As always, all characters over eighteen.
Things between me and my sister settled into a strange kind of normal after that first mostly naked online video-chat come mutual masturbation session.
Every week, without fail, Kate and I would get naked in front of our computers, get ourselves off while watching the other, then we'd spend a few hours talking about anything and everything.
I don't know how she felt about things, but I wasn't overly keen to risk doing something stupid and fucking things up if I went to see her in person. Honestly, she might only have been okay with what we were doing because of the safety of being in a completely different suburb to me.
I found out how wrong I was about that a few weeks later.
It was a Wednesday, and everything was going as normal for me. I was doing some study for my uni course, struggling to understand the dense textbook, when my phone buzzed and played the notification sound.
I ignored it, because I knew that I'd never get back to the books if I checked on the notification.
It went off again.
I ignored it again.
But the ten subsequent notifications that went off over the next twenty seconds made it obvious that whoever was messaging me felt that it was important enough to spam messages.
I picked it up and frowned when I saw that it was Kate messaging me.
⟪Help! Something's gone wrong with my setup, and I can't get it workign!⟫ she had written. It was quickly followed by, ⟪Please! I know you're home! I texted Mum! Answer me! Look at your fucking phone! Check! Your! Fucking! Phone! Now! I need your help, Nick!⟫
I sighed. There was no way that I was going to be able to ignore her any longer. It probably wouldn't be long before she got Mum to come and knock on my door.
I took a moment to mark my spot in my textbook before I started to compose a reply.
⟦You can calm your tits now, Kate,⟧ I sent. ⟦What's gone wrong?⟧
⟪Finally! And fuck if I know! You're the computer wizard here! Just get your ass over here and fix it!⟫
Her responses came in rapid succession, and I could
feel
her agitation through the app.
In response, I sent her a pair of emojis, ⟦👍🚗,⟧ telling her that I was on my way. Then I changed into some clothes that I hadn't already slept in and headed for the front door.
"Something's gone wrong with Kate's computer," I called out to Mum as I walked by the family room. "I'm heading over to see what's up."
"Okay!" Mum called back. "Make sure that she shows some appreciation for your help. I know how ungrateful she can be sometimes."
I bit my lip. If Mum only knew how thankful Kate was. And, of course,
how
she showed her thanks…
It was only a fifteen minute drive to get to Kate's place. She burst out of her front door before I had even put the car in park. She as already in her streaming outfit, which consisted of nothing more than a pair of booty shorts and a low-cut shirt.
"About time!" she huffed. "I'm supposed to be live in twenty minutes!"
"Keep your shirt on," I grumbled. Privately, I wanted her to do the exact opposite.
We shared no more words as we walked through her house and headed into her studio. Her monitors were in a slightly different position than I had set them up in, and they were still turned off, while the tower was flashing all its usual lights.
The problem was almost immediately obvious, as was the solution.
"You fucked with things, didn't you?" I asked without looking at her.