Kanae buried his face in Yuichi’s chest. He knew that his face was almost definitely betraying the pain that he was feeling. He didn’t want Yuichi to see that.

“Why are you hiding?” Yuichi’s pace quickened, encouraged by Kanae’s increasing wetness. But now Yuichi was getting carried away, making Kanae’s pain even more severe.

It hurts! It hurts! It hurts!

It’s supposed to hurt? It’s not just me, is it?

Sex hurts, right?

He wanted to ask the whole world—had it all been a total lie that sex was pleasurable?

But the sounds he made were being interpreted as those of pleasure.

“Let me see. Let me see you enjoying me.” Kanae started kissing Yuichi’s chest, intending to keep his face hidden. Yuichi stopped. “…come on. You don’t want me to look at you?”

Kanae didn’t answer, and continued to place silent kisses over Yuichi’s heart. Doing so helped him to distance himself a little from the pain. In a perfect world, there would only be pleasure. Finally he looked at Yuichi, laid back on the pillows, and closed his eyes.

Keep going, he mouthed wordlessly. Yuichi’s thrusting grew faster. The noise of their bodily fluids squelching and the sound of their bodies hitting together drowned out all else.

The sweat, the noise, the pain and the embarrassment.

It was far different than anything he had ever imagined.

What he had fantasized about it was completely different from the real thing.

But he was glad, anyway.

He was happy.

He had truly done the real thing with Yuichi.

Sure it hurt, but that didn’t stop it from being fantastic.

“I’m taking a shower.”

Yuichi had come inside of Kanae. It felt strange to feel that wetness up his ass, so Kanae wanted to wash it out. Yuichi had cocked his head, confused.

“Why?”

“I’m sweaty. I want to wash it off.”

“Even though you’re going to get sweaty again?”

“Yeah, I mean… what?!”

Kanae looked at Yuichi incredulously.

“I told you, I haven’t gotten any for two months.”

“….I could tell.”

“I told you that I was sexually frustrated.”

“…I guess you did.”

“Did you think that I was going to be satisfied after one go? Anyway, it didn’t look like you enjoyed it too much. It’s my first time having sex with a man, so I have to practice some more. You know, so I’ll do it right in the future.”

“What?!” Wait a moment. There was no way Yuichi could have just said that! “What do you mean ‘the future’?”

“The future. Don’t you think it’d be pretty sad if we just fucked once and left it at that?” Kanae was stunned. He had thought it would just be for today, just this once. He thought he’d been invited over for a one-night stand! “I’ve only ever done it with girls, so I’ve always said I wanted girls. But you know what? Guys are good, too.” Yuichi smiled and moved closer to Kanae’s chest. “When I said ‘let’s do it,’ I meant ‘let’s date.’ Don’t let me down. From today, you and I are lovers. So let’s go for the second round!”