Even though it was just a fleeting glimpse, his body reacted.
All men are beasts, actually. Putting on clothes only makes them dressed beasts. In the dormitory, men like to be naked playing a kind of game called masturbation.
This masturbation is genuine, the so-called game where several guys stand together and compete to see who can ejaculate last and claim victory.
Percy Stanton never participated in this game until that night, feeling so uncomfortable he borrowed a condom from a neighboring bed and joined the game with them.
Throughout the whole masturbation process, he remained silent. Isabel Smith's face kept flashing in his mind, which made him especially excited. So, that night, he was undeniably the winner.
If that could count as his first time, then his first time in life was dedicated to Isabel Smith in his mind, ending with his hand.
At that time, he had never experienced love, so he didn't understand love. Therefore, he didn't know that it was so-called love.