The Mating Game
by Kris Cherita
Chapter 11
The story so far: 20 years from now. Paul and Dianne are two of the 54 remaining contestants on Fucks for Bucks, one of Fuxtel's hardcore reality TV shows.
All characters are 18 or over. Feedback is welcome, as always.
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"Oh, that feels fantastic!", Rouge crooned. "Where did you learn to do that? Bangkok?"
"Partly," said Siriporn. "But I got my certificate here, and when I saw that there was a massage table in the props for phase two, I thought I might as well get some practice in." She reached for the oil. "What the fuck did you do to your shoulder?"
"Roller derby. D'you do this for a living?"
"And a few other things. Kong still makes more than I do, but not many people go to a human accountant anymore, except for the serious tax evaders," she said, glancing at Dianne who was next in the queue.
"I don't think AI's going to replace you in a hurry," Rouge reassured her.
Siriporn finished massaging her shoulder, then nodded. "Okay, that's you done. You can lie there for a few minutes; I'll wash my hands and get some fresh towels."
"Thanks." Rouge gradually lifted her face up from the hole in the table and looked at the big screen, which showed the live feed from the studio where six women were being sodomized. The sound had been muted and none of the nine women in the rec room were paying it much attention, even when it was their own partners who were buttfucking one of the other contestants. Rouge, climbing cautiously down from the table, noticed that her boyfriend Topher was sitting on the back row of the bleachers, and she idly wondered which of the six -- Chiu, Imogen, Isabella, Khaleesi, Mia or Olivia -- he was going to get.
Dianne watched Rouge head for the showers, then climbed onto the table, face-down, feeling the fresh towels tickling her nipples. She glanced at the screen as the camera panned across the row of women to stop on Chiu, whose face was contorted in what looked like agony as Noah tried to ease his huge cock into her tiny ass. She noticed that Siriporn was also watching the sex, and said softly, "You haven't, um, been up yet, have you?"
"Tomorrow," the masseuse replied, as she poured oil onto Dianne's back.
"Nervous?"
"Not about the anal. I knew I'd have to take cocks bigger than Kong's if we made it this far, so I've been using toys to get myself ready. Inflatable butt plugs, beads, things like that. I'll probably sleep with a plug in tonight. And Chiu's probably putting it on, at least a bit, because I bet she did the same -- but she knows there are enough people in the audience who like to watch women suffering that she's probably hoping to get some votes that way. She's not going to tap out. I don't think any of us who've gotten this far will. I'm much more worried about the interviews and that lie detector thing."
"They've promised not to ask for real names," said Dianne.
"It's not that. I don't like the sound of my own voice, especially when I speak English."
"Siriporn isn't really your name, is it?"
"No, it was my grandmother's," said Siriporn as she started massaging Dianne's back. "It's a traditional Thai name. Means 'glory'."
"As in hole?" asked Britt, who was next in line for a massage, then added, "'s'not like I'm using my real name, either."
Siriporn snorted. "It's true you meet a lot of Siriporns, Amporns and Pornthrips in Bangkok bars and brothels," she acknowledged.
No-one spoke for a moment, until Britt asked, "Did you mean that about people wanting to watch women suffer?"
"You're from England, right?" said Dianne. "Last I heard, most of the porn you make there involves whips and spanking."
"That's just for men whose families were rich enough to hire nannies and send their boys to public schools -- what you'd call private schools," Britt scoffed. "You don't see many of that sort out my way. Won't say I never been spanked, but anyone comes at me with a whip, I'll stick it up his arse."
"Thank you, Ms Mapplethorpe," Dianne muttered; then, more loudly, "What sort of questions are you scared they'll ask? Previous years, it's just been stuff about how many people we've fucked, kinky shit we've done, our fantasies, stuff like that. They can't ask us to confess to anything illegal -- at least, nothing illegal in Nevada. I read the contract, even the fine print." They'd all been screened on the lie detector before the final round of auditions, and asked easily verifiable questions before confirming that they were over eighteen and had never had sex for money.
"I don't know," Siriporn admitted. "Mostly, I guess, I'd hate to have made it this far and be voted out for something I say, not for how I fuck. I'd like to get my physiotherapy degree, and we really could use the money to bring some of our family over." She looked at Britt. "What about you?"
"Hadn't thought much about it. Don't really expect to win, but we're the first British couple to make it all the way through Phase One; that's got to be worth something when we get home. Maybe even a job."
"I thought you had basic income," said Dianne.
"You want to try living on that? Every time they increase it, rents go up by at least twice as much. Even most of us who got real jobs don't get to leave home 'til we're over thirty. I worked in a fast food place, and they fired me when I turned eighteen so they could hire someone cheaper. When I work as a stripper, I have to pay the boss, not the other way around, and some nights I'm lucky if I make enough from tips to grab a kebab and catch a bus home. But Scott's a DJ, so even being a bit famous might get him a gig. And I can go back to stripping, or work bar --"
"I thought you had to be Australian to do that in England."
"It helps, but it's not strictly necessary... 'cept maybe in London. Or I might try webcamming. I know millions of women are doing that and making two percent of fuck-all, but when you've been on TV..." She shrugged. "Figured since my best asset is my arse, I might as well use it while I can still fit it into a gymslip. 'sides, I'm having fun here. Lots of good sex, and I'm eating a lot better than I do at home -- not that that's hard - and Scott's family can use it as proof that he's straight."
Siriporn blinked, and Dianne lifted her head out from the hole in the massage table to stare at her.
"What?" said Britt. "He prefers women. He's sucked a cock or two, but not as many as I have. Look, he's fucking that Imogen right up the arse, and don't tell me they're not both loving it. And being pansexual's good if we do any DP scenes, innit?"
Siriporn and Dianne looked at the screen as the camera panned from Chiu's grimace to Imogen's grin. "Have you ever been DPed?" Siriporn asked.
"Sure," Britt replied. "A few times. Have you?"
Dianne looked at her face. Her lawyer's instincts told her she was telling the truth. "What's it like?" she asked.
"Fantastic, if you all know what you're doing. Not so great if you don't. Helps if you're a little drunk, but not too drunk -- first time I tried it, I almost didn't come before the guys did, even though Janet had gotten me ready."