Tyler's hair was matted to his forehead with sweat. He inhaled deeply, tossing the volleyball above his head. He swung his arm forward in a quick motion, sending the ball flying across the court and landing on the other side.

"Ahh, 1, 2, ace!" Tyler cheered with his teammates, a smile spread across his cheeks.

Tyler was undoubtedly the best player on his team. It saddened him to think that this was going to be his last year of playing, but he planned on playing in college. Everybody knew the team next year was going to struggle without their best player. Tyler had played volleyball since he was 12 years old. His school had no boys team, so he was allowed to join the girls'.

Tyler picked up the ball as it was rolled under the net back to him. He glanced up at the scoreboard. He only had to serve 2 more points for his team to win. His eyes couldn't help but wander to the yellow hue standing in the door way.

Josh leaned against the doorframe, arms crossed across his chest as a cocky smirk sat upon his lips. He loved watching Tyler run around in tight shorts that showed off his ass.

Tyler winked at Josh, smiling as he winked back. He took his place behind the court and served again, in an almost robotic motion. The ball barreled across the net again, but a girl hit it this time. However, it flew over her head and into the wall. Tyler grinned when the referee blowed his whistle. Tyler was rolled the ball before he went to stand in the same place as before.

One more point.

Tyler breathed in deeply through his nostrils to calm himself. He repeated the same robotic motion, earning himself another ace and winning the game. All the while, Josh was admiring the way his ass was jiggling in his shorts.

Before Tyler had time to celebrate, the refs blew their whistles signaling for the teams to high five. Tyler was last in line, repeating "good game" at least 12 times while grinning at all the annoyed-looking girls.

Afterwards, he helped a few girls on his team in taking down the net. Melanie, his best friend, ranted to him about how badly she played while they folded up the net.

"You did fine, Mel."

"Not as good as usual!"

"It's fine, we still won."

"Yeah, only because of you," Melanie smiled, proudly giving him a high-five.

"By the way, did you see Dun totally checking you out the entire time?"

Tyler acted as if this were a surprise to him.

"Really?" he asked in fake shock.

"Yes! He's coming over here now!" Melanie spoke quickly, walking away to leave the two of them alone.

"Nice job," Josh spoke, looking Tyler up and down.

"I know," Tyler shrugged as he put the net away. He loved being cocky towards Josh.

"You looked great out there."

"Again, I know."

Josh couldn't help but roll his eyes. Tyler knew he hated it when he acted like a brat.

"Are you done cleaning up?"

Tyler nodded. "Yeah, but I have to talk with coach before I can leave."

"Well hurry up," Josh groaned.

"I'll be right back," Tyler informed before running over to his coach and the rest of his team.

"Alright, guys, practice tomorrow from 3-5. Good game tonight, hopefully we can play like that on Friday."

Tyler nodded, listening intently. He had a deep respect for his coach, Mrs. Brown. He knew Friday was going to be a tough game, since they were playing a team that stood a rank above them.

Coach dismissed them and Tyler grabbed his bags, running back over to Josh.

"Are you giving me a ride home?" he asked.

Josh nodded. "Yeah, but don't expect to be home any time soon."

"Why's that?" Tyler asked as if he was unaware of the answer, even though he knew what's Josh's response would be.

"You expect me to watch you run around in shorts like that and not want to have sex with you?"

Tyler giggled, taking what Josh said as a compliment. Him and Josh had been fuck buddies for almost a year now.

It all started when Tyler caught Josh jerking off in the bathroom. To make matters even more awkward, Josh had a picture of Tyler brought up on his phone. That's when Josh came out on the spot to Tyler, threatening to kill him if he ever told.

But they both knew Josh would never do such a thing.

Tyler had been crushing on Josh ever since freshman year, so he was more than happy to suggest them being secret fuck buddies. In reality, Tyler wanted a relationship with Josh more than anything. But Josh was too afraid to come out to anybody, so all the could do was fuck behind closed doors. Sometimes Tyler thought it was like Josh was embarrassed about him.

Josh hardly even talked to him in school, and never stood up for Tyler when his friends picked on him. When Tyler and Josh hung out, all they ever did was have sex. They never cuddled or held hands. They didn't even share a kiss if it wasn't driven with lust. It bothered Tyler at first but sadly, he had gotten used to it. He was mostly happy that he could at least be Josh's dirty little secret, as horrible as that sounds.

"It's like you're trying to tease me when you stick your ass up in the air for everyone to see," Josh said, walking with Tyler out to his black Chevy Silverado.

"That's how you're supposed to stand so you're ready. I might exaggerate it a little bit, though," Tyler admitted, smiling up at the taller boy.

"A little bit?" Josh teased.

"Oh, shut up. If you don't like it, don't watch. Simple."

"But if I didn't watch, I wouldn't be able to fuck you afterwards."

"Oh," Tyler fell silent, wanting to drop the conversation.

He thought Josh came to actually watch him play, not just so he could get sex afterward. Tyler felt dumb for expecting so much out of the boy. It was Josh, after all. Seemingly straighter-than-a-pole Josh, who was too afraid to show anything other than lust towards Tyler.

Josh drove them to their usual hookup spot, in a field on a road that almost nobody ever drove down. Tyler sat quietly, playing with his hands. He wasn't in the mood for sex.

"What's wrong?" Josh asked, glancing over at the boy when he parked.

"Nothing," Tyler lied easily, grinning up at him. He was used to pretending by now.

"Are you sure?"

"Yeah."

"Not in the mood?"

"Not really," Tyler admitted, forcing himself to yawn. "I'm really tired."

"Oh. I wish you would've said something before I drove out here," Josh grumbled in annoyance as he started his truck and took off.

"Sorry," Tyler replied.

For some reason, Tyler's chest felt heavy. He knew he made Josh upset. He didn't know if he should feel guilty or simply nothing at all. It was just sex, after all. If Josh was really that horny he could just go jerk off to the nudes he had saved in his phone of Tyler. But Tyler couldn't escape the growing sadness that began to gnaw at his heart. Why was he so hurt at what Josh had said? They were just supposed to be fuck buddies, after all.

__A/N__

I'm in love with this book already 😍 And I just want to warn ahead of time, I've never written smut before so it may suck but I'm hoping I'll be able to improve! Also the picture is how I imagine Josh and Tyler to look

Thank you so much for reading ❤️