Near the end of our summer break, Dan and I were watching TV. He was stretched out on the sofa and I was seated on the floor with my back resting on the sofa near his feet.
Our sister, Daphne, came in and sat next to me on the floor facing us. She had a nervous yet resolved look on her face.
"What?" I asked. She hadn't done anything to us yet today but my tone was already bothered and exasperated knowing this would not be a simple, friendly conversation.
All summer Daphne had either avoided us or been nasty to us. She had just graduated high school and was leaving for college in the fall. When Dan and I had tried to talk to her about our college experiences, she pointedly wanted nothing to do with us.
She took a deep breath then asked, "Are you guys gay?"
"What?" Dan exclaimed as I sat staring at her speechless. "No. Why the hell would you ask that?"
Daphne rolled her eyes. "Well, because you seem to enjoy having sex with each other."
My mouth dropped open in shock. We had been found out and I knew the shit was about to hit the fan.
Dan, however, was unfazed by the accusation. He was used to being confronted like this so he was much faster with a response. "Why do you think that I have sex with him? With Dave. My brother. And enjoy it?"
"Because I've seen you doing it at least three times."
I thought, "Oh, shit. There it is."
"Oh," Dan said almost dismissively, as if she had just said she caught him having done nothing more than give me a beer. Without admitting anything, he heaved a bored sigh and asked, "What do you want, Daph?"
"Are you guys gay?" she asked again.
"No, we are not gay," Dan replied. Though his voice was still steady, I could hear the edge of anger building in it. Daphne was good at blackmailing us and, like me, he was obviously waiting for the demands to come.
"Good. I'd hate to think you guys fucked over my friends for no reason."
I winced hearing her say that. I wasn't proud of it, but I had slept with a few of her friends without calling them back. Dan had been with even more, possibly even impregnating one. The girl never admitted who the father was though the red tint of the child's hair and the baby's lightly freckled skin left little question in my mind.
Daphne continued, "I don't understand how you two got to this point but I don't really care about that. I want to know if the rumors are true."
"What rumors?" I finally spoke, though my voice was shaking with worry and fear.
"That you two are really hung."
A sly smile began to pull at the corners of Dan's mouth. "Are you asking to see our cocks, Daph?"
"Maybe," she said with a sudden uncharacteristic shyness.
Dan pressed her. "Why?"
"Because I want to know if it's true."
"That can't be the only reason. You don't just look at a guy's dick—I'm assuming you want to see our hard dicks—and not want to do something with it."
She didn't respond and hung her head to avoid our eyes.
"Daphne?" I asked. It seemed this was about to head down a road that I wasn't sure I wanted to travel.
Her head snapped back up and there was a defiant look in her eyes. "Fine. If you're as hung as everyone says you are then I want to get fucked."
Dan spoke again. "What about Ben? And you do realize you're asking your brothers to fuck you, right? That's kinda disgusting."
Ben was her boyfriend of the past two years and a former teammate of mine who had just graduated with Daphne. We knew they had been having sex for at least half the time they'd been dating. He was a good guy that I considered a friend and both Dan and I got along with him.
Daphne responded, "What about him? He doesn't have to know. Besides, I don't think he's doing it right. He's the only one I've been with so I don't have anything to compare it to. You guys have some experience and from what I've heard, you know what you're doing. You obviously don't have a problem with doing each other so why not me? If you're not gay."
Despite her logical arguments, I was a bit creeped out by my sister asking me to fuck her, which was saying something considering what Dan and I had been doing. Apparently, Dan felt the same.
"I don't think that's a good idea, Daph," he said. "I'm sure you understand why."
"No. Why not?" She looked ready to argue her side.
Dan's voice was hard and authoritative. "First of all, you're our sister. Despite what you 'think' you may have seen, I have not nor do I ever plan to have sex with you or Dave. Do you even understand what you're accusing us of or how wrong that is? I mean, I get that we haven't always had the best relationship, but accusing us of incest—fucking incest!—is insane. It's disgusting. At the same time, I will admit that I'm strangely flattered that you trust us enough to ask us to fuck you but I'm sorry, Daph, it's not happening. Not now or ever."
"You're telling me you've never fucked Dave?"
Her voice instantly conveyed to me that she had the proof to knock down our denial but Dan either didn't catch it or chose to ignore it.
"I am," Dan responded steadfastly.
"What about during Christmas break after you had that fight? I came home while you guys were throwing fists. When everything got quiet, I thought you might have killed him but instead you were doing him doggie."
"I do remember putting him in a headlock and choking him within an inch of his annoying life," Dan said evenly. "But I don't remember sticking my dick in his ass."
"How about a few days after that big storm last month? I was supposed to be at work but got home early and saw you laying on your bed naked spooned behind him."
"And you saw my dick in his ass?"
"No," Daphne said grudgingly. "You were sleeping."
"Oh. So sleeping naked equals having sex? For your information, we were sore from cleaning up those limbs, gave each other massages, then fell asleep watching TV. I'll admit it was weird being naked that close to him, but we were exhausted and just passed the fuck out."
That day, I had given him a full body massage then he massaged my prostate with his cock before we fell asleep in his bed. However, Dan's explanation and delivery were so strong that I almost wondered if I had ever actually had sex with him.
"Okay. Explain this," she said defiantly. After pulling out her phone, she showed us a picture.
The color drained from my face when I saw Dan and I locked in a kiss two days ago in the kitchen. We had just come in from a basketball game in the driveway and were aroused from the competition. A second shot showed his tongue invading my mouth.
She pulled away the phone to load something new to show us. "Or this."
I nearly fainted when I saw shaky video footage of Dan and me from minutes after the kisses. He had me pressed up against the refrigerator with both of our shorts around our knees. Though only his bare ass was visible, there was no denying the meaning of his flexing glutes or the intent of his hips moving against me. It also didn't help being able to hear the slapping of flesh or his muttered fuck words. It was a short clip but it left no room for interpretation.
Dan narrowed his eyes and practically growled, "Do you ever actually work?"
Daphne shrugged. "It was slow. They let me leave early."
The three of us sat in a tense silence for a moment. Daphne had us and we knew it.
"I know it's a big thing I'm asking," she finally said less confrontationally. "But I'm really curious. At least once in my life I'd like to know what it's like to really have an orgasm. As cheesy as it sounds, you guys are my brothers and I trust you. I get that it's not a normal thing to ask of family but," she pointed to her phone, "you guys don't appear to be normal."
Dan was still in attack mode. "What if we don't agree? What happens?"
"Mom and Dad won't be the only ones to find out," she responded matter-of-factly. "It only takes one 'accidental' post on social media."
While I obviously didn't want our parents to find out, the threat of being exposed to our friends was enough to get me to speak again. "You're such a fucking bitch. Why are you like this to us?"
"When have you guys ever been nice to me? I don't remember being invited out to the movies or even sharing more than two words that weren't necessary. You guys barely acknowledged that I was your sister. And you," she directed to me, "all but refused to talk to me at school."
She had a point. Dan and I had always thought of her as the annoying little sister that did everything possible to ruin whatever fun we were trying to have.
"And if we do it?" Dan asked.
"Then it all disappears," Daphne said simply. "And I forget anything ever happened."
"Can we think about it?"
"Sure," she said magnanimously. She stood and began to walk out of the room. "I only need one of you. Take the weekend to decide. I have Monday morning free."
I looked at Dan and saw that he had turned his attention back to the TV.
"Dan? What are we going to do?" Even I could hear the hysteria creeping into my voice.
In comparison, Dan was playing it cool though I could see the tension in his body. "Chill. We'll discuss it later."