Well lately when I look into your eyes, I'm goin' down, down, down, down

Contrary to popular belief, Nick was not a fool.

…

Well, perhaps in many ways he was, but not in this instance. Even slightly **** he knew what was going on when he saw Dakota **** a kiss onto Marley. It had been done for the same reason as Carly kissing Gina.

To arouse him.

Ah, so that’s what they’re after, he thought, staring at the giggling girls watching the kiss. He sighed in exasperation.

Judging by Marley’s flustered reaction, she clearly hadn’t been expecting this. And Dani seemed outright shocked.

So it was a pretty safe bet that the two of them weren’t involved.

Of course, that didn’t change the fact that his bachelor party was currently occupied by three wolves and two sheep.

If he wanted them to have a good night, he would need to take some steps to ensure that.

He cleared his throat.

“Dakota, could you not, please?” He asked, trying to sound as firm as he could. “I don’t think Marley appreciates that.”

“Sorry,” she apologized immediately, actually seeming sincere. “I wanted to verify something about my transformation, to prove to Carly that it wouldn’t work on her sister.”

There was probably a kernel of truth to that, too. But he knew Dakota well enough to know how easily she lied with the truth.

“I see. Well, let’s keep the public displays of affection to a minimum, if you would?” He requested.

“Of course!” Dakota replied with a cheery smile. “Tonight is your night, after all. Whatever you wish!”

“…Right. Well, currently my wish is to use the restroom, so if you would please?”

He walked across the bar towards the restroom. He paused at the door and took a deep breath, exhaling. Let’s see if that old saying about two birds and one stone is true or not.

With a sigh, he turned back to the girls, who were all watching him intently. It felt like they’d gotten even closer, like lionesses on the hunt.

Yeah, damn his nerves, he needed to head this off now.

“Gina… would you like to join me?”

“What?” Carly’s eyes widened in surprise. Dakota was also momentarily stunned, but recovered almost immediately.

“Hey, wait!” Dani exclaimed. “That’s not-!”

“Dani, it’s fine, it’ll just be for a bit,” Nick assured her. “Gina?”

“Well, alrighty!” Gina grinned from ear to ear. She skipped over to Nick, but not before turning back to the others and sticking her tongue out. She flipped both middle fingers into the air.

“Wh-what’s going on?” Marley asked, still a little dazed from the kiss.

“Don’t worry about it,” Dani sighed, shaking her head.

Gina was as happy as a clam when she got to Nick. “Well, what can I do for ya?” She asked coyly.

Nick slapped her on the ass in response.

“Just get inside,” he grumbled, not exactly thrilled at the direction tonight was going to go.

With a giggle Gina wiggled her ass as she walked into the bathroom, trying to tantalize Nick even further. It was a wasted effort; he was hard as steel already, and needed some relief.

“So, how do you want- oh!” Gina turned on her heels and her eyes lit up to see Nick already unzipping his pants. “Not even gonna wait until we get to the stall first, eh?” She licked her lips.

“That would be a waste of time,” Nick gruffly replied. He held his rock-hard erection in his hand, taunting her with it. He didn’t miss the way her eyes followed his swaying shaft. “Kneel.”

Gina dropped to her knees so fast for a second he was afraid she might bruise them.

“I know you and the other girls are conspiring against me,” Nick said calmly. “Dakota and Carly, right? The three of you have worked out some sort of plan to, what, have an orgy on the eve of my wedding to Mary?”

“Um… I’m not supposed to talk about that…” Gina mumbled, hypnotized by the promise of cock.

“So there’s something to talk about then.” He could always count on Gina to let the wrong thing slip out.

“That’s… uh…”

She quickly averted her eyes. Or tried to, anyway. She managed to look away for all of one second.

“Listen, Gina, I’m going to make myself very clear.” Nick made sure to keep his tone as even as possible so that she knew he was serious. “I don’t want an orgy right now. As much as I love you, and Dakota, and even Carly, as much as I lust after the three of you, it’s not going to happen tonight, understand? And definitely not right in front of Marley and Dani.”

“Well, uh…” The longer Gina stared at Nick’s exposed cock, the thirstier she felt. “M-maybe… maybe those two would want to join in…?”

“Marley, yeah, maybe,” he admitted. Knowing her fondness for skinship and cuddles, he didn’t doubt Marley’s ability to be swayed by her sister’s sweet words. “But Dani would never go for something like that, and this is HER party plan you’re trying to ruin here. And I don’t appreciate that.”

“Sorry…” Gina said, swallowing. But because the only thing in her mouth was her own spit, it just made her throat itch even worse.

“Sorry what?” He pressed.

“Sorry… master.”

“That’s better. Now, you keep talking about how you’re my little fuck ****, and you act like you mean it. And yet, it seems that right now, you’re a lot more concerned with your own pleasure than with mine.” Nick narrowed his eyes. “Is that the kind of attitude that a sex **** should have, you think?”

Gina gulped and shook her head. “No, master.”

“‘No master’ indeed,” he nodded. “Now, I appreciate that for you, this sex **** stuff is more of a fetish compared to, say, Holly, which is why I’ve given you some leeway. But if you’re going to be serious about this, then we need to make things clear. Okay? And that means we need to establish a safeword.”

Gina rolled her eyes. “Come on, seriously? You think I care about something like that?”

“I care,” Nick scowled. “I’ve been going easy on you so far, to make sure that you’re really in for this. But because of that, I think you’ve gotten a little too comfortable, and have forgotten the power dynamic here.” He stepped forward and shook his dick, smacking her lightly in the face. “You’re my sex ****. Not Dakota’s. Not Carly’s. Mine. And if you’re not comfortable with me calling the shots, or you want to do something I don’t agree with, then you need a safeword to let me know. Okay?”

Gina bit her lip, weighing her options. It took her less than an instant given how much one choice outweighed the other.

“Then for a safeword, how about ‘pudding’?” She suggested.

Nick raised his eyebrow. “…Pudding? I suppose that works, but why…?”

“Remember that pudding they served us at camp?” She giggled, flashing back to fonder memories. “That stuff was the best!”

Nick smiled in spite of himself. For a second, the master-**** dynamic they’d been playing at was gone, and they were just two old friends/lovers reminiscing about the good old days.

But back to business.

“Fine, pudding works,” he agreed. “Now, time for my terms for tonight. I’m willing to let you suck me off right now-”

“Don’t mind if I do!” Gina practically lunged for his cock, trying to inhale it down her throat. Nick only just managed to pull it out of the way before she swallowed it whole.

“Wait, wait, I’m not done!” He scowled. “I’ll let you suck me off now. But in exchange, I want you to switch over and join this side. The ‘no orgy at the bachelor party’ side.”

“Auungh…” Gina’s throat made a disappointed noise.

“And in exchange, if you can keep those two from having sex with me tonight, I’ll give you a reward later,” Nick offered. “What do you say? One blowjob now, and then another, tonight, once everything’s over.”

Gina started drool.

“Just think about it this way. If the orgy really does happen, then you’d have to share my semen with the other two, right?” Nick continued, appealing to Gina’s selfishness. It felt like a scummy thing to do, but he knew her well enough to know it would work. “This way, however aroused I get, you’ll get it all to yourself.”

“Deal! Yeah, sure, let’s do that!” Gina nodded eagerly, her eyes glistening with desire.

That was easy. The notion that it was wrong to use her addiction against her didn’t even cross his mind.

“Well, alright then,” Nick said, practically shoving his erection into her face. “Now suck.”

Gina wrapped her lips around the head and began to suck, humming to herself while she did so. She was remarkably easy to tame.

“That’s right…” Nick groaned, curling his fingers through her tangled hair. “Suck it all down… that’s a good girl… fuck… yeah, right there…”

Maybe it was because Gina had only gotten better and better at giving head since last night, or maybe it was her desperation from not getting any all day, or maybe the effects of the **** had just made it difficult for him to hold back. But Nick felt lightheaded as Gina wrapped her tongue around his shaft and sucked him into her throat, and didn’t even realize he was cumming until he heard her start to moan.

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When Gina stepped out of the restroom wiping her lips with a satisfied smile on her face, everyone in the bar knew what had just gone down. Or more accurately, who had just gone down.

“Traitor,” Dakota hissed.

Gina didn’t mind. “Worth it,” she replied with a wink. “I’m on this side now!”

“Come on,” Carly groaned. “Are you really working against the orgy now?!”

“What’s that?” Dani regained her focus and turned to Carly with a dirty look on her face. “An orgy?! Are you serious right now?”

“What?” Carly asked defensively. “It’s not like you had to participate. But the three of us had our own plans going on!”

“I knew it was going to be something like this,” Marley sighed, rubbing her temples in exasperation. “That’s why Dakota kissed me, right? To turn him on?”

“Yep. And apparently it didn’t matter,” Dakota said, leering at the punk. “Since someone got to keep the reward all to herself.”

Gina licked her lips exaggeratedly. “And it tasted great.”

“I can’t believe this, guys!” Dani groaned. “I thought we had a plan! What happened to going to the strip club?!”

“Oh, yeah, we’re still doing that,” Carly assured her. “It’s just that we wanted a little bit of ‘private action’ afterwards.”

Dani stared at her incredulously. She really shouldn’t have put this past those three, but then she’d honestly hoped that they could have a good night together just celebrating Nick’s marriage.

“Anyway, guys, I think we should call it quits on the plan,” Gina urged them. “Nick doesn’t want it anyway. And besides, he promised an orgy might be coming later if we want one! Just not tonight, that’s all.”

Dakota scowled. “Who cares about that? He does want an orgy, he just doesn’t want to admit it, that’s all! He wants to play at being the nice guy while he’s getting married to Mary, since he thinks that’s what she wants. He’s doing it for her, not for himself.”

“Hey, Nick IS a nice guy!” Dani protested. “And if he doesn’t want an orgy, that’s his choice, even if it is being influenced by who he’s marrying.”

Dakota snorted and rolled her eyes. “Of course. How naïve. I knew I should have been the best woman, not someone like you who doesn’t even understand him.”

“Hey, come on, that’s going too far,” Carly said, coming to Dani’s defense. “Dani’s Nick’s friend! He used to talk about her all the time in school! Just because you’re his friend too, that doesn’t mean she’s wrong about him.”

“Aargh, none of you get it!” Dakota groaned, practically pulling out her hair. “Nick WANTS this, okay?! He just doesn’t think he deserves it! He’s lonely, don’t you guys get that?! He just wants to be loved, and he deserves to be loved! We should all be throwing ourselves at him in an orgy of affection every night just to let him know how much we care about him, but we’re not! Because you’re all selfish and greedy and don’t see the big picture like I do!”

Her words were primarily aimed at Gina, but Dani was the one who took offense.

“Hey, I’m not being selfish,” she snarled, narrowing her eyes. “I’m just not interested. If you want to have your orgy or whatever, fine, but don’t pretend like I’m somehow to blame for not being attracted to him.”

Dakota looked ready to **** the other girl. But surprisingly she managed to restrain those emotions and took a deep breath, exhaling.

“…I understand that,” she said at last. “And I wouldn’t **** you to be a part of something you won’t want to be. But since you know Nick so well, you have to know how much he’s hurting, right? Hurt that you caused. Because you rejected him and ghosted him so brutally, he nearly fell apart all over again. And I was the one who had to pick up the pieces, like always! And you have the audacity to claim that you deserve to be his best woman?”

She laughed at the absurdity of that.

Dani looked completely defeated. She couldn’t refute a single word out of the other woman’s mouth.

“That’s… I mean…” She hung her head in shame. The truth was, she HAD hurt Nick. Maybe Dakota was right. Maybe she didn’t deserve to be his best woman.

“…You didn’t, though,” Carly said quietly.

Dakota turned to her. “What was that?”

“I said… you didn’t though.” Carly’s voice started out small, but grew stronger. “Maybe in the twisted alternate reality you got for your transformation, but that’s not what really happened, and we both know it. I was the one who managed to reach him. I brought his smile back. It… it wasn’t you.”

For a second, Carly was afraid that Dakota would turn her ire on her next.

Instead, the dark-haired girl had five simple words that destroyed Carly’s entire argument.

“But you left him too.”

The cosplayer flinched, taking a step back. “That was… you know I had my reasons for that,” she said quietly.

“I know you did,” Dakota nodded. “Just like Dani had her reasons. And Holly. And Mary. All of you had your ‘reasons’ for abandoning him, whereas I was the one who stayed by his side the entire time!” She slapped her chest. “Not any of you! Me! It was always me! Don’t you get that?!”

Carly opened her mouth to say something, but Dakota didn’t want to hear it.

“And before you go off again about how those alternate histories aren’t real, I want you to use your fucking head for once,” Dakota snarled. “Think about who you’re really hurting when you say something like that next time!”

Carly’s eyes snapped over to Marley and she gasped.

Her sister looked devastated.

“M-Marley, that… that wasn’t what I…!”

“Do you really feel that way?” Marley asked quietly. “All that time we spent together… that’s just not real to you?”

“No! Of course that’s not what I meant!” Carly cried, running to her sister’s side and hugging her. “Of course you’re real! You’re my sister! I love you!”

“But it’s not what ‘really’ happened,” Marley reminded her. “Right? You never ‘really’ had a sister. So if you think that Dakota didn’t ‘really’ help Nick, that’s what you’re saying, right?”

“Well?” Dakota asked, crossing her arms in front of her chest. “I’ll give you this, you’ve been drinking a lot tonight, and maybe you’re not thinking clearly. So maybe you didn’t mean it. …But maybe you did. So what’s the answer, Carly? Is your sister really your sister? Or is she just another ‘twisted alternate reality’ to you?”

“Of course she’s my sister!” Carly exclaimed without hesitation, and Marley’s face brightened.

Carly turned to her. “I’m sorry for saying that,” she apologized. “I wasn’t thinking.”

“No, you weren’t,” Dakota sniffed. “Just like you weren’t thinking about the effect that abandoning Nick would have on his psyche. He finally thought he had someone who genuinely liked him, and what did you do? You abandoned him without a second thought.”

“No, she didn’t!” This time it was Marley who came to her sister’s defense, which surprised Dakota. “Carly thought about him all the time!”

Dakota raised her eyebrow. “Oh?”

“Marley, come on, that’s not necessary,” Carly urged her. “It’s not like telling her that would change what I did anyway.”

“But it’s the truth, isn’t it?!” Marley cried. “Dakota’s been badmouthing you and Dani and everybody else, don’t you have a right to defend yourself!?”

“Maybe,” Dani said, her voice carrying a note of self-loathing, “but it won’t change the fact that she’s right. I might not have liked doing what I did… but I did it. And even with the best of intentions, it doesn’t change the fact that I still hurt him.”

“Exactly,” Carly said, nodding solemnly. “I could have reached out to him at any time to explain what happened, why I dropped out of school. But I didn’t. I just wrote off that part of my life, even though I cared about him.”

Marley’s hands shook. “But that’s not how it happened!” She exclaimed. “What about all those nights you spent crying to me over what a good thing you had, and that you were sad it came to an end?! What about that, huh!?”

Carly winced. “That was…”

“You said that you didn’t want to contact him because you felt guilty! Because even though he clearly had feelings for you, you went and you ended up getting pregnant from someone else! And you didn’t want to make him feel like he was obligated to be with you, so you just cut off contact! Since you knew that because he had feelings for you and was such a nice guy, he’d want to help you raise your baby anyway, even though he had his whole life to live! You don’t think any of that matters!?”

Carly shook her head. “No,” she said quietly. “It doesn’t.”

“Great party,” Gina muttered to herself, getting another drink.

Dakota seemed conflicted. Hearing all that dumped on her by Marley had changed her tone considerably, but she couldn’t find her voice.

Carly broke away from the others and huddled in the corner. She’d been having so much fun tonight, and then it all came crashing down due to Dakota’s outburst.

It wasn’t Marley who went to console her sister, though. She wouldn’t even know what to say.

Dani didn’t either. But she still went over.

“Hey, Carly… it okay, you know,” she said, placing her hand on the other girl’s shoulder. “Nick doesn’t blame you for what happened. He isn’t upset at you anymore, he’s a nice guy like that.”

“…Maybe he should,” Carly muttered. “After what I did…”

Dani sighed. “Well… look. If you want to make it up to him, isn’t now the best time? Not with an orgy, I mean. There are other ways to show you love and appreciate him, right?”

Carly lifted her head slightly, peeking at Dani through the crack of her arm. “…What do you mean?” She asked quietly.

Dani struggled to smile. “Listen. If we make this the best bachelor party he could hope for, don’t you think that would go a long way in making things up to him? Showing him how much we both care about him and want him to be happy? Dakota thinks that just throwing ourselves at him will be enough, but something like this… I think that just a party to celebrate our friendship is the way. We can all have fun while making him feel loved. You know, platonically.”

That idea did bring a smile to Carly’s face. She wiped away her tears and nodded.

“Yeah,” she agreed. “Let’s do it.”