Chapter 17

Finally arriving at the lake they soon pick a spot on the beach to lay out their blankets and put up the parasol. Rummaging in his bag, Alex retrieves a Frisbee which he gives to Peter, explaining how to throw it. Zero, intently watching this, is already wagging his tail in anticipation. These two would be occupied for quite some time.

Still squatting in front of his bag he watches as Daniel straightens out his blanket then stands back up to get rid of his jeans. Alex gazes fixes on him as his hands go towards the button. His heartbeat picks up when he watches him opening it, pulling down the zipper and finally stripping down his pants in one swift motion. Only to be disillusioned. Underneath Daniel wears swimming trunks, the long and baggy kind that Alex had dismissed just this morning. He feels a little bit disappointed.

He shots Daniel a questioning look, as he doesn't show intentions of also stripping out of his shirt. "Isn't it hot with the shirt still on?" Alex asks, showing a hint of disappointment in his voice.

"Yes, a bit. But I still have the bandages underneath and I really can do without the curious stares they would call forth."

Alex remembers. The wounds would still be fresh. "Can you even go inside the water with that wound?"

"No, sadly not. But please feel free to go in. I will just watch." He shows Alex a kind of suggestive smile.

"Not now. I will keep you company first." He settles down on the blanket besides Daniel. Daniel suggests "Move inside the shadow of the parasol, with your cloths still on you will get hot otherwise."

"Ah, thank you. I will keep my clothes on till I go inside the lake." He skits over, moving in the range of the shadow. While moving he suddenly feels skin brush against his hand. "Ah, sorry." Alex exclaims reflexively. But Daniel just silently lays his hand on top of Alex' and slides his finger between the other man's ones. Alex' eyes widen in shock. Daniel looks at him, asking for permission. "Let's stay like this for a while. Okay?"

Alex' heart is beating like crazy with the sudden skin contact. He feels like Daniel's eyes stare right into his soul, leaving all his desires bare in front of him.

Alex looks away, blushing bashfully. He finally answers: "Yes."

With this they sat for half an hour. Just silently enjoying the others company gazing at the lake and watching Peter play with Zero.

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After half an hour Peter was done playing with the Frisbee. "Uncle Daniel, teacher Alex, I want to go swimming."

"Peter, I am sorry, but I can't go in the water today. But teacher Alex will accompany you."

Reluctantly Alex frees his hand from Daniel's. Thankfully it was in the shades, difficult for Peter to spot.

"Okay, I will come in a moment. You can go ahead."

"Yes!" Peter exclaims happily and sprints towards the water.

Alex meanwhile starts stripping his clothes. He feels really self-conscious, clearly feeling Daniel's eyes on him. Determined not to let it fluster him he turns his back towards the other man.

Straightening his back he pulls his shirt over his head, stretching and feeling his back muscles contract. He casually throws the shirt on the blanket. Then he starts opening his pants button, taking his time to undo the zipper. He then especially makes sure to pull down his pants slowly with his legs still straight showing his firm bottom in Daniel's direction. He wants to try if he can tease the other man, maybe stirring his calm a bit.

Finally gotten rid of his pants he stands back up in one swift movement, clearly confirming his suspicion, catching Daniel staring at his behind.

"Stop staring." He throws his pants in the other man's face, chuckling.

"Why not? I like what I am seeing." Daniel frees his face from the thrown pants, looking straight at Alex. "Did you wear this just for me? If you did, it works." He gestures suggestively to the tight swim wear. Alex blushes heavily, feeling caught but at the same time happy.

Feeling lost for words he runs towards the lake, joining Peter.

Daniel meanwhile keeps his gaze steadily locked on Alex. 'It seems that after giving out some less subtle hints, he found his courage. Let's see how this date plays out.' He can't supress a smirk full of anticipation for the evening, and maybe even for the night.

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[Mild NSFW ahead]

After staying in the water until Peter started visibly having goosebumps Alex forces him to come back and heat up in the sun.

When they go back to their blankets, Daniel greets them, handing them towels. "Here, wipe yourself dry."

"Thank you.", both Alex and Peter say. Peter starts drying himself, all the while trying to get away from Zero who starts to shake his fur in their direction to also get the water out. "Wah, Zero, stop that." Peter squeals and busies himself with the dog yet again.

In the meantime Alex feels Daniel's appreciating gaze on his body. Feeling his heartbeat speed up he quickly wipes himself dry.

Daniel can't help but smile, knowing exactly why Alex feels self-conscious. But this body in the tight swim wear was just too good to not look at it.

Forcing his gaze away he beckons Peter towards him "Come here, I will apply some sun cream on you. You can rub it in yourself where you can reach."

Alex, having a premonition where this might lead, also starts to apply sun cream.

Daniel, done with tending to Peter looks back at Alex "Alex, come here. I will help you apply it to your back." The more familiar way of addressing him sends a pleasant shiver down his spine. It shows Alex that they have yet again progressed in their closeness. He feels himself blush and obediently sits in front of Daniel, presenting him his back. "Then I will take your help. Thank you."

With a smirk Daniel squeezes sun cream in his palm, rubbing his hands together to warm it up.

Meanwhile Peter goes over to Steven, who stayed close by with a book and his own parasol. He was only here as a guard. Now, together with Peter he busies himself taking out the lunch. He purposefully avoids looking over towards his boss since he long since noticed the weird atmosphere between him and that teacher. Well, it was nothing to him. As long as his boss was competent in his profession he couldn't care less if he had a whole harem of pretty boys surrounding him.

Alex feels the excitement building up inside himself. He heard the squeezing sound of the sun cream being poured in Daniel's palm and how the other man seemingly warmed it up.

Anticipating, yearning for the soon to follow touch, Alex lets out an only faintly audible moan when the other man finally starts on his shoulders. But Daniel, who paid close attention to him, catches it, his smirk growing even wider. He gently rubs his shoulders, paying special attention to a tight knot that formed under the skin. Alex groans in pain, twisting his face, as Daniel rubs away the tenseness.

As he feels the knot softening he squeezes new sun cream in his palm, now intentionally not warming it up. As the cold substance makes contact with Alex' sun-heated skin, Alex shivers visibly, goosebumps forming on his arm. Without stopping, Daniel makes circling motions, rubbing the cream in and heating it up at the same time.

Getting his mouth close to the side of Alex' face, he says, feeling Alex slightly tremble under the breath hitting his ear "Do you know that you have a mole, here on your right shoulder blade?" He rubs the spot with his thump, circling around it. "And further down, there is another one." Daniel trails his finger down, slowly, ever so slowly so he can marvel in the sensation of Alex trembling under his touch. When he finally finds the mole in the small of Alex' back, just a hand's width from the waistband of his swim wear, he sees how Alex' breathing quickens.

Alex turns his gaze back at Daniel, showing clearly the desire in his glazed eyes. Daniel leans forward, eyes locked on the other's lips.

Suddenly a child nearby screeches while playing, forcing Alex and Daniel out of their own little world.

Snapping back to reality Daniel sighs: "Hah, as much as I want to continue this moment with you, this is neither the time nor the place." Daniel inches a bit away from Alex, giving him a chance to collect himself. "We should probably go over to Peter and Steven. It seems they already prepared lunch."

Daniel is puzzled when he sees Alex slightly panicking. "What's wrong?"

"Ahem… Just give me a moment. Right now… is not the right time for me to stand up… Ahm, you know?" Imploringly Alex looks up a Daniel, searching for help in his embarrassing situation. Daniel needs a moment to understand what the other is implying. When he realises his eyes widen. "Oh!", he quickly looks away, busies himself looking for something. He mumbles, "You are really making it hard for me to not kiss you right now in front of everyone." Daniel quickly pulls out a new towel. "Here, with wet swim wear you can't yet wear pants, but a towel should suffice. Since you wear the tight ones everything should be hidden with this."

Hanging his head in defeat, Alex drapes the towel around his waist. It really did the job. Then they went over to the other two, meeting an arched eyebrow of Steven when he notices the young man's flushed face.

Alex, fighting hard to keep a blush away, 'God, I don't know if I will survive till the evening.'