The Seven Deadly Sweethearts

It was any other day, really, but I remember it so clearly.

I had just gotten out of my classes for the day, another Monday for the books. As I prepped my bag to begin walking home, I got a text from my best friend, Anna:

Anna: We still on for studying tonight?

I sighed, regretting my choice to continue my education instead of working some dead-end job for the rest of my life. The grass is always greener, as they say.

Thomas: Yeah, just got out. I'll be over in an hour or so

Anna: Sounds good! :)

"Always so cheerful..." I smile and mutter to myself as I step onto the sidewalk, beginning my trek home. It really wasn't that far of a walk, and it gave me time to think--or brood, however you choose to see it. Unfortunately for me though, in my zoned-out state I was not alerted to the cone-and-pothole section of the sidewalk they must have graciously added in the last six hours, because I tripped and toppled forward, tumbling to the ground in probably the least graceful manner possible. After dusting myself off, I noticed the series of cuts along my forearms.

Sidewalk - 1, Thomas - 0

At least nothing felt broken–hopefully everything in my bag was okay too. With another sigh, I continued home, thankfully without any more incidents.

As I stepped inside, I felt the cool air and immediately relaxed: sometimes you don't realize how tense you really are. I climbed up the steps to my room, not before hearing my sister, Eden, loudly yapping and laughing on her phone in her room, oblivious to the idea that other people might also live here. Whatever.

I roll my eyes and go into my room, setting my bag down by my desk as I flop onto the bed. The rest was short-lived though, as the compulsions in my head begged me to open my laptop to browse the all-knowing internet (if you can even call it that with most of the content on there now). Before I could begin a mind-numbing doom scroll, I noticed there was a new icon on my screen, a black circle with a white S, reading:

Sindex

Huh. Well I've definitely downloaded some... questionable things in the past, but I felt as though I would remember something resembling this. It had almost a threatening energy to it, like it was just daring me to open it.

I hesitated for a moment-

…how bad could it possibly be?

It opened quickly and the interface greeted me with some text:

Welcome, Thomas.

The Sindex is at your disposal. Do whatever you please. You currently have access to a limited number of features, but you may unlock new ones as you “progress.”

Have fun ;)

Uh.

I stared blankly at the dark-purple and pink window, unsure if I wanted to continue or just delete it and try to forget it entirely. I mean, it knew my name already. Did I sign up for something without realizing? …is this what internet cookies are for?

I pressed enter, and the text floated away, replaced by another interface with a series of tabs and information.

User: Thomas Lee, age 20

Height: 5’9” | Size: 7.2”

Sin Points: 1

Abilities: None

Relationships: None

Milestones

~ Sindex ~

It wasn’t a great feeling seeing no “abilities” or relationships, but I suppose it wasn’t entirely incorrect. I quickly began scanning through the tabs: the Abilities tab listed a list of… enhancements? that I could use these “Sin Points” on. A few caught my eye, like Improved Stamina and Increased Pleasure, and there were definitely more than a few more “intense” ones: Sexual Telekinesis, Mind Reading, and the like. Unfortunately, almost all of these were grayed out due to their Sin Point costs being too high. All but one: Attraction Gauge. I wasn't really sure how I had a point to begin with (maybe it was the frequent masturbation for the past several years) but I clicked to buy the ability, confirmed, and the interface updated.

User: Thomas Lee, age 20

Height: 5’9” | Size: 7.2”

Sin Points: 0

Abilities: Attraction Gauge

Relationships: None

Milestones

~ Sindex ~

The description was something along the lines of:

The Attraction Gauge ability allows the User to see other peoples’ attraction to them. Attraction is inherently a difficult subject to measure, as it combines the forces of physical attraction, romantic, platonic, and familial love into a single score. Of course, the generalized type of attraction is listed along with the score.

Any score of -20 to 0 is considered “bad,” in the sense that the person does not actively want to be around the User.

0-5 is an acquaintance or passerby, typically most physical attraction relationships fall into this tier.

5-10 is a friend, coworker, teacher, or other person the User is in contact with semi-frequently and has a positive affect with.

10-15 is a good friend, someone that respects and trusts the User.

15-20 is the highest level of attraction that can be measured–someone that is deeply involved with the User, often in more ways than one.

Reading that, I quickly flipped over to the Relationships tab, and I was shocked at what I saw. There was a long list of names, all people I knew, sorted by Attraction Level, meaning the first one I saw was:

Anna, age 19 | [Best Friend: 16]

Having just read the description, my mind was reeling. 16? I know we’ve known each other since we were kids, we talk a good amount, etc. etc. But 16?! That couldn’t have been correct. What did that even mean, really? I began looking through the other names in the list, not that there were very many, and took a mental note of the ones that seemed, well, noteworthy.

Anna, age 19 [Best Friend: 16]

Eden, age 21 [Sister: 13]

Claire, age 21 [Friend of a Friend: 7]

Zara, age 22 [Old Friend: 6]

Amy, age 20 [Classmate: 5]

Kevin, age 20 [Classmate: -11] (yeah fuck you too, Kevin)

I suppose now would be the time to mention a few key things:

1. I don’t really talk to people. Not necessarily intentionally, it’s just how I’ve been my whole life.
2. I’m a very **** romantic i.e., I fall for most/all women I interact with.

Anna, as I have mentioned, has been my best friend since we were kids. I’m not really sure why she’s stuck around me for this long, but I’m more than happy that she has. She’s about two inches shorter than me, with just-past-shoulder-length blonde hair, bright blue eyes, and glasses that fit her adorable face in the most perfect way. Everyone who knows her though, knows her for her positive, bubbly personality. I don’t think it would be possible to not like her, she’s just so perky. And speaking of… her B-cup chest (don’t ask how I know that) has definitely been the object of my attention more than once. I attempted to ask her out back in high school, but she said she'd love to go to the dance with me "as my bestie," and with my defeat I figured it just wasn’t in the cards after that.

Eden is my sister, who, as much shit as she gives me, seems to still care about me a great deal, at least according to the Attraction Gauge. Her short black hair was definitely a statement back in middle school, but now she has definitely owned it and has essentially adopted the “e-girl” look, choker and all. She's just barely taller than me, with a nice figure (our family's high metabolism and above-average... "assets"). She’s been friends with Claire since they played soccer in high school together, but since Claire went to school on an athletic scholarship and Eden got a full-time job instead, they mostly just talk on the phone every now and then, as far as I understand.

Claire is the definition of a tomboy. When she’s not out kicking ass on the soccer pitch, she’s in the gym, much to the appeal of the guys there. She has about three inches on me height-wise, and has medium-length red-brown hair, often tied into a ponytail or braids, strong green eyes, and her signature outfit of a black tank top and green camo pants, restraining her ample chest and toned ass. I have definitely lost myself in a daydream about the things I could do with her (or what she would do to me, more likely).

I haven’t talked to Zara in several years, we mostly drifted away in high school due to the age difference. Not only that, but she was able to complete her Bachelor’s in just 3 years, so she’s pretty much a genius I think. She was the oldest of our friend group back then, which means she was basically our “babysitter” at times. Now, she’s still taller than me, with her long black hair and extremely curvy figure, and her sepia-brown skin to make her look like, to be honest, a goddess in her own right.

Finally, there’s Amy. I have had a huge crush on her since I met her in sophomore year. She’s right at my height, and her piercing hazel eyes have bits of green that give them a spark I can’t quite describe. She has long, thick black hair that cascades in waves below her shoulders, contrasting her tawny, beige skin. There’s a tattoo you can’t quite see high on her left arm, accompanied by her septum piercing that gives her a stunning look. Seeing as Eden and Amy happen to work at the same coffee shop, my sister loves to tease me about her when she gets the chance.

Each of these women has been the focus of my desire more than once (yes, even my sister… I know.) and despite Amy being the closest to my “type,” I would probably lose my mind doing anything with any of them. If only.

My perusal of the software was interrupted by my phone vibrating: a call from Anna.

“Dude, where are you? It’s 4:05, don’t make me come over there!”

“I’m so sorry! I’ll be right there, I uh.. got fixated on something.”

“Whatever,” she giggled and hung up.

I quickly closed my laptop and rushed out of the door. Thankfully, Anna is quite literally the girl next door.

Hey Everyone!

Long time reader, and this is my first time writing any kind of large piece like this, so if you have any feedback, please let me know!

I want to say a huge shout-out to Fantasy, ThreeNipps, and wilparu for being awesome authors and inspiring me to write this story. I have enjoyed all of your works over the past several years, thanks again!

About the [Family]/[****] and [Transsexual] tags: I included them for ease of people trying to avoid them, but they are not the main “focus” of the story, just some of the characters.

Assuming this gets published, I’ll probably have the first couple chapters out, but I don’t know how often/consistently I will be able to update the story. Life! Thanks for taking the time to read all this, it means the world that even just someone is interested, and hey, hopefully you’ll get something out of this story too ;)

Stay Safe!

Xeno

EDIT 5/17/25: Improved clarity/detail
EDIT 5/20/25: Updated Sindex interfaces