It's been two weeks since I've had an orgasm. I'm accustomed to having at least one a day, and sometimes many more than that, if I'm feeling particularly lubricious. There have been days where I go to bed with my cunt sore, swollen and dripping from the constant masturbation and countless orgasms. Fourteen days ago, I decided to try something a little different. I decided to see what would happen if I tortured myself with masturbation, but didn't have a single orgasm. The experiment has been a rewarding one so far. The masochist in me relishes the torment of being brought to the trembling edge of climax and then being forced away from it, over and over again. I love the feeling of complete frustration, the flushed skin, the sweat, the knots of tension in my abdomen, the trembling limbs.
By day fourteen, my body has become exquisitely sensitive. Right now I'm sitting on a stool at the end of the bar in my favorite haunt, and there is a bullet vibrator buzzing against my clit. The remote control for the vibe is in the pocket of my jeans, set to low. Every now and again my hips give a helpless jerk on the bar stool and I have to bite my lower lip to hold back a groan. My face is flushed and I'm breathing too fast, almost panting. I look around at the other customers and wonder if any of them realize that they are sitting near a woman who is on the verge of orgasm. None of them appear to be watching me. I sip my drink and then cross my legs so that the bullet presses hard on my clit. I rock back and forth, teasing myself, my thighs and belly trembling with the effort to hold back the orgasm. Right before I reach the point of no return, I stop rocking. I spread my legs, lessening the pressure of the vibe on my clit,
"Is everything alright?" someone asks. I look up and see that it's Owen, the bartender.
"Yes, I'm fine," I say. I'm breathless, and he doesn't look convinced. He studies my face for a moment and then his gaze flicks down the v-neck of my top. I wonder if he notices the flush creeping up my breasts. I slurp down the rest of my drink.
"Would you like another?" Owen asks.
"Just a glass of water please, and then I'll close out." I say. It's almost last call. I decide that I'm going to finish my water and then go home. Once I get there, I'm going to bring the experiment to its conclusion. I'll give myself as many orgasms as I can stand, then go to sleep. I reach into my pocket and turn the vibrator up to medium. I gasp and then give a little groan. I'm so close. I wonder what it would be like to come right here at the bar, in front of everyone. I grind myself helplessly against the vibrator, the seam of my tight jeans pressing the bullet against my clit. At that moment Owen returns with my water and the check.
"Here you go," he says. I reach for the check, but my hand is trembling so badly that I knock my glass over instead. Owen steps out from behind the bar to mop up the spill, and I stoop to start picking up ice cubes. When I bend down, the controller for the vibrator pops out of my pocket and clatters to the ground. The battery compartment springs open and double A's go rolling across the floor. The vibrations against my clit cease and I freeze, my face heating. I glance at Owen and wonder if he knows what he's looking at.
He picks the controller up, retrieves the batteries and pops them back into their compartments. The vibrator buzzes into life and I moan at the suddenness of it, my hips giving a couple of little thrusts before I can stop them. Owen smiles at me, the controller for the vibrator still in his hand. "I thought there was something going on with you tonight" he says. "You're even less talkative than usual."
I stare at him, trying to take deep breaths and to ignore the vibrations against my clit. My face feels like it has turned purple. Of all the people who could catch me, of course it has to be Owen. I've had a huge crush on him ever since I started going to this bar three years ago, and he knows it. He seems to enjoy watching me turn into a red-faced, stammering moron whenever he flirts with me. It's amazing how easy it is for an attractive man to rob me of all composure. At the moment, I am so far from composed that it's surprising I'm not attracting the attention of everyone in the bar. I stare down at my hands, trying to think of something to say.
"My ex-girlfriend had something like this," Owen says, and almost idly, he thumbs the button on the vibrator's controller up a notch. The buzzing against my clit intensifies and I jerk, gasping and trying not to moan. My entire body feels flushed and hot. Tension coils inside of me, made up of a giddy conglomeration of fear, humiliation, exultation, and aching arousal. A part of me wants him to turn the vibe all the way up, to force me to a violent climax right in the middle of the bar where everyone can see me. Another part of me wants to run back home as fast as it can.
I manage to look into Owen's eyes, trying to read his expression, and when I do so, he turns the vibe up one more notch. My body arches, poised on the very brink of orgasm. Then he hits the button again. The vibrations diminish and he hands the controller back to me. He smiles and says, "I'm going to be making last call in about half an hour. Would you like to stick around and have a drink with me after I close up shop?"
"A drink?"
His smile widens. "At least to start with."
I look at him for a few moments without speaking. Then, forcing my embarrassment into a separate compartment of my being, I say, "I'd like that."
"Good," Owen says. "Let me get you another water." He bustles off and I take the opportunity to turn the vibe down to its lowest setting and slip the controller back into my pocket.
The next hour passes in a blur of color, heat, and dull pleasure. I drink water and watch Owen work while I try not to focus too much on the vibrator tormenting my swollen clit. He does an efficient job of getting the bar closed down and getting customers herded out the door. In a little over an hour the place is clean, still, and silent. I don't talk to Owen as he does the last chores of the night. I don't know what to say. I've never done anything like this before, and now doubt is creeping in. Embarrassment returns in greater force, and I find myself staring down at my hands, my head bowed so that my hair obscures my face.
I hear Owen come out from behind the bar where he has been wiping down bottles. He stands very close to me. "Why are you hiding from me?" he says.
"Suddenly, I'm feeling very shy," I say.
"You didn't feel shy in front of a whole roomful of people, but you feel shy now that it's just me?"
I nod. When he puts it that way, it does seem kind of strange, but that doesn't change how I feel. Being alone with Owen makes me feel far more vulnerable than being on the verge of orgasm in the middle of a roomful of strangers. That feeling of vulnerability makes my pulse race and my breath quicken. It darkens the flush in my cheeks and gives the throbbing between my legs a deeper, more urgent timbre.
"Why do you think that is?" He asks.