Harem House - Selene

"Is this band more rock or country?" Rani asked as she, Selene, and Kat climbed the stairs to Arthur's apartment.

"The band plays both. This is more of a country bar." Selene explained. "They have a mechanical bull and everything, so I expect it will be more country music."

"And you're sure about these clothes?" Rani asked. They came to the third-floor landing, where she waited for Selene to unlock the door. "Is this too much? I feel silly."

Like the others, Rani dressed up for their outing that evening. She didn't have cowgirl boots, so she'd worn mid-calf high heeled boots. With them, she wore long boot-cut jeans that clung to every curve of her thighs, hips, and ample butt, which looked good if she said so herself. Above her jeans, she wore a checkered black and white flannel collar shirt like an open jacket; a white halter crop top beneath it showed off her belly button piercing with its gold dangle.

"You look hot." Selene assured her. "And it's not too much." She glanced at Kat, the most thematic of the three.

"What? You said I looked cute in this!" Kat defended herself to Selene, who had checked her outfit before they left their apartment.

Kat wore a pair of pink cowgirl boots, and tight but otherwise modest white shorts that accentuated her butt, smaller than Rani's but more prominent than Selene's. Tucked into her waistband was a button-up pink and white plaid shirt with the top buttons undone to show her cleavage. The embroidered pink cowgirl hat on her head matched the boots.

"You do." Rani assured her. "Very sexy too."

"It's just..." Selene hesitated.

"Very on theme." Rani volunteered as Selene opened the front door.

Kat shook her head. "Should I leave the hat here? Is it too much?"

"It's a bit much." Selene admitted.

Kat sighed. "Fine. I'll leave it in the car or something." She said as she followed Selene and Rani into the apartment.

Selene had chosen a simpler ensemble for the evening. She wore a black long-sleeve t-shirt that showed off a narrow strip of stomach between it and the ripped-up pair of black denim jeans she wore with it. Her boots were also black, and the open sweater she wore over it all was white, with knitted loops wide enough to show it all off. It was a modest outfit but showed off her body if she ditched the sweater. Her piercings gave her a punk-ish style undermined by her long blonde hair tied back in low pigtail braids that fell all the way to her butt.

Selene also wore the narrow brown leather choker Arthur had given her as her collar. She adamantly refused to take it off. Kat's and Rani's necks were bare.

"So we're just hanging out until Katelyn and Kelly get here?" Rani asked as she plopped onto the sofa.

"And we help Master prepare for his date if he needs us." Selene added.

Kat sat on the other end of the couch as Selene entered Arthur's kitchen. "Where is he, anyway?"

"He should be here soon. He got off work a few minutes ago." Selene answered as she cracked open a window.

Rani and Kat watched Selene move around the kitchen and living room. She straightened things up, lit a lavender-scented candle, and did the few dishes in the sink.

"She really likes the whole slavery thing, huh?" Rani asked Kat as the two lounged on the sofa.

"Yeah." Kat shrugged. "She gets off on it, I guess."

Rani laughed. "I don't think I'll ever get horny over doing the dishes, but more power to her."

"It's not... sexual. It's more..." Selene was trying to find the words.

"Acts of service." Kat supplied. "It's how Selene expresses love."

"Yeah!" Selene agreed from the other room.

"My love language is anal." Rani joked, which earned a laugh from Kat.

Kat giggled. "So your giving language is physical touch. Mine is quality time, I think. The more I like someone, the more time I spend with them." She shrugged.

"Giving language?" Rani asked.

"Yeah. How you show others you love them and what makes you feel loved are sometimes two different things." Kat explained. "Everybody has a giving language, what they do subconsciously to give affection. They also have a receiving language, which makes them feel loved when other people do it to them."

Rani contemplated it, then nodded. "I think anal for both." She smirked.

"Blowjobs should be a love language." Selene called out from the kitchen.

Kat chuckled to herself. "Those both count under physical touch."

"What's Arthur's love language?" Rani asked. "What does he do to show he cares?"

Kat considered it. "Hmm... given how he is with all of us... physical touch, but I think he dabbles. Maybe quality time? He shows he cares by spending time with us? Not just playing or fucking, but talking to us, getting to know us. He does that a lot."

"Hmm." Rani appeared thoughtful.

"Like last Tuesday. We were supposed to come here and play, but he took me to dinner first. Really talked to me, engaged with me, and that was... nice." Kat said.

"He's too nice for a Dom sometimes." Rani said thoughtfully. "That's a rarity."

"Well, you enjoy being treated with respect, right?" Kat asked.

Rani nodded her agreement.

"And you like it when he takes control and dominates you?" Kat asked. Rani nodded again. "If anyone can balance the fine line between respect and domination, it's Arthur. He even treats his pet slut over there with love and respect when he's not bending her over the table."

"Fuck yeah!" Selene called out. "Master is the best."

Kat and Rani laughed.

"I advised him to be a little more dominant outside the bedroom." Rani confessed. "I thought it might help."

"I think it did, thanks." Kat confessed. "He's getting it. I think Arthur was too used to Selene's kind of submissiveness, and I guess his ex wasn't very bratty either. Still, he was pretty dominant with me last night after we gave him a lift home. It was perfect."

"Nice." Rani offered Kat a fist for her to bump, and Kat bumped it.

Selene chuckled as she witnessed the fist bump while moving from the kitchen to the bedroom. She closed the door behind her.

She was gone for a few minutes while Kat and Rani scrolled on their phones. When she returned, she had a black leather collar in hand. It was a stainless steel O-ring with black leather straps on either side. It buckled in the back like a belt. Then she got Kat's pink collar from its hook by the door and set them both on the coffee table.

Kat shared a look with Rani. "What are you doing?"

Selene answered honestly. "I was thinking we could ask Master if we can wear our collars out tonight."

"But I only wear my collar when I play." Kat reminded her. "And we're not playing with Arthur tonight. It's Kelly's date night, remember?"

"I know." Selene said, rolling her eyes. "But I had an idea. Did you see what he bought on Sunday?"

"He bought those name collars, but I didn't go through the rest of his shit." Rani shrugged.

"That is where you and Selene differ." Kat smirked. "What did you find?"

"You encourage me to snoop all the time!" Selene protested.

"I know. We're both terrible people. Arthur can spank us for it later." Kat nodded. "What'd you find?"

"Remote-control vibrators." Selene answered. "He used one on me before. It might be fun to wear them out and let him, or Kelly, control them if they want to."

They pondered momentarily. Rani had to agree it sounded hot, but she wasn't sure it'd be hot to get vibed at the wrong time. She didn't want to spill her drink, after all.

Kat was thinking along the same lines, with the added fear of getting caught. Then, there was the sin of splitting Arthur's attention. He was supposed to be giving it to Kelly, the woman who could kick their asses if they pissed her off.

"And the collars... help control them?" Rani asked, looking at the collars.

"No. They're for us. To remind us who's controlling the vibes." Selene said. She knelt on the other side of the coffee table. "I promise it'll be fun. If it's not, we go to the bathroom, turn them off, put them in our purses, and go about our evening."

Rani contemplated it. "You're confident you can keep a straight face and not get noticed having an orgasm at the bar?" Rani asked. She wasn't sure if she was up for that challenge herself.

"I can't." Kat pointed out. "I tend to..." She hesitated.

"Scream loud enough to summon the neighbors?" Rani supplied.

Kat blushed and looked down, not answering.

Selene smiled. She reached out and put a reassuring hand on her sister's knee. "You don't have to, Kat, but I thought it might be fun. So, I set them to charging."

"Nice." Rani said. "Are we doing the welcome home thing when Arthur gets here? Kneeling in that weird ass pose again?"

"Nadu?" Selene asked.

"Bless you." Rani quipped, which made Kat laugh.

"It's called the Nadu position." Selene said. "It's a pretty common slave pose."

Rani bore a thoughtful expression. "Hmm. What if you do that, and I'm just lounging on the couch when he arrives? What's a good queen slash concubine pose?"

"My vote is standing up in the display position." Kat said with a smirk. "Fully clothed."

"Fully clothed?" Selene almost seemed offended by the suggestion.

"I'm not getting my clothes all wrinkled before we go out. Besides, what if Kelly and Katelyn arrive first? I'm keeping my clothes on." Kat protested.

"Fine." Selene huffed. "What if we greet him in our own ways? Rani can lie out on the couch. I'll kneel in Nadu, and you can stand behind me in display?" Selene suggested.

Kat pictured it in her head and shrugged. "Fine."

"When's he getting here?" Rani asked.

"Soon." Selene said.

~~~

On Friday afternoon, Kelly spent some time preparing for her dinner date with Arthur. Her plan was simple: dinner and some roleplay.

Arthur was a convenient boyfriend. He was perfectly willing to explore whatever fantasies Kelly suggested. Last week, she'd been a little nervous that her preference for getting dressed up and roleplaying as foreplay for sex might scare him off. This week, she worried her role plays were too tame compared to what some of his other girlfriends offered. Kelly intended to bridge the gap.

Mindy was his office whore, ready and eager to crawl under his desk whenever he wanted. Selene was his BDSM-obsessed slave girl. Selene's sister, Katerine, was his bratty submissive. Rani was his concubine, whatever that meant, and Kelly was his wife. Well, not really his wife, but that was her nickname in the house chat, harem chat, and her messages to Arthur. She called him Mister, Sir, or Hubby as circumstances and her mood dictated, and he called her Wifey and other terms of endearment that made her feel warm inside. Sexy and sweet was a fine line, but they walked it together.

This time, since he was cooking dinner for them at his apartment, she had an overnight bag packed. Kelly knew she would stay over, and she'd suggested a roleplay she'd fantasized about for a while. Her preferences leaned domestic. Consequently, she had a scene in mind that always turned her on when she needed a good release late at night. She packed the French Maid costume in her overnight bag with some items she thought Arthur might enjoy.

Tonight was all about her and him. His other girlfriends would join them for homecoming tomorrow, but he was all hers tonight. She smiled at the thought as she put the finishing touches on her long, wavy red hair, adding some slight curl to it and checking herself in the mirror.

She dressed up for her dinner with Arthur, wearing a tight, bright red dress. It was sleeveless and strapless, with a low sweetheart neckline that would have fallen without the built-in corset that cinched her narrow waist. The top of the dress clung to her sides. It showed off her hourglass figure while the skirt flared out in folds that made up a circle skirt that fell three inches above her knee. It wasn't an indecent amount of leg, but it was obviously a dress made for date night. She had matching red heels and slipped into them before flattening her skirt and checking the mirror one last time.

Katelyn stood in the doorway, leaning against the door frame. She had a bored expression on her face. She wore cut-off jean shorts that were indecently short. They showed off every inch of her long legs, with her booty sticking out of the back a little. Above the low-riding, high-cut shorts, she showed off a flat and taut stomach, though she didn't have Kelly's ab definition. Bare stomach showed from the top of her hips to the tied-off flannel shirt that was knotted just below her small breasts. She couldn't help that her small B-cups didn't compare to Kelly's D's, but her outfit did its best to compensate for it.

"Are you ready yet?" Katelyn asked.

"Are you wearing that?" Kelly asked, surprised.

"They said it was a country music bar." Katelyn shrugged. "So... yeah?"

"Just be careful tonight." Kelly said. "Don't accept drinks from-"

"Any guys who hand them to me? Get it from the bartender; don't leave it unattended or set it down. I know. It's not my first time at a bar." Katelyn recited the warning that everyone she knew had learned by heart. "Don't worry. Katerine and her sister are coming too, remember? And that Rani girl."

Kelly nodded. Katelyn and Katerine were close friends. They'd been playing volleyball together for years. Everyone called them the Kats. Katelyn wasn't as familiar with Selene or Rani, but at least Kat was a friend.

"I just want you to be safe." Kelly assured her with a hug.

"I know, Momma." Katelyn smirked as Kelly released the hug and moved away. Katelyn returned to leaning against the doorframe.

Kelly shook her head and picked up her purse and overnight bag. Then, she set the overnight bag down to double-check the contents of her purse.

"Planning to stay at Arthur's?" Katelyn asked with an eyebrow raised.

"Just the weekend." Kelly admitted. "Tonight and Saturday night into Sunday, but I should be home Sunday afternoon."

"Sunday afternoon?" Katelyn looked aghast. "Now that's stamina for you."

Kelly shook her head but smiled. "I'll see you at homecoming, right? And text me tonight. Tell me when you get home safe."

"Yes, Momma." Katelyn said. "At least when we all move into that house, I won't always lose my roommate." Katelyn teased.

"That reminds me, you're still good for Sunday?" Kelly asked. "The brunch?"

"Yeah, I'll be there." Katelyn nodded. "I can't wait to tour this place and join your sex cult."

Kelly closed her eyes and took in a deep breath. "It's not a-"

"I know, I know. I'm teasing you, Momma." Katelyn strode into the room and gave Kelly a hug.

Kelly sighed. "That's three times now. You know I hate it when you call me that. I'm not your mom."

Katelyn chuckled. "You say you hate it, but we both know you love it, or you wouldn't act like a mom - always looking out for me and all your friends. You're the mom of every group. You can't help it."

Kelly shrugged. "I worry."

"That's the most mom thing you've said yet." Katelyn pointed out.

Kelly laughed in her gentle melody.

"Okay, well... not that I'm trying to prove you right, but are you sure you want to wear something so..." Kelly hesitated.

"Slutty?" Katelyn arched an eyebrow. "Yes, I do. You're lucky this isn't a miniskirt. With any luck, you aren't the only one getting laid tonight."

"That desperate to get over Sean?" Kelly asked. "Or is this to make him jealous?"

"He lost any right to be jealous when he cheated on me. He's not getting another chance." Katelyn stepped back. "How are you okay with your man dating other women? I'll never understand."

Kelly shrugged. "It... it's different from what I imagined, but... they're a wonderful group, and we have had no issues so far."

"It honestly doesn't bother you?" Katelyn asked. "He could be fuckin' somebody else right now, and you're cool with that?"

"I don't know." Kelly admitted. "I just know how we are together, me and him, and as a group. It just... it works, I think."

"As a group?" Katelyn asked, surprised. "You all... You fuck him as a group?"

Kelly didn't answer, but the blush on her cheeks wasn't solely from her makeup either.

"You should text me when the drama starts. I'll be there with popcorn." Katelyn shrugged. "You ready?"

"Yeah, I just need to grab one thing..." Kelly reached into her closet and pulled out a garment bag she slung over her shoulder.

"More clothes?" Katelyn asked.

"Dresses for tomorrow and Sunday." Kelly said defensively. "I can't put them in luggage. They'd wrinkle."

"Then what's in the overnight bag?" Katelyn asked.

"Toiletries and stuff." Kelly said.

"Pretty big bag for toiletries." Katelyn narrowed her eyes.

"I'm not discussing this any further with you, young lady." Kelly said, intentionally snippish for comedic effect. "Now let's go, so I can have my date with my boyfriend, and you can get laid by some rando at a bar."

Katelyn frowned. "Wow, throw that in my face. You and your loving, committed relationship with a guy and his four other side pieces."

Kelly sighed. "Be nice. You know Katerine, you're friends, right?" Kelly asked as they exited Kelly's bedroom and moved into their shared apartment.

"Yeah. Tonight will be fun." Katelyn nodded.

"No, I mean, you know her. She's not a side-piece, and neither am I. Arthur's not treating her, or any of us like..." She hesitated as she locked the door behind them.

"Like Sean treated me?" Katelyn snarked.

"I mean... yeah." Kelly said as they started toward the elevator. "In our situation, everything's out in the open. We talk about it and the others... we're a team. A community."

"With a common boyfriend." Katelyn added. "It's weird."

"Yeah." Kelly agreed. "It's weird." She shrugged. "And it's different, but that doesn't make it bad. So far, it's been great. And the sex - oh my god, Kate - the sex."

"Okay, now you're just rubbing it in." Katelyn shook her head. Still, she appeared thoughtful as the elevator stopped at the ground floor, and they walked out to the car. "But if he had to choose. Like, if the sex cult fell apart or blew up or whatever, do you think he'd choose you?"

Kelly was quiet until they got past the front doors, and then she shrugged. "Honestly, I'm not sure. I don't know. I like him a lot, and if things were different, I'd already be falling head over heels for him and adding to my wedding Pinterest. How things are helps us keep it casual, which is good for me." Kelly said as she threw her things in the trunk of her SUV and hung her garment bag. "At least, for now."

Katelyn climbed into the passenger seat, and Kelly took up the driver's seat, got settled before she turned the car on, and started the drive to Arthur's.

~~~

Arthur held a shopping bag in one hand when he walked through his apartment door. It bore a romantic bouquet with a simple plastic vase. He smiled when he saw Rani stretched out on the sofa to the left, but Selene stole the show. She was nude, in full view of the door, kneeling in the Nadu position. She kept her legs wide, palms up on her thighs, and a close-lipped smile on her face. Standing behind her in the display position, Kat also looked impressive in her cute cowgirl outfit.

"Welcome home." The girls said in unison.

Arthur closed the door behind him and shook his head. "Damn." He said with a chuckle. "Never thought those exact words would make me hard."

Kat smiled. "Are those flowers for me?"

"Don't be silly." Rani countered. "They're clearly for me."

"They're for Mistress." Selene said cheerfully, which made Rani and Kat both sigh.

"We know." Rani assured her. "We were teasing."

Kat let her arms fall from behind her head and moved to take them all the same. "Oh my god, are you okay?"

The words had Selene on her feet and by Arthur's side faster than Rani could sit up to see what Kat was talking about. She spied the red mark under Arthur's eye on the left side of his face. He had to hold his hands up in surrender to get Kat and Selene to back up a step.