The Pride Crew

It was about 1AM and Zach was fast asleep, looking cute as hell as Seth stroked his beautiful blonde hair while he laid next to him wide awake, thinking. Seth was so fucking exhausted, but he couldn’t sleep, he was conflicted about how to handle the Kye situation. Of course, he was going to tell Zach, but if he did it before the end of the trip it would make working together awkward as hell for all three of them (not that Kye hadn’t already made it awkward for him). On the other hand, if he didn’t tell Zach now it would look like he was hiding something, not to mention make Kye think he was interested in him. He had to talk to someone about it, but he wasn’t sure he was ready to talk to Zach.

It was 11PM in Albuquerque when Cam’s phone rang “Hey buddy! Chip told us you guys’ broke records today” he said as he answered the call from his best friend.

“yeah, Pride was good” Seth said in a quiet tone as he paced around the hotel lobby.

Cam and Seth had been best friends for almost four years and they knew how to read each other. “Uh oh, what’s wrong, Seth” he asked.

Seth hesitated, still unsure about how to deal with this. “Well…” He paused to organize his thoughts, “um… Okay. Kye kissed me and I have no idea how to handle it.” He didn’t let Cam react, he just started blabbering. “We were just sitting on the bed talking, totally innocent, waiting for Zach to come back with dinner, then he rolled over and grabbed my dick and started kissing me, then…” Cam interrupted.

“Slow down Seth.” He said over the phone, Eric was laying on the bed next to him asking what was going on, Cam just held up his hand as he concentrated on listening to Seth. “What the hell did you do?”

“I rolled of the bed and told him to get the fuck off me. Then Zach walked in and we acted like nothing happened. Now I don’t know what the fuck to do. I have to tell Zach, but if I do it before the end of our trip it’ll fuck up our working relationship with Kye. If I wait, Zach will think I lied to him about it, not to mention… Kye will keep hitting on me.” Seth said in a quiet, but panicked voice.

“Maybe Kye got the hint” Cam said.

“Fuck no. He winked at me as he left the room, he’s still working on me.”

“Tell Zach before you go to Pride tomorrow” Cam said in a definitive tone.

“Zach will kick his ass, and tomorrow will be a disaster.” Seth said worried about the consequences.

“Zach’s better than that. He knows how to handle people. Go get some sleep and when Zach wakes up, tell him what happened.” Cam said “Your relationship with Zach trumps any working relationship with Kye. Period.”

‘He’s not wrong’ Seth thought to himself. ‘Zach trumps all”. Seth let out a heavy sigh “Fuck. You’re right. I’ll tell him in the morning.” The two talked a little longer about how Seth should approach it, he felt much better after getting the advice of his best friend.

After they agreed on how to handle the situation, Cam said “Guess what we did last night?”

“What?!” Seth asked, happy to change the subject.

“We had sex Darius!” Cam said excitedly.

“WHAT?!!!” Seth literally yelled out of total shock his voice echoing through the empty lobby. The hotel desk clerk shot a look his way and he started whispering again. “I thought he was in P-Town with Max.”

“He is. We were having cybersex with Max when Darius walked in on him, and we asked. Him to join us.”

“Oh my god” Seth laughed out in disbelief. Cam told him every little detail and he hung on every word “Oh my god you guys are so freaking free about sex. I feel like such a prude around you.”

“Well, you are” Cam said making his friend laugh. “But you’re happy that way, right?”

“Fucking blissfully happy” Seth responded without hesitation making him realize that Zach truly did trump all. He’d tell him about Kye as soon as he woke up. He talked a little longer before he said goodbye to his friend, went back to his room, snuggled up next to Zach and fell fast asleep.

The next morning Seth woke up before Zach. He kissed him as he slept, pulled on some clothes, and went downstairs to find coffee. When he got back to the room Zach was just getting up. Seth handed him a cup of coffee, kicked off his flip flops and sat in the bed next to him propping himself against the headboard.

Zach thanked him, gave him a kiss then asked with a smile “Ready for another day of fun?”

Seth laughed “Yup” He said as they both took their first sip of coffee. “Hey, I need to talk to you about something” Seth said in a serious tone. Zach looked at him waiting for him to continue. “Kye kissed me when you went to get dinner last night” Seth blurted out, his eyes locked with Zach’s awaiting a response.

“That fucker!” he said in reaction. Then he paused. “Was he doing all the kissing, or did you kiss him back?” Zach asked. It was a fair question, but it pissed Seth off.

“Of course I didn’t, asshole. Don’t’ you trust me?” Seth shot back to Zach’s surprise and he quickly apologized.

“Of course, I trust you. I’m sorry.” Zach said.

“I… I’m sorry. Of course, I didn’t kiss the prick back, you know I’d never do that.” Seth said still pissed that Zach would even think that. Zach accepted his boyfriend’s response, they trusted each other completely and there was no reason to doubt him.

“Sorry, that was a gut reaction. So, what the fuck happened?” Zach asked. Seth told him the entire story from innocently talking on the bed, to the kiss, to the wink as Kye left the room. “I know he thinks he can get us both now.”

Zach just thought for a second then responded “Oh that fucker’s gonna get us alright. He’s gonna get my foot right up his smug ass. I warned him it would get ugly if he didn’t back off. It just got ugly.”

Seth was worried. Zach was a peacemaker but he was also strong and could easily take Kye down. Kye was muscular, but all flash, Zach was strong, athletic… and pissed. That was a dangerous combination. “We still have to work with guy until after Naples Pride next week” Seth reminded. “We should just drop it for now, then ask Scotty to change our travel schedule after Naples so we don’t need to work with him for the rest of the season.” Zach nodded in agreement, although he didn’t really agree. He wanted to kick Kye’s ass.

The two studs got up and jumped into the shower together to get ready for day two of Pride in Miami. Seth grabbed the shower gel and started to soap up Zach’s muscular, sexy body. He lathered his defined back, covering every inch as he massaged his broad shoulders, then moved down, rubbing, and lathering his muscular body as the water cascaded over them. Instead of the moans of pleasure Seth was trying to coax from his studly boyfriend, he got “I can’t believe that smug, slimy fuck hit on you when I was out of the room for what… like a half hour maybe! I thought we were becoming friends.” Zach was preoccupied. Over the last couple of days, he had grown to like Kye, now he felt betrayed. Seth did his best to get his mind off it as he soaped up his taut ass globes, moving the soap around them letting the water wash it off. He watched as the soap gathered at the top of his ass trench and then went into the crevasse. He let his fingers follow the soap and teased the tight, pink pucker with his middle finger. Finally, he had Zach’s attention and he moaned in response.

Seth’s finger probed and prodded as he stimulated the stud’s prostate. Zach braced himself against the shower wall and pushed out his beautiful ass welcoming more attention. Seth obliged by dropping to his knees, parting his partners ass cheeks, and licking his clean, wet crack from bottom to top flicking his tongue over his sweet little pucker as he did. Zach’s sphincter contracted and winked at his lover who took it as an invitation to enter the sweet little hole. He pushed his tongue in deep and hard getting his reward of pleasure filled moans. Zach pushed his ass back hard begging for even more as he continued to brace himself against the slippery wall with one hand and pulled Seth’s face into him with the other. The pleasure was immeasurable as the warm, wet tongue slithered in and out of him for several minutes.

Finally, Seth stood, his hard, soapy cock in hand. He nestled it between Zach’s heaving ass globes rubbing it up and down as he nibbled his lover’s neck. Zach turned back, his lips meeting Seth’s in a passionate kiss as the cock continued to rub up and down his trench. He moaned loudly, loving every sensation. Suddenly Seth’s perfect manhood slipped past the ring and into the tight hole, moving steadily forward until it was all the way in and his wet, trimmed bush tickled Zach’s ass. The two boys stayed like that for a moment or two as the taut ass gripped and contracted around the rigid, pulsating member, they both reveled in the euphoric sensations. ‘Let Kye fuck every other guy in the world, just leave this one for me’ they both thought as they made love under the warm water. They were both just 19 but had everything they desired. Each other. They didn’t want more.

Seth pushed in and out of Zach as he stroked the young jock’s hard cock in rhythm with his fucking. In and out, in and out, faster, harder, desperate for release. Finally, Zach came, his sweet tight pucker gripping his lover hard and forcing the load right out of him. Seth shot spurt after spurt of cum into Zach’s bowels, shuddering with pleasure as he did. He involuntarily bit into Zach’s neck as he pulled his still hard cock out, causing the young stud to yelp. Cum seeped out of the sweet, slightly used hole as the two caught their breath before finishing their shower together. They exited the glass cubicle and dried each other off as the steam continued to bellow around them.

The two boys dried themselves and shaved, Zach spent a few minutes trimming all the hair on his body as Seth looked on in adoration. God, he loved that man. When they were ready, they pulled on their uniforms, grabbed their backpacks, and headed downstairs.

“Remember…” Seth said to Zach in the elevator “just drop it, and we’ll deal with it next weekend, after Naples Pride.” Zach nodded as if to agree. He still didn’t.

Freshly showered, shaved, and in their skimpy uniforms with their ass cheeks hanging out, the three boys reunited in the lobby ready for another day of Pride. Kye had his cup of coffee in hand as he greeted the two like nothing had happened, giving Seth a knowing wink when Zach wasn’t looking. Seth scowled back, but he and Zach were cordial to the player. They went out to the lot and piled into the SUV. Seth drove, Zach rode shot gun, and Kye gleefully got in the back making conversation about how great the event was the day before and how he hoped there were as many hot guys today as yesterday, etc. Seth tried to steer the subject to numbers and goals for the day, but, as always, Kye’s mind was on the man meat.

“The hot guy that booked the Bachelor Party at the Phoenix resort, Aaron, said he’d be back today and asked me to go to a party with him and his buddies tonight.” Kye bragged as they pulled into the parking lot and parked the car. “I’m gonna get laid tonight!!!” Kye yelled as he laughed and let out a “Whoop!”

“Good for you” Zach growled, “Maybe if you get laid, you’ll keep your fucking lips and hands off my boyfriend, you prick” then he got out of the car, slammed the door and moved quickly towards the booth creating as much distance between him and Kye as possible.

“You told him?” Kye asked Seth in a scolding voice.

“Of course, I did. We tell each other everything” Seth said calmly as he jumped out of the SUV and popped the hatch. The two grabbed the boxes of promotional materials and headed to the booth to catch up with Zach. Seth knew his boyfriend well, and knew he wouldn’t just let it go. Kye was in for a rough day.

“Bullshit” Kye barked back. “You’re telling me you have no secrets, that he knows everything about you? Again… bull. Shit.”

But Seth was sincere, “He knows everything about me. If he doesn’t know something, it’s only because it hasn’t come up, we’re not deliberately hiding anything from each other. We’re a team.”

Kye laughed at that statement “you two are such phonies. You’re all over each other, the perfect couple, you talk about love and all that shit, but it’s an act.” Kye’s tone was dismissive, and snotty.

Seth turned to look at him and said “Seriously? You HAVE been in a relationship before, haven’t you?” Nope. He hadn’t. A couple of guys had pursued him in the past, but his cold exterior and constant wandering eye turned them off after a couple of dates. Literally, the only on-going relationship Kye ever had was with his mother, and that was cold and mechanical. She loved him, but mostly out of obligation. Kye came by his inability to love naturally… he inherited it from his mother. She loved the idea of having her son by her side, he was a nice accessory, but she didn’t take any interest in his life. In fact, she didn’t even know he had taken this job. The truth was that Kye was a novice at genuine, human interaction. Yeah, he knew how to manipulate to get what he wanted, but he didn’t know how to connect, and the idea of a loving relationship was all just gibberish to him. Seth’s question went unanswered as the two headed to the booth.

The three got everything set up and ready for the day with minimal conversation. Zach went off to find coffee and brought a cup back for Seth.

“Where’s mine?” Kye asked. Zach said nothing and just pointed to the coffee shop across the street as he peeled off his shirt, tucked it in his waistband and grabbed some marketing materials.

“I’m going to cover that half of the event” he said waving his hand to the left, “you cover that half” He said looking at Kye and waving his hand in the opposite direction.

Kye was confused, “but we worked as a team yesterday and kicked ass.”

“That was yesterday” Zach answered with a scowl on his beautiful face. “Today the only ass I wanna kick is yours.”

“Shit, get over it, it was just a kiss” Kye said.

“Bull shit” Zach angrily barked back at the oblivious muscle stud. “We were friends. I trusted you, and you hit on my boyfriend. That’s not just a kiss, that’s betrayal” the two made eye contact for the first time that morning. “Listen, here’s how this works moving forward, we work separately, we talk only when necessary to do our jobs, and you stay away from Seth. When we’re finished with this trip, I’ll talk to Scotty about rescheduling us so I don’t have to see your sorry ass for the rest of the summer. Got it?” Zach’s voice was serious and his words direct.

Kye was totally caught off guard, and Zach’s words hit hard. ‘talk to Scotty?!’ He thought. ‘what the fuck?!’ Kye didn’t need this job, but he wanted it. It was the one and only thing that he had gotten all on his own. His condo, his Mercedes, his clothes, everything he ever had was handed to him on a silver platter. But this job was his own accomplishment. When Chip called him to talk about it, he decided he wanted it. He went through several phone interviews and they chose him. Not because of his mom’s connections or money, but because of HIS personality, and who HE was. He earned this job… it was the only thing he had ever earned. He didn’t need the money, but the achievement was important to him. He just stood there as Zach walked away.

For the rest of the day Zach and Kye avoided each other as Seth tried to keep the peace. Kye thought through everything Zach shad aid, his words were foreign to him. relationships, friendship, betrayal, these weren’t things Kye had ever concerned himself with before. Now he was forced to face them or be alienated. He thought about it all day as he did his job talking up the hottest guys he could find and sending them to the booth. By the end of the day, he had concluded: Fuck Zach and his bullshit. Kye didn’t need friends, he didn’t give a fuck about relationships, and he would hit on who he wanted when he wanted, even Seth. He had decided that Zach only upset because he was afraid of the competition. One night with him, and Kye knew Zach would be history, he was sure that deep down, every man wanted him.

At the end of the day the three of them met back at the tent to take everything down, and pack it up in the SUV for the next event. They had a few days before they needed to be in Naples to set up and were booked to stay in Key West two more nights before hitting the road. As they were packing things up in silence, Aaron stopped by the tent. Aaron had met the trio the day before when he booked a bachelor party weekend at The Resort in Phoenix for a group of guys to celebrate two of their friends getting married.

“Hey guys!” Aaron said and was greeted warmly. “I wanted to invite you all to our Pride wrap-up party tonight. We’re renting a beach house; it should be wild” he said as he gave them the address. They talked for a little bit and he left saying “I hope to see you guys there” giving Kye a wink as he walked out. Aaron was hot, but there was something about him that Seth didn’t like, Zach wasn’t paying much attention to him, he was still busy brooding.

The guys finished the grueling task of packing up then headed back to the hotel, Zach and Kye still weren’t talking. As soon as they got out of the SUV, Kye turned to Seth and asked, “What time are we heading out on Tuesday?” Seth told him the plan. Kye set an alarm on his phone and said, “I’ll meet you here then.” He was done with this bonding, camaraderie bull shit. He was in Key West and ready to party and these two prudes were holding him back. As Kye sauntered away, Zach and Seth locked the SUV and went up to their room. Seth called Scotty to report the final numbers and discuss some logistics for the next event. Scotty was extremely happy with the results of the event, and asked Seth about how they all got along. Seth decided not to tell him what was going on between them and Kye, he hoped instead to work things out before the end of their first assignment. After a little more small talk Seth hung up the phone.

Being free of Kye for the night, the two boyfriends decided to order a pizza and just relax. It was nice to just lay there with nothing to do for a while. They ate, talked, chilled, and fell asleep in each other’s arms. It felt good. When they woke up it was about 9:00PM and Zach had a second wind. “Let’s go do something!” He said to Seth all animated, “we don’t have to work tomorrow, we can sleep in for once.” Seth was still sleepy but was up for it. They talked about options for a little bit and Seth suggested Aaron’s party. They got up, showered, dressed, and walked down the beach. The house was about a ten-minute walk on the beach. They were several houses away when they heard the music and general party chaos. There was no doubt that they had arrived at their destination.

They walked into the house with nobody noticing or questioning if they belonged. It was an open party and it was insane. They were literally the only ones wearing shirts, so they pulled them off and tucked them in their waistbands. NOW, the others noticed them, it was as if their shirts had made them invisible. Aaron came running across the room to greet them, standing awkwardly in front of them. They talked for a moment and he offered to get them drinks, insisting they follow him and pushed them towards the bar. He eagerly pulled out two glasses and started to mix them drinks when Zach spotted the keg and poured a couple of beers. Aaron seemed disappointed that they opted for beer. The duo started to head back towards where they entered, but Aaron blocked them, moving them to another part of the house to introduce them to a few friends. After a couple of minutes, Aaron got distracted and turned to talk to someone else. Zach and Seth took the opportunity to walk away from the other guys and head back to the other part of the house.

“Fuck” Zach said almost under his breath “There’s Mr. Fucking Wonderful” he said referring to Kye. Seth looked toward where he was motioning and saw Kye, still in his skimpy uniform, standing between two men both with their hands down the front of his shorts. Zach scowled as Seth waved in his direction. There was no response. Seth kept looking Kye’s way as he sipped his beer, something didn’t seem right to him. As he looked closer, he realized that Kye wasn’t standing between the two men, they were holding him up and his eyes were almost closed.

“Hey Zach” he said, “does he look right to you?”

“Yeah, he’s fine” said Zach dismissively without bothering to look.

“No, seriously look, he looks like he’s almost passed out” Seth said. Zach looked over at him and instantly understood what was happening.

“Shit, let’s go” Zach said as the two put their drinks on a small table and headed quickly toward the muscle stud “KYE!!!” Zach yelled in an over dramatic tone as if they were saying hello to their long-lost buddy.” Kye didn’t respond. Zach boldly pushed one of the guys holding Kye up to the side and put his arm around his waist as Seth stood there awkwardly, still not sure what was happening. “Seth” Zach yelled to his boyfriend, “get on the other side.”

Seth went to move in but was pushed away by the solid stud standing there. “He’s fine” said the guy, stressing the word ‘fine.’ Seth started to back down and Zach motioned him to go back.

“He’s not fine. He’s our friend, and we’re taking him home.” Zach said in a loud, deep voice that got their attention. The guy Zach had pushed away earlier moved in and tried to reclaim his spot by Kye’s side. Zach looked into the guy’s eyes and sternly barked “NO!” the guy was going to make a move when Zach started to move Kye away. Seth moved quickly to Kye’s other side and pushed the guy out of the way. He wrapped his arm around Kye’s waist and the three moved forward with Kye in the middle. Just then Aaron entered

“What’s up guys, leaving so soon?” Aaron said with a smile and a happy voice.

“Yup” Zach said not making eye contact. “We’ve had a long day, time to go.” Aaron stepped in front of him to block them.

“Kye was just starting to have fun, weren’t you Kye?” Aaron asked the almost passed out, half naked stud and got no response.

“He’s obviously not in any condition to be making decisions, we’re taking him home” Zach said as he and Seth moved forward trying to push past Aaron. Just then, Aaron sucker punched him in the gut and he folded, leaving Seth to bear the entire weight of the almost lifeless muscle stud. Seth quickly moved behind Kye and linked his elbows under his armpits, barely holding him up. Luckily a group of guys saw what was happening and bounded across the room to help. They moved Kye through the room and out the front door while Zach and Aaron fought in the living room. Once outside the guys kept talking to Kye and making him walk around the yard trying to keep him conscious and awake. Seth ordered an Uber to take them back to the hotel as he kept looking worriedly back towards the house waiting for Zach to come out.

One of the good Samaritans spoke for the first time, “I’ll go in and check on your friend” he said running towards the beach house. Just as he got to the door out came Zach, wiping his lip. He had a shiner, and a split lip that was bleeding just a little. The stranger brought him into the light and checked him out. “I’m Barry by the way” he said, adding “I’m a nurse.” He checked Zach out closely and said “He clocked you good, that Aaron guy is such a prick. I hope you got in a couple of good shots” He and Zach moved over to where Seth stood keeping an eye on Kye who still being shuffled around the lawn by the other guys.

“Aaron looks worse” is all Zach said on the matter as he shook the pain away from his hand.

“Looks like your friend was probably roofied” He said. He gave Seth instructions on how to take care of his two friends. He motioned toward Kye, “Get that one to the emergency room and get him checked out ASAP” he motioned toward Kye, “and get an icepack on that one” he said motioning to Zach. He stayed there and talked to the guys while they waited for the uber. He had just met Aaron and his friends that day at Pride and was invited to the party. Aaron seemed like a nice enough guy when they met, but after about twenty minutes at the party, Barry had enough of him and his buddies and was about to leave when he saw Zach and Seth run towards Kye and he ran to help.

Barry jumped into the Uber with the guys and got them to the ER to get Kye and Zach checked out. Seth sat up front while Barry sat in the back and talked to Kye the entire ride making sure he stayed alert. When they got to the hospital Barry sprang into action, he was on staff and the doctors and other nurses on duty obviously respected him. Kye was seen immediately, they checked his vitals, took blood, and ran tests. While the staff tended to Kye, Barry took Zach into a room and tended to his wounds. Seth thought about calling Scotty and letting him know what was happening but decided against it. They spent the rest of the night in the ER, Barry stayed with them. Tests showed that Kye had traces of Rohypnol in his blood, however, there were no signs of rape, it looks like he was rescued just in time. Zach was bruised up a little, but all in all fine.

In the early hours of the morning, they said goodbye to Barry, thanking him profusely for all his help and exchanging numbers. Seth hugged him tightly. “I was in way over my head and had no clue what to do. Thank you, Barry.” He said to the kind stranger.

The guys rode back to the hotel in near silence, the only chatter was Seth and Zach talking to Kye to keep him alert. He was very slowly becoming more alert, but he was still out of it. They struggled and get him up to his room just in time to rush him to the bathroom to throw-up. They cleaned him up and tucked him into bed, making him drink water to keep him hydrated. They finally got Kye tucked in safely and went to their room to try to get some sleep, it was about 4AM. They left the door between their rooms open and took turns checking on Kye. Luckily, they had a day to kill before they had to drive to Naples so they all just slept in.

Seth had a touch-base call with Scotty and Chip to compare notes on the three events and talk about what to do differently for the next events. Seth spent almost two hours in a coffee shop near the hotel on the phone while Zach took care of Kye. During the meeting Scotty brought up that the Bachelor party that Aaron had booked for the Phoenix resort was cancelled first thing in the morning and asked if Seth knew why.

He was torn, he really wanted to talk to Scotty about it, but he decided not to, he needed to talk to Kye first. Although Kye wasn’t exactly a sensitive guy, they suspected he’d have a hard time dealing with what happened. Barry had seen this type of thing happen before and advised Seth to keep an eye on him, keep him alert that it was important that they listen to Kye and not dismiss what happened.

“I have no clue; the guy was a little flaky” is all Seth said about it.

“Oh well, Shit happens” Scotty replied. “The numbers still look great. I’m proud of our crew.” The three of them talked about what was working and what wasn’t, they made some adjustments to the plan and talked about future events and schedules. It was a productive call, but Seth was anxious to hang up and get back to the hotel to check on the other guys. He grabbed coffee for the three of them and walked back to the hotel it was almost noon.

When he got back to his room it was empty but the adjoining door was open. Seth went into Kye’s room and there was Zach sitting on the ben next to Kye. Both guys were on the bed just their underwear, Kye under the covers, Zach on top of them. Kye was awake but still looked out of it, his face was red like he had been crying, and Zach was mindlessly stroking his hair as the stared at the TV. The two looked at Seth as he stood in the doorway.

Kye had tears in his eyes and a rasp in his voice “Thank you” was all he said before he broke into tears and cried in front of someone else for the first time in his lonely life.

To be continued…