CHAPTER I

Ariel went to the gym two or three times a week. He started going when he was just over fourteen years old, and his mother had to go with him to sign a permission slip. He was very handsome, with very dark hair and light eyes that seemed to change color depending on the day or the weather, ranging from blue to green. He had very good legs and very good, large buttocks. One thing that caught people's attention when he was shirtless was the size of his areola, a circle that was much larger than average and darker, making it very noticeable.

The boy was very comfortable with his body, although he was bothered by his little belly, which wasn't significant, but he wanted to get rid of it. That's why he joined the gym as soon as he could. Later, like many others, he became somewhat addicted to going. Additionally, after seeing other people without body hair, he decided to wax himself from the neck down, starting with creams, but his plan was to get a full-body wax in the future.

His schedule was more or less the same every time, so he often coincided with others who went at the same hours. Carlos Alberto was one of them, a 40-year-old man who was handsome, strong, and very communicative, effusive, cheerful, and pleasant. The boy caught his attention due to his youth, and he started with a "hello" and the next day "hello, how are you?" to which the boy responded and smiled.

Over time, they became friends, although from the beginning, it was an asymmetric friendship. Carlos Alberto was the one who advised, and Ariel was the one who listened more. Ariel's father had abandoned him in his early childhood, and the boy had a deficit of a male figure in his home. Little by little, and without realizing it, he started seeing Carlos Alberto as someone to rely on, to listen to, and to trust.

For his part, Carlos Alberto had gotten divorced two years earlier. His wife had left him and taken their only son, whom he could only see occasionally, and without realizing it, he started seeing Ariel as a substitute for his distant son, who was the same age.

One summer day, Carlos Alberto decided to take his motorcycle to the beach. When he was lying on his towel, he looked to the side and saw Ariel arriving and setting up about 20 meters away. He got up and went to him.

* Carlos Alberto: "Hello, kiddo, nice to see you here!"
* Ariel (smiling): "Hello, nice to see you too"
* Carlos Alberto: "Wait, don't get settled, come over to where I am, come... I'm over there"

Ariel spread out his towel next to Carlos Alberto's. They chatted for a while, sitting down, until they lay down. Ariel applied a lot of sunscreen and lay on his back for a bit. After a while, he decided to turn over, applied more sunscreen where he could reach, and lay on his stomach.

* Ariel: "Carlos, can you put some sunscreen on my back? From the middle down, where I couldn't reach"
* Carlos Alberto: "Yes, kiddo, of course"