Chapter 5: An Item Called Panties

‘It’ll feel tender for a few days, but that will soon go.’ He left and soon after the doctor came in and checked it. He said it was fine, to make sure I kept it clean whilst it healed up and he left. Then a lady nurse came in. I had a moment of panic thinking she was going to look at Percy too.’

‘But she just gave me a pair of paper pants and a pack of them. Wear one of these until you’ve used up the pack she told me. You can put shorts or underpants over them if you want to, but nothing under them. She gave me the spray and told me to get dressed, then I could go.’

‘I’d just finished getting dressed when dad arrived, he’d been sitting in the waiting room. He gave me a hug and asked how I felt. I told him I was great and we got a taxi home. Mum gave me a hug, and it was never mentioned again.’

‘When did you make Percy shoot out stuff on your own?’ Cliff asked him. ‘I waited a week until the tip had all healed up. I’d used up all the pants and spray the hospital had given me by then too. That night when I went to bed, I lay there playing with Percy.’

‘As I did, I was thinking of the girl I’d imagined with the male nurse and remembered the feeling of his hand on Percy. Soon Percy was very hard and flexing, yet there was no pain. I undressed the girl in my mind and kept stroking.’

‘Soon I shot all the stuff out and the feeling was lovely. I must have fallen asleep immediately afterwards because the next thing I knew it was morning. I’d slept through my three o’clock alarm, Percy was rock hard and I was bursting for a wee. But I didn’t care, because even hard and bursting there was no pain.’

‘But after that, I did it a few more times with the same girl, then lost interest because I knew it was never going to happen. And the years have just rushed past.’ ‘And here you are twenty-three years later and still a virgin.’ Cliff told him.

‘So, since you have met Ellie, how many times have you made Percy shoot stuff?’ Ethan went red. ‘How did you know?’ he asked. ‘Because it’s what every boy does when he has a new girlfriend.’ Cliff told him. ‘Twice.’ Ethan admitted.

‘The night after I went to hers for dinner and the night after she came to mine.’ ‘And where they both nice?’ ‘Oh yes, definitely.’ Ethan agreed. ‘So why only twice?’ Cliff asked. ‘I remember hearing that doing it too often can be harmful.’ Ethan told him.

‘Ok, I’ll deal with all that shortly.’ Cliff told him. ‘Now, you said that when the doctor examined Percy, he was the first to ever see or touch him. What about your pals at school?’ Ethan just looked at him blank. ‘Why would I let anyone at school see or touch him?’ he asked sounding puzzled.

‘Ok,’ Cliff continued, ‘After the male nurse had made you shoot all your stuff, how many people apart from yourself and me, have seen or touched Percy?’ ‘No one.’ Ethan assured him. ‘And how many other people’s Percy’s have you seen or touched?’

Ethan went bright red. ‘I er, I saw one, but I never touched it.’ he said sounding embarrassed again. ‘Tell me all about it.’ Cliff instructed. ‘I started my present job from school, and at the end of the year there was an office party.’

‘I left early as I was the only one on my own, although it was gone eleven even so. I’d had a couple of ciders and as I walked home through town I was bursting for a wee. So, I went into the public toilets on the square. As I walked in, there was a lad at the sinks, who only looked a couple of years older than me.’

‘He was stark naked with his back to me and giving himself an all over wash with a cloth. As I walked in, he turned to see who it was, and I saw him full frontal. I stopped dead with my mouth open. He was the first naked person I’d ever seen.’

‘What’s up?’ he asked, quite pleasantly, ‘Haven’t you ever seen a naked man before?’ ‘No,’ I admitted, still staring at him fascinated. As I said, he only looked a couple of years older than me, but his Percy was twice as big as mine.’

‘I’m homeless and living rough,’ he told me, seeming quite unconcerned at standing there naked and me staring at him. ‘So, I come in here once a week late at night, strip off and have a good wash.’ ‘That’s a credit to you,’ I told him.’