Billy knew why his boyfriend had appeared at his hotel room door.  Or at least he fervently hoped he knew the reason.  He stood unable to say anything.  Perhaps it was a surprise because nothing had been said about an overnight visit.  Or perhaps it was because the anticipation of an experience he’d wanted for too long but never enjoyed.  Or perhaps it was apprehension of the unknown: his first sexual experience.

“Aren’t you going to invite me in?” asked Will.

“Sure nuff,” Billy managed to say.  “Come right in.”

“If you’d rather get a good night’s sleep, I’ll go back to my room,” Will joked.

“NO SIREE!” Billy exclaimed as he stood back to allow Will into the room. 

“Remember back on the island?” Will asked.  “When we found out for sure that we’re both gay?  I recall that you wanted us to show our love for each other right there and then.  But I said it wasn’t the time or place.  I wanted it to be beautiful.  And without any fear of being caught.  Well ... it seems this is the right time and the right place.  And it WILL be beautiful.”

Billy impulsively if somewhat awkwardly seized Will in an embrace and laid his head on his lover’s shoulder.  “I reckon there ain’t nothing I want more than to be with ya, Will.  I’ve hankered for this for a coon’s age.  But I was scared to let ya know.  Scared I’d insult ya and lose ya as a friend.”

They clung to each other for a long time as if the moment so long in coming might evaporate if they dared to loosen their grip on each other.  Will’s thoughts included the image of an unschooled farm boy with a delightful Deep South accent but whose unmistakable ambition, excellent character, and — to be truthful — appealing body had somehow emerged from an impoverished background.  Or perhaps been forged by it.  Billy’s thoughts, understandably, were of the sensual delights that he had only experienced in his fantasies and yearned for in his real life.  There was also room in his thoughts, however, for gratitude that fickle fate had brought Will to him and, more significantly, that Will was not only gay but felt a strong affection for him.

Will whispered into Billy’s ear as he tightened their hug, “You have no idea how much I’ve wished for this time together.  I felt the same way.  I was frightened, too.  I didn’t have the courage to say anything to you.  Funny thing about courage.  It’s doing something in spite of the risks — daring to take a chance.  But courage has to be tempered by caution.  You can’t be foolish.  You have to use good judgment.  And we had to be cautious, didn’t we?  The risks were too great — if we were caught, the Navy would spit us out like rotten fruit.”

“We don’t have to be cautious now, do we?” Billy purred.

When the swelling in their crotches became noticeable, Will asked, “Shall we get into bed?  May I offer myself to you and show you how much I love you?”

“Shore ‘nuff,” Billy grinned.

Their eagerness caused them to shed their clothes quickly and strew them haphazardly on the floor.  They had seen each other naked many times in the shower room and it had fueled their lust.  This was completely different because they would not be constrained by social taboo.  Instead, the nude bodies before them were available to them to admire without restraint, to explore freely, and to make intimate, sensual love.   No sooner than they were totally naked, they impulsively embraced, pressing their bodies together and feeling a rush of erotic delight.  Very soon, that’s not all they felt.  Their cocks were rapidly inflating and intensifying their lust and love.  Will grasped Billy’s ass cheeks to pull his hips even more snugly against his own.  Billy, almost subconsciously, did the same to Will.

While they ground their crotches together, Will gave Billy a long, passionate kiss, which was welcomed by the virgin gay and returned wholeheartedly.  Breaking the kiss, Will guided Billy onto the bed and lay beside him.

“Will?” Billy asked ambiguously.

“What, Billy?  Your’re not having second thoughts are you?”

“NO!  NEVER!  It’s just that ... well ... I’m scared, Will.”

“Of what?”

“I used t’ be scared o’ lettin’ ya now how I ached t’ be with ya.  It’s somethin’ else now.   It’s been gnawin’ at me since we was on the island.   I ain’t never done this afore.  I’m scared I’ll do somethin’ stupid.  Or I’ll disappoint ya.”

“Trust me, Billy.  There’s nothing to be afraid of.  I doubt very much that you’ll do anything stupid.  And there’s only one thing you could do to disappoint me.  That’s if you were to tell me to get the hell out of your room.  You’re not going to do that are you?”

“NOPE!  I want this more than anythin’.  I want ya here more than anythin’.  Not just now, neither.  Forever!”

“We both want the same thing, Billy.  I’m yours as long as you’ll have me.  And as for not knowing what to do, let me show you.  You’re a quick learner so don’t worry about disappointing me.”

The implication of what Will said was not lost on the perceptive Billy who, without thinking of the wisdom of being polite, asked, “Y’all’s done this before?”

“I’ll be honest ... now and in the future.  Yes, I’ve had gay sex.  With kids in boarding school.  We were just fooling around.  And with a couple of guys in college.  But — and I’m being honest — it was just sex.  Nothing more.  With you it’s different.  We love each other.  That makes sex much more precious.  Do I know how to do stuff with guys?  Yes.  But it was never about anything but sexual gratification.  With you, Billy, it’s far more meaningful because it’s another way of expressing my love and receiving yours.  So let’s do it.  Let me give you an experience you’ll never forget.  Just relax and enjoy it.”

Will gave Billy another long, probing kiss while massaging his chest and toying with his nipples.  He then kissed his neck and moved downward to give his chest a tongue bath.  He suckled on one nipple and the other until both were standing out firmly from his hairy chest.  His mouth moved down toward its goal slowly and evocatively, which caused Billy to gasp and moan with erotic delight.  Simultaneously, he gently rubbed his lover’s inner thigh, being careful not to touch the hairy, wrinkled ball sack or twitching flesh pole.  His progress was paused while he lapped and explored Billy’s navel with a hungry tongue.  By this time Billy was writhing in delight and anticipation.

Will seized the opportunity to visually examine the impressive genitalia that had captured his interest in the showers at boot camp.  This was far better than those discrete glances.  He had never seen Billy’s cock hard, erect, and seemingly begging for attention.  It had grown to almost twice its flaccid size and loomed like a cannon over a dense thicket of curly black pubic hair.  From its tip, a string of precum fell downward into a pool inches below the navel and barely above the top of the pubic bush.  Will had intended to prolong the foreplay in order to bring Billy to the heights of arousal but the precum’s silent beckoning was irresistible.  He lapped it up with his tongue.  He had tasted precum before — his own and others’ — but this was infinitely better because it came from one whom he indisputably loved.  Its effect was more than pleasant, more than euphoric, it was a potent aphrodisiac that inflamed his passion as nothing had done before.  Unable to adhere to his planned regime of continued arousal, he enveloped his lover’s manliness with his mouth.  The effect on Billy was an explosion of sensual delight as attested by his primal scream.  The effect on Will was hardly less because he knew that he was giving something uniquely valuable to someone he adored.

The sensations emanating from Billy’s groin radiated throughout his body and obliterated awareness of everything beyond his body.  He had honed an ability to prevent an erection in the shower at boot camp (which was a singular achievement when surrounded by several naked young men) but he was powerless to stop the compelling need for orgasm.   He instinctively bucked his hips, which forced even more of his cock into the warm, moist cavern of a waiting mouth.  He shot multiple volleys of cum after only a few moments of stimulation, accompanied by involuntary screams of erotic delight.  They blasted the back of Will’s throat and were swallowed with grateful gusto.

When Billy descended from orbit and became aware of Will lying next to him, he seized his lover in an almost suffocating embrace and exclaimed, “That was fabulous, it was.  Ain’t never been happier than right now.  I love ya, Will.  Yur the bestest thing that ever happened to me.  Ain’t nothing I can imagine better than bein’ with ya.”

“I love you, too, Billy.  You may not believe this but it’s true.  I got as much pleasure as you did because I was able to make the most important person in my life happy.”

“Nope,” Billy said.  “I don’t believe it.  I wish I had the words to explain how I felt but it was ... well ... like I said ... fabulous.  But maybe yur right.  Only one way to find out.  If’n I do the same thing to y’all.”

“I’d like that,” Will replied.

“But ya gotta be patient with me.  I ain’t never done it afore.  Ya’ll hafta tell me if’n I does somethin’ wrong.”

“Not much chance of that,” Will replied.  “Because I know you paid attention to what I did.  At least until your orgasm took over your senses.”

Billy grinned and said, “Yur showin’ yur courage.  Lettin’ me suck on yur cock, I mean.  But I’ll take care of the caution part and be mighty careful.”

It was not Will’s first blow job but it was infinitely better than all the previous ones combined.  Yes, Billy was tentative and sometimes awkward but the emotional bond between the two lovers overshadowed any minor deficiency in Billy’s skill.

By four in the morning, the two lovers had cuddled, redundantly reaffirmed their commitment to each other, and enjoyed three more orgasms — two in bed and one in the shower.  Reluctantly, Will said, “I wish we could stay here in the room longer but we have to meet Sean in the lobby at six, have breakfast, and report to the Base.”

“Shucks!” Billy groused.  “I’d like to run away with ya ... away from the Navy ... to some place where we could be together.  Forever.  But I know yur right.”

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“Where were you last night?” Sean asked Will as the trio met in the lobby just before six.  “I tried to call your room a couple of times but there was no answer.  I figured you didn’t want to be disturbed because you had trolled the neighborhood and found a hooker to spend the night with.”

Will was normally prepared for contingencies but not this time.  He had been too eager to spend the night with Billy.  He replied with the first excuse that came to mind, “Sorry.  I’m a sound sleeper.  I guess I didn’t hear the phone.  Was it something important?”

“No,” Sean said.  “I just wanted to see if you had a razor I could borrow.  I got one from the front desk.  It took a bit of persuasion but the desk clerk finally gave in.”

Both Will and Billy were relieved that their love-making had gone undetected.  Sean was just the sort of person who would condemn what he regarded as aberrant behavior and would surely report them to Navy officials.

The conversation over breakfast was mostly about what to expect when they checked in at the Naval Base but took an awkward digression when Sean commented, “It’s sure good to be back in civilization again and not stranded on a godforsaken island or putting up with the heathen natives in Guadalcanal.”

Will held his tongue but Billy lashed out, “I done tol’ ya once, Sean.  But I reckon it didn’t sink in to yur thick skull.  Them folks are diff’rent.  That don’t mean they’s bad.  Truth to tell, they’s a sight better than people like you.  Ya think yur better than anybody not like y’all are.  Didn’t they send out a chopper to get us?  Didn’t they help us find a place to eat?  Didn’t they fix Will up?  They was friendly and helpful.  That’s a heap better in my book than bitchin’ and complainin’ and insultin’ people.”

Sean’s blood was boiling at the morality lecture and anger was clearly evident in his expression.  He pointed his fork at Billy and said, “Just what I’d expect from an ignorant farm boy.  I don’t need....”

Will interrupted by saying, “Hey, guys.  Cool it!  Before it gets out of control and you start throwing punches.”

The two opponents sat silently for several minutes although Sean’s macho drive toward aggression was barely contained and Billy’s indignation continued to simmer.  Their icy silence persisted in spite of Will’s unsuccessful attempts to steer the conversation toward neutral subjects.

Other difficulties awaited them at the Naval Base.

To be continued...