By brhmsj
Copyright 2026 by brhmsj, all rights reserved
[3,243 words]
* * * * *Household Help, Part 19
The start of the school year did not mean the end of Henry assisting
Uncle Martin. He would stop by one afternoon a week, usually just to
mow the lawn, until it got too cold for the grass to grow. Niko
continued to visit and often while Henry was mowing Niko took care of
indoor chores. This meant that Niko was nude the whole time which made
him happy and Henry a bit envious. After Fall settled in Uncle Martin
found tasks, or more accurately created tasks, for the boys to do. Both
naked. He never tired of seeing them naked together. The boys were
happy to be naked around the older man.
There was about a month left of using the pool before the weather
turned cold. Scott and Jim volunteered to help Henry and Niko close up
the pool on a Saturday and the job went quickly.
“Guess we won’t be back until next
Spring,” Jim said sadness in his voice. Once he became used
to swimming nude he loved it.
The six naked swimmers occasionally ate lunch together at school though
they hardly ever talked about the pool now that school and other
activities occupied their time. There was an unpleasant surprise one
day. Every school has some obnoxious characters, if not downright
bullies. A fairly universally disliked boy was named Jack who
inevitably had two boys, George and Ralph, trailing behind him.
As the six watched with some concern Jack, George, and Ralph approached
the table. “So you faggots spent the summer swimming naked in
an old man’s pool,” Jack said.
Scott was having none of it. “You think so? Or are you
jealous that maybe we did?”
“Ha! Why would I be jealous?”
“Oh, scared to be naked. Afraid people will think
you’re a fag?” Now it was Alex defending the group.
There was silent agreement that they would admit nothing.
To their satisfaction Jack was taken aback by the response. George and
Ralph rarely said much and seeing people stand up to Jack had them
uncertain as to what to do. “Well it’s all over the
school,” Jack said in an effort to get the upper hand which
he had so quickly and unexpectedly lost.
“Let ‘em talk,” Henry piped up.
“I worked for Mr. Ordway this summer and made a lot of money,
too. He’s a good guy and he has a cool house. Niko can vouch
for that.” Henry knew Niko wouldn’t mind admitting
that he’d helped, too, but also that he was going to protect
his other friends. Those four had looks of relief that Jack and his
buddies didn’t see, due to their own discomfort with how
things were going.
“The only people who know what I did there are me, Mr.
Ordway, and Niko, so any rumors around school are just that –
rumors. Jealous rumors if people think we were getting to use a pool
all summer.”
With no further comment Jack and his buddies left in defeat.
“That’s not the end of it,” Scott said
when the trio were out of earshot.
“No one can prove anything,” Niko said, now joining
in. “Let them try to find out. They know they’re
too scared to be naked like that, so we have the upper hand.”
Agreement all around. The six boys were on their guard now as to what
Jack might do and were on the alert for comments from other kids.
On Henry and Niko’s next day with Uncle Martin they told him
what had happened with the bullies. “So you think
they’re just jealous.”
“Sure,” replied Henry. “We got to swim
and they’re too scared to be naked around others. So
they’re jealous and scared.”
“Makes sense,” the man said. “Ahem, but I
noticed there are two boys who are not naked. We
can’t have that.” Amidst laughter from all three
Henry and Niko gladly shed their clothes. Uncle Martin set them to
tasks that needed doing around the house, none of which took long.
“Have you given any thought to how to deal with those boys?
If needed, of course,” Uncle Martin asked when they sat down
for some tea.
Niko had a wicked look on his face. “We could get them here
and into the punishment room!” Henry was taken aback by that
response, Uncle Martin was intrigued.
“It sounds to me like a good round of discipline would be the
best thing for them,” the man said after a moment’s
thought.
“But how do we get them here?”
“They may already have been nearby.” After another
pause Uncle Martin described three boys he’d seen in the
area, boys he’d never seen before.
“Yup, that’s them,” Henry said.
“Maybe they’ll get the discipline they
need,” Uncle Martin said, then switched to another topic,
much to the annoyance of the two boys. They wanted to know what he
might have in mind.
Back at school Jack and his pals found a chance every day to make some
comment about what Henry and Niko being at Mr. Ordway’s.
Henry and Niko ignored their comments, the other boys were annoyed but
Henry told them to stay calm.
The three would-be bullies ended up having a memorable Saturday. They
had been keeping an eye on Henry, almost stalking him. He went over to
Mr. Ordway’s around nine in the morning to do some indoor
tasks. Niko showed up a few minutes later and went around to the back
door, much to the surprise of the three watchers.
Using the back door had been planned. They figured if the trio saw
Henry let himself in the front door and then Niko go around back, that
would add to their curiosity. “They’re out
there,” Niko said as he came in the door.
“Not too subtle, either,” Henry added.
“There are some things I want done on the top
floor,” Uncle Martin said with a wink. The boys understood.
He did, in fact, have some projects that needed to be done and Henry
and Niko would be safely out of sight. They did not leave clothes
behind.
Uncle Martin went into his office where he could have a look out front.
The boys didn’t know it but they were playing into his hand
with their slow approach closer to the house. He could see them
talking. After a moment he went out the back door, casually walking
around to the front of the house. His arrival wasn’t observed.
“Hi. May I help you boys?” The trio froze.
“You new to the neighborhood? I’ve noticed you
around.”
It was futile to try and escape at this point. Jack tried to come up
with a reason for their presence. “Um, our friend Henry said
he worked for you and that you have a cool house. We just wanted to
take a look.” Not said convincingly.
“It is a nice house, if I say so myself.” He
didn’t invite them in yet. “I’m Mr.
Ordway. What are your names?”
“Uh, I’m Jack, he’s George, and
that’s Ralph.”
“Nice to meet you boys. Henry never mentioned you,”
he added pointedly. Feet shuffled but no reply. “What have
you heard about my house?”
“Well, that it’s. . . kinda cool, I
guess.” Jack was feeling overwhelmed. He and his friends
never expected to actually meet the owner of the house. “Is
it true that you have. . . have a pool out back?”
“Did Henry tell you that?”
“No, he, ah, hasn’t said anything.” Not
quite true but Mr. Ordway let it pass.
“It is true that there’s a pool here. Now that
I’m the only one living here it doesn’t get any
use.” That got three quizzical looks. Jack, George, and Ralph
were sure the pool had been in use all summer. Now there was no
opportunity to ask about nude swimming, if the pool wasn’t
being used. Maybe it was a rumor.
“Would you like to see the house?”
For the first time George and Ralph spoke as all three said
“sure.” Mr. Ordway didn’t move to lead
them in.
“Oh, ah, um, may we?” Jack asked, his face red with
embarrassment. This wasn’t going at all the way he expected,
not that he was sure what he expected. The three boys looked at each
other and shrugged. Mr. Ordway led them to the front door. Jack looked
for signs of Henry and Niko but saw nothing. Weird.
Mr. Ordway led them straight through to the kitchen. He opened the back
door and said “there’s the pool that you heard
about. It’s too cold to swim now so I can’t make
that offer. If you ever do want to swim you need to know that there is
one rule that my father established a long time ago.” He
paused, amused by the looks of uncertainty on the three boys’
faces. “Anyone who used the pool had to swim nude and
I’ve continued that whenever I do open the pool.”
That was greeted with three stunned looks.
“You mean Henry. . .” Jack couldn’t
finish his question.
“I paid Henry to work for me, not to swim.” That
was true except that Henry was allowed to swim when his work was done.
Mr. Ordway never revealed if the pool had been opened this past summer.
“Would you like to see more of the house?” Jack
said “yes, sir,” the other two nodded. He led them
through the dining room, the living room, and then the library.
Expecting that these three might show up, Mr. Ordway had put The
Value and Uses of Corporal Punishment on the coffee table.
“Please sit down, boys.” He indicated chairs. The
boys were in awe of the furniture and sat gently. Mr. Ordway watched to
see when they caught sight of the book and its title.
“My father and grandfather were collectors of books. And
other things,” he added pointedly. At the moment there was no
way these three could suspect what other things he might mean. The boys
were looking around the room. Mr. Ordway assumed that they were not
avid readers.
George saw the corporal punishment book first. He seemed more startled
than shocked and nudged Ralph who followed his gaze. Ralph looked
confused. Jack could tell that something was going on. George cocked
his head in the direction of the coffee table. Jack’s
reaction was to blush. Is that because Jack knew from experience those
values and uses?
Mr. Ordway chatted with them for a few minutes, showing no sign that he
knew they’d seen the book. After a while he said
“let me show you the downstairs. My father turned it into a
comfy den many years ago. He led them downstairs.
“This is really nice,” said George, now speaking
for himself.
Mr. Ordway indicated the door to the basement. “That goes to
the basement. The furnace and boring things like that.” He
said nothing about the other door but showing them one door had made
them curious as to what was behind the other door.
It didn’t take long for one of them to ask.
“Why’s that door look reinforced or
something?”
“That’s an interesting story, if you want to hear
it.”
“Yes, please,” from George who was proving to be
the most curious.
“You need to understand that my grandfather was a somewhat
eccentric character and was unusual in things he liked to collect. He
collected books, as you saw upstairs. That room has a particular
collection. I’m not sure you’d be comfortable
seeing it.” Nobody spoke but their faces made it clear that
they were hooked.
“In fact, some of the things in there could be good for boys
like you.” Now they looked almost eager to see. “I
hope nothing disturbs you.” With that he produced the key and
unlocked the door. He stepped in and switched on the light. All three
gasped, more in confusion than anything. They’d never seen
anything like this or, for that matter, knew what a lot of what they
saw was.
“I said that my grandfather was eccentric. For some reason he
was fascinated by tools of corporal punishment. In other words, things
used to spank or otherwise beat people. From what I remember he was
particularly curious about teen boys being spanked.” He had
to hold back laughter and the response to that. Gasps.
“Wait! You mean, he. . . he, um, spanked kids?”
“No, he just was curious about it. Well, he spanked my Dad
and his siblings but that was it. As far as I know.”
“Did you spank. . .? Jack couldn’t finish.
“Did I spank Henry. Why would you think that? Just because my
grandfather was a spanker doesn’t mean that I am. But since
you ask I will admit that I’ve spanked boys your age and I
can assure you that they regretted the spankings.” The
familiar sign of tingling bottoms at the thought of actual spankings
was on the faces of all three.
With that he gave a short tour of some of the objects. “These
are paddles. A boy knows when one of these has been used on his bottom.
Some interesting hairbrushes here. This is called a tawse and you
wouldn’t want one of these on your bottom.”
“What’s that?” asked Ralph, pointing to
the St. Andrew’s cross.
“That’s called a St. Andrew’s cross
because it’s in the shape of the cross of St. Andrew of
Scotland. You can see that there are cuffs for wrists and ankles. This
could make for a very uncomfortable time for a miscreant. However, you
didn’t come here for spankings. Or did you?” Now he
had three faces blushing deeply in embarrassment and confusion.
In the meantime Henry and Niko had made headway on the top floor but
were burning with curiosity. They had hidden at the top of the stairs
while the visitors were in the library. When Uncle Martin took the
guests downstairs, Henry and Niko snuck down and got in position to
hear what was being said.
“Oh shit! He’s taking them into the punishment
room!” Henry said when he heard the door opening.
“We can’t go down, though. He’ll see us
at some point and we’ll be the ones getting
spanked.”
“If we haven’t finished upstairs it’s
likely we’ll be spanked for that.” They scampered
up the stairs. Uncle Martin thought he heard something up above but
couldn’t tell. He’d assess their work later.
“If you ever visit this room again you will have to be naked.
That was a rule for this room and generally for the house, actually.
Until we graduated high school we were naked a lot here at home and
some of our friends when they visited.” All said quite
matter-of-factly. Still, the boys were stunned.
“You’d make us get naked?” Jack asked
slowly.
“That’s what I said.” This had to mean
that Henry and Niko were naked here. Their host revealed nothing.
“Well, boys, if you’re not eager for a paddling
I’d say we close up.” The three got out of the room
quickly.
“I guess we should go,” Jack said when the
punishment room was closed up again. “Um, thanks for, ah, for
having us.”
“Always a pleasure to have young visitors.” Mr.
Ordway led them up the stairs and to the front door. “You are
always welcome, but you’ll have to undress the next time you
visit.”
“Yes, sir,” all three said slowly. Then Jack added
“thank you for letting us see your house. It’s
cool.”
“Even the paddles?” Mr. Ordway asked with a smile.
“Well, maybe not those,” George admitted. With
that, they were off.
Uncle Martin smiled as he shut the door. From all that Henry and Niko
had told him, the trio really deserved some discipline but the timing
wasn’t right. He suspected that they’d be back. If
any of them returned, he would redden their bottoms. With that he went
up to the top floor.
When they returned to work Henry and Niko stripped. It had felt weird
being clothed in this house. Uncle Martin was delighted to see two
naked boys.
“Well?” Henry asked.
“They were quite entertaining. Their first shock was that
swimming in the pool had to be naked.” Henry chuckled
nervously.
“You did say that we were naked. .
.”
“No, but if ever they return they’ll find out at
some point.”
“They won’t come back,” Niko said
confidently.
“I wouldn’t count on it. I showed them the
punishment room. That certainly fascinated them. I think Jack may get
spanked at home, given his reactions. No, I didn’t tell them
that I’d spanked you two. However, if any of them return, he
will leave with a red bottom. I’m sure you’d like
that.” He was greeted after that comment by two smug faces.
“Now, how have things gone here?” His two workers
looked a bit embarrassed.
“It’s taking a while, I guess,” Henry
said quietly.
“I wouldn’t have thought it would take so
long,” Uncle Martin replied. “How long were you
downstairs listening?”
“We. . .” Henry started but he knew better than to
lie.
“We weren’t there long but we heard you go into the
punishment room,” Niko admitted.
“So I suspected. What should we do about it?” Only
one person could be “we” in this instance.
“We’ll finish up quickly,” Henry said,
hoping that would assuage Uncle Martin. Rather, he was taken by the arm
and five brisk swats landed on his bottom. Henry done, Niko received
the same. “I’ll think about whether more is needed
when you’re here again. Now, finish up and I’ll
have some snacks when you’re done.”
“Yes, sir,” they said in unison. Uncle Martin gone,
they went at it seriously and were done fairly quickly.
Downstairs Uncle Martin had put out crackers and cheese along with
sodas. Henry and Niko didn’t realize how hungry they were.
Their attempts to get information out of Uncle Martin were futile.
“I’m curious in how they act when they see you at
school.”
Snack finished, Henry said “oh, we left our clothes
upstairs!”
“I’ll get them,” Niko offered and left.
“Do you think they’d ever come to swim? Would you
let them?”
“You’re more likely to know if they’d
bare their butts here, as it were.” They both smiled at the
phrase. “They know that they will be naked if they visit
again. It’s a question of whether they are as eager to swim
as your other friends were.”
“I don’t know if I’d like having them
here.”.
“Maybe the experience would do them some good. Make them
nicer.”
“A big order,” Henry was saying as Niko arrived
back.
“What is?” Niko asked. Henry filled him in.
“Alright, time for you to get dressed, get your pay, and be
off.” In short order all three were done eating.
Jack and his friends had not been spanked during their visit but there
was the possibility of some more forced nudity at Mr.
Ordway’s. Henry and Niko liked the thought of that.
The next few days it was quite obvious that the trio were avoiding
Henry, Niko, and friends. That was fine with them. Henry and Niko had
filled in the other four on what had happened.
“You think they ever will?” Scott asked. No one
needed to ask what he was talking about.
“Who knows. Could be interesting.” They broke up
after lunch to get to classes.
This wasn’t over.