"This was not the deal Wale, all the way or nothing!" Kind exclaimed while trying to maintain a steady gaze. "All I'm asking for is just a single round and thats it!" 

The two had been in argument the entire night till the approach of dawn and in his drunken state, Wale figured at least one of them should be half sober before they both do or say things they are most likely to regret later. Still, he couldn't help but enjoy Kind's stubbornness not to mention, he too was feeling more honest with himself. 

"This feeling is far from unpleasant I must say..." Wale mumbled to himself after Kind had forcefully kissed him yet again. Initially, he had wanted to push his intoxicated friend away but couldn't bring himself to outdo Kind's strength and relentlessness. 

"Ah! I always feel good around you...drinking with you, so I kept on needing more." Kind said while staggering back to the couch opposite his friend. 

"Even though you've been showing me a cold shoulder till now, suddenly I'm not sure how to handle this coercive side of you towards me K. I never thought even once that you liked me this much to want for us to get physical..."

"You're not tricking me out of this. I'm going to have sex with you tonight."

"Remember I have a girlfriend whom you advised me to propose to moments ago K. Besides that, I'm straight...and my best friend who..." Wale cut himself short for could feel his self control slipping away gradually. Yet, despite being drunk too, he wanted to at most maintain his sanity since Kind was already  past sobriety and redemption.

"Well, you don't have a shred of proof I can't be her tonight!" Kind retorted back and stood up on his feet. "I'm in love with you and I want to have sex right now so choose your preference, top or bottom. I can go either way" 

'What did I get myself into?' Wale thought to himself, his eyes fixated on his best friend who seemed as he'd hit the floor at any moment and this sight of him made Wale chuckle a little. "You can't have sex when furious K, your face looks ridiculous. Put a smile on and I might reconsider." Wale said, trying to buy time. He'd been waiting for Kind to at least experience the onset of level five of his intoxication, the stage at which he'd appear dazed and fall asleep but the person standing in front of him was far from it. 'After gulping down seven bottles of wine, how is he still standing up?' 

 "Let's do it when you're sober K please."

"I will have lost my courage then!" Kind shouted and pulled Wale up to his feet then drunkenly dragged him to his room, stopping for a few seconds to support himself on the wall. 

"I'm dizzy K." Wale pleaded, following along and ensure at the same time if Kind was really goin g to g along with his ultimatum.

"You have never had sex with a man haven't you?" 

"If Cherry is a guy then yes, and all my other ex girlfriends." Wale teased, his usual habit that he enjoyed doing to see his friend's reactions but tonight, he needed to use the same tactic and buy time until this aroused beast on top of him had sobered down a little for Kind had pinned him down, his hands on both sides, trapping him in the middle. 

Taking off his vest and the rest of his undergarments, Kind became completely naked. His breathing heavy and his heart beating fast, he reached to kiss Wale's lips but ended up pressing at Wale's palm instead. 

"K calm down a little, will you? You're going to regret this later..."

"As if!" Kind was having none of that. "It hurts you dummy! I need my release...! I can't hold it anymore!" 

Just then, tiny bits of whimpers escaped him followed by a chocking burning sensation trapped in his throat. "This sucks...! Just marry her already!" 

"...K..."

"...I become so horny that a mare touch from you and my body heats up..." Kind whispered then covered his eyes. He felt he needed to hide his shame. "I've had it... I'm tired of being happy for you two and you both look good together so what chance do I have?" 

Wale sat up reaching for his friend's hands. He wanted to see his face but Kind pushed him away. "Don't touch me! You think this is funny? Always mocking me as if you knew I'm gay? Fuck! ...I can't even tell you how I feel when I'm sober that I had to get myself extremely drunk to do it!" Grabbing Wale's face with both hands, Kind revealed a teary face of himself. "You must tell me I confessed to you when I'm sober Wale. At least, I'd like to know I finally confessed to a selfish bastard like yourself did it for my own satisfaction.:

Wale was tempted to laugh but instead closed his eyes briefly and sighed. "Okay K. I'll tell you everything you did while drunk."

"Not everything dummy just the confession part! I can't handle embarrassing stuff." 

Unable to endure it any longer, Wale let out a brief laugh then shifted his gaze between his friend's legs and pointed. "You mean embarrassing stuff like this?" 

"Agh! Why is it still up!" Kind exclaimed, wishing the ground would swallow him up already. "It hurts so bad!" 

Jumping out of bed, he almost stumbled on the floor but grabbed onto the bedside table for support. Everything around him was spinning but his attention was more focused on distancing himself from his crush as far as possible. A futile attempt it had been for he couldn't reach far in his state with his hands both covering his erection. 

Grabbing Kind from the back by the shoulder, Wale pulled his friend towards him and stood chest to back then whispered, "I'll do anything if you'd stop avoiding me." 

Reaching down, Wale gently held his friend's member, an action that made Kind flinch then tried to break free. 

"No! Wait...! Think of Cherry!" 

"I can't be with her without you neither can I be with you without her. Don't you get it?" 

"Let go...!" Kind shut his eyes, unable to fight fight the pleasurable feeling that came with Wale's touch... The stroking, rubbing and the warmth. He couldn't endure it anymore and soon enough,  was moaning from it, arching his back and craving for more. He had fantasied this moment a million times and had accepted he was never going to have it, yet here it was,  the feel of it tasting much better than he had imagined it. 

Wale was good with his hands as he sped up in his strokes. His movements clear, for he knew well where to put pressure for pleasure until Kind was spasming from release. 

"I love you Wale..." Kind said, his eyes barely half open while his expression full of eroticism. "I'm sleepy so don't hate me if I can't go all the way with you okay?" 

"Okay K." Wale replied. He felt sober upon the realization of what had just transpired though despite that, he felt no tinge of regret nor remorse. Looking at Kind now, naked in his arms, it hit him that this is the first time in their adult life that he had seen Kind completely naked. They often showered together as kids whenever each of them visited the other. Even while living in that hotel he considered his home, it never occurred to him Kind had started being conscious of his body. They had stopped taking showers together during their final year in high school for Kind would avoid going to the locker room with him but didn't have a problem sharing it with others. He blamed himself for being blind and complaisant to realize that that was when it all began.

Carrying his friend to bed, he gently lay him down, wiping his sweaty body with a hot towel and finally tucking him in and that was when he felt a tinge of regret. Kind had begun avoiding him after he started dating Cherry, yet he always assumed Kind and Swalha had a romantic interaction amongst themselves. 

"All these years, you must have suffered listening to me talk of how great a girlfriend I had. To think I pushed you in our sophomore year to date Swalha. Why did you have to put up a happy face when you were suffering in silence? Or perhaps you assumed nothing could prove more foolish as to confess to your best friend who always boasted about his girlfriend right?" 

Wale remained pensive for a while then finally took a shower and prepared himself for bed, his mind still distracted. He didn't like sleeping alone and since Cherry had gone to spend the weekend with her parents, he didn't want to sleep alone tonight either. "I can't wait to see your face when you wake up K. Will you remember the things you said tonight?" 

Pulling the cover that had slipped off Kind's shoulder, he whispered, "I'm not sorry for tonight K. At least I got to spend time with you like old times."