, I'm going to win for sure." The smug smile on Aaron's face just made me want to kick his ass even more.
"I'm in, just to make you losing even more embarrassing," Dan jumped in, confident as always. "But if we're doing this, no bitching out when you lose. You lose your last life and you're naked, no trying to back out. And no covering up either!"
We all quickly agreed, me barely able to hide my excitement. The match started and the cocky attitude quickly seemed to bite Aaron in the ass as he was knocked out of the arena with barely any time in the match. Pausing the game, he stripped off his shirt and threw it across the living room, exposing his pale chest. His lanky torso had good definition to it, I knew he worked out from time to time so there was some muscle on his frame that wasn't obvious with clothes on.
Continuing the game I must have been distracted because I was the next out. Choosing to be more daring I stood up and dropped my shorts, kicking them to the center of the room. "You would drop your pants first," I met Dan's comment with a wide grin and a wink. I was just happy that I'd worn boxers today instead of freeballing.
Aaron and I quietly came to a truce to try and knock out Dan next and it was going well for a bit until Dan got a lucky combo in on Aaron and knocked him out of the arena followed up by me landing a solid hit on him that finally took his first life. Cursing quietly, Aaron stood and pulled off his athletic shorts leaving him in just a pair of bright blue boxer briefs. Dan followed shortly after, taking off his shirt and revealing his fuzzy, muscular chest. "Damn Dan, all that time at the gym is paying off!"
"Yeah man, I've been liking where I'm at lately." Dan definitely seemed to like the attention, seeming to try and subtly flex and show off for Aaron and me. Trying to keep from putting on too much of a show by popping a boner in my boxers, I moved the attention back to the game.