This is a gay love story and is pure fiction. Warning - it contains explicit m/m sex.
Number Twenty Five
"Mum wants to meet you" Ryan says having just come off the phone from speaking to his mother. She lives in Hastings and although I have spoken to her on the phone we have never met. She sounded pleasant enough and Ryan was clearly the apple of her eye so I was slightly apprehensive about meeting her. He assured me that she was perfectly okay about his sexuality so I told myself there was no reason to feel worried.
Ryan said we'd drive over on the Sunday since the guesthouse was quiet and we only had three rooms booked. So, after breakfast on the Sunday morning we drive the thirty miles or so to Hastings. She lives in St Leonards and owns a small house. She welcomes me with open arms and as soon as I'd met her I knew we'd get on well.
"It's so lovely to meet you at last James; Ryan's told me so much about you"
"That sounds ominous" I laugh trying to joke to overcome my nervousness.
"Oh it was all good I can assure you" she replies as she kisses me on the cheek, "I can tell he's very much in love with you".
We spend an enjoyable day with her and Ryan tells her she must visit Brighton and stay for a few days. She'd never seen the guesthouse and he thought it was time she did.
On our way home that evening, I could tell that Ryan was worried about something.
"What's wrong?" I ask.
He looks at me briefly as he is driving and places his free hand on my thigh.
"She's not well"
"She looked okay to me" I reply somewhat surprised.
"She told me when I was helping her in the kitchen that her doctor has referred her to the hospital for some tests. From what's she's said I think it could be cancer."
"But she doesn't know for sure?"
"Nope, but it's very likely from what she's said, or more to the point what she hasn't told me. She's very independent and doesn't burden others with her problems so it's difficult to get all the facts. She can be very stubborn at times."
"Mm, like mother like son" I reply smiling.
"What's that supposed to mean? Are you saying I'm stubborn?"
"Well, you're very independent and can be stubborn at times, so I can see where you get it from" I chuckled.
"Sorry"
I pat his knee and tell him not to be. It was one of the many things I loved about him.
"Let's see what the results of the tests show before we get too worried" I say trying to console him but I knew really he was worried and whatever I said wouldn't change that.
A few weeks later the test results showed that Ryan's mum did in fact have cancer. It was a virulent type and was rapidly spreading. She was now being referred to a London specialist clinic and Ryan wants to go with her when the appointment came through. I tell him not to worry about the guesthouse and that I will cope. It is going to be busy for me since we are beginning to get booked up but somehow I will manage.
"We've had an email from a young guy who wants to book the small room for six weeks" I tell Ryan one day having checked the bookings and emails, "He's moving to Brighton and wants that time to find suitable accommodation and a job. He's asking if we can give him a discount as it's a long period."
We discuss it and eventually agree that we will discount the room rate provided the guy pays up front. The guy, whose name is Luke, agrees and calls me to give his credit card details over the phone for me to process the payment. He sounds nice and says he has to move away from home which is near Stoke on Trent. I get the feeling there is more to the story but decide not to pry. No doubt he will say more when he arrives if he wants to.
Luke in fact arrives two days later. He has with him two large suitcases plus a large rucksack.
"Hi, I'm Luke" he grins when I open the door to him.
I like him immediately. He's not only very cute, extremely good looking with fair skin and blonde hair but has a slim body which looks very nicely formed! He's also about my height and when I take a note of his details, he lets drop that he's nineteen.
I show him to his room which seems somewhat small for the amount of luggage but he says he'll manage.
"My worldly possessions" he grins with the cutest of grins.
"When you're ready, come downstairs to the lounge and I'll have some tea ready for you" I tell him as my eyes drift up and down his body, "and I can go through various things about the place and Brighton".
He thanks me and as I pass him his room key card and our hands touch, I get a shiver of excitement shoot through me.
"So what brings you to Brighton then?" I ask Luke when he joins me for tea in the lounge and I offer him a piece of fruit cake that Ryan has made.
"Long story but basically I've fallen out with my father"
"Oh"
"He can't accept the fact that I'm gay"
"Oh, I know the feeling" I reply thinking back to my own father.
"I'm a big disappointment to him apparently; he owns a large and successful catering business and he expects me to join him in the business but when I came out to my parents he basically told me to stop being gay, find a nice girl, get married, have children and join him in the business. When I told him I am what I am and you don't choose to be gay, he said 'you either do as I say or I don't want to know you'. I therefore told him to fuck off and left. Why Brighton? Well, I understand gays are welcome here and it's a long way from Stoke on Trent."
"I'm sorry" I reply knowing what it is like when your own father will not recognise you for what you are.
"Oh don't be; he's a homophobe so I'm better off without him. The laugh is that if he did but know it he has at least two other gays in his company but they are in the closet. I decided I wasn't prepared to live a lie so came out."
"What about your mum? Does she hold the same views?"
"Oh she is too weak to say what she thinks so everyone ignores her"
"Any brothers or sisters?"
"Nope, I'm the only one; I think that's why he's so pissed off because he realises there will be no cuddly little grandchildren or anyone to continue the business when he's dead and gone; so tough."
I could see that Luke really was feeling upset about it all although he was putting on a brave face.
"I really am sorry" I said again placing a hand on top of his across the table.
"Thanks, you're the first person to really understand"
"So what are you hoping to do now you're in Brighton?"
"Well, I went to catering college so I'm hoping I might be able to use my skills somewhere but in the meantime someone told me I should be able to get a bar job to keep me going for a while. Fortunately I came into some money on my eighteenth that had been put in trust for me by an uncle who died some years ago so that brings in a tidy income and I sold a very expensive car that my father gave me for my eighteenth so that has given me enough money to keep me going for several months."
Luke then chuckled to himself, "My father doesn't know I've sold the car yet; he's really going to be pissed off when he finds out so fuck him".
"I'm sure you'll find something" I reply, "the bars are often looking for staff and I expect there are several hotels and restaurants wanting staff."
"Yeah but I don't really want to work in a hotel or restaurant; long hours and low pay but bar work would be okay; I like meeting people; especially gay guys!"
"I could show you the gay bars if you like and you could make some enquiries"
"Thanks James, that'd be great"
We seem to hit it off with each other and I decide I'm going to enjoy having Luke around for a few weeks.
"Just one other thing" he then adds, "if I bring my own readymade meals in, is there anywhere I can heat things up and eat them?"
I tell him I'd need to ask Ryan but it may be possible for him to use the oven or the microwave in the kitchen and use the dining room to eat.
"Thanks, that'd be cool because I don't fancy eating out every night for six weeks"
"Let me go and ask Ryan and see what he says because he's in charge of the kitchen"
I leave Luke sitting having his tea and cake and shoot upstairs to the flat to find Ryan who is writing. I tell him about Luke and his request.
"Cute eh, mm perhaps I'd better come and meet him" Ryan says grinning.
We go back downstairs and I introduce Luke to Ryan. Luke gives Ryan one of his cute grins and Ryan says we will be happy to cook any food he brings in and he can eat it with us in the dining room. For health and safety reasons, Luke will not be allowed in the kitchen so any heating up or cooking will have to be done by Ryan or myself.
With that agreed, Luke shoots off out to see what he can find locally in the way of something to eat that night. He soon returns with a steak and mushroom pie and some chips. I take them into the kitchen and Ryan heats them up along with the meal he is preparing for us. He also places a portion of carrots on the plate when he serves it up with ours.
We all eat together and Luke tells us more about his life up north. He is a fascinating guy to talk to and like me Ryan is very much taken with him.
"He really is cute isn't he" Ryan comments later when we eventually go up to our flat and leave Luke to go down to the Jacuzzi.
Later that night, when it's time for me to go down to the basement to switch everything off, I find Luke still soaking in the tub. He climbs out when he sees me and I gaze upon his nakedness. I can immediately feel my own organ rising to the occasion and I'm sure that Luke notices the bulge rapidly forming beneath my thin shorts.
He wishes me a goodnight and leaves me to switch everything off. I get the feeling Luke and I are going to see more of each other as the weeks go by in more ways than one!
A few days later I am making beds and cleaning rooms when Luke pops his head in through the door of the bedroom I am working in.
"Can I help?" he asks hovering in the doorway.
I look up and see him standing there in a yellow thong not dissimilar to the red one I am wearing.
"You're a paying guest" I reply.
"Oh fuck that" he replies laughing, "I'm bored and would like to help you".
Without thinking I agree so he quickly joins me and helps me with the bed I am in the process of stripping and remaking.
As we work, I can't help but admire his gorgeous body and my mind goes into overdrive. I feel my organ hardening and it's not long before I see that his too is filling the front of his thong nicely.
"Mm, nice cock" he says as he moves near me and places a hand on the growing organ.
"And you" I laugh placing my hand on his and feel his growing dick.
Over the next few days Luke helps me around the place and I enjoy his company. Ryan is generally busy in the flat working on his latest story or dealing with queries from the theatre group who is performing one of his books. I can also tell that he's worried about his mum since he contacts her every night to see if there's any news on when she is to go in for tests.
Each day Luke goes out into town when we've finished cleaning the rooms and the general areas. He then returns late afternoon with his food for that night. Ryan likes Luke as well and the three of us have a good laugh as we are eating. One night, Luke says he'd like to cook for us so having given Ryan another one of his cute smiles, Ryan agrees. He cooks the most fabulous meal and Ryan was very impressed. After that, Ryan told him that he was welcome to eat with us each night and have whatever we were having without having to buy his own meal. Sometimes Ryan would cook and sometimes Luke would. Some nights Luke would take us both out for a meal to thank us for the food we'd provided. He was a very genuine guy and the more I got to know him the more I liked him.
I was itching to have sex with him and I got the feeling he was dying to have sex with me but we both kept our sex drive under control although it was very difficult at times. Often I would go down to the basement and find him soaking in the Jacuzzi and I was tempted on more than one occasion to strip off and jump in with him. He was also very popular with the other guests which pleased Ryan even more.
Eventually Ryan's mum had the appointment for her tests. She had to go to a London hospital for them and Ryan wanted to go with her. She would also have to stay in overnight so Ryan said he'd stay in London so he could be with her.
We were almost full to capacity so it was going to be difficult for me to cope on my own. Cooking breakfast was not my favourite task and I was always afraid that I'd not keep Ryan's standards up.
"I'll do it" Luke says when I am telling him about my concerns, "I'll cook and you serve as you normally do".
I was relieved in more ways than one and immediately went to tell Ryan.
"We know he can cook so I'm sure he'd be fine doing breakfast whilst you're away.
Ryan looks at me and grins, "Yeah, I'm sure he would and you no doubt wouldn't complain having him round you. Ryan hadn't seemed to realise that Luke had helped me most mornings so I casually mentioned it.
"Okay, if you're sure" Ryan finally agrees.
That evening when we were eating, I tell Luke that we'd like to accept his offer to cook breakfast whilst Ryan was away. Luke is delighted.
"We must come to some financial arrangement" Ryan then tells him.
Luke says there is no need since he enjoys cooking and we can consider it recompense for the food we are providing him each night.
So, three days later Ryan leaves early in the morning to fetch his mum and take her to London. The previous day Luke had cooked breakfast whilst Ryan watched on and I could tell that Ryan was more than pleased with the quality of food being produced by Luke. The guests were none the wiser since it was me serving them.
When we'd finished serving breakfast, Luke is much more flirtatious than usual. As we clean the rooms he is constantly rubbing himself up against me and letting his hands roam over my nakedness. I do nothing to stop him. In fact I enjoy the attention and it soon shows!
When we'd finished all the rooms and put the washing on we go down to the basement to mop the floor and do the usual maintenance tasks on the Jacuzzi. Suddenly Luke strips off his thong and comes up behind me. He pulls my thong down and puts his hands round my waist to grab my now erect cock.
"Oh yes, that is a gorgeous cock James" he exclaims as he massages it back and forth. He then turns me round, kneels down and takes the long hard organ into his mouth. It feels wonderful and I just stand and let him suck me off until I am shooting my load of hot creamy cum into his mouth. When I've finished shooting he licks the slit until it is clean and looks up at me. He gives me that cute grin of his and I just melt. He really is a lovely guy.
We both climb into the Jacuzzi and continue playing with each other. He stands up and I kneel down and suck him off. It isn't long before he is shooting his hot seed into my mouth and it tastes wonderful.
We always carry a bottle of water round with us when we are working since it is hot work. We have both finished our bottles and I need a pee. I get out the Jacuzzi and say I must go and have a pee.
"I love being pissed on" Luke says as he climbs out with me.
He then lies on the floor and instructs me to pee over his naked body.
"I hope you're going to mop this pee up" I say as I direct my hot stream up and down the length of his nakedness.
Luke laughs and says he'll lick every drop up if necessary. When I've finished, he goes on all fours and starts licking. I smack his naked backside and we fall about laughing. We eventually use the mop and bucket to do the job properly. After that we are very close friends and take every opportunity to cuddle each other, kiss and have sex. That night I spend it with him and we fuck each other. I love fucking him and he loves fucking me. We are well matched. Whilst we are together I tend to forget about Ryan and never once feel bad about what we are doing. I know I still love Ryan and my feelings for him are different from how I feel about Luke who is good fun and good to be with whether we are working together or having sex.
The next day Ryan calls to tell me that his mum's tests have shown that she has a virulent cancer that needs immediate treatment.
"They're keeping her in and starting treatment first thing in the morning" he explains.
I don't really know what to say since I realise it is serious and he is clearly very upset.
"Do you mind if I stay up here for a few days babe? I don't really want to leave her on her own."
I tell him that of course he must stay and Luke and I can cope okay. I also realise that if he does come home he's going to be thinking about her continuously so he won't be much fun to be with.
"As it happens" he continues, "the theatre group want another meeting so I can fit that in whilst I'm up here".
I tell him to take all the time he needs, "Love you".
"And you babe; will call you tomorrow evening."
With that he calls off and I go and tell Luke the news.
"Are you okay to do breakfast for some more days?" I ask Luke.
"Of course I am; I enjoy doing it; we're a good team James" he adds putting his arm round me and giving me a kiss.
Every time he touches me I feel a shiver of excitement shoot through my body and my cock twitches as well. What is it about this guy that makes me feel that way? I'd thought Ryan was my one and only man and that it wasn't possible to find another I loved as much as him but somehow I now had two guys in my life, both of whom I loved with all my heart.
"How about going out for a drink tonight?" Luke asks whilst he's cooking our meal.
I move up behind him put my arms round his waist and feel into his crotch. As usual he's not wearing anything under his whites that he uses when cooking. His cock is soon hard and he giggles.
"I'll burn these pork fillets if you keep on doing that" he laughs but I know he likes me feeling him like this. Eventually I let him get on with the job in hand and agree to his suggestion that we go to a bar after our meal and perhaps I'll even take him to the club where I met Ryan.
After our meal I check on the guests down in the basement area and four of them are looking at some porn whilst another two are in the Jacuzzi.
"Hi sexy," they call out, "come and join us and show off that gorgeous body of yours".
I grin and say that I'm going out so only checking they have everything they need.
"Everything except you" one of the others yells after me, "Where's Luke, isn't he coming down?"
"We're going out for a drink" I tell them.
"Ooh, you lucky bastard" another says, "I wouldn't mind going out with him".
"I'd rather give him a good fuck" his mate says.
I laugh and rejoin Luke upstairs who's now dressed in his smart jeans and T shirt. I tell him about the guys in the basement and he laughs.
"That lot are a load of randy buggers" he giggles, "I suppose you get used to it".
I tell him that it's part of the job and as long as they're happy then so are we.
"I envy you, I'd love to do a job like yours; any chance of me staying on do you think?"
Nothing would please me more than Luke remaining but I was not sure whether the business would support three of us even though Ryan seemed to spend less and less time actually working in it. I was the one who did all the hard graft keeping the rooms and the place in general looking good. And I was the one who handled all the bookings and the accounts. Ryan did his morning breakfast run but that was about it since he was now so involved in his writing and other activities to do with that.
"Have you started looking for somewhere to live yet?" I ask him as we walk to one of my favourite gay bars.
"Yeah, but everything is so fucking expensive; even small bedsits; I've looked at one or two but they're rubbish."
"What about the bar job you mentioned?"
"I'm hoping the manager of where we're going is there tonight because the other afternoon I went in to ask and the bar guy seemed to think he was looking for someone but he wasn't around."
We reach the bar and the bar guy I have got to know was on duty.
"Hi Steve" I call out as we walk up to the bar.
"Hi James, hi Luke" he replies with a beautiful smile which always lifts my spirits, "the manager would like a word with you Luke if you've got a minute".
Luke got excited and asked Steve to tell the manager he was here. A few minutes later the manager, whose name was Chris, came over to where we were sitting with our drinks.
"I understand you're looking for some bar work" he says to Luke.
Having confirmed that fact, Chris says he is looking for a part-time barman to work for three hours early evening three days a week.
"It's casual work and there may be more but I'm short of a guy early evening. You could also be my stand in if you're prepared to be called at short notice."
Luke said he'd be happy to do that and having discussed the pay, he agreed. Chris asked him where he lived and when Luke told him he was currently staying at our guesthouse which was only a few minutes' walk away, Chris was even more interested.
"Brilliant, how about coming in tomorrow at three and I'll get one of the lads to show you the ropes; with Pride next week I may need some extra help but I'll let you know."
With that all agreed, Chris left us to our drinks and a very happy Luke.
"Fucking brilliant" he exclaimed and gave me a big wet kiss on the lips, "that means I can continue helping you at the guesthouse".
"When Ryan comes back I'll have a word with him about you working there as well but I can't promise anything."
One thing that did go through my mind as I said this was that if we could find somewhere else for Luke to sleep then the room he was currently occupying could be available for full paying guests. We'd agreed to Luke having it cheaper in view of the length of stay but at the time we'd not known how busy we were going to get. At present, we were almost fully booked right through to the end of September and over the next two weeks during Pride we were fully booked and I was turning people away.
"Would you be interested in living at the guesthouse if we could find room for you somewhere?" I asked hoping that Ryan wouldn't kill me once I mentioned it to him.
"Fuck, yes" Luke exclaimed looking at me, "why what you got in mind?"
I mentioned the room at the back of the laundry room which was currently being used as a general store but I was sure we could clear it out and put what we wanted to keep in the attic.
"I'm trying to think of a cheap solution that would appeal to Ryan" I said thinking it through, "If you were interested we could convert that room into a bedroom and I reckon we could install a small shower in the laundry room. There's already a sink in the laundry room and you could use the loo upstairs near the kitchen if you don't mind walking upstairs for it. You'd continue having meals with us so you'd only need a room to sleep in."
Luke looked at me with a big wide grin on his face, "That'd be fucking brilliant James; do you reckon Ryan would agree to that? If necessary I don't mind paying for a shower to be installed and I'd be happy to decorate the room myself to save money."
"I'd need to talk it over with Ryan so don't get your hopes up too much but if we can release the room you are currently using then that would bring in extra cash."
Luke was over the moon and I only hoped I could persuade Ryan to my idea. Luke even said he was willing to work as necessary in the guesthouse for free board and lodging so as not to be taking out a wage from the business.
"Tomorrow we'll do some measuring up and I'll speak to Mike the plumber to get an idea of what the cost of installing a shower would be."
"Fucking brilliant James" he said once again and gave me another big wet kiss; "I love you".
I grinned at him and knew that he meant it. The problem was I too was in love with him despite being madly in love with Ryan as well. Oh god, how complicated life can be sometimes!
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