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Oliver Merton works almost every day as a tour guide at Gwynn Castle. He loves working there, but the work is quite a routine. Though Gwynn Castle is known for its bloodshed and reported hauntings of old lord and ladies, speaking about the same thing every day can bore him. What makes him happy is the reaction of those interested in historical facts, and fictions, he has told them.
That’s when he met Sebastian.
Sebastian Du Bois is quite happy to learn about history of the Castle, and is quite into English history after he has performed some Shakespeare Play. Oliver meets him almost every time when The Castle organizes a special exhibition or festival. Gwynn Castle is known for rumoured hauntings and legends about witchcrafts, so Oliver knows quite well the fact and fiction behind the myth. Sebastian always appears whenever he starts his session, and later asks him for a date. Who could deny a date from such a smooth-skinned thin man, with smiley face? They dated for the first time about four months ago, and Oliver finds Sebastian the best part of his life now. Sebastian inspires him to learn more about world history, and he has always been a great listener.
What Oliver doesn’t quite like is the fact that Sebastian loves to surprise him.
He could remember his birthday last month. He was taking a bus home and regretted drinking tea with Laura and Tina at the castle before leaving. The mug was too big, and Laura and Tina insisted that they would buy some cake for him at the bakery nearby. It was a lovely chat, with his eyes ogling at Tina’s boyfriend, Raman. Before they left, Raman excused himself and, sneakily, grabbed his crotch running to The Gents. He knew what Raman did for sure, and regretted not doing that. He texted Sebastian that he’d arrive soon, fidgeting in the bus. The time had passed so slowly, and finally he arrived. He unlocked the door, headed to the toilet just to find Sebastian dressed up as a gift box, sitting on a toilet and yelling “surprise!” at him. Oliver started to spurt in his trousers, and panted, “Babe, let me pee, first! I’m dying for a piss!” It was quite difficult for Sebastian to move out of the toilet, as Oliver spurted even more. Finally he unzipped and released his golden acidic gush into the toilet bowl. He couldn’t help seeing Sebastian bulge up in his tight spandex. Sebastian surprises him often, but it always ends with a lovely result. He has to admit that whenever Sebastian dresses up, he is kind of turned on.
It’s Halloween today, and Oliver has to guide four sessions of Ghost Tours around the Castle. Each tour has ten stops, and culminates at the South Tower, where people believed that Lady Penelope Langley, or Lady Seven Scars, has commit suicide after she was physically abused by her father, who forced her to marry the evil Lord Harold Crewe. Legend has it that after the death of the lady, her father never manages to open the family’s chest, which contains all the valuables, and both her father and Lord are haunted by the Lady showing them the key before being pushed off the cliff. People still sees her with the key standing on the cliff.
He gets dressed in a regency costume, with tight riding habits, which Sebastian loves looking at. He still recalled the time he met Sebastian in this costume, and Sebastian just couldn’t keep his eye off of him. It’s a bit tight below the waistline. That might be the reason. The fact that he dresses quite similarly to the legend of Lord Donaldson, the charming eighteenth-century gentleman, who was believed to have fought with Joe Cole, a man falling in love with his wife, and ended up killing one another. He wears this at the castle, reads the legends, and prepares for four rounds of the tour, all fully booked for Gothic and Horror enthusiasts, then he’d hand his job over to Michael, who’d get into a fake blood-stained armour to represent the dreadful Lord Danistone, who guards against the treasure chest even though he had passed away for ages.
It is a cold night, so Laura and Tina, who organizes all the show on the pathway, and dresses up as Lady Sylverfield, and Ertha the sorceress, boils a great deal of hot water for them to warm themselves up. The castle is situated upon the hill, where the cold wind blows. He has drunk a few cups and prepares the tour with Laura and Tina, and then Michael arrives, with his short red hair and a beautiful smile, and asks for some huge mug of hot tea. They talk about the route again, with Josh, Raman (Tina’s handsome husband), Sunita, Freddie, and Maria following up. Even if he had drunk a few cups of tea, the fact that newcomers brew their tea makes Oliver desire for a couple more.
Everything has been prepared. Unfortunately, before Oliver could start his first trip, he accidentally crashes into the desk, and its sharp corner makes a small hole in his regency trousers. “Are you OK, Ollie?” Laura comes up to him. “I’m fine. I’m not hurt. The costume was torn just a little. See. Just a small hole on my inner thighs. Nobody will see that!”
Oliver is sure everything is fine. When the wind blows, he feels quite cold. He has goose bumps. This is what Halloween is like!