NOTE: This story takes place after Kat's Boytoy: The Party and Kat's Boytoy: Wild Lust
CHAPTER ONE
My name is Kat and I am an Esper, a person gifted with psychic powers. For over a year and a half now, I have been enjoying an intensely kinky BDSM relationship with my boytoy, Ben. Instead of whips and chains and chastity belts, however, I use my mental abilities in all sorts of ways to dominate him, sensually tormenting his body and mind until he can't stand it anymore, forcing him to please me while I tease him with only occasionally blessings of relief. If it sounds a bit harsh, don't worry. It's always been in good fun. I can be pretty intense with my sadism sometimes, but he's a total masochist for my brand of psychic sex play, so it all works out.
At least, it used to. But all good things have to end someday, right? Ben came over to my place the other night, and I could tell he wasn't bringing good news. Just heading to the door, I could feel the mix of emotions, mainly anxiety, emanating off him. When a person was that wound up, I didn't have to pry to sense what they were feeling. Ben swallowed hard when I opened the door and gave him a smile, hoping to ease his mood. "Hello, boytoy. You aren't due for another couple of days. Feeling tense already?"
"Already" was a bit of a joke. We'd incorporated orgasm denial into our sexual play since the beginning. I used to let him pop at least once a week, usually twice, but after last summer, I got into the habit of extending the time between climaxes. I loved to make him cum, but I also enjoyed feeling his sexual excitement and frustration wash over me as we fucked. I now usually let him pop only once every two weeks. Sometimes I'd extend it to three if I was feeling especially wicked. It drove him absolutely crazy, but when I did finally let him cum, it was unlike any orgasm most men get to experience in their lives. Trust me, I made sure it was worth it.
However, as he stood at the door looking almost pensive, his nine day stretch of blue balls seemed the last thing on his mind. I frowned a bit. "Are you alright?" I said.
"Kat, we, uh... we need to talk..." he said.
My frown deepened. I resisted the urge to just pluck the information from his head. "What is it?"
"I got the internship," he said. "The one for Zoaheim." I sensed a wave of emotion flow off him as admitting that made his heart beat faster. Anxiety, but also some elation.
I fixed Ben with a hard stare as I processed what he had just said to me. "You're actually going. To Zoaheim."
Ben nodded. "I got the internship. Actually, it's a bit more complicated than an internship, more like an actual apprenticeship. I do this job and I am set for a career. It could even put me on the fast track to be a translator for the Council of Nations." He chuckled almost nervously. "I mean, that's not guaranteed, obviously. But you know, I mean, wouldn't that be something?"
I blinked in surprise. I'd had no idea Ben had that kind of ambition! Were this any other sort of job prospect, I would certainly have been happy for him. But this wasn't just any kind of job. "That's... great..." I said. My attempt at a smile ended up as a frown. "But... Zoaheim? Really?"
"Yeah, I know," he said.
My frown deepened. "That continent full of monsters and savages. It's where they exile rogue Mages and Espers and war criminals."
"Not on the continent," he said. "I'd be working on an island that borders Zoaheim and Iteru waters."
"But you'll be working with Zoaheim Demihumans," I said.
Ben gave me a calm, patient smile, like a teacher addressing a particularly slow student. "It's a military guarded immigration facility. I'd be helping evaluate if said Demihumans could leave Zoaheim. By the time they'd reach my island, they'd have already been to a few other islands for assessment and learning. And if something did go wrong, there are guards and protocols handle it."
He'd explained this to me before, but I was still having trouble processing it. "Went wrong. Like a Demihuman cutting open your throat if he doesn't like how your interview is going."
Ben nodded. "Yes. That part scares me. But I still want to do this. I'll be trained on how to handle something like that. And if I can survive it, I can survive any job."
"Until something goes wrong."
Ben felt a flash of frustration. I didn't even need my psychic powers to see it, despite his attempt to hide it. But I couldn't help it. Zoaheim was called the Forbidden Continent for centuries, and for good a reason. I knew scientists and military personnel were stationed there, but training for being a translator? Well, actually, I supposed a linguist would be very valuable there, but I wouldn't think Zoaheim would be a good place for a training position. I didn't like it one bit.
Of course, it wasn't just the danger. "How long would you be gone?"
Ben frowned but said, "A lot longer than I originally thought. I'd have to do basic training and survival courses, and such. All told, I'd be gone for about a year."
I felt a pang in my chest. "A year?"
"Yeah," he said. "I know. That's why we need to talk about this."
Being apart for summer break was one thing. Ben had been able to drive down to see me over that summer. But this was on the other side of the planet. I kept a calm face, but the tight feeling in my chest didn't go away. I tried to keep my cool. "Not sure what there is to say. You want to go. You need to go. So go."
"I know you're upset—"
"Gee, you think? You're ditching me to go play around with monster women." Ben scowled. Inwardly, I cursed myself. Why did I say that?
"Um, that's really not it, Kat."
I let out a sigh. "Yes, I know. It's just the thought of you going there scares me. I know I couldn't do it. And if I'm being honest, I don't want you doing it."
Ben's jaw set. "Well, I'm doing it, barring something intervening. You don't want me to go, you'll have to mind control me."
I felt a bit of anger well up, but I forced myself to stay calm. I realized that, excited as he was for his future, he was pretty scared of the idea of going there, too. But he needed to defend his choice, because if he backed out now, he'd be kicking himself over it for years.
"I would never do that to you," I said calmly. I tried to think of something to say, something less potentially offensive. "Look, I'm sorry. I don't want to come off as prejudice, but the truth is, I've just never been comfortable around Demihumans. And you know what kind of horror stories they tell about the Forbidden Continent. Just the thought of you being around Demihumans who've grown up there... Well. You can't blame me for worrying, huh?" It was the truth.
"I see." Ben frowned. "Well, you sure didn't have any problems giving me those psychic visions of being fucked by them."
"That was just a fantasy," I said. "And I thought you'd like it."
"I did." He paused for a moment, trying to collect his thoughts. "I'm coming off hostile, aren't I? I'm sorry. I guess I was expecting a fight, so I'm all defensive." He gave me a sincere look. "Kat, you know this doesn't mean we can't see each other again. I'll be gone for a year, but it's not like we can't hook back up when I return. That is, if you'll still want me."
I nodded. "Of course."
Ben smiled, a bit relieved. "Okay. Now comes the part you might not like, but I have to insist. You need to release your psychic conditions on me before I go. It is a dangerous place. I can't be distracted if something does happen, and I end up getting tranced out at a critical moment because of one of your conditions."