Arthur

Sioni

Chapter 1

Thursday night was a miserable night to be on the streets of the city, the wind whipped sheets of rain down the main street drenching every thing and everybody in its path.

I did not normally work till this hour but tonight was an exception and after this night it was going to stay that way.

The traffic leaving the city was at a crawl and the frustration started to rise in my stomach.

"Damn, damn, I don't need this," I mused to myself watching the car in front of me crawl another ten meters.

As I stopped for the traffic lights I decided to pull into the first parking space I saw to sit and relax with a cigarette until the road cleared a little.

The lights changed to green and at the same time I spotted a vacant space a little further down the street and pulled into it, turned off the motor and lit a cigarette easing the seat back a little for comfort.

Thoughts drifted through my mind as I sat and relaxed, here I was nearly fifty years old and alone still, since the age of 13 I had always preferred men to women but as I grew older I seemed to be alone more often.

The drumming of the rain on the roof relaxed me and I woke with a start not realizing I'd drifted off to sleep.

Looking at the clock on the dashboard I was surprised to see I'd slept for nearly an hour, the traffic had thinned out but the rain continued to pour down.

It was time to get on home and as I sat upright to begin the trip out of the city a blurred movement on the pavement caught the corner of my eye.

I still don't know why I wanted to see what it was but an urge said to look a little harder.

There under the awning of the old dilapidated shop front stood a young island boy, a black school bag on the pavement beside his sandal covered feet.

He stood there in a short sleeve shirt and knee length shorts soaked to the core by the lashing rain, arms crossed over his chest trying in vain to get some warmth into his slim little body.

He appeared to be about fourteen years old but I'd never been interested in young boys, it was not my thing, but he stood there a forlorn and pleading look on his face.

His hair was matted over his young face, shirt sticking to his small frame showing his torso through the fabric.

I was a little leery about offering help as in this city the islanders had not the best of reputations but he did need some sort of help so I shrugged my shoulders and wound down the window calling out to him.

"Do you need some help?"

The soft doe like eyes lifted to look at me with gratitude written all over his face. "Come on hop in and get out of the rain."

He took up the bag and moved toward the car, his teeth were chattering with the cold.

As he neared the car I could see his golden skin shining with the wetness, his features were almost Asian in appearance and his lips had a light blue tinge to them from the cold wind.

I had no sexual interest in him although he was by any standards quite something to look at, but the law here is 16years and he was jailbait as far as I'm concerned.

He stopped outside the car and looked in hopefully then in a soft voice he said "Thank you sir but I am wet through and will ruin the seat of the car."

The longing to be in out of the weather was so obvious on his face that his consideration of my property under these conditions was heartwarming.

I reached into the back seat where I kept an old towel for emergencies and tossed it toward him saying, "Don't worry, dry as much as you can then put the towel on the seat to sit on, it will be ok."

What he did next was so smooth, I was astounded by his movements.

He caught the towel in one hand while with the other he placed the bag neatly on the floor of the car, flicking open the towel he then wrapped it around his waist like a lavalava and slipped out of his shorts underneath and then slid onto the seat closing the door.

Looking over at him I could see the stress easing out of his young body, he continued to sit forward on the seat not wanting to get the back of the seat wet, teeth still chattering and arms about his body trying to get warm.

On the back seat was an old pullover, I reached back and offered it to him, again sincere gratitude showed in his doe eyes. Slipping the shirt off his body to put on the pullover I almost gasped at the sight of his smooth, slim, golden coloured body, the muscles flexing as he pulled the shirt off.

Once the pullover was on he carefully folded both the shirt and shorts and placed then neatly on top of the bag on the floor so as not to have water dripping everywhere.

He leaned back into the seat folding his hands in his lap still shaking from the cold.

I turned up the heater in the car and asked "where do you live?"

He told me the suburb and it was only another ten minutes from mine.

"Ok then let's get you home."

Saying this I started the car and pulled out into the traffic, which was now quite light and easier to drive in than before.

"My name is Ben, what is yours?" I asked to make him feel comfortable.

"My name is Sioni," he answered politely.

"How did you get to be out in this sort of weather Sioni."

"Some of my friends came into the city after school to see a movie but they met some older boys and left me alone, they were going to a park to drink."

"You don't like to drink then?"

"No," he said "I live with my uncle and auntie and he would beat me if I did."

He stated this matter of factually and not to look for sympathy.

It happened a lot in the island community taking in a relative's child to rear, but I had heard that they can sometimes live a pretty torrid life in this sort of situation.

"Does you uncle get angry with you very often?" I asked

He remained silent but I had a feeling there was a lot more to this than he was saying but decided not to push into his life.

"Are you going to be ok when you get home?" as I asked this I glanced at him and was sure I could see a small tear roll down his face as he dropped his head down looking at his lap.

Somewhere deep inside of me a stirring of concern for this forlorn little figure started to grow.

"Will you get into trouble with your uncle then?" I'd decided to help this young man if I could.

Silently he nodded his head still looking at the floor.

"Why, Sioni," I used his name to let him know I was concerned and not just nosey.

"My uniform is all wet and it is the only one I have so my uncle will be very angry and make me wear it tomorrow for school even while it's wet."

I could feel there was more to this than he was saying but decided not to push him.

"Look, "I said "My apartment is just before your house, do you want to stop and get your clothes dry before you go on home?"

His little face brightened up as he replied "Oh sir, can I?"

"Yes no problem, what about the time, will your relatives be angry about you being late."

His face dropped again.

"Ok, do you want to phone them and tell them you are a little late so they are not worried about you?"

"Yes please, thank you sir," he brightened up again.

"You call me Ben, ok?"

"Yes Mr. Ben thank you."

I pulled into my parking space at the apartment and switched off the car and to my amazement he was out of the car with his clothes and bag waiting patiently by the door leading into the apartment.

There was no fear on his face, which now glowed with warmth and his eyes slightly downcast, as it was polite in island society not to stare into someone's eyes.

Locking the car I opened the door and ushered him inside, he stepped back to allow me to go first and his politeness was so refreshing under the circumstances.

Sioni followed me into the apartment careful not to drop water on the carpet as I steered him to the bathroom and the clothes dryer.

"Ok Sioni, let me have those clothes and we will have them dry in half an hour."

He passed over the sodden clothes and I placed them in the dryer turning it on afterwards.

"Ok Sioni come through here and you can call home to tell them where you are."

Sioni followed me through to the lounge where I pointed to the telephone and he went to dial the number.

I turned to the kitchen to ready a hot drink for him and heard him talking in his own language on the phone.

I do not understand any of his language but it seemed that he was quite upset about something.

I took up the hot drink and returned to the lounge as he put down the phone, his face was almost white with fear.

"What is it Sioni, What has happened?" suddenly I was really concerned for this little figure standing before me trying hard not to let the tears come to his eyes.

He slumped on a nearby chair holding his head in his hands.

I sat opposite him on another chair offering the drink, he looked up and accepted it willingly.

As he drank his soft voice then began to relay the conversation he had had.

"My uncle answered the phone, he had been to the hotel and was drunk," sipping the drink he then continued.

"He was very angry and said I was never to go back to his house again."

I sat there stunned by this statement.

It went against all I knew that someone could just throw out a young boy onto the street over a small thing like getting wet and being a little late.

"What are you going to do, do you have other relatives you can go to?"

"No, "Sioni answered "My parents are overseas and they left me with uncle when I was five and uncle was the only relative here for me to stay with."

What the hell, I thought to myself.

"Look Sioni you can stay here on the sofa for the night and in the morning I'll see what can be done for you, ok?"

His face lit up "Can I really stay here sir?"

"It's Ben, ok, and yes you can stay here tonight."

"Now do you want to have a shower and I will get some dinner ready for us."

He stood up and I showed him into the bathroom and turned on the shower full power till the steam began to fill the room.

His next comment surprised me somewhat.

"I can have hot water?" surprise in his voice.

"Yes of course you can."

"I'm not allowed to use the hot water at uncle's, he says it is to expensive for the power."

This made me stop and think, nine years of cold showers even in winter, that smacked of abuse.

"Sioni, you can hop into that shower and use as much hot water for as long as you like," I said to him.

One of the biggest smiles I had ever seen broke across his face, his small white teeth like pearls sparkled in his mouth.

I turned my back to check the dryer as he stripped off the towel and pullover I had given him and stepped into the shower.

Glancing over my shoulder as I left to go to the kitchen I could just make out his outline behind the opaque curtain of the shower.

I suddenly felt myself rooted to the spot when I saw the outline of his lithe body standing in the shower facing the water as it streamed out over his body.

He was not moving just standing in the water jet enjoying the feel of it hot and fresh on him.

He was about 5'4" [1.63 m] tall, slim but with nicely defined young muscles, I could not tear my eyes away from the figure behind the curtain.

His butt was small like a ripe peach but the biggest surprise was showing in front.

Even for a more mature man he was very well endowed and this I found hard to believe as I'd heard that most of the islanders were supposed to be quite small in that department.

I mentally kicked myself for thinking like that. "He's just a kid," I scolded myself, "get those thoughts out of your head stupid."

I forced myself to turn around and exit the bathroom leaving that vision to enjoy what must be his first hot shower.

I busied myself getting dinner ready for us both and the shower splashed on, I smiled at the length of time he was under the water and got a good feeling from allowing him to use as much as he liked.

I fetched a dry soft towel from the cupboard and took it into the bathroom for him, he was still just standing in the same place letting the water wash over him.

"Here's a clean towel for you Sioni," I stated as I entered.

"Oh thank you Ben, do I have to get out now?"

"No Sioni you enjoy it, but dinner will be ready very soon though."

"Thank you Ben I'll be out soon then," he said as he half turned back to the water.

The dryer had finished with the clothes so I removed them and took them into the bedroom to fold ready for him.

I heard the shower turn off and headed into the kitchen to serve up dinner.

The bathroom door opened and the soft pad of footsteps came toward me.

I turned and he stood there wrapped in the towel all dry and warm looking, total satisfaction on his bright face.

His hair was all over his face, which made him look quite elfish, so I steered him back to the bathroom and got out a new comb from the cupboard.

"You do your hair and I'll look and see if I have some clothes to fit you for the mean time," I said as I left him in front of the mirror.

I found some track pants and a T-shirt that would be a little big on him but it was better than his uniform for the night.

He came out of the bathroom and I called to him to come into the bedroom to change into the clothes I had for him.

He reached for the clothes and I made my exit to let him get dressed and a few minutes later he joined me in the kitchen for dinner.

The slightly oversized clothes made him look more pixie like and I had to again mentally shake myself to get those thoughts out of my mind. It's taboo and you know it, I again scolded myself.

When we finished dinner I sat back stretching and feeling content and relaxed.

Sioni ate very correctly even though I could see he was ravenous but he refused to give into the temptation to gulp down the food.

When he finished he arose from the table and began to clear the dishes.

"It's ok Sioni leave them I'll do it tomorrow."

"Oh no Ben I have to do it now."

The statement took me by surprise again, he said it with such passion that I had the feeling he had been forced to do most things very correctly.

There was something in his voice that said not to argue about it, he seemed genuinely intent on cleaning up as though it was a very important matter.

I heaved myself out of the chair and made my way to the lounge for a cigarette and to watch some TV before bed.

I had made up a bed on the sofa for Sioni to use that night, so I sat back and relaxed as he busied himself in the kitchen.

I felt really guilty about him, a guest, doing the dishes but it seemed that he would not have it any other way.

The noise in the kitchen ceased and I heard the soft padding of footsteps coming into the lounge and looked up as Sioni entered, just in time to see his firm little jaw drop at the site of the TV.

It was normally in a hidden cabinet so he would not have seen it before now. It was my pride and joy a huge 35" screen with all the fittings.

Sioni stared at it in apparent awe.

I smiled and pointed to a chair for him to sit and watch with me.

"Do you like TV Sioni?"

"I've not been allowed to watch it at uncle's."

This young kid I began to realize had had it pretty tough with the relatives and for some unknown reason my heart went out to him.

"Well you don't have to worry here Sioni you sit down and relax and watch."

He slipped down into the chair a look of entrancement on his youthfully handsome face.

When the program finished I said "Well I have to get up very early in the morning for work so it's time for bed ok?"

"You can sleep there on the sofa and I'll see you in the morning."

Sioni got to his feet and made his way to the sofa turning toward me he said "Thank you Ben." With such feeling I felt embarrassed.

"It's ok Sioni, you get a good nights sleep and I'll see you in the morning then."

Turning I left the lounge for the bedroom, it had been quite a night and I was ready for sleep.

Once I was lying in bed I found that sleep would not come quickly even though I was really tired out.

The night's events ran through my mind over and over, small things not noticed before came and went as I thought about my small charge in the lounge.

Without realizing it the thought dawned on me that he had not had any underwear on that I had seen.

The more I thought about him the more convinced I became that he had led a pretty hard life at home.

I eventually drifted off to sleep the image of that little forlorn figure standing in the rain and wind, all alone in the dark city.

Chapter 2

I awoke next morning at 5.30 as usual, I liked to get to work early and be done by midday then home to finish anything else in my little office set up in the spare room.

I entered the kitchen to put on the coffee and could not help but notice that it was spotlessly clean and everything was shining, all the plates had been put in the correct place, the boy had done a great job last night.

While the coffee was starting to bubble I took a quick look into the lounge to see if Sioni was awake.

On a chair beside the sofa were the clothes I had given him all neatly folded and placed on the chair.

He was curled up under the blankets only the top of his head showing and he was breathing smoothly and quietly so I knew he was still deep in sleep.

As I returned to the kitchen it dawned on me that he had slept naked and a stirring began in my loins.

I shook off the feeling and got my coffee ready then as though drawn by a magnet I made my way to the lounge to drink it.

Sitting on a chair quietly sipping I had to stare at that little figure under the blankets a sense of peace and contentment came over me before I could react to it.

The blankets stirred as I watched and slid down his shoulders a little, it was then I saw the wicked bruise on his ribs that I had not seen the night before.

Leaving him asleep I tried to work out what I was going to do and then decided to go to work and leave a note for him.

I wrote it out and left it on the table beside the sofa, but in the back of my mind was the islander's reputation for being light fingered.

I felt almost guilty as I checked to see that my office with all the computer ware and other equipment was locked and safe.

I wrote a note for him and told him to help himself to some breakfast and that his uniform was dry and pressed for him to go to school that day.

With that done I took up my briefcase and headed for the door a slight tinge of misgiving inside.

Oh well what is done is done I thought to myself and got into the car heading for work.

I could not concentrate properly for the morning and at 12.00 was glad to head home to see what was left in the house.

On arrival at the apartment I opened the door half expecting to be greeted with total chaos but instead the apartment had a fresh clean smell about it and as I went further into it I could see that the boy had cleaned the bathroom and vacuumed the carpets everything was in its place nothing missing or damaged.

I moved into the lounge, all the furniture had been polished and the blankets and clothes were neatly folded and placed on a chair with a note on top.

Dear Mr Ben

thank you for your help last night I am sorry for not putting away the bedclothes and things but I did not know where they belong. I am going to school and will try to find some home to live today as I don't want to be annoying for you.

Sioni

It was so thoughtful and already the apartment was so empty without him here.

"Damn what am I thinking." I pulled myself up startled by the realization that I actually missed him.

I worked for a few hours in my office then prepared dinner and went to have a shower while it was cooking.

As I walked down to the bathroom I thought I heard a small noise outside the door but then thought I was mistaken and took another step toward the waiting shower.

Then I heard it again a small shuffling sound outside.

I went to the door and opened it and there, looking lost and a little afraid was Sioni.

"How long have you been there," I asked him.

With his head down he said "A little while, I did not want to bother you but I have nowhere to go."

At this a small tear began to roll down his face and it was to much for me.

"Come on, in you come, you can't stay out there all night Sioni."

He carefully took off his sandals before entering and placed them outside the door then padded quietly behind me into the kitchen.

That lithe small body was beginning to get to me again.

We sat at the table over dinner and he told me about his day and the trouble trying to find a home.

With no family here he did not have much luck so had come back here to see if I could help him but was to ashamed to knock on the door to ask me.

"Can you write to your parents and ask them for help."

"Yes I'll do that tonight if it's ok with you," he replied

"Yes of course it is, can you use a computer?" I asked

"Yes we are taught in school," he answered

"Ok then after dinner you can get onto my computer and write a letter to them."

His doe eyes opened wide at this suggestion.

"You have a computer in your home?"

"Yes, I use it for my work," I said

As soon as dinner was finished he was off again to clean up, he seemed to want to do so willingly I could not bring myself to stop him.

When he had finished I took him into my office and sat him at the desk in front of the computer and left him to it.

He did seem to know his way around it quite well so I left the room to watch TV and could hear him tapping away quite rapidly so I did not worry about the computer.

After a short time I heard the printer begin to hum as the letter was set out for him.

I had left out an envelope for him to use so that he was soon back in the lounge with it in his hand.

He put it on the table beside the sofa where again I'd made up the bed for him.

Tomorrow was Saturday so there was no work for me, and no school for him.

I looked across at him still sitting in his uniform and said "Do you have any other clothes at home you would like to get?"

"No," he said "only my lavalava and an old T shirt."

"Is that all, are you sure?"

"Yes that's all," he said this with a look of shame on his sweet face

"My uncle would not buy any clothes for me, he said he didn't have enough money for them."

I looked at the seriousness on his face and saw he was not just spinning a story.

"Right then that will have to be fixed tomorrow," I said in finality

It was approaching bedtime so I said good night and walked into my bedroom to sleep.

I was awakened in the morning by the smell of fresh coffee and as I open my eyes there stood Sioni beside the bed with a hot steaming coffee in his hand.

He was dressed in a lavalava made out of some material I'd left in a cupboard from some curtains made a while ago.

I lay there with my mouth wide open and a look of hesitation came over his face as he stood there.

"Sorry Sioni, I'm not awake yet, you surprised me."

"This is the first time in years someone has brought me a coffee in bed, Thank you very much."

The look of glee in his eyes was a sight to behold.

I looked up at him my loins stirring again as I looked over that beautiful golden skin and tight little body.

Got to stop thinking like that, I reminded my self.

"If you would like to have a shower Sioni you go right ahead."

"Can I, with hot water and all?" he asked

"Always with hot water," I laughed as he scampered toward the bathroom.

It was not long before the shower was going full blast again, a soft giggling coming from the bathroom now and then.

I was sitting in the kitchen half an hour later when he finished in the shower and came in, his body glowing, hair neatly combed and his lavalava tight around his waist outlining his little peach butt.

Damn, I thought, Only two days and I don't want to see him leave already.

Well I'll help him till he gets an answer from his parents then it will be over and he'll be gone.

Already I was feeling a loss at the thought of him going.

"Ok Sioni what would you like to do today."

"Oh I have to clean the house today," he said in all seriousness.

"No you don't have to do that for me Sioni."

"It's ok I really want to do it," he answered.

"Ok then but only if you really want to, I have to go and do some shopping so I'll be out for a little while, will you be ok here alone?"

"Oh yes, I've a lot to do," he said as he began to clear the breakfast dishes.

Ten minutes later I left him alone and went out shopping, mainly for him but I did not want to tell him.

I thought a little surprise or two might be good for him.

I returned four hours later to a spotless apartment, it was the cleanest it had ever been, he had really worked hard at doing it.

He had the coffee on again for me and it crossed my mind that how did he know what time I would be back, but the coffee was very welcome, it had been a busy morning.

I dropped all the parcels and boxes on the floor in front of the sofa and sat down with the coffee he brought for me.

"Ah thank you Sioni I really need this."

He gave me that beautiful full smile and sat down on the chair opposite from me.

"You have done a really great job on the apartment," I complimented him.

He seemed to blush but was evidently pleased at the praise, it was as though he had never had it before.

As I sat drinking the excellent coffee I said to him "You better start opening those parcels so we can put them away."

I then sat back to watch the reactions on his face when he realized it was all his sizes and was obviously for him.

The first one he opened was three lavalava I had brought at the local market for him.

As he opened them his eyes filled with tears and he looked up at me.

"You got these for me?"

So much gratitude showing on his face for what to me was nothing but a few pieces of cloth.

"I've never had a new one," he said

"Then it's about time you did," I replied.

He began to open the rest of the parcels and by the time he got to the end the tears were flowing freely down his face.

Suddenly he was sitting cross-legged on the floor in front of me, his head bowed and tears dropping into his lap.

Sioni reached up and took my hands in his and lifted them up near his forehead saying nothing, then just as quick he was gone toward the bathroom.

I could hear the soft sobs coming and then felt rather guilty about spoiling him in such a way.

Shortly later he returned with dry eyes and stood formally in front of me.

"Mr Ben I would like to thank you for your kindness, but I feel it is to much for me alone to have."

"Thank you Sioni, it is not a lot and you do need some clothes so you are very welcome to them."

He gave that smile of his and then dropped to the floor to look again at his little treasures, neatly folding each one, then the wrapping was neatly folded and placed on the side.

I got up from the chair and went to a side board opened a couple of drawers and said "You can use these two draws to put your things in for now, ok?"

"Thank you, yes," he said as he began to put away each item neatly in the drawers.

The daylight began to fade and as bedtime approached for another night Sioni became very thoughtful.

I had again made up his bed on the sofa and when it was time for bed I said good night and left him to it.

I had been in bed for only half an hour and was starting to drop off when I felt a presence beside the bed.

I opened my eyes to see Sioni standing there in the dark.

"Ah what is it Sioni," I stammered out.

"Can I sleep in this bed with you," he said shyly

The bed was a big king size and there was plenty of room for him so I threw back the covers on the other side and he climbed in pulling the clothes up to his chin.

He lay there breathing evenly and without any form of fear in his body.

"Goodnight Sioni," I mumbled

A very soft "Goodnight Mr Ben," was the reply.

"Just Ben Sioni, Just Ben ok?"

"Ok, good night Ben," he answered.

Each night thereafter he would sleep in the bed with me but never touching.

Chapter 3

A week later his letter arrived in my mailbox marked "Return To Sender Address Not Known."

The disappointment in his young face was evident and there was not a lot I could say to him.

That night during dinner I asked him, "Sioni would you like to stay here for the time being, or until we can sort out something for you."

"Oh thank you Ben I'd like that very much, but I don't want to a nuisance for you, you have been very kind to me and I don't know how to repay you," he answered

I was a bit ashamed of the thought of loosing him and selfishly thought about the work he did around the apartment willingly and with no suggestion of payment or demands.

"Look Sioni you've never been a nuisance to me and you've been very helpful around here, so if you want to stay then it's ok."

He never said another word just looked up at me and let the tears speak for him.

"Ok then it's settled, you stay here until something comes around for you."

He nodded his head in acceptance.

That night we headed to bed as usual, I had noticed that he always slept naked and that any clothes he'd been wearing were always neatly folded and place on the sideboard for the morning.

He was always the first one up in the morning and coffee was ready before I could get up.

This night though was a little different but that I didn't know until later.

After half an hour in bed his quiet voice asked me "Ben."

I was a little drowsy and replied with my usual grunt.

"Ben, can I be your friend ?"

This comment startled me so that I half sat up in bed.

"What was that Sioni?"

"I want to be your friend."

"My friend ?"

Now in the island context of the word friend, it is meant as a close or sexual partner not as a plutonic relationship, for that they use the word cousin or brother, so this was an offer of a close physical relationship.

"Yes," as he said this, he for the first time moved his body close to mine his nakedness arousing me immediately.

I could feel the heat of his body against mine, the silkiness of his skin as he seemed to wrap himself around me.

"Ah Sioni you are a bit young to be making offers like that don't you think?"

"But Ben you know that in our way of life in the islands it's good for a young boy to be with an older man to learn from and to be helpful to?"

I knew this to be true in his people's case it was quite normal for an older man to take care of a younger one till he was old enough to marry.

"But you know what the law says here don't you Sioni?"

"Yes Ben but it's my decision and I would not tell any palangi (white man) about it and my people would say nothing it's normal for us."

What could I say, my feelings had already made up my mind for me so I just said "if that's what you really want then Sioni, but you know we must be very careful about outside people."

"Yes of course but it's what I would like if you'll have me with you?"

"Ok, but we had better go to sleep now and talk about it more in the morning, ok?"

"Mmmmm, ok Ben."

His arm reached across my chest as he pulled closer to me, his boyhood hard and strong against my leg.

I tried to tell myself this is totally wrong he's to young, it's not what I do in the bedroom.

But I was lying and I knew it, over the past week I could not imagine being in the house without him here.

Without thinking about it I slipped my arm under his head and around his shoulders to draw him closer.

I felt his hot young breath on my cheek and as I turned toward him he opened his mouth and began to kiss my lips.

His lips were soft like velvet, his tongue hot and hard in my mouth moving in and out slowly while I savored the taste of him.

He moved slightly and seemed to glide gently on top of me again wrapping around me.

The silky skin was driving all thoughts of right and wrong out of my mind.

"Hey, hey, little man enough ok, let's get some sleep and talk tomorrow."

He pecked quickly at my lips and snuggled down half on top of me and half on the bed, his head on my shoulder trying to bury his head in my neck.

"Night Ben."

"Night Sioni."

In a matter of seconds the sound of his steady breathing told me he was asleep.

Chapter 4

I was startled into wakefulness by a smothering feeling and not being able to breath as something was covering my mouth, my eye's flew open as I tried to gasp for breath.

There inches from my eye's was the face of Sioni with a huge grin on his face and I could smell the aroma of fresh brewed coffee in the air.

"Sioni, what are you doing?"

"Waking my friend."

"Well I have to say it's a nice way to wake up." Smiling still he leaned down again for another kiss saying before hand.

"Do you like my breakfast?"

"Yes." Then his lips were upon mine smothering any other words.

His kiss was deep and passionate and he seemed to want to devour my mouth with his.

As we broke the kiss I quietly asked him where he learned to kiss like that.

A look came across his face and I quickly said to him "Don't worry about it, it's ok you are fantastic."

His tight little body wriggled and he seemed to melt into me, those soft lips searching again.

As he lay on top of me kissing avidly I gently slid my hands down to that little peach butt and began to caress it.

He was lifting his butt a little each time I ran my hands over him, not forcefully but just a gentle small lift as though he wanted to feel my hands a bit heavier on him.

I was now so hard that I thought I would explode just at the thought of him being on top of me, but managed to restrain my actions.

His erection was large and thick and pressed hard into my belly, I could still not believe he was so well hung for his age and size, but it was a fact I could feel every muscle he had in it.

I decided to try to feel his tight little hole, so I gently lifted a finger to my mouth as he broke off the kiss for air, and wet the tip of my finger again lowering my hand to that little peach of his.

Slowly I rubbed my finger up and down his tight little crack getting closer and closer to his rosebud.

Ah there it was tight and soft under my finger, I ran my finger around the edge as he gave a small moan and I eased it inside of him slowly to the first knuckle.

He gave a little wriggle and a gasp then there was a hot throbbing gush against my stomach as he shot his hot juices on to me.

I could not believe the amount of it he just seemed to unload time after time.

I kept my finger in his tight little hole as he spent more on to me. His head lowered to mine again and he began to kiss even more passionately than before, the wetness on my belly making our bodies slippery like oil as he moved around to grind it in to my skin.

His hard erection never went down but stayed up hard and strong against me.

By now my finger was deep inside of him he was squirming back onto it trying to feel it all inside.

At last he stopped kissing me and reared back so he was sitting on my stomach above me, his hard rod pointing upwards.

My hand and finger had not moved and he gave a small push down onto my finger again and then he was again gushing onto my stomach while I watched in amazement the amount that he ejected on to me while on his face a look of complete enjoyment as he pumped down onto my hand again.

I am not small in the manhood department a bit over the average so what he did next took me by complete surprise.

With what seemed hardly any movement on his part my hand was down by my side and he was lowering his small tight peach butt down on to my manhood.

Even though I had been fingering him for some time he was still very small and tight but he managed to take in my throbbing head without to much trouble.

He stopped pushing down as my head slipped into him, he was looking down at me a look of sheer pleasure on his young face.

With both of his hands he reached behind himself and pulled apart those tight cheeks and I felt his small ring close tight around me.

Again he moved just a little and I felt my rod slide another two inches into him, not fast but slowly as though he wanted to torment me or make it last for a long time.

He smiled down at me, closed his eyes and again he was gushing cum over my face and chest.

I was dumbfounded, where did he get it from, he seemed to be able to do it at will when ever he wanted to.

As the gushing finished he lowered himself again, I could feel the muscle contractions in side him as he got to his prostate and there he stopped savoring the feel of it now deep inside him.

His gleaming body covered in sweat and making his muscles stand out even more in the dim light.

I was not completely inside him but I could sense that he would not be able to take all of me, then, to my surprise he drove himself down hard till my rod was hard up inside of him.

The obvious pain he felt was evident on his face but he would not lift his golden globes up to ease it.

He was kneeling across my body a leg on either side of me, the pain on his face.

"Stop Sioni," I said "I don't want you to hurt yourself."

"It's ok he gasped I want all of you in me, it'll be ok soon."

He would not lift off to ease himself, he then leaned forward keeping me deep inside him and started to kiss again.

I lifted my hands to his butt and could feel his hole close down hard on to my pubic hair.

My god I thought he is cumming again as I felt that now familiar throbbing on my stomach.

This can't be real, I thought to myself as he lifted from my mouth and finished unloading this latest offering.

His legs started to flex and I thought he was going to ease himself off my shaft to get some relief from the pain but he only eased up a couple of inches, then with that smile on his face once again lowered himself back down but this time not as violently, letting my rod slide in till he was again sitting on my pubic hair.

"That's feeling good now Ben, do you like me on you?"

"God Sioni I don't want you to ever stop."

"Oh that's ok Ben I can do this for a long time, I like the feel of you inside of me, I feel really like your friend now."

With this statement he lifted that small butt again and this time all the way to the top so only my head was inside of him.

He sat there waiting, hovering over my rod, the smile on his face showing shear ecstasy in the feeling, then he was lowering again taking all of me into himself.

Sioni seemed to enjoy this game and kept it up for ages seeming to know when I was about to cum and stopping until the pressure on me was eased, and then he would start again.

In the three hours we had been in bed Sioni had climaxed five or six times each time as big and strong as the first, I was covered in his juices but it did not faze him in the least, he would not give up his position on top of my rod.

When he thought it was to much of the same he would change what he was doing with his butt, it felt like the first time every time he changed his movements.

At last I could hold off no longer and without warning I began to unload all of me inside him.

As he felt me cum he tightened his hole hard around me as though not to loose any of my juices, his hole seemed to try to suck more out of me until I could give him no more.

Rather than remove himself from my shaft he leaned a little forward clasped his delicate hand around himself and began to smoothly work up and down until I felt his hole close once again tight over me and he shot out another load some of which went over my head and onto the wall behind me.

It was a massive ejaculation after such a torrid time and after so many times already for him. The last drop of juice fell onto my stomach he gave a sigh of contentment and gave a last push downward onto my now flaccid rod his butt muscles tightening around me so I could not extract from him, He gave me a most beautiful and somewhat angelic smile and said

"This is where it's going to stay," and a little wriggle of that peach butt confirmed his decision.

Chapter 5

The smell of the coffee in my nostrils was a sign to get up and even though it was by now cold I tried to take a sip to find out if it was real or just a dream at what had happened this morning.

Sioni saw me reaching and then reached out and nipped one of my nipples making me jump and forget the coffee.

I looked up into his face and he frowned and shook his head, then, with a big smile suddenly lifted himself off me with a small popping sound and a grin. "It's no good, it's cold I'll make another for you but you must stay here till it's done, ok?"

What could I say, who in this world does not like to be spoilt now and again?

Sioni reached for his lavalava and went out to the kitchen where I could hear him start the coffee again so I leaned over to the cabinet beside the bed and took out a small towel to clean up a little, I was almost thinking I might need two towels.

When he returned with the steaming mug of coffee he handed it to me with a little bow and a smile and then sat beside me on the bed while I drank.

"Can we stay here today, like this?" It was almost a pleading.

"Do you really want to."

"Yes, I want to please you with everything today."

This was going to be a hell of a day to lay in bed.

I eased up into a sitting position to drink the coffee while he sat there.

A thought crossed my mind so I asked "What are the people from your island going to say about you staying with me?"

"They will say nothing it is my decision to be with you, they understand these things," he replied.

The attitudes of others in the community around the city could do with some of this way of thinking I thought.

The Victorian attitudes here are still hanging around even one and a half centuries later.

As I finished my coffee I replaced the cup on the table but did not slide down into the bed instead I took a long look at this elf sitting on my bed, drinking in his beauty and sensuality.

It was time for him to rest a little so I wrapped my arms around his slim body and rolled him onto his back beside me.

A huge smile came over his face as he cocked his leg around my waist pulling me down lower on the bed beside him.

Sioni reached up for my mouth giving me one of his light pecks on the lips.

As we lay there a hundred things began to run through my mind as to how I could look after him and what would be best for his welfare, I had no money worries as far as looking out for him but I did not want him to have any regrets about our relationship later on in life so it was up to me to look after him and prepare him for a future.

I lifted my head and smiled at him, he nodded in an unspoken agreement.

As I lay down beside him I reached across and brought him close to me then over on top till he was lying like he had been the night before.

He looked pleased until I said no you don't and pushed his slim young body downward until his shaft was down where I wanted it to be.

He woke up to what I was wanting and he said "Can I, really."

"Yes," I said in reply

"I always wanted to but my cousins would not let me," he had made the statement before he realized what he had said.

It was out now so he continued on to tell me what they used to do to him when the uncle and aunt were not home, which evidently was not all that often.

It appeared that the uncle spent most time at work or in the hotel drinking and that his auntie most of her time at the various casinos around the city.

Sioni's cousins were three to four years older than he was so he was their toy from about ten years old.

He said they would sometimes do it to him five or six times each but that their shafts were not big so it did not hurt him too much and had not made his hole very big.

The boys had bullied him and told him he was going to be a girl for the rest of his life and they were going to use him whenever they wanted to.

As he finished his story I eased my legs open a little and felt his hardness start to push downward.

His smoothness against my skin was driving me wild but I kept my nerves intact for his sake.

I opened a little wider and felt his shaft drive down until it was hard on the mattress and then I saw how big he really was as his butt was still in the air by about two inches as he could not go any lower because of the mattress.

This I decided was going to be a really good going over for me with his size and strength down there, it was going to be a good feeling.

I helped him slide down a little till his shaft was now just touching my hole, I could feel it pulsing in anticipation of its reward.

I opened my legs further and taking a hold of that peach butt in both hands I pulled him toward his reward.

His shaft began to enter into me and I could feel by the tension in his butt that he wanted to hurry to get in there but I kept a tight hold on him and let him enter slowly.

It would not have hurt me as I prefer to be passive in most engagements but I wanted him to enjoy the feeling of his first time penetration.

I felt he was about half way when his body went rigid, the pulsing shaft began to pump and pump as he unloaded a massive amount into me.

Try as he might I would not let him enter any further as yet and the hotness of his juice was so close to emptying out of me I closed my muscles around him to keep it all inside.

This action nearly drove him over the edge so I steadied him down and then as he finished he looked down at me in askance.

I smiled up to him and said "No that's not all you have a long way to go yet."

A deep sigh of satisfaction and anticipation was on his face.

The feel of that young hard, but at the same time soft shaft burying deep into me gave me that light feeling of floating on a cloud.

Then I felt his hard solid testicles pressing on my hole, the total look of joy on his face as he moved his shaft around inside me was giving him a feeling he had never had before and he was going to enjoy it as long as he could.

It was such a good feeling having him deep inside I had no intentions of removing him from me in a hurry.

He wanted to start to stroke in and out but had not had much practice so I kept a good hold of his little peach and guided him with the best way to stroke, sometimes a short stroke and sometimes letting him take it almost right out then pushing deep in again.

It did not take him long to find out what was the best way so I just kept a light hold on that little peach more so just to feel it.

I did not realize as he was trying different depths and strokes that I had a widening spread of precum over my belly but it was a great feeling as he experimented with his newfound enjoyment.

Suddenly he looked down at me and asked "Can I?"

I knew what he meant "Yes as often as you want to," I smiled as he drove his shaft deep into me.

Twice he took his shaft out till only its head was in and then drove hard and deep, I could feel it pass by my prostate and was nearly about to unload.

On the last driving push his shaft swelled in me and began to pulse his hot juice deep into me.

Sioni was moaning as he pulsated and pushed harder trying to get deeper.

It felt like the biggest load he had given as he pulled back an inch to look down at me and said "That's the most I have ever done." A bright look of accomplishment on his face.

I repeated what I had stated earlier "You don't have to finish yet you stay in there and enjoy."

He made a little laugh and pushed again, "Like that."

"Yes," and smiled back.

Sioni was quite amazing he never seemed to tire or go soft but then he was young and full of vinegar.

Twice more he released his juice deep into me and then near lunchtime I decided it was time to eat as I was ravenous, and by the look of things so was he.

I grasped his butt and pulled him backwards until his shaft dropped free, still hard and dripping "Time for lunch my boy," and smiled at the disappointment on his face.

"It's ok plenty of time left for you yet." Just to ease his worries.

Sioni smiled that dream of a smile and jumped off the bed and wrapped himself in his new lavalava and moving out to the kitchen before I could move.

As I moved I could feel the stickiness on and in me and decided we would both have a shower before we continued with anything more after lunch.

Chapter 6

I walked into the kitchen to find the coffee pot on the boil and Sioni preparing a salad, I found it hard to grasp his age as he was so competent in and around the apartment nothing troubled him in the housework.

I took a mental note to ask him later about it.

Sioni glanced over his shoulder at me as I entered his big doe eyes making unspoken suggestions to me, and then that smile again.

I was sure he had pulled his lavalava tighter than before to accentuate his little butt for me.

When the salad was ready I carved some ham off the bone and we sat down to eat at the table his small feet stretching out to touch mine as we sat there eating.

After lunch I went into the lounge to smoke while at Sioni's insistence I leave him to clean up.

He would not hear of me doing the cleaning around the apartment saying it was his duty to look after the home.

When he finished he entered the lounge and without a word settled down on my lap as I smoked nuzzling my chest as he sat there.

He was not trying to arouse me he was just showing me in his own way that he was my friend from now on.

It was hard for me to understand this, as I had never been attracted to young boys in the past but most of the time he seemed to be so much older than his years.

I finished my cigarette and picked up his small frame in my arms bringing a huge smile to his face and said "Time for us to shower," and carried him into the bathroom.

"We going to shower together," he asked

"Best way to do it," I replied with the same smile.

His little butt wriggled against my chest.

I pulled off his lavalava noticing that he was still as hard as ever and put him in the shower turning on the water with the other hand.

Slipping out of the shorts I had donned I stepped into the shower stall with him.

Moving him under the jet of water I turned him around and began to soap his back, he cheekily backed onto me and looked over his shoulder at me a laugh hidden just under the surface.

"Not yet," I said as I continued with the soaping purposely rubbing his butt and hole with the soap till he wriggled at the pleasure of it.

Turning him again I started on the front of him with the soap he did not mind this either grinning and pushing his hardness forward in a teasing motion.

When he was covered in soapsuds I placed him under the water jet and began on his hair.

It was a deep black and felt like silk threads the luster shining in the light.

When he was well done he reached for the soap and began to cover me in the same way but he was a little more adventurous with the soap making me start to harden again.

His hands were very quickly becoming accomplished in the act of love and titillation.

Once we were both rinsed off and clean and fresh, Sioni reached up and turned on the hot water a little more so that it was stinging our skin and then went down on his knees in front of me, quickly looking up at me he leaned forward taking my shaft into his mouth till it was deep in his throat.

We had not done this in the bedroom but he seemed to know exactly what to do, I decided not to ask him about it, he was really enjoying the mouth full he had taken.

I leaned back onto the wall of the shower feeling this hot little mouth working up and down my hardness the back of his throat sending shivers up my spine.

As I leaned there he started to move his left hand up the inside of my legs sending more shivers through me.

Cunning little bugger I thought as his fingers entered my waiting hole.

I glanced down as his throat constricted on my shaft just in time to see his right hand working up and down his rod and the juices began to flow out freely.

He had brought me very close and I was ready to erupt into his mouth, he must have known as I began to fill his mouth he pushed hard with his fingers into me making me push my shaft deeper down his throat.

He was a game little guy as he never spat out my juice but always swallowed it even though mine was no longer as sweet as his young spurts.

My ability to recover was not as great as his but he seemed to do something to my libido that made it almost impossible to stop.

Sioni stood up licking his lips and moving closer at the same time, his arms went about my waist hugging me close, but looking down at him I could see a devilish smile on his face.

As I was trying to work out what he had in mind his rock like shaft pushed upwards into me.

Sioni leaned back a little laughing and pushing up at the same time, his rod driving into me with all the gusto he could muster.

I reached down and lifted him off his feet pulling him upwards till he was fully inside me, eyes closed clinging to me with his arms now around my neck.

It is almost an impossible position to pump into anyone but he found his own way by staying fully hard inside me, and then working with his stomach muscles to make his rod flex without moving in and out.

It was a sensation I had never had before but it was not long before the flexing turned to the now familiar pulsing and throbbing as he unloaded yet another stream of hot juice hard up inside of me.

Sioni made no move to release his hold on my neck so I lowered him down causing his shaft to withdraw most of the way out.

I felt his juices falling down my legs as he pushed a little back inside.

"Ok it's time to get out of here little devil," I said to him in jest.

Without argument he slipped out of me giving him self another wash down as he did so and stepped out of the shower with me close behind.

Chapter 7

The weather outside was still atrocious so I wandered into the lounge room naked with the padding of those feet behind me.

I switched on the TV and then Sioni asked me "Do you have any of those sort of tapes?" Trying not to call it porn.

"Yes I do, want to watch some."

"Can I please."

"Ok then but it is not to be talked about outside the apartment."

The shocked look on his face said it all "Oh Ben I'd never do that, I'm your friend only?" as though that explained everything for me.

I let him go through the tapes I had until he found one he liked then put it on for him and sat back to watch.

At first he giggled a bit then he started to watch intently as though trying to learn some new tricks.

He was laying on the floor on his stomach, that damn peach butt up in the air and his shaft pushed down between his legs so I could see its head showing from between his legs, as hard as ever.

As the action heated up on the tape so his butt hole began to open and close in time with the movie.

Damn it I thought and left the chair to lay down beside him.

He immediately turned side on to me pushing his tight little peach on to my rising shaft.

As I got harder he pushed onto me further until I was again swallowed right up tight inside him.

Sioni reached one hand behind himself grabbing my waist and holding me tight to him as he opened and closed his small hole around my rod.

Even after all he had taken from me he was still tight on my rod, but he did not seem to feel any pain with it but just loved the feel of me inside him to the hilt.

Lifting his upper leg a little higher I reached under him to take hold of his hard shaft and could feel it covered in precum, slippery and wet ready for anything.

I began to work lightly on it for him as he pushed harder back onto me trying to get more into him.

The movie boys were giving it a hard pounding and he watched them in amazement.

"Does it feel good when you go hard and fast like them?" he blurted out.

"Yes, but it can hurt when you do it that hard," I answered.

He pulled a little forward and rolled onto his stomach butt a little in the air off the floor by about two inches.

"Please Ben do it to me like that I want to feel it hard this time."

"You might be hurt if I do."

"No it is ok I know you would never hurt me on purpose," he replied.

"Are you sure about this."

"Yes I want it to hurt a bit so I know then I'm your friend for sure."

"Sioni you do not have to do that to prove anything to me, having you here with me is the greatest thing that's ever happened to me and I could never bring myself to do anything like that to hurt you."

"Please Ben I want to feel it like them."

"Honey they are professionals and they are used to it, I'm sorry I could really hurt you and I don't want that for you."

"Then just one or two pushes to see what it is like, please."

"Honey I'm not sure about this, it is very hard for me to admit that I love you because you are so young so to do it hard to you would really hurt me as well."

"Please Ben just one Please?"

"Well ok but I'm not happy doing this."

He had not moved but I could feel the muscles tense as I lifted above him.

I withdrew till only my head was inside then drove deep and hard down into him.

As soon as I did I knew I had hurt him and I felt immediate guilt for doing it to him.

Sioni let out a scream of pain.

"Oh god Sioni please forgive me I didn't want to hurt you my little love, please, please forgive me?"

I was getting a bit nervous, as I knew I had really hurt him.

Then to my utter surprise he wriggled his butt and looked over his shoulder at me and asked me to do it again.

"No little love I can't do it to you again it's to much for you and you'll be really hurt, I don't think this is a good idea at all."

"Oh Ben I love you to so I know you didn't mean to hurt me but if you're not happy then I'll not ask you to do it like that again."

I could feel the pain in him as if it was my own but then he pushed his butt back on to me to let me know that he was willing to continue and was happy to do it at my own pace for him.

He was still watching the video but I cut it out of my mind and concentrated on trying to make it more like a deep and fulfilling love than just sex and I'm sure that by his reaction he new that this time was special for both of us.

His movements were sensuous and silky as we made true love there on the lounge floor with tenderness and feeling for each other.

Our orgasm arrived together and you could feel the love and devotion in the act between us and as we parted to lay beside each other, Sioni smiled at me and said.

"That's for us only," he said and then leant to kiss me on the lips with those soft rose petals of his.

The movie finished and I looked over to Sioni now lying on the sofa his head on my lap.

He was now and again nuzzling the skin on my legs under him but not trying to be hot with it just doing it to be close.

I lowered my hand to his silken hair and brushed it lightly, he looked up and smiled then with his hand began to cup my scrotum caressing it softly.

Turning on his back and there it was again straight up in the air demanding to be used.

With not a word Sioni got to his feet and made his way to the bedroom glancing over his shoulder at me with a knowing grin.

A thought flashed across my mind Damn I'm not going to win this one either. Smiled to myself and headed to the bedroom and that impish elf with the peach butt.

Chapter 8

That evening as we lay together on the sofa watching a movie on TV I took the chance to look again at who had come into my life like a special gift, sent by some unknown being to comfort me as the later years came closer.

Sioni lay across my legs, his head on a cushion, his butt on my lap, my hand was on his stomach with his hand over mine, it was a pleasant and relaxing feeling having him there and I knew I could never let him go.

The look of peace and contentment on his face was all I needed to know that this was the right person for me and that the age factor did not enter into the equation there was however a need to see that things were right for him for his future and for ours as a couple.

"Sioni?"

"Mmmm?"

"I think it's time to talk about your future."

"No need, I'm with you that's all I need."

"No, my little love, I'm now responsible for you so we have to do some things to make you safe, ok?"

"I'm ok with you, that's all I need."

"Yes I know honey, but there's some things that have to be done, like your school first, and then seeing if we can do something about your legal status."

"My school is ok."

"But it's a long bus ride for you, do you want to go to a closer school here so that you'll not have to travel and then you can get home easier?"

"If that's what you'd like, then yes I'll do it for you."

"Ok, the next thing is this apartment, it's to small for two of us and you will need a room of your own so I'm going to look for a bigger one tomorrow and then we'll see where the closest school is for you."

"Oh Ben, you'd do that for me?"

"Of course I would, I love you and want to make sure you have all the chances you can."

"Now your semester ends this week, right? So, if you don't mind staying where you are for this week then it'll give me time to set everything up for us, ok?"

"Ok, I love you Ben."

"Same here honey."

When the movie finished Sioni reached for the remote turned off the TV and moved off my lap.

"Time for bed, eh?"

He smiled and headed to the bedroom, I switched off the lights and followed.

He was already in the bed lying with his face toward me as I entered the room.

"Tonight is for sleep honey."

"Yes, Ben I know, but today was a special day for me."

I slid in beside him, his arms wrapping around me, his head on my chest and with a deep sigh he whispered.

"I love you, my palangi ."

"Love you too babes, sleep now."

He was asleep before I had finished and as I lay there thinking of what had to be done tomorrow a peace came over me that I'd never felt before and then I knew what real love and devotion was about.

Monday dawned with a clearing sky as the storm disappeared into the western sky and the first hint of sun rose in the east.

The smell of coffee was in the air and I opened my eye's to see my little love standing there beside the bed with my morning eye opener.

"Thank you honey, you don't have to do this every day."

"It's ok I like to."

He was wearing his lavalava and had already had his shower and the smell of fresh soap and clean boy mixed with the coffee got my eye's open and my head working a lot quicker than normally for me.

"What's the time? Babes. ."

"7.30, I'm going to get dressed for school now, I've got to get the 8 o'clock bus so I'm not late."

"Ok, I don't have to go to the office today so I can start to get things done for us and I'll be home when you've finished."

He leaned down and kissed me then went to change into his uniform for school, I watched as he dropped his lavalava and marveled at his body as he dressed.

What a great way to wake in the morning.

As Sioni was ready to go for the bus I called him back.

"Hey, honey, what about your lunch?"

"It's ok I will find something at school."

I reached over to my wallet on the bedside table and took out a ten dollar note, handing it to him I said.

"Here babes, you get some decent food for lunch, I can't have you going hungry when you have to concentrate all day."

"Ben I can't take all that money, I don't need that much."

"Ok, bring back the change."

I laughed at this joke until I saw the look on his face and realized he thought I was serious.

"Hey babes, don't worry about it you need to have some money of your own, now take it and have a good day, ok?"

He took the note and carefully folded it and put it in his pocket, then, leaning down he gave me one of his little pecks on the lips, smiled, gave a little wave and went for the door.

"See you this afternoon my palangi, I love you."

"Love you too babes, see you later."

He was off out the door and I missed him already, now I had all day to wait till I saw him again, the apartment was empty and felt hollow without him there.

When my coffee was finished I arose and showered then called my land agent to sort out some new apartments for me to look at and make arrangements to sell this one.

A call to my bank to set up an account for Sioni and a little other business and that was my day, it was only 10.00am I had all the rest of the day to wait for him to come home, damn I thought there was only 60 minutes in and hour but the hand on the clock would not move.

At 10.30 I decided to go into my home office and try to find some work to do and keep myself busy.

The time dragged and after I had logged into the office computer in the city I found that my secretary had left a message for me to contact her.

I made the call and was told that a meeting had been set up in Wellington for next Tuesday and that I'd have to travel down there for two days.

When I told her to arrange accommodation for two in my usual hotel she laughed through the phone.

"So at last we're going to see you smile, eh?"

"Bout time who is he?"

Margret was in her fifties and knew more about me than anyone and she would mother me at any chance she got.

"None of your business, nosey."

"Ok, ok, boss, do the other partners know?"

"Only you, mother."

"Is it a secret then?"

"Well I would like to keep it quiet for the moment, ok?"

"Ok Ben, my lips are sealed, but not for long if you don't bring me up to date soon."

I laughed at her comments and told her to get back to work before I fired her, she laughed at me knowing that I could not operate without her and said bye for now and she would have everything setup for me for next week.

As I sat back trying to find something to do the fax machine began to rattle off all the information I would need for the trip south and I began to hunt on the net at some of the sites I knew for advice on how to proceed with a relationship with a younger partner.

There was a little information on some of the sites and a few of the chat rooms were very helpful with advice so I sat back and did some serious thinking.

Chapter 9

It was 4 o'clock and I heard the scraping of the key in the lock, at last he was home and the day became brighter instantly.

My back was to him as he came into the kitchen where I was preparing a snack for him and I felt his arms circle my waist from behind.

"Love you my palangi."

I turned toward him and what I saw made me very mad very quickly.

He stood there, a bruise coming up under his right eye, two buttons missing from his shirt and dried blood under his nose.

"Who did this, Sioni?"

I took him in my arms and hugged him close as I smoothed back his hair.

"My cousins did it when I told them I had a friend now and would not be coming back to live in their house anymore."

I picked him up and took him into the lounge and sat him on a chair then went to get my first aid kit to patch him up.

When I had finished and saw he was not to bad I asked him what he would like me to do about it so it wouldn't happen again.

"It's ok it won't happen again, they know how it is with us and know they can do nothing about it, it's our custom and they will let it alone."

"Ok as long as you're alright we won't do anything this time but if it happens again I'm going to do something about it, I don't want you hurt in any way, ok babes?"

"It'll be ok Ben, they know now."

He reached out his hand to me and I looked down into it, there was about seven dollars in change and I looked up to his face with a questioning look.

"It's your change from this morning, I didn't need it so I brought it back for you."

"Honey, that's yours you keep it."

I smiled at him and kissed him softly rubbing his hair as I did so, his arms reached up around my neck and he cuddled into me.

"Ok mister, time to get cleaned up and have a snack then I'll tell you what the day has brought for us."

I got the usual sparrow peck on the lips as he scooted off to the bathroom to clean up and I went back to the kitchen to finish getting his snack ready.

Like myself Sioni had a very sweet tooth and choc chip cookies were a favorite with both of us so a packet did not last very long in this house, with a plate full and some milk for him we sat in the lounge as I told him about the hunt going on for a new apartment and then explained about his bank account.

"Why do I need a bank account Ben?"

"For your pocket money."

"But I don't have any pocket money?"

"You do now babes."

"How?"

"Well if it was not for you doing all this house work around here my place would be in a mess, then I'd have to hire someone to come and do it for me."

"But you can't pay me for doing that, it's what I must do in our home."

It was not really true as I do enjoy cleaning the apartment but I was not going to tell him that, I wanted him to feel as though he was doing something very special and it gave me an excuse to give him some money of his own, I knew he would not accept any otherwise.

"No babes, it's extra work and you have to be paid for it, we will call it your chores, and as it's your chores you must be paid for it."

"Well ok, but you don't have to pay me, I like to do it for you."

"I know babes but I would feel better if you were, it is a palangi thing, ok?"

"Ok, but you must tell me if I do something wrong in the cleaning."

"Alright then, if you do something wrong I will turn you upside down and paddle your butt, ok?"

Sioni giggled at that and I looked at the milk moustache on his upper lip smiling at him.

"Ok, my palangi, I love you."

"Love you to babes."

Chapter 10

That evening as I sat back and watched TV I had a nice warm comfortable feeling about everything that had happened although I was still, in the back of my mind, fighting a battle with my consience about Sioni's age wich was getting harder to not deny especially as he was curled up on a cushion on the floor in front of me with his body between my legs and his arms resting on my knee's.

I did not take much notice of what was on the television but instead let my mind drift where it wanted and as the thoughts came and went I began to realise how empty my life had been before he appeared, was it true that there was someone for everyone, or is that just an old wives tale to make us loners feel better about our selves?

What did he see in me that I could not see, I'm no great catch, 5'9" 73kg [1.75 m, 161 lbs], greying hair and a few wrinkles starting to make them selves known, I suppose that the one good feature was that I could not get fat, it didn't seem to matter what I ate I just stayed the same weight and had for years never been over the 73kg that I had been at 25 years old.

I looked down to the boy at my feet and realised I had been combing his black, straight, silky hair with my fingers as I had been thinking and was aware that he was almost humming, or was it more like purring, in contentment, then it struck me like a bolt from the blue, there was no way that I could live without him by my side.

"Ben… Ben… Ben, are you ok?"

"Umph, What was that Sioni?"

"I asked if you're ok, you look like a spirit."

Spirit what was he talking about, and then my eyes went to the small wall mirror above the TV, my eye's were staring blindly out at me and my face was pale and sweating, looking down at Sioni's upturned face I could see concern and uncertainty.

"Hey, it's ok I just realised how much I love you and how I want you in my life forever."

A huge smile broke out on his face as he looked up at me, then with a wriggle he moved up from my knee's, across my body and clasped me around the neck with both arms placing a small peck on my mouth hugging close to me and then nestling down on to my shoulder.

"Ben?"

"Yes, kiddo?"

"When you love someone, does your belly feel all tight like you're sick, and your head goes all funny like when you're sleepy but don't want to go to bed, and your fingers and toes tickle?"

I looked at him still there on my shoulder wondering where this had come from and began to think that he'd just mentioned the way I was feeling right at the moment of truth, when I realised I could never live without him.

"Yes Sioni, I suppose the first time you find the person that you want to spend all your life with, you would feel like that, why did you ask that question?"

"Well, my palangi, that's how I feel right now."

Lifting his head until he was cheek to cheek he tightened his arms a little more and relaxed into me as my arms also tightened around him feeling his slender back as the tension eased out of him.

"Hey mister, look at the time, it's almost 10.30 and you've got school tomorrow and I've some work to do in the city as well, so I think it's bed time don't you?"

Leaning back from his perch he smiled at me with a glint in his eye's nodding his head.

"Yesss?"

"Hey Mister, it's a school and work day tomorrow so don't start anything we won't finish before 11.00 o'clock, ok?"

A pouting look came to his mouth and if it had not been for the glint in his eyes I may have been taken in by it, then with a final wriggle and snuggle he jumped to his feet and went towards the bedroom, but the devil still emerged as he glanced over his shoulder as he reached the doorway, giving me a come hither look, giggled, wagged his tail end like a puppy and disapeared into the room.

I sat there for a moment, the heat rising in my face as I thought of that parting, here I was nearly 50 years old and blushing like an apple stealing school boy caught with his pockets full.

After making sure the apartment was secure for the night I headed to bed, it's nice to have a spring in your step that had never been there before.

Sioni was laying on his side facing the door watching and waiting for me to get into bed, holding the covers back for me while he watched every move I made as I undressed, and yes I'm a naked sleeper just like he is, it seemed we had a lot in common with many things and skin to skin is the only way to let your lover know how you feel about him, at least that's how I feel.

As I slipped into bed Sioni snuggled up close, his arm over my chest and his upper leg over mine, his warmth seeping into my own skin, (and yes he was like a rock where his mother never kissed him) as he whispered in my ear.

"Just sleeping, yes?"

"Yes Sioni, that's best I think, we've all our lives to play so there's no hurry is there."

"Yes my palangi, it's good like this."

He sighed, snuggled a little closer, if that was possible, and his breathing settled slowly into an even pattern as he drifted off to sleep, I lay there going over in my mind the events of the last week and a half and as my eyes closed my last thought was that maybe there was a god or something like that, that looked after us loners.

Chapter 11

I was awoken the next morning to the feel of an earth quake shaking the bed and a draft of air blowing over my face, a weight bearing down on my chest making it difficult to breathe, fear was the first reaction, (we are not known as the shakey isles for nothing) earth quakes are quite common but this one was at least a 6.5, I struggled with the fog in my brain to move and then the giggle came through to my conciousness and I opened my eye's to see Sioni sitting on my chest bouncing up and down while he blew softly into my ear between giggles.

"Talofa, my palangi, did you sleep well?" (giggle)

"Yes kiddo, but I didn't wake up to good."

"Oh, why?"

"Well I think my bed was invaded by a jack rabbit."

More giggles then a big hug, and of course the little bird peck on the cheek, it was going to be easy to wake up like this every morning, to see the sparkling brown slightly Asian eyes, then down to the slender neck and nice shoulders just starting to lightly muscle up, on down to a smooth chest, firm but not overly heavy with nipples the size of a ten cent piece and the formation of a youthful six pack with an inny near the last roll of muscle, and the slender waist wich looked to be no more than about 26" [65 cm] round and all of it covered with a light caramel smooth and hairless skin, damn 5'4" [1.63 m] of smooth, smiling, beautiful dynamite, and he was starting to light my fuse.

"Your coffee is on the table here and I'm going to have a shower, you wash my back Ben?"

"You trying to wear out the old man, kiddo?"

"Oh no Ben, I just like to practise a lot."

I grabbed him around the waist and began to tickle him on the ribs, he began to squeal and laugh as he struggled to break away, when I thought he was a little like jelly I stopped and wiped the laughter tears from his cheeks and kissed him on the nose as he squirmed on top of the bed his lavalava lifting up around his hips just enough to give him a swat on the rear.

"Shower mister or we'll never get out of here."

"Love you Ben."

"Love you Sioni, now shower, go."

I reached over for a sip of coffee and surprised my self by almost bouncing out of bed, feeling like a 20 year old again, yes I know what your'e thinking, life is not a bowl of cherries or box of chocolates or what ever but with him beside me there was going to be nothing I could not handle even the damn beaurocrats at the DCYFS office (dept of child, youth and family services) that's right, I was going to do everything in my power to somehow secure for him a permanent place here beside me.

The shower stopped and then he appeared throught the doorway drying his hair, his skin glowing and bringing with him the clean scent of pure youth and soap with a hint of herbal shampoo, the lithe muscles in his arms working as he rubbed furiously.

"Ok my palangi, it's ready for you, I'll change for school now."

With a last long look at one of gods better creations I went into the shower emerging 15 minutes later to see Sioni dressed ready for school, a smile on his face and his arms held out toward me, well what would you do, the same I bet, so I did what came natural and picked him up for a good bye kiss (tongue and all) then set him down on his feet again to pick up his back pack and head for the door, damn it was going to be a long day without him, even though I had a bit to do at work today it was still going to be a long time till 4.00 o'clock.

Just as the door was closing I heard a small voice and another giggle.

"Love you my palangi."

He was gone, the door closing before I could answer, ok buster get a move on you've got a lot to do today, first job was to collect the tickets for next weeks trip to the capital, then to the office to see the other two partners and collect the unsigned contracts and trying to avoid my secretary as well, then organise an appointment with the dreaded DCYFS, but that should not be to much of a problem as I have a few favours to collect in that area so it might help a little.

When that was all done there was just the matter of sorting out a new house or apartment for both of us and then down to the mariner to get the boat ready for a little surprise for God's little gift, yes that's right I'm a fanatical fisherman and like to be out on the water when ever I can make it (which is most of the time) and it is nice that Sioni is from the islands as I'm sure he will love it out there, I had not metioned the boat to him hoping it would be a good surprise this coming weekend.

By 3.00 o'clock I was back home going through the contracts when at 3.30 the door bell rang and glancing at the clock realised that it couold not be Sioni, besides he had his own key so it meant a visitor, but who would be coming around here at this time of day, I rose out of the chair and went to open the door.

"Collin, what are you doing here?"

Collin was a friend and also my estate agent, we had gone to school together and had remained close friends since those times, he was as straight as a die but also because of our friendship I had no need to hide my sexuality from him as he said it made no difference to him so why should it bother our friendship.

I invited him in and we sat for a little while chatting about his wife and two kids, then about the real estate business, until he said.

"Ben what's all this nonsense about selling your apartment, you know it is a buyer's market out there at the moment, why sell it now when it is so down, if you wait for a couple of months you would get a much better price."

Just as he finished I heard the scraping of a key in the lock of the door and saw that Collin had also heard it, he looked at me and lifted his eyebrow, what could I do. So I smiled and nodded my head as he glanced at the doorway only to see a blur of uniform charge across the room toward me, then the whirlwind came to a sudden halt as Sioni saw I had a visitor.

"Well I think a nice bungalow over in Halfmoon Bay would be the best for you two, and I think I know of one coming up for sale this week, you want to see it, say Friday?"

Collin looked at the stuned expression on my face as he got to his feet and moved over to where Sioni stood rooted to the spot.

"Hello, my name's Collin, if that old bugger gives you any trouble you call for me, ok?"

"Hello Mr. Collin, my name's Sioni, and Mr. Ben would never do anything wrong to me."

"Well, polite, handsome and devoted, not a bad combination there Ben, anyway I have to go will call you Thursday to set up the house for Friday, and I can see now why you want to move."

As Collin let himself out I could hear the chuckle and a mumbled "Bout bloody time," as he left but I barely heard it as my arms were filled with happy boy trying to get inside my shirt with me.

"Talofa, my palangi, I'm home." (giggle)

"Yes my love and soon we'll be in our proper home if Collin is as good as I know him to be."

Chapter 12

Over the next couple of days everything seemed to go perfectly, Sioni as always was attentive and loving and had accepted the fact that we should not become to physical in bed during the week nights so that he could concentrate on his studies.

Friday arrived and Sioni's last day of the semester and the day to look at what Collin thought would be a nice bungalow for us to see. I had decided to keep the inspection for later in the day so that Sioni and I could see it for the first time together, after all it was to be his home as well if all went the way I hoped.

I heard the key scratching in the door and glanced at the clock on the wall, it was only midday, fear rushed through me as I thought, my god what's happened to him, he's never home at this hour. I rushed from my home office to see what had happened to my boy the gut wrenching fear rising as the door was pushed open.

"Talofa my palangi, I'm home."

"My god Sioni, what's the matter, are you ok, have you had trouble, why are you home, what happened to you?"

My eyes were trying to take him all in, looking for injuries or any damage to my boy, I was gibbering maddly as he stood there with a strange look on his perfect face, almost laughing and at the same time trying to work out what the hell I was talking about.

Sioni let out a laugh as he understood what the problem was then rushed into my arms giggling and squirming against me.

"I'm ok Ben, it's the last day of school so we've only got a half day."

"You should've told me this morning, you gave me a hell of a fright just then, I thought you'd been hurt at school."

Snuggle, cuddle, hug, giggle.

"No I'm ok, sorry for worrying you, I didn't think of it but I will next time ok, my palangi?"

"Ok, next time."

He took his pack into the bedroom and removed his uniform folding it neatly and placing it in the dresser drawer, sliding off his briefs he wrapped a clean lavalava around his waist and came into the office asking if I'd had lunch yet.

"No not yet, but now you're here we can go out and have something by then it'll be time to go and see Collin about the house, ok?"

"Ok, that'll be good."

I didn't have a lot to finish so I told him half an hour and we would be out of here, he looked at me from underneath his eyelashes a glint in his eye.

"Can I stay and watch you work?"

"Of course you can, grab a seat and I won't be long."

Now if I have ever made a foolish statement in my life that was it, a flash of caramel skin and colourful lavalava and he was on my lap arms around my neck and his mouth next to my ear.

"Can I have this seat my palangi?"

Butt wriggle, neck hug, gentle blow in the ear. What the hell, I could finish work later, I slipped one arm around his shoulders and the other under his knee's and stood up holding him against me as I moved toward the lounge a smile coming over my face.

When I reached the lounge I looked down into his eyes smiling as he cuddled closer.

"Sioni?"

"Mmmmmm?"

"Could you just take your arm away from my neck for a minute?"

He looked up into my face a with a questioning look, as he removed his arms he asked.

"Mmmmm, why?"

"Because of this."

As I spoke those words I dropped him butt first onto the recliner chair laughing out loud at the hurt look he gave me.

"That's to teach you to not scare me half to death then trying to get the best seat in the house."

He broke out laughing and squirming on the seat, his head back on the chair rest showing his beautiful neck slender and strong while he rocked his head side to side.

"Ok my palangi, you win, I love you."

"Love you too, mischief maker."

I let him settle there while I went to find something for him to drink and then with the glass of milk in hand went back to sit oposite him in the other chair.

"So what do you want for lunch?"

"Uhm, do you think we could go to the mall for some island food?"

"Sure, today you can have anything you want."

"When you've finished the milk you go get changed and we'll head over there."

"Ok."

When he was finished he wiped off the milk moustache took the glass to the kitchen and after washing it and putting it in the cupboard headed for the bedroom to change.

I glanced up as he returnd to the lounge and gasped at the vision before me, he had put on his open sandals and pulled on a tie-dye t-shirt of many colours pulling it down over the top of his lavalava and if you have never seen a young islander in his normal form of dress then you have seen none of nature's beauty.

"Have you got your briefs on under there?"

"No, they don't feel good in a lavalava." (giggle)

"What if the wind blows?"

"Then I'll have to hug you to stop my lavalava from opening." (giggle)

"You trying to get me into trouble?"

"Yes." (giggle)

"Come here Mr. mischief."

Sioni slipped onto my lap and hugged me tight.

(giggle) "You like?"

"To much, but I think lunch about now would be good."

One more snuggle from him and he was on his feet waiting for me to get up and move to the door his hand on my arm, his sandals slapping softly on the floor.

Finding a parking place at the mall was not easy on a Friday with everyone out shopping and school kids all over the place, it was not my sort of place during the day as I'm not the sort of person that likes crowds but it was for him and I didn't mind at all this day.

The sights and sounds of the mall and the open air stalls selling produce from all over the place gave the feeling of bustle and ergency but on closer inspection you could see that everyone was moving at a comfortable pace, stopping and chatting to each other laughing at the antics of the younger kids around as they dashed from one stall to the other calling out to parents and each other.

We approached a food stall manned by an island women, the smells of cooked banana's chicken, pork, kumara and all the foods that the islanders like so much wafting out over the area, as Sioni looked up to me questioningly.

"What ever you want Sioni, but just a little for me you know I don't eat much during the day."

Sioni nodded his head and started to order his lunch while chatting to the women, I noticed at one stage she looked up at me then back to Sioni and back to me before nodding, smiling at me then talked again to Sioni as he looked over to me smiling again.

When Sioni had all he wanted he left the stall and came over to me and we made our way to a small trestle table set out in the sun for people to use as they looked or ate or just chatted to each other.

"Ok mister what was that all about?"

"Oh that was the wife of the pastor from my church."

"So?"

"She just asked me if I was your friend."

"So?"

"I said yes and she said that you look right for me and you would look after me well."

"How does she know that?"

"Because she's very wise in the island ways and she knows about people."

"So she doesn't think it's bad for you then?"

"Oh no, she said you were meant to find me and that everything is going to be good for us."

"Well you're good for me anyway, I know that much."

"Oh my palangi we're meant to be together, she said so."

We sat and ate our lunch and sitting back at the end of it licked our fingers and sighed as we looked down at the remains of our lunch sitting in the foil plates, I had eaten a lot more than normal for me as the food was just to good to stop and there is something about the food that was natural and made you want to keep eating.

We rose from the trestle table and as we began to make our way back to the car I glanced over at Sioni as he looked behind us and the sheer terror on his face made me turn around in time to see a large islander looking a little drunk heading toward us, behind him a very large woman and two younger boys about 16 or 17 years old.

"Hey you, palangi."

Sioni began to shake as he pulled closer to me he muttered.

"My uncle, he's drunk."

Now although I'm not large and I'm getting a little older I feel that my time in the army had given me enough training to handle most things so I gentley pushed Sioni behind me as I balanced myself on my back foot turning slightly sideways to the approaching man.

The woman obviously did not want to be there but she had no power to stop what the man was doing and the boys seemed to be enjoying the whole show, after all their dad out weighted me by a good 20 kilo's [40 lbs] and 3" [8 cm] in height.

"Hey yous palangi yous want to fuck that fafafini yous gotta buy him."

The words were slurred and loud enough to be heard for quite a distance, a hush came over most of the assembled people some with looks of distaste, others with anger and others with a look of pity for Sioni.

I looked into his eyes straight on showing no sign of anger or fear to let him know what I was thinking but reached down to Sioni's shoulder holding him close and firmly.

"How much do you think he's worth?"

This made him stop and think as it was the last thing he expected from me and he became a little flustered trying to sort out what was said in his boozed mind.

"Yous gives me $2000.00 and takes the fafafini for good."

Sioni was trying to pull away from me and I looked down to him and gave a small shake of my head. I looked again at his uncle and nodded my head.

"Ok, but I don't have the money here, you come to my home tomorrow morning and I'll have it for you."

"Where yous live palangi?"

I reached into my pocket and took out my card handing it to him.

"There you are, be there at 10.00 in the morning, ok?"

"Yeah, yous have the money or I's takin the fucker home."

"You be there is all ok?"

"Yeah I'll be there."

Gotcha ass hole, I thought to myself and then there was a yell and the crowd began to part like the red sea for moses as the woman from the stall came through pushing people out of the way as she headed for the uncle yelling and screeming at him waving her arms, a formidable force to be reackoned with by the look of it.

She glanced over to me and gave a little nod indicating for me to take Sioni out of there which I was only to glad to do as he was shaking in fear and worry.

"Hey Sioni, don't worry ok, everything is now going to be ok, I have the bastard where I want him, he'll never be able to do anything to you again."

"Ben, Oh Ben, please I don't want you to buy me."

"Come on Sioni don't you worry, he'll never get a cent, but if I had to I'd pay anything to keep you, but now don't you worry your head, this's just the thing we need to get you free and start a new life."

"But he'll be there tomorrow and I don't want him to hurt you, it's better if he takes me back."

"Hey I said don't worry, I love you and you don't have to go anywhere but where you want to go or do anything you don't want to do, now buck up let's go look at the new house."

We reached the car and as I pulled out of the parking place I gave myself a small smile at how things had worked out and the fact that with a little planning this was going to fix things for up right for Sioni once and for all.

Chapter 13

I had made plans to take Sioni out for the weekend on the boat and spend some quality time away from the city but now with the appearance of his uncle I would have to rearrange the schedule a little, but I was still determined that we would get the better part of the time out there.

Looking across at my little lover scrunched up in the passenger seat my heart went out to him as I saw so many emotions runing over his features, the worst of them being a look of total defeat so I reached across the seat and gripped his hand in mine trying to convey a little hope for him.

"Sioni?"

"Yes Ben?"

"Come on buster, everything is going to be ok, just remember I love you and I would never let anyone hurt you, not even your own family."

He gripped my hand a little harder and looking over at me I could see a small spark of deternination come back into his eyes as he lifted his head a bit higher jutting that perfect chin out, then giving a little nod of his head as though all was reconciled in his mind he smiled at me and the day became brighter for the effort.

"Thank you my palangi, I love you too, what're we going to do now?"

"Soon we go home, but first we've got to go and see the house, then we're going to make a couple of phone calls and get set up for the meeting tomorrow."

"Ok, I trust you, now I know it's going to be alright."

"Yes Sioni, everything is going to be fine, tomorrow you're going to be free."

"You're not giving him money are you?"

"Definitely not, slavery is illegal, but I want that bastard to pay a price he'll never forget."

At last we were on our way to look at the bungalow that Collin had found for us over in the bay, the day was beautiful, the sun beating down a light breeze ruffling the water beside the marine parade as we drove with the windows open, the smell of the salt in the air and the disc player booming out the 1812 overture (just love the finale and the cannons).

As we approached the address that Collin had given me I could see his car parked by the side of the road waiting for us so I pulled up behind it and looked over to the bungalow he had said was perfect for us.

Collin came out of the door as we pulled up, the smile a mile wide on his face, we got out of the car and made our way toward him.

Collins approach and his first words surprised me a little as he turned to Sioni and ignored me as he put out his hand taking Sioni's instead.

"Hello Sioni, what do you think of your new house?"

"Hello Mr. Collin, my house?"

"Yes your house, you like it don't you?"

"It's a nice house Mr.Collin but it's not mine."

"Course it is Sioni, you just don't know it yet, oh and don't worry about that old bugger he'll do what he's told."

I put on my best 'hurt face' and tried to ignore the reference to my age as I watched the toe digging and embarresment on Sioni's face as he clasped his hands in front of his beautiful crutch trying to keep the breeze from lifting his lavalava to much.

"So this is how you do business is it Collin, con the young ones and let the old ones pay for it?"

"Yep, works every time, so what do you think?"

The bungalow was a spralling hacienda style house, the gardens were immaculate and the house itself was well maintained, the location was perfect, right on the esplanade with the beach just across the road looking over the bay and down to the marina.

"So what's the set up inside Collin?"

"Three bedrooms, all with there own bathrooms, lounge and dining room combined, looking right out over the bay, and all the usual other bits plus double garage out back and a small granny flat at the back of the section if you want to have boarders."

"Well it's certainly what I would like but I think it's a bit out of my range, price wise anyway."

"You thinks so, well I think we could make a deal if you're really interested?"

"How so?"

"Well I know for a fact that the people, a young couple, are in over their heads on this one and it's due to come up for a mortagee sale soon if they can't find the money for the bank and they still need accomodation in the city for their work."

"So?"

"First of all, how serious are you about Sioni?"

"How serious? you know how I like to go window shopping when the boys are out and about? well since he's joined me I haven't even seen another boy, even when he's not around, all I can think of is him and what I can do for him, and how my day is empty when he's not around."

"And it's not just a lonely old man with the hots for a young horney guy then?"

"No Collin, I know it's not, he's great to hold and all the rest but it's something inside of me, it's like finding a soul mate, he just feels right, you know down inside."

"You got it bad eh?"

"Collin, we've known each other for many years."

"Yes."

"You ever seen me like this before?"

"Never, but I wish I had, he's made you look ten years younger and you've got a spring in your step again."

We had been inside the house wandering around looking at the various rooms and the settings, Sioni close behind listening and looking at everything.

"Sioni?"

"Yes Ben?"

"Do you like it?"

"It's awesome."

"So you want to live here with me?"

Looking shyly up at Collin then back to me, the heat rising into his face he replied.

"Forever?"

"Forever."

After a quick and shy look at Collin he grabbed me around the waist, put his head on my chest, arms tightening and nodded his head, the beginning of a tear starting in his eyes.

"Ok Collin, let's deal, what do you have in mind?"

"Let's sit down in the lounge, looks like someone won't be able to stand for much longer."

We went through to the lounge, Sioni with his arm around my waist, a small blush now and again when he saw Collin smiling at us, after sitting down Sioni glided into my lap and tucked his head on my shoulder, I'm sure I could hear a purring coming from him but then again maybe that's what I wanted to hear.

"You look good together, he's really the one isn't he?"

No hesitation, no prevarication (and if you know what a Libran is like you know how hard that is to avoid)

"Yep."

"Well the only thing left is, what is Sioni going to do when you give up the ghost, you're no spring chicken?"

"Hell that's no problem, if I take the house he gets his name on the paper work as co-owner."

"You sure about this?"

"Damn sure, I've never been more sure of anything in my life."

"Good, cause the way I feel is if you hurt the little fella, or leave him high and dry I'll come and piss on your grave after I bury you."

I let out a burst of laughter but the look in Collins eye said he just might be serious.

"Ok tough guy let's hear your deal?"

"Ok, they have this place on the market for $265,000 your place is valued at $195,000."

"Yep, so?"

"Can you get your hands on $30,000 in cash?"

"Mmm, yes I think I can do that."

"Well the deal is this, they take your apartment free hold, you give them $30,000 in cash and take this place free hold, the $30,000 clears their loans and gives them a little on the side, sound ok for you?"

"You mean we can have this place for a mere $225,000 free hold?"

"That's it, you'd be insane not to take it, and I know you ain't that."

"Done."

Collin reached for his briefcase on the floor and pulled out some papers.

"Ok, you sign here and Sioni signs here, then the same on the other pages."

"You bastard, you knew I'd want him to have this place incase anything happened to me."

"Yep, saw it the first day I met him, you think after thirty years I don't know you."

Collin sat back in his chair and laughed after pushing the papers in my direction.

"Bastard."

It was all I could say as I asked Sioni to move to the chair beside me and sign the papers as I handed them to him.

When all was done and the arrangements for when we could move and how he would sort out all the paper work for me, I told Collin that I would have the money for him Monday and that was that, we were now the owners of a house in Halfmoon Bay. I reached for Sioni's hand and we went and stood at the large picture window overlooking the bay.

"You like our new house bub?"

"Oh my palangi, it's a beautiful house."

"Do you understand the papers you signed?"

"Not really."

"Well they say that if anything happens to me the house is yours, you are a part owner as of now, so it's our house now."

He threw his arms around me as it began to sink in that he was the owner as well and as he hugged me hard I could hear the soft sobs coming from him and I carressed the hair on his head as his hips rubbed into me and something reminded me how he felt.

"Ok you love birds, I got to go, I've a meeting soon with someone more important."

I looked over to Collin and I knew that he could see the look in my eyes and the sincerity that I meant.

"Thanks Collin, for everything."

Collin knew I meant more than just the house as he looked down to Sioni clasped around my waist.

"My pleasure, you two belong together, even I can see that, just don't you ever hurt him granddad."

"Never, sonny."

With that Collin left us together looking out over the bay, Sioni's future home assured and a little bit of a start for him.

When we were seated in the car we had a final look at our new home and a squeeze on my hand made it feel so much better, then turned around and headed back to the apartment to make arrangements for our visitor next day, this I was looking forward to with great anticipation.

Saturday morning dawned and Sioni gave me a wake up call and a hot coffee with extras that left my knees feeling like jelly and as he set about getting the apartment in order I set up for our meeting in two hours.

At 9.50 there was a knock on the door and I went to talk to the person who was there explaining what I had in mind for the meeting, to which he agreed and then returned to the lounge to wait. At 10.05 came a loud knock on the door and I told Sioni to sit where I had told him the night before and went to open the door for our 'guest'.

I opend the door and the uncle stood there alone, a scowl on his face.

"Well palangi, yous got the money?"

"I don't talk business on the door step, come in and take a seat."

He sauntered into the flat not even removing his shoes beforehand, and I knew this was meant as an insult as it was inpolite in there society not to do so (you going to pay for that one too buddy).

"Take a seat."

"Ok, yous got the money?"

"Yep, it's a bank certified cheque, couldn't get cash so quick, just got to fill your name in."

"I says cash, palangi."

"This is the same as cash, you can change it anywhere."

"Hmph, ok, but don't yous go fuckin with me palangi."

"No problems, just give me your name and it's yours?"

"Panila Famalini."

"Ok, Panila, and this two grand means that you're selling the boy to me forever, that right?"

"Yeah, Yous gives me the money for the fafafini's ass and yous gets to keep him."

"And you have no more claim on him, no more giving him the bash or kicking his ass?"

"Nah, sides he don't even scream anymore when I gives it to him, you keep the fucker I don't care."

I made to reach into my pocket for a cheque, this was the agreed sign for my other guest to come out of the office room.

"Right only one more thing."

"What, just gives me the money and I'm gone."

By this time my other guest was standing behind him and spoke up much to the surprise of Panila.

"Mr. Panila Famalini, I'm Constable Nichols, I'm placing you under arrest for attempted child slavery, extorsion, threatening to assault, battery and assault, I will ask you to stand and place your hands behind your back."

Too stunned to even think he rose to his feet as Bob Nichols (another friend of many years) began to put the cuffs on, then Panila woke to the fact he had just been done he began to look around trying to understand it all.

I could not resist the temptation to show him how easy it was to get him.

"Look above Sioni's head on the bookcase, that's a web camera and beside it is a microphone, it's all hooked up to my computer in the other room where constable Nichols was waiting so you're taped and recorded, I hope you enjoy your holiday for the next seven years and your return to the islands after that."

He tried to make a move toward me then at Sioni but Bob had a good grip on him and as Bob had three kids of his own Panila was not going to have an easy ride to the station, tuff.

Bob swung him around toward the door looking back over his shoulder and giving me a nod of understanding as he lead him out. Sioni flew out of his chair where he had been sitting quietly as I'd asked him too, then with a vice like grip around my waist he said.

"Oh my palangi, you did it, you did it."

"No my love, 'WE' did it, now you're free and I'm afraid that you're stuck with me now."

"I love you my palangi."

"I love you Sioni, forever."

Chapter 14

Now that our 'guests' had gone and it was nearly 11.30 I asked Sioni to prepare a little light lunch for us both as I had some packing to do for us.

"Why are you packing, my palangi?"

"Because my lovely little island spirit, we are going fishing until tomorrow afternoon."

"Are we, really, truly, I love the sea and fishing, how did you know."

"Easy, because I love you and I love fishing, so, you must love fishing too."

"I love you too, but sometimes you can be silly my palangi."

"Ok then you do lunch, I do packing, and then we are out of here till tomorrow."

With that said I headed to the office room where I stored most of the gear I kept at home for fishing trips, and then to the bedroom for extra clothing while Sioni was busy in the kitchen with lunch.

When I returned to the kitchen lunch was ready and as usual Sioni had prepared just the right sort of light lunch for the occasion, just cold meats and salad with a little fresh fruit, but as a little extra surprise for me he had poured out a glass of chilled chardonay, I often wondered if he realised how much he was spoiling me with these little thoughtful surprises.

When we had finished lunch I set about filling a chilly bin with the food supplies we would need as he washed up and cleaned the kitchen, I was always embarressed when he would not let me help to do the cleaning around the house but he would just insist that it was his duty and would not let me lift a finger, sometimes going to the extent of giving me a small scowl as I tried to interfere.

We left the apartment just after 1.00 o'clock to go to the marina and pick up the boat which of course Sioni was unaware that I owned and I don't think crossed his mind as to how we were going to go out fishing, he just accepted that because I had said that was what we were doing then that was good enough.

When we arrived at the marina I parked close to the gate and as Sioni unloaded the car I went in search of a dock barrow to haul everything down to my berth and as soon as it was all loaded aboard Sioni realised that it was a little strange that I had just walked up to the boat and began to load and prepare it for sea.

"Ahh, Ben?"

"Yes Sioni?"

"Who's boat is this?"

"Ours of course."

"Ours?"

"Well it used to be mine, now it's ours."

"You had this all the time and only now you tell me, sometimes my palangi you can be very bad."

"Yeah but it's a good bad, don't you think?"

"Yes, it's a good bad." (giggle)

Sioni stood back for a minute to have a good look at what I now considered was 'our' boat, it was a 27' Pelin Emperess powered by a 190 hp caterpiller diesel, with good accomodation but at the same time plenty of free space for my favourite hobby.

"Come on Sioni we have to go so no time for looking, I'll just get you to untie those two lines from the dock and then jump on and we're away from here."

Sioni went forard and released the bow line then to the stern and did the dame before jumping lightly into the cockpit and coming up to stand beside me as we pulled away and headed out to the channel.

"Can I go and sit up the front in the sun and feel the wind?"

"Yes of course you can, you will be safe up there."

Without another word he stripped off his lavalava and I had to look quickly thinking that he would be naked underneath as he never wore anything with his lavalava, but my mind was put to rest and also aroused when I saw the brief speedo in pure white against his caramel skin, god I could stop the boat right here in mid channel and do naughty things to him when I saw what he was wearing.

"How do I get up there?"

"Just open that hatch in front of you and you can step right out onto the deck."

"Oh, ok, thank you, love you."

"Love you too, have fun."

My plan was to head out the main channel past Rangitoto and spend the night at Kauwau Island and do most of our fishing out at flat rock or trolling the Hauraki gulf and then sleep in one of the many bays around Kauwau for the night.

Once clear of the channel I opened up the boat to 20 knots and with the 15 knot north westerly the water just had enough sea running to make the boat perform at it's best, it was so great to be out here again especially with Sioni to share it with.

That evening we went ashore at mission bay to the restaurant for dinner and then back to the boat for an evening fish finally calling it a day about 10.30 and found a small bay to anchor up for the night.

It must have been the relaxed nature of the day and the problem of the morning being resolved that made Sioni more tender and loving than before, we did not go into a full sexual fenzy but instead we were both satisfied to just hold each other and caress, hold and kiss tenderly in a show of genuine love and respect for each other.

Although we both got very, very hard it seemed that all we wanted was to be together without the need for release, I think that this was one of those very special nights when you can comunicate to your partner how much you love them without the need of words or sex.

We returned to the apartment tired, relaxed, happy and even more in love with each other, it was just one of those times, a final bonding that made unbreakable ties between two people, Just a perfect day and a perfect lover.

Monday morning and I had to go into the office for a short time to get the final papers for my meeting and to check that all had been made ready for us in Wellington for our trip the next day, Sioni decided to stay home and prepare the apartment and to begin to pack ready for our move to the new house when we returned on Thursday, even though I had told him that the movers would do it all he insisted that he look after anything that was fragile.

My secretary cornered me in the office and demanded to know all about Sioni and how I felt about him and when at last I had answered all her questions to her satisfaction (talk about the inquisition they have nothing on her when she wants to know something) she then told me in no uncertain terms what my life was going to be worth if I ever let him down or did not look after him properly, (I'm glad I love Sioni and not her).

10.30 am tuesday found us lifting off from Auckland airport which was a first for Sioni if the grip he had on my hand was any indication I was going to have very sore knuckles by the time we landed.

It was when we got to the hotel that I realised how narrow minded some people could be to people who were not the same as themselves and although I do not like to get angry or upset with people trying to do their jobs I do have a breaking point and today was going to be one of those days.

Sioni was dressed perfectly and looked quite the little gentleman in light tan slacks, brown shoes, pale blue open necked shirt and a giovanni brown leather dress jacket and with his caramel skin tone and deep brown eyes he was a sight to behold and turned many heads as he accompanied me through the foyer to the reception desk.

My company had been using this hotel for the last twelve years and we always had a large suite on the top floor with a view over the harbour.

When we approached the desk the duty manager looked up at me and smiledm then over to Sioni and the smile immediately disappeared and he gave a small cough in his throat as he looked back to me.

"Yes sir, do you have a reservation?"

"Yes."

I gave him the name of the company and he began to look down at his list.

"Ahh, yes sir, I have that here but I'm sorry I have to point out that it is the policy of this hotel not to allow the guests to entertain… ahm… how shall I say this… ahm… escorts in their rooms, I'm sorry but I can not allow this… ahm… person to accompany you to your room."

Although my blood by this time was at full boil I looked at Sioni and could see by his face that he had not missed any of the insinuations, I reached out my hand to his shoulder and gave a small squeeze to let him know I was there and not to worry.

I briefly closed my eyes to compose myself and then looked up to this upstart.

"Can you tell me why you think this young man is an escort?"

"Well sir it is quite obvious, I mean to say he's and islander and just by the way he's dressed he would not normally be able to afford those types of clothes, it stands to reason."

"Oh really does it, mmmm, and there's nothing you can do?"

"No sir, I'm sorry, it's the hotel policy."

"You do know who I am, don't you?"

"Yes sir I have the name of the company you represent."

"Tell me do you know anything about the company?"

"Well yes sir, I know it has aninternational reputation and it's listed on the stock exchange, I even have some of its shares."

"So even knowing that there's still nothing you can do?"

"I'm sorry sir, but his type are not permitted on the premises."

"Mmmm ok, tell me is Robert Newman in the hotel?"

"The owner, sir?"

"Yes, the owner."

"Well yes sir, I believe he's in the penthouse at the moment."

"Ring him."

"Ring him, sir?"

"Yes, ring him."

"Very good sir, but it will make no difference that boy will not be allowed in."

"Ring him, NOW."

This last word was said loud enough to be heard out on the street, it was now time to show this little nobody that you should not make hasty decsions, Robert and I went a long way back and we both happen to admire the finer things on life, mainly a very handsome and loverable young man.

"Excuse me sir, Mr. Newman."

"Bob, Ben."

(…)

"Yes fine thanks and you?"

(…)

By this time I could see the look oon the desk manager starting to wonder if he just may have made a mistake, good you little bastard, sweat.

"Ah Bob listen I have my young man with me."

(…)

"Yes Sioni."

(…)

"That's right, he's with me this trip."

(…)

"Well it's like this Bob, this bloody little upstart has accused him of being a rent boy and won't allow us to go to our room."

(…)

"I'm damn sure that's what he said."

(…)

"Yes, you know I don't make a mistake like that."

(…)

"Yes."

(…)

"Yes."

(…)

"Right, just a minute."

I looked up to the manager and handed him the phone.

"Bob wants to talk to you."

As he put the phone to his ear I could see one of the older managers heading toward the desk and then I heard Bob's voice on the phone even from where I was standing it was obvious that he was not happy.

"Yes Mr. Newman, it's me."

Then I heard it from the other end of the phone.

"GRAB YOUR BAGS YOU'RE FIRED, GET YOUR ASS OUT OF MY HOTEL NOW."

The manager stood there like a stunned mullet shaking as he looked over to me and all I could do was return a nice sweet smile and a wink, Oh revenge is so sweet.

The other manager took over as our stunned mullet shuffled off toward the staff entrance, head hung on his chest.

"Now sir, you and your young man are booked into your normal suite, if you would care to go ahead I'll have the bell boy bring up your cases, and my sincerest apologies for the trouble you were caused."

I turned to Sioni and asked him.

"Well Sioni do you accept his apology, you were the one insulted so you deserve the apology?"

"Yes Ben, thank you, I accept."

"Well there we are, he accepts, I'm sure it won't happen again, will it?"

"Definately not sir."

"I'm sure you will inform the rest of the staff that Sioni will be accorded the same respect that every other guest is accorded."

"Yes sir it will be done."

"Thank you, come on Sioni let's have a look at the room."

The rest of our stay in Wellington went smoothly, and I may say profitabley and so on Thursday we made our return to Auckland and by Friday we would be in our new home and at last some peace and quiet with my Sioni by my side.

The next two days were a frantic rush, trying to omve into the new house and get things sorted for our permanent future together. Sunday was of course a day of rest, and cuddles, and kissing, and touching, and feeling, well you get the idea and if you don't I'm not going to teach you.

On Monday Sioni and I sat and discussed where he wanted to go to school and then rang around to find a good and suitable one for him which turned out to be only a ten minute walk from the house and he would be able to enrol at the end of the holidays in two weeks time, all I had to do was to get the required uniform for him and he would be set to continue with his education.

It was Sioni's birthday in two months and I began to make plans for him and to make sure it would be one that he would remember for a long long time, he had become more and more affectionate and loving as we spent more time together and even the staff at work could see how much he meant to me and would continuously tell me to go home to him or would ring before I went into the office and tell me to stay home as I was not needed that day.

Have you ever had that feeling of not being wanted, well that's how I felt when I was uncerimoniously told to get lost by my staff and partners, anyone would think I worked for them instead of the other way round.

As Sioni's birthday arrived I gave a party at the house with all of the staff in attendance and on the following day gave another one for all of Sioni's friends from school with a BBQ across the road on the beach so they could run a little wild, god he has some fine looking friends at school but of course none of them compared to him in my eyes, it was a very tired lover that came to bed that night.

As we lay beside each other propped up against the head board and as he snuggled into his usual place with his head on my shoulder and one hand across my chest, I looked down at him and thought now would be a good time to tell him what I had for his birthday present, I had not given him anything until then as I wanted it to be special and without others around.

"Sioni, you know I haven't given you your present yet?"

"Yes you have my palangi, you have given me the best present I've ever had."

"Really what's that?"

"The first birthday party I've ever had, not one party but two parties and all your friends from the office came just to see me and they were so nice and all the presents they gave me, then you let me have all my friends from school today, oh my palangi you can't give me anything more than what you already have."

"Oh that's a shame, I suppose that I'll just have to throw these other things away then."

"What other things? you don't have to give me anything more, I have everything now."

"Well not quite, there's just a couple of things you don't have yet."

"What would they be?"

His tongue on my neck was hard to resist but with a mighty effort I managed to reach into the cabinet beside the bed and hand him an envelope.

"Have a look inside."

Sioni open the envelope and when he saw that it was a voucher for a full driving course plus the added courses which would allow him to get a full license a full year earlier than normal he just about went wild.

"You going to let me drive, Oh my palangi you always know how to make me happy."

"Ahh just a moment, don't drown me yet, there's this one to open too."

"Ohh, is this for real?"

"Yes it's for real, I'm now your legal guardian, all signed and sealed."

"Thank you, oh, thank you, now we will never be split up, ever."

"Never my love, never, you got me forever now, and I almost forgot, there's this one too."

"More, this is too much, you do too much for me."

"Wh… what's this one?"

"That's a copy of my will, if anything happens to me everything goes to you, I want you to be protected and looked after just in case."

"But my dearest palangi you can't give everything to me, what about your family?"

"Sioni my love, you are my family, all of it, so it will all belong to you."

"But, but, but, Ben I'm only an island boy, you can't give all you have to me."

"Sioni, you may be only an island boy, but you are my island boy and I love you more than anything I have so it's rightfully yours."

The tears that ran down his face at that moment I did not know if they were from joy or from love but I didn't care he was happy and that was the main thing and if anyone deserved happiness it was my Sioni, he may have had a hard start in his life for the first 14 years but I was going to make damn sure he did not have to suffer anymore in the rest of it.

Chapter 15

After Sioni's birthday we had both settled comfortably into our routines, Sioni with school and home, myself with work and planning how to best take care of my lover as he deserved to taken care of.

Christmas will be here in two weeks and today is the last day of exams for Sioni and having seen how hard he'd worked, both at school and at home, I just knew he was going to do well, so I began to make plans for something special for him and all his efforts.

Unless you live here you would not probably be aware how difficult it can be for a young Islander to make a go of it in the school system and in fact even out in the business world, although Sioni would have the advantage of working for my company if he wished to when his schooling was complete, it can still be a tough world for him.

I had allowed him to use my computer at home to play around with after his home work was finished and I was pleasantly surprised one evening when I walked into to watch him to find him designing tapa patterns and not playing one of the many games I had downloaded.

I stood entranced by the meticulous art work, the patience he showed as he color filled and redrew when a mistake occured until he was fully satisfied, then to my surprise instead of saving his outstanding work he just hit the delete button and destroyed it all, it almost brought tears to my eyes to see that work of art disappear, the color and precision gone forever.

"Sioni?"

"Oh, hello my palangi."

"Sioni my love, why did you destroy that?"

"Oh, I didn't want to fill up your computer with that stuff, it's just playing about."

"Sioni, it was so beautiful, you're really so talented, you should have saved it."

He looked up into my face, a shy blush arising on his cheeks as he wriggled his lavalava covered butt on the chair, his caramel skin taking on a glow from the overhead lights as I moved in close behind him, placing my arms around his chest from behind I lay my head on his shoulder.

"How many have you done of them, love?"

"Oh, I don't know, I do a couple each night, it feels good when I do a nice one."

"Ok honey, from now on you're going to save them to a CD disc and then we can keep them to look at, sound ok to you?"

"Do you really like them?"

"Of course I loved it, it's so natural and flowing, I want you to save everything you do so that we have a record for later, it can be your portfolio for the future, ok?"

This also solved a problem I'd had about his Christmas present, well part of it anyway, the rest of it was going to be a combined Christmas and reward for his efforts during the year at school.

I was sitting out on the deck when at last I heard the words that brought joy to my existence as the front door closed and the running feet could be heard on the tiles of the enterance way.

"Hello my palangi, I'm home."

"Out here my little love."

His greeting each day never varied in word or intensity, it was like the first time, full of love and caring and need, it was his special greeting, then his arms were around my neck as he gave me that special butterfly kiss on the cheek.

"I love you, my palangi."

"I love you too, Sioni, now, how did the exams go, or is this to soften me up for a bad report?"

Sioni knew I was joking by the smile stretching over my face as he came around to be in front of me and sat at my feet on the deck, his lithe legs folding under him as he handed his report card to me, still I saw, sealed in the envelope untouched, even though he was quite entitled to see it if he wished, I knew he had saved it for me like a gift.

"Sioni, this is marvelous, you passed with a 96% pass rate, oh honey I'm so proud of you, I know how hard you worked, I think you deserve something special for doing this."

His beaming smile said it all, his hard work had paid off, his devotion to his school work had now given him a chance to be one of those that would make it in life.

"I had to do it for you, my palangi."

"Sioni my love, this is for you, you don't have to anything for me, just having you beside me is enough for me."

There on the deck as we looked out over the ocean before us he reached forward and leaned into my arms and kissed me with his soft pliable lips, not deep and demanding but lightly like a whisper of wind brushing over hot skin.

I hugged him close and to hell what the passers by thought, I loved him and they could go to hell with their little closed minds, My young man can do no wrong in my eyes and if he wanted to kiss me then that's what was going to happen.

We broke apart and as I looked into his eyes I was sure he could see the pride in mine at his accomplishment.

"Sioni honey, have you ever had a dream to go some where, you know to travel over sea's?

"Mmmm, well yes, sort of, but it was only a dream."

"Well if you could go any where you wanted, where would it be?"

As I already knew the answer by looking at the sites he had been watching on the computer, I'd given him full access to the internet just to see what he would do, and found he had no interest in the usual type of porno sites, in fact had never even tried to enter one, but he had been investigating one site over and over and this had given me the idea for his graduation present.

"Well my palangi, if I was ever lucky enough, I'd love to go to the States."

"Hmm, America… hmmm… yes… hmm well that's a long way from here."

"Yes I know, but it was just a dream."

"Hmmm, ok, anywhere in particular that you liked over there?"

"He, he, he, yeah."

"Well?"

"Disneyland."

"Oh yes, hmmm, lots of people seem to like that place, don't know why though."

"It's just a dream, my palangi, but it does look like fun."

"Yes I suppose it could be, honey, could you do me a favour?"

"Of course I will."

"On my desk in the office, beside the computer, there's a parcel, could you get it for me, please."

"Ok, wait here I'll get it."

"Thank you, honey."

Within thirty seconds he was back, the large brown envelope in his hand.

"Is this it?"

"Yes, that's it, why don't you open it? save me having to move from here."

Sioni curled himself back down by my feet as he began to open the envelope, once opened I'm sure the result could be heard in the central city eight kilometers away, even with the noise of the traffic.

After he settled down a little he looked up at me tears of joy running down his cheeks.

"Oh my palangi, you did this for me, how did you know?"

"Ahha my sweet love, us old men have our ways."

There again on the front deck I was covered in hugging, kissing boy.

"Thank you, thank you, my beautiful palangi, you're so good to me."

"Sioni my love, there's nothing that I wouldn't do for you, to watch you work so hard all this time made me so proud of you, I thought you needed something special for all your work and the love you've shown me all this time."

"Oh my palangi, I love you so much."

Needless to say that Christmas in the States was a gas, and to see my love turn back into a 12 year old as he ran and yelled around Disneyland and toured around the sites was so heart warming that I felt twenty five again trying to keep up with him.

It became also a bit of a joke between us for him to turn up at breakfast in the hotel restaurant in his lavalava (au naturel underneath) and tee shirt of many colors, much to the consternation of the staff.

I really think though that many of the young men on the staff would liked to have removed said lavalava given the opportunity, of course Sioni acted with the utmost decorum and only wriggled his butt now and again as we left the restaurant, then would reach out and touch my forearm as he looked back to see the results and to let them know he was mine alone.

There's definitely a little of the devil in my little lover.

We spent our New Year's eve in San Francisco which was Sioni's desire, not really my scene but it was for him and there was no way I was going to deny him his dream, on the 2nd of Jan we departed for home and a nice couple of weeks lazing around to get over our 'holiday'.

On the flight back as everbody slept and with the jet at 30,000 feet Sioni decided he would like to join the mile high club, so who was I to deny my love, but damn those toilets are small when you have 140 lbs [63 kg] of wriggling passionate boy in your arms, mind you the hostess gave us a beatiful, if somewhat knowing smile when we returned to our seats.

When we had returned to the house, I showed Sioni his other Christmas gift that was waiting for him, I'd had the staff assemble a Pentium iv beside mine in the office, fully setup for his own use and unlimited access to the internet as I knew I had no worries about his common sense use of it.

Toward the last of the vacation, just before he was due back at school for his sixth form year, we sat out on the deck and I decided to ask what he would like to do after school was over, he could of course go onto university if he wished but I somehow gathered he did not want to go onto further inane education that gave him only a piece of paper but not the true skills he would like to have.

"Sioni, at the end of this year you can leave school, right?"

"Yes."

"Do you want to go onto the seventh form next year?"

"No I don't think so."

"What would you really like to do then?"

"I'd like to learn to draw properly on the computer."

"I see, you do realise to do it properly you would need to be taught at another type of school?"

"Yes."

"Do you want me to arrange for you to enter The Institue of Technology for next year?"

"Can I?"

"Yes I'm sure they would take you, the artwork you have done on your computer and mine so far, is truly excellent and I'm sure that if you were to do a course in computer graphics you would really enjoy it and, it would set you up for your future, how does that sound?"

"Oh my palangi you'd do that for me?"

"Of course, I love you and I'd do anything for you, but it has to be what you want, not what I want."

"Yes, yes, I'd love that, how long is the course for?"

"It takes three years but the qualifications at the end when you graduate are really solid and will stand you in good stead in the future, sound ok?"

"Oh yes, I'll try to make you proud of me, my palangi."

"Honey, I've always been proud of you never doubt that."

So now I felt that his future had a little more certainty in it and could start to relax a little and now turned my thoughts to his next big event, his sixteenth birthday, yes you can probably guesse what I had in mind for him for that one, sixteen and a full drivers license, what would you get the one you loved more than life itself?

Sioni became a good solid and carefull driver, no hooning around like some of his counterparts at school, and of course there were the side benefits, like watching him every Saturday out on the driveway, naked except for a pair of very brief speedo's, washing and polishing his car.

Why did I spoil him with an RX7, well I reconciled it in my mind that he would need a good reliable car to get to the institute next year for his courses, 'yeah right' but he did look so sexy in that car and he never had his stereo blasting out like the fashion seems to be with the kids today, in fact he seemed to have taken a liking to mid eights R&B.

What were his results for his last exams this year, yep, I was over the moon for him 97% average pass rate, what I thought may have been a distraction to him in his last year (the car and the computer) had only seemed to spur him on to do better, god I love this boy more and more each day.

As I lay here at 3.00 am Christmas morning, spooned into him his back pressed hard against me, feeling his smooth butt cheeks tight against my groin and my rod buried deep into him like he enjoyed to sleep, I thought of what an empty life I had lived before I met him on that cold wet night one and a half years ago.

Chapter 16

Well as I sit here out in the sun on the deck it think about how the time has flown and yet it was only yesterday that I had asked a wet and shaking forlorn little figure to get into my car on a winters night in the city.

Is it really six years, they passed almost unoticed, my little angel, my Sioni would be twenty tomorrow and only now do I begin to understand the nature of true deep and unquestionable love that has held us together, as each day passed it only became stronger.

I thought of the pride I felt as he went off to the institute that first day, his head up proud but not arrogantly as he waved and smiled at me from the car as he reversed out of the driveway. The first return home from that day and the "Hello my palangi, I'm home."

Every night I would sit and wait for him as he finished his home work sometimes at 11.00 o'clock and then those arms would surround me with a soft butterfly kiss on the cheek and a quiet, "I love you," by my ear.

Now he was working at the company as a graphics artist and had been since finishing at the institute last year, we had created the new department to allow the company to grow in new directions (and of course so I could see more of Sioni) and he had made it his own department much to the delight of the other partners.

When involved in a special project he would stay and work till late but always be home in time so we had 'our' time together and then every morning as he had done for so many years there would be the morning coffee beside the bed and the full body smooch to wake me up.

Sioni now was even more magnificent as he had matured into a very handsome man and had not taken on the heavy and overweight look of many of the islanders due to the plastic food served by the fast food outlets, he seemed in fact to not want it at all and to try to get him to eat pizza for a change was almost like starting world war three but without heat.

He would simple say that he liked the way I cooked and did not need plastic to live on, such a wise head on young shoulders, god how I love him, well today I shortly go into the office to arrange and sign up the last thing I can do to really make sure he never has to worry about his future again.

Tomorrow we're off for two weeks in Asia for his birthday present and this time he knows we are going unlike that fantastic trip to the States and the fun of watching him be 12 years old again.

To see him now and the change that had taken place over the years only endeared me more to him, he now stood 5'8" [1.73 m] a beautiful strong 39" [1 m] chest well developed but not bulging like a weight lifter, narrow 29" [75 cm] waist with a six pack that rippled as he moved, just asking to be handled and those slim youthful 32" [80 cm] hips still as enticing as the first night I saw them, his legs longer but still lithe but more defined.

Sioni had a natural dress sense and was always immaculately dressed even in the speedo he still insisted on wearing while washing the car and in his lavalava he looked like a caramel version of Adonis but somehow smoother more gentle and loving.

At work he showed a tallent and work ethic far beyond his years and was respected for his opinion and devotion to the company to such a degree that the other partners had readily agreed to my proposal to make him a partner with the responsiblity for the graphics department.

I knew that today he was going to only work a half day, then we would have time together before going out to dinner for his birthday, so I would have to leave very soon to go to the office and get it all sorted so that I could give it to him tonight as the ultimate present.

All the papers for full partnership had been drawn up and only needed our signatures to make it legal and I had just finished proof reading them to make sure that he would never go without what I felt was rightfully his, not only as a valued employee but also as my lover, my friend, my sanity, my very soul.

Never did I think, that as I approached my mid fifties would I have such a beautiful man as my lover, never asking for anything, never demanding or possesive, never a harsh word just his total love and trust.

Ah, here he comes, home a little earlier than I thought he would be but that only makes it better, I will get to see him before I go to the office after all.

"Hello my palangi, I'm home."

"Hello my love, you're a bit earlier than I thought you would be?"

"Yes I hurried and completed the proposal for that advertising picture so I could be here with you."

"I'm so glad, but now I've got to go to the office for just a little then I'll be back."

"Ohh, my palangi, do you have to?"

"Well my love I don't want to but this has to be taken care of today and I won't be long, I promise."

Sioni moved into my arms again and kissed me deeply and as with much passion as that first night when he surrendered himself to me just six years ago.

"I love you my island boy."

"I love you my palangi, forever."

"Forever Sioni."

"Well my love I better get a move on or we will never get to dinner tonight."

"Ok, I'll have a shower while you're gone and get a little lunch ready for when you get back."

"Ok honey, bye for now see you soon, love you."

"Love you too."

It all went well once I was in the office the partners glanced at the papers and signed without comment, they knew that Sioni was an asset to the company and that he would never let us down, so as I made my way back to the house the feel of the bright sunshine on my face was a sign of things to come for us both.

I looked around at the others on the motorway hurrying here and there, fools don't they know they have the rest of their lives to live and I wondered if they had found a love like I had, after all look at that bloody stupid truck driver all in a hurry, his load not even strapped down properly, bloody dangerous like that, oh well that's his problem, for now it's back to my one and only loved one and a heavenly trip to mysterious Asia.

Chapter 17

Talofa: friends of my palangi, I am Sioni and I have come to tell you that my beautiful palangi left me three days ago, I am so sad and lonely without him.

I do not understand why he left me, I think it is because I did not love him enough but I know I tried so hard for him.

Can you please tell me why he left me, I miss his gentle hands when he stroked me all over and I miss his tender arms holding me when I am sad.

My beautiful palangi always my protector, my teacher who gave all to me, how I miss the nights and days when his hands would caress me with soft touches sending ripples over my skin as he gave his love to me, filling me with his spirit and strength.

I have promised him never to sell our house so that I will always have his memories close to me, oh my loveliest palangi why did you go?

We had only six years together and now I am alone in this bad world, I do not know if I can go on without your gentle touch and soft words, your caring nature that made me a man and a lover for you to be proud of.

Now many friends of my palangi it is time for me to go and do what must be done, even though my heart is broken by his going this thing I do will help me in the end.

The policeman said the truck driver will be charged for taking my beautiful palangi from me, and now I must take this small box out to the sea and spread the soul of my beautiful palangi on the waters so that I may everday see him as I look out from our home and know he is there to protect me from harm.

Thank you all, friends of my palangi

SIONI.

The End

Epilogue

Well readers I was not going to do this but due to the many, many emails I have received from you all I felt that I should at least respond in some form and as there were many questions that have been asked during the telling of Sioni's story I feel that at this time duty bound to try to answer them as honestly as I can.

Among the emails there were those that were surprised at the ending "or is it?" of the story, some felt it was cruel and sadistic but I feel that it is the way life is to us of the gay life style and I'm sure it has happened to many of us in the past.

For those of you that were heart broken at Sioni's final situation I would ask you to stop and think of the following questions:

1. At twenty years of age, does he stop living?
2. With so much love in his heart could he just stop being?
3. Why did his palangi make sure of his future, even to the last day?
4. Would it be at all possible for him to love another?

Well I think that is enough for you to put your thinking caps on for now so I will move onto some of the questions that have been asked in an attempt to put your minds to rest.

Q. Have you always been gay?
A. Yes.

Q. Have you ever been married if so why?
A. Yes, when I was living in Papua New Guinea I had a common law wife for five years and had two sons, because of my heritage and a desire to perpetuate the family.

Q. Have you ever had any children, if so are they still with you?
A. Yes I had two sons, unfortunately both have passed on, the first at 5 years old was drowned at sea, my youngest came home with me to NZ in 1979 but unfortunately two weeks before his 16th birthday was lost to me in a car accident.

Q. Have you found true love as well, like the stories you write?
A. Please read 'Two Halves' there has never been anyone from then on I have had the occassional fling and a lot of lust but have always since the age of about fifteen been a loner.

Q. Would you want someone like Sioni?
A. Without my Murray yes I think we all would, don't you?

Q. Is this based on a true happening, if not how do you know what they are feeling?
A. No, it is total fiction from an overactive imagination, most of my life has been working with the public in one form or another and being a Libran I, m an observer of life which satisfies my nosey nature so even though I have not had the experience of the type of love Ben and Sioni had I put my head into theirs and followed my intuition.

Q. Why end a beautiful story in such a way?
A. To add reality and to possibly open a new door for Sioni, but that is yet to be determined.

Q. How long have you been writing erotic stories and are you a professional writer?
A. Sioni was my first attempt so as a complete amateur I was somewhat over whelmed by the response I recieved and decided to add the others from my HDD to see what the readers thought, as stated I'm a complete amateur although I do have one completed str8 novel wich unfortunately was rejected by the first publisher (Unread I might add) and have two others in progress.

Q. Are you well off enough to look after a boy like Sioni?
A. No, I suggest you read the beginning of my new story 'Flight of Fancy' it has a little of my true self tied up in there (no I'm not going to tell you which parts are me)

Well readers that's all I have and I hope it helps you to adjust to Sioni's plight and for the very kind reader that compared me to Ganymede and Stegil thank you but I don't think I rate in there field but the compliment caused my head to jam in the door way so thank you with all my heart.

ARTHUR.