Yes

With a bit of encouragement, Emily finally builds up the confidence to answer her friend’s question.

“It was three years ago, right as I moved into my first apartment,” Emily explained.

“Wait,” Yuri said with a skeptical look on her face. “You only started masturbating 3 years ago?”

“Ummm… yeah,” Emily replied meekly, pointing her fingers together.

“Why’d you wait for so long?” Yuri asked with sincere shock on her face.

“Well, I never had a room to myself growing up, including during high school. My sister and brother lived in the same room as me up until I moved out,” Emily explained.

“Damn, you had no privacy then, huh?” Jessica said, she too looked confused.

“Also, my parents would never had let me do that kind of thing in their house. I remember when I was 14 or so, and my mother took me to the side and told me god always watches his creations to make sure they don’t commit sin,” Emily elaborated. Sarah could tell how upset she was retelling the story.

“Man, I couldn’t last one day in a Christian household. They’re made up of a bunch of prudes,” Yuri remarked.

Sarah scowls at Yuri and coughs, getting her attention. Yuri notices, and immediately feels bad.

“Not to dis Christians or whatever, just not my thing,” Yuri apologizes, if a bit weakly.

“Oh no, it’s fine. I’m non-practicing nowadays,” Emily explained.

“Hmmm, that makes sense, but you never told us you grew up Christian?” Jessica said. Sarah was really the only one to know of Emily’s upbringing, granted that she knew her all her life.

“Yeah, back in the day, Emily was your average Christian girl. I remember meeting her at the church during a Christmas gathering,” Sarah explained. Way back in the day, where Sarah might’ve been 6 at the time, she met a 4 year old Emily at the church in the children’s playground, and ever since they were friends.

“Yep, but it mostly came from my mom. She was pretty set on her beliefs, forcing us to memorize prayers each night. My dad was less religious, but he still cared for the traditional family the belief centered around. So any kind of behavior deemed sinful was not tolerated,” Emily said with a hint of hesitation in her voice.

“Must’ve been strict as hell growing up!” Casandra commented.

“Pretty much, but once I finally had a place to myself, I felt so happy! I felt like I could do anything when in my new home,” Emily said, looking back on her fond memories.

“So is that when you first got at it,” Yuri said with a couple of winks.

“Well….” Emily’s face begins to burn up once more. “The first night, I was thinking of _something _and I felt my body get all warm down below. I remembered this feeling first happening way back in middle school, but I was told to never act on my desires like that. But I was alone, free to do and act on whatever I wanted. So, I reached down to where the warmth was, and, well… the rest is self explanatory,” Emily said, trying her hardest to not sound too vulgar.

Sarah was amazed by how casual Emily was when explaining everything, even if she never went into detail about the act. But she wants to know more.

“How did you feel after?” Sarah asked.

“It felt… confusing. I felt bad and good at the same time. It was like I was in pure bliss, but at the cost of betraying someone,” Emily said.

“Were you betraying Jesus or something?” Yuri joked.

“Well, not really… it was someone else,” Emily said, her blush glowing brighter.

“Who’s this someone? Did you nut to someone you know?” Yuri asked, now more curious than ever before.

“I’d rather not elaborate,” Emily said, shrinking her figure in embarrassment.

“Someone! Who’s this someone?!?” Sarah thought to herself as her mind exploded. “Was it a celebrity crush? A fictional character? Someone at their old school? Ugh, why are you such an enigma!” Sarah cried to herself. What was a simple question to get Emily to open up some more turned into a question of who she really likes, causing Sarah to doubt herself. Could Sarah’s love be all one sided, doomed to forever be nothing but a pipe dream?