TITLE: Maturity
AUTHOR: Epona
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RATING: PG-13 (A guess)
MAIN CHARACTER/S: Ike and Buck
STATUS: Complete
DISCLAIMER: The usual
The boys had gotten away from the mission for the afternoon, and were finally in the secrecy of the woods surrounding the school. The two thirteen year old boys had found a nice place by the creek where the water calmed both of them as it flowed past. When they were sure they were alone, they stared into each other’s eyes. Buck made a swift movement with his hands that Ike didn’t recognize.
-What does that one mean?- he asked.
“Love,” Buck replied. He tried not to look into Ike’s eyes, thinking he might refuse his gesture, or run away. Instead Ike just returned a puzzled glare.
-I don’t need that word for a while,- Ike responded.
“Why not?” Buck questioned. He had the sad look in his eyes accentuated with his eyebrows pulled close in confusion.
-The girls, you see them- Ike improvised signs showing Buck the usual three feet length the other children kept from his bald friend.
“I see you too,” Buck replied. “And so far I like what I see.”
Ike looked down and blushed at the realization of what Buck was saying.
-Thank you,- he responded.
Suddenly Ike looked up with a look in his face of wonder. -Have you ever been with a girl?-
“What do you mean, we are around them everyday?”
-I don’t know the sign for it. When you love them.- Ike fumbled with the new sign, slightly from the nervousness of what it meant, and slightly from his unfamiliarity with the movement.
“The elders never taught me that sign, I guess we could make one up. Are you talking about this?”
Buck leaned forward and pressed his lips to Ike’s cheek, leaving them there for a brief moment that felt like an eternity. Then, as if suddenly realizing what he had done, he pulled away and fixed his eyes to the creek. Ike sat in astonishment. The small wet spot on his face tingled with the remembrance of Bucks wet lips. He secretly cursed the wind for blowing dry the thin layer of wetness so quickly.
Buck’s pulse raced. He knew he had probably just ruined the only friendship he had. He stared at the smooth current of the water waiting to hear the footsteps of Ike running away. Expecting at any moment to feel the pressure of his fist against his cheek as he had seen Ike fight with some of the other boys. Instead, there was a light tap on his shoulder. Buck turned with his mouth open to release an apology. Instead, the words were pushed back into his mouth by the presence of Ike’s lips upon his own. His lips were cool and awkward against Buck’s. Ike’s nose pressed against his, and slid to the side as Buck’s tongue pushed through Ike’s silent lips. The same lips that he had wondered about late at night. The lips that released no sounds but possessed strength for uses other than speech.
Ike accepted his tongue, and guided it through his mouth with his own. Both boys closed their eyes as if visualizing the inside of the other’s mouths. Ike moved his hands to Buck’s scalp, feeling the silky hair as he brushed with his fingers. Goosebumps raised all over Buck’s body, along with the growing bulge in the front of his pants that he had never previously experienced. He had overheard the older boys talking about the stiffness, but had always thought it to be a bad thing. A white man with an erection had attacked his mother, and he never believed he could feel such a thing with enjoyment. He smiled as Ike released his tongue and softly licked his lips. All of Buck’s thoughts went straight back to the strong young man with him by the creek.
Ike had moved in front of Buck, putting him lower on the bank. He kept his hands in Buck’s hair as he moved his body lower, kissing his dark neck and chest. Buck leaned back and let out a groan full of pleasure and restraint.
“Oh God,” he murmured as he pulled away from his silent friend. “I never knew you felt this way.”
Buck looked over Ike, as if seeing him for the first time. His eyes tried to take in every detail of his friend who seemed to be glowing with excitement.
-I never knew you felt this way!- Ike replied without loosing the broad grin on his face. Buck knew this was the happiest he had ever seen his new friend.
“I don’t want others to know.” He blurted. Immediately he regretted the harshness of his words. He wanted the whole world to know the passion he had just felt, but he knew the recipient of such passion was not one to publicize.
-Good. I won’t tell.- Ike replied, with a grin at the obviousness of his statement. He couldn’t tell anybody yet, Buck was the only one that understood sign.
At this agreement, Ike leaned forward and pressed his lips against Buck’s again. Each boy absorbed the excitement of the other in his newly found passion. Then the two separated, but in body only. They knew a bond had been created that no one else could understand, like most other things in their lives. Cheerfully the boys that had left the mission a few hours earlier returned as young men.
When they returned, one sister remarked on how positive the fresh air was for their spirits.
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