I sit in the passenger side of the car with my girlfriend Claire driving. She's stewing in her feelings and it's an uncomfortable situation. I'm not used to being the one who's mad at her.
"So we're just not going to talk? It's our last chance for a week."
I turn away from my view out the window and pay attention to her. She's wearing a breezy summer dress, with her hair tied up. Some loose strands of her blond hair dangle. Normally I'd tuck those back for her, which she always finds cute.
"Who's fault is it that we won't talk for a week?" I cut back.
"Babe, it was a sure thing. I wouldn't have bet you if I thought there was any chance I'd lose."
"I don't care that you lost, it's that you bet me at all. As if I'm a bargaining chip to be passed around?" my stomach tightens.
"Just for a week, it's not like she owns you now," she trots out her rationalisation, annoyed that I haven't just dropped the argument already. This cyclical conversation has been happening since she sheepishly admitted the situation to me last week. It was a stupid game of cards between her and her friends. They play for fun bets rather than money. I just never thought fun bets would extend to "have my boyfriend for a week".
I cross my legs, biting my lip as I look at Claire. She's frustrated, because she's clearly embarrassed at having messed up like this. But she's just been trying to downplay it the entire time.
"Can you apologise just once?" I mumble out.
"She probably just wants to have you around to watch shows and play games with. You know how harmless that nerd is, she probably won't even make you pick up after her."
I know Claire heard me, so I turn to look out the window again, giving up on the conversation.
"Ah, we're here now," she says flatly as we pull up. I look back at her and she gives me a hurt look. I give her a peck on the lips, trying to reassure her before I climb out of the car.
I grab my rucksack from the backseat, and then go to buzz Donna's apartment.
She responds instantly through the intercom, "Alex? Be right down!" her voice crackling from the speaker.
The pause of waiting feels like an eternity. Donna, the girl who now "owns" me for the week, is someone I've only met a couple times. She's always seemed nice, kinda shy but we've chatted about similar nerdy interests. I turn to look back for Claire, but I see that she's already driven away, probably not wanting to linger.
--
Eventually Donna opens the door, clearly vibrating with excitement. I wave at her, but she launches forward to give me a hug. She squeezes me tight, pinning me to her.
"I'm so excited for this week!" she squeals into my ear, a strange shiver running down my spine.
I can feel how tense I am with apprehension. It starts to loosen, as I realise this isn't what I was expecting... I'm not even sure. Something much worse. It feels silly now to think she might've wanted to torture me? Savour the feeling of 'owning' me?
She must feel me relax in her arms, when she takes a step back to look me over, and then gestures for us to head inside. I follow Donna, closing the door behind me. My lingering worry must still be on my face when she runs a hand down my arm while we wait for the elevator.
"Ah, I do understand that this whole thing is weird. How do you feel about it?" she asks, suddenly nervous.
I feel a tightness in my chest, seeing her expression. She's got such a cute innocent face for someone who won me in a bet. I shirk off my doubts and give her a smile.
"It is a little weird, but it'll be an experience. So don't worry about me, just tell me what you want miss."
Her eyes light up at my words right as the elevator dings. She reaches out, I assume for a hug again but it's not. Her lips latch onto -Hhhhhhh- my neck.
Dragging me into the elevator,
"Donnn-ahhh,"
she ignores the sound I make.
My mind
"Hm hhh"
focuses on the sound
"Mmmm-ohhhh"
of her wet lips
"I... uaa"
on my neck.
"Wuh"
My hands hover, unsure what to do before I carefully settle on her back where I make sure I'm just lightly touching her shoulders. I exhale with a start when she pins me to the metal wall, the impact echoing through the elevator. Her whole body presses into mine with a squish. I'm tall enough that she has to stretch up to reach her head up. I sink lower, my knees sagging at her assault and letting her get easier access to my neck.
Her tongue tickles my skin and I whimper embarrassingly loud. Her own moans are muffled against my neck and the sound goes right through me. I'm rock hard, and despite everything she's doing, I'm worried about her noticing.
She has absolutely noticed. Her response is to slip a thigh in between my legs grinding...
"Very good-"
grinding...
"boy," she whispers
Grinding in between my thighs.
into my ear and sucking on my earlobe as I lean back against the wall panting.
She stands back to look me over, enjoying her handiwork. I'm leaning back against the wall, not feeling entirely steady. She runs a hand down my chest before turning to leave the elevator. I don't even know how long we've been on our floor, but I quickly follow her.
"I hope that wasn't too much," It's not a question but she glances back to check on me as I say it, and I shake my head, finally getting my breathing under control, "Good. Because that's just the beginning."
I swallow hard, anxiety building again as I speak up, "Ah, Claire did have a ground rule for us."
She nods and pats my arm, "Yes, I know. She basically said no sex, right? I'll do my best to hold back, but with reactions like
that
you do make it hard," she giggles, pushing up her glasses and then fishing out her keys to let us inside, "Is there anything else you'd need to feel comfortable with the week?"
"I thought you told Claire she was only allowed to set one rule?" I ask, distracted as I look around the small apartment. I knew Donna lived alone, so the space is as small and cosy as I expected. But I hadn't thought about having to share that space, and how hard it'd be to not get in her way.
"Well yeah, she just gets the one. But now I'm asking you, silly."
"Right of course," I nod as I turn back, realising she's just been intently watching me the whole time, "Maybe, could we keep this week between just the two of us?"
"Like, not having friends over?" she asks, chewing on her lip. That's not a flash of disappointment in her eyes, is it?
"No-- Not what I was thinking of. Can we keep what happens secret? We'll still follow Claire's rule, but... I don't think she'd want any of the details getting out. Like when you were uhhh sucking my neck like that."
She stretches up to plant just a light kiss on that exact spot of my neck, "Deal, of course. And anything else?"
"That's all I had..."
"Ok, if you're good then I'll assume anything else is on the table. And if you ever need to stop something, the safe word is 'Goddess', got that?"
I nod slowly, not sure that's the safest of safe words to use around her.
"I do have one thing myself, I'll need you to keep my secret."
I nod, not sure if I should know what her secret actually is. I glance around her place, but it just looks normal. She gives me a shy smile, it looks out of place for those plump red lips. My skin is still tingly and wet with her saliva from the hungry kiss. She can probably still taste me as she licks them.
"I'm a succubus," she declares, blushing and suddenly avoiding eye contact. I stare dumbfounded, not sure how to take her joke. In the long pause, I finally have a moment to just sit and properly look her over. She's short and chubby, with long straight black hair that hangs down to her chest. She's wearing a big warm hoodie and tight fitting yoga pants that show off the shape of her thighs. Her eyes are a cool ice-y blue that would look intimidating if her face wasn't so soft otherwise. Her skin is pale, very pale. Enough that I suddenly wonder if she gets enough sunlight.
"But you don't have horns, a tail, red skin or uhm... any magical powers?" I say lamely, seeing her grin and suddenly feeling foolish. Of course. She must have just been pulling a prank on me.
"Oh so you have read up on my people, huh?" I blanch at those words, wondering how bad it must reflect on me to seem knowledgeable about sex demons, "But you're right. Even though I'm a succubus I don't have any of even the obvious signifiers. It's cause I've never really fed, I'm basically like an empty battery. With no access to any power, I'm effectively a normal human. If someone were to fill me back up, then I'd have my power and normal appearance."
"Fill you-" I mumble before coughing, and avoiding the implication by instead asking a different question, "What... kind of powers?"
"Aphrodisiac aura, appearance altering, dream invasion, hypnotic suggestion, body duplication. All the normal things."
I nod, head swimming as she rattles off that list of terms like it's all academic and boring. There's no hint of a joke about her saying something so crazy.
"But obviously I can't do any of that without power, so you probably don't need to worry or think about it. I just bring it up because, well if things escalate enough that you'd notice changes, it might be harder to explain then."
"Right," I mumble, pretending to understand any of this, "But that won't happen will it, since we're not having sex?"
"Oh so innocent," she pats my cheek, and a panic starts to rise in me. Is she just going to tell me to break that rule? Would I be able to say no to her? "I don't mean escalation to sex, what we feed off of is lust. How that manifests doesn't matter so much. I know an ace succubus and she just dresses slutty enough that people's horny stares in public can sustain her well enough."