Chapter 7: The Menin Gate

‘No,’ Danny told him, ‘But if it will help you feel more at ease, I’ll put the snip on.’ ‘Yes, please.’ he said. As Danny went over to the door, Gideon got ready and lay down. When Danny turned back from the door, Gideon was lying face down on the settee in just his shorts.

Sitting on the side of the settee, Danny told him, ‘That’s a good leap forward and shows you are already feeling relaxed with me. In a moment I’ll massage the back of your head. But I won’t massage on down, or ask any questions until you say ‘Go’ ok?’ ‘Ok.’ Gideon replied.

Danny put his hands on Gideon’s head and as he massaged slowly, he studied him. He was around five foot nine, strong looking body, but with a fair bit of padding.

‘Go.’ Gideon called out. Danny moved down onto his shoulders and asked, ‘Can you tell me your age?’ ‘I’m twenty,’ he said, ‘I’ll be twenty-one next month.’ ‘Do you have any siblings?’ ‘No, I’m an only child.’

‘When did you meet Vivien?’ Danny asked as he moved down his back. ‘A few months after I left school at seventeen,’ Gideon told him, ‘I changed jobs and we met at the hospital, she started the same day as me. We did our initial training together too.’

‘How do you get on with your mum and dad?’ Danny asked as he moved up onto the back of his shorts. There was no reaction as he massaged his cheeks. Then as he moved back onto the skin of his thighs Gideon said, ‘If you fail medical school, you’ll always be able to get a job as a masseur.’

‘Thanks.’ Danny said laughing. ‘We’ve always got on well,’ Gideon said answering the question. ‘They wanted me to train as a doctor too, but I didn’t think I was clever enough and I’d had enough of school anyway. In the end I decided to go in for nursing. I think they were disappointed but although they never criticised, it eased it a bit me still being in medicine.’

‘Is Vivien your first girlfriend?’ Danny asked as he started back up from his feet. ‘Yes.’ he replied. ‘Did she become your girlfriend soon after you met?’ Danny asked. After a slight pause Gideon said, ‘No, it was well over a year after we met.’

‘Why was that?’ Danny asked. There was silence as he massaged over his cheeks. Danny didn’t know if it was the pleasure of the massage or thinking about the question. In the end he said, ‘Pass.’

‘Do you think you might get married in the future?’ Danny asked as he moved up his back. ‘Yes.’ came a prompt reply. ‘Does Vivien know that?’ ‘Yes, we discussed it recently. We’ve lived together for a year now so we’re like a couple anyway, but we’d like to marry before we have any children. Although we’re not planning on doing that just yet, he added quickly.’

‘Turn over.’ Danny told him as he took his hands off his head. As he settled onto his back Danny saw a chest with very few hairs, a very slightly padded stomach and a bulge in his shorts that was hard to judge size. But it was at the least medium.

His skin was very white, it obviously never saw the sun. ‘I’m going to go down your front now just the same,’ Danny said, ‘With more questions of course.’ ‘I guessed that.’ Gideon said with a grin.

As Danny massaged his head, Gideon said, ‘Go’ fairly quickly. Moving onto his shoulders, Danny asked, ‘Was Vivien the first person you had sex with?’ Then seeing he was struggling to answer Danny said, ‘I didn’t phrase that right, was Vivien the first girl you had sex with?’ ‘Yes.’ he replied looking relieved.

‘How long after you became boyfriend-girlfriend did it happen?’ Danny asked as he massaged over his stomach. Although there wasn’t much extra padding, the muscles felt soft underneath. ‘A month.’ Gideon answered without hesitation.

As he reached his waist and moved up onto the front of his shorts Danny asked, ‘On your first time, apart from being very excited, how did you feel about your knowledge of what to do and when to do it?’

‘Terrified,’ Gideon said, ‘I knew the basics of course, but I was scared of doing something to upset Vivien or not doing something I should.’ ‘So how did it go?’ Danny asked. ‘It was wonderful,’ he said smiling at the memory, ‘But that was down to Vivien.’

‘It wasn’t her first time, and I’m sure she guided me through it.’ ‘How did you feel about that?’ Danny asked as he moved on to his thighs. ‘I didn’t mind,’ he said, ‘At least she knew what to do, and I was in no position to criticise anyway.’ he added without thinking.

Danny noted his comment but said nothing. Just as Gideon started to realise what he had said, he became aware that his cock was growing a little. As he looked at Danny in a panic, Danny who had noticed it happening, jumped in quickly and told him. Don’t worry about erecting, it was bound to happen.’

‘Just think, you’re lying here in just your shorts. I suspect you feel quite shy exposing your body usually. We have been taking about your first sex. A man you have only met once before is massaging all over your skin. And to top it all, I’ve just massaged over your cock. It would be most unusual if it didn’t happen.’

It wasn’t until Danny said that that Gideon noticed where his hands were. ‘How could I not notice a hand on my cock?’ he thought to himself. ‘So now it’s happened,’ Danny said, ‘We both know about it, and it doesn’t bother me. After all, mine does exactly the same thing. So instead of worrying about it and trying to fight it, relax. If you let it do what it wants, you might even enjoy it.’

‘Just think too, if you can feel relaxed with me when you’re erect, how much easier you will find telling me about your problem later. Because that involves sex too, doesn’t it?’

‘Yes.’ Gideon admitted wondering how Danny knew. Then as he watched Dannys hands moving up over the front of his shorts, his cock shot up fully hard. It sent a lovely feeling through Gideon and brought back some nice memories.

After a moments panic, he thought about what Danny had said and relaxed. Feeling him relax, Danny moved his hand directly over his cock. As he massaged it briefly, it flexed in his shorts and Gideon couldn’t stop himself making a happy noise.

Moving onto his stomach, Danny said, ‘It’s much nicer when you let it happen and relax isn’t it.’ ‘Yes.’ Gideon admitted, going slightly red as his shorts moved about as his cock flexed in agreement.

‘How did you get on with the other boys at secondary school?’ Danny asked as he moved over his chest. ‘Pretty well, generally.’ Gideon said as Danny reached his head.

‘I want you to turn over again in a moment.’ Danny said. ‘I’ll ask even more questions and go down your back. When I reach your shorts, I’ll take hold of the waist and pause.’

‘If you say ‘Over’ I’ll carry on down like last time. If you say ‘In’ I’ll massage your cheeks inside your shorts directly on the skin. Remember there’s no pressure, everything you do here is your choice.’

‘Turn over.’ he instructed. As he turned Gideon was remembering other touches on his bare cheeks, but could he do that with Danny, he didn’t know.

Danny was massaging his head and before Gideon could speak, he said, ‘You don’t need to say go anymore.’ and moved down onto his shoulders. ‘Did you have any special pals at school?’ Danny asked. Gideon was a little worried at where that sort of question was going to lead to, but he answered, ‘Yes, I had two. Sean and Ralph. We were the same age and we’d been pals since primary school.’

‘Of the two, who would you say that you were closest to?’ Danny asked as he reached his waist, took hold of the back of his shorts and paused. Gideon took a few seconds trying to decide, made his decision and said, ‘In.’ Then he opened his mouth to answer Dannys question, but instead he cried out in delight as Dannys hand slid down inside his shorts and massaged his bare cheek.

He lay there enjoying it, then when Dannys hand moved over to the other cheek he cried out even more. As Danny slid his hand out and then massaged down over his shorts he told him, ‘When I reach your waist coming up, I’ll go inside just the same. But if as soon as I take hold of your waistband, you say ‘Nicer’ I’ll pull the back down to uncover your cheeks, then massage both of them at the same time on the skin.’