Less than twenty-four hours had passed since Stan and Julie took their first pill. In that span, they'd woken up at midnight in a dehydrated torpor followed by a second return to consciousness driven by an insatiable desire to fuck that left them having to change the sheets. Then, Julie had woken up at six in the morning with an urge to suck her husband's dick so strong that she spent two hours trying to distract herself and failing completely by keeping her hands down her pants the whole. Claiming her prize did little to abate the growing need inside of her, either. Nor had Stan fared much better. The two had spent the whole day suffering in silence, each not wanting the other to know how horny they were, ultimately ending with both of them masturbating in secret to quell their urges. Once again, to no success. Five minutes together and Julie was pinned against the bedroom wall with Stan's dick stuffed in her to the hilt as he came.
That, at least, quelled the demon for a while. They cooked dinner together with no shortage of groping and fondling as they worked. Their hunger chased away their other needs for a while. "We've been eating like horses," Julie said, glad that their hallway fuck session had cleared the air enough so that they could communicate freely. "You were right this morning. I ate an entire pan of cinnamon rolls. You ate the entire package of cubed ham for lunch as well. And frankly, it's taking everything I've got not to eat this meat raw right now."
"Seriously?" Stan asked, a little more worried than amused.
"No, maybe not. But I am starving. We're almost out of this chips, too." Scattered around the kitchen were open bags of chips, cookies, and other snacks. As they worked to prepare a fresh meal of pan seared steak, potatoes, and steamed vegetables, they'd been grazing through their entire pantry. Stan had a peanut butter smeared Ritz halfway to his mouth. "Like, we might run out of food."
Stan popped the cracker in his mouth and took a minute to chew. He grabbed his thermos of water and drained it again. "They warned us about it, at least. Some kind of hyper metabolism deal. I can go to the grocery tomorrow and load us up on stuff. Worst comes to it, we can always order in."
Julie grinned, "Is it safe to let you out of the house with that thing?" She gestured toward the visible bulge in Stan's shorts. He'd confessed to his own secret masturbatory session inspired by watching a runner in the park.
"I think so," Stan said, again with more concern than amusement. "So long as it gets proper attention before I go." He swept across the kitchen and wrapped his arms around his wife. Her body felt warm and inviting and she didn't object as his hands slid up her torso to massage her breasts. His cock stirred again, pressing into the crack of her ass, shielded by a tight pair of shorts that could easily be pulled down... Stan spotted a tray of cookies nearby and broke the embrace. "We're gonna get fat."
Lifting her shirt and spinning around, Julie said, "I don't think so. Look. I swear to god I've lost five pounds since this morning. I think that's why we're so hungry. We're burning up food as quick as we eat it. This drug could be the weight loss solution of the future." She dropped her shirt, disappointed Stan hadn't spent longer staring at her breasts. "You know, if it doesn't cause us to have a heart attack or something." She glanced at the sizzling meat in the pan and wondered if she should have chosen a different set of meals for their week together.
"We had to take seven thousand tests before the doctor let us take this. We're as safe as can be, he said, remember? How much longer on this? Everything else is done."
They finished cooking and set out their dinner on the table. After some embarrassed hesitation, they brought over the bags of chips as well. With a full spread out in front of them, they managed to quell the various desires enough to have a normal conversation. Stan quickly discovered the cure for his own horniness was talking about his job. Julie also realized that the cure for hers was listening to Stan talk about his job. Distracted, she pulled out her phone and started flipping through Instagram. She'd been so distracted over the past day that she'd neglected it entirely. She hadn't missed much, though. The normal pictures of her friends' kids and dogs and lunches. She did see a picture of her friend, Sarah, and had the strangest feeling of pity. Sarah was single and undeservedly so, in Julie's mind. The picture showed Sarah in a park apparently after a jog. She wore a sweaty tanktop with a sports bra mostly visible. Julie flipped the phone around and showed the picture to Stan, "Sarah was out for a run, too."
Stan's eyes lingered on the photo for a moment. "It was a nice day for it," he said, dismissively. He had taken to using chips as a way to scoop up the remaining juices on his plate.
"Do you think she's pretty?"
Stan leaned back away from his plate and leveled his gaze at his wife. "What are you doing? Do you think I'm some kind of horn dog now that's going to go get it wherever I can find it?"
The color drained out of Julie's face. "Oh god, no, Stan. I didn't mean that at all." She didn't know what she had meant. Stan had mentioned Sarah in the past, but Julie had absolutely no inclination to believe he would cheat on her. "I just saw the photo and thought, well, I thought it would be a funny joke? It seems dumb now."
I felt sorry for her. Why on earth would I feel that? I've spent the last five years being jealous about Sarah. Sarah and her week long vacations. Sarah and her disposable income. Sarah and her not worrying about babyproofing a house.
Frowning, she clicked on Sarah's profile and started scrolling through the images. Each time her friend appeared, Julie felt that twinge of pity that she couldn't quite place. Irritated, she put her phone away.
Stan drummed his fingers on the table. "Almost time for the next pill," he said, looking toward the kitchen clock. "Not that we have to take it at an exact time. Just, you know, that's when we took it last night." He gnawed at his lower lip. "Maybe we clean things up in here and then..."
Her thoughts of Sarah vanished instantly. "Maybe we make a game out of it. Every time you wash a dish, we take off another piece of clothing. Then we see how long we can wait before screwing our brains out."