What is a favor, anyway?

Mari, lying flat on her back, couldn't take her eyes off of the raging red rocket hanging above her head. She had spent so long ignoring the thing that it had almost 'faded' out of her sight, but now, confronted with it, it was the only thing on her mind.

One word ricocheted between her ears: "Blowjob." She had heard it on school playgrounds and whispered by boys who had wanted sinful, selfish things from her. Mari knew what it was, of course. She carefully guarded her innocence, but there were some things that one simply couldn't avoid learning about, even if they would rather not have. It had always sounded dirty on the tongues of playground kids, but when Harry said it... well, it didn't sound so bad at all when it was Harry saying it.

Harry's been so kind, she thought. Not only did he not get mad at me when I lost my wallet, but he was nice enough to give me an alternative when I couldn't pay. And then he helped me understand how to do all this! In many ways, Harry was much nicer than a lot of the men at Marigold's church. So many of them were cold, or condescending. The ones that didn't openly ogle here called her a whore in whispered tones when she wasn't around. Harry was different. He was sweet, and caring, and he gave her all the attention she could possibly want. Sure, he took photos of her; but that just mean that he appreciated her, all of her. He hadn't even said mean things about her breasts.

Harry had suggested going into this room as another way for Mari to pay him for the toys she had wanted to buy Joy, but in the end he had only helped her. It really wasn't fair to him at all. He was giving up his time to teach her how to feel good. What kind of 'payment' was she really offering him? She was the only one who was profiting from this at all. His sign had called him 'Horny Harry' and it had made Mari scared, but nothing he had done showed that he lived up to his name at all. Even this request! Mari could see that the thing coming out of his pants looked so uncomfortable-- even painful. Maybe he was asking Marigold to do that to it because he thought that she could make him feel less uncomfortable.

Was that so bad?