Chapter 1: Swimming In The River

Danny pulled Aled back to him and held him close. He relaxed with his head on Danny’s shoulder. ‘Thank you for feeling able to tell me,’ Danny said. ‘That you felt able to share that with me, bodes well for the outcome.’

‘What I want you to do now is to lie down again and continue with the process to get you completely relaxed.’ Aled lay down and looked up at him, ‘Are you still going to help me?’ he asked sounding surprised. ‘Of course,’ Danny said. ‘I haven’t known you long, but I am quite sure that you are not the sort of person who usually goes round killing people.’

‘Once I have got you completely at ease, you can tell me everything that happened that led up to it. Then we will work out what we should do about it to help you. If you tell me everything that happened, I will be better able to help you. No matter what it is, nothing you tell me will leave this room without your express approval. When I know all the facts, I will advise a solution. If that solution involves someone else, it will not happen unless you agree.’

Aled sat up again and hugged him. ‘Thank you,’ he said, ‘I’m so glad I came.’ Danny kept hold of him as he felt him relax, then told him to lie down again.

‘Now,’ Danny said smiling down at him, ‘I’ve been down your back and your front once so far. In a moment I want you to turn over so I can go down your back again. But what I’d like you to do if you feel able to, is before you turn over, to take your top things off.’

‘If you can do that, I will then be able to massage your back directly on your skin. That will not only relax you much more, but it will also feel nicer and make you feel even more at ease with me. But it’s entirely up to you.’

Aled had amazed himself when he came out and told Danny what he had done. Then having done so he was even more amazed when Danny wanted to carry on. He felt so relieved at having told someone what he had been bottling up inside him. So, he had no hesitation. He sat up and pulled his top things off.

As he lay down again, Danny saw that his shoulders were around the same width as his own, but he had a layer of fat all over. His chest had the slightest trace of man boobs and none of the muscles looked firm.

He had a large area of chest hairs but not particularly thick. When he turned over, that was also padded, although not exceptionally. Danny massaged his head and then as he moved onto his bare shoulders, he asked, ‘Do you have a job?’

Massaging down his back was like massaging a thin duvet. Aled said, ‘No, not really. There isn’t much employment in the village. I do a lot of odd jobs for lots of people but nothing that you could call regular.’

As Danny reached his waist and moved up onto his trousers he asked, ‘How did you get on with the boys at school?’ ‘It wasn’t too bad,’ he said. ‘I had a couple of good pals and there were a couple of bullys but the others were neither friendly or unfriendly.’

As he answered, Danny massaged his cheeks which didn’t seem to bother him. ‘Who were your two pals?’ Danny asked as he moved down his legs. ‘Bryn and Evan,’ Aled told him. ‘They were both from my village. For secondary school we had to get the bus into Bangor which was off the island across the Menai Straights’

‘Did you see much of them out of school?’ Danny asked as he came back up his legs. ‘Yes, quite a bit,’ Aled said. ‘We all did casual work waiting on and collecting glasses for local pubs at peak times. Often at the same place at the same time.’

Danny had passed over his cheeks as he continued, ‘Also we would visit each other at our homes quite often, as well as spend a day with one or both of us.’

As he moved up his back Danny asked, ‘How about the girls at school, how did you get on with them?’ ‘Even worse,’ Aled said. ‘There was one, Tegan, who arrived in our last year at school. She was quiet and shy like me. I spoke to her sometimes. The others mainly ignored me, probably because I was overweight and not sporty. If any did speak which was rare, I got so embarrassed, and tongue tied that they rarely tried twice.’

Danny finished massaging his head and told him to turn over. Once he was settled, he said, ‘I’m going to go down your front now. When I reach your waist, I’ll undo your trousers.’

As he massaged his shoulders he told him, ‘That will take the pressure off your stomach. It will also enable me to offer you some more relaxing options next time you turn over. But as you well know by now, if you’re not happy with the idea, all you need to do is say stop at the time and I’ll just carry on down.’

‘How are you finding it now?’ he asked as he massaged down his front through the hairs on his chest. ‘Great,’ Aled said. ‘I’m feeling so much more at ease, and I feel happier inside too. Also, the massage is nice.’

‘That’s because you’ve shared the main point of what happened with me. It means you’re not carrying the worry on your own anymore.’ Danny told him as he massaged over his well-padded stomach.

Aled smiled at him, ‘I can’t believe that I told you about it,’ he said, ‘But I’m so glad I did. I’m amazed that you still wanted to help me.’ As he spoke Danny had taken hold of the waist of his trousers and paused. As Aled tried to decide Danny asked, ‘Can you describe Tegan to me?’

As Aled started to describe her Danny undid his belt, then his top button. He felt the roll of fat relax as he did so. Then as he slid his zip down, it spilled out a little.

Meanwhile Aled was in full flow. ‘She’s about your height,’ he said. ‘She’s a tiny bit overweight, but nothing like as bad as me. She looks lovely and has sparkling blue eyes. My heart goes funny when she smiles, her whole face seems to light up.’

As Danny moved back up his legs, Aled continued, ‘She’s quite quiet and shy too. We haven’t spoken a lot, but when we have, I’ve been tongue tied to start with. But she’s so patient that after a short while I was able to talk to her easily.’

‘Now when we bump into each other I can start talking to her immediately, without any problem.’ ‘Have you asked her out on a date yet?’ Danny asked as he moved over the front of his trousers. ‘No,’ Aled said, ‘I’ve wanted to for ages, but I’ve never managed to pluck up courage.’

Aled showed no signs of discomfort as Danny’s hands moved over his open trousers which considering his initial reaction was a good sign. With the padding Danny couldn’t tell anything about the size of his cock. Moving on to his stomach, he said, ‘So, you have to make do with dreaming about being on a date with her instead then?’ he smiled at him.

Aled went slightly red. ‘Yes,’ he admitted quietly. As he moved up his chest Danny asked, ‘How long after you first spoke to Tegan did you dream about her in bed at night?’ Aled went even redder as he took time to answer. Then as Danny massaged his head he answered quietly, ‘The first night.’

‘Turn over again,’ Danny instructed. When he was settled, Danny said, ‘When I reach your waist, I’ll massage your cheeks inside your trousers but over your shorts. Don’t forget you can say stop at any time.’

As he started down his back, Aled was thinking to himself, ‘Danny stayed with me even after I told him what I’d done, He’s my only hope, I must try and do everything he says.’

‘How soon after your first night-time dream about Tegan did you fire yourself?’ Danny asked. Aled was glad his face was down on the settee. He managed to answer, ‘The second time.’ ‘Did you fire every time you dreamt about her after that?’ Danny asked as he took hold of the back of his trousers and paused.

‘Yes,’ Aled said as Danny slid his hand down. Feeling his hand on his cheeks, even over his shorts, sent a lovely sensation through Aled. He wanted it to continue it was so nice. As Danny moved his hand over to the other cheek, he couldn’t stop himself letting out a happy ‘ahh.’

‘I’m going to massage the back of your legs on the skin as far down as I can,’ Danny said. As he moved down one thigh he added, ‘If you feel relaxed enough, lift your hips so I can slide your trousers down. Then I can do all of your legs the same.’