Page 5 of New Neighbor

He’s new in town… might want to meet some new people here.

It wouldn’t be a date. Neutral ground…

“Hey, you think it would be cool if I brought my new neighbor? He’s new in town. Seems like a good enough guy.”

Jesse looked thoughtful a moment. “Sure… if he’s not a prick.”

“Seems pretty chill,” Benji said. As if two seconds outside in the hall had really given him insight into who his neighbor was. But he’d sensed something about Mac… and wanted to get to know the man.

“I’ll make reservations for six.”

Benji lifted the weights a couple more times before tilting his head. “On another note… what’s up with Hay?” Hayden and Jesse were the best of friends. Adam and Clay were like brothers. That’s what left Benji being that fifth wheel.

Jesse noticeably stiffened at the question. “What do you mean?”

“I don’t know… he’s always been… for lack of a better term, a lady’s man, but it seems like he’s been in overdrive here lately.”

“Hay’s just being Hay,” Jesse said. “Women throw themselves at him. He can’t say no. It’s always been that way.”

All four of his friends were good-looking guys. Unlike Benji, they never had a problem picking up members of the opposite sex. Benji had benefitted from that fact a few times. Hot girls always had a pack. And sometimes, there were girls there more in his league.

The simple act of hitting on them helped him keep his secret, too—even if they turned him down. Benji had known for a long, long time that he was bisexual. He’d always felt attraction to both sexes, in equal measure. But coming from a small redneck town, he’d hidden the desire he felt toward men, fearful for his life.

Once he’d started college, he’d considered experimenting a little.

Soon falling into averyheterosexual group of friends at the onset of freshman year had made it a little harder to explore that side of him. Although, he had been able to sneak in a couple of research sessions on the DL.

Not full on sex… just a bit of kissing… fondling… and a blowjob or three.

But he’d never had intercourse with another man. He’d been with a few girls during college and it had been nice, but none of them had felt explosive and gotten his heart beating madly.

Not like Mac had in a matter of seconds.

With his lack of game, he might as well be a virgin in the woods.

“I just hope he’s being careful,” Benji said, his mind back on his conversation with Jesse. Hayden wasanythingbut virginal. “But then, I suppose he is careful. It still amazes me no women have come out of the woodwork, claiming he’s a baby daddy.”

“Maybe he’s shooting blanks,” Jesse said with a grin.

Benji finished his set and slid off the machine. He wiped it down with a towel and began walking over to another piece of equipment. As he walked, he looked over one shoulder at Jesse. “Are you going to work out or just run your mouth?”

Jesse growled. “You’re starting to sound like these gym rats.”

“Thanks,” Benji said with a wide smile.

He moved on to the leg extension machine. Jesse followed, sliding onto the leg curl beside him. They were silent except for the occasional grunt of groan as they worked. After his first set, he paused, his mind a whirl.

Mac came back to his mind…

And the desire he’d felt low in his gut.

He turned to look at Jesse… the need to unburden himself rising. In recent years, it had grown to fever pitch, but he’d always backed off, unwilling to break his silence.

None of his friends knew who he really was…

None of them knew he had needs that weren’t being met.

But he feared they would turn their backs on him if they knew the truth.

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