Always Best Buds

I am going to indulge a bit since I run the show here. It was a BS of a pair of guys who are a little older than our usual group, but here goes.


Last week I was out with friends at a bowling center. I noticed a couple of guys who appeared High School age, or just out of High School. One was medium height, with longish brown hair. The other guy was tall and thin with ocean blue eyes, and an interesting crop of wavy hair that was pronounced forward above his forehead. His jawline was quite angular, with smooth lightly tanned skin on all the sun-affected parts of his body. He wore shorts that fit rather taught. His shirt tail was actually tucked in just above one hip, so each time he walked up to bowl, I was presented a view to invite my guestimate how things might appear uncovered. Overall their interaction appeared to be just buddies. Perhaps even the type of buddies who have endured challenges and trials of youth, but their friendship endures all the silly crap of the past.


So anyway I found one event a bit entertaining. At one point they were resting and seated nearby. The tall one gets up and stands behind the beardy buddy, and begins to massage his shoulders. It was not just the lobster pincers type of shoulder massage, and it wasn't the pat on the back "Atta-Boy" friends support either. Blondie actually extended his fingers forward, and pressed in a meticulous  fashion, then palmed upwards between the shoulder blades working on the scapular region. He seemed focused and aware of how his friend responded to the therapy rendered. I was mesmerized.


This shoulder rub lasted no more that 90 seconds, but he took the initiative to deliver a personalized healing effect on his friend, in a public place with apparent disregard of the Gay appearance that most young guys would not dare to exhibit. It's apparent they are not brothers, yet their friendship easily allows touch and some means of feinted affection defying the guys code. In our world today, guys at this age would barely hug when times describe it. A side shoulder Bro-hug is the norm, and high fives or a elbow bump is the limit to showing appreciation for a dude. But right before me in a place with about 100 people around, this guy expressed a sweet approval for his Best Bud.


Eric