Having doubts

At school the next day, I was depressed. The whole incident with Shampoo had really thrown a damper on my usual excitement. So, when Ukyo came to me, I wasn't really in the mood.

"Say... um... Akane... is there another one of those... events... soon?" Ukyo asked discretely as she could.

I looked at her, her nervousness lifting my spirits just a little, but at the same time also renewing my self-doubt. "I think you're good for now, Ukyo. You've been to two events. I'm sure that's enough."

"Oh... yeah, I suppose," Ukyo said, but I could tell she wasn't happy. She was already past that half way point between not wanting to go and wanting to. Still, maybe she's not fully addicted yet and I can turn her away.

"The next event is a ways off," I said.

"I thought you said it was the season," Ukyo replied, confused.

You just had to remember that, didn't you? "Uh, yeah, but those events are tightly packed so we already missed most of them, and the member only events are generally booked solid." It was a lie, but thanks to Lust I could lie with the best.

"Oh," Ukyo said in disappointment. "You don't look happy yourself."

That transparent am I? "It's... not something I can talk about. Don't worry about it, it is all handled, just... disappointing," I said, and looked back at Ukyo to see her needing look. I really did addict her to this, didn't I? "I'll see if any openings come up and contact you."

"Uh... sure, yeah, right, uh... thanks," Ukyo said with a blush and rushed off.

XXXXX

Some days later, I was over with Kodachi, and I will admit it, this too had lost its charm. I mean, it wasn't like Kodachi wasn't into it. Nono, she was fully invested! And that was nice. Still I had this nagging doubt. What if...

Damn it all, Akane, are you going to let this one incident ruin everything? Sadly, I was thinking I just might.

"Mistress? Mistress?"

...

"AKANE!"

I snapped out of my thoughts to find Kodachi glaring at me. "What?" I asked back in annoyance.

"What do you mean, what? You have been staring off into space for nearly ten minutes," Kodachi said. "If you're going to act like this, I demand to be released at once."

I blinked. There was a sort of absurdity to the situation as Kodachi was currently bound, with her arms held straight behind her in a black leather restraint and her legs and knees bound wide to a steel bar bolted to the floor. With the leather arm restraint bound to the ceiling, the gymnast had little range of motion. Her making demands of me in this situation was laughable... so I did just that.

"You, making demands of me, ****? That's precious!" I said and jumped to my feet. "I think it is time for a little re-education," I declared as I snapped up one of my favorite whips, one that stung like hell but left little injury.

"You are truly an evil woman!" Kodachi replied.

"The evillest!" I replied, but I could see it in Kodachi's eyes. She was happy despite her attempt to hide it. You know what, I think I needed that. Let's do this! And, even though she's being disobedient, I'll give a good night tonight.