Chapter 7 The Overnight Swap
Description: Aiko and Gerald try something new.
Author's Note: In Chapter 1, I announced my intention to write 10 chapters, but I now have enough story ideas to write a few more chapters. All errors are strictly mine.
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"We've got two nights left on the cruise, not including tonight," Bill observed. "So if I may, I'd like to make two or three suggestions."
The other five nodded.
"Aiko, Gerald, the four of us had a very brief discussion. We'd like you to join our little swinging group, meaning we, as a group of six, will continue swinging after the cruise. So think about it. We're not expecting you to answer right away."
Aiko and Gerald looked at each other. They nodded their agreement.
"Tonight we sleep in own staterooms to recover from tonight's sport," Bill said. "We can forget about swinging on the last night too. We all have to pack and turn in earlier than usual because disembarkation is early in the morning. So that leaves us with tomorrow night. So here is my second proposal."
"And that is..." Norman said, urging him on.
"Something we haven't done before," Bill completed. "I propose we swap spouses for the entire night."
There was silence. Even Norman and Emma had never contemplated such an arrangement even though they were best friends with Bill and Wei-ling and swung regularly with them. They were accustomed to open swinging for a few hours and then returning to their own mates for the rest of the night.
Of course, it was well known to the group that many married couples preferred closed swinging, that is, having sex with someone else's spouse in private. But closed swinging had never occurred to this group of friends. The circumstances of their introduction to swinging had precluded closed swinging. Also, knowing that their spouses were in the same room, and even seeing them having sex with someone else's partner was part of the sexual thrill; it reinforced their sense of openness, sharing and camaraderie.
So Bill's suggestion to have a session of closed swinging seemed odd to the group. What seemed even odder to them was his suggestion to sleep overnight with someone other than the person you were married to.
As they were new to couples swinging, Aiko and Gerald were not particularly concerned about closed swinging. They reasoned that open swinging was harder to get used to because it meant others could watch. Closed swinging was therefore no big deal to them. Bill's idea of actually sleeping with someone else's spouse for an entire night seemed a strangely intimate thing to do. Unlike sex, whose duration usually counted in minutes, sleeping was something people did for hours.
Not waiting for an answer, Bill continued. "The men should return to their own staterooms before the stewards start making their rounds."
Again there was silence. Emma broke it.
"I think it's a great idea," she said. We've been having sex in each other's presence. We've done open swinging. So what's a little closed swinging? The idea of spending a whole night with another man is a turn-on because I've never done that before. I like the idea of being a temporary wife."
She pointed at the three men. Their cocks were starting to stiffen again. "That's at least four votes in favour. What about you Wei-ling?"
Wei-ling nodded her agreement.
"The 'ayes' have it," Emma declared.
They all laughed.
But Gerald hesitated. "We're still new at this. Aiko and I should talk about it first."
Back in the stateroom, Gerald spoke first. "What struck me about Bill's suggestion was how strange it seemed." He smiled. "My initial reaction was, having sex with someone's else's spouse was okay. But actually sleep with her? This weird thought went through my head that literally sleeping with another woman was somehow more intimate than having sex with her!"
"I think I understand where you're coming from," Aiko said. "We became swingers because we concluded that social sex comes naturally to us as human beings. Sex in private is commonplace, so there's nothing new there. But the idea of sharing the same bed and physically sleeping with other than each other seems in even more intimate than the open swinging we've done so far."
"I think that sums it up pretty well, hon," Gerald agreed. "It's a turn-on because it seems more intimate," he added.
"So what are you saying?" Aiko asked. "You want to go for it?"
"Yes," he said. "The idea of spending the night with either Emma or Wei-ling has an oddly erotic quality to it."
"So are you also saying, you're not going to be bothered if I sleep with another man?"
"I guess that's what it means," he agreed.
"Okay," she said, "but I want you to make love to me tonight."
"Absolutely, sweetheart. You drive a hard bargain."
As agreed, the three couples swapped spouses. Bill spent the night with Aiko while his Chinese wife enjoyed Norman's company. Gerald stayed with Emma.
On the last day of the cruise, the six friends met as cruise tablemates for last time and afterwards took a private corner in one of the lounges, as far away from the live band as possible, to continue their dinner conversation.
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After a long return flight from San Diego, Aiko and Gerald stumbled into their home. They emptied their luggage, tossed dirty clothing into the clothes hamper, took showers and ordered a pizza, which they ate as soon as it arrived.
Gerald noticed his wife was unusually quiet. She had been since the night three couples made their overnight exchange.
"What's bothering you, hon," he asked.
"I've got a confession to make," she replied.
"You do?" her husband said.
"I think I broke our rule about nothing happening unless we both agree," Aiko said starting to sob.
As soon as Aiko spilled these words, Gerald saw guilt replace the moroseness on her face since the overnight swap.
Gerald felt a surge of alarm. "What! What did you do?" he asked.
"I let Bill fuck my virgin ass," she blurted out. Then she broke down crying, tears running from her eyes.
"You what!" his eyes were wide and his mouth gaped in surprise.
"I let Bill...."
"He took your virgin ass?"
"Yes," she squeaked like mouse.
Suddenly he roared with laughter.
"It's not funny," she pouted.
Gerald continued to laugh. Aiko had not expected this reaction.
"You're not angry with me?" she asked.
"Surprised yes, angry no. Why did you expect me to be angry?"
A flush of both relief and confusion washed through Aiko.
"Well, because he sodomized me," she explained, "which is something you've never done."
"And..." he urged.
"And because we said we had to have each other's permission before we let anything happen. Otherwise. It's cheating."
"Ah," he said drawing out the vowel. "Now I get it," her husband responded with the dawn of understanding. "No, I'm not angry, Aiko. Firstly, I've never asked you to let me try your back door because I'm not particularly interested in anal sex. Secondly, we agreed to swap spouses. Remember what Emma said about the overnight swap? Aptly I thought."
"I remember her describing herself as a temporary wife," she recalled.
"Exactly," Gerald confirmed. "By implication, she was saying you and Wei-ling were also temporary wives. And what kind of sexual relationship should a husband and wife have?" he asked.
"Whatever gives them mutual pleasure," she answered beginning to understand what her husband was driving at.
"We never specified any limitations on what could took place between us and our partner for the night other than, of course, that whatever we did had to be voluntary. Obviously, that was a choice each temporary couple would make for that night."
Gerald paused to let his words sink in.
"So the question is," he continued, "did you let him or did Bill force himself on you? If he forced himself on you, our new friendship with them will come to a very abrupt end and...."
"I let him," she croaked out interrupting her husband.
"I have a question for you, Aiko," Gerald said, "If, in our many years of marriage, I had asked you to let me take you by the back passage, would you have let me?"
"Before our heart-to-heart talk about our sex life, absolutely not. But when I did research on the Internet, I learned some people actually enjoy having sex that way. At first, I couldn't imagine myself doing something like that, later on I got curious. I even wondered what it would be like to have a cock up my ass."
"You never said anything to me," Gerald pointed out.
"You never asked. And you just admitted you weren't really interested. So of course, you wouldn't ask! And what would have been the point of admitting to it?"
"That's a very good point, hon," he conceded.
"So you're okay with what happened? Are you saying I didn't break any rules?" she asked anxiously, still feeling a little uncertain, wanting to make sure.
"Yeah, that's exactly what I'm saying," he responded.
Aiko burst out in tears.
"Now what?" he asked as he pulled her into his arms.
She looked up smiling. "I'm so happy you're not sore at me. I love you so much, hon. I thought I betrayed you. I felt so bad about myself."
"You're off the hook, hon," he said drawing her in his arms hugging her, "but I am curious to know how it happened. Will you tell me?"
"Okay," she agreed. "There should be no secrets between us."
"It'll be a really interesting story. Both Bill and Norman are very hot for you. Let's face it, hon, you're a sexual magnet."
"Flattery will get you every where, husband."
He laughed. "I know, wife. Now tell me to the story," he urged. "We can make out later."
Aiko settled into her husband, his right arm draping over her shoulder, and began to recount that evening.
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Aiko's Night with Bill
While Aiko waited for Bill to arrive, she put on a negligee. Just in case some one other than Bill happened to knock on the door, she also decided to put on her bathrobe.
The knock came a few minutes later. Aiko opened the door; it was Bill. As he walked in, she placed the 'Do Not Disturb' sign on the outside handle and locked the door.
As soon as she turned around, she noticed his bulging hard-on.
Bill shrugged his shoulders. "Aiko, a man has to be either gay or dead not to get a hard-on from you," he said.
"Oh Bill, you're terrible," she said obviously embarrassed.
Although Aiko considered herself to be an experienced swinger now, she still retained a strong sense of modesty.
"What can I say, Aiko. You're one hell of a sexy woman," he added.
Bill didn't wait waste time. He wanted to see the treats he would be able to enjoy for the night. He took hold of the knot of the cord that kept her bathrobe closed. The robe opened, revealing her negligee.
