[Sit back, relax, and suspend belief for a moment in this world where sex is far less taboo in public spaces than you may be used to. While our characters break a sweat, you don't have to lift a finger... unless, of course, you want to.]
I guess I was still getting used to the city. Back home, before I left for college, I rarely even saw anyone making out in public. Here, I was constantly snapping my neck, seeing things like people having sex in the subway... during a workday... in front of hundreds of other people walking by.
To be sure, the city was one of a kind, with the attitude of "it's completely natural" with a dash of "if you don't like it, you can leave." As it turned out, a lot of people decided they did like it, so it stuck, and so did a bunch of very open-minded people.
Of course, with such laxity to one societal extreme had to come severity in another. There was zero tolerance for any kind of coercion or sexual misconduct in this place. I was glad I never saw or heard of such a thing in all my time there.
Although I came here for school, I didn't come here for this kind of education - but it sure was an eye opener. The nature of living in a city like this was at first, I'll admit, a little disconcerting. I was still basically a sexual newbie, and never really watched porn, so I found the surprising regularity with which I was introduced to various sexual acts jarring. However, now in my third year of university, I noticed that the shock of public sex acts was starting to turn into something else.
I was gradually becoming one of them. No longer aghast at seeing a blowjob at the coffee shop, my friends and I might even high five a couple during or afterward. It was now almost routine to go see a play that incorporated fully nude or sexual scenes. On occasion, I had even witnessed some mutual masturbation in the break room among coworkers.
I was likely to observe these events without flinching, but I had never been the one they were watching. As I said, I must have still been getting used to it. Until the day in the park, that is.
I was sitting on a bench under a tree before going home from my classes, wearing a pink sundress and white flats. I was studying for one of my big finals when a man maybe 10-15 years older than me who was passing by, stopped. When I looked up, he smiled at me in a friendly way.
"I couldn't help but notice the book you're reading. I had to read that when I was in school, too," he began.
I blushed. He was actually really attractive. Just my type, with dark hair and hazel eyes. Great smile, too. I kinda hoped he was flirting with me.
"Oh... yeah?" I began, nervously.