Finding Dylan

Chapter 2

Tanner was halfway down the steps when he realized Dylan was no longer following him. He turned around and saw Dylan standing at the top of the stairs.

"I'm sorry, I forgot you don't remember how to walk on these. Here, I'll show you." Tanner helped him the first few steps until Dylan got the hang of it.

"This is our room. I'll show you around the rest of the house later, but we'll be spending most of our time down here."

Dylan looked around with curiosity.

"Our first priority now is to get you a shower, so we're going into the bathroom."

Tanner realized there were some other things Dylan should learn about in the bathroom before he spent much time in the house, so he showed Dylan how to use the toilet. Brushing his teeth was harder to master, but Tanner knew from their makeout in the woods that it was necessary.

"Now we're going to take our clothes off." Tanner helped Dylan undress. He was surprised to see pubic hair that looked like it had been growing for more than a week or two.

"Wow, you really let yourself go," Tanner muttered to himself. "My Dylan never would have let me see him like that." You must have been so depressed. I'm sorry. I wish it never happened. "Don't worry, Dylan, I'll shave it for you until you learn how to do it yourself. I actually need to too right now, so we'll do mine at the same time. Normally we'd do that first before getting in the shower, but you haven't showered in a week."

Tanner turned the water on and made sure it was the right temperature. He knew Dylan wouldn't get in unless he did first. "Come on in, Dylan."

Dylan got in and was pleased to discover the shower wasn't as scary as it looked. As Tanner started to wash Dylan, he taught him the words for the parts of the body. Like they did in the car, Dylan would repeat the words he was learning.

"Face."

"Neck."

"Shoulders."

"Arm."

"Hand."

"Armpit."

"Chest."

"Abs."

"Back."

"Leg."

"Knee."

"Feet."

"Penis."

"Balls."

"Ass."

"Hair."

When he was done, Tanner suggested Dylan repeat the steps on his own. It had been a week, so it couldn't hurt. After that Tanner shut the water off and showed Dylan how to dry off.

Next it was time to shave. Tanner picked up his phone and found a picture of Dylan naked and showed him what he normally looked like — completely hairless.

"You want it like that, right?"

Dylan had learned to nod for yes.

Even after a week Dylan didn't have much facial hair, but Tanner still shaved it. After that, he got out the clippers. The unfamiliar machine frightened Dylan at first, so Tanner demonstrated by buzzing off his own pubes.

"I haven't had much of a reason to do this since you've been gone."

Then he did the same for Dylan. After getting them trimmed down, Tanner shaved the rest, including the balls — again on himself first and then Dylan. Dylan smiled approvingly when Tanner was finished.