Backyard Fun

“Nathan, time to go.” Finn called, standing at the gate of the backyard of Nathan’s best friend Felix.

“In a minute.” Nathan called. “And it’s Nate.” Finn smirked. Ever since Nathan had said that he preferred Nate since it was more mature, he had taken to exclusively calling his little brother Nathan. Maybe it was revenge on Nate for having a growth spurt before him, but he did not think of it like that.

“Mom needs us home now.” Finn insisted, struggling with the gate’s latch. Felix came over and easily undid it.

“There you go, bud.” He said, grinning down at the older boy. Wearing nothing but his grey swimming trunks, hands placed casually on his hips, Finn could even see a little bit of peach fuzz under his arms. Was he really only ten? Sure, it was not so unheard of for a ten year old to be taller than a thirteen year old, but two of them? It bothered Finn, although he tried to hide it. “Race you to Nate!”

“You’re on!” By the time the words had left Finn’s mouth, Felix had quite the head start. Finn growled and charged forward. He was older, he had to win.

By the time Finn reached the boys, he was out of breath, practically huffing and puffing. He bent over and did not notice the look the two exchanged.

“Looks like he needs to cool down.” Felix said.

“Wha?” Felix seized Finn’s arms, pinning them behind him as Nathan grabbed the garden hose and blasted him from head to toe. “Stop!” Finn protested, spitting out the water that got into his mouth.

“Think he’s cool enough?” Felix wondered out loud. “He still feels a little hot to me.” Taking his best friend’s cue perfectly, Nathan walked right up to his older brother and shoved the hose right down the front of his shorts. Finn squealed and water gushed out of the legs of his shorts as the hose flooded and thoroughly soaked his underwear.

“There we go.” Nathan said with a grin, extracting the hose from his brother’s shorts. “All nice and cool now, hmm?” Finn was so furious, he could not even string two words together, stammering angrily.

“Oh, he’s shivering!” Felix exclaimed. “How can we warm little Finn up?”

“Let’s get those wet clothes off of him first of all.” Nathan said with a grin. Between the both of them, it was not hard at all to strip Finn completely down to his wet skin.

“Thought you said he was your big brother.” Felix asked, holding up Finn’s underwear with a smirk. “These don’t look like big brother undies.”

“He’s not my big brother.” Nate said. “Obviously, he’s my baby brother who followed me here.”

“Here, let’s get his clothes on the clothesline so they can dry.” Felix said. “We’ll put his underwear right in the middle where everyone can see little Finny’s tighty whities.”

“Shuddup.” Finn hissed, his hands covering his crotch. He did not know about Felix, but he knew Nathan wore the same underwear he did. With the boys distracted at the clothesline, he snuck over to Nathan and yanked his shorts down. He gaped as he saw his brother’s boxer briefs.

“Yup.” Nathan said with a grin. “Mom let me switch six months ago. You’re the only one still in little boy tighty whities, Finny.”

“But but”

“Oh, he’s still chilly.”

“Well, he is outside naked.” Nathan replied mildly. Felix nodded.

“Mom!” He called. The patio door opened and his mom stepped outside, her eyebrows raising as she saw her son and his friend standing on each side of, all things, a naked boy.

“What’s going on here? Felix, Nate?” Finn tried to jump in to explain, but the two ten year olds had everything firmly in control.

“My baby brother Finn followed me here and had a little too much fun with the hose.”

“We got him out of his wet clothes, but he needs something to wear. Do we have anything old of mine he could wear?” Felix’s mom studied Finn.

“Hmm… any of your shirts are going to look more like a dress on him, but” She reached out and took Finn’s hand. “C’mon, cutie. Let’s get you some clothes, hmm?”

“What? Where are you taking me?” Finn looked over his shoulder in a panic as he was dragged into the house, Nathan and Felix chuckling.

They laughed all the more when Finn emerged from the house, wearing a red Paw Patrol t-shirt and equally red shorts. He glared at them.

“Nathan, we’re going home right now.”

“Your clothes aren’t dry yet.” Nathan said. Finn looked at the clothesline. He had been in there for at least half an hour while Felix’s mom had doted on him. Why did his clothes look just as wet? He glanced at the hose and knew.

“You sprayed them again?”

“I don’t know what you’re talking about.” Nathan replied. “They’ll be dry soon. But first, you need to tell me what took you so long.”

“Yeah, tell us.”

“Tell your big brother, Finny.” Nathan ordered.

“You’re not my big brother.” He should have known to hold his tongue as the bigger boys were more than able to pull him toward them. He found himself across Nathan’s lap and, squirm as he might, he could not stop them from yanking down his shorts to expose his new underwear.

“She put you in freaking Pull-ups?” Felix and Nathan exclaimed in near unison. Finn blushed, tears welling up in his eyes as they looked at his Cars Pull-ups. They had been the only thing she could find that fit him, not even giving him the chance to try on a pair of Felix’s boxer briefs before declaring them too big for him.

“Oh, this must be some of Adam’s clothes. He’s my cousin. He’s three.”

“You’re wearing a three year old’s clothes?” Nathan’s smile could not have been any wider. He pulled Finn’s shorts back up and looked him over. “I can’t believe they fit.”

“He’s big for his age.”

“And Finny’s itty bitty for his age. Aren’t you, bud?”

“Shut up.”

“So what else did you do in there?” Finn groaned.

“I ate.”

“Like lunch?”

“No, it was a snack. She insisted.”

“Sippy cup, bib?” Felix looked like he already knew the answer.

“No bib.” Finn mumbled.

“But sippy cup for sure?” He nodded, whimpering. Felix laughed, but what was far more troubling was how pensive Nathan looked.

“Well,” he said with a grin. “I think you’ve been embarrassed enough for one day. Felix, do you think your mom’ll give us a bag for Finny’s clothes? I should get my baby brother home so he can change out of this before mom and dad get home.”

“Aww, leaving already?” Nathan nodded.

“Yeah. You can see how fussy Finny’s getting. But” he grinned down at his furious brother. “I think I’ll be spending every day here. And I’ll bring Finny with me. Since your mom knows just how to treat him.”