A Fair Trade
Posted: Sat Jun 20, 2026 2:26 am
A Fair Trade
By FireBloom and FrostByte
"Come on, Bobby, let's go!"
Cassie looked up at the still-closed door to her cousin's room, on the second floor of the cabin.
"It's a really beautiful day," said Emily, gazing out the window at the lake outside.
"Yeah, I can't wait to go swimming," said Cassie. "If my cousin would just hurry up ... "
Finally, the door to Bobby's room creaked open, ever so slowly.
"Took you long enough," said Cassie. "Come on down here, Bobby."
"Is Emily there?" came a timid voice.
"I'm right here," said Emily, walking over to Cassie.
Bobby groaned.
A moment later, he cringed as he heard Emily ask, "You don't want me to be here?"
Bobby felt like kicking himself. He could hear the hurt in her voice, and he could picture perfectly the hurt on her face at the sound of Bobby's groaning, which he hadn't meant for her to hear.
"It's not that, Emily," Bobby called out. "It's just ... "
"Come on, Bobby, let's go," said Cassie. "The lake's waiting, it's a beautiful day to go swimming."
"Easy for you to say," muttered Bobby.
The teenaged boy reluctantly opened the door and came out, slowly making his way down the stairs. He grimaced at the sight of his cousin, Cassie, and her closest friend, Emily, waiting eagerly for him. As he came into full view, the girls' eyes grew round.
"You look ... nice," said Emily, blushing a little as she smiled shyly at the handsome boy in front of them.
"You bet." Cassie grinned, making no effort to hide her eyes sliding up and down Bobby's very fit, athletic body.
Bobby felt his face turning bright red at the girls' appreciative gazes. As he looked at his beautiful cousin, showing off a summer's worth of gorgeous suntan in her tiny, hardly-even-there bikini, Bobby felt himself growing hard, which only fueled his embarrassment.
Somehow, the sight of Emily in her one-piece bathing suit was even more alluring to Bobby. He blushed even harder as the girls giggled. They were plainly able to see the effect that they were having on him, because, unlike the girls, Bobby wasn't wearing a swimsuit.
He was completely naked.
"Oh, come on, don't pout," urged Emily.
"It's not like you have anything to be ashamed of," said Cassie. She ran her eyes down Bobby's body again, before adding, "Nothing to be ashamed of at all."
Emily suppressed a giggle as Bobby blushed even more than he was already.
"I still don't think it's fair," mumbled Bobby. "Why do I have to be naked if you girls get to wear bathing suits?"
"You know my mom's rules," said Cassie. "We've been through this every time we've ever come up here. Boys have to swim naked. Girls are allowed to wear swimsuits."
"Girls are allowed to wear swimsuits," said Bobby. "Your mom's rules don't say you have to wear them."
Cassie sighed. They'd had this argument before.
"If you girls wanted to," persisted Bobby, "you could swim naked, too."
"Well, for one thing, there are two of us, and only one of you," Cassie pointed out. "If we were naked, too, then you'd get to see two naked girls and we'd only get to see one naked boy. That wouldn't be quite even, would it?"
"Besides, don't you like seeing us in swimsuits?" Emily glanced down at her body, a little self-consciously. "I know that I've put on a little weight lately, but - "
"N-No, Emily," said Bobby hastily. "You look amazing, you really do. You're so beautiful."
Emily's face was now almost matching Bobby's, but she managed to smile at the compliment.
"It's just ... " Bobby's voice trailed off, and he sighed. "It just doesn't feel fair to me. I have to give up all of my privacy, but you girls aren't showing any more than you would in front of a crowd of people at any regular beach."
Cassie and Emily looked at each other.
"He does have a point," admitted Cassie.
Emily hesitated.
"I don't think I can take my swimsuit off," she said, wrapping her arms tightly around herself. "I'm ... I'm sorry, Bobby, but I just can't."
Bobby sighed. He was a little disappointed, but not at all surprised.
"Bobby," said Cassie slowly. "You have to understand ... Being naked in front of a member of the opposite sex, it's ... Well, not to be sexist, but it's, um, it's different for girls than it is for boys."
"Not that we think it's easy for you to be naked in front of us," said Emily quickly. "But it's just ... It just isn't the same as it would be for a girl."
"I guess I can understand that," said Bobby, looking down.
For a long moment, there was only silence in the cabin. Emily gazed at Bobby thoughtfully.
"I have an idea," she said at last.
Emily slowly approached Bobby, fixing her eyes on his. She reached out and gently placed her hands on his neck. Bobby gazed back at her, uncomprehending but trusting. She looked into his eyes for a moment, and then leaned her face in toward him.
Bobby's eyes grew round as Emily pressed her lips against his, gently at first, and then more and more deeply. After a few seconds, Emily wrapped her arms around Bobby's back and pulled him closer. She could feel him growing even harder as she pressed her swimsuit-clad body against his naked body.
Neither Bobby nor Emily was quite sure how long the kiss lasted. Time seemed to have been standing still for them in that moment. Eventually, Emily broke the kiss and took a step back. She giggled a little at the way Bobby was just standing there, dreamy-eyed.
"Bobby? Bobby! Yoo-hoo, Bobby!" Emily waved her hand in front of Bobby's face. It took her a few tries to break through the boy's euphoria. Bobby blinked several times as his eyes focused on Emily's.
Cassie was standing next to them, her arms folded, her mouth hanging slightly open.
"How was that?" asked Emily, as if she really couldn't tell.
"That was ... incredible," breathed Bobby.
"Bobby, listen," said Emily, taking Bobby's hand in hers. "I ... I meant what I said before. I agree that it's unfair that you have to be naked in front of me and Cassie because of your aunt's rules, when we don't have to be naked in front of you. But I can't take my swimsuit off. I just can't do it."
Emily bit her lip.
"But, um, I'm hoping that this will ... Bobby, if I do this for you while we're at the lake, will it help make up the difference?"
Bobby blinked.
"Um, I think I'm good with that." Bobby was barely able to get the words out of his mouth. "Yeah, I definitely won't be complaining anymore."
Emily smiled, beaming. Cassie covered her mouth with her hand, trying to smother a laugh.
"Well, c'mon," said Cassie, turning toward the door of the cabin. "Like we've been saying, it's a beautiful day, and the lake awaits."
Normally, Bobby would have appreciated the view, as most any teenaged boy would, as the bikini-clad Cassie turned and walked away. But at that moment, he only had eyes for Emily. For a moment, the two teenagers simply smiled at each other.
"C'mon!" Cassie called out again.
"Let's go, then," said Emily, taking Bobby's hand in hers again, and giving him a gentle kiss on the cheek.
"Sounds good to me."
By FireBloom and FrostByte
"Come on, Bobby, let's go!"
Cassie looked up at the still-closed door to her cousin's room, on the second floor of the cabin.
"It's a really beautiful day," said Emily, gazing out the window at the lake outside.
"Yeah, I can't wait to go swimming," said Cassie. "If my cousin would just hurry up ... "
Finally, the door to Bobby's room creaked open, ever so slowly.
"Took you long enough," said Cassie. "Come on down here, Bobby."
"Is Emily there?" came a timid voice.
"I'm right here," said Emily, walking over to Cassie.
Bobby groaned.
A moment later, he cringed as he heard Emily ask, "You don't want me to be here?"
Bobby felt like kicking himself. He could hear the hurt in her voice, and he could picture perfectly the hurt on her face at the sound of Bobby's groaning, which he hadn't meant for her to hear.
"It's not that, Emily," Bobby called out. "It's just ... "
"Come on, Bobby, let's go," said Cassie. "The lake's waiting, it's a beautiful day to go swimming."
"Easy for you to say," muttered Bobby.
The teenaged boy reluctantly opened the door and came out, slowly making his way down the stairs. He grimaced at the sight of his cousin, Cassie, and her closest friend, Emily, waiting eagerly for him. As he came into full view, the girls' eyes grew round.
"You look ... nice," said Emily, blushing a little as she smiled shyly at the handsome boy in front of them.
"You bet." Cassie grinned, making no effort to hide her eyes sliding up and down Bobby's very fit, athletic body.
Bobby felt his face turning bright red at the girls' appreciative gazes. As he looked at his beautiful cousin, showing off a summer's worth of gorgeous suntan in her tiny, hardly-even-there bikini, Bobby felt himself growing hard, which only fueled his embarrassment.
Somehow, the sight of Emily in her one-piece bathing suit was even more alluring to Bobby. He blushed even harder as the girls giggled. They were plainly able to see the effect that they were having on him, because, unlike the girls, Bobby wasn't wearing a swimsuit.
He was completely naked.
"Oh, come on, don't pout," urged Emily.
"It's not like you have anything to be ashamed of," said Cassie. She ran her eyes down Bobby's body again, before adding, "Nothing to be ashamed of at all."
Emily suppressed a giggle as Bobby blushed even more than he was already.
"I still don't think it's fair," mumbled Bobby. "Why do I have to be naked if you girls get to wear bathing suits?"
"You know my mom's rules," said Cassie. "We've been through this every time we've ever come up here. Boys have to swim naked. Girls are allowed to wear swimsuits."
"Girls are allowed to wear swimsuits," said Bobby. "Your mom's rules don't say you have to wear them."
Cassie sighed. They'd had this argument before.
"If you girls wanted to," persisted Bobby, "you could swim naked, too."
"Well, for one thing, there are two of us, and only one of you," Cassie pointed out. "If we were naked, too, then you'd get to see two naked girls and we'd only get to see one naked boy. That wouldn't be quite even, would it?"
"Besides, don't you like seeing us in swimsuits?" Emily glanced down at her body, a little self-consciously. "I know that I've put on a little weight lately, but - "
"N-No, Emily," said Bobby hastily. "You look amazing, you really do. You're so beautiful."
Emily's face was now almost matching Bobby's, but she managed to smile at the compliment.
"It's just ... " Bobby's voice trailed off, and he sighed. "It just doesn't feel fair to me. I have to give up all of my privacy, but you girls aren't showing any more than you would in front of a crowd of people at any regular beach."
Cassie and Emily looked at each other.
"He does have a point," admitted Cassie.
Emily hesitated.
"I don't think I can take my swimsuit off," she said, wrapping her arms tightly around herself. "I'm ... I'm sorry, Bobby, but I just can't."
Bobby sighed. He was a little disappointed, but not at all surprised.
"Bobby," said Cassie slowly. "You have to understand ... Being naked in front of a member of the opposite sex, it's ... Well, not to be sexist, but it's, um, it's different for girls than it is for boys."
"Not that we think it's easy for you to be naked in front of us," said Emily quickly. "But it's just ... It just isn't the same as it would be for a girl."
"I guess I can understand that," said Bobby, looking down.
For a long moment, there was only silence in the cabin. Emily gazed at Bobby thoughtfully.
"I have an idea," she said at last.
Emily slowly approached Bobby, fixing her eyes on his. She reached out and gently placed her hands on his neck. Bobby gazed back at her, uncomprehending but trusting. She looked into his eyes for a moment, and then leaned her face in toward him.
Bobby's eyes grew round as Emily pressed her lips against his, gently at first, and then more and more deeply. After a few seconds, Emily wrapped her arms around Bobby's back and pulled him closer. She could feel him growing even harder as she pressed her swimsuit-clad body against his naked body.
Neither Bobby nor Emily was quite sure how long the kiss lasted. Time seemed to have been standing still for them in that moment. Eventually, Emily broke the kiss and took a step back. She giggled a little at the way Bobby was just standing there, dreamy-eyed.
"Bobby? Bobby! Yoo-hoo, Bobby!" Emily waved her hand in front of Bobby's face. It took her a few tries to break through the boy's euphoria. Bobby blinked several times as his eyes focused on Emily's.
Cassie was standing next to them, her arms folded, her mouth hanging slightly open.
"How was that?" asked Emily, as if she really couldn't tell.
"That was ... incredible," breathed Bobby.
"Bobby, listen," said Emily, taking Bobby's hand in hers. "I ... I meant what I said before. I agree that it's unfair that you have to be naked in front of me and Cassie because of your aunt's rules, when we don't have to be naked in front of you. But I can't take my swimsuit off. I just can't do it."
Emily bit her lip.
"But, um, I'm hoping that this will ... Bobby, if I do this for you while we're at the lake, will it help make up the difference?"
Bobby blinked.
"Um, I think I'm good with that." Bobby was barely able to get the words out of his mouth. "Yeah, I definitely won't be complaining anymore."
Emily smiled, beaming. Cassie covered her mouth with her hand, trying to smother a laugh.
"Well, c'mon," said Cassie, turning toward the door of the cabin. "Like we've been saying, it's a beautiful day, and the lake awaits."
Normally, Bobby would have appreciated the view, as most any teenaged boy would, as the bikini-clad Cassie turned and walked away. But at that moment, he only had eyes for Emily. For a moment, the two teenagers simply smiled at each other.
"C'mon!" Cassie called out again.
"Let's go, then," said Emily, taking Bobby's hand in hers again, and giving him a gentle kiss on the cheek.
"Sounds good to me."