Chapter 7: Aroma
Joe went back to her room with the dried clothes all folded up. She was not on her bed. She might have gone for a bath. He opened her wardrobe, laid them in, and closed it again. He turned to leave, but he saw the journal on the cabinet. He walked to it and opened it. The first page read 'The descent'. Before he could turn a page, he heard Maya's voice coming from his back. He was horrified.
"There is this recurring theme in the stories. The sub gets punished if he does something bad," she said. He turned around, his face turning red. She was leaning on the bathroom doorframe. She had a towel wrapped over her hair to let it dry. And another towel wrapped around her body from her chest to her thighs. He looked down at her barefoot and allowed himself a momentary wave of pleasure before an inevitable explosion. He closed his eyes to feel it, it was exhilarating. He opened them and looked at her. She was not amused by the look of her. He couldn't reply to her. He swallowed.
"What are you doing, Joe?" she seemed disappointed. He wanted to lie. He wanted to say to he came to put the clothes back in. But he couldn't lie, he couldn't disappoint her.
"I," he gulped. "I opened your journal, Maya."
"Is that good or bad?" she asked.
"I didn't disobey you," he defended himself.
"Did I say anything about disobeying me?" she snapped. He shook his head and looked down. She continued with a normal tone, "No, I asked, is that good or bad? Answer only my question and not the other things."
"I just thought," he was immediately interrupted.
"What have I said?"
'Was she talking about the journal or,' he thought. He took the gamble and said, "Thinking is not for me," he looked into her eyes, "Doing is my task. Following is my task." She smiled at him. He felt his heart recover. 'So, you have done something right. You idiot.'
"Good, remember that," she said, "Now, answer my question."
"Looking into other people's journals is bad," he answered. Then he remembered what she had said, 'Punishment,' his eyes lit up. 'She intends to punish me,' He tried very hard to look sad.
"Right. Because this is your first mistake, I'll leave you be," she also looked relieved.
'She was not going to punish me,' he thought. She wanted to walk away from the responsibility of disciplining someone. She didn't want to be forward. 'I can be forward. This is my chance and I'm not going lose this,' he walked quickly to her and said, "This is hardly my first mistake. I have irritated you in the morning," she frowned but he continued listing his crimes, "I forgot about your task, I smelled your socks without your permission," she seemed to be smiling. Pleasure returned and it felt good to be confessing all this, "And now, I have done this," he finished.
There was a moment of silence. To slice it, he knelt at her feet and pleaded, "Please, you have to punish me." He knew he was doing the right thing because the pleasure he felt then was the best he had ever felt. It was intoxicating. He pleaded with uneven breaths once again, "Please."
"Joe, I have nothing more to punish you with except for the tasks which you have already agreed to do."
He scurried for an answer, "I'm talking about corporal punishment," he said, "You can slap me,"
She seemed to finally understand his intention. She seems resigned to doing it and slapped him on the cheek. It was more than a tap but definitely was not a slap. He smiled, looked up at her, and said, "You can do better than that."
She pursed her lips and said, "You don't understand, I have strong arms."
"Try me."
SLAP
She slapped him hard this time. That knocked him to his side, he caught himself from falling to the ground. She was immediately beside him, leaning down. His cheek was red, and his pleasure was red hot.
"I told you," she said.
"I'm not crying, am I?" he looked at her. She was concerned for him, but he could also feel that she liked it.
"Did you like it?" he asked her.
"What?" she curled her mouth still staying near him.
"You liked slapping me?" he said.
She stood up straight and looked ashamed.
"No shame in liking that. For what it's worth, I liked it too," he said.
"I can see that," she nodded. He looked down to see his full erection. "Yes, I enjoyed it." She finally admitted.
"You can slap me if you want,"
"How many?" she asked quickly. She wanted to do it. He knew how she felt. He was aroused just like she was.
"As many you want," he said, "Of course, that is until I can hold my tears in."
She nodded and swallowed.
SLAP.
She slapped him with the other hand this time. He fell to the other side. The ecstasy of pleasure increased, and he got to his knees again to provide her, his cheeks to slap. She still was concerned about him.