We're on the sofa watching an ice-hockey match. You're sitting at one end, and I'm lying down with my head in Your lap. You're absently stroking my hair, and every now and then You reach down and touch my ass, rubbing your hand over it and occasionally pinching one of the still-fresh welts, smiling whenever I wince or flinch. You're explaining the game to me, but as soon as I think I've got it straight in my head, something happens that confuses me again so I give up attempting to understand it. I'm content just to be there with You, enjoying Your touch. You try to explain one of the finer points of the game to me yet again, but all I'm seeing is young men slamming each other into walls and ice and chasing a small black object around like it was a life-or-death thing. "Why not just give them one each?" I ask, "Wouldn't that make everyone happy?". You grin at me and reply "Now where is the fun in that? Don't you like watching these boys chasing around?" I just smile up at You, knowing better than to try to answer that one…
The game apparently ends with Your team winning, which brings a smile to Your face, "At last, that's the first one they've won all season". With that, You pull me into a sitting position and say, "Now, we're going out in a little while. I'm going to be punishing you, you know why, and if you embarrass me at all, in any way, you will regret it? Understand?"
"Uh, yeah, sure Sir, whatever You say" I reply, a little unsure of what I'm agreeing to here, "What are You planning on doing?" You slap me once, hard, across the face. "When I want you to know what I'm doing, I'll tell you. You're going to learn a lesson in obedience and self-control". I lower my eyes and bow my head slightly "Yes Master", I say quietly.
"Good. Now, what did I promise you last night?"
"Last night Sir? Uh?"
"What…did…I… promise…you…last…night?" You repeat threateningly.
"Um, Sir, You … uh", my mind goes completely blank for a very long minute. "Oh. Right. You said You were going to, um, cane me again today Sir", I finally come out with, after an unacceptable period.
You look at me coldly for a second, and then say "It was going to be 10 strokes when we got home - it's now 12 strokes - BEFORE we go out". I open my mouth (foolishly, I know) to protest, but before I can get a word out You say, "And if I hear anymore nonsense from you, it'll be a dozen more when we get back – and then every morning and evening for two weeks".
I close my mouth with a snap, resolving to behave myself and obey You immediately and without question from now on; (which I know I should be doing anyway, but I realize lately I haven't been, and that's what this punishment is all about.) "Sir I'm sorry. Whatever You want. I know I deserve this, I've been leading up to it for weeks now, I know. Please, don't be mad at me, Master, I'll be good I swear." You reach out and take my face in one of Your hands, "I have a friend, a Mistress, who would love nothing better than to have a disobedient little slave to punish and amuse Herself with. Annoy me again tonight, and I'll give you to Her for a week – and believe me, you won't enjoy a single second of it. I'm a teddy bear compared to what She'll do to you…"
I stare at You and nod silently, not trusting myself to speak at all. You sigh and smile tenderly at me, "You are right to be afraid dear. But you do know, don't you, that it's all for your own good. You need to be corrected for your mistakes, for disobedience – what sort of Master would I be if I let you get away with things? Hmmmm? You need to remember one thing, and one thing only. Serving me is the most important thing in your life – if I'm happy, you're happy. You seem to have forgotten this lately."
I nod unhappily at You, knowing everything You say is true. You kiss me gently on the forehead and say to me softly, "Go wash your face, fetch my cane and be back here, ready for me in 20 minutes."
"Yes Master" I reply, with confused feelings. How can You be so hard, so unyielding and yet at the same time be so tender and understanding? I frown slightly to myself. You give me a couple of light taps on the cheek, saying with a smile "Go on now …you're thinking too much, and besides, you don't want to keep me waiting do you?" I grin at You and jump up quickly, shaking my head. I look back as I get to the door and call out over my shoulder, "Thanks Master". You point at the door and say with mock seriousness "Go…" - I hear You chuckling as I leave
I go up to the bathroom and wash my face with cold water, thinking how lucky I am to have a Master who cares enough to not let me get away with … well, with anything, and cares enough to not listen when I say no. After all, half the reason I misbehave is to see if I can get away with it, and the fact that He calls me on it, (and won't tolerate it) is re-assuring. I smile to myself, it means He must care
I turn off the water and dry my face. Humming to myself, I wander into Your study and retrieve the cane You want. As I pick it up, I'm suddenly reminded of what it's going to feel like on top the welts from last night, and the humming stops abruptly. Shit. It's going to hurt like hell. Why do I have to behave badly? Why don't I just do as He wants? I know I'm going to eventually anyway, so why put us both through this adolescent crap? I sigh to myself, promising yet again to reform
I go back downstairs to wait for You. I sit on the sofa crossed legged with the cane across my lap, head leaning back, eyes closed. Shit! I jump up as if bitten by a snake – I guess I should be naked for You. I quickly strip off all my clothes and start hurriedly folding them, or at least getting them all into a pile. I sit back on the sofa, with the cane over my legs again, just as You walk back in the room. You smile slightly when You see me sitting there, "Well done dear. I think that's the first time in a week you haven't kept me waiting for you. Are you ready?"
I nod my head vigorously, "Yes Master, absolutely".