Page 25 of Strictly Curious
“Seriously? Did you need something or did you just come to be a creep this morning?” I asked.
“Ava!” Lucy’s head popped around the corner. “Leave them alone.”
“But we were told to come get them for breakfast,” she explained.
I rolled my eyes and then shoved her backward. She fell out of the tent into the dirt, giggling the entire way. Lucy helped her to get up, and they shuffled across the street. I watched them go before zipping the tent and turning to Tyler.
“Why are they so weird?” he asked.
The morning was chilly, and I reached for a hoodie from my bag. I pulled it over my tank top, tossing an extra hoodie to Tyler. When he caught it, he pulled it over his head and lifted the collar to his nose to sniff.
“You smelling my clothes, bro?” I asked, laughing gently.
His face screwed up, dropping the sweater into place, which was big on him. “Do you have a problem with it? I like the way you smell.”
With a growl, I pushed him onto his back. He stared up at me wide-eyed before I leaned in and placed a kiss against his lips. “No, there’s nothing wrong with it.”
We crawled out of the tent and made our way over to the other campsite. Everyone sat around the campfire as Mom stood in front of a little camp stove stirring a pan of eggs. She looked up and smiled when she saw us approach. There was a moment of hesitation as she noticed Tyler was in my sweater.
“Morning, boys,” she called as we found chairs to join the family. Once breakfast was served, we all made small talk and planned to take a hike later. Mom and Dad suggested we all take a hike along a scenic trail by the lake, while Ava and Lucy suggested we take a different trail that headed deeper into the woods with just Tyler and me. Being away from our parents seemed like the better option to avoid potential questions after seeing Tyler in my hoodie.
Tyler helped Mom clean up as I headed toward our campsite to change since the day was warming up again.
I quickly shucked out of my clothes and pulled on a pair of shorts when the tent opened and Tyler crawled inside. He paused when he saw my current state of undress, eyeing me up and down, sliding in and closing the flap behind him.
“You know…” He paused, taking a breath and looking around. “In the past, I wouldn’t have thought anything about seeing you like this.” He crawled over and placed a hand on my chest. Goosebumps prickled my skin from his cool hands.
“Yeah? What do you think about it now?” It was dangerous to entertain this during the daytime with our whole family right across the road. We couldn’t easily see if anyone was approaching the tent and could hear us talking.
“I just want…” He bit his lip, fingers trailing across my chest until they found a nipple. He lightly ran the pads of his fingers across the rapidly pebbling flesh. “I want to touch you all the time.”
I grabbed his hand to still his movements. His blue eyes snapped up to meet mine. We stared at each other for a moment before I pulled him close, and flipped him to lie on his back underneath me. My pulse beat wildly in my ears and I fought the urge to give into all the things I wanted to do to him. Kiss him. Suck him. Be inside him.
I settled for kissing him. Leaning in, I placed a chaste kiss to his lips. Tyler wasn’t satisfied with that. He grasped the back of my neck and held me in place, his tongue seeking entrance into my mouth. I gave in to the demand and sank into him, tangling my fingers into his hair. He arched against me, seeking some sort of friction until I forcibly pulled us apart.
“Ty, we really can’t.”
He whined and pinched his eyes closed. This wasn’t any less agonizing for me, but we were on borrowed time. We were supposed to be getting ready for this stupid hike. It was only a matter of time before someone came looking for us. It wasn’t worth the risk.
Tyler sat up and peeled my sweatshirt over his head which didn’t help the situation because all I wanted to do was stare at his exposed, milky skin. He had a few freckles that lined his shoulders which I wanted to trace with my tongue.
Letting out a frustrated breath, I pulled a fresh tank top out of my bag and pulled it on. It wasn’t fair that I wanted to explore this growing thing between us, and this stupid trip interrupted things. Even if none of this probably meant as much to him as it meant to me. As far as I could tell, this was all some crazy summer experiment still.
I climbed out of the tent, doing my best to discreetly adjust my dick. Of course, Ava and Lucy sat at the picnic table next to the tent, waiting for us. Ava had the biggest grin on her face and Lucy didn’t look amused. I grabbed my hiking boots I’d set next to the entrance to the tent and shoved my feet into them. Tyler still shuffled around behind me as he finished changing. I tried and failed to not picture him.
“You know, we could stand watch.” Ava teased, waggling her eyebrows.
Once my boots were on, I plopped onto the bench, shoving myself between her and Lucy, and forcing them to separate. As I tied my laces, Tyler popped out of the tent, wearing a loose T-shirt and another pair of shorts. He looked around until he found his boots before grabbing them and putting them on as well.
“You know Ava, it’s a little strange how invested in this you are.”
She wrapped an arm around my shoulders, which was always comical. She was relatively tall for a girl, but at my six foot two frame, even while sitting down it was still a reach for her.
“But, Gar, isn’t this—“
I quickly slapped a hand over her mouth, shaking my head. Her eyes widened when she realized she had been about to expose my secret. Sure, Tyler knew I was cool with fucking around with him, but I hadn’t told him yet that I’d always wanted to. He didn’t know about the crush I’d had on him since we were young teens.
My moment of panic intensified as I turned toward the tent to see Tyler watching us closely. He’d stopped with his foot halfway in one boot and his mouth open in shock.
