“Yeah…?” Elliot muttered, his voice intemperate with fascination.
“Will you go on a date with me?” Gabriel requested, his voice quiet and gentle. Elliot chuckled, his breath firing into Gabriel’s nostrils, whose eyes closed in rapture.
“Do I have an option?” Elliot teased.
“No.” Gabriel stated, his head leaning forward, touching Elliot’s. “Follow me.” He steered, standing up. Elliot jumped from the ground and rushed over to his friend.
They strolled across the beach, through the shore, slowly away from the resort commotion. As they roamed, their fingers casually grazed, intertwining in a sensual dance. Inside their shorts, their cocks were rock-hard. As they strode further away from the crowd, a soothing silence began to take over, with only the waves and the tropical birds in the distance keeping them company. Finally, they reached the base of the momentous rock incline they had spotted repeatedly in the distance during their stay. They looked up and saw plates signaling a viewpoint at the top of the path. Without saying a word, Gabriel and Elliot looked at each other and rushed up, their flip-flops trying as they walked up the cliff.
After about twenty-five minutes of painful climbing, they finally reached the top. They had stripped their tank tops and were sweating buckets, not having spoken a single word to each other the whole way there. Elliot opened his backpack and took out a bottle of water, taking a long sip. Then he closed the cap and threw it to Gabriel, who caught it in the air and drank almost all of it in one go.
“That wasn’t so hard, was it?” Gabriel razzed, drying the sweat from his forehead with his hand. Elliot chuckled, turning away and walking closer to the edge.
“Wow.” He exclaimed as he stopped, his feet inches from a 200ft drop.
It was guarded by a wooden railing, barely holding itself up. And beyond it was the most breathtaking view, a vast ocean stretching endlessly. Flocks of birds and seagulls rushed past them in an effortless dance. They could see the resort and the tiny, minuscule guests moving like ants in the distance as they glanced down. Finally, Elliot’s legs caved, and he fell to the ground, sitting facing the view with complete wonderment. Gabriel eventually walked up to him and sat beside his friend. And for a moment, they just silently sat as they stared at the landscape.
“We definitely should have done this earlier.” Elliot commented.
“Yeah.” Gabriel mumbled, both their mouths slightly gaping in utter contemplation.
Another moment of silence took hold of them. Elliot’s eyes seemed to peek at Gabriel occasionally, searching for the right moment to express the words that loitered behind his lips.
“You know…this is probably the last time we’ll be together like this.” Elliot stated, his blue eyes scanning the ocean, fusing with it as his raven curls waved gently along with the wind. “You’ll be off to college and…well…I’ll probably just stay in town, working some shitty job.” He uttered, a certain detachment in his voice.
“College is not far, you know.” Gabriel argued. “I’ll still be around during weekends and holidays.” He declared, sticking his head forward, trying to make Elliot look at him. But the boy’s eyes were latched on that vast sea.
“It’s not the same thing…” Elliot muttered, his words getting lost in the breeze as a familiar sadness crept back inside him.
“Elli…” Gabriel uttered, struggling to find the words.
“I think…I need to learn to survive without you. Both of you.” Elliot stated.
“Do you love him?” Gabriel asked without any judgment.
“Yes. Which makes this even harder, more painful.” Elliot replied, his voice uncovering some strength. “I’m tired of suffering, Gabriel. I’m exhausted.” He stated.
Gabriel got up, walked before his friend, and removed his swim shorts. As he did, his dick bounced forward like a slingshot, a string of precum dangling from the tip. He nestled between Elliot’s legs, saddling his pelvis and leaning into his friend’s chest.
“Give me your hand.” Gabriel demanded. Elliot raised his hand, and Gabriel grabbed it, placing it around his cock. “Do you feel that?” He questioned, to which Elliot nodded. “This is how my heart beats for you every time I look at your eyes.” He conveyed, seeing Elliot’s blue gaze start to glow.
Elliot’s left hand went around and landed on Gabriel’s smooth peach while his right began to stroke his friend’s hard cock. Gabriel’s hazelnut eyes started to dive deeper inside Elliot’s blues, a lustful grin on his lips.
“All this had always been, and he had never seen it; he was never present. Now he was present and belonged to it. Through his eyes, he saw the light and shadows; through his mind, he was aware of moon and stars.” Gabriel quoted, leaning forward and kissing Elliot passionately. As he did, he could feel the salt of his friend’s tears glaze over his lips. “Don’t you get it?” Gabriel whispered, his mouth still touching Elliot’s, their spits fusing with his words. “If I’m your light, then you’re my shadow.” He uttered.
“Gabe…” Elliot’s voice whispered, cracking at every syllable. His hand was now covered in his friend’s precum, beating his meat ferociously.
“I can’t live without you, you fucking idiot.” Gabriel moaned, his head snapping back in ecstasy as Elliot’s hand stroked the cum out of his cock. “Fuck, I’m gonna bust.” He informed with urgency.
“Cum in my mouth.” Elliot urged, sliding down and opening his jaw.
Gabriel pulled his pelvis forward and slid his cock inside Elliot’s mouth, owning his dark curls in his fingers, fucking his friend’s mouth as he began to shoot his batter inside him. He looked down, teased by Elliot’s moans as he swallowed every shot.
“Fuck yeah, Elli.” Gabriel groaned. “You look so sexy…fuck.” He rasped, watching his friend’s blue eyes gaze up at him, closing momentarily every time Gabriel’s hips twitched as he fired another string.
Elliot fell back, his smooth broad chest moving up and down.
“Fuck that was hot!” He said, chuckling before he felt Gabriel’s body fall over him, his tongue sliding over his mouth and his hand holding his chin, forcing him to look at his friend’s face.
“If you ever leave me, I’ll kill you.” Gabriel whispered. Elliot beamed.
There they were, the words needed to exhume his sadness. Gabriel adored him, and no distance would ever change that. The lingering fear of rejection Elliot had known and harbored his entire life was finally vanishing, conquered by the light Gabriel shined over it. Elliot encircled his arms around Gabriel and held him tight. His eyes closed as he tried to contain his emotion.
“Dude…thank you.” Elliot mumbled.
“For what?” Gabriel questioned softly.
“For always making it feel like home.” He whispered.
Gabriel lifted his head, looking into Elliot’s eyes, and smiled.
“C’mon. Let’s head down.” He said.
The two friends got up, dressed, and headed down the dirt road, shoving each other playfully down until they eventually tired, and by the time they arrived at the canopy, they were holding hands. Finally, they stopped, gazing at Jonathan, who was still asleep.