[Features: VR, yaoi, femboys, romance, passionate sex]
I walked by a waterfall. It was always the little things that struck me while in VR. How I wish I could feel the heat of the sun or the mist from the spray. I always did like exploring new worlds and new places but not every one of them made me feel, jealous? Envious? I wasn't sure what the right word was. What word was there for wanting something that was at least decades out of reach? I didn't know.
"Baki! What are you doing way over here? Oh hey! You updated your model!"
I smiled. Both in game and out of it. Even If I couldn't exactly feel anything in VR, it was still one of the best experiences I could have ever hoped for. After all, where else could I have gotten such a cute boyfriend?
"You didn't tell me you were hopping on Nova! You should have messaged me."
"Bah, I saw you were online and joined you, what, you want me to send you a text every time I take a breath too?"
VR was weird. Names for starters. You got to choose your own names online, because of course you did, but it was different when it wasn't just over a discord call or a in game chat or etc, but someone ostensibly standing right in front of you, calling you by that name. That was the first weird thing, among thousands.
I had a bit more immersion than other people. Phantom touch was something I was told about early on and it sounded pretty stupid to me at first. Apparently, for some people, they could feel it if someone touched them in VR. For some unknown reason. I, of course, didn't believe that... till Nova ran his hand down my face and I partially freaked out when I felt it. It wasn't like there was actually a hand there, but it was weird. Too, too real given it was just a screen over my face.
Nova had just laughed at me. He was one of the first people I met in the game. He got to show me around and introduce me to all sorts of things. It was, amazing. I had gotten a headset because VR sounded cool and played vrchat because it was not only the most popular, but also because it was free. And everything just kept surprising me.
The first time I saw people talk and it actually felt like they were talking, as their eyes and mouths moved, as their hands and bodies mimicked their actual movements, it was like watching someone move through a sheet but, more? That's how it felt to me at least. Holograms was the word that always came to my mind.
The first time I had ridden a dragon, or sailed on a pirate ship, or piloted a jet. They all were so much more than I expected them to be. Even if I couldn't actually feel those like I did when someone was touching me, they were more than nothing. As if they were a third of the way to being real.
VR was great but I think that just made me more upset. I wanted it to be even more real. To be like it was in manga and anime, to be deep dive, to actually feel the controls of a jet in my hand, to feel the salty breeze pass over my face, to hold Nova in my arms and... but it was all just, a hologram in a way.
I heard a snapping sound.
"What the..."
"Like it? I added it to my model recently. You always space out so now I can literally snap you out of it."
"You're a dork."
He poked me in the nose and laughed.
I looked up at him. Nova had never really changed his avatar much. If you were any normal person, you'd be excused for thinking he looked female. That was just how VR was. No, he had a femboy avatar, just one that leaned towards the lanky. He had made it himself. Tall, feminine, long purple hair, black short shorts, and a black shirt that didn't cover the stomach... and that was it. Female at first glance until you noticed the flat chest and a rather significant bulge. He'd caught more than a few people in vrchat that looked at him and only realized he was a male avatar after looking down.
As for me...
"Come on, let's go see what you've changed."
We walked over to a mirror and I saw myself. If you were any normal person and didn't think I was female, you were crazy. And sadly, you'd still be wrong. I, can't explain it. I wasn't feminine irl and I was pretty sure I didn't want to be but, given all the available options... this was the one I always chose. I just looked... beautiful I guess. Cute, maybe.
I wore a nice cute hoodie that even had cat ears on it. And it stretched all the way down to my knees. Small cute face, short hair that fell around my cheeks, and short. Something that Nova felt the need to point out every other day it seemed. Taking off my hoodie with the click of a button showed something a bit more... lewd.
I had a flat bra across my chest and what could only be seen as a speedo. But it looked good! Nova was chuckling to himself for some reason.
"What is it?"
"Nothing."
"Don't give me that! Why are you laughing at me?!"
"I'm just remembering the first time you found out my model was a guy..."
"Shut up!"
Those memories need not be revisited! They were unimportant. Even if I did have a bit of gay panic from a model... it wasn't important!
I clicked two more buttons and the rest of my clothes fell away, showing my nude model. It had been surprisingly annoying to get the skin tone to match well. That was all I had really changed but I had been trying to make it look less, well, just better really. I had succeeded if Nova had been able to tell from just a glance.
He moved up behind me and I saw through the mirror as he reached around and started stroking my cock. A slight shiver ran through my body, phantom sense rearing its head.
"Don't be mean!"
"Come on, I know you don't have work for a few hours. What, run out of lube?"
I honestly wasn't in the mood. It wasn't just work in a few hours, something had been bothering me for a long time. Nova kept trying to play but he noticed my slumped body pretty fast and stopped. I didn't know what to say or how to say it. No, I did but...
"I hate it."
"Baki..."
We had talked about it before. I didn't have any delusions, not like I first did. I recognized I was bi, I loved Nova, I wished I could be with him.
But I couldn't.
And I hated that.
"Our bodies IRL are just... we can't shapeshift. I wish we could shapeshift."
My voice cracked slightly.
It was a painful reality. People in VR could look however they wanted but their personality shined through. I knew I was bi, but that didn't mean I was suddenly physically attracted to Nova. If I could force myself to be, I would. But that's just not how the human mind works. And I hated it. I hated it so, so much. There was a reason I wanted deep dive VR so bad. Forget the world, the sights, the sounds and everything else. Just being able to hold Nova would be all I wanted and more. Instead of being stuck in this, self hatred.
The early days had been rough. Finding out that Nova's avatar was male had been a slightly funny gay panic. Falling in love with him had not been. It had felt, stupid. Very stupid at first. All of it I guess. Falling in love with someone online happened all the time, but it hadn't happened to me before now. Especially not with a guy. The problem was that I was pretty sure I was straight. But personalities hardly care about what's below the belt. What do you do when you love someone but not their body? I felt like, I could only love him in VR. Like he had to be wearing a costume for me to love him. And I hated that. No, even that wasn't my first thoughts or reactions. Those feelings only came way later. I felt confused first. Annoyed second. Then came the pain.