BE WARNED: This story contains both straight AND gay male sex. If either of those isn't your thing, you should probably find another story.
This is also written from the POV of a character with homophobic ideas, so there will be some of that in this story as well.
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"Look dude, I get it," Mike said. "You were just surprised, I know you didn't mean anything by it."
"Yeah, totally. Thanks for understanding. And I'm like, totally cool with it. Really."
I wasn't cool with it. Look, I'm not homophobic or anything. If guys want to suck other guys' dicks then fine, as long as they keep it to themselves. But Mike? My best friend? Was he going to try to kiss me? Or spy on me in the shower or some weird shit like that?
"And I'm still the same guy you've been friends with since, what, fourth grade? And I still like girls too, so it's not like this is that much of a change," Mike said.
That was definitely true. In fact, just a few months ago, he had started dating Alice, one of the hottest girls on campus. I would be lying if I said I wasn't jealous. Or if I said I never thought of Alice when I was alone in my room. But that just makes everything even more confusing. Why would you want to suck off some dude when you have Alice waiting in your bed every night?
Still, I do feel bad about how I reacted when Mike first told me he was bi.
After what felt like an hour of complete silence, which I spent looking at various parts of the floor, the only thing I could think to say was "This is fucked up. I don't think I can be friends with you anymore," and left his apartment. Yeah. Brutal, even I thought so. But while I regretted what I said, I just don't think I can be friends with a bi dude.
I spent the next few days avoiding Mike. Didn't return any of his calls or texts, avoid his usual hangouts. I even skipped the one class we have together this sem.
I missed hanging out with him. We used to see each other almost every day. But now whenever I thought of Mike I could only think of him doing... god knows what with other guys. How had I missed that my best friend was some fucking queer? And what would everyone else think? I better put some distance between us before he told more people about this. I don't want everyone thinking I suck dick too.
But after almost a week, I did start to feel a little guilty and decided to at least send him a message to tell him we couldn't hang out anymore. Or just tell him to stop texting.
I unmuted our text chain and saw he had sent me almost 20 messages. At first asking if I was ok, but as I scrolled, they actually got pretty angry. I can't remember all of the messages, but I know that after I had gone through everything, I realized that I should at least talk to him in person.
I was nervous when I went over to his place. It was definitely a bit awkward at first, and I didn't have the courage to bring up the elephant in the room just yet. But after just a few minutes we were shooting the shit like nothing had ever changed, and I was eventually able to muster up the courage to apologize.
"Yeah, I guess it doesn't really change much," I replied, still unsure of how much I meant it. While the last little while had been going smoothly, it was mostly because I was able to forget what made me feel so weird in the first place. Whenever I thought about Mike's sexuality, it still felt strange.
"You don't sound convinced," Mike said.
"I mean, I probably just need some time," I said.
"Yeah, I figured. But I have an idea for how we can get things back on track. How about a double date? Alice has a friend she really thinks you'd like."
"Uh... It's not like, a guy is it?" I asked.
Mike chuckled. "No, of course not. It's one of her best
female
friends. I think you'll like her. Don't tell Syl I said this, but she might even be hotter than her."
"I dunno..." After over a decade of friendship, I thought I at least owed it to Mike to be civil, maybe even friendly. But I had already decided not to hang out with Mike as much as possible. I just couldn't look at him the same way.
"C'mon dude, it'll be fun. Here, let me show you a picture. There's no way you're saying no once you see her."
Mike took out his phone, pulled something up on the screen and turned it to face me.
For some reason, I can't remember the actual picture but damn he was right, Alice's friend was beautiful. I would have given up a kidney for just a shot at hooking up with her, so I figured I would be able to make it through one dinner.
"So what time is dinner?" I said, suddenly excited about getting to see her.
"Hell yeah dude, I knew you'd be up for it," said Mike. "And listen, I know this is going to take some getting used to. But I hope we can go back to being friends after this."
"Friends." I tried my best to sound normal. "Yeah, absolutely." I said.
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I decided to arrive at the restaurant a little bit after we agreed to meet up, just to make sure I didn't end up there alone with Mike. But just my luck, I was 20 minutes late but he was still the only one there when I arrived. Mike waved me over and I sat across from the booth from him.
"Sorry I'm late," I said.
"Nah, don't worry about it. The girls are running late too," said Mike. "Anyway, I've been watching a really cool video to pass the time. Here, check it out."
Mike was already holding his phone, and before I could say anything he flipped it around to show me the screen. The video was some kind of... spiral? Why would he be watching thi-
"Oh dude, they're here," Mike said, tapping me on the shoulder. His phone was nowhere in sight and... wasn't he sitting on the other side of the booth?
But I didn't have too much time to dwell on it, as I noticed the girls approaching our booth. Mike stood to give his girlfriend a modest kiss.
"Hey Cody, it's great to see you again," Alice said. "Oh, and this is my friend Callie."
The date went pretty well. Callie and I got along great. We were in the same major, so we had a lot to talk about. And we were both super into reading old mystery novels. She was super hot too, Mike knew I liked blondes, I guess. But as well as things were going between us, I couldn't help but steal glances at Alice throughout the night.
After we parted ways, I started off back towards my room, but before I could get too far, I realized I had left something at Mike's place. I turned around and headed to MIke's.
I knocked on his door, and there was no answer, but I found the door was unlocked so I let myself in. I didn't see anyone inside so I figured I could just go in, get my stuff and get out. But wait, what had I come for in the first place? I had gone all that way and couldn't even remember.
As I stood there, racking my brain for what I had forgotten, I heard noises from the bedroom.
"Oohhhh yes baby, fuck me! I love feeling your big cock inside me!"