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Contract
I knelt in front of Lily as she was still sitting in her chair. My body naturally moved that way without her having to order me to do so.
Lily put her hand on my cheek and stared into my face.
“You have such a pretty face.”
“Not as pretty as Lily-san’s.”
“Flatterer.”
It’s not like I don’t have any confidence in my appearance. I am quite beautiful if I can say so myself. Even so, I’m not sure if I could make that claim when compared to the well put together Lily.
I stared into Lily’s face. I was entranced by her big, blue, cat-like eyes. Her right eye is slightly larger than than the left, but it isn’t something you would notice without looking closely, and we all have small imbalances like that.
“You are so uniform. Perfectly symmetrical, like a mirror image.”
“Symmetrical…..?”
Lily silently guided me to a mirror. She stood behind me and started doing up my hair and straightening out my clothes. Sorting me out to show the symmetry.
“People seem to believe that people whose faces are symmetrical are eerie while those with a slight imperfection between the left and right sides to be attractive.”
Lily began lecturing me with my figure as the subject. Maybe she’s drunk, but she is more talkative, and her tone is softer than usual. But while she spoke, her hand creeped down and slowly started unbuttoning my clothes.
Looking in the mirror, my reflection did look the same on the right side and the left as she said. It made me look fake for some reason and felt uncomfortable to look at. I’ve never noticed that before.
“You are perfectly balanced between the right and left. It is truly beautiful.”
I could see her in the mirror, hanging over my shoulder and trying to keep the balance going. She is over my right shoulder. That is the only way I could tell the different directions within the world of mirrors.
“I visited an art museum with my father once. The curator there spilled all his vast knowledge while showing us a symmetrical bust and an asymmetrical one.”
Lily moved over my left shoulder. All the buttons were undone, and my clothes fell to the ground. The worn-out, stained underwear were very different from the ones Lily had before.
“They kept insisting to me that asymmetry is more beautiful, but I never thought so. Am I the strange one? Or is it everyone else?”
I don’t think there’s anything wrong with thinking either way. Everyone has a different idea of what beauty is. Which is why votes will end up so scattered if you have a beauty pageant with 51 different participants.
“If it is the majority of people, I suppose that would make you the strange one. But that goes for me too. I am a pervert who gets excited by someone’s smell.”
I didn’t come here to discuss such lofty ideals. I’m getting impatient and cutting this short. Symmetrical, asymmetrical, left, right, I just want you to hurry up and attack me already. With that in mind, I pleaded to Lily through my reflection.
“I’m not in the mood right now. I would rather just talk. Is it not the same for you?”
You’re really not that convincing when you just took off my clothes. Lily knows what I want, and she is giving me the run around. Is she teasing me, or am I really going to be sent back hot and bothered like this? I was growing antsy not knowing what would happen next.
“But it is more than that. I am not a normal person.”
“That’s not true.”
“You really think so?”
Lily’s fingers began to slowly move around, brushing against my skin as we talked. It was ticklish because she kept just barely touching my sides.
It was like being tickled by a bird’s feather. Although strictly speaking, I’ve never had anyone do that to me before, so I’m just taking a guess.
At some point without me noticing, my breath had gradually gotten rougher.
“You get excited over every little thing. I envy you.”
Lily’s ‘envy’ immediately brought my mind crashing down to reality. I stopped Lily’s hands from doing anything else and turned to face her directly instead of through a mirror.
“Lily-san, what’s wrong?”
It felt like Lily was holding something back. She made it seem like a joke, but I think she really does need someone to talk to right now. Or perhaps it’s more accurate to say she needs someone to listen. Her eyes turned down, obviously worried.
“It doesn’t matter where I touch you. Your body is weird.”
“I-…..Is it?”
“Do you ever…..masturbate?”
This is not what I was expecting right now. It’d be pretty hot if she was asking to insult and deride me over it, but I’m not getting that impression here.
“S-…..Sometimes. I do it at night whenever I can’t sleep.”
Lily didn’t say anything when she heard my reply. I’d like her to perk up with some kind of retort, call me out and accuse me of doing it way more than that. But she continued on with her head down.
“In preparation for my upcoming wedding, a maid showed me how to do it for the first time. But when I tried it for myself, I could not feel anything. It seems impossible that anyone would enjoy such a thing. …..Of course, it was simply a class. And with a woman who is the same age as my parents…..that’s why.”
Maybe Lily is physically insensitive? There were a couple girls like that when I talked to my friends from the countryside about this kind of thing, so maybe it’s common?
“But you always seem really happy whenever you are bullying me. And even moreso when you are feeling up my legs.”
“I am not sexually aroused though. I merely think you are attractive, like admiring a fine piece of art.”
Lily made a self-deprecating laugh, obviously bothered by how strange she thought of herself. I hate seeing her like this. It is the complete opposite of the usual self-assured, domineering queen who is supposed to rule over me.
But when Lily saw me dance yesterday, she was obviously turned on. It’s probably just that she isn’t used to it. So if I can draw up that feeling, maybe she’ll realize she really is just like everyone else!
“Lily-san! Weren’t you excited by my dance just yesterday? Let me help! I’ll dance for you and keep dancing until you cum your brains out!”
“Ho-…..don’t phrase it like that!”
Lily looked away from me embarrassed. It’s during moments like this that you can tell she is a young lady. How I would love to admire the moment when such a Lily would immerse herself in delightful pleasure.
I paid close attention to her expression, and when Lily finally looked me in the eye again, I got a positive reaction to my idea.
“But, I was surprised yesterday. It did not feel like it was my own body. I am sorry I kicked you out just because of my own shock.”
I thought back to yesterday, before I was unceremoniously thrown out. Lily was fidgeting after watching a part of my dance and suddenly got angry. If I had tried to stay, I think she might’ve actually physically thrown me out the door.
“Lily-san, let’s do our best together! I want to feel good with you too!”
I took Lily’s hand and squeezed it. She looked back at me with blank eyes and smiled.
“You really are a pervert aren’t you? But I suppose that kind of positive attitude is a good thing. Liffy, I am counting on you.”
Lily’s hand squeezed back.
Rather than being a pervert, I think it is better to say I was turned into a pervert. It is a biological response from me, but I could’ve gone my whole life without ever realizing this part of myself. Everything changed when I met Lily.
“Okay. Then shall we make a contract?”
“A…..contract?”
If I were forced to put a label on our relationship, ‘friend’ or ‘collaborator’ would be the best I could come up with. A ‘contract’ is a weird fit with those kinds of labels. I’m getting excited by what is going to happen though.
“I was told once by a merchant who frequents my home that contracts are the best way to bind people together.”
From there, Lily explained that they were very serious things in a country ruled by law. I didn’t understand half of what she was talking about, but I at least understood that there would be ‘severe punishments’ if I ever broke it. And not the kind of punishment I would want. Although the worst punishment for me would be the dissolution of our relationship.
The loquacious and high-spoken Lily placed her hand into a box sitting on her table. When she brought it back out, her thin, white fingers were holding a transparent, cube thing that had water dripping off of it.
“Is that…..ice? But it’s not winter yet?”
“You are right. This is called an ice machine. It is a device capable of creating ice with magic. There is another one at the end of the hallway right?”
She probably figured I knew nothing about this and properly explained it to me. Ice is supposed to be something you only ever see during winter. Any device that uses magic, like the showers, are basically too expensive for ordinary people like me to afford, so I have no idea what kind of options are out there.
Lily put the ice in her mouth and shoved me against the wall.
“Hohohafuharahihaho”
“If you want to refuse, now is the time. Right?”
Lily nodded her head when I guessed what she was trying to say. But, there is no way I could turn back now. I shook my head, and Lily pressed her ice-cold lips against mine.
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