You've planned something special for tonight, you say. Just to warn me before we go inside. You were sitting outside your house, on your front steps, in a sparkly party dress, when I arrive.
"Okay," I say, a little suspicious. You show me a blindfold, and say I have to put it on before we go inside.
"Why?" I say.
"Because you do."
I stand there for a moment, then shrug, and decide I will. I hand you my bag, and put the blindfold on. You check, and make sure it's tight. It is. It's secure, and thick. I can't see a thing.
You open your front door, and steer me inside. You guide me with your hands on my shoulders, saying when to step, and when to turn left, that kind of thing.
You take me into the hall, and then the lounge. I'm listening, wondering what's going on, and because I'm listening I'm almost sure I can hear people. I must be able to hear breathing or clothes moving, something like that.
"Who's here," I say, but no-one answers.
"Is someone here?" I say to you, but you ignore me.
I almost think it's a surprise party, except no-one's shouting surprise.
Instead, you whisper in my ear, "Undress."
"But there's people here," I say.
"I know. They're watching you. So undress."
After a minute I do. I don't know why. I don't know why I don't just run out of there and never speak to you again. But I stay, and undress, fumbling a little, slightly clumsy when I can't see. You help me when I need it, and take my clothes from me as I take them off.
I stop with my undies. I keep thinking about all the people I think are here. That I know are here. I'm almost naked, and they can see my tits, but I don't care about tits and almost-naked isn't the same as actually-naked. So I stop, unsure.
"Go on," you say.
"I don't know I can."
You slide your hand inside my undies and rub me gently. It feels nice. I'm wet already, because I'm naked in a room which might be full of people, and that's exciting. I get more excited. I want this. After a moment I shift your hand and push my undies down.
"People are going to touch you now," you say. "So don't get a fright when they do."
"You?"
"Not me. People."
"Which people."
"Everyone else," you say. "Everyone who's here watching."
"There isn't anyone else here. It's a trick."
Then hands touch me. A lot of hands. So many I can't tell how many. They stroke me, and touch me, and caress me all over.
"Oh," I say.