Day 4

It was now day four of camp and Lucas was asleep in the Group A cabin, wearing only his underwear. Yesterday's stomach incident made him scared to go naked again because if his stomach went haywire when he wasn't clothed, his life would be over. When Lucas woke up, he thought his stomach problems were behind him, but all it took was one loud growl and cramp to erase that feeling.

Lucas straight up jumped out of his bed and ran out of the cabin and to the nearest bathroom as fast as he could. While running, he was followed by Kyle, who was wearing his t-shirt only attire. Lucas ran inside the cafeteria and didn't even notice Camp Counselor Sid eating his breakfast in his underwear. Lucas went straight to the first stall he spots, pulled his underwear down, sat right on the toilet, and let his stomach empty itself out.

When Kyle entered the cafeteria, Sid asked "Morning Kyle. Is Lucas doing okay?"

"No. He had another stomach cramp, just like yesterday." said Kyle.

"Hmmm. Once he gets out, tell him to see me. I'm going to give some Pepto Bismol, so he doesn't have to worry about this for the rest of the week." said Sid.

"Okay." Kyle said before he entered the bathroom, to see how Lucas was doing.

10 minutes later, Lucas and Kyle exited the bathroom and Sid asked Lucas to come with him. Lucas entered Sid's office and Sid gave him a bottle of Pepto Bismol.

"Take one dose of this every 30 minutes until you feel better. Once you're good, you can give it back to me." said Sid.

"Umm, Counselor Sid?" asked Lucas.

"Yeah?" replied Sid.

"You're in your underwear." said Lucas.

"Yeah, it's something I like to do. It feels good to not be restricted by clothes. I never get naked in front of children, for obvious reasons, but I do have some friends who are not only cool with me being nude, but also like to get nude themselves." said Sid.

"That sounds awesome." said Lucas.

"Yeah, it's the reason why I allowed you and Jake to walk around camp in either your underwear or nothing at all. Although, considering your stomach issues, I would keep my underwear on for the rest of the day, just to be safe." said Sid.

"Okay, Counselor Sid." Lucas said before leaving the cafeteria and going back to his cabin.

The rest of the morning went on without much happening. Lucas ate breakfast, did his morning activity with his group, and talked with his group before heading out to lunch.

At lunch, Lucas and Jake didn't sit next to each other. Instead, Lucas sat next to Kyle, while Jake sat in between Steven and Bill.

"Dude, is your stomach any better?" asked Jake.

"It's much better now, thanks to that Pepto Bismol Counselor Sid gave me." said Lucas.

"That's good. So, after we're done with the daytime activities and stuff, I was thinking that I could talk to you, Steven, and Bill about something." said Jake.

"Like what?" asked Lucas.

"It's personal. I'll tell you more about it later. Is that fine with you guys?" asked Jake.

"Sure. Kyle, you want to join?" asked Lucas.

"Yeah, dude. I don't have anything better to do." said Kyle.

"Great! We'll talk after dinner." said Jake.

For the group activities, Group A had to do volleyball, field hockey, table tennis, bodyboarding, and ultimate frisbee, while Group B had to do rope climbing, kickball, archery, kayaking and Capture the Flag. Overall, neither group had a problem with their activities, with the exception of Jake, who fell on his back during kickball, which left a semi-large cut that had to be bandaged up.

While in the first aid room with Matt, Jake asked him, "Is it bad?"

"You'll live. Just try not to injure yourself for the rest of the week, okay?" said Matt.

"Okay. Hey Matt?" asked Jake.

"Yeah?" replied Matt.

"How should I tell the guys that I'm not into girls?" asked Jake.

"Well, you could tell them all at once or you can do it slowly. Maybe ask them a question to see if they're cool with you being you. It's up to you, dude." said Matt.

"Okay." said Jake.

"But if any of them give you crap about this, tell me. I'll handle it." said Matt.

"Thanks bro." said Jake.

After dinner, Jake was ready to tell Lucas, Steven, Bill, and Kyle about his "personal secret". He just hoped that it wouldn't lead to weird vibes or anything like that.

The five boys were sitting around a campfire, with only Lucas being clothed in his underwear.

"So, Jake, what is this about?" asked Steven.

"Is it anything serious?" asked Bill.

"Kind of. It's nothing bad like cancer or something. It's something that I discovered about myself." said Jake.

"Okay, then what is it?" asked Kyle.

"Before I tell you guys, can you promise to not say anything about it to the other guys and not make a big deal out of it? Please?" said Jake.

"Sure, dude. We can do that." said Lucas.

"Okay. Well, um…you know how we're supposed to like girls, right? Like, I know there's the whole cooties things, but we're supposed to like girls." asked Jake.

"Yeah." Lucas, Kyle, Steven, and Bill said simultaneously.

"Well, I…don't like girls. I don't dislike girls, but I don't like-like them either." said Jake.

"So, who do you like-like then?" asked Kyle.

Jake shut his eyes and braced himself before saying, "Boys."

"Ohhhhhh. So you're gay?" asked Steven.

"Yeah. I think I am." said Jake.

"Okay, cool." said Steven.

"You're…you're okay with this?" asked Jake.

"Yeah, dude. You're still cool with me." said Steven.

"Me too." said Bill.

"Same here." said Kyle.

"Lucas?" asked Jake, who was worried about what his friend might say.

"I'm a little surprised, but it doesn't change the fact that you're my best friend, so I'm cool with it too." said Lucas.

"Thanks guys. And can you please not tell anyone else about this. I want it to be between just us. Got it?" said Jake.

"Sure, no problem. We won't tell anyone." said Lucas.

"Good. Now, when camp is over, you guys want to hang out and stuff?" asked Jake.

"Yeah, man. I'd love to. I don't know how my parents will handle your whole "semi-nudist" thing, but I'd love to hang out." said Steven.

"Me too. You're super cool." said Bill.

"Yeah, if either you or Lucas want to hang out at my place, you totally can." said Kyle.

"Awesome!" said Jake.

When everyone got back to their cabins and went to bed, Jake sat on his bed, thinking about how well his friends took the news of him being gay.

"Yep, this may be the best summer of my life." Jake thought to himself as he went to sleep.

Hope you enjoyed this chapter. Not going to lie, I was in a rut for the past month when it comes to writing. But that rut should be over now and stories should come out more frequently. As for this story, the next chapter will be about Group A and Group B being scrapped and everyone is allowed to do whatever they want. Other than that, I hope you all have a wonderful day. Bye for now and stay safe.