“What’s the point in living that long anyway?” Chen Hong asked. “What matters is a fulfilling life.”
“I wonder how I’ll evaluate myself when I’m old and looking back on my life.”
They both fell silent and drank their tea. When evening came, all those who came to offer condolences left, one after another. A person could live for a full hundred years, yet it took only a few days to go from death to burial. Ashes to ashes, dust to dust. Friends and family joined together for a meal and dispersed, and just like that, it was over.
When they returned, Chen Hong handed Chang Jinxing an envelope. “Here, your payment from the host family.”
Chang Jinxing refused it. “No. I’m not taking it.”
“Just take it!” Chen Hong insisted.
Chang Jinxing refused it again, and Chen Hong tried to shove it at him. They began to push and shove each other. “You’re my friend. I won’t take the money.”
“Are you going to accept it or not?!”
“Oh my god! Help! Ahhh!” Chang Jinxing cried as Chen Hong pinned him down on the bed and tickled his weak spot. “Gege! No! Daddy!”
Chen Hong might not have been able to overpower Yan Jun, but Chang Jinxing was much easier to subdue. Chang Jinxing’s face turned red and tears welled up in his eyes as he frantically pleaded with Chen Hong.
Chen Hong had only intended to mess with him, but when he felt his little friend start to show interest in the proceedings, he stopped. He didn’t want this to end with them rolling around under the sheets. Chang Jinxing was flushed and panting hard; he’d never been restrained so violently before.
“Take the money,” Chen Hong said. “Don’t force me to do something I’ll regret. This is a warning.”
Chang Jinxing took the envelope and collapsed back onto the bed, laughing hard. “Then I’ll treat everyone to a meal when I get back,” he said, figuring there was about ¥1,000 inside.
The exchange left them both feeling awkward. Accidentally awakening their lust had flipped a switch, but neither of them wanted to have sex with the other.
“Do you have porn?” Chang Jinxing asked. “Damn! You’re so big!”
Chen Hong, who had just taken a shower, stepped out of the bathroom wearing only his underwear. He knew his figure was alluring, and he never shied away from flaunting it. “Sure I do. You wanna watch?”
“We jerking each other off?” Chang Jinxing asked.
Chen Hong couldn’t say he wasn’t tempted. That wouldn’t count as a hookup with his roommate, would it? Then again, it was kind of awkward…
“Let me see the videos on your laptop,” Chang Jinxing said.
“Keep your voice down. I watch them all online.”
Chen Hong went to check the door and locked it, then used his laptop to access a website for Chang Jinxing. Chang Jinxing had been holding back for a long time, and now the urge was overwhelming him; he started to browse through the videos the second the website loaded.
Chen Hong sat down on the other side of the bed. Chang Jinxing picked a video, and Chen Hong began rubbing himself through his underwear. Chang Jinxing, who was less shy, had already taken off his pants, revealing his long legs. He wrapped his dick in the T-shirt he was wearing and stroked himself.
“Fuck,” Chen Hong blurted. “The way you’re sitting…is obscene.”
Chang Jinxing spread his legs apart, stroking himself, and glanced at Chen Hong. “You want me to clamp my legs shut? Talk about obscene.”
Chen Hong didn’t know what to say to that. “Can we not watch this one? Watching this muscular guy being fucked makes me feel like I’m the one being fucked.” This made Chang Jinxing, who was still pleasuring himself, laugh so hard he almost died. Chen Hong looked at him. “You like this kind of video?”
Chang Jinxing hadn’t had sex while he was on the cruise, so he really wasn’t picky as long as he got the relief he wanted. He pushed the laptop at Chen Hong and let him choose. Chen Hong picked a video of a beefcake pounding a long-legged hottie, and this time, Chang Jinxing felt like he was the one getting fucked. He wanted to protest, but the longer he watched, the more the video awakened a familiar, guilty thrill in him.
They watched for a while, their movements quickening and their breathing growing heavier as a sexual charge filled the room. When Chang Jinxing freed a hand to pinch and rub at Chen Hong’s nipple, Chen Hong almost moaned aloud. He made a brief show of resistance but let Chang Jinxing do it. Eyes still fixed on the screen, Chang Jinxing let his hand wander southward. He pulled down Chen Hong’s underwear, grabbed him, and jerked them both off.
Chen Hong was nervous at first, but that faded quickly enough, and before long, he shed his underwear altogether. Naked, he leaned back to watch the video, his hands free to play with his own nipples and occasionally tease Chang Jinxing’s.
Chang Jinxing took off his shirt too, leaving them both fully naked. “Got any lube?” They were both on the verge of climax, and grasping Chen Hong’s huge, scalding hot cock made him even more aroused. With his higher-order thinking temporarily AWOL, he really didn’t mind the idea of getting fucked by Chen Hong.
“Nope,” Chen Hong said, thinking Chang Jinxing just wanted to use lube to masturbate. “You think I keep lube at my parents’ house? Focus, stop getting distracted…”
“Then forget it.” Chang Jinxing’s prostate was making some demands, but his brain would never consider letting a guy Chen Hong’s size enter him without lubrication.
They stopped talking, and Chang Jinxing quickened his pace, rewarding himself at the same time he was servicing Chen Hong. A moment later, Chen Hong knocked Chang Jinxing’s hand away and began to do it himself, jerking and braking, his breathing growing ever heavier.
Chang Jinxing glimpsed Chen Hong’s cock, which was already at its limit. He’s going to come… He reached over and gripped the base with one hand, pinching Chen Hong’s nipple hard with the other. At the rush of pleasure from the two-pronged attack, Chen Hong ejaculated.
With his hand still slick with Chen Hong’s cum, Chang Jinxing resumed beating himself off. With the warm cum as a lubricant, it felt better than ever. Chen Hong reached over to caress his chest, and before long, Chang Jinxing moaned, his face flushed, and came.
After ejaculation, rationality returned. It was time for post-nut clarity.
“Fuck,” Chen Hong said. “That’s sick.”
Chen Hong wiped himself with some tissues, while Chang Jinxing held his own cock, worried that the cum would drip onto the bed. “Hand me the tissues, quick.”
“Don’t tell anyone about this,” Chen Hong said, putting on his shorts.
“Duh.” Chang Jinxing wiped himself clean, sat cross-legged on the bed, and turned off Chen Hong’s laptop.
They were both sated, having found long overdue pleasure in getting each other off. This brief encounter hadn’t turned their friendship awkward yet. Finally, everyone would be able to get a good night’s sleep.
Chang Jinxing stretched out on the bed, playing with his phone. “What time is the train tomorrow?”
“A little after eight.” Chen Hong yawned. “Let’s sleep.”
“You came a lot.”
Sometimes Chen Hong found Chang Jinxing sexy, but at other times he felt disdain for him. Moments ago, when he used Chen Hong’s cum as lube, Chen Hong had found it exciting and stimulating, but now, with post-nut clarity, he just found it a little gross.
Ignoring Chang Jinxing, he turned off the light and went to sleep.