by Miss Merikan
“I’m sorry, I know. I guess that’s what comes with an obscure hobby, right?”
“Yes and no. I suppose it’s like not wanting an animal watch you have sex.” She shuddered and started aligning the furniture with the wall.
“They’re not alive.” Dan put his hands in his pockets.
“But they look like they are. That’s one of the things we enjoy about them, isn’t it?”
Dan sighed. “Speaking of which ... Wanna do that photo shoot for the ‘Love in Bloom’ contest? The deadline’s coming up, and we still have a few hours until the party.”
Anna put down the cupboard and turned around, her mind clearing. “Let’s do it. Oh, my God. With the project, Gavin, and everything, I completely forgot about it!”
The moment she finished talking, her phone rang with the music she set for Gavin.
“Just a minute,” she said to Dan and quickly picked it up, already happy about hearing Gavin’s voice before the party in the evening. “Hi there!”
“Hey, Anna. You wanna go out and grab something to eat? Or go to the cinema or something?”
Anna let out a low sigh. Her gaze went up to Dan’s face, already fearing the disappointment she was bound to see there. And she really did want to do this competition. But Dan didn’t roll his eyes or frown, he just sighed and walked off to the living room. It felt like a stab in the heart. Especially since Brad and Mimosa hadn’t been on a date for such a long time. She sacrificed their romance and Dan’s involvement in it for her own relationship, and that wasn’t fair.
“Sorry, I have this big thing that I have to finish before the party. Let’s just meet then?”
“But you said you were done with that doll project thingy. And it’s gonna be all dolls, all night. Can’t we just go somewhere?”
Anna swallowed hard. “Sorry, baby, but I agreed to do this one head and ship it off before they close the post office, so I really can’t. I promise I’ll find time for just the two of us at the party. What do you say?”
The sigh on Gavin’s side was so loud the line crackled. “Yeah.”
It was hard to just leave it like that, but she couldn’t spend all of her time with him. Dan was right in suggesting that she needed time for her hobby. “See you tonight?”
“I’ll be there around nine. Wear a short skirt,” he said with a hint of a smile in his voice.
“It will be very short, sir,” she whispered, covering the receiver with her hand. There. She’d have her cake and eat it too.
*
Anna looked at the clock they had earlier set to Korean time and stretched her fingers, ready for the furious game of Chase the Limited Doll. She adjusted the laptop in her lap and slurped some more iced coffee. “Half an hour more, guys. I suggest we start refreshing the site one minute to twelve.”
Gavin was staring at the dolls Anna invited to the party. She sat them all on the coffee table and on the miniature sofa so they could cheer on their humans. Andrea even brought some pink pom-poms, along with a cardboard sign that read “Ganbare!” which apparently meant something akin to “Good luck” in Japanese. With Dan accidentally choosing to wear a pink shirt as well, Gavin was like a droplet of ink in a strawberry milkshake.
Andrea poked her in the ribs. “Is he thinking about getting one too? I bet he’s jealous now.”
Anna chuckled and flashed Gavin a bright smile. “What say you, Gavin?”
Gavin cocked his head from side to side watching little Popo in his armchair. “Maybe just a head.”
It was as if there were fireworks exploding in Anna’s chest. She almost dropped the laptop on the way to Gavin. “Oh, my God, are you serious?” She started jumping right in front of him, just to unload the energy that her body suddenly unleashed on her.
“Anna, come on ... don’t make it into a big deal. Just wanted to give the faceups a shot without damaging any of your heads. I often have ideas for makeup I can’t do on anyone.” He gave her thigh a pat.
“I don’t know if they would sell that well then if no one wants them,” Dan said with a sigh.
“That’s kinda the point of having dolls, isn’t it?” chuckled Andrea, who was lying on the sofa with her head hanging off the seat and her legs resting on the backrest, the white pantaloons in plain sight. She already had a bit too much to drink, but Anna trusted Andrea would sober up in time.
She nodded and looked up at Gavin with a small smile. “I actually have ones that I don’t use. Sometimes the companies give them away for free.”
“I wouldn’t want to break it or something. Maybe I’ll buy it off you, and I could practice on it. I actually used to paint when I was younger.” Gavin smiled up at Anna and pulled her into his lap.
She grinned at him. “Come on, I have three to choose from. It’s a gift.”
“You just want me to get used to them, so you can turn me into one someday.” Gavin snorted and gave her a kiss.
Anna groaned, nuzzling his nose gently. “Oh, no! My secret plan is now ruined!”
Dan got up from the armchair and strolled into the kitchen. “Anyone wants pizza?”
“Me, me, me!” Andrea yelled. “Pineapple!”
Gavin smiled up at Anna. “Can I get Fiona’s head?”
Anna felt her face fall, mind going completely blank. “I don’t think I love you enough for that.”
Dan choked on his Coke in the kitchen and coughed as if he were going to die, while Andrea looked at her sparkly nails. The silence from Gavin told Anna that it wasn’t the best choice of words, but there was no way of taking them back.
“Do you love me enough to pass me that spring roll?” Gavin asked calmly, pointing at the food on the table.
Anna chuckled to cover her embarrassment and swatted Gavin on the shoulder. “Nah, I don’t think I love you enough for that either,” she teased, slowly leaning forward and nuzzling the tip of his nose.
“Guess I’m gonna have to move my attentions to Andrea.” Gavin said and shook his head.
Andrea snorted and had more sake. “Barking at the wrong tree, Gavin. I’m all about the pussy.”
“I can vouch for that,” said Anna, hoping the image that would surely pop into Gavin’s head following that statement would be enough for him to forget her stupidity. She leaned back for the spring roll and tapped it against his lips.
Gavin’s eyes got a bit wider, and he opened his mouth without a word, starting to chew as soon as Anna broke the rest of the roll off.
“Is Dollmother still offering you wads of cash for Fiona?” Andrea changed the topic and sat up straight in front of her laptop.
Anna rolled her eyes, hugging Gavin and pushing the other half of the spring roll into his mouth as soon as he swallowed. “Yeah. What an entitled bitch. At least she also pays good money for faceups.”
Dan looked at them from the kitchen. “Why? What happened?”
Andrea grinned at him. “Apparently she got the Katyusha from Korea. So there is only one left for her to grab.” She murmured the theme song from Jaws.
“Oh, for fuck’s sake!” Dan slammed his fist on the counter. “She could have given those ridiculous sums to charity. Why would anyone need five identical dolls?”
Anna groaned. “She’ll never have all five of them.”
Andrea let out a chuckle. “Anna, the hero of the BJD resistance.”
Gavin laughed with his mouth full, but then raised his eyebrows and pointed to the laptop. “Fuck, it’s almost noon in Korea!”
Anna’s heart froze, and she stormed off his lap to get to her own computer. “This is it, people!” she said as Dan ran over to join them, almost stumbling on his way. “I’ll be your slave if you get me that doll.”
“Don’t make promises you can’t fulfill,” Gavin said with his eyes glued to the screen and his hand tense on his keyboard.
Anna smiled at him, but her whole body was already experiencing a huge adrenaline rush. This was Momo, which had been the first head molds ever produced for a ball-jointed doll. All the ex
isting ones were by now badly yellowed, as the resin they had been made of had many flaws, and turned out to be extremely sensitive to light. The producer decided to release a limited edition of thirty Momos made with the newest UV-ray protected resin, and if all went well, the beautiful, sweet Momo, with her big round eyes and cute dimples could become one of the staples of Anna’s collection. She already had a faceup planned, along with a dress she wanted to commission from a seamstress friend. If only one of them could get the doll. Anna sent money into all of their PayPal accounts, so they could instantly pay and secure the purchase if they got to the ‘buy’ page before her.
Anna kept pressing the refresh button, her eyes focused on the list of products on the website of Momo’s home company. And each time, she was greeted by familiar faces. The room went silent, everyone refreshing the website to be the first one to click the ‘buy’ button and get one of thirty Momos released. Anna already had a name and personality planned for hers. She’d be called Fluff Puff and not only be the Princess of Candy, but have a wig resembling cotton candy and a peach-colored dress with thousands of frills.
Anna’s heart stopped when the face she desperately wanted appeared on the screen, but disappeared right away after she reflexively pressed the refresh button again. With a shriek, she grabbed the sides of her laptop, staring at the white screen as the page loaded for far too long. “No ... it’s there ... oh, God, please someone!”
“I think I’ve got it,” Gavin rasped and kept clicking through. “I’m almost paying. Come on, computer!”
“Me too! I’m clicking through!” Dan hissed.
Andrea let out a high-pitched yell behind them, “Please, load, you piece of crap!”
Anna refreshed the page again, but to her dismay, it just wouldn’t load. There was simply too much traffic.
“Done!” Gavin yelled and pushed the laptop away to get up, jump, and pat the ceiling. “I bought it!”
Anna’s lungs emptied, the edges of her vision turning into colorful dots. “Really? You already paid for it?”
“Yes, done and dusted. She’s yours.” He came up to her with a wide grin, the whites of his eyes so bright against the dark eyeliner.
Anna slid the computer off her lap and jumped at him like a monkey, holding on with all her limbs as she pressed their lips into a breathless kiss. Her head was spinning as if she were drunk, but that was okay because it was time to celebrate. “I fucking love you!”
Gavin’s smile was so wide it threatened to break his face in half. “I love you too,” he whispered, looking into her eyes with so much awe Anna didn’t know what to do with it. Her stomach clenched in horror. This ... was all so sudden. So early on. Of course, she liked being with him, he was hands down the best boyfriend she ever had, but the L word was simply too big right now. She was fucking up so hard tonight. And all she could do was go with it. The guy got her the Momo after all. That was a bunch of brownie points right there.
Anna closed her eyes and hid her face in Gavin’s neck, breathing hard. She’d never think he was already so intensely engaged into this relationship. Weren’t guys supposed to be the ones having difficulties to commit? Did she have a guy mind?
Gavin let her down and gave her one more kiss.
Andrea was sitting on the couch, eating a pack of marshmallows. “Now that was a fucking Hallmark moment,” she said with her mouth full.
“Oh, shut up,” mumbled Anna, hugging Gavin as hard as she could. She was so confused right now. When was the last time anyone confessed their love to her? It didn’t happen all that frequently, and her relationships tended to be short and exhausting. This one was sweet and long like pulled caramel. Maybe she should just wait it out? Pretend it didn’t happen. It wasn’t like he would start saying it all the time now, was it?
“So you said you’d be my slave now?” Gavin asked in that sexy rasp of his, oblivious to her peril. But that at least she could deal with easily. She’d love to deal with this actually, as her body was still high from the adrenaline pumping through her at rapid speed. Slowly, she turned to look at Dan and Andrea. Could they just leave?
“Go on, lovebirds,” Andrea said with a snort. “I think I’ve had too much sake though. Can I crash on the sofa?”
Dan nodded with no facial expression whatsoever. “Yeah, sure, I’ll get you some extra bedding.”
Anna found Gavin’s hand, squeezing it hard. “You are an amazing guy,” she whispered because that was something she could be completely truthful at.
Gavin turned to their friends with a smirk. “See guys. I’m the master of clicking. And that’s with one hand.”
Anna got to her toes and gently swirled her tongue over his ear. “You should claim your prize then.”
“Goodnight, everyone,” he said before they walked to the corridor with Anna’s rooms. This would be the first night Gavin would actually stay, and combined with him getting that Momo for her, it would be a night to remember.
Anna slid her hand to the front of his pants and opened the top button with a wide grin. “So, what is it gonna be?”
“There is something I’ve been wanting to do,” he murmured hesitantly, and the hint of tension in his voice already told Anna it was something they hadn’t done so far. With her curiosity spiked, she pulled Gavin into her bedroom and kicked the door shut.
“Yeah?”
But instead of spilling the beans, Gavin looked around the room. “Oh, whoa ... you took the dolls out?”
Anna bit her lip but still couldn’t keep down a loud chuckle. “We passed them on the way.”
“I’m sorry, I didn’t recognize them, there’s so many. You’ve got so much space here now.” Gavin looked around with his kissable lips parted as if he’d seen the place for the first time.
Anna smirked and gently pushed him against the emptied wall. “Yeah, maybe we could put it to good use?” she asked, pulling him down by the shirt for a kiss. She traced his lips with her tongue, tickling the metal ball over Gavin’s mouth.
“What I want to do is for you to lube up those pretty tits so I can see.” Gavin’s voice already got that typical rasp.
Anna smiled against his mouth and touched the warm piercing inside Gavin’s mouth with her tongue. Her chest was heaving against Gavin’s hard ribcage, and she already had an idea what was going on in his mind. “Yes, master,” she teased.
“Go on, get the lube and kneel. I wanna watch,” he said and pulled his shirt off. Now she was the one watching. She wouldn’t tell him, in case it would make Gavin feel self-conscious, but she found the way he took his top off with one hand, grabbing it at the back and pulling up, pretty sexy. He usually did it in one move, and as he reached back, his stomach muscles would go so tense she wanted to lick them.
Anna wiggled her eyebrows and started a slow walk to the nightstand. And since she couldn’t get her clothes dirty, off went first the T-shirt, then her shorts. She made sure to bow low to get the lube so that Gavin could fully appreciate her see-through briefs. She could sense his gaze stroking her buttocks like his hand would, only to caress her clit through the fabric. She flinched even without the physical touch.
Gavin was a sight to behold. He leaned against the wall in a nonchalant way, with his hand in the pocket of his unzipped jeans. His pale body was so angular and slim, yet she knew it held a good amount of strength. There was something unbearably exciting at how angular he felt against her, and she didn’t mind the occasional bruises at all. The bra came next, and she left it on the mattress, approaching Gavin in just her panties. With the light pleasantly dim, she uncapped the lube and spilled some of it over the top of her left breast, momentarily stiffening at the cool touch that slowly trailed down, missing her stiff nipple by a fraction of an inch.
The way Gavin’s gaze zeroed in on her felt as if she were the only woman in the world that he’d ever look at. “Now rub it all over,” he murmured.
“You think that’s enough?” she asked, scooping up some of the lube on her skin and massaging i
t over her nipple, which had already established an unbreakable connection with her clit.
“No, more. I want to see them dripping with it.”
Anna looked into his eyes and dropped her head to her nape, squeezing the bottle hard. The slick fluid sprayed her skin, delving into her cleavage and making her shudder as it ran down her warm body. “Better?”
“Yeah, better.” Gavin reached into his pants and pulled out his already stiffening dick. He reached down to one of Anna’s breasts and played with it, stroking the skin and kneading the flesh. After a moment, he started stroking his cock with the slippery hand.
Anna gathered her breasts and pushed them up, sliding her hands all the way to her neck, massaging it with the warmed-up lube. “How about I take care of you now?” she whispered, locking her eyes with Gavin’s.
“An angel, not a slave,” Gavin whispered and pulled his hand away, his dick already in its full glory.
Anna groaned and slowly raised herself using Gavin’s hips to steady herself. She leaned forward and straightened her back, letting her breasts brush up Gavin’s chest on the way. His skin was burning hot, and the way it smelled made her want to bite a chunk out of his shoulder. “Then come to bed.”
“If you say so.” Gavin smiled and leaned down for a kiss. His slippery hand wandered to her side and then up her back as they slowly backed away from the wall and to the bed without their lips parting.
Just as they were almost on the bed, Anna lost her balance when she slipped on some lube that must have dripped to the wooden floor. She gasped in panic, but Gavin was quick to grab her arm and help her up.
Anna inhaled a big gulp of air and pulled Gavin’s hips against her own, enjoying how his stiff cock felt so close to her still-covered pussy. “And one more good deed for the day.”
“You know me. Always the gentleman.” Gavin chuckled and licked Anna’s cheek before pushing her down.
She rolled to the mattress with a loud laugh and slid her hands over her breasts, cupping them and pressing up for a tight cleavage. “So?”