This is a gay love story which is pure fiction and fantasy. None of the characters portrayed relate to any known person.
Warning - it contains explicit m/m sex.
The Pink Retreat
Luke's mum was pleased to see them when they arrived home, although it no longer felt like that since they'd now settled into the cottage and found the locals to be very friendly. Several had invited them round for morning coffee or afternoon tea much to their amusement but it meant that the locals were accepting them into their community despite being a gay couple. What was evident was that Roberts had not been a popular man and nobody seemed that upset to hear he had committed suicide. They had much more sympathy for his wife who it seemed had now settled in on her brother's farm nearby.
That evening Josh had to attend the rehearsal so he disappeared almost as soon as they arrived. It meant that Luke could spend some quality time with his mum and they enjoyed a pleasant evening together. The following morning Jacek was coming round to see them for Josh to invite him to join him in the new business. They'd also planned to meet up with Tristan, Ryan and Simon that evening and with a bit of luck they hoped to get invited back to Tristan's flat for some serious sex!
The rehearsal went well for Josh but the group were bitterly disappointed when he announced that he was moving out of London so would be leaving the orchestra. It seemed that Josh was the best soloist they'd had for years but he did agree to come and do the occasional concert with them. The good news was that one of the members was also a member of the Brighton Gay Orchestra. It seemed he lived in Brighton but worked in London for about three days a week so had joined both groups. When he heard that Josh was now going to be living a stone's throw from Brighton he immediately invited him to join the Brighton group. He said he'd speak to the Chairman who would undoubtedly want to accept Josh into membership.
Josh still couldn't really believe that people thought he was so good and found it quite difficult to cope with at times but he let them have their say and went with the flow.
The following morning Jacek arrived. When he did so, he pulled Josh into a passionate kiss much to Luke's amusement. He then gave Luke a kiss as well but he noticed that it was not as passionate as Josh's. They had not seen Jacek since leaving London back in early July although they had been in email contact. Josh congratulated Jacek on the excellent job he'd done in looking after the newly designed garden which delighted Jacek immensely.
"So are you moving permanently to Ditchling? Jacek asked in a somewhat disappointed tone.
Josh said they were but he was planning to start up his own garden design business and wondered whether Jacek would like to join him.
"It would mean moving down to Ditchling but we do have a small cottage free at present so you could rent that for a reasonable amount if you were interested" Josh explained.
Without hesitation, Jacek immediately accepted and said he'd love to come and live and work down in Sussex. He had no particular ties to London and in any event found it quite hard to make friends so being in the country and especially with Josh and Luke was just perfect.
It was therefore arranged that Jacek would accompany them when they returned in three days' time so that he could see the cottage and discuss in more detail what Josh had in mind.
"We're meeting up with Tristan, Ryan and Simon this evening; would you like to join us?" Luke said.
Jacek jumped at the idea. He seldom went to the gay bars so to go with his best friend was just perfect.
Ann then invited him to stay for a meal if he wanted so they could all go off together. Jacek beamed and accepted.
"I go and do some tidying up in the garden as I'm here" Jacek then said but as he was about to go he stopped and looked at Ann. "What you do about gardener if I go to Sussex?"
Ann smiled at Jacek. He really was a sweet guy and she liked him for it.
"Oh don't worry Jacek; you and Josh have done such an excellent job out there that I've decided I will try and do the work myself; I need something different to do and gardening could be just the thing."
Jacek grinned and almost jumped with joy as he made his way outside to the garden.
"He is so excited about joining you two in Ditchling" Ann commented as she watched Jacek run off.
"Think he's got the hots for Josh really" Luke giggled.
Ann looked at him and raised an eyebrow, "Well, can't blame him but you'll have to find someone else for him to get into a lather over".
That evening they met up with the other three and had a great time. They were all very interested in what Luke and Josh had been doing although they were also very sorry to hear about Hugh.
"So what's it like to be a property owner with lots of money and a flashy car Luke" Ryan asked.
"Brilliant" Luke replied laughing, "You must all come down sometime; we do have one spare room and there's a sofa bed so we can sleep all of you".
"Don't think we'll be sleeping" Tristan giggled, "We can have an orgy!"
"Just the same I see" Josh replied laughing, "but we've missed you guys".
They then talked about what Ryan and Simon were doing now they'd passed their exams.
"I've got a job with a company that implements specialist software for clients" Ryan explained.
"And I've managed to get a job with a garden design company but I'm not that happy with it since all I can do at present is be the pair of hands and not doing any design work so not sure if I'll stay with them" Simon said.
When he heard that Josh was planning to set up his own business and Jacek was going down to join him, Simon was really jealous.
"Any chance of joining you Josh?" he asked tentatively.
"It all depends on how busy I get" Josh replied.
"And how many concerts he gets" Luke added.
"But we'll keep in touch because you never know; perhaps one day you can be in charge of the London office" Josh chuckled.
Having caught up with all their news, they spent an enjoyable evening together. They never did get back to Tristan's flat for sex but it was good to see them all.
The next day Luke and Josh used the time to go through what was left in London to take back with them in two days' time. Josh didn't have much but Luke had to decide what he wanted to take and what to leave. His mum had said they could still use the second floor as a London base whenever they wanted so it was not a problem.
Finally they had sorted it all out and packed up what they would be taking. Since they now had the Jag they had loads of room in the boot of the car.
The concert was brilliant and Josh received a standing ovation yet again for his two solos. Luke felt so proud, as he sat out front knowing that it was his love that was playing and receiving the adulation. He wanted to stand up and shout `that's my lover who you're applauding' but of course he didn't. Instead he joined in the excitement and stood along with his fellow members of the audience. Afterwards he went round to the back and met up with Josh. The group were having a social get together so Luke was invited as well. They were a nice crowd and Josh would miss them. He only hoped the Brighton lot were as friendly but Ashley who was in both groups said they were and would make Josh feel very much at home.
"He really is talented you know" Ashley confided to Luke whilst Josh was receiving yet more congratulations from fellow members.
"I know" Luke replied, "I feel he should take it up professionally but he doesn't want to. He enjoys what he does but doesn't seem to want to make a living out of it".
"It's a shame because he'd do so well; I've already had several professional people make comments about him so I'm sure they'd snap him up if he was willing."
"Yeah, well, no point in pushing him into something he doesn't want to do" Luke replied knowing very well that Luke in fact would hate the pressure of being professional.
Ashley agreed and said it was far better to let him do what he wanted.
"There is one thing I'd like to discuss with both of you sometime" Ashley then said seriously, "I would like to organise a charity concert, possibly involving both orchestras, for a tumour charity in view of Hugh's terrible loss. It would be a tribute to him. What do you think?"
Luke thought it was an excellent idea and agreed to discuss it with Josh although he was sure Josh would be delighted to take part in such a concert.
"With Josh becoming so well known now in the gay music world, I'm sure we could pull in a lot of people if they knew he was going to do some solos."
"Leave it with me" Luke said patting Ashley on the shoulder.
The following day Jacek arrived bright and early with his suitcase packed to spend a week with Luke and Josh. As soon as they'd packed the car, which Jacek thought was very swish, they set off having said their farewell to Ann.
Jacek seemed to chat from the back all the way down. He was so excited about the possibility of moving down to the country with Josh and Luke. In fact he'd already made his mind up but he'd agreed with them to see it first before actually saying `yes'.
When he saw the pink cottage he fell in love with it. He loved the open spaces around them and the reasonably large garden. When Josh said he had plans to redesign it Jacek jumped up and down like a two year old.
"We're also going to install a hot tub here behind the kitchen" Luke explained as they stood in the garden, "It used to be the washhouse years ago but with the advent of automatic washing machines it isn't used now and is a general glory hole so we thought it'd make an ideal place for a hot tub".
"We can then have lots of naked parties" Josh giggled.
"Brilliant" Jacek grinned.
In fact it was the next item on the list of things to be done and Josh planned to get someone in to give them a quote for installing one and re-tiling the room. The kitchen was plenty large enough without that space, albeit that they couldn't eat in it, but since the dining room was only next door it wasn't a problem and in some respects the dining room which was now joined with the living room was a much nicer space.
Having unpacked, they settled down to talk about the new garden design business. They decided that they should offer a wide range of services to start with and if necessary cut those back if they found some were more popular and profitable than others.
Josh wanted Jacek to feel very much part of the business rather than just an employee doing the hard graft so having discussed it with Luke they offered him a share in the business.
"Wow, do you really mean that?" Jacek exclaimed hardly believing what had been offered.
Josh said he did and would love to make Jacek an integral part of the business.
"It will mean lots of hard work and possibly going to meet prospective customers. Would you mind doing that?" Josh asked.
Jacek said he'd be happy to do that since he already had to deal with customers to find his current work.
Having agreed the format, they then discussed the financial side of things. Josh and Luke had already done some market research and felt there was a need for something like this in the area including Brighton itself. When Josh went through the possible income they could achieve and the figure that Jacek would receive, Jacek nearly died. It was far more than he earned at present so whatever happened it was worth a gamble.
"I'm definitely in" Jacek said excitedly.
"You haven't seen the cottage yet" Luke chuckled at Jacek's enthusiasm.
"As long as it's got a roof that's fine by me" he replied.
The other two laughed and Josh pulled Jacek towards him for a kiss.
"It has got a roof and I think you'll love it; you want to go and see it?"
Jacek jumped at the idea so he and Josh set off leaving Luke to do some work he had to do. Luke chuckled to himself as he watched Jacek running alongside Josh.
Josh took his own car which was parked in the double garage behind Luke's little run about and beside the swanky Jaguar. The three cars fitted nicely into the garage enabling all of them to be under cover and off the road.
As Josh drove up to the small cottage which was only five minutes away in the car and in fact could be walked in ten or fifteen minutes, Jacek fell in love with it. The cottage had a small living room but a large kitchen which also had room for a table to eat at. Upstairs there was a large bedroom plus a small box room which was only really suitable for storage or perhaps a study, plus a good sized bathroom. Like the Pink Retreat, at some point in its life a bedroom had been converted into a spacious bathroom.
"I love it" Jacek said jumping from room to room, "I love it" he said again as he took Josh into his arms and gave him a hard kiss.
"You're getting me excited with all these hugs and kisses" Josh giggled as he felt an erection forming.
"Mm, we'll have to do something about that" Jacek giggled giving Josh's crotch a good feel.
"So you like it then?" Josh said finally getting Jacek back to reality.
"How much rent do you pay for your place at the moment?" Josh asked.
When Jacek told him he realised that for much the same amount he would be getting a whole house. Josh told him that he could pay the same rent to start with if that was okay. Jacek was over the moon and gave Josh another big hug and a kiss.
On their way back they discussed the logistics and timings of Jacek coming down permanently. Josh decided that he could do with Jacek sooner rather than later so suggested he move down in two weeks' time so as to give his current customers plenty of notice. They were all casual jobs so there was nothing contractual. In the meantime Josh and Luke would draw up an agreement and the process of setting up the business would begin. Josh told Jacek that he'd pay him a basic salary for the moment until they got going just to cover his rent and living expenses. Josh knew that in any event there was always casual work on the farm Jacek could do if necessary.
When they got back home, Jacek was bubbling over with excitement. As soon as he saw Luke he grabbed him and hugged him plastering him with lots of kisses.
"I take it he likes it" Luke chuckled.
Josh grinned and nodded. He was going to enjoy working again with Jacek since his enthusiasm rubbed off and that was going to be good for business. Luke on the other hand was slightly concerned about having Jacek round Josh all the time but he told himself that he was being silly since he knew he and Josh had sufficient love for each other to keep anyone else at bay. Even so, he would be glad when they were officially Civil Partners!
That evening after they'd finished their meal, the three of them had an enjoyable session of sex together on their new king size bed. Luke and Josh penetrated Jacek several times before they had sex in the raw whilst Jacek watched on. Luke decided that perhaps he was going to enjoy having Jacek around after all!
Over the next few days they started preparations for Josh's new business. They eventually chose the name J & J Garden Designs. Jacek was so excited that his name was to be included albeit only his initial. They then worked out what they wanted on a website and once the wording had been agreed Luke set to and designed one for them. He'd done websites before so had the necessary software to do one and having chosen the domain name he registered it and arranged hosting.
Josh and Jacek were delighted with the result and set about organising advertising in local papers and garden magazines. Luke also designed a flyer for them to distribute around garden centres in the vicinity. Luke and Josh were amazed at Jacek's enthusiasm and ingenuity when it came to finding business. He also suggested they advertise in the Brighton gay press and ask gay bars to allow them to put up a flyer in the bar. Even before the first advert appeared, they were already receiving enquiries.
Jacek's week had flown by and instead of him going home by train, Luke and Josh decided to take him back to London by car. It gave them an excuse to visit London again even though Ann was away on business for a few days. They had the Wimbledon house to themselves and on the second day they were there they decided to go to a gay sauna since they'd never managed to do so before going down to Ditchling to look after Hugh.
Josh found it all very exciting. Although he was used to being naked with other guys, to do it with complete strangers was extremely erotic. He loved the Jacuzzi so knew he was going to like the hot tub they'd now ordered. This was to be fitted within the next few weeks.
As soon as they'd climbed into the warm bubbly water, guys sitting nearby were feeling them. As always, they were soon both hard and enjoyed the feel of another guy's hand round their love tools. When they'd had enough of that, they wandered round and found the steam room. Josh was not so keen on that. He found it too hot. He also found the sauna room too hot as well so he was happy to go back to the Jacuzzi. They found another one which was smaller and only seated about six guys. This was the size of their hot tub so he was interested to see the amount of room you actually got. He liked it since it meant everyone was rubbing knees and legs together which he found extremely erotic.
After a while a very nice looking guy got in and the three of them were soon feeling each other's prize organ. Seeing how big both Josh and Luke were, he suggested they go into a private room. Luke nodded so the three of them set off and found an empty one. They were soon having sex and the guy loved taking them. He also loved watching Luke and Josh do it raw but Luke had explained they were partners and only did so between themselves just in case he was getting any ideas!
They spent almost three hours there and enjoyed the experience immensely. They knew there were gay saunas in Brighton so would have to explore those too but everyone they spoke to said this London one was the best because of its size. They'd been so busy that they hadn't really had time to explore Brighton very much so that too was on the list of things to do once they got back home.
On the third day it was time to leave London and they arranged with Jacek they would come and collect him in just over a week's time.
"Make sure you're all packed up" Josh teased him but knowing Jacek he had no fears he wouldn't be. Jacek was a well organised guy as well as being extremely neat and tidy, even more so than Josh and Luke.
A few days after they'd returned to the cottage, they received an email to say the hot tub had been delivered to the supplier so was ready for fitting. A date was fixed for the work to commence a week later so the pair of them set about clearing out the old washhouse of all the junk that had collected over the years. There was nothing worth keeping so Luke arranged for one of the farm workers to collect it all in a truck and take it to the local tip. That was one advantage of having guys you could call upon whenever required!
Once the room was empty it looked larger than they had imagined so it would make an excellent hot tub room. Since the whole area was to be made into a wet room, they also decided to install a shower in one corner so that guys could shower off before and after using the tub. It didn't need a shower cubicle and certainly didn't need to be cordon off for privacy since the whole area was going to be a `naked only' zone!
"Can't wait for the tub to be installed" Josh said excitedly when they'd finished giving the place a good clean. Why they'd bothered to do so neither of them knew since the floor was going to be ripped up shortly for the drainage system and new tiles to be fitted on the floor and the walls!
On the date arranged, two guys arrived to start work on the installation. When Josh opened the front door he almost gasped. Standing there were two stunning young guys.
"We've come to install your hot tub mate" one of them said.
Once Josh had composed himself and tried not to look the pair up and down too much, he invited them in to look at where it was to be installed. Having checked where the water supply and outlet drain was situated they agreed it was going to be a fairly straight forward job.
"Often we find the water and drainage is miles away so this is brilliant" one of the guys commented as he helped his mate take some measurements.
Josh explained that the room used to be the washhouse so water and drainage was already there but hadn't been used for several years. Josh then told them where the hot tub was to be situated and where the shower was to be. The guys seemed to be perfectly happy with the suggested arrangement and set to work.
The first job was to get the old quarry tiles up off the floor but several had cracked over the years so this did not seem to pose much of a problem for these beefy guys. In fact within an hour they had them all up and had transported them out the back door and through the garage to leave in the garage way. Luke had said he would get one of the farm workers to come and dispose of them since they could be used as rubble somewhere else.
"Nice motor" one of the guys commented as he manoeuvred his wheelbarrow between the cars.
"Yeah, mind you don't scratch it Jo" the other said who was watching his mate very carefully.
It was now time to start drilling the concrete floor to make a channel for the water supply and drainage to the shower. The hot tub was situated right by the services required so that made things easy for them. They also had to cut a hole in the outside wall for an air vent to take away steam so the work was messy and noisy. Josh decided to leave them to it and closed the door between the hot tub room and the kitchen. He went into the living room where Luke was busy working on a piece of software he had nearly completed.
"God" Josh exclaimed as he went into see Luke, "those two guys are really hot but I get the feeling they are one hundred percent straight!"
"Shame" Luke giggled, "We could have invited them to try the hot tub out with us once it's installed!"
"Mm, no such luck I'm afraid"
The two guys were conscientious workers and by lunchtime they had got the channels drilled out, the pipes and drains installed and covered over with a steel plate which could be removed should the need ever arise. They were now ready to install the hot tub and then start tiling the floor which they said they wanted to get done that day so the tiles could set overnight. The next day they would install the air vent and start the wall tiles which they said would probably take a couple of days. Even with taking breaks for cups of tea, they managed to get done what they wanted.
Wanting to see the guys in person, Luke had wandered in at lunchtime and introduced himself as Josh's partner. The two guys didn't seem fazed at all by the fact they were working for a couple of queers!
"See you at eight tomorrow morning mate if that's okay" the guy in charge told Josh as they left around six that evening "and don't be tempted to walk on those floor tiles otherwise you'll fuck them up" he added grinning.
Josh assured him they wouldn't dare do so and saw them out. As soon as they'd gone he did open the door to have a peep from the doorway and called Luke in to do the same.
"Those tiles look brilliant" Luke exclaimed, "glad we chose those dark grey ones, they look really smart".
Josh agreed even though when he first saw them he wasn't too sure but seeing the tiles down he had to agree Luke was right. The wall tiles were white with the odd pink flash in places so the contrast should look good. The hot tub was still wrapped in its plastic even though it was in position so it was not really possible to see it yet.
The following morning on the dot of eight, the two guys returned and set to work again. The floor tiles had set perfectly and just needed grouting which would be done later. Work would now start on the walls once the vent had been installed. When the tiling was done, the shower head and controls would be connected along with the hot tub. The guys still reckoned they could complete the whole job by the end of the next day but Josh couldn't see them doing it. However, these guys worked fast and efficiently as well as producing high quality. The quote from their company had been slightly higher than the other two received but Luke and Josh chose them because of the customer reviews, all of which highly recommended them. They decided it was worth paying a little more to get a good job done. So far it seemed the extra cost was well worth it.
During the course of the day Josh would look in on them to check on progress but what he was really doing was mentally stripping the rather cute guy as he worked!
True to their prediction, by the end of the third day everything had been installed. They asked Luke and Josh to come and inspect and they couldn't believe the transformation that had been made to the room which previously had always looked a grubby glory hole.
"That looks absolutely brilliant" Luke exclaimed as he roamed round the room looking at the quality of grouting, the installation of the shower and the hot tub. He was dying to say, `how about we all strip off and try it' but held himself back.
"Suggest you leave things to settle down for tonight before trying it out" the guy in charge said grinning, "but we have checked everything for leaks so it should be okay".
"So it should be okay to use tomorrow then?" Josh asked.
"Yeah, you can jump in tomorrow and enjoy a good hot soak!" the guy chuckled as he wiped the edge of the tub with a soft cloth to remove finger prints.
He then went through the operating instructions, how the filtering system worked and what they needed to do to keep the water clean and wholesome. It seemed the water mainly flowed round and round through a filtering and cleaning system and only needed topping up every so often but even this was automatic. Most of the workings were behind a removable panel at the front of the hot tub and the operating panel was in another box of tricks on the wall well away from the water.
"Thanks guys, it all looks brilliant" Luke said admiring their cute bodies as they collected their tools together.
Finally the guys left and said to call the company if there were any problems. Josh assured them they would and almost added `we hope you two come to sort any problems out!'
The following day before breakfast, Josh switched the hot tub on. They were both dying to try it out.
"Come on, it should be up to temperature now" Luke said once they'd finished breakfast and cleared up.
They first tried out the new shower and that was brilliant. They then padded across the floor dripping water as they went, and climbed into the hot tub.
"Oh yeah, this is wonderful" Luke exclaimed as he felt the warm water bubbling round his nakedness.
Josh agreed, it felt wonderful and he knew they were going to make good use of it whatever the weather was doing outside. He also found it made him randy and it wasn't long before he had a stiffy. Luke giggled when he noticed and shuffled up beside his lover to grasp it in his hand.
"Mm, now I wonder what it's like to have sex in a hot tub" Luke chuckled as he slid beneath the water and took the large organ into his mouth.
"Stay right there" Luke told him having come up for air. He climbed out, quickly dried himself off and ran off into the living room to fetch a bottle of lube.
"Think we'll have to keep a bottle of lube in here" Luke said as he climbed back in.
"We'll end up having bottles all over the house" Josh giggled.
"Yeah, well, it's nice to be prepared for any eventualities!"
Luke then told Josh to stand up and bend over the edge of the hot tub. Luke inserted two well lubricated fingers into Josh before slipping in his own tool, which by now had grown to a full size erection.
"Oh yes" Josh yelled, "That feels good".
"Mm, it certainly does" Luke replied as he thrust back and forth.
Eventually he reached his climax and shot his load into Josh. It felt wonderful and he squeezed Josh's naked body up against him as the last drops oozed out of him.
"I think we should have a hot tub party and invite Jason and Ian" Josh said once Luke had uncoupled himself and they'd sat down again.
"Yeah, good idea; can't wait to see Ian naked, and perhaps we should invited Colin as well."
Josh agreed since over the past few months they'd become good friends and Josh was dying to see him naked also.
"Why don't we arrange it after Jacek is down here and he can meet all of them as well?"
Josh thought that a brilliant idea so Luke agreed to contact Jason and Josh would contact Colin. They suggested they make it the Friday evening following the weekend when they were due to collect Jacek.
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