The pair tackled the new knowledge in their own ways.

Wei wanted more validation. He went to his cousin and mentioned that his dick was acting weird. His cousin chuckled knowingly and said it was normal and not to touch it in company.

"Wank twice a day, you should be good. Don't go drooling around girls." He had added.

Wei finally accepted that it was not a disease. It lifted a heavy weight from his shoulders and he appreciated everything in a new light.

To thank his friend for his help, he made a new rikla without fish.

Xie had no weights to be lifted, so he often thought about the mainland couple. He couldn't forget them. Specifically the kiss. He wanted to know more about it. He went to his ranch-boy friend. The ranch-boy gave him a page torn out of some book that fed his curiosity to such a level, Xie wanted to kiss, very badly.

When next Friday came about, it was decided without any vocal discussion that they would go to the dam. Because they had so much anticipation about what else they could do. They purposefully didn't talk about it. The little innocent touches during the bike rides weren't cutting it either. They wanted to recreate the magical evening again.

Once they settled on the spread towel, Wei gave Xie his rikla. The box was enough to make Xie's shoulder tense. He opened it holding his breath in.

"It's not fish, dumbo." Wei said to ease his mind.

Xie smiled then. "Thanks." He could easily figure out the vegetable. It was drumstick. He gingerly picked a piece and bit into it.

"You can tell me if you don't like it. Okay? Don't lie again." Wei said, watching his friend's face intently. It was something he cooked on his own. There's no vegetable rikla recipe on the island.

Xie shook his head and chewed on the piece fully. "It's so good." He said with saliva dripping out on his chin.

Wei reached out and wiped it with his kerchief, laughing. "Save it for dinner. Have it with bread."

Xie nodded, licking his finger. "Thanks."

"It's my thanks. For... you know... helping me." Wei said, feeling slightly embarrassed.

Xie put the box down, "I can help again," he whispered.

He had been dreaming about it. He had been dreaming about a lot of things. He wanted to try a few of them today.

"Okay... if you really want to..." Wei said, putting down his kerchief. He had been thinking about that whenever he wanked. The way Xie looked, the way it felt.

Xie got up, washed his hands and came back.  

Wei was already lying down with a towel over his face. Xie joined him, yanking the towel off.

Last time was spontaneous for Xie. Now he had had a week to relive it, he wanted to do it better. So he placed a hand inside Wei's shirt right over his stomach.

Wei sucked in a breath at the contact, eyes wide.

"You can touch me too." Xie murmured. It must be the darkness, he felt rather bold.

Wei was shivering. How could a hand do this to him? He often wrestled with his friends wearing nothing but briefs. But Xie's one hand was giving him goosebumps.

That must be it. He decided to create more contact like wrestling. Then he wouldn't shiver. With new confidence, Wei snaked an arm around Xie's middle and yanked him over his body.

Unlike his other friends, Xie didn't resist and landed on Wei's chest with a huff of a breath.

Wei could smell the intoxicating sandal on Xie's skin.

"Sorry." He said, feeling like a brute for pulling Xie. To make it up he rubbed Xie's back.

Xie let out a surprised moan. The fingers caressing his back did things to him.

"All good." Xie said in a soft voice, mesmerized by the line of Wei's neck. He inched up and placed his head in the crook, letting his cheek rest under Wei's jaw.

Wei responded automatically, his grip on his friend's waist tightened, a hand went to the boy's buttocks, pressing, pulling him fully on top of his body.

Xie's whole body fired up. He felt so many things at once. He couldn't stay still when his body demanded to move.

Xie wasn't aware that he was grinding his face into Wei's neck or the vigorous rubbing he was offering Wei with his dick. The fingers on his back were driving him crazy.

Wei was in heaven. Heaven was in his arms. So he held on to him tightly. Not letting him slip away from his grasp. He didn't even realize that he was grabbing a handful of Xie's ass cheek.

So they both gave and received pleasure by writhing against each other without understanding their needs.

Like the last time, they both bursted their balls one after the other.

"Oh my God," was all Wei could muster. He was boneless, bloodless and brainless.

Xie smiled, a joy spreading through his body that he did this. He helped both of them to release, without actually touching the dicks. He considered it an accomplishment.

They went in opposite directions and got cleaned up and came back to stretch out on the towel. The evening was young and they had things to talk.

"Is this bad?" Wei asked, spreading a towel over his face, he found it rather freeing to talk with closed eyes.

"No." Xie would have preferred to watch Wei's face, but he too found it comforting to talk through the towel.

"How? Isn't this cheating?"

"We didn't kiss."

"Right. But..."

"We can't make babies."

"Right. But..."

"We are not even naked."

"Right. We were not even touching there."

"Exactly. Even if you touched me, still it wouldn't be cheating."

"How?"

"I'm not marrying."

"Oh. Why?"

"I can't do that. What that guy did. I just can't."

"Yeah. He massaged her breasts like he was making bread dough. Man... They are for milk."

"I know right? It's for babies. He had no business suckling."

"Exactly. He had no business."

"Also the other thing. Licking her... down there.... I won't do it ever.. even in gun point. Just no."

"Eww.. me too. I'd rather die..."

"That's why, no marriage for me. I can't do that to any girl."

"I guess that's true for me too."

"You sound very sad."

"I always liked weddings. Kissing. It looks magical you know. Kissing. I think it creates a bond."

"Yeah. But wedding kissing is nothing. You saw how they did it."

"Yeah, so much tongue."

"It must have been nice."

"Yeah."

"Wei?"

"Mmm..?"

"Are you sure about not marrying?"

"Of course."

"Then, we can try."

"Kissing?"

"Yes."

"It's not cheating if we're not going to marry."

"Yes."

"But..."

"We would never get to kiss anyone if we don't marry."

"True."

"I badly want to."

"I don't know how."

"I know. I got a page with instructions. It's very detailed. Ranch boy rented it to me for this week."

"There is a manual?"

"No... it's from some story book I think. He tore it out from some adult novel I guess. The hero kisses the heroine, it's explained... how it is done, how it feels. Everything."

"Oh, can you bring it on Monday? I want to read."

The towel was slowly pulled away, and when Wei opened his eyes, Xie was looking down at him.

"I can show you... now."

It's worth mentioning that kissing was a very sacred activity on the island. It was tightly bundled with marriage and child bearing. So the boys had the thrill of doing something forbidden, all the back and forth convincing didn't help in the least.

It was still something only adults could do. So it's understandable that they were trembling.

Wei sat up, following Xie's example.

"Can you hear my heart beat? It's so loud. I think I'm gonna die." He pressed his palm on the region of said organ, trying to calm it.

"You're not." Xie placed his hand on top of his friend's. He still didn't know how he was this brave. He was a shy boy when it came to his body and his own needs. He always put others first. But in this forest cocoon he seemed to behave differently. He was distinctly aware of the fact that he convinced Wei for kissing. He hoped that they wouldn't be punished for this.

"Okay. Do it fast."

"Okay. First we've to look into each other's eyes. Think how beautiful you are. And study the lips." Xie stopped, licking his lips. This was more difficult than he thought. His arms and legs shook and he was sitting for God's sake!

"Okay, let's do this." Wei nodded and aligned himself in front of Xie and took his face in his hands so that he could look into his eyes comfortably.

When their gazes locked, they forgot the trembling body parts and erratically functioning organs.

Wei, after forever, remembered the next part and looked at Xie's lips. They were already close, and the moistened lips were slightly parted. He waited for further instructions.

But none came. Wei looked up to find out that Xie had closed his eyes.

"Xie..." He groaned out.

"Mm?"

"What's next?"

"Oh..." Xie opened his eyes, having his face cupped by Wei was the best feeling. When Wei leaned down Xie completely forgot everything. He didn't remember closing his eyes. "Slowly taste the lips, without biting. The honey taste of it...invade the heavenly depths with your tongues. Get lost in a dance of lips." There was more in that torn page, he couldn't remember though.

Wei acknowledged the instructions with a nod. "Do it." He commanded.

"You do it." Xie retaliated.

"Let's do it at the same time. Okay?"

Xie nodded.

So they leaned towards each other but their lips didn't touch. And Xie thankfully remembered an important bit of instruction, he placed his hands on the sides of Wei's face and tilted it, just so.

Now their lips connected without the hindrance of long, big noses.

They both sighed. Leaning back.

That's the wedding ceremony kiss.

"It didn't feel magical." Wei said, disappointed.

"Hmm. Let's do it again, like those mainlanders." Xie suggested.

They leaned in again with less thrill and more eagerness. This time they tasted each other's lips, when Xie's fingers slipped from Wei's head to his neck, Wei was lost. He wanted more. His kiss became demanding. He sucked on the soft flesh as if trying to fuse them together.

When it wasn't enough, he pulled the other boy onto his lap, pressing their bodies together. When they came up for air, their faces were flushed, lips were swollen.

Wei moved his hands to Xie's waist, who was still on his laps.

"Did you like it?" Wei asked.

"Yes, very much." Xie replied, he couldn't help his face heating up, but he went on. "I want to try something. Don't move your lips, just let me do it."

Wei nodded.

Xie came closer and swept his tongue in. When Wei tried to pull away he held Wei in place by clutching his hair. Slowly Xie flexed his tongue around, he touched the roof of the mouth, teeth and...the gap of the missing tooth. He licked everything and came back to Wei's tongue, coaxing it to play with his.

Wei complied, and soon they were panting again. Wei took over and went horizontal with Xie on his top.

Their hands went roaming, more bold. They touched each other wherever they could reach and Wei swapped their positions when he couldn't reach everywhere.

Lying on top of Xie, Wei's fingers danced over his body making him writhe.

"Oh God. That feels so good." Xie breathed.

"What?"

"Your hand on my stomach."

"This?" Wei placed a tentative hand over his crotch. Because he realized from his own experience with Xie that pressure there felt good.

"Yes." Xie said and closed his eyes, giving up his own explorations.

Wei wanted to do what the mainlander did on her knees. But Xie's dick moved like a snake under his fingers. It both terrified and excited him to the point of making him feel giddy.

He didn't want to die due to lack of breathing.

He settled for what they have already done. He wasn't very good at embracing the unknown. So he embraced the known. Xie.

He hugged and pressed down on Xie's body with his full weight and kissed his Adam apple.

"OH..." Xie screamed and his hands claimed Wei's head. He bucked up shooting his load a second time that evening.

Wei watched with wide eyes at the result of his efforts. Or lack of.

"Let me help you." Xie whispered after a few seconds.

Wei nodded and stretched out but he released his seeds right after Xie got on top of him, making both of them chuckle.

Wei hugged his friend closer, "thanks."

"For what?"

"For giving me lift that one morning."

Xie kissed his neck. "My pleasure." He waited for a few beats before asking his next question. "Wei?"

"Mm?"

"Can we come here every Friday?"

"I was thinking every other day." Wei replied.

"Right." He agreed happily.

"You're getting all the pages from ranch boy, and we are doing everything from it." Wei said with a conviction he wasn't fully believing. He hoped Xie would help him. Xie was brave.

"Okay."

"We're gonna wank so much."

"So much." Xie was red.

"Do you know what happens if we do it a lot?"

"It's not like we can live without doing it." Xie was so very red but he didn't care.

"True. What if it rains?"

"We can go to my house? Mom won't be home till sunset. Dad has odd schedules and mostly sleeps." Xie said, hoping he would agree.

"Um... no..."

"Why?" Xie peeked at Wei.

"My house isn't like yours."

"I know. So?"

"You know?"

"I came to your street... when you fought with me. But couldn't find your house. But got the address now."

"Oh. So... We're not rich like you. If I come to your house then I have to invite you to mine and you wouldn't like my house. Then you won't like hanging out with me." Wei confessed.

"Wei...look at me."

When he got his attention, Xie reached up and kissed on his lips. "I'll always be your friend." He promised.

"Does that mean you will come to my house?"

"Yes."

"Meet my mom?"

"Yes of course. And tell her what a good boy her son is."

Wei laughed. "She won't believe it."

"We'll see. Will you come to my house?"

"Yes."

"Meet my cat?"

"You have a cat?"

"Yes, because of you. I started feeding it rikla, now it thinks it's my duty to feed it. Mom said it's good to have a pet. So win win."

"What's its name?"

"Rikla."

Wei kissed the top of Xie's head. "Very creative."

Xie punched his chest and kissed the spot he punched.

Soon they were finding new spots to kiss.

Then Xie remembered their snacks. "I bought snacks at the market during lunch break."

He took out a cover from his bag and spread out the items.

A pack of mango slices.

A rikla box with bread.

A pack of pineapple slices.

"You bought rikla?" Wei asked, he knew the box, it was from his aunt's cart in the market.

Xie took Wei's hand in his."I'm so very sorry. If I had known how pricey they were, I wouldn't have given them to the cat."

"What would you have done?"

"I don't know...Sold it in school?"

Wei laughed. "So still you would have lied to me. I should make you eat mangoes as a punishment."

"I'll eat anything for you." Xie said sincerely.

Wei nodded and turned the conversation to a lighter topic. "Why don't you like mangoes but like pineapples? They're almost the same."

Xie licked his lips, ducking his head. "They are hard. I don't like hard stuff."

"For real?"

Xie nodded.

"What about dick then? It's very hard."

Xie's face burned. But he was sure it was that ghost which answered for him when he said, "I like it very much."

Wei looked away, suddenly super embarrassed.

They ate their snacks in silence, but we all know they're plotting for their next alone time.

**** Climax on 06/Aug/19 ****