Convention

The following week Sean was back at his late shifts. It wasn’t long until he would be returning to his old job and normal office hours. Chloe was a little torn about how she felt. She did love him but she knew she would miss Colin and he was better in bed than Sean. She knew it shouldn’t matter but as a woman for whom sex was an important part of her life, it did factor in. Maybe she could still see him occasionally. Yes, that was what she would aim for. Regular hookups with Colin but a normal married life the rest of the time. Still, she would miss the five nights a week of multiple orgasms. In the meantime, she vowed to get the most out of her time left with Colin. She planned to be over at his as much as she could get away with.

One night they were in a quiet lull, post-workout and dinner but pre-sex. Colin was doing something on his tablet as they sat watching an anime series about some guy ending up in a fantasy world and all the women falling in love with him. Chloe was actually really into it when Colin spoke up. “How would you feel about going to a convention in the costume you wore for the photoshoot?”

Chloe looked at him curiously, “What sort of convention?”

“Anime, films, comics, nerd stuff.”

“Maybe, why?”

“A friend of mine can’t go to one the weekend after next. He had a hotel room booked and tickets for Saturday and Sunday. I thought we could enter you into the cosplay competition and show off my props.”

“You make me sound like prize cattle.”

“Sorry.”

She smiled. He was still prone to these moments of doubt. “I’m joking. I’d need to talk to Sean but it sounds interesting. Walking around in that skimpy outfit sounds kind of fun.”

“Trust me, there will be plenty of other women wearing just as little if not less.”

“That sounds even better. Pencil it in and I’ll speak to Sean.”

Wanting to speak to him sooner rather than later, she stayed up and caught him as he got in from his work. Once he got over the surprise of finding her awake she asked him about the weekend.

“I know weekends are our time but it’s a one-off,” she said.

Sean sighed. “You know what. It’s only a week after that my shifts go back to normal. I can afford to miss you for one weekend.”

She was delighted and rewarded him with a quick and unheard of these days, mid-week shag although she suffered for it the next day at work from the lack of sleep.

That weekend felt a little strange. She had barely spent any time in the flat. She would get home, change and head over to Colin’s and only came back to get straight in bed, having showered at his. Even that she began to resent. She found herself **** to make the effort to get out of Colin’s bed to go to her own and it wasn’t like Colin hadn’t asked her to stay. It was that feeling that made her book the hotel for an extra night. They would travel on Friday and spend two nights in the hotel.

As soon as she got back from work on the Friday they quickly gathered the stuff and made the two-hour drive to the hotel. They ate out and indulged in a nice meal. She was proud to notice that Colin was restrained in what he ordered. He was now getting quite trim and she had been helping him with some online clothes orders. The man sitting across from her in the restaurant was a far cry from the man she had introduced herself to in the foyer of her apartment building.

She had worn a nice new set of underwear just for the evening and they spent the night making love. It wasn’t just fucking. Colin was tender and the sex felt deeply intimate. After his first orgasm, he barely stopped before continuing. She lost count of her orgasms but that was not unusual when she was with him. Something in his tender touch, his soft kisses and loving thrusts just matched Chloe’s desires. For the first time, they fell to sleep in each other's arms, woke up and made love again.

All this lovemaking had made them a little late so the rest of the morning was a little frantic as they hurried to get ready. Well, Chloe hurried. There really wasn’t much for Colin to do but he made sure his batteries were charged and that he had his cards to hand out to any interested parties.

Chloe instantly loved the atmosphere in the hall. People were in costume all over the place and many of the ones who weren’t were dressed in fun bright clothes that copied costume elements or bore characters from their favourite shows and comics. She was pleased with herself that she found she could identify quite a few of them.

They had to get the weapons checked on the way in to make sure they were safe but once they were in it wasn’t long before she was asked if someone could have a picture with her. Conversations came thick and fast as well as the praise and attention. It was all quite thrilling and fun.

Eventually, they made their way to the cosplay stage and registered her entry into the show. That was not until later so they took their time to enjoy the sights. She never made it far without someone wanting a picture and she even found herself asking to take pictures with characters from shows she enjoyed.

Everyone was very friendly and many of them wanted to ask about her costume. That was where Colin had to step in as he was the one responsible. She was delighted to see him talking so comfortably with people and he handed out many of his cards and enjoyed the praise for his work on the props that Chloe was carrying. She was sure he would get a few commissions out of it.

It was time to head to the stage so they would have time before the cosplay promenade. Chloe looked at Colin and noticed his attention had been grabbed by something. She looked over to see what it was and noticed a woman dressed as the same character. This woman had several things that Chloe was missing and she found herself equally enthralled. Her costume and Wig were much more accurate and detailed for starters but it was the woman in the costume that really drew attention. She had two impressively sized breasts that Chloe assumed were fake. She assumed this as she doubted that a woman with the muscle and body tone that this one had would have been able to have such large, natural breasts.

Her abs were a sight to behold. She had clearly done a little contouring on them to make them pop but it was only highlighting what was already there. Her thighs were also incredibly defined. She didn’t look like she had taken supplements as there was no sign of masculinity to her. It must all have come from hard work at the gym. She was also really pretty. Some of it was the makeup but it was obvious that she was beautiful regardless. She had a bright white smile, full lips and a cute nose. It was really too sweet a face to be sat on such a strong body.

“Shall we go and say hi?” Chloe said out of the blue.

“What?”

“To my fellow barbarian,” she gestured at the lady.

“No, we don’t need to bother her,” Colin was showing signs of his old self.

Chloe took his hand and gave it a squeeze before walking over to the woman who was messing with one of her props and looking frustrated. “Hi, I’m Chloe, this is Colin. Looks like we are the same character.”

The woman looked a little annoyed but her face changed when she saw Chloe. “Oh, hi. Yeah, that happens. I’m Jessica but call me Jess.” She extended her hand to Chloe and she shook it. She then seemed to remember that there was someone else that she had been introduced to and shook Colin’s as well.

“Your costume is great,” said Colin. “Did you make it yourself?”

“I did the sewing, I had to try and find accessories that matched,” said Jess.

“Ha, we are the opposite. Colin made the props and other bits but we had to buy the costume.”

Jess looked impressed. “You made these?” she asked. “Can I look at the shield?” Colin agreed and Chloe handed it over. “This is so good, mine’s falling apart already. I don’t suppose you have any tape or glue?”

“No, sorry,” said Colin. “Can I have a look? I might be able to come up with something.”

Jess smiled. “If you could, that would be great.”

Colin took the shield and examined it. “How is it?” Chloe asked.

“Not great. Even if I had some tape it would show and look rubbish and there isn’t enough time to glue it.”

“Maybe she could use ours?” Chloe suggested.

“But you need those for the show.”

“Come off it. Look at her. Even without props, she looks a hundred times better than me. Plus I’m not really a cosplayer and she clearly is. I feel a bit weird going up against her. Besides, it’s an excuse to get to know her better,” she said with a cheeky smile.”

Colin gave her a serious look. “Are you sure?”

Chloe nodded. “A hundred per cent.”

Colin saw that she meant it and turned to Jess. “Jess, I’m sorry but I can’t do anything with it. Not here at least.”

Jess sighed. “Thanks for trying. I’ll just go on without, maybe change my poses.”

“Well, we were just talking and we wondered if maybe you would like to use our props.”

“That’s really sweet but it would be against the rules to share a costume like that.”

“No, I mean Chloe would just not compete and you use the props instead.”

“No, I couldn’t ask you to do that.”

Chloe stepped forward. “Really Jess, it’s fine. I’m only here to help Colin promote his prop making. There’s no reason you couldn’t do that. Your costume is way better anyway.”

She took a little more reassuring but relented. “Thank you so much, these are way cooler than the ones I made.” They both found their hearts melting a little at her bright smile.

They sat out the front to watch the show. Jess came second. Chloe thought she was the best by far but she suspected that Jess was a little too sexy. Two of the judges were male and there was a good chance that they didn’t want to look like they were being pervy. They headed to the back to get the props back and offer her their condolences.

“That’s just how it goes,” said Jess. “I think I might have been showing a little too much skin but that is part of the fun. I love seeing the crowd's reaction when I walk out.” She handed Colin the prop pieces back. “Thanks for letting me use them. Are you both staying in the area tonight?”

Colin stammered so Chloe stepped in. “Yes, we are at the hotel. We thought we would do the convention out of costume tomorrow.”

Jess looked pleased. “Me too. You have to let me buy you both a drink later. There is a party going on tonight as part of the con, anyone is welcome. How about meeting me there later.”

“We’d love too,” Chloe jumped in before Colin could try and make an excuse.

“Cool, see you at about eight.”

“Why did you agree to go to the party?” Colin asked Chloe later.

“Why not? You thought she was cute didn’t you?”

“What? I mean, she’s attractive.”

“Attractive? She’s fucking hot. Come on, this is a prime opportunity to practise socialising with other women.”

She could see that Colin was relenting. “Fine, I guess it would be rude not to take her up on her offer.”

She gave him a kiss. “That’s better. Come on, it might even be fun.”