20. Zachary
CHAPTER 20
ZACHARY
I heard him come in, but I was too upset to say anything.
“Zach? Are you asleep? Ow! Fuck!”
I watched Teo’s silhouette tiptoe over to his bed where he dropped everything and kicked off his shoes. He headed to the bathroom next where I heard him brush his teeth.
His eyes must’ve adjusted to the dark because he made his way over to my bed without stubbing another toe.
“You there, Zach? Is it okay if I sleep with you?”
I wanted to say yes, but something held me back. His hands found me through my comforter.
“You are here! But you’re asleep. Shit, I hope I didn’t wake you up. I’m just going to sneak in here.”
He pulled the comforter back and his warm body slid next to mine. “Fuck, I missed this.”
My soft heart couldn’t take a comment like that and stay quiet. I also knew I wasn’t going to sleep unless I talked about it with him.
“I’m awake, Teo.”
“Did I wake you up? I’m sorry!”
“You didn’t wake me up. I was awake. ”
“Then why didn’t you say something?”
“I-I’m…upset.”
“Do I need to kick someone’s ass?” Teo squeezed my arm. “Did I do something wrong?”
“No. At least, I don’t think so.”
“Just spit it out, Zach. You’re killing me.”
“I heard two guys–I don’t know who–in the kitchen talking about us.”
I heard him sigh. “Did they use the f-word?”
“No, it’s not that. They didn’t care that we’re together. They weren’t homophobic or anything.”
“So what upset you?”
“It’s silly, but they assumed I was the bottom.”
“Oh.”
“It’s not that I’d be ashamed if I were the bottom, but the language they were using was–”
“Crass?”
“Yes. They said that I probably loved getting it up the ass from such a stud like you, and…and–”
“You can tell me, Zach.”
“And that I probably just bend over and beg you to fuck me whenever we’re alone.”
“Is that all?”
“They did say I was cute, and if they were with me, they’d fuck me all the time.”
“So they were bottom-shaming and thirsty for you at the same time?”
“More or less.”
“And you don’t remember who it was?”
“It was just voices, Teo. I shouldn’t have said anything.”
“No.” He wrapped his other arm around me and pulled me against him, nuzzling my neck with his nose. “I’m glad you told me. I won’t tolerate our brothers making you feel uncomfortable, and if they want to discuss our sex life, they need to do it in private. You shouldn’t have heard any of that.”
“Forget it, please.”
“You can say that all you want, Zach, but I’m not going to.”
“Well then, let’s just forget it for tonight, okay?” I asked, kissing the top of his head.
“Okay, but only if you cuddle extra hard.” Teo turned away from me, nestling his bare ass against me, and it was hard to say no to that.
I woke up alone.
I knew as soon as I realized Teo was gone what he was likely doing. Hoping he said it with some tact and discretion, I dressed as quickly as I could.
I used the railing so I could take two stairs at a time down, but it was too late. I heard Teo’s voice before I even made it into the kitchen. The twins’ backs were blocking my view, but I could see the room beyond was full.
“Thank you all for coming on such short notice.”
I tapped Jayden’s shoulder and asked, “What’s happening?”
“I thought you’d know. Teo sent out a mass text.”
“Emergency meeting,” Aiden added, leaning over.
I slunk backwards until my ass touched the cabinet. I didn’t want more of my brothers to know what was said about me, but it was sweet that Teo was likely about to defend me in front of the whole house.
“I’m going to get straight to the point. Some of you may have already heard, but Zach and I are dating. Normally what we do in the privacy of our room is none of your business, but since it’s being discussed anyway, I’d like to clarify a few points. I may be gay, I may be bi, I may be something else. I don’t know. I haven’t concerned myself with a label yet. I’m sorry if that’s an inconvenience for you. Two, we haven’t fucked yet, so stop tittering like a bunch of middle schoolers about it. I’ll be sure to tell none of you about it when it happens. And lastly, when we fuck, Zach will be fucking me. I’m the one getting dick up his ass. I’m the bottom in our relationship and there’s absolutely nothing fucking wrong with getting fucked. You guys should try it. Your fingers are a perfect place to start. Please, for the love of God, don’t fuck this up for me. Zach is going to kill me for blasting it out in the open like this, but he heard guys talking shit about him and I’m not going to stand by and let that happen. Don’t make me want to leave the house because my boyfriend is uncomfortable here. Have a good day.”
I could hear some general low-volume conversations, but nothing catastrophic resulted from the meeting, though the twins both turned to look at me. I wanted to disappear.
“Teo’s fucking awesome.”
“Serious boyfriend material,” the other added.
Okay, I was secretly thrilled he had saddled up his white horse, but I was still mortified our sex life was practically PowerPointed for the whole house. The lower half of me was quite excited at his enthusiasm for getting fucked. I hadn’t ever heard him talk like that before and it was definitely an experience.
I peeked through the wall that was the twins’ enormous frames and saw that Teo was talking with two brothers. His arms were crossed but he was nodding. There was too much ambient noise to hear what they were saying to each other.
“Who’s Teo talking with?” I asked.
Jayden answered, “Franklin and Oliver.”
I hadn’t ever spoken with either of them, but I wasn’t really involved in a lot of the house activities. Teo was the reason I was here.
After another minute or so, they shook hands and left. Teo headed straight for us. He must’ve seen me .
“How much did you hear?” Teo asked. The twins split apart to let him through and walked away to give us space.
“All of it.”
Teo smiled. “Good. I don’t have to repeat it all for you then.”
“I can’t believe you did that.”
“Yes, you can.” Teo leaned in to kiss me. “I would’ve done it last night, but you’re too good at cuddling.” His hands reached up to my shoulders, keeping me close to him.
I scoffed, grabbing his hips. “It wasn’t the cuddling you liked, it was my dick.”
“I can like both.” Teo shrugged. “Also, Franklin and Oliver apologized to me for what they said about you.”
“They admitted it?”
“Yup. But I told them I wasn’t the only one they needed to apologize to, so you can look forward to those future conversations.”
I pulled him towards me and gave his ass a little slap. “Thanks for that.”
“I know you don't have class until eleven,” he whispered into my ear. “Wanna mess around?”
Despite the situation, it was too hard to say no to that.
“I can’t get enough of your cock.”
Teo had been slurping on my dick for the last fifteen minutes or so and it seemed he was perfectly content to keep going.
“I can see that. You’re very eager.”
“It’s a perfect cock. I can’t believe”–he pulled back my foreskin and his tongue swirled around the head–“you hid this from me for so long.”
“I wasn’t – fuck – hiding.” It felt so good. I did my best to not kick him. “I wasn’t about to wave my dick in your face.”
He pulled off. “I wish you had.”
“You wouldn’t have done anything. You would’ve shrugged it off. It wasn’t until Jake hit your prostate that you wanted this.”
“Are you really arguing about my attraction to you while I’m sucking you off?”
I smirked at him. “You’re not really sucking that much if you have time for an argument.”
He gave a quick tug on my balls – he meant it as a punishment, but that’s not what it felt like – and fit as much of me in his mouth as he could before gagging.
“Damn. You’re too big for that.”
“And you have such a big mouth. I expected more.”
He laughed at that. “It might be big, but not this big.” He held my dick in his hand and waved it in front of his face. “My fingers can’t even touch, it’s so girthy.”
“You’ll appreciate that when I’m in your other hole.”
“Fuck, I hope that’s soon.”
I knew he meant it. Teo didn’t say anything unless he meant it. But as much as he wanted it, I also didn’t want to move too fast.
Thinking about his perfect ass, it didn’t take too long for me to cum, especially with Teo’s overzealous mouth. I grabbed his hair and “cumming” was the only warning he got.
And like the NCAA Division III soccer champion he was, he tried to take it all.
It took me a few seconds to recover enough to be coherent. “Do you need me to-”
“Already did,” Teo answered, wiping his face off with a shirt.
“Really?!”
“Uh…it’s weird to say this out loud, but this is a huge turn-on, Zach. I love making you feel good.” Teo gave my stomach a kiss, then climbed into bed with me, laying his head on my stomach.
“Do you have class today?” It felt silly asking. I already knew the answer. I knew it better than he did.
“You know we both have a class in McAdams at the same time. Are you trying to make awkward post-orgasm small talk? Is that what you do with all the men that suck your dick?”
“Oh yeah. The conga line of men I’ve had through my boudoir.”
“Do not try to make me jealous.” Teo glanced up at me and poked me in the side.
“We should probably get ready to go soon.”
“I know.” Teo sighed. “Is it bad that I just want to forget that I’m in college and stay in bed all day with you?”
That wasn’t bad at all, but it certainly wouldn’t help us graduate on time.
“Unless you want to be a fifth year student then we should go.”
“Can we shower together tonight?”
“We shower together every night.”
I didn’t have to wait very long for the awkward apology from Franklin and Oliver.
After my last class of the day, I headed back to the frat since Teo had a study session. While I was doing some last minute revision for my final paper in art history, there was a knock on the door.
Somehow I knew it was them.
As soon as I opened the door, Franklin started, “Hey Zach, we wanted to apologize about what you heard.”
“We shouldn’t have talked about you that way,” Oliver added. “If it helps, I do think you’re cute, and that’s the only reason we were talking about you.”
“That sounds worse when you say that, Oliver.”
“Well, it’s true. Zach’s hot, I can’t deny that.”
“I appreciate the apology, guys,” I interrupted before he could stick more of his foot in his mouth. “I understand the why. It was more that you assumed I was the bottom and that bottoms are somehow less than tops.”
“Yeah, I see that now.” Oliver scratched his head and leaned against the door frame. “I could blame it on frat culture?”
“Or societal misogyny?” Franklin suggested. Neither of them was holding eye contact with me for very long.
“It’s probably both.”
Oliver was right. It was likely both, but I didn’t care to get into a sociological debate at the moment. I had been teased for being prissy and girly when I was younger and it was because I was quiet and smaller than the other boys.
Despite having to be called out to apologize, I knew Franklin and Oliver would be more mindful of their language. And thanks to Teo, most if not all of the frat would be as well. I was tempted to tell them taking a huge dick is a lot more work than fucking a hole, but I knew I wasn’t alone in wanting this conversation to end. Instead, I said, “Thanks for the apology, guys. I appreciate it.”
I wasn’t entirely placated, but it was a start.
“We’re both happy for you and Teo, man. Next time we’re talking about someone’s fine ass, we’ll be doing it in private.”
I humored Oliver with a chuckle and motioned to close the door. They took the hint and backed up, almost cowering in a passive sort of gesture.
“See you around, Zach.”
“Later.”
I texted Teo as soon as I was alone to tell him they’d visited me to apologize. Knowing him, he’d have found them daily until they did so. Now, he didn’t have to wonder if he needed to follow up with them.