[don't worry about it, you're getting better at the game each time]
Samantha stared at the Discord message, trying to let the compliment sink in. It wasn't taking.
She wondered how they had ended up in this situation. Once upon a time, Samantha had been the one showing Holly the ropes in beauty content creation. The younger girl had taken to it like a fish to water before abandoning her YouTube channel to focus on school. Samantha had no hard feelings about it, but their physical distance eventually led to them drifting apart.
A few years later, Holly re-emerged as a video game streamer with a meteoric rise. She was effortlessly funny, good enough to impress viewers but not so good to threaten insecure men, and sexy and willing to show it. If Samantha were a pettier person, she would have judged her old friend's new choices. But, for one, she was a makeup YouTuber, and two, she couldn't doubt Holly loved games. Still, it felt oddly unpleasant to see her formerly shy and reserved friend wear revealing cosplays for male attention.
As a woman, Samantha hated seeing those sorts of demeaning outfits designed by men who had more blood in their dick than in their brains. As a lesbian however, Samantha loved seeing Holly's fat tits, slim waist, and creamy thighs all over her feed. It felt deceptive almost, to play games and spend time with Holly, without announcing how much Samantha desired her.
Although "play" was a strong word for whatever Samantha did in Marvel Rivals. Game after game, she just died over and over while Holly tried to put her team on the back. Objectively, she knew she was improving, but the Discord message felt a little patronizing. There were other reasons too, Holly had been playing games her whole life while Samantha was just starting, but it still stung when she chain fed.
[btw, do you want to come to edc with me????]
Samantha's eyes widened. On one hand, club music wasn't her thing. On the other hand, it would be an opportunity to get really close to Holly, see her wearing a slutty fit, and maybe, just maybe, see if there was a spark.
EDC was somehow worse than she expected. Huge crowds gathered to listen to artists she had no interest in all while they baked in the desert heat. She spent hours waiting in various lines as people smoked, drank, and yelled at each other. Her outfit, a strapless black crop top paired with grey tight shorts that ended above her knees, was hardly eye-catching in the sea of scantily clad women, but it engendered the wrong kind of attention all the same. The crop top, a size too small, had her tits spilling out in a way she could only describe as
trashy
. Still, it all felt worth it when Holly complimented the outfit.
Holly's friends were, well, gamers. Max and Steven were loud dudebros with checkered pasts, so Samantha made sure to steer clear of them. She had pegged Henna, Max's girlfriend, as a pick-me-girl and that girl had done nothing to disprove that notion. A pretty face, but a vapid conversationalist despite their shared interest in makeup. Then there was Mingsun who was just there. He was the quiet sort, and Samantha found herself in his company surprisingly often.
The reason she came on the trip, Holly, was very sexy in her parody of a cowboy costume. Immodestly short daisy dukes that clung to her ass showed off her milky legs, and a plaid sleeveless button-up tied in a knot around her chest emphasized her cleavage and massive tits. The problem was that Holly turned out to be
too
hot. Guys and girls, fans and acquaintances, all seemed to want her attention. In fact, the most alone time she had with Holly across the weekend was when they were taking fit pictures in the bathroom together. For a few moments, Samantha could imagine the hand wrapped around her was something other than platonic, the bare skin of their arms and shoulders touching could lead to something more.
It almost felt like a betrayal watching Holly flirt with everyone but her, because she
flirted
now. She leaned into her friends, raised her pitch when talking to guys, and complimented other girls freely. Samantha sometimes wondered how her fake eyelashes didn't fall off with how aggressively Holly batted her eyelashes at anyone with a pulse.
The worst part was that Samantha found it hot. Clearly, her friend had discovered her confidence, and it was a sight to behold. Shame that said confidence was clearly directed at other people.
The group was sitting on a dollar store picnic blanket milling between shows. Despite the extensive list of artists, there was nothing that Samantha found interesting. Desperate for alone time with Holly, she tried to tag along to every show Holly wanted to see, but eventually, that had been too much. Holly, seasoned raver that she was now, packed her schedule tight both show-wise and socially. Every show had Holly hug and reunite with some old friend or acquaintance. Samantha had been introduced to so many of Holly's friends that her head was spinning, and she was too tired to keep listening to her friend's shitty music taste.
Not only did Holly have a lot of friends, she had a lot of guy friends who weren't shy about ogling even if they had girlfriends hanging off their arms. Samantha felt a little ridiculous feeling protective of Holly when Holly clearly didn't care, but it was more than that. It had been the first time in years Samantha was so surrounded by men, even just being acknowledged by them felt strange. In her daily life, she simply didn't interact with many people by the virtue of being a YouTuber, but here it was overwhelming.
She was distracted from looking at her phone by Holly's boobs shoved in her face. Well, her boobs were what her eyes naturally focused on, but Holly had gotten between her and the phone. The hot sun had bronzed the miles of bare skin, and a thin sheen of sweat made her exposed cleavage all the more appetizing. Samantha needed all her mental strength to avoid letting her jaw drop. "Hey, letting you know I'm heading out to the Alesso show, are you coming with?"
It was hard to be upset with Holly when her friend did genuinely try to make her feel included. Shaking her head and closing her eyes to avoid staring, she replied, "sorry, I'm really tired. You have fun though."
Holly was close enough to her that she caught a full eyeful of boobs in her face as Holly stood up. Those teats were veiny on pale skin, and they looked exceptionally hefty on her thin frame. She shook her head before she could think of more praises to her
platonic
friend's breasts.
"So what now?" Mingsun asked. They were the only ones not on their way to watch a show, and it was starting to get dark. She shivered a bit from a chilling wind. As hot as it was during the day, the temperature sank quickly when the sun went down. Sensing this, he asked, "how about we go back to my place?"
"What about the others?" It was Mingsun's home they were staying in, a modest 3-bedroom house on the edge of Las Vegas. Though she didn't know the guy, she was grateful he opened his home to a stranger. Still, it wasn't too close to the venue so making a trip just to drop her off and drive back would be a waste.
"Eh, they're adults. They'll figure it out," he said dismissively. She felt a moment of kinship as she realized Mingsun probably wasn't enjoying this very much either.
"Alrighty then."
"Do you want to come into my room?" Mingsun suggested.
She nodded, too dazed to really think. Stepping away from the noise and the crowd had cut off her adrenaline, the only thing that had been keeping her going. The last two days had been exhausting, an avalanche of names to learn and new sights and sounds. It had been loud enough that they had to yell next to each other just to be heard, and Samantha wasn't sure her eardrums would recover. Getting into his car had been a glorious respite from the overstimulation, and then the steady hum of traffic lulled her to sleep.
Still groggy from passing out in the car, she let Mingsun lead her from the car to his bedroom. Listening to Mingsun was easy, as he led her onto the bed. The room was nearly empty, just hardwood flooring, a bed, a few closed cabinets without decoration, and some exercise equipment lined up on a corner.