Three months had passed since Derrik and Hunter first fell head over heels for each other. They settled into a blissful routine, spending lazy mornings tangled up with one another, exploring the charming coastal town hand-in-hand in the afternoons, and losing themselves to passion beneath starlit skies at night.
One evening as they cooked dinner together, Derrik decided it was time he shared something important. "Hey Hunter," he began hesitantly while chopping vegetables for their salad, "there's a few things I need tell you about myself."
Hunter looked up from the stove where he had been sautéing some garlic and onions, his brow furrowed slightly in concern at Derrik's tone. He moved to stand beside him, placing a comforting hand on the small of his back.
"What is it babe? You know we don't have any secrets," Hunter said softly reassuringly, as always attuned to his lover's emotions.
Derrik took a deep breath before confessing "Well...I haven't exactly been honest about my sexual preferences. I mean, you and me together feels so right but the truth is..." He paused gathering courage. "I've never actually considered myself gay until meeting you Hunter."
Hunter blinked surprised at the admission but quickly rallied to squeeze Derrik's shoulder supportively "Hey it doesn't matter what labels we put on things. All that matters is how I make YOU feel," he soothed earnestly, ever his understanding partner.
"I know and thank God for your flexibility because apparently my ex-girlfriend would concur..."
The words had barely left Derrik's mouth when a familiar voice rang out from behind them causing both men to whirl around startled.
"Well well if it isn't little miss question mark herself!" the woman trilled in mock surprise hands on hips. "Aren't you going to introduce me, D?"
Derrik stared at his ex-lover Lila standing there looking like a supermodel with her cascading chestnut hair and piercing green eyes - an uncomfortable reminder of the complicated past he thought long buried.
"L-Lila," Derrik stammered flushing hotly. "What are you doing here?"
Hunter glanced between the two, confusion etched across handsome features as realization slowly dawned just who this bombshell was to his lover..."Hunter," Derrik said quickly turning towards him "This is Lila - my ex-girlfriend from a few years back. We dated briefly in college before I moved here." He glanced nervously between the two, unsure how Hunter would react.
Lila smirked at that information, sinking her teeth into plump bottom lip eyeing up the new man present, shamelessly appreciating his physique "Mmmm well aren't you just a tall glass of 2%," she purred bold as ever.
"Excuse me?" Hunter asked taken aback by blatant flirtation aimed square at him, brows knitting together in slight annoyance and hurt that Derrik would bring such a brazen temptation into their home.
"Not now Lila!" Derrik snapped impatiently "Why are you even here? Did mom send you to check up on me again?" He rolled his eyes, exasperated by his mother's meddling ways, still hoping for grandkids from the failed relationship.
"Nope, I'm all out of family favors," she replied with a smirk, pulling an envelope that seemingly suddenly appeared in her manicured hand "Actually, this came for you via courier at my place since no one knows your new address... probably because..." Her gaze flicked meaningfully to Hunter before continuing "...you've been so busy playing hide the sausage that USPS can't find ya!"
With that crude quip she the slapped envelope into Derrik's hand and turned on her designer heels strutting out as abruptly as she had arrived, leaving two men in stunned silence staring after her swaying hips.
"Hunter... I need you to understand something," he began earnestly taking the other man's hands into his own.
"You see Lila - she was my first serious girlfriend in college. Everyone assumed we'd get married someday with how perfect on paper our relationship seemed." He paused, squeezing Hunter's fingers gently as if seeking comfort and strength. "But truth is... I never felt for her even a fraction of what burns between us now," Derrik confessed quietly locking eyes with his lover. "I dated Lila because she fit the mold society expected me to fill - doting girlfriend on my arm while I chased dreams. But inside, something always felt off."
Hunter listened intently, thumb gently caressing derrik's knuckles in silent support even as a faint frown marred his handsome face.
"Being with you... it opened my eyes Hunter," Derrik continued softly "Makes me realize maybe the mold isn't for me after all." He brought their joined hands up to press a fervent kiss against hunter's skin, heart hammering beneath his ribs. "I'm sorry I never said anything sooner but I needed time figuring myself out. But know this..." Derrik gazed deeply into Hunter eyes soul bare and vulnerable "You're it for me - gay or not labels can't change the truth of the love between us. Please tell you don't doubt that after Lila's little stunt, because... I'm crazy about YOU."
Hunter paused for a long moment, absorbing Derrik's heartfelt confession. He searched his lover's eyes - those beautiful windows to the soul he'd grown so deeply fond of. In their warm depths, Hunter saw only sincerity and devotion reflected back at him. "I don't doubt you," Hunter said finally, voice low with emotion as a soft smile tugged at his lips "How could I ever question something that feels this real? This right?"
He brought Derrik's hands up to rest against the stubble dusted line of his jaw before leaning in close until their breaths mingled.
"Truth is... you're not just my first, baby. You've been my only," Hunter murmured intimately "I was never out - hells bells I barely admitted it even unto myself 'til meeting your fine self." Hunter chuckled lowly at the memory before sobering slightly to meet Derrik's gaze head on. "Being with you though... makes me want to be bold. Makes me wanna scream my love for this sexy ass from rooftops," he purred playfully nipping gently at derrik lips teasing them open. "You've brought color into my monochrome life, darling and I'm crazy about YOU too."
Hunter sealed his declaration with a searing kiss - all tongue and passion as he backed Derrik up against the kitchen counter. Hands roamed feverishly over the toned body mapping out every dip curve and plane until his lover gasped wantonly in to his mouth.
They made love then right there amidst scattered dishes, remnants of breakfast forgotten, desire overriding everything else.
Derrik cried his pleasure for the heavens above, an audience of seagulls circling outside as hunter took him hard and fast just how liked it - claiming this man heart body soul with deep strokes of his powerful hips.
Later, sated in the afterglow they lay tangled limbs entwined atop kitchen floor too spent to move towards the bed.
"I love you," Derrik whispered tracing idle patterns over the sweat slick abs of his lover "More than words can say."
Hunter smiled soft and tender pulling him closer to rest his head on Derrik's chest.
"Then I'm one lucky bastard because... I feel the same way."
A few hours later, still basking in post-coital bliss and lost in each other's company, a sudden loud banging at the front door startled them. They both froze - it couldn't be Lila again could it? Hunter groaned as he hauled himself up from their makeshift bed on the kitchen floor while Derrik hastily threw on yesterday's rumpled clothes.
Opening the door revealed none other than Marcus and Olivia, two of Derrik's longest-standing friends who also happened to know him since childhood. They stood there gaping like landed fish before bursting into scandalized laughter at Hunter's shirtless chest glistening with dried sweat and Derrick's disheveled hair sticking up in a dozen directions.
"Well well!" Olivia crowed smirkingly, elbowing Marcus's ribs "Guess cat's outta bag now, huh babe?"
Marcus just gawked still struggling to process the scene before him. He finally found his voice after an eternity of stunned silence:
"What... Derrik? Are you gay?" His tone swung wildly between shocked disbelief and wounded betrayal.
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