In contrast to the head-spinning events of the previous week, the next couple weeks were relatively uneventful for Ray. He had less trouble keeping his mind off of sex while his new piercing healed than he had been expecting. Both he and Allison were busy with work, and what time they had together they spent watching TV and talking. Ray continued running and doing yoga at Allison's request, and found himself sleeping better and feeling increasingly happier and healthier. They settled into a comfortable routine where Ray would run early in the morning, have a smoothie Allison made him, work until lunch, eat, work a few more hours, then do yoga and make dinner for the both of them. For a while all of these new things felt like burdensome chores to Ray, but it wasn't long before he began to appreciate the positive effects on his mood and confidence. He felt more energetic and sharper than he could ever remember.
One morning Allison caught him examining himself in the mirror.
"Admiring yourself?" she asked jokingly.
Ray laughed, but it was kind of true. He had lost almost 10 pounds since all this started, and he could already see visible effects. He looked more toned and less chubby.
"Now I just need to start hitting the weights and get ripped," Ray said.
Allison wrinkled her nose. "I don't want to you to change what's working, honey. Just stick with the running and yoga. Weightlifting might make you start gaining weight again. Plus, you're not really the musclebound meathead type, and I like that about you."
Ray shrugged. "Sure, whatever, you say." He looked at himself in the mirror again. "Sheesh, I need a haircut, though." Ray usually kept his hair short, but it had been a few months since his last haircut and his blonde hair was long enough now that it was starting to get in his eyes and get slightly curly around the edges.
"Absolutely not!" Allison said. "You look great with long hair. Promise me you won't cut it without consulting me."
"Okay. Of course, babe," Ray said, a little puzzled.
"One thing we do need to do is get you some new clothes, though! I'm taking you shopping on Saturday."
"I won't object to that," Ray said cheerily.
That Saturday, Allison took Ray to the local mall. They walked through stores for hours while Allison picked out clothes for Ray to try on. Ray normally hated shopping, but this was different. Allison was showing interest in him, and the thought of looking good for her excited him. His current wardrobe wasn't exactly fashionable, skewing mostly toward comfortable baggy clothes. At the mall, though, Allison had him trying on much more tailored, form-fitting clothes, like skinny jeans and slim-fit shirts. One of the pairs of pants he tried on was so tight that he could barely pull the bottoms of them over his ankles! They turned out to be Allison's favorite pair, naturally. She also bought him a few new pairs of fashionable, minimal sneakers to replace the tennis shoes he wore every day.
At the end of the day, Allison told him they had one last store to visit. Ray was relieved, as he still found shopping a little tiring, but he was a little surprised when Allison guided him into Victoria's Secret.
"You've been so cooperative today, I'm going to give you a treat," Allison said. "You get to pick out the sexiest thing you can find here, and I'll save it for a special occasion." She smiled devilishly.
Ray's eyes lit up and his cock twitched. He immediately began looking around the store, imagining Allison's perfect, athletic body in all of the skimpy lingerie that surrounded him. He examined all sorts of different bras and panties, growing increasingly aroused as he imagined Allison modeling all of them. Finally, his eye was drawn to a full lingerie set that was displayed on a mannequin. Everything was black patterned lace, and it consisted of full stockings, a garter belt, a thong, and a bra that barely covered anything. The tops of the stockings were decorated with small red bows.
Ray turned to Allison and pointed at the mannequin. "That."
Allison giggled at his eagerness. "Excellent choice, Ray. Maybe with some high heels?"
Ray nodded vigorously.
"I thought so. Let me just pick out the right sizes and we can go."
"Don't I get a sneak peek in the dressing room?" Ray asked mischievously.
Allison grinned at him. "Good things come to those who wait."
They drove home, but Ray couldn't stop thinking about Allison in the lingerie he had picked out. The whole night he kept putting his arm on her and rubbing her shoulders. He persisted until Allison had to tell him to stop.
"I know you're feeling romantic right now, Ray," she said, "but your piercing is still healing. We can't have sex even if I wanted to."
Ray hung his head. It was the truth. He tried to distract himself with a reality show while Allison read on the couch, but he couldn't get his mind off of sex. Allison was right, though, they couldn't have any kind of sex for another few weeks while his piercing healed. Except...
Ray put his hand on Allison's leg and looked at her sheepishly. "Hey babe, I was, um, thinking that..."
Allison put down her book and looked at him.
Ray continued. "I was thinking that, even though we can't have, you know, normal sex, maybe we could do, uh, what we did a couple weeks ago?"
Allison cocked her eyebrow. "What exactly are you asking, Ray?"
"Um, to do the stuff we did with the uh..." his voice dropped to a whisper. "...dildo?"
"Ray, there's no way we're doing something if you can't even say what it is. Tell me what you want me to do."
"I want you to have sex with me, with the dildo?" Ray said, unsure.
Allison shook her head. "I'm not sure what that means. You have to be more specific." It was clear she knew what he was talking about, but wanted to make him squirm a little.
Ray swallowed. "I... I want you to fuck my ass with a strap-on."
Allison's face broke into a wide smile. "Oh, that," she said playfully. "Are you sure want that?"
"Yes."
"Yes, what?"
"Yes, I want you to fuck my ass with a strap-on," Ray said more confidently.
"Which strap-on, though? I need more details."
"Your strap-on?"
"Hmmm," Allison said, clearly enjoying this, "that's not what I call it."
Ray took a deep breath. "I want you to fuck my ass with your cock."
Allison bit her lip and thought for a few seconds as Ray waited anxiously for her answer. "How about this," she said finally. "I'll fuck your ass with my cock next weekend, but only if you do some homework."
Ray nodded eagerly.
"I want you to spend the next week finding porn where the guy does a particularly good job of fucking the girl, where he's really getting her off. I want you focus on what he's doing and how he's bringing pleasure to the woman he's with. I think it will be really good for you, and help you understand what it means to please your partner. Are you ok with that?"