COMING OUT
CHAPTER ONE - A NEW LIFE
CHAPTER ONE - A NEW LIFE
This morning Ben had finally made the decision and now there was no more turning back. He was finally going to do it - start a new life without any lies. The 28 year-old fitness trainer Ben knew he was gay since forever, but for some reason he had always shied away from telling it to his family. But this day should change everything. Ben finally had a good long-term relationship going, and thus he thought the next big step in his life should be to finally come clean about himself. Before telling anybody else, Ben needed to talk to his father Richard first.To set the scene right, he invited him over for dinner. The plan was to first adress his sexuality, and then to introduce his boyfriend Luke. Ben was hoping that this would all go over well, he had no idea how his father would react. Right before starting to prepare the food, he was on the phone with Luke one last time:
"So you know the plan, right? You'll hide upstairs until I ring you, then you come down and I'll tell him who you are."
"Relax, you have told me this plan a million times. I'll be in the bedroom and make sure my phone is fully charged at all times."
"You know how much this night means to me, it really has to go well. Our future depends on it!"
"I know. Hey, you know me, right? I'll work my charm on your old man just like I did it with you ... well, maybe not the exact same way."
"Ha-ha, very funny. Okay, listen, I gotta go now. My dad will be here in 30 minutes, so just make sure to sneak into the house when you get home."
"I'll take my time, I still have some papers to grade. See you later, love you!"
"Bye, love you!"
Ben had met Luke, who was a 30 year-old high-school teacher, at a local bar. The two had moved in together after only 2 months, living in Ben's house. Ben loved being in a relationship and he was daydreaming while preparing the pasta - how Luke had changed his life and how Ben finally had reached the confidence to move on together with him. Ben had just put the spaghetti into the boiling pot of water as the doorbell suddenly rang. He was wondering who this could be since both his father and Luke had keys to the front door and should not be here at this time anyway. He peeked out the kitchen window and saw a big van parked out front. "Probably a delivery" he thought to himself and made his way to the front door. Ben had not yet changed into a more formal attire, he was still in his blue jeans and a simple black t-shirt. He opened the door and saw two men standing in front of him. They were both around his age and dressed completely in black. Before Ben could even ask what they wanted, they pushed him inside forcefully.
"What the fu---mmmhhhh!"
Ben was on the floor within seconds, one man sat on top of him and pressed his strong hand over Ben's mouth. The other one was moving very quickly, Ben did not know what was happening. It all went so fast. The first thing he consciously noticed were his ankles being immobilized. He came to his senses again and heard tape being wrapped around them. He tried to yell for help again, but the strong hand firmly muffled all of his helpless pleas.
"Save your energy" a strong manly voice told him. It was the one sitting on top of him. He looked quite handsome with his short brown hair and crystal blue eyes, but he was built like a truck and thus an obstacle even for Ben, who had a muscular build himself.
"Get his hands now" the voice said, and Ben was being lifted up into an upright position, his hands behing forced behind his back by the second guy. Ben did not catch a glimpse of him yet, but he seemed to be just as strong as the first one. Ben felt the tape tighten around his wrists and soon they were taped up just as tightly as his ankles.
"The socks" the voice now ordered. Ben did not know what this was supposed to mean until he felt somebody tugging at his left sock, removing it. The right one followed suit and Ben was barefoot. What was this supposed to mean? Ben was confused and still had a hard time processing the situation at all. Barely a minute had passed since he opened the door, yet it felt like an eternity. Suddenly Ben felt the hand let go of his mouth. Just as he was about to take a deep breath he felt something being shoved inside - it took him a while to realize that it were his socks, balled up and used to gag him.
"Tape his mouth shut" was the final order. The second guy bent over and started wrapping Ben's mouth with duct tape several times. Ben protested and moaned, but it was already too late. At least this gave him the time to see the second guy: he was not much older than the first one and had the same hair and eye colour. Who the hell were these guys and what did they want from him? He was sure he had never seen them before in his life - not at his job at a local gym nor anywehere else.
As he felt the tape tighten around his mouth Ben started to panic, desperately wanting to struggle. He quickly realized it was all in vain, the two intruders had made sure he could not move at all. They were still standing in front of him, talking. Ben made an effort to focus his thoughts again and tried to listen:
"... first, let's get him inside. Then we will check the place out."
"Yeah, alright. Get his feet, I'll grab him by the shoulders."
And thus Ben was grabbed and carried to his living room, where the two men made him sit on his big black leather sofa, his taped up feet placed on the coffe table in front. One of the men started to go through every cabinet and drawer immediately, looking for something ... but Ben knew he wouldn't find much since he barely had any money here at all. The second guy had disappeared from Ben's vision already and was probably somewhere else in the house looking for valuables. Ben decided to use this time to test out his bonds one more time. He first tried to pull his wrists apart, but the sticky tape had been wrapped around at least 10 times he thought. He then wiggled his feet, trying to free his ankles, but the only thing that happened was the tape ripping out some of his leg hair. Ben's mouth was starting to feel very dry by now and he started to taste his own sweaty feet while chewing on his balled up socks.
He was hoping for the men to leave soon, so his dad would find him and free him. Ben tried to zoom out, go somewhere else mentally. He had given up his struggles and decided it was better to just wait for things to be over. Then, suddenly, a very familiar noise imediately brought him back to reality.
A key was turning in the hallway. "Shit!" Ben thought and imediately started to scream into his stuffed and taped up mouth. "MMMMMMMMPHHHH!!! MMMMHHHHHHH!!"
"You little shit, be quiet now!" the stronger of the two men whispered as he suddenly appeared behind Ben from nowhere and pressed his hand over Ben's tapegag to further muffle his cries. The second man took out a gun and made his way out of Ben's vision towards the hallway.
"Shit!" Ben thought, hoping nothing bad would happen to whoever was just about to come home.
~~~ to be continued ~~~