The Cherry Ceremony Pt. 03 - END

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"God, you're so sexy," Brandon huffed, "You trying to make me cum again..."

He brought himself forward and provided extra stimulation by sucking on my nipples. His hands massaged at my ass cheeks and his face was pressed on my chest. He may have been the one inside me, but clearly, I had the power.

Something on the television brightly illuminated the stranger for a few seconds, and in those moments, I saw a light bulge poking from the blanket he had wrapped around his waist. I wanted to see more, and the universe granted it to me.

When the television went dark again, the person dropped to the floor and tossed the blanket aside. Another scene appeared on the small screen that made the bright light last longer than a second. Three minutes, I think it was.

"Oh fuck...," Ken's lips read. His chest was heaving so much with sweat forming all around his naked body. He was sitting along the wall in clear view of us so if Brandon were to turn around, he'd have no doubt that his old friend was jerking off to the sight of our fucking.

The guy's meaty legs were bent and spread widely; his perk ass peeking from the bottom covering up the virgin asshole that he obviously has. Someone who strokes it to two men fucking- one of them being their best friend- must be totally repressed.

If I wasn't involved with Brandon, I would have definitely kept Ken in that position and spread open his ass cheeks so I could eat him out. Just lick around that taut rim and push my tongue inside, swirling it clockwise just as I was doing with Brandon's strained cock. I would then remove his hand from his shaft and replace it with my own, jerking him off while tasting his insides and he'd have to cum for me. I would lift my hips up too, swaying my ass in the air because I'm a fucking tease.

But I would never be his and he would never be mine. It was a pointless idea to entertain, because he doesn't deserve to make love to someone like me nor someone like Brandon. His karma will be paid in full eventually when he too would go through The Cherry Ceremony. I'll make sure of that.

"Bran...I love you"

The freshman paused his movements to look up at me. I immediately regretted my confession. I meant it, but maybe this wasn't the best time to admit it.

Brandon's eyes watered, "...I love you too."

He held me tightly as his hips pumped upwards at a faster rate, giving me no rest to react to his own confession. My voice was chopped up with how quickly my ass was being pounded.

"Ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-ah-AH!"

Finally, I reached my limit. I forced Brandon's head in the crook of my neck for him to bite down- giving me that extra push to lose control. With his teeth scraping at my throat, I clamped onto his cock and unleashed my orgasm. The warm cum splattered on both of our stomachs and just as I had hoped, somebody followed suit.

Ken kept his hand wrapped around his cock, pumping himself through his climax. I can tell he wanted to shut his eyes so badly, but he wanted to see us too. So that left him looking a little stupid; his expression made him look like he wanted to let out a big sneeze.

I laid a hand on the balcony screen and giggled darkly. My ego was coming through full force, but could you blame me? Knowing that I had both of these guys in the palm of my head made me feel more competent than I've ever been. More than being the president of a fraternity and more than being the only child to socialites. This is a power I gained for myself, and what was so wonderful about it was that in the process I earned the love of a man who's too good for me and the infatuation of one who'll never be good enough. I can be a little tornado sometimes, so I guess Brandon will be okay when I'm gone for the summer. Give him a little break before his wild horse storms in again.

Brandon pulled away as we took a minute to gather ourselves.

"Wow...I am so screwed."

"Well clearly," I said.

"Not like that, babe," Brandon replied, "Just...I'm going to miss you so much. I'm not going to ask you to call every day or nothing like that-"

"Even though saying that implies that you are asking..."

"I am not!" the freshman laughed, "But...don't forget about me."

I passed my fingers through his hair and again felt that tinge of sadness hidden within him. I wasn't sure how to respond to that sentence because knowing my Brandon, that will be a constant worry for him while I'm away. But, that doesn't mean my actions don't matter at all.

If I had to tell him I'm sticking around a hundred times then I would, because this relationship stuff is hard, and as long as he keeps giving me great dick and even greater support then I will go above and beyond for this man. Not like I'd tell him that though.

"Are you kidding?" I gave him a genuine smile, "Who could ever forget someone like you?"

Somewhere between our brief conversation, I spotted Ken getting up and dashing to the bedroom with a blanket in hand. Such a stupid guy, craving the very thing that he let go.

Tough luck, Coward. This one is all mine.

...

"So, you actually took my advice" Lily smiled over the phone, "You had a threesome."

My mouth dropped at her words, "What the-?! NO! Where the fuck did you hear that?!"

"Ken was acting really strange after that night on campus. I thought maybe you two came to some sort of compromise..."

Looking around the airport, I said in a hushed tone, "Did he tell you what happened that night?"

"No, just that he had a good time, but he was also blushing really hard about it," Lily chuckled, "He told me that the day after, but he keeps bringing it up about how fun it was and I figured knowing you, you must've made a great impression."

"I did not fuck him, okay? He's probably just excited about joining the school-"

My phone made vibrated, showing me a message from my mother. I quickly opened it to see a selfie of her and my father smiling in the car right after they dropped me off. Underneath the photo was the caption, "Have a safe flight!" Behind their heads, I saw a hand in the backseat holding up a peace sign. I shook my head and brought the phone back to my ear.

"I gotta go. I'll text you when I land, okay?"

"All right, all right," Lily said, "Au Revoir Monsieur!"

With Lily gone, I dialed the last person I needed to contact. This guy didn't let the phone ring not once before picking it up.

"How's it going, babe?"

"Send me a decent selfie next time! I can't stare longingly at your hand for over 10 hours!"

Brandon's laugh sent shivers down my body in the best way.

"Fine, but I guess our goodbye wasn't enough for you."

It had been less than an hour since my parents and Brandon dropped me off at the airport and before I passed the security gate, Brandon and I shared a hug and he even kissed me in front of everybody. Dad's always a serious man, so I didn't expect him to be surprised, but my mom looked very happy.

"It's never enough..." I answered, "Do it now before they call my gate."

"Right away, Mr. President."

"I'm not the president anymore, Bran. You can stop with that"

"You'll always be my superior. Besides, I think you like when I call you that. You always act so cute when I say it."

"That's-! H-hey...Speaking of presidents...don't forget to have a little chat with Marcus, okay? We can't let him take down The Cherry Ceremony!"

The new leader of AKP was an uptight Engineering major, but he sure knew how to get work done efficiently. He thinks that removing the ceremony will encourage more guys to join the frat because it makes them feel less intimidated to have sex. What is this, a nunnery?

"Matt, we spoke already and I doubt he'll change his mind."

"But-"

"Just consider it as leaving a legacy on a high note. An 8-year legacy isn't so bad. It helped a lot of people, myself included. I mean...what can be better than the final year ending with the president and his pupil getting together?"

I couldn't argue with that logic.

Brandon continued, "How about you leave that in the past and focus on the present? I can't wait to hear all about your adventures!"

"I wish you could come with me," I admitted.

"That's not out of the realm of possibility," Brandon said, "You think your parents would hook me up with a flight?"

"We sure would!" my mother yelled in the background, "Business or first class?"

I groaned on the other end while Brandon laughed.

"You know, I still need to meet your family" I mentioned. Brandon has a mother, father, and little sister back in the city. We've spoken over video calls, but haven't been properly introduced.

"We'll set up a date when you get back."

My chest was filled with a warmness that I could hardly contain. This was turning into something serious fast, but somehow, I wasn't afraid. No matter what happens moving forward, these are the memories that I will cherish for the rest of my life.

The announcer at the gate podium ordered us to have our passports ready for check-in so we can get on the flight, so I rushed to end the conversation.

"They're calling me now, Bran. I gotta go!" I hurried to grab my duffle bag off the chair beside me, "I'll text you when I land."

"And I'll send that photo. Love you!"

"Love you too. Bye!"

Upon hanging up the phone, Brandon went to snap a photo of himself smiling in the backseat and sent it just in time for me to reply with my own photo of myself standing in line for check-in.

Hours later, Brandon called to inform me that Ken was still super excited to join the school if it meant he gets to meet somebody like me at The Cherry Ceremony. Brandon questioned why I was such an inspiration to the new student, and that led to Ken spilling the beans about that interesting night we shared together.

"I knew you were looking at something. Now you got his hopes up!"

I cackled on the phone while snuggled up in my studio apartment.

"Don't hate me, okay? I was just in the moment. That campus is huge anyway. He doesn't need that ceremony. I'm sure he'll find something else that will keep him entertained."

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AnonymousAnonymousover 2 years ago

I agree with the other comments that how you resolved the ending with Kenneth and Brandon was a huge miscalculation. On both a narrative and character level, it doesn't make sense to the reader at all. In this chapter Brandon reveals to Matt this incredibly traumatic event in his past, something he is clearly deeply affected by - a close friend, who he trusted and cared for, not only violently outed him to bigoted bullies, but also made up a horrendous lie that Brandon tried to sexually abuse him, and then stood by while Brandon was physically assaulted to the point of unconsciousness. Brandon then had to suffer being ostracized from his school/community because of the rumor. Even if Kenneth himself was scared, confused, wrestling with his own sexuality and internalised homophobia, this is a horrific thing to do to someone, let alone a friend.

Brandon hasn't seen Kenneth since graduation, when they (understandably) weren't on speaking terms, and now, a year later, Kenneth randomly appears at this party at Brandon frat - and Brandon pretends nothing happened and acts friendly towards Kenneth ?? What?

Brandon has a RIGHT to be shocked, angry and bitter, and to demand some kind of apology or act of remorse from Kenneth. WHY should Brandon be nice to him? WHY should he trust Kenneth again? WHY should he forgive him? WHY should he extend his care and friendship again? If you don't provide satisfactory justifications for the reader, the whole thing reads hollow. There is no moment of reconciliation between Brandon and Kenneth at all - instead, it's just hand-waved away in one conversation between Matt & Brandon: 'oh yeah, Kenneth was actually really sad about what he did, devastated when I moved away, but now he's come out and found himself in college, I'm happy for him!' what?? This comes from nowhere! It doesn't make sense for Brandon to be confronted with the object of his trauma and magically be okay! It makes no sense to Matt, and it makes no sense to us!

If you want the personal arc for Brandon in this story to be letting go of his past and embracing his future with Matt, you need to show how your characters get from point A to point B - HOW does Brandon move pass his pain to a place of acceptance? HOW and WHY does this growth occur? This emotional evolution needs to feel EARNED to the reader.

Also, the idea that to be a better person you need to embrace your abuser with kindness and 'forgive' without any just cause is so icky to me. It's NATURAL to harbor animosity and ill-feelings towards someone who betrayed and hurt you! People are allowed to have negative emotions! It's healthy to do so! Putting on a 'brave face', pretending to be fine and glossing over what happened is not a healthy response. A true 'victory for overcoming his trauma' would be Brandon actually confronting Kenneth for what he did and holding Kenneth accountable for his actions. That would truly show confidence, growth and emotional maturity. Forgiveness shouldn't be free. It would make more sense that once he's able to really CONFRONT his trauma Brandon's finally able move on and put what happened to him in the past.

Now, I'm not going to even get started on the bizzare sex scene with Kenneth watching - it's really odd to me that there's no indication that Kenneth is shocked at seeing Brandon at the party, or that he feels any bit guilty or understands the weight of his past actions. Nope, he's just happy to crash with the guy he committed a hate crime on, and watch him have sex!

Overall, I understand your intentions with this chapter, but the execution really doesn't work, and it ends up being highly frustrating and unsatisfying for your reader. To introduce this plot point (Brandon's past with Kenneth) and then resolve it a page later gives the reader whiplash, and the emotional beats feel unearned. If you were to rewrite it, Brandon's gradual forgiveness of Kenneth should take place over months, not literally overnight.

readerfeederreaderfeederover 2 years ago

Okay, the way Brandon responded to Kenneth actually made me angry. Having Brandon forgive Kenneth for no justifiable reason really diminishes and undermines the very real suffering Brandon went through.

What Kenneth did to Brandon was violent, malicious, abusive, abhorrent, vile, degrading, cowardly and incredibly cruel. The damage and trauma from that kind of betrayal doesn't just go away because you will it so. From your previous comments I understand that you intend Bran's forgiveness to be a noble gesture, a sign of growth and acceptance, but within the context of the story it comes off extremely baffling and entirely unearned. Kenneth shows no sign of remorse or recognition of the pain he inflicted on Brandon, no amends have been made, no apologies, no guilt, no contrition, nothing.

By not confronting him or holding him accountable for his behaviour - instead, greeting Ken with open arms, offering friendship and inviting him back to his place (!!!) - Brandon isn't placing enough value on himself.

True maturity and growth is about having healthy boundaries, and respecting yourself enough to not let people who have damaged you off the hook and back into your life - especially if they haven't earned it. Otherwise you're just giving them a blank check to inflict more abuse.

sm1982sm1982over 2 years ago

I agree with the other comments the Kenneth. It was one thing when Brandon was friendly with him prior to recognizing him but it’s something else for him to be overtly friendly with him at the party AND inviting him to spend the night at his place? As a straight black woman I am in disbelief that Brandon was so easily forgiving of someone who let others believe he raped him. That accusation ruins lives, reputations and has led many innocent people in prison doing real time and Kenneth gets to just gets to walk back into Brandon’s life as though he didn’t cause all this pain in his ex-best friend’s life. Brandon saw a therapist because of this trauma.

And what was up with clueless Lily tryna push a 3some on them with her loser cuzo? The readers don’t want to read that idea not once but twice knowing what we know about Kenneth! And it’s funny how she could be all in Brandon’s face about accepting who he is and not bring ashamed to be gay when her very own flesh and blood hated being gay so much that he egged on three homophobes to beat up his friend. Even Mike’s reaction to Kenneth was unrealistic. He should’ve at least been the one response to him that showed how disgusting and hateful he is..there should’ve been som explosion or repulsion when Lily brought up him being jealous or having a 3dome.

Something is honestly wrong with you imo for writing that bathroom scene and then later on writing him into the story like he’s just a great guy looking to fit in. He is not fit to be around other human beings, especially when he got off scot free from his part in Brandon being attacked. That was a hate crime and should’ve been written as such with not just a damn suspension but facing prison time. Kenneth returning was a bad wrench in the story.

MidnightTease118MidnightTease118over 2 years agoAuthor

Thank you, JRSON, for sharing your opinion about my story.

It’s not easy to know that someone did not fully enjoy my work since writing is a great passion of mine and my intention is to make people happy with my stories. However, I take this as a learning experience for me to practice my craft more often so that my writing can be more well-liked. So, I appreciate you being so honest about what made this final chapter disappointing for you. Without it, I wouldn’t know how to improve.

Kenneth is definitely a controversial character! I am not naive to this. His involvement in the story felt important to me because he was the main conflict between our couple and he was a part of Brandon’s past that caused Brandon to be so jaded in the first place.

Brandon tries to be more forgiving and not allow his past to affect his future. He fights against the desire to ignore Ken and instead embrace him because he knows deep down that hatred will only set him back.

Looking back, I can see how Brandon’s forgiveness can be portrayed as unrealistic or forced. I could improve on this by extending the time Brandon and Ken shared together. Maybe after a few months Ken can make things up to Brandon so his forgiveness is more justified.

People like Ken exist in our world and how we choose to react to them can make or break our own lives. If Brandon continued hating Ken, he would have felt he stepped back into the past and not being grateful for his present with his boyfriend, Matt.

I’m so sorry you had someone in your life that betrayed you and I’m also sorry if my words in any way diminished your trauma or made you think that I was trying to make people like Ken redeemable.

Ken is not a redeemed character. This story was supposed to show Brandon’s victory for overcoming his trauma. He proved he can move forward and have a happy life in spite of Ken’s actions. Being kind to Ken and still living in his truth is the revenge that is best served to such a coward.

I recommend reading, “Apology Accepted” which dives more into Ken’s backstory and how he punishes himself for his misdeeds. It might be cathartic for you, or not, but just know that I absolutely do NOT condone Ken’s actions nor think him being forgiven makes him a good person now.

Forgiveness is more for the one who was hurt, because to forgive is to not let the abuser’s power control your life anymore. Brandon’s forgiveness wasn’t so much for Ken as it was for himself.

Thanks again and take care! <3

JRSONJRSONover 2 years ago

Realism makes a story believable! I have personally suffered such a betrayal, I will never be completely over what happened! I've learned to live with it somehow, but it never goes away completely!

A betrayal and huge lie from a former best friend that labeled him a sexual predator/rapist is not a small thing or easily overcome, if ever! Ken is a fucking pussy coward, and worse than that he never cared anything about his best friend. He is a typical dumb jock football player! Maybe Brandon knew he was to stupid and full of himself to even realize what he had done! It still makes no sense and would not very likely ever work out between them as this story portrayed! Brandon was devastated, and suffered serious pain, his reputation destroyed by a fucking lie told by a coward to protect himself! Good therapy could help the victim learn to live with such an horrific event, but the way he acted like nothing had ever happened made me sick! It ruined this story for me! Brandon so easily forgiving Ken was so over the top it came across very unrealistic! Matts reaction was more honest and real! I get that the author wanted to show how the characters had grown up over time, but using this unrealistic forgiveness to show that Brando had become a saint and had moved on from such a devastating event at a very hard time in his early life is just ridiculous! There is something missing here, it makes no sense to this reader! I liked the story, but fuck it was all over the map!

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