Tales from Kingswood - Chapter 26a (Patreon)

You may be wondering about why there's a 26a, b, c and d. Each version tells the story of the same 14-day period for a different pair of characters. It was a fun event to write and I hope it makes for an enjoyable read. As always, thoughts and comments are welcomed. But for now I start you with the first pair - Chris and Danny.

FAO All Kingswood Parents and Guardians

The Kingswood Pandemic Protocol is now ready to move into its penultimate phase, which requires steps to ensure the COVID-19 virus is not present within the school’s population. As advised in our previous updates, additional accommodation has been built within the school grounds, which is now ready to begin use for the isolation period of the Protocol.

Upon their return from the half-term break, all students will be separated into two-person accommodation and will remain physically separated from all other students, staff and faculty for the virus’ 14-day incubation period. Please find attached a schedule for the times returns are required for each Year group. For anyone with sons in multiple Year groups, please contact our administrative office to discuss alternative arrangements.

While we are aware of the concerns that may arise from paired accommodation, this decision was made based on the need to balance both physical and emotional wellbeing for our students. While solitary isolation eliminates the possibility of cross-contamination entirely, it was considered significantly more likely to cause emotional harm. It is a decision that was not reached lightly and was made in conjunction with expert advice from both epidemiologists and child psychologists, themselves alumni of Kingswood.

During the 14-day isolation period, students will still be able to attend classes through the use of on-site technology, move about the school grounds at set periods to ensure physical health is maintained and engage in group activities designed to minimise the psychological impact. All contact restrictions have been lifted and contact with family will be available at any time to ensure a fully connected support system.

Once the isolation period is complete, the Pandemic Protocol will move to its final stage to maintain a virus-free school. All staff will remain in accommodation on-site for the duration of the pandemic. Any staff or student leaving school grounds will be required to undertake a further isolation period of 14 days upon their return.

We thank you in advance for your co-operation at this difficult time. A further update will follow once the students have returned.

Yours sincerely,

Mr Trystan Everett

Kingswood Headmaster

*****

Day 1

The return to Kingswood after half-term was already something Danny had not been looking forward to. The last thing that had happened before he and the rest of the dorm had left for the week’s break was a savage and heart-breaking verbal assault by their friend, Josh. When he got told about what was awaiting for them upon their return, nervousness had given way to outright fear.

The whole idea of isolation, for a boy who was used to sharing a room with seven friends (or six friends and Josh!) was somewhat intimidating, but he had the sudden realisation on the way back to the school that it was possible he might actually be sharing WITH Josh.

Despite the reassurances from his parents that everything was okay, as they reached the school grounds and sat in the car park waiting for a staff member to come and collect Danny both of his parents were doing a terrible job of hiding their concern. There had been a lot of talk in the Davies household about the pandemic during the half-term break and whether it would fizzle out like Swine Flu and Bird Flu, or become a genuine world-threatening pandemic, it would likely be playing out during Danny’s next six-week stint at the boarding school. The world Danny left today and the one he returned to at the end of term could look very different.

When Mr Francis approached their car and asked for Danny to come out to be escorted to his new home, both Mr and Mrs Davies gave him a lot of fuss before watching him follow the teacher away.

Danny felt more nervous as he followed Mr Francis than he had on his first day at the school. They approached the new, temporary building that had shot up over the past couple of weeks. The boys had not been able to get near it before half-term, so this was Danny’s first chance to see it up close.

It was a long building, with an entrance seemingly on either end of it. Inside were stairs leading up to a second story, but it appeared Danny was on the ground floor. A long hallway ran the length of the building, so as Danny headed down it, he could see the woodlands that surrounded the grounds out the door at the opposite end. The hallway was lined with doors, sixteen on each side for a total of 32 rooms and, presumably, the same layout on the floor above.

As Danny followed Mr Francis, keeping a safe distance away as instructed, he could see names on the doors. It appeared the first eight doors on either side were to be home to the Year 8 students, while the other end of the hallway was seemingly accommodation for the Year 7s, with more names he actually recognised beginning to appear. When he got to the rooms that seemingly belonged to the 1.01 boys, it was a significant relief when he saw his name below Chris’ on the door they stopped at.

Mr Francis held a card near a sensor on the door and then opened it. Danny followed Mr Francis inside, the door closing behind them. Danny looked round the small room briefly. In many ways, it reminded him of the dorms occupied by the Year 12 and 13 boys up on the third floor of the Home Building, with a bed on each side of the room. The main difference was that there was a small bathroom within the room, which he found contained a toilet, wash basin and shower cubicle and very little else. The last part of the room housed a long desk with two chairs, laptop docks and monitors as well as a small 2-seater sofa, all beneath a large window that flooded the room with light. Despite the obvious haste in putting the building together, the room was nicely finished and didn’t really feel like ‘temporary’ living quarters, they just felt like another normal Kingswood dorm.

The teacher gave Danny a few instructions and then advised him Chris was due soon and that he would go into more detail once they were both present. For now, he was just to wait.

It was about half an hour later when there was a knock at the door, followed by the beep of a card being scanned and then the door opened. Danny was sat on one of the beds and looked over with a huge grin at the sight of Chris walking in behind the teacher. They placed Chris’ bags down then, at the teacher’s instruction, they sat together while he started talking to them about what would be happening over the next 14 days.

Thankfully, Mr Francis didn’t go into every little detail but rather instructed them where to find everything they needed to know in the new COVID-19 section of the school’s digital library. That was just the Kingswood way. Don’t give the students information, lead them to it and let them find it for themselves.

Satisfied that he had covered all the life-or-death basics, Mr Francis left the boys to get settled in. They had followed him to the door and as it shut behind him, Chris and Danny turned to look at each other for a moment. Without exchanging a single word, they threw their arms around each other, hugging tightly. After standing in each other’s arms for a few minutes, they eventually parted.

“This is all freakin’ mental!” Danny said, shaking his head.

“Yeah, my parents were pretty pissed,” Chris said with a nod as he moved to sit on one of the beds. “They totally think the school’s over-reacting!”

“Mine don’t!” Danny disagreed, sitting on the other bed. “They thought we should all be on our own!”

Chris flinched and shuddered at the comment. Danny knew being on his own was something Chris would have definitely struggled with, never liking to do anything by himself, even sleeping. It was a matter that Josh’s pre-half-term verbal assault had targeted Chris for.

“I wonder who’s stuck sharing with Josh!” Danny said, wanting to move the conversation onto the cause of Chris’ discomfort without mentioning the issue directly.

“Well I saw James and David are straight across the hall,” Chris said, gesturing in the general direction.

“Oh, well Mikey and Nicky are next door so I guess that puts Josh with… Rob!” Danny reasoned.

“Shit man, that’s not good. Think we should tell someone?” Chris asked thoughtfully.

Danny sighed. The things Josh had said before half-term, to all of them, had been brutal, hurtful and outright harmful so it would have been so easy to just condemn him, but he had been texting Rob over half-term. Somehow, despite everything Josh had said, Rob still held out hope of resolving the issues. “Nah, I trust Rob to do what he needs to. If there’s a problem, he’ll speak up!”

“Oh yeah, cos Rob ALWAYS thinks clearly when it comes to Josh,” Chris smirked.

Danny smiled then asked cautiously, “Are you… okay? I know you said you didn’t wanna talk about it before we left, but I just… thought I’d check!”

Chris just nodded, though his expression painted a very different picture. “Are you?” he asked in return.

Danny sighed and nodded but stopped the nod as he looked thoughtful. “Erm… I don’t know, maybe, maybe not. I think I just need a bit of time!”

Chris nodded back, then looked down at the bed he was sat on. “So, guessing I’ll be sleeping here and you’ll be over there!”

Danny suppressed a smirk and said, “Oh, yes, definitely!”

They stared at each other for a moment, trying to keep a straight face but burst into laughter at the same time as Chris launched himself across the room to grab Danny and topple with him onto the bed. They quickly cuddled together, still laughing.

The afternoon passed quite uneventfully for the two boys as they got unpacked. They were quite surprised to find that a lot of their own things, such as their school uniforms, school laptop and other things they might have needed from their usual dorm had all been moved over in preparation for them. Once they were settled and had chatted away about what they had done over the half-term break, they decided it was time to catch up with the others.

A quick burst of text messages later, they were sat together at the desk starting a video call to the room across the hall. There was a large monitor between the two laptop docks with a camera on top that was to be used by both occupants of the room at once for classes and group activities. As the call rang for a moment, it was David that answered though they could see James moving round in the background.

“Heyyy!” Danny said happily.

“Hey David,” Chris added with a grin.

“Hi,” David said back with a polite smile.

“Hey James, come say hello!” Danny shouted out.

James approached from behind David, leaned and said, “Hi, bye!”

“He okay?” Danny asked, a little concerned. He knew everyone had been affected by the things Josh had said to them and as much as the call was just a chance to say hello, he was also scoping out the damage to see if or where he could help.

“Yeah,” David said with a nod. “Just busy getting his stuff organised. You know what he’s like!”

“Hnnh, yeah. Good half-term?” Chris asked.

David nodded again but looked somewhat less sincere this time.

“Worrying over Covid?” Danny asked bluntly.

Another nod.

Danny knew getting him talking about it usually helped, so he said, “My parents think they should have taken all this further. Chris’ thinks they’re over-reacting. You’re our resident expert, what’s your opinion?”

“I think it’s about right,” David said, cutting somewhat shorter than Danny had expected, but thankfully it led him to go on. “It’s the real world I’m more worried about. We’re playing it super safe in here, but out there…” he paused, shaking his head. “I think it’s gonna get bad!”

Danny almost regretted the question now. It was a hard thing to follow-up so he just nodded, briefly glancing at Chris in hopes of getting some support but he seemed equally clueless.

“Have you spoken to Josh? Or Rob?” David asked.

“No, not yet. You?” Chris answered as Danny shook his head.

“If you do, tell him he’s a twat!” James called out from across the room. “Josh, I mean. Not Rob!”

“You’re either in this call or you’re not!” David said bluntly.

Chris and Danny exchanged a weary look. They had already talked about who might struggle with the time alone together and a sign of squabbling this early on didn’t bode well for the other two.

“No, I was just gonna leave it,” David explained as he turned back to the screen. “I figured tempers might have calmed down a bit by the time we get out of here!”

“Yeah, that’s probably a smart move,” Danny agreed. He had thought the same, but more to avoid Josh rather than giving cooling-off time.

They chatted for a little longer, with James eventually coming to join in properly. Although he didn’t ask about it directly, Danny definitely got the feeling Josh’s taunts were still playing on the two boys’ minds. After they finished, they made a call to Mikey and Nicky’s room too, both of whom were uncomfortably quiet and a little withdrawn.

“So do we… try Rob and Josh too?” Chris asked wearily as they ended their second call.

Danny frowned, trying to convince himself they shouldn’t but eventually conceded, “We should, if only for Rob!” He started the call and they both physically tensed as it was answered, but thankfully only Rob appeared on screen.

“Hey, how’s it going?” Rob asked cheerfully as he saw the two familiar faces.

“All good, here. It’s a like a vacation… a really, really shit vacation!” Chris joked.

“You… on your own?” Danny asked, unable to even see Josh in the background of the small room.

“Oh he’s… in the bathroom!” Rob said awkwardly.

“He’s actually hiding from us?” Danny asked, unsure whether to be pleased and not having to see him or annoyed at such a cowardly action.

“No, he’s… showering!” Rob quickly explained, clearly lying.

“I don’t hear a shower running!” Danny stated suspiciously. A moment later the sound of running water came from the bathroom. Danny shook his head and sighed, moving on. “Are you okay then?” he asked, making the most of getting the other boy on his own.

Rob nodded. “Yeah, things are… not too bad!”

“Has he said anything?” Chris asked.

Rob looked thoughtful for a moment. “Sort of… but not really. I think… I think we might need to wait until we’re out of here to really talk about it!”

“Hmm, that’s pretty much what David said too,” Danny replied with a slight nod.

“You’ve spoken to the others? How are they?” Rob asked eagerly.

Danny shrugged. “About as well as you’d expect, considering everything!”

“James had a message for Josh!” Chris said with a smirk.

“Yeah, I can probably guess it!” Rob said, rolling his eyes.

“We should go so Josh can stop pretending to shower,” Danny said a little coldly. “Message me if you need anything!”

“Thanks,” Rob said with a smile. “See ya both soon!” he finished, ending the call.

“So… what d’you wanna do now?” Danny asked as he turned from the screen.

Chris thought for a moment then said, “We could study all the new stuff about Covid… or… we could take our clothes off and do things that involve not wearing clothes!” He grinned devilishly.

“Oh,” Danny said, intrigued but a little surprised. “I thought you might maybe wanna call Kyle… ya know… your boyfriend!”

“No!” Chris said more urgently than intended. While he definitely wanted to catch up with his boyfriend, having a call with Danny in earshot was just asking for trouble. All it would take is a slight comment in the wrong place and they would both be at risk of finding out that he was lying to them. “Erm… I just mean… we’ve arranged to talk later!”

“Okay,” Danny said with a casual shrug, then grinned and said, “So… getting naked you say…”

“Actually,” Chris said, an idea forming in his head, “I just had a thought about that. Nobody else is gonna come in here for the next two weeks, so why don’t we just… ban clothing entirely!”

“Two naked weeks together?” Danny asked, eyes wide with excitement at the idea. “Pretty hot, but what about school or calls home and stuff like that?”

Chris thought for a moment and said, “Okay, for lessons, top half dressed only, for calls to family, can just wear one thing but for calls to any other guys at the school… stay naked. Can just say you’re topless, they don’t need to see the rest! Whadda you say?”

“I say yes. So much yes!” Danny replied excitedly, already pulling his clothes off.

*****

Day 3

“Hmmm,” Danny moaned dreamily as he awoke, feeling something going on down below. He cleared his throat and declared, “Waking me up early on a school day is a punchable offense… so you’d best finish what you’re doing down there to make up for it!”

“Hmmm mmmfff hmmm fufff,” Chris replied, deliberately muffling his words as he kept Danny’s cock in his mouth.

Danny giggled for a moment then moaned again as Chris pulled off and lapped at his balls with his tongue. “Well as I’m awake, I may as well return the favour!” he offered.

Chris eagerly threw the covers back then shuffled round as Danny slid a short way down the bed. He positioned himself with his knees either side of Danny’s head and lowered his cock into the eagerly awaiting mouth then braced himself on his elbows to avoid squishing his friend as he put his own mouth back to work.

They lay enjoying their leisurely 69, their hands casually caressing each other, not grabbing for any parts in particular, simply enjoying wherever they found themselves. As Chris reached beneath Danny to cup both of his buttocks at once, the cock in his mouth erupted.

Danny moaned as he orgasmed, the vibrations of the noise stimulating Chris to the brink of his own release. A couple more sucks and Chris was cumming too. They remained in position for a few minutes, sucking each other’s cocks clean and just enjoying the slow softening, but without over stimulating the sensitive organs.

When Chris finally felt his dick released from between Danny’s lips, he raised his own head too, slid to the side a little and nuzzled against the other boy, hugging his silky-smooth legs. One hand found its way round to a buttock again as he said happily, “Your arse is fucking beautiful!”

Danny giggled and said, “Thanks, I’ve been working on it with Jesse!” His face suddenly dropped a little. “I miss going to the gym!” he said, slightly melancholy.

“Yeah, if I had a hunky eighteen-year-old who was willing to take his clothes off to motivate me to work out I think I’d enjoy it too!” Chris said, teasing the playful relationship Danny had with the older student who had been guiding him for his workouts.

“Yeah, instead you settle for perving on a sexy teacher in a speedo every morning instead,” Danny teased back. “You ever gonna tell me what went down at half-term?”

“What happens at half-term, stays at half-term!” Chris said seriously. “And he doesn’t wear a speedo THAT often!” he added, actually sounding a little disappointed.

“D’you miss it though?” Danny asked. I mean, I know the break was only a week and we’ve only been in here for a couple of days, but still…”

“Yeah, I suppose I do,” Chris replied with a slight sigh, casually stroking a hand back and forth across Danny’s stomach. “Mr Beecham was gonna start entering me in some competitions soon, too. I guess that’s kinda screwed up now!”

“It’s not forever. This’ll probably all blow over in a few weeks and then you can start showing the world what you can do!” Danny said confidently. “You’ll be competing at the 2021 Olympics before you know it!”

Chris chuckled. “Wrong year. It’s like the World Cup, every four years!”

“So when’s the next one?” Danny asked, genuinely curious.

“This year. Obviously too late and waaaay too young, but Mr Beecham said if I keep putting in the work, 2024 could happen!” Chris explained.

“Seriously? You’re that good?” Danny asked, propping himself up on his elbows and looking down at Chris. They had PE as well as Swimming Club together and it was obvious Chris was the best swimmer in their Year, but he had no idea there had been genuine talk of Olympic-level competition.

Chris propped himself up too. “Well you know how good I am at sucking dick?” he asked with a grin. “Well I’m even better at swimming!”

“Wow, they may as well give you the gold already then!” Danny said back with a snigger. He lay back down again and said, “I know you can’t go swimming, so if you feel like practicing the other thing… I’m willing to help!”

“Again? Already?” Chris asked, eyebrows raised.

Danny shrugged. “Well I maybe need a couple more minutes to recover, but…” he paused, glancing at the clock, “We got time before breakfast and not much else to do, so go for it!”

“Yes Sir!” Chris said, saluting as he sniggered.

*****

The school day had taken a slightly different turn than the beginning of their day. While they had each managed to cum three times before school, twice from blow jobs and once from jerking off side-by-side, they had switched to a routine of teasing and denial.

As agreed on the first day of lockdown, They had only dressed for school from the waist up, so as they sat having their classes via video call, their hands were busy below the eyeline of their teachers and classmates, touching each other.

It was becoming a bit a competition to see who could make the other react the most visibly without actually getting caught themselves. Throughout the day, they had each teased each other to the edge of orgasm multiple times and now sat with almost permanent erections.

It seemed they weren’t quite as a subtle as they thought when Danny got a message from Mikey on afternoon break that said, [Were you and Chris jerking each other off during Science?] He had, of course, denied it but he suspected Mikey didn’t believe him anyway.

As the school day ended, the boys began what they had named ‘Ninth period’. While the school day only consisted of eight, they now had a standing arrangement to spend time talking to their mentors each day after school. This had been arranged to ensure the boys avoided feeling too isolated as well as giving them an outlet for any distress they were feeling.

“Had a good day?” Joseph asked after his standard greetings with Danny.

Danny smirked a little. Waking up with his best friend, having a lot of sex then a day of school accompanied by edging and a constant fear of humiliation… it was basically like a party for him. “Yeah, not bad,” he replied coyly. “How was yours?”

Joseph was lucky enough to still be over in the Home Building. While Years 7 to 9 had eight boys to a dorm, the decision had been made to move all of them over into the new temporary building. For Years 10 and 11, who were four-to-a-dorm, they had taken a slightly different approach with only two from each dorm moving over to the temporary accommodation, leaving the other two in their existing dorms. As such, Joseph was still in 2.02, along with Brian, Chris’ mentor. “Not too bad,” he answered with a slight head bob. “It’s still weird having just two of us in here. Kinda like a sneak preview of what it’s like to be in Year 12 I suppose!”

“Hnnh, yeah, hadn’t thought of it that way,” Danny said. It had been six months since he joined the school and that already felt like a lifetime ago. The thought of moving onto the third floor for Year 12 felt so far into the future it was almost unimaginable. “D’you get to decide who you share with when you move up there?” he asked.

Joseph nodded. “Pretty much. I mean, we get to make our requests and unless the teachers have any objections, they’ll usually allow whatever’s requested.”

“Cool. Guessing you’re gonna end up sharing with Brian then,” Danny said, more observation than enquiry.

“Yeah,” Joseph chuckled. “I think I’m pretty much stuck with him now!”

“I heard that!” Brian called from the background.

“Hey, you wanna swap in a bit?” Joseph called out to his roommate. “I feel like I haven’t spoken to Chris in aaaages!”

“No!” Brian called back instantly.

“Oh,” Joseph said, frowning at Danny as he looked back at the screen. “Well there goes that idea. Guessing someone’s a bit cranky tonight! Lucky me!”

“I think that’s more about me,” Danny said awkwardly.

“Why?” Joseph asked.

Danny wished he hadn’t said anything. Before half-term, he and Brian had blown each other at one of the school’s gloryholes (an activity Danny was really missing) and they had not really spoken to each other since. It wasn’t like they were best of friends to begin with. Brian was his mentor’s best friend and his best friend’s mentor. Those two things together meant they were always going to be in each other’s orbit. Brian had been nice to Danny on occasion too, even offering him genuinely helpful advice at difficult times, but in general their interactions consisted of Brian teasing and Danny getting annoyed.

Danny just shrugged. “Meh, you know he’s never been my biggest fan!”

Joseph smirked a little but nodded and said, “Uh huh, yeah, can’t stand you!” He sniggered again as he shook his head. “Anyway, you still doing okay locked up in there? Cabin fever not set in yet?”

Danny shook his head. “Nah, we’re good. I’m a bit worried about some of the others though,” he admitted.

Joseph faked a dramatic gasp. “Danny… worried about other people… oh my God, the absolute shock of it!”

Danny’s eyes narrowed. “Just checking, but at what age did you stop being funny, or did you never even start?” he asked, feigning annoyance. He got a laugh from Joseph, then said, “Anyway, we can’t stay on long tonight. We’ve got some outside time scheduled shortly. It’s gonna be nice to get out of here for a bit!”

“Okay, just… don’t forget to put some clothes on. Can’t have you walking round out there naked!” Joseph teased.

“I’m only topless…” Danny lied.

“Ya know, that’d be more believable if not for two things. Firstly, I’ve met you!” Joseph said cheekily. “And secondly, I can see you in the background on Brian’s screen. You may wanna ask Chris to sit at a different angle in future!”

“CHRIS!” Danny snapped angrily, looking round.

“Oh, sorry,” Chris said, clearly having done it entirely on purpose. “Oh well, I’m sure Brian enjoyed the show!”

“I didn’t even notice!” Brian insisted, blushing before adding a quick, “See ya later!” He ended his call.

Joseph was in hysterics as he waved goodbye to Danny and ended their call too.

“I hate you sometimes!” Danny grumbled playfully as he got up and headed to put on some clothes.

A few minutes later, they were both dressed and heading out of their room. As they got to the end of the hallway, a member of staff was sat there ready to buzz them out. “Please remember, there won’t be many others out there but if you do see other students, you must maintain a safe distance of at least two metres, ideally more.”

Both boys nodded. They had been given a much longer, in-depth warning back on their first day. While many rules at Kingswood were a little flexible, especially compared to the outside world, the rules on safety during lockdown were absolutely rigid.

“So where d’you wanna go?” Danny asked, taking a deep breath as they stepped outside. They kept the large windows in their room and bathroom open most of the time, so they had plenty of fresh air but it still felt liberating to be out of the room.

“Let’s go to the gardens,” Chris said, smiling. He really loved the school’s ornamental gardens and though the official start of Spring was still a week away, life was already beginning to return to it.

As they started walking the winding paths of the beautiful area, Chris grinned. “Ya know… we did say we were gonna stay naked all the time…”

Danny chuckled, but his face dropped as he saw that Chris appeared to be serious. “Wh… what? Here? Now?”

Chris nodded. “You heard them, we’re not exactly gonna bump into anyone else. When are we ever gonna get a chance like this again?”

“Based on the past six months, I’d say surprisingly often!” Danny replied, only half joking.

“Go on, I dare you!” Chris teased.

Danny tensed a little at the phrase. It was one that Joseph had started to use to goad him into embarrassing tasks and risky situations, one that he seemed almost powerless to resist. With a sigh, he nodded and said, “Fine, let’s do it!” It certainly helped that the day of edging had gotten him even hornier than usual.

Chris wasn’t even subtle. He just shamelessly pulled off his jacket and t-shirt, dropping them to the ground before starting to remove his jeans and underwear. He struggled getting them off over his trainers and nearly fell over before realising it was easier to remove them and slip them back on once his clothes were off. He was standing naked by the time Danny had just removed his t-shirt.

“Not as enjoyable as you thought?” Danny asked, nodding to Chris’ flaccid dick, hanging down at just a shrivelled couple of inches.

Chris shook his head. “It’s not necessarily about sex. I just like being naked!” he explained.

“Oh right,” Danny said, blushing as he pulled down his own jeans to reveal a very obvious bulge.

“Clearly you disagree!” Chris sniggered.

“I dunno,” Danny said, looking round nervously as he grabbed at the waistband of his boxers. He nodded down to his own erection and said, “I think mine’s more about… the risk rather than what we’re actually doing!”

“Oh, okay,” Chris said, nodding. They had both always known their particular kinks intersected but didn’t line up entirely and it was nice to be able to get a little more insight into the difference.

“I thought it wasn’t sexual!” Danny said with a wry grin as he gestured towards Chris’ cock which was now poking out away from his body, well on its way to full firmness.

“It’s not!” Chris answered honestly. “But a naked boy with a boner in a public place… that’s definitely sexual! Especially when he’s got such a sexy arse!” He slapped Danny’s pale buttock gently.

Danny reached down to grab his discarded clothing then asked, “So where are we going?”

“Nowhere in particular,” Chris said with a shrug. “And… erm… I was thinking we could leave them behind!” he added, gesturing to the clothes.

“What if we get caught?” Danny asked awkwardly.

Chris shrugged. “If we get caught, we’ve got caught and it won’t matter how quick we get dressed, will it?”

Danny took a deep breath. “I suppose so…” he said, sounding unconvinced.

“Plus… it’s a lot riskier!” Chris added, knowing perfectly how to goad his best friend.

“Fuck,” Danny said, his cock twitching. “Fine, but can we at least hide them!”

Chris grabbed both sets of clothes and walked brazenly over to a bench, dropping the clothes behind it. “There. Hidden. Let’s go!” He held out his hand.

Danny took the hand offered to him and started walking at Chris’ side. While Chris seemed to just be enjoying their surroundings, wandering freely and happily, Danny found himself looking round wildly at every noise and every hint of movement, seemingly convinced they were going to get caught. Despite the fear, or maybe because of it, his cock remained rigid the whole time while Chris’ had shrunken down a little and flopped around as they meandered through the grounds.

“Hey, before we head back to our clothes,” Chris said casually after they had walked for a while, “Let’s cum again!”

Danny nodded eagerly, his own cock shiny with pre-cum from the nerve-racking naked walk. “Wanna do ourselves or each other?”

Chris didn’t answer. Instead he just turned to face the other boy and grabbed his cock. He smiled as he felt the wetness slick his fingers.

Danny let out a happy moan as he leaned against Chris. Although it wasn’t cold, the air had chilled them a little, so the feeling of the warm skin against his own felt both pleasant and exciting. He let his hand grab at Chris’ rapidly stiffening cock and stroked it at a speed to match the hand on his own erection.

Having been aroused the whole way round, it was barely a minute before Danny whimpered, “I’m gonna cum!”

Chris aimed his cock up, so Danny shot the load onto his own stomach. Inspired by the sight, he grabbed Danny’s shoulders and pushed him down, so he dropped to his knees. He took over stroking his own penis and with little warning beyond a pleasured groan, unleashed his own load, covering the kneeling boy’s chest. Still catching his breath, Chris instructed, “Don’t clean off until we get back to our clothes!”

Danny hummed his disapproval but didn’t outright object. The walk back to where they had hidden their clothes was a very different experience for Danny. While Chris maintained his attitude of nudity-loving, Danny’s arousal was diminished significantly by his post-orgasmic comedown, making him even more worried and hyper-conscious than he had been before. The fact he could feel the two loads dripping down his body only made it worse.

By the time they reached their clothes, most of the cum had either dripped away or dried on, but Chris ran the side of his finger up Danny’s body to retrieve the final remnants before raising it to the nervous boy’s mouth. Danny couldn’t resist. Cum had become like a drug to him. He craved it and had no power to hold back when offered it, so he eagerly licked Chris’ finger clean.

A few moments later, they were both dressed and heading back to their temporary dorm, ensuring they arrived in plenty of time for the end of their allocated ‘outdoor time’.

*****

Day 6

“You sure this is a good idea?” Chris asked as he sat down beside Danny at the desk in their room. Dinner had just been delivered and rather than tucking straight in, they were preparing to start a video call.

“I don’t know,” Danny answered honestly. “But I know I miss hanging out with the rest of the guys when we eat. It’s, like, the one time we’re always together!”

Chris smiled and nodded. He knew Danny was serious about it, as it was the only time that week they had broken their ‘always naked’ rule and got dressed.

Danny started the group call and right away, James and David answered.

“… then don’t say anything!” David’s sentence ended, looking frustratedly at James. His stern expression quickly changed to a smile as he saw his two friends.

Before Danny could ask if anything was wrong, Nicky and Mikey joined the call.

“Hi everyone,” Nicky said with a polite smile while Mikey just nodded a silent greeting.

“Hi guys,” Danny said cheerfully. There was definitely tension. They had all seen each other, as well as Josh, on screen during the week so far in lessons and the evening online activities the teacher’s had arranged, but this would be the first time they would have all been together, unsupervised. He found himself most worried about Mikey. In their time at the school, Mikey had not really grown close to anyone aside from Danny himself and he was concerned the often-moody boy might start reverting to bad habits without the ongoing support.

“How’s everyone doing?” Chris asked, shaking Danny from his thoughts.

Before anyone could answer, a fourth camera feed popped in. They dropped into silence for a moment but when the picture loaded, they could only see Rob.

“Hi,” Danny said quickly. “Is… Josh joining us?” he asked.

Rob glanced round, then looked back and said, “No, he…” He paused, clearly on the verge of saying more but eventually just said, “He isn’t!”

The others noticed right away that Rob had earbuds in, so not only was Josh not joining them, but he was also unable to hear what was happening either. For most of the attendees, it was actually a relief.

“Is he sure?” Danny asked sadly. “I was… really hoping we could ALL be here! I mean, we made it through the first school week in lockdown, we should celebrate!”

Rob glanced round again but shook his head as he looked at the camera.

“Hnnh, good!” Mikey said pointedly. “And as far as I’m concerned, we ARE all here!”

Rob went to reply, but seemingly realised Josh would hear anything he said and remained quiet, staring sadly into the camera.

“Hey, he’s still one of us!” Danny insisted. “And still a friend!”

“Pfft, he’s no friend of mine!” James said sharply. “Oh look at that. I do have a personality, and that personality is a guy who thinks Josh is a dick!” It was a clear reference to the insults Josh had thrown at him before half-term, though it felt wasted with Josh not hearing it.

“Please, can we not!” Danny pleaded with them.

Mikey chuckled. “Aww, what’s wrong, scared WE might hurt HIS feelings?” he scoffed.

“I don’t think he even has any!” James added.

“Stop!” Danny pleaded.

“This was a stupid idea. I don’t wanna hang out with cuntface or anyone who’s on his side!” Mikey snapped, then ended the call so he and Nicky dropped out.

“Huh, yeah, he’s got the right idea!” James agreed, dropping himself and David out of the call.

Rob glanced round again and sighed. “Sorry Danny,” he said meekly before dropping out too.

Danny stared at the screen for a moment, only the image of himself and Chris still on it. He clicked the button to end the call and raised his hands to cover his face. He knew the Josh thing was an issue, but all Danny wanted was some time with the friends he was missing. Chris immediately grabbed hold of him and held him as he cried.

*****

Day 9

Danny and Chris were making their way across the school grounds, their daily allotted time for outside activity a welcome break after a second Monday of virtual classes in their room. They had barely gotten out of the door before Chris began his usual routine of pestering.

“Pleeeeease!” Chris begged. “You know how much fun you had last time!”

“Well you can get naked if you like,” Danny said, resisting the suggestion to strip that Chris now made every time they came outside.

“Aww, it’s no fun on my own. Well… it is, but a different kind of fun!” Chris explained. “Pleeeeeease, I’ll be your best friend!”

“You already are!” Danny said, smirking.

“Exactly, and I’d do it for you, so it’s only fair you’d do it for me, right?” Chris reasoned.

Danny sighed exasperatedly. “Fine, but… not quite as public as last week!” he insisted. “Let’s go for a walk in the woods!” He gestured towards the trees just beyond the Sports Complex.

They made their way quickly, knowing their time outside was limited and as soon as they reached the treeline, Chris was already stripping. Danny was a little more restrained, waiting until they were at least a few metres in and slightly shielded from potential view before removing his own clothes.

“Okay, remember this spot. Directly in line with the last window on the building!” Danny stated, more as a reminder to himself than Chris.

“Oh yeah, cos if we couldn’t find our clothes and had to walk back, that’d be SO embarrassing and you’d HATE that!” Chris teased, watching Danny’s dick respond immediately.

“Twat!” Danny smirked, giving himself a quick stroke as he shook his head. “Well, lead the way!”

Chris eagerly started making his way through the woods. They had been warned enough times about how expansive the school’s woodlands were and the dangers of getting lost to know that going further in was likely not the best idea, so instead they followed the treeline round. They stayed close enough to the edge to risk being seen, while being deep enough in that they almost certainly wouldn’t.

As had happened every time they got naked like this, today being the third occasion, Danny’s dick was ramrod-stiff because of the risk while Chris’ was rock hard as a result of his best friend’s arousal. Two naked and horny boys, strolling through the woods.

They reached a slight break in the trees with a rough path running through, perpendicular to the route they were taking and both immediately realised it was the path to the school’s lake. With a grin, Chris began to follow it, getting an eye-roll from Danny. ‘So much for staying somewhere less public!’ he thought to himself.

Thankfully, as they reached the end of the path, the trees giving way to the large grassy slope leading down to the bank, there was nobody in sight. Chris brazenly strolled out into the open, enjoying the view of the lake without a single thought about his own nudity. Danny followed, nervous as ever of getting caught.

“Hey, you remember my birthday?” Chris asked, smiling serenely.

Shortly after midnight, barely minutes into his actual birthday, Danny had invited Chris to sneak out with him and they had made their way there, to the lake. Upon arrival, Danny revealed he had prepared a midnight picnic for them both as well as making Chris a playlist of important, meaningful or beloved songs which they had listened to while cuddling together and watching the stars.

“Yeah,” Danny said with a sweet smile. It had been a confusing time for him. Looking back, the entire gift had been more an act of romance than friendship, though he had not realised it at the time. He had not even been sure how he felt about Chris. He knew he loved him, that was something he had felt since the first day they met, he had just taken a while to figure out exactly what type of love that was.

“I still listen to that playlist you made me!” Chris said, placing an arm around his friend.

Danny just chuckled happily. The entire situation felt so bizarre. When they had been there together five months earlier for Chris’ birthday, he never could have imagined he would be where he was now… walking naked on school grounds, isolated with Chris because of a world-threatening pandemic and very much settled into the role of best friend to both Chris and his boyfriend. He was shaken from his thoughts by a question from Chris.

“Think it’s still too cold for skinny dipping?” Chris asked, eyes wide with mischief. They had also gone skinny dipping on his birthday, but it had been cut short when they realised exactly how cold the lake was.

“I’m gonna go with yes!” Danny said, determined to stand strong if Chris argued back again.

“Yeah, you’re probably right,” Chris said with a nod. “But do you… remember what we did… after we got out?”

“Yeah, nearly froze to death!” Danny smirked, then grabbed Chris’ dick and said, “Or did you mean more like this?”

“Mmmmyeah,” Chris hummed happily. “I mean, I think technically you were sucking, but this’ll do!”

“Oh, well who am I to argue with history?” Danny asked, squatting down.

“You suck at history!” Chris teased.

Danny grinned up at his friend and said, “Yup, and now I’ll just suck!” He was still chuckling at his own joke as he took Chris’ dick into his mouth.

“Ah yeah,” Chris said happily, but as he looked down at Danny’s straining cock, he had a better idea. “Lay down,” he instructed.

Danny looked up for a second, frowning, then realised what he was planning. He got down onto the grass and lay on his side as Chris did the same beside him.

“Woah, head rush,” Chris chuckled as he lay with his head pointed down the slope.

Moments later, both boys were busily at work, sucking away. This wasn’t a slow, relaxed 69. They knew their time was limited so they were working as fast as they could, using every touch and technique they know the other liked to speed things along. Within a minute, both were rewarded with a mouthful of spunk which they both swallowed down without a second thought.

“Lemme guess, you wanna go back?” Chris asked as he climbed to his feet. He knew that cumming took away all of Danny’s nerve.

“Not… quite yet,” Danny said, glancing down over the lake. He moved in front of the slightly taller boy and pulled his arms around him, so Chris’ chest was pressed against his back.

Chris rested his chin on Danny’s shoulder, holding him tightly as they stood enjoying the view as well as the feel of each other’s body.

“Have I ever told you how glad I am we’re friends?” Danny asked dreamily, pressing his cheek gently against Chris’

“No,” Chris answered honestly. “But I know anyway!”

Danny chuckled then pulled away slightly before turning to face him. They stared into each other’s eyes for just a few moments, then pulled away at the same time, smiling serenely.

“Hey, erm…” Chris started. “I know you’ve said you don’t wanna talk about it… repeatedly… but about what Josh said…”

Danny sighed. He knew eventually the conversation would come up, but while standing naked beside the lake was not when he imagined it would be.

“What he said to me… well it hurt but mainly because it was half true,” Chris explained. “I think… it’s kinda obvious I don’t handle being alone very well, but that’s not why I’m the way I am. I hug and I cuddle and I touch… because it’s nice and I like it.”

Danny nodded his understanding.

“But what he said to you, none of that was true!” Chris insisted.

“Wasn’t it?” Danny asked, sounding somewhat unsure. Josh had called him a ‘back-up friend, ‘nobody’s first choice’ and a ‘walking silver medal’. For a boy who valued his friendships so much, the words had cut deep.

“Look, I can’t speak for everyone else, but for me he’s completely wrong. Yes, I’m dating Kyle, but that doesn’t mean you’re not my first choice,” Chris said. As he got a confused look back, he went on. “Boyfriends can come and go, but friends… real, true proper friends like us… this is forever. Remember, we’re BFFS and that second F literally stands for forever. You were my first choice in this place… and definitely my best!”

Danny felt a tear form in his eye but coughed and casually reached up to discretely brush it away. “Well that’s puke-worthy,” he said with a slight smirk, “But… pretty cool. Thanks! Although I’m suddenly very aware of how naked we are… we should go!” he said, taking Chris’ hand to lead him back into the woods.

A few minutes’ walk later they were nearing the spot they had started at, the Sports Complex looming nearby. It almost felt a shame to get dressed. Their naked adventure had felt as liberating as always, but they were due back at their dorm soon and knew they had to go.

“Where are they?” Danny suddenly asked, looking under the shrub where he had concealed their clothes.

“Are you sure it was that one?” Chris asked nervously.

“Yeah, definitely!” He glanced across at the building, ensuring they were in the right spot, then looked round for any other shrubs he may have used.

“Lose something, lads?” a voice suddenly called out.

Both boys immediately cupped their hands over their cocks to conceal them as two older students emerged from behind nearby trees, obviously lying in wait for them. Danny didn’t know them but recognised them as Year 11s.

“Erm, have you seen our clothes?” Danny asked, hoping it was just a simple prank and now that they had been caught, their clothes would be returned.

“Yes, we have!” one of the two, a tall blonde boy, answered.

Chris and Danny stared back for a moment, expecting more but when he said nothing else Chris asked, “Well… can we have them back?”

“How about we make you a deal,” the other one, a slightly shorter boy with cropped dark ginger hair, offered them.

“What kind of deal?” Chris asked.

“Nice and simple. You two jerk off for us and we’ll tell you where your clothes are!” the blonde said with a sickly-sweet smile.

“You wanna watch us jerk off?” Danny asked in surprise. “But we only just…” he paused, realising he was essentially confessing what they had been doing.

“We don’t wanna watch you jerk off. We want you to jerk off because of us,” the ginger boy explained.

“It’s a power thing. Nothing personal fellas!” the blonde explained, refreshingly honestly.

Chris and Danny looked at each other and shrugged. Aside from the fact they really had no other option, it was exactly the sort of situation they both got a bit of a thrill out of. They both smirked a little, knowing that the stiffening they could already feel in their own cocks was doubtlessly happening to each other too.

“Fine,” Chris said, dropping one hand away and letting the other wrap around his hard dick.

Danny was a few seconds behind but ended up doing the same as they both started stroking for their 2-man audience.

“Ah yeah, nice!” the blonde guy said, biting his lip as he watched.

“They’re pretty hot,” the ginger said. “For Year 7s anyway!”

They both blushed a little at the compliment. It should have been a scary moment, being stuck naked and forced to do sexual things for two threatening older boys, but even without the blonde boy’s honest explanation it would have been clear there was nothing sinister. The other two hadn’t even come close, remaining several metres away either to avoid intimidating the younger boys or to honour the lockdown rules, possibly both.

Having cum only ten minutes earlier, their orgasms were slow to come and they began to worry they might be late getting back, but with a pleasured moan Danny shot first, with Chris, as usual, taking the sight of Danny cumming as the final nudge for his own release.

Panting heavily from the hard-to-achieve orgasm, Chris looked to the older boys and asked, “Can we have our clothes back now please?”

The Year 11s looked at each other and laughed. “You really need to start learning to make better deals. All we said was we’d tell you where they are, not that we’d give them back!”

“Fuck!” Chris muttered as he realised the mistake. He sighed and shook his head. “Fine, where are they?”

“In the laundry. They’ll be returned to you in the usual timeframe!” the blonde explained with a grin as they started to head back towards the school. “Have fun getting back! Oh yeah, your key cards are over the building!” The two boys ran off, sniggering.

“This is your fault!” Danny said coldly, shaking his head as he watched the two Year 11s leave.

“Totally!” Chris agreed.

“Well let’s get it over with. Better to just be embarrassed than embarrassed AND late!” Danny huffed, cupping his hands over his cock as he headed towards the Sports Complex.

They easily found their key cards but as Danny turned to make his way round the building, Chris reached down and swiped the card down Danny’s butt crack.

“What was that?” Danny asked, looking round in shock.

“Just seeing if it gives me access there too!” Chris said playfully. It earned him a punch in the arm from a clearly amused Danny.

The walk back to the temporary building was mostly uneventful, though passing in front of the Home Building they did hear a few cheers and hollers from the boys up on the second and third floor who spotted them walking naked. Chris turned to face them and waggled his dick in their direction, earning more cheers while Danny just carried on walking, feeling embarrassed enough of their view of his milky-shite butt.

As they got back to the building, Mr Trent was sat at the always-manned desk and gave them a mostly amused smirk as he saw them approach the large glass doors.

“Evening boys. Bit warm out there, is it?” the teacher asked with a smirk, but quickly suppressed it and asked, “Are you both okay?”

“Yes Sir,” Chris said with a grin while Danny just blushed profusely. “Just a silly prank, that’s all.”

“Mmm-huh,” Mr Trent hummed, shaking his head. “Well hurry up and get to your room, the next ones are due out any moment.”

“Yes Sir,” both boys said before scurrying down the corridor and back into the safety of their room.

“Oh my fucking God!” Danny said, shaking his head as he leaned against the closed door.

“It can’t have been that bad,” Chris said, gesturing to Danny’s uncovered cock which was hard yet again.

“I hate me sometimes!” Danny grumbled.

*****

Day 13

Despite having nearly two weeks off from his usual early-morning wake-up routine at the gym, Danny was yet to break the habit of waking up early. While most days that week he had managed to slip back into a comfortable sleep until the alarm went off, today he had resisted.

At his side, Chris remained sound asleep, clearly not sharing Danny’s natural tendency to wake early. Danny grinned as he looked at the sleeping boy. His silky brown hair was a mess, his mouth was lolled open with a tiny dribble of spit coming from the corner as he let out noises that were somewhere between heavy, rhythmic breathing and gentle snoring. It was not possible for him to look any more unattractive, but as he lay there all he could think was how beautiful Chris was and how lucky he was to wake up beside him every day.

He let his eyes roam downwards, the covers pulled down on one side to just below his soft, brown nipple, standing out against the pale, flawless skin of his chest. With his arm casually raised above his sleeping head, his armpit was on show, a further expanse of smooth, soft skin leading to the slight bulges of an arm toned by months of intensive swimming.

The lockdown had been hard on everyone, some clearly more than others, but aside from the tension between Josh and the rest of the dorm, for Danny it had actually been a mostly enjoyable couple of weeks. The main challenge he faced came from the boy he was struggling to draw his eyes away from. Chris had just appeared in his life the day he came to the school and overnight became the most important person in Danny’s life.

At first, he had been convinced he knew where the relationship was going. They had instantly gone from strangers to best friends, but from there had expected… more. The romantic gesture on Chris’ birthday had felt like a precursor to the inevitable but that had all changed the day he returned from half-term to find Chris in the arms of another boy. What had surprised him most was how little it bothered him. Kyle was amazing, probably his closest friend after Chris and the two together just worked, but it had forced him to rethink his entire mental image of his future. More than that, it had led to him challenging his own ideas about relationships entirely.

Danny’s musings had already led him away from what he had expected he would want, even before walking in on Chris and Kyle. Having the other boy removed as a romantic option had simply pushed him further towards what he was already thinking – that he wanted the chance to enjoy more of the school’s sexual offerings. As the months passed, his feelings on that hadn’t changed. He knew that because he was already planning his return to the school’s gloryholes as soon as possible after their release tomorrow.

What had changed, however, was his feelings for Chris. The time they had spent alone had been nothing short of spectacular, just hanging out together, listening to music, chatting, being naked, cumming more times than he thought was possible to do in two weeks! The thought of having that end was hard, but there was no scenario he could picture in which he could continue to have such intensive time with his best friend, not once Kyle was around again and in-person classes resumed and clubs reopened.

As much as he would have liked the lockdown to last forever, to continue the illusion of togetherness, to continue having his best friend all to himself, he knew their time was up. He could have been sad about it, but instead he just smiled fondly at the memories as he cuddled up to Chris and whispered in his ear, “I love you so much!”

Chris didn’t wake at the comment, but stirred a little, rolling onto his side as he grabbed tightly at Danny.

*****

“And the winner is…” Mr Trent said, pausing for dramatic effect. “James and David!”

There was mostly polite applause from the other fifteen pairs as the winner of the evening’s quiz was announced, though a few boys playfully called out, “Cheats!” “They were so googling the answers!” “Nobody knows that much!”

“If you all spent as long studying as you do touching yourselves in the shower, you might have stood a chance!” James replied, only half joking.

“Hey, easy!” Mr Trent warned. “Keep it polite fellas!”

“Fine,” James said with an eye roll. “Well played everyone!”

“That’s better,” the teacher said with a gentle nod. “Well thank you all for playing. Now just in case you’d forgotten…” he paused, giving wry grin and knowing there was no way anyone could forget this, “Lockdown ends tomorrow and I’m delighted to confirm we have absolutely no sign of any virus-related symptoms anywhere in the school, so all doors will be unlocked at 8 ready for breakfast to begin over in the Dining Hall.”

There was a loud cheer from all 32 of the Year 7 boys, clearly glad to have made it through the isolation period.

“After breakfast, you can come back and start moving your personal items back to your regular dorms,” Mr Trent explained. He continued giving more details of what would happen, but the chatter from the boys had grown so loud it was mostly lost. Eventually he called out across the din, “But that’s all for tonight. See you all tomorrow in person!”

“Freedom at last!” Chris declared happily to Danny. He reached across and playfully teased the other boy’s dick. As had become the norm when doing the group activities, they were both clad in just a t-shirt, their unseen bottom halves remaining naked.

“Night guys!” David called out to whoever was paying attention.

Chris clicked the monitor off then immediately grabbed Danny’s t-shirt and pulled it off.

“Well fine, if that’s the way it is!” Danny chuckled, doing the same in return. Naked once again, Danny jumped onto one of the beds and grinned at Chris who jumped after him.

They playfully wrestled together for a minute, hands grabbing at whatever they could hold, mouths nibbling at shoulders, ears, nipples, anything except properly kissing which Danny knew was off-limits at Kyle’s request. Chris ended up on his back, laying there with his hands above his head as Danny let his tongue work its way across his body, teasing all the way from head to toe while his hands roamed freely too. He knew it was turning Chris on, that was undeniable from the throbbing erection that remained tantalisingly untouched, but it was more about just enjoying his friend and expressing their love of each other’s bodies.

“I’m gonna miss this so much!” Chris moaned as Danny licked up into his inner thigh, one hand massaging his foot, the other tracing playful circles around his navel. He had decided that the end of lockdown would be when he would finally tell Danny about his agreed monogamy with Kyle.

“Yeah, me too,” Danny agreed as he pulled his tongue away for a second, returning it to Chris’ balls rather than his thigh after he spoke.

Their playful worship of each other worked back and forth between them long after lights-out, keeping a small light on to see what they were doing, neither progressing it beyond the relaxed teasing until they both reached their limit and decided it was time to cum. Danny straddled Chris’s legs, their cocks together rubbing against each other until they could take no more and both placed a hand around their cocks.

Moving their hands back and forth in unison, their rigid pricks pressed together in a shared grip. As one, both cocks shot their final lockdown load, covering Chris’ thick torso with dual jets of spunk. Still breathing heavily from the excitable ejaculation, Chris watched in excited delight as Danny leaned down and started lapping it up, his lips and tongue working away until every drop was gone. Spent, Danny collapsed forward onto Chris who wrapped his arms around him. Within moments, they were both sound asleep.

*****

Day 14

As Chris awoke, he stretched a little and let out a heavy yawn. With Danny still snoozing at his side, he grabbed his phone to check the time. It was almost time for breakfast, which freedom at any moment but it was with slight alarm that he noticed he had dozens of messages and missed calls. He could see a preview of the first message, which had arrived barely minutes after last night’s quiz had ended and just said, [Dude, your camera’s still on!!! LOL!!!]

Chris glanced over at the monitor. They had turned it off, but apparently that only shut down the display, not ended the call. “Fuck!” he declared, sitting up suddenly and almost launching Danny off the bed. Being seen having sex by the whole Year was embarrassing on its own, but what if Kyle had seen?

“Wha…” Danny mumbled, shaken by the sudden interruption.

“Oh God, oh God, oh God,” Chris mumbled as he quickly tried to look through his messages.

Suddenly, the door to the room opened, the locks presumably off now that the official lockdown had ended. Chris turned to see Kyle standing there, looking back and forth between the two naked boys.

“Oh, hey,” Danny said happily, standing up.

“That’s it? Hey? That’s all you’ve got to say?” Kyle asked furiously. Behind him, others were gathering, presumably aware of the imminent fireworks. Kyle slammed the door, blocking them out.

“Erm… what’s going on?” Danny asked, unsure what he had missed.

“K… Kyle, I can… erm… let me explain…” Chris stuttered.

“Explain what?” Danny demanded, grabbing some underwear and pulling it on.

“Go on then!” Kyle said in an angry tone neither of the other boys had ever heard him use before. “Explain to me why YOU’RE FUCKING CHEATING ON ME!”

“Woah, what?” Danny asked, dressing quickly.

“It’s… it’s… I…” Chris stuttered awkwardly.

“Who’s he cheating with? And aren’t you open? How can you cheat in an open relationship?” Danny asked, confused.

“Don’t play dumb!” Kyle snarled at Danny. “You! He’s cheating with YOU! And we haven’t been ‘open’ for months!”

Danny chuckled, unsure if this was even real. “What are you talking about? You know we fool around together, just no kissing, that’s the rule and we didn’t!”

Kyle looked at Danny, his expression softening. “Wait, do you… you don’t know, do you?” he asked, realising Danny was seemingly innocent in all of this.

“Know what?” Danny asked, looking back and forth between the other two.

“Did you even stop sleeping with him? Like, at all?” Kyle demanded.

“Stop…?” Danny began, confused. He looked to Chris and asked, “Chris, what’s going on?”

Chris looked torn between bursting into tears and throwing up. “Kyle and I… decided we were going to be exclusive. I just… couldn’t tell you!”

“So this whole time… you’ve still been…” Kyle said, unable to finish as he looked at his boyfriend.

“Wait, so… you and me… we shouldn’t have…” Danny stuttered, looking to Kyle. “Kyle, I’m sorry, I swear I didn’t know! I… I have to get out of here!” He grabbed his trainers and rushed to the door. As he opened it, seeing the crowd of shamelessly eavesdropping boys, he pushed his way through them and ran down the hallway.

*****

The atmosphere in the Dining Hall over breakfast had been exuberant, boys from every Year celebrating their reunions and return to relative freedom. However, a cloud of gloom hung heavily over the four boys of 1.01 who had actually attended. David, Nicky and Josh were all absent, but it was Danny’s absence Chris was mostly focused on. He had not been seen by anyone since running after the confrontation with Kyle. He had left his phone in the dorm too, so Chris couldn’t even message him to find out if he was okay.

“Well this is fun,” Mikey said sarcastically, mostly to himself. “Can’t wait to get back to the dorm!”

Chris was too lost in his misery to even listen. Word of what he had done had already spread around most of the year and while Kyle was far from the most popular boy in Year 7, cheating was universally accepted around the school as a pretty low act, so even after less than an hour, he was already being treated like some kind of social pariah. Kyle had not come in for breakfast yet either and Chris wondered if things would get even worse when he did.

“Something’s going on!” Mikey said urgently.

It finally got Chris’ attention and he looked round at the teacher’s table where Mr Everett and Mr Reeves were moving either way down the long table whispering things to the other faculty before dashing towards the door. A couple of teachers and Dr Arkwright went with them, while a couple more stopped at the large double doors and closed them.

“Please can you all remain in your seats until we give permission to leave!” Mr Fitzsimmons announced from the door as he saw students beginning to stand.

The teachers seemed to be determined not to let the students know what was happening, but there were a few beeps and buzzes as messages arrived from outside the room. Whatever was in the messages quickly rippled through the room like an informational Mexican wave.

“What’s going on?” Mikey asked Brandon White, the dorm 1.03 boy sat off to his side as the whispering reached him.

“They’re saying there’s someone up on the roof,” Brandon said nervously. “And he’s going to jump!”

The words were like a jolt of electricity to Chris. He had seen how upset both Danny and Kyle had been, but surely it couldn’t have been bad enough to push them that far… could it?

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Chapter 26a (You are here)

Chapter 26b 

Chapter 26c 

Chapter 26d