What's Up

[Dan took Mike's clothes and left Mike tied to a tree. Mike
got free and, still nude, walked toward the picnic area.]

     With his clothes gone, Mike started walking down the hill to
the picnic area. Mike enjoyed being nude and had often considered
joining NEON (Northeast Ohio Naturalists). He often spent hours
nude in his home and he did sleep nude. This was different. He
didn't have any clothes. He thought he could borrow something
from his friends at the picnic. He didn't want to tell anyone he and
Dan had been assaulted. He decided that he would not tell that Dan
had been raped. That was Dan's story to tell. Mike was concerned
about Dan's well being and angry that Dan had left him tied to a tree.

     Mike walked into the picnic area and people whistled and cheered
at this handsome, nude young man walking through the picnic
grounds. He saw his friend Gregg, talking to a group of people.
When he saw Mike, Gregg walked toward Mike.

     "What's wrong?" Gregg asked.

     "We were attacked up on the hill. Not by anybody from the
picnic. They tied me to a tree. When they left Dan dressed and
took my clothes and left. Please help me."

     "Sure." Gregg took the table cloth off the picnic table and
wrapped it around Mike. "Are you cold. You're shivering."

     "Just scared."

     "Let me take you home. You don't need to be here."
When the men got in Gregg's car, Mike started crying. Sobs at
first and then the crying of a man who had been hurt and was
suffering. "Did they do anything to you?"

     "No," Mike whispered.

     "What about Dan? What did they do to him?"

     "Both of them raped him. He screamed for help and I couldn't
help him. Maybe he is angry with me because I didn't help him
and that's why he left. He said something strange. He said that
he had raped someone. He didn't tell me any more." Mike relaxed
and stopped crying when they got on 77-South. In an hour the men
drove into Mike's driveway in Akron.

     "I want to come in with you," Gregg said. "Maybe you have a
message from Dan on your answering machine."

     "You know, Gregg, I'm angry with Dan now. We have each
other. What happened to Dan wasn't his fault. He's not to blame.
He has nothing to be ashamed of. Mike had a key to the back
door hidden under a rock. He opened the door and walked into
the house. At that point he dropped the table cloth that he'd draped
around his waist.

     Gregg saw Mike standing in the hallway, with the table cloth
on the floor. Gregg put his arms around Mike and said, "I'm here
for you." Mike returned the embrace and kissed Gregg and then
they kissed again and again. Soon, Gregg was dressed like Mike
and they lay on the carpet on the living room floor.

     Back on a mountain near the picnic area Dan had found the
house he was looking for. He knocked and Clarence opened the door.

     "Well, lookie here. Vince come here. One of 'em fag boys done
come calling. You come on in here fag boy. I was just telling Vince
that I could use a little more of your pretty ass. Vince, come here."
Vince walked into the room. He'd taken his shirt off and stood just
inside the doorway looking at Dan.

     "Clarence, you can have him first this time." "Vince, where are
your manners. Offer the man something to drink. Want some
sodie-pop, fag boy?"

     "Well, let's get on with it", Dan said.

[Has Dan gone mountain man and moved in with Vince and
Clarence. What about Mike and Gregg? Find out in the next
exciting chapter of The Tales of Akron.]