Nia POV: Friends of mine

It was Thursday before I knew it. How did that happen? The week really had gone by in a flash. Normally I wasn’t a fan of the days blending together — it gave me a sort of existential dread about the direction of my life — but it was different this time; I was feeling good about everything right now!

This was a pleasant surprise, cause I’d been feeling a little insecure at the start of the week. Between our first real time with Rina, my concern…c’mon girl, don’t totally undersell it…my minor — and I refused to give myself more flack by calling it anything else — freakout about having sex with Rina alone, and getting to spend less time with Em, my mood was all over the place. Not anymore, thankfully.

Monday might’ve been what kicked things into high gear. Not only did “Dai’z” turn out to have crazy good food, and not only did we have an awesome sexting session with Rina, but Em let me play with his ass for the first time in forever! I almost wanted to cry outta happiness.

I’d been worried for the last month or so that our new bedroom adventures might change our sex negatively, and while I did start feeling better about it last week, part of me was still wary. Instead of being a problem though, so far it seemed to only improve things! It’d been such a long time since I got to really dig into him like that, and, oh man, did I take advantage! If only I hadn’t had to go home that night, I would’ve really gone all out with him!

I chuckled imagining all the cute noises Em would’ve made. As the fantasy fizzled though, I felt a little bummed out. Man, forget giving it to him with the strap-on, we haven’t had a chance to go at it at all since then… Ah well, I still had the pictures he and Rina sent that day — plus a few I picked up from them over the week for good measure. Those were enough to hold me off…for now.

We had good reason for the lack of fucking though; it wasn’t like I’d suddenly developed a taste for blue balling or something. Stuff was going down at mom and dad’s work from the sounds of things, so I was staying over more to help them out. Sure, it wasn’t my fave, but shit went sideways sometimes and that was life — sexual needs came after my family, simple as that. It wasn’t like I hated spending time with the kids, either.

Anton was finally getting to an age where we could have real conversations, which meant a lot more to me as an adult than I thought it would. Tite and Edith weren’t quite there yet, but — being the age where they were curious about anything and everything — they were still fun to talk to in their own way. And Eve…well, things could be worse. I’m trying not to take it personally. She’s just figuring herself out, right? I was the same way when I was in high school. She doesn’t resent me…probably. And if she does…if that’s true, I just hope she talks to me when she’s ready. I didn’t want her to feel alone though…eh, I shouldn’t **** it on her; she wouldn’t respond well to that. I, for sure, wouldn’t have at her age… I wish I could ask Em for help, but with my family…

I slapped my cheeks and took a deep breath. Quit! Suck it up, Nia! Don’t let yourself fall down those guilty rabbit holes again. Things are going well, and there’s no point in dwelling on what you can’t change. Besides, I didn’t want to be in a bad mood for Lucy and Rina.

On that note, I raised my head and took in the loose crowd milling in and out of the mall to see if they were here.

…

Damn, nothing yet…but that wasn’t their fault; it was me who got excited and came way too early.

Not that my excitement had faded, I still felt giddy thinking about how the plan worked out. Lucy invited me to hang here earlier today and gave me the OK when I asked if Rina could join in. It seemed like a good opportunity to get closer to her outside of sex, which Em and I both agreed was important if our play was going to be healthy in the long term. I did feel kinda bad shoehorning that goal into this when Lucy invited me, but I doubt she minded; Lucy was a huge social butterfly, after all — always willing to make a new friend if given the chance. It was so different from how I socialized, and I appreciated that about her — how could I not, when that was how we met?

Before I could get too deep in the nostalgic muck, a tap on the shoulder brought me around. It was Rina, standing over me… Damn! I gave her a once over. Not only was she in a very fashionable fit, she’d put a fuckload of effort into her braids! I woulda felt shabby in comparison if I cared much about that kinda stuff.

Rina: Ay, welcome back to the land of the living! You didn’t respond when I called out to ya, hehehe.

Nia: Haha sorry, I was bouncing some crap around in my head.

Rina sat down to me and leaned over the back of the bench, laying her long arms along the rest and behind me.

Rina: Anything ya wanna chat about?

Nia: Nah, just life stuff. Homework, family, a little bit of this and that. How bout you? I’m sure you know how it is.

She dampened just a little bit, but managed to keep up the cheerful appearance.

Rina: Haah…Yeah, I feel that. But nah, I’m good. No sense moping! We can smooth out any bumps with some girl time!

She clapped her hand around my shoulder boisterously and pulled me in closer, the bright smile from earlier returning to her face in full ****. Fair enough if she didn’t wanna talk about it, I brushed off her offer too. I’d just follow her lead.

Nia: True! I take it you were excited too? You’re looking hella stylish for just getting out of practice.

Rina giggled in embarrassment and rubbed the back of her neck.

Rina: Thanks, I hadn’t had a chance to show this off yet! And yeaaah, hehe, I ran home and got ready first. Sorry if it held me up too much. I was just, maybe, kinda, sorta, hyped about this. It’s been a while since I’ve been out with friends…in a platonic way, I meant! Our get together last weekend was uh… I mean, I didn’t wanna give the wrong impression by getting all gussied up for it. That was different.

Nia: It was “different”, eh? I think you mean special.

Rina: Riiight. “Special”, that’s what I meant.

We shot each other a sly smile.

Nia: Hehehe, I’m glad you could make it too. I’m honored to be your first time out in a while, ma’am.

Her eye twitched at “ma’am”.

Rina: …Oh no, the honor’s all mine. I couldn’t have asked for a better “first time” to come back to~.

A flicker of heat crept into Rina’s voice as she leaned her arm further over me. I felt my lips curl in response.

Oh? So Rina’s got a thing for authoritative titles, huh? Should’ve guessed as much with how she acts in bed. That’s cute, I bet play like that makes her feel powerful. I’d have to keep it in mind down the road.

Or…well, maybe it was the week of texting influencing me, but I wasn’t exactly opposed to messing around a tiny bit while we waited. I knew Em wouldn’t mind. And you needed more casual practice away from him, right~?

I put my hand on her thigh so she knew the flirting was mutual.

Nia: ~Hmmmm? We’re still talking about today, right~?

Rina: We could be, if you wanted~.

Girl was thirsty; couldn’t say I blamed her though, I was feeling sorta parched too…

Nia: ~Ohhh a very tempting offer, but I think it’ll be better if we wait till the weekend. We haven’t even had our little group meeting.

Rina: Hahah, yeah that’s true... Ugh, we need to get on that. It’d be pretty lame to have our schedule fall apart the week we made it.

Nia: Not a great way to start things off, hehe.

Rina sighed and relaxed herself against me and the bench.

Rina: Def not a habit to get into… Also, sorry if I was being “handsy” again. I didn’t have time to cool myself off after practice and I can feel my back teeth floating.

Nia: No worries, I’m backed up too. Maybe tone down the handsiness down a tad though, eh? Luce might-

Lucy: Ohhoho, what’s thiiis? Getting all cozy before I can get in on the hugs? You girls are gonna make me jea-lous!

Rina almost jumped out of her skin as Lucy loudly announced her presence in that reliable way she always did. She sauntered towards us from the far end of the parking lot with a curious smirk. Rina hopped off of the bench and waved shyly at Lucy as she approached. The startled girl cleared her throat, cocked her hips, and put her hand out.

Rina: U-uh, hey! I dunno if we’ve ever actually met before. I’m Rina, Nia and Em’s friend from the Basketball te-!

Lucy grabbed Rina’s hand and pulled her into a big bear hug, totally shattering the cool girl persona she’d tried to slip into.

Lucy: Nice to finally meet ya! I’ve heard a lot about you for someone I’ve never met, hahaha, but any friend of Nia’s is a friend of mine too!

I had to stop myself from laughing as Rina absolutely floundered under Lucy’s pressure — not her physical strength obviously, since Rina was way bigger than Lucy, but how she socialized. I’d been looking forward to seeing these two meet ever since I realized Rina’s shtick, and so far I wasn’t disappointed.

That being said, I couldn’t blame Rina for being nervous. Any other person we knew seeing us like that might’ve been an issue; luckily, Lucy wasn’t just any other person. Not only was she arguably more touchy than Rina when it came to her friends, but she was also…while not exactly aware of the situation, I’d given her a heads up that Rina is very…physically friendly…just in case Rina couldn’t keep herself from wandering. A good call, it turned out. I was glad Em suggested it.

Another giggle threatened to erupt as I watched them; Rina was a riot when she got caught with her pants down like this. It also made her feel more…I dunno, natural? There was more to it I struggled to pin down, but whatever.

I got up and skipped over to join in the soon-to-be group hug. This was gonna be fun!