There are certain moments when being cocky pays off. But many times, it backfires badly. It was a lesson hard-learned for me, through one of my life's most embarrassing, yet, turn-on moments.
Well into my service of Master and Mistress, I made the mistake of accepting a bet I had no business participating in. You see, I was cocky, of my abilities with a basketball in hand. It happened on a weekday, on one of the days I got together with some friends on the basketball court. It's an old court that used to belong to a school that has been shut down, and is therefore a little secluded. That's pretty good for us, as we can shout and play till late without any annoyed neighbours running over to shut us down. And, in fact, the area has been known to be a secret hookup area, which I must say, would be uncomfortable.
On this particular evening, the game was winding down, and at one point of time, there were just two of us left. The other guy was an old college friend of mine, someone I've known for a while. It was at this point when he proposed a bet. We're good players of the game; why not play for something? Money isn't that important in this case, so we decided: we'd play for shame. The loser would strip down and play the next game naked. Three games to decide the ultimate winner, and we settled on the eventual loser having to run through the neighbourhood nearby in the nude for a minute.
Now, if you haven't been following my story, let me remind you of my situation: a few months ago, my roommate discovered my chastity cage and that led to a series of events which ended up with me in servitude to him and a neighbour down the hall. So, in fact, I was locked at that very moment, and no key to help me out. So why would I ever make that bet?
That's where cocky comes in.
I was a good player during my younger days, making it into the school team. Even now, I'd regularly dominate these games we played. So I was confident in my abilities. Maybe too confident.
Because I lost.
Badly.
Maybe my predicament got to my head, maybe I overestimated my abilities. But I was pretty bad in the one-on-one game. Triumphant, he ordered me to strip. I began to plead, but he wouldn't listen. A deal was a deal, and I had to pay up. We'd done challenges like this before, and it was an understanding between the group that we follow through. Why would I be exempt? And so I began, and when I was standing in only my underwear, it was the moment of truth.
I had to tell him.
It took me a few minutes to properly explain the concept to him, and when he did, he just laughed. Loud, condescending laughs cutting through the night air. Naturally, he demanded to see it, and helpless, I obliged. He stared at it for a few seconds, and then started laughing again. He composed himself after a few minutes, and then said, let's play the next game.