The Prince's Predicament

Shining didn't know how long he sat there, thinking about how to fix this, but four stallions had walked past him, and one had even taken his treadmill.

However long it had been, it didn't matter. Life was not made better by waiting. The only way to make life better for Shining was if he stood up and righted what had gone wrong. No amount of complaining, whining or begging would solve the problem. He had to do something about it.

He stood up and walked from the gym into the locker room. Pyre had just come from the shower, and was towelling off. "I have something I need to say," he said, looking right at Pyre.

Pyre turned to look at him. "I'm listening."

Shining took a deep breath. "Last week, I had no inkling of how good this felt. I was blind to it, and I regret that. If there is something to regret, it's that I was afraid of finding how good this could be. I'm sorry for not indulging sooner, and I would be open to experimenting further."

"Good. Regret not the good times."

"I don't want to be ashamed of this. I want to feel better about it. I want to be better about it. I want to experience the freedom it brings, but I'm still stuck in my ways, and it is solely for that reason that I feel the shame. You've helped me so much already, and I appreciate that, but please, help me go further. I need you to help guide me. Please, don't abandon me over this."

Pyre took a deep breath. "I was never going to abandon you. I was concerned because you were afraid to step forward. Puff out your chest, hold your head high, and be glad of who you are. Not scared of what other ponies might say about you. Whoever you spent your time with last night, I'm sure they want you to be happy, and I'm sure that you made them happy. That's not a bad thing. Don't be afraid to make other stallions happy."

"I won't be, eventually. I'm still new to this. I've never fellated a stallion until this morning. It still scares me, a bit."

"Don't be scared," breathed Pyre. "Breathe in, breathe out. You've faced tougher challenges, and won. This is nothing. This won't destroy all of Equestria, this won't enslave the crystal Empire, not a single pony is going to die because of this. At worst, somepony might be injured if you suddenly bite down, but still... There's nothing to be afraid of. Why are you more scared of admitting this openly than you are of a full-blown war with the dragons?"

Shining shook his head. "I don't know. But I am." He furrowed his eyebrows. "But not for long. I will conquer this."

Pyre smiled. "Good attitude. I presume you have a plan?"

Shining nodded. "Have a seat, and stop me if I seem to be going too far."

Pyre sat down on the locker room bench and leaned back. "I'm all ears."

But Shining wasn't going to talk about his plan. He was just going to start. Seeing that there was nopony else in the locker room at a glance, he dropped down and spread Pyre's knees apart.

"Whoa..." Pyre looked around. "You sure about this? Somepony could walk in and see us."

Shining smiled. "Then I'll have no choice but to admit to it, huh? Can't deny it with witnesses." Despite saying that, he visibly shivered. He desperately hoped nothing like that happened. He really didn't want to be seen.

He took a big whiff of Pyre's balls. There was no sweat, no grime, just clean testicle, with a bit of the soap he used still giving fragrance. These had been his first foray into the world of homosexuality, and now he was licking and kissing them as Pyre began to stiffen up.

"Well, now, this is a pleasant surprise."

Shining just smiled in response as he licked his way up Pyre's shaft. "You haven't seen anything yet," he chuckled. Wrapping his lips around the tip, he used the skills he had learned this morning to go as far down as he could. Unfortunately, the change in angle, along with Pyre's impressive size, made it difficult to swallow him. Still, Shining did his best, and managed to leave quite the impression before he had to come back up for air.

"See?" asked Pyre, tousling Shining's mane. "Why are you ashamed of that? Almost nopony can make it that far, and it takes a special kind of pony to take the whole thing. I bottom out in mares, and you can take me to the medial ring in your mouth? You have a fantastic talent, worth years of practice. And you're ashamed by it? Be proud of what you can do!"

Shining nodded. "Can you push me down a little bit? I don't know why I can't take more, but I was able to this morning..."

"It would be my pleasure."

Pyre grabbed Shining's horn with his left hoof and the back of his jaw with his right, and as Shining took the tip into his mouth, he helped him down gently. He could feel the muscles in Shining's throat, and could make judgements as to whether or not to let go.

Down, down, down he went, his throat stretching out gently and slowly until finally, Shining could hold his breath no longer, and smacked his hoof gently against Pyre's thigh. Immediately, Pyre let go of him, letting him suck his way smoothly back up to the tip, releasing it with a loud wet pop.

"Wow."

Shining turned around. He and Pyre had been so enraptured in what they were doing that neither had taken note of the crowd that had gathered at the end of the hall.

"I call dibs on next!" shouted one, raising his hoof.

"Like hell you do!" growled another. "I was here first!"

"Both of you have a mare at home! I'm top priority!"

"Take his mouth, for all I care! I'm going for that arse!"

Shining was beginning to shy away, but looked to Pyre and took a deep breath. He knew what he had to do. "Boys, I--"

"Line up, boys," interrupted Pyre, standing up. "If you all want to suck my dick so bad, you can start taking numbers. Now, who wants to go first?"

Shining had wanted to explain that he couldn't service all of them, but with Pyre redirecting the conversation, they all scattered. "How'd you do that?"

Pyre shook his head and placed his hoof against Shining's cheek. "Fairweather bisexual males. They can be gay when someone's ready to suck their dick, but when it's time to return the favour, "Oh, my, it's time for me to go..." Granted, I'm little better, but at least my partners are more than just a warm hole. Perhaps you'll come back to my place some time, and we can continue?"

Shining swallowed, his face red. "I'd like to think I'd enjoy that."