Late Friday afternoon.
The sun beat down on the campus overhead. I could see the Academy's fountain and waterpark from my dorm room window on the 4th floor. It was ridiculously hot outside. The forecast called for 104 degrees, but with the building's air-conditioning busted, my thermostat was flashing 106 degrees Fahrenheit still, and it had already been a couple hours past noon. I couldn't continue staying inside all day at the risk of becoming a human puddle. Plus, the heat had driven almost everyone out from their rooms and onto the splashpad.
So many beautiful bodies running back and forth through the sprinklers and splashing one another with the water jets. My personal favorites were the ones with the tiny miniskirt bikini combinations. They showed just enough cheek to keep one's attention while offering a slight tease of what lie underneath designated only for the imagination.
"You comin'?" Jackie asked behind me, his foot half out the door and body turned slant.
"Oh, yeah. Of course." I replied, turning to face him.
He was in his grey and white swim trunks, no shirt, and his signature short chained crucifix that threatened to start choking him. His hip bones formed a sly smile to frame his covered pelvis as if it knew something I didn't. His tan skin was already glistening with sweat, and I watched as a droplet formed and rolled out from under his left nipple, down his ribs, until it was finally caught by the wide grin of his lower torso and rerouted into the crag between his skin and his shorts.
'Fuck it's hot in here', I thought to myself, pulling at the neck of my slightly damp shirt.
We exited the dorm room and walked together to the steps of the stairwell. By the time we'd made it to the ground floor we were joined by Anthony, Gabe, and Levi. Anthony was tall, like a full head above Jackie, with similar skin tone and swagger. His height wouldn't be a detriment to his stature if he weren't exclusively a runner. This made him thin and sort of skeleton like. Not my particular cup of tea, but still attractive. Gabe was shorter than the rest, but well statured. He and Levi were both whiter than the other two, with Levi standing just an inch above Gabe. Gabe had a more masculine facial structure, pointed chin, square jaw, and a wide stout forehead. Levi's face was a soft oval, with large curious eyes accented by a pair of rectangular rimmed glasses that sat on the center of his nose. Regardless the differences in features, Levi still looked to be the more athletic of the both of them. At the base of the stairs and on our way out to the yard I realized that of the entire group, I was the only one who wasn't in a swimsuit.
It's not that I didn't enjoy having fun. I just didn't really feel comfortable exposing myself to the public is all. I also didn't think anyone would want to see the average body of some random dude who paled in comparison to someone who was in the gym all the time like Jackie. It might be a little weird, but I'd have a seat on one of the benches and go get my hair and face wet every now and then. I'd just watch everyone play with each other and have fun. Not anything completely out of the normal for me. I might crack a few jokes, tell a few stories, but best of all I would just seize the opportunity to admire the scenery.
We continued out from under the shade of the building and into the yard. The grass beneath our footwear tickled the tops of my feet where my flip-flops weren't able to protect me. A few girls jogged past, making certain to tilt their gaze back and watch as our group drooled dazedly at their bouncy, perfectly curated bubble butts. The boys slapped each other's chests, laughed with glee, and buzzed about amongst themselves with growing anticipation. I watched as Jackie stared hungrily at them and their hasty departure. He fidgeted a bit in his step, tugged briefly at the front of his suit, and subtly made himself a bit more comfortable. Not once did his eyes drop from their forms.
'Fuck, why is this stuck in my head?' I begged my brain to let me think of something else, anything else. I wondered why the world would be so cruel as to force me to watch desire manifest, benched here on the sidelines to be an observer. The things I wouldn't give if someone would stare at me that same way.
By the time I'd sat down and taken a spot on the bench; Gabe, Anthony, and Jackie had already kicked off their sandals and made their way out to the water jets in order to garner the attention of another nearby group of girls. Levi chose to sit beside me.
"Check that out," he said, pointing at an olive toned brunette woman, ass plump and posted, reading on her stomach at the base of a nearby tree.
"Don't point, idiot," I responded, slapping his hand out of the air.
"Right, sorry, but like... holy shit man. So much potential here. Thank God for this heat wave, huh?" he nudged my arm with his.
I watched her bottom rise and expand, stretching against the white fabric of her bikini in coordination with each inhale, then shrink back and retreat upon each corresponding exhale. I couldn't outright see her breasts, but based on her stature and hourglass figure alone, the supporting actors alone told me all I needed to know about the grand reveal underneath.
"There really are so many beautiful people here," I said.
"Tons of women," he agreed.
"Don't let me hold you back, Levi. Go get yours," I encouraged.
"You don't have to tell me twice," he replied, kicking off his flip-flops alongside the others' and jogging out to the group. It blew my mind the amount of tunnel vision some folks had. They'd all been head over heels watching those previous girls run by that they failed to realize their asses bounced in a similar way, just without the rippling. If the girls had been a waterfall crashing into a nearby lake, the boys just happened to be a stone tossed in that same still body of water. The same, just a little different.
They had pulled a large group of seven, no... eight girls. Two for each of them, I suppose. They were having an excellent time, smiling and laughing hard. They teased one another, flirted with the girls, and had snagged some drinks from a nearby cooler. Jackie left the group with a drink in each hand, beelining straight toward me. I stood from the bench to receive him, but he slipped on one of the last smooth sandstone tiles and staggered forward into my arms. The dumbass was prioritizing the beers in each of his hands instead of his fall, so I ended up having to catch him. All at the cost of ending up on my ass with him weighing down on top of me. His body was so hot from the summer air and drenched by a concoction of water and salt. He smelled incredible and I could feel how excited he'd gotten by the rod that was digging into my inner thigh. His body heat exuded from his crotch and was sinking deep into my skin. The warmth started to make me feel uncomfortable as my own appendage grew and pressed along the liner of my underwear and pants, taking up space and seeking an escape.
"SHIT man, my bad," he said, a twinge of embarrassment in his throat.
"You probably shouldn't run while wet," I replied, squeezing the words out from under the pressure of his body, "but you already saved the beers. Don't lose them now."
I placed my hands on each side of his stomach where I could hold his center of gravity for leverage. His abdomen was just as hard as his...
'Focus', I reminded myself and lifted him up toward the sky, being careful to make certain our confined friends didn't make contact with one another and enough so to where he could sit backward onto his heels.
"Thanks for the save, broski!" he said, extending the beer in his left hand to me as compensation.
"Anytime," I replied, accepting that which he was offering.