Barriers Ch 5 by ThingsYouWouldBelieve
Dive into the passionate world of “Barriers Ch 5” by ThingsYouWouldBelieve, where desire knows no limits. Explore a riveting tale filled with intimacy, connection, and the breaking down of barriers. Join the journey of love and lust that will leave you breathless!
Authors Notes: HOLY EXPOSITION BATMAN. This one’s gonna be told from Jon’s point of view and it’s a long one so buckle in and be ready to remember everything, there’s a quiz at the end.
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“We need to talk before I leave.”
“Like hell we do, enjoy dealing with his Mood Swings.”
“I’m done trying to fight, he’s too sensitive for it.”
“What, are we his parents now?”
“No, he’s literally never had parents that’s why he’s so fucked up.”
“Not my problem. I’m at the gym with Mark. Pce.”
Jenna fucking Peterson. This girl has been nothing but a pain in my ass. I knew even if I came back and Jason was mine that Jenna would do everything in her power to make him second guess it. I wanted to see this through I needed to confront her and get all this bullshit out of the way.
Originally it had been a dare pretty much. We had gotten detention from coach for horsing around during his history class and Kenny Wilker caught me staring at Jason.
“Whatcha looking at buddy?” Kenny shoved me to snap me out of my trance. Jesse was about 150 off solid muscle with a height around 6 and a half feet. He always had his brown hair short so he could have his snapback flipped. His acne problem kept the ladies at bay but he didn’t seem concerned. He constantly assured me he didn’t want to be in a relationship or hooking up with anyone, said it would throw off his practice. He was too busy ribbing me about my sex life anyways.
Kenny was the first guy to ever know I was into dudes; it was towards the end of freshman year when I started hooking up with someone from the volleyball team and I figured he needed to hear it from me. When I tell you that Kenny was my brother, I mean it. He had my back on and off the court. Thanks to his insane defensive game I was able to find places to be aggressive. He always says my insane play got us to finals last season but I couldn’t have done it without him. We were brothers.
“Nothing.” I put my head down and stared straight ahead to avoid the ribbing I was about to get.
“Jason Andrews huh? You want the bad boy? The rebel? I didn’t even think he was your type Johnny Boy.” Ken nudged one of our buddies and they all started laughing
“Ken shut up I was just lookin in that direction.” I looked back at Jason. I liked them thin because of my height and Jason could stand to eat more. It really was more of a lazy stare than anything serious, but he was pretty cute.
“Yeah you’re right man, Jason would say no anyways.”
“How do you know?” My pride. That’s always seemed to be what got me in trouble. I knew Ken was baiting me here and we both knew it.
“You? Jason? He would never let a Jock like you anywhere near him let alone go on a date with him.” Ken kicked back knowing exactly what was coming next. “You’re right man you wouldn’t stand a chance anyways.”
“Like hell I don’t. Watch a master.” Fucking Ken wasn’t going to tell me who’s out of my league.
I had seen Jason a lot honestly, we were in the same classes because I was so obsessed with Basketball and he just didn’t give a fuck. He was always disrupting the class or making some girl who looked at him funny cry for some reason. I found his disruptions funny. His straight black hair looked so soft as it hung in front of his pale face. His signature black hoodie enveloped his thin body. He was engrossed in some history assignment. Knowing his studying habits, he was probably only doing the assignment to scrape by. It was easy to get and hold his attention, I had to prove stupid Wilker right and Once I had my date, I hopped out of my seat walked back victorious.
“You’re so easy to bait dude.” Ken was smiling wide. Yeah, he got me, but I couldn’t have cared less because I knew I still had it. “I knew you were looking over at emo boy over there. He was definitely checking out your ass as you grabbed his notebook.”
“So what if I was? He’s actually pretty cute.”
“Where you taking him Johnny boy? Gonna take him to Burger King and bang him like you did with Tina Chen last week?” This elicited some chortling from the peanut gallery. My reputation as a man whore wasn’t exactly a secret and with twice the number of possible partners, I always had options.
“Nah man, Jason wouldn’t go for that shit.” I looked back over. He was scratching his head in frustration over some paragraph he didn’t understand. “He definitely not the type to just put out immediately. I have to play this one slow, it’s been quite some time since I had a challenge.”
“Well wowee boys, Johnny actually likes the guy. I give him a week tops.” They started taking bets, someone was saying the date wouldn’t even happen.
The few months of the semester we had before he left for the summer were great. When I wasn’t busy with basketball or the restaurant I would hang out with Jason. I really got to know Jason, how he dreamed about being a cafe owner, how he can talk about how music makes him feel for hours without getting bored. He showed me the depth of his music tastes, introducing me to a bunch of House and Trance artists that fill my playlists now. He turned into a really vibrant guy when you had him talking about something he loved.
I was able to talk to him about the worst day of my life. The day I lost my dad to a decade long fight to cancer. My mom, bless her soul quickly took over the family business but it meant that I was going to have to inherit it far sooner than I thought I would. It’s pretty hard to not be bitter about the situation but my mom and uncle really made sure I didn’t have to be around too much right now. They told me that following in my dad’s footsteps and going to OSU would be exactly what he wanted.
It stung a lot when he left. There was no goodbye, no hug, no text, he just left the same day school let out. I mean I knew that we weren’t anything special, but I didn’t think I meant so little to him that he would up and vanish and not tell me. It felt like such a waste of time, so I hit up the boys and told them to find a spot to get hammered and drown my misery.
I don’t even remember who’s house we ended up at, who bought the liquor, and how I got so trashed so quickly. All I remember is making out with Veronica Lopez in the master bedroom, Veronica was a notoriously great kisser, and you can bet those oral talents translated into one hell of a blowup. I felt like I was back, good ol Johnny Han back to his old ways, but as soon as I climaxed this massive wave of regret washed over me. I looked down at Veronica with her eyes closed completely exposed and vulnerable and felt disgusted with myself.
I threw on everything I could and rushed down the stairs and out to the backyard. Why did I do this? What would Jason think? What if he didn’t want to talk to me every again. This will get back to Jenna. It all felt awful and I regretted every second of it.