Love is Always Write Anthology Volume 8

okay Kevin?" He nodded and wearily stood up. Looking around, I saw Hairy talking to one particular guy, and I walked over to tell him that we were going back to the hotel to nap before the parade.
    "Okay, catch you in a bit," he said then kept on talking to tall, dark and built. I had to admit the guy was gorgeous, wearing tight leather pants and one of those harness things across a bare, muscular chest. His hair was loose and swung around his shoulders. Not really my cup of tea, but I had Kevin casually leaning against me with his arm around my shoulders and I was happy as a clam.
    It only took Hairy about ten minutes to catch up with us, and I couldn't decide if I was disappointed or not. Fluffy was sniffing things along the side of the road and I didn't feel like rushing her, because we were going to leave her in the cage when we went back out tonight. Harry never stopped talking about harness guy— whose name was Duncan— and that they were going to try to find each other at the parade tonight.
    It was wonderful to walk into our cool, air-conditioned room. Fluffernutter jumped into her cage without hesitation, flopping down and closing her eyes. I walked back to the bed that I was going to share with Kevin, and he had already slid into his half and was sound asleep, it looked like. I set the alarm for quarter after six and slipped under the covers; even the fact that I was next to Kevin, although not close enough to touch, wasn't enough to keep me awake more than a minute or two.
    The alarm went off after I felt I had had no more than two minutes worth of sleep and I hit the snooze button. I had ended up being spooned by him, close enough to him to feel his breath on my neck, and his arm was around my stomach. Knowing we'd have to hustle since the parade was supposed to start at seven, I rubbed Kevin's arm a couple of times to get him up, but that didn't work. I turned around and tried not to swoop over to kiss him silly. He was a little flushed and looked gorgeous, and I could smell his sleepy scent, which made me long to fall into his arms.
    Giving up, I pulled up my big-boy panties and shook him awake, knowing we'd have to hustle. It took a while but I finally got both men moving. We wanted to eat too, and figured we'd find food along the parade route. I couldn't wait to watch the parade because I was dying to see the "Queer as Folk" cast members in person. I loved that show, and the three of us religiously watched it together in my room every week, kicking my roomie out; not that he minded. Sean was straight and couldn't be less interested. It was a standing date for us, with drinks and snacks creating a party environment. Even our friends knew not to interrupt us during that hour.
    Finally getting close to where the parade was being held, I was amazed at how many more people there were. Shit, the island was crowded! We pushed and shoved, trying to find a place to see the parade, along with the other 15,997 people who apparently showed up that weekend, we found out later. I guess it was the wrong move to take our naps, but I couldn't survive being out late without it. We kept walking along the route until we found a place where we could stand, with only four layers of people in front of us instead of six. People kept moving around so we could creep up every now and then. Kevin grabbed my hand this time so that I wouldn't get separated from them and the three of us kept close together. I entwined our fingers, looking at Kevin while I did it, and he smiled at me and squeezed our hands. I leaned over and kissed his cheek; surely by now he had to have a clue about how I felt. It's not like I'm subtle or anything.
    "Hi."
    "Hi yourself. Surely you can kiss better than that." He grinned at me, pulling me closer, his eyes twinkling.
    Oh. My. Fucking. God. My cock jumped to attention as I leaned over and kissed him. For real. On the mouth. And it was as amazing as I knew it would be.
    Breaking apart, his eyes looked as glazed as mine felt, but he put his hands on my shoulders as he said, "It's about damned time you did that."
    This time, he grabbed me and I couldn't help closing my eyes as I opened my mouth, because I was in seventh heaven. His lush lips were soft and demanding, and we ended up in each other's arms, kissing hard. I could feel his cock against mine and the feeling of the two rubbing against each other created colored sparks in front of my eyelids. Oh, that's where rainbows come from, I thought