"Just ask the question," demands Nari, plucking a chocolate truffle disguised as a bloody eyeball from a bowl of Halloween-themed treats. She's wearing a green, skintight jumpsuit with the "WM" waste management logo painted across her ass. The green fabric is smudged with dirt, brown makeup, and coated in long, opaque strings. A grey hood is sloppily tacked across her shoulders. Silky black hair is pulled into a high ponytail, and her flawless brown skin and big, green eyes don't even begin to match her grungy outfit.
Conor sighs, the loose pieces on his pinata costume shuddering with him. Of course Nari would find some way to fuck with him tonight, but did it have to be this? "What the hell are you thinking with this costume, Nari? Is this some kind of cry for help?"
He's genuinely concerned. The two of them had been flirting heavily until about a month ago. She'd unknowingly triggered him, and in response he said some things he didn't mean. By the time they had talked everything through, she was firmly in the friendzone, and he felt like a total dickweed. Since then, every communication between them had been either extremely sterile, or extremely horny. He thought she was playing games with his mind, and she thought the same.
"Nope," she smiles widely. "Billie asked me what I wanted to be for Halloween, and what she made is beyond perfect. I'm disappointed that you don't like it." She sets the truffle on her tongue and swiftly crunches the chocolate shell between her front teeth, letting the dark red cherry center almost drip down her chin before licking it clean.
Conor pulls off his multicolored hood, shaking his wavy brown hair. He consciously refuses the twinge of lust at the sight of her tongue moving around in her mouth. "It says cum dumpster," he groans.
"Did you see all the fake cum dribbles?" she asks him, running her hand over the lettering across her breasts. "I made them with hot glue."
Conor brings a hand up to massage his brow, simultaneously cutting off his view of her chest as he attempts to ward off the growing tension. "Please tell me you used one of those torso things that fashion people use."
"Well Conor, you know me pretty well by now... Do you really think I have burn marks all over my titties?"
"Naaariii..."
"You know the rules about groaning my name like that. Now, if you'll excuse me, I'm gonna go find another load before trash day is over," she smirks, sticking her tongue out - still red from the cherry juice.
His guts flip. What did she mean by another? How could she stand to be so brazen? Nari wasn't considering her own safety at all. He'd promised to respect her choices as a friend, but letting her go off and be used by the first man who could sound out the boner-inducing words on her costume was unthinkable. With as much effort as he's expended to keep her at arms-length, he hasn't been able to stop thinking about her smile, or her laugh, or the flirty messages that had never failed to stop his heart.
He tries to ignore the burning feelings of concern, tries to remind himself that it's her life, and she can do whatever the hell she wants. He tires to remind himself that he barely even knows her... He tries his best to focus on the Halloween party, but every slutty bunny and sexy nurse he sees reminds him of Nari, and he finds himself frantically searching the room for a sight of her. Panic rises inside him as each patch of green or grey he locates in the crowd of bodies turns into someone else. She could get hurt. Some other guy could already be using her. He could be too late...
He shuffles along one wall, checking every knob and peering into every open room. After slamming the door on a female cop going down on Frankenstein's monster, and a half-naked group of what looked to be Power Rangers, Conor hears Nari's delicate laughter coming from a long hallway. Fear and jealousy tense his muscles, and he follows the sound past a half-shut patio door and onto a wide balcony.
Nari is being pressed up against the wall by some guy in a Spiderman costume. Her feet shuffle between his, wriggling against his gangly hold. Conor's rage bubbles over. Without a word, he grabs the back of the man's spandex suit, dragging him off Nari. Spiderman splutters against the force, catching himself against the steel railing and immediately diving into a pathetic display of apology. "Hey, bro! She said she was single! Please, dude, I had no idea that was your girl!"