Writing a story that fell into the 'exhibitionist and voyeur' category went over so well here (and turned me on so much as well) that I can't help but try another, despite not having finished that other story yet. I hope you enjoy this as much as I did when it came to me. ~A (Feedback please!)
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James picked up the phone with his usual 'Hullo?' that made him sound braindead. "Hey you, can I borrow your digital camera?"
"This is brand new, Kristen, I don't really want to lend it out..." I could almost hear the gears turning in my classmate's mind over the phone. "For how long?"
"I just want to take some pictures. I don't have any of myself that aren't horrible, and most of those are getting old now too." I failed to mention that I wanted to document how fat I was so I could force myself to exercise more frequently. I'd delete any less-clothed photos off his camera before I gave it back... he didn't need to know.
I heard the digitized sigh. "Alright, come over later and you can borrow this. I'll kill you if you do anything to it."
I did my best to answer seriously. "Jimmy, I'm not going to smash your new toy. Relax. And I'll see you later."
I walked to James' after spending three and a half hours in the library working on my research paper. I should've been at the gym, but the whole reason I was borrowing the camera was because I didn't have enough motivation for that. One of the other people living at the Russian-themed house opened the door. "Hi Kira. C'mon in."
"Thanks Rosa. Is Dmitri here, do you know?" The girl shrugged so I just headed up the stairs and knocked on my friend's door. "Dima..." I called when he didn't immediately answer.
He yanked open the door then, glaring at me. "Jeez, I was coming, Kris. Give me a moment." He waved me in as he turned and went back to rummaging in a drawer. When he turned back to me he had a black camera case with a strap, and he was putting the neatly-wrapped cable in it that would connect the camera to my computer. The camera was sitting on his desk as always, and he sighed reluctantly as he picked it up to put it in the case too. "Could I take your pictures?" he asked me, brightening.
He must really be attached to his new camera. If I had just wanted a few pictures of me, I wouldn't have had a problem with it. But I wanted the nude pictures so I could motivate myself too... and as much as I cared for James, I wasn't sure I was up for him taking those.
While I was trying to come up with a good reason I could turn him down, I must've blushed, because he moved closer and asked, "What?" in a quiet voice, clearly catching on to something I wasn't telling him. He reached out with the hand holding the cloth case and shoved his door closed, then prompted me. "Kristen?"
I licked my lips and sighed, looking up at him. "I want a few pictures of me like I said, yeah, but I also want to take some nude pictures... I need motivation to get myself to the gym more often." This made him color slightly too, but at this point, having the subject out in the open as it was, I was up for taking it a step further. "Would you take them?" I asked quietly. "It'll be hard to take good pictures of myself. And you've got amazing skills when it comes to photography." I waved a hand at his walls, which had framed photos on them, but I don't think he noticed.
His eyes were locked on my face. "Do you mean that?" he asked quietly.
His stare was getting to me, making my stomach twist oddly. "I trust you not to spread pictures of me around campus, so yeah. I wouldn't mind having GOOD pictures of me." Then I lost my confidence. "Would... are you ok with that?"
A smile spread across his face. "Of course, Kristen. I'm just amazed you asked me to do it."
"So am I," I told him with a shaky smile. "I wasn't planning to when I came up here."
He chewed on his lip a moment, trying to decide where to go from there, then just asked, "Where do you want to do it? Here? Your dorm?"
I blinked, not really having thought about the details when I got up the courage to ask him. "Um, not that I have anything against our friends here at Russian House," I told him, "I'd kinda like privacy. No one in my dorm cares if you come over, and no one's likely to come knock on the door to get something." I guess he agreed that it was a good point, because he just turned to grab his leather jacket (still gorgeous italian leather despite getting beat up somewhat) and gestured for me to lead the way out the door.
*****
Leading James into my dorm room was probably one of the hardest and most erotic things I've ever done. After walking silently from his house to my dormitory, I know I couldn't keep my thoughts off stripping for him. Walking into the room (that I'd luckily cleaned up earlier that day) made my thighs clench and my heart skip a beat. I couldn't believe I was actually doing this.
But James had taken the time during the walk to come up with a way to get past the awkwardness. "Is that the outfit you want for the regular pictures?" he asked me, hands quickly pulling his camera out of the case while he smiled at me, no signs of anything other than friendly helpfulness on his face. I wasn't ready to look too closely at his eyes, those expressive green eyes of his, so I'm not sure if he had more on his mind than being friendly. I know I sure did.
I looked down at myself, then shrugged. My jeans were one of my nicer pairs, and the button-front navy shirt was nice, and dressed up the jeans a little. "Sure, these are nice enough. What does my photographer think?" It wasn't quite as natural as my usual joking, but it was halfway there. C'mon, Kristen, you are friends. This is going to go fine, I told myself. But if it was going to go fine, why was I so jittery?
James looked around the room quickly, assessing the scene with his photographer's eye. Then he nodded at the blue wall hanging above my bed. "That'll make a nice background. We can do a couple sets if you want to change outfits," he told me professionally, and the knot of unease started to unwind in my stomach. He was going to be very good about this, I realized with relief.
I nodded, taking a look at the background and then hopping up on my purple comforter so the center of the medallion design was just above my shoulder. "Like this?" I asked, crossing my ankles and gently setting my hands on my knees.
"You look great, Kris," he told me, bringing his camera up to his eye and using the lens rather than the digital view screen. It made me feel like he was eagerly framing good shots for me, rather than just watching the result of where he aimed his camera. "Tilt your head a bit to the... to your left? Great." He let me pose naturally, occasionally adding little pointers like that, until I was quite pleased he'd asked to take the pictures... I was getting a professional photoshoot here.
"Give me a moment to change my shirt?" I asked him after we'd probably taken close to fifty photos. "The white linen shirt of mine is a little more relaxed, and it'll match this tapestry real well, too." He nodded, turning to let himself out of the room. I was going to stop him, tell him he was going to see me naked eventually, but I bit my lip. He was being very courteous of me and my feelings, I wasn't going to stop him. I unbuttoned the navy shirt and hung it up quickly (more to get it out of the way than because I cared if it was hung up), then grabbed my white shirt and rolled up the sleeves like I usually wore it. Then I realized I was wearing a black bra and wasn't sure if I had a white one.
I was rummaging in my drawer when I heard James' voice. "Jeez, Kristen, how long does it take to change your shirt?"