Love Addict’s RPG Vol. 2 Outline Part 4 (Patreon)

Morning

Sunday. Oliver awakens next morning feeling like ass. His mind music is almost unbearable when he has a hangover. Bradley is making breakfast, Oliver wonders how he would survive without him. Bradley states poorly. Fair, it's a little after ten.

He grumbles that he was supposed to start working on his stat training last night, but there really wasn't anything he could do.

He sits up and is met with some delayed notifications. He gets 30 LP from a Mia milestone for hanging out with her brothers. He thinks that's nice, and then the next message shows that he spent two hundred dollars.

He kind of freaks out about this. Told that Juan talked him into paying for everyone's drinks claiming it was their fee for giving him advice. And Julio just let that happen? Indeed he did. Oliver smiles while calling them scumbags. Bradley comforts him by stating he bought his own drinks, which is a small relief.

Breakfast is something weird. I don't have any ideas right now, but it's something for hangovers. Tell me in the comments if you have an idea. Something he got from one of his homeless friends. Oliver almost makes a comment about how they would know better than anyone but stops himself, trying to be more respectful.

The food works although the taste isn't great. His hangover clears up pretty fast and he's thankful for Bradley. He asks if there was anything else he missed after blacking out since his memory is blank. Not too much, though when they dropped the twins off Bradley says they said they'd see him next Saturday when it's time for the Rebecca strategy meeting.

Oliver is extremely flustered. Wants to make sure he didn't imply anything. He didn't, they just had a hunch and at the rate he's going it's not much of a stretch. Oliver brushes it off for now, saying one thing at a time. He's been saying it so much it may as well become his new motto.

Bradley wishes him good luck before going on his way and leaving Oliver to get ready, which he does. He spends a little extra time on his hair and outfit this morning. The reason makes him embarrassed, but he owns up to it. He's trying to impress Zoe.

Before he goes, he checks on her. Sure enough, she's been streaming straight through the night. Today she isn't on her PC. She's playing a console game on camera while sitting on top of a large exercise ball, making sure to randomly bounce every now and then in a way that works wonders for her tiny outfit. He pops in for a few seconds and almost gets carried away by her current performance before forcing himself to put it away. That was dangerous.

Knowing that she is going to be pissed, he stops and gets Zoe something to eat. While he doesn't know her tastes, he has the impression that she'll eat just about anything. While it's not as fancy as yesterday, it should do.

He goes to their house and finds the door was left unlocked for him. Good, since he hadn't really thought of what to do if it wasn't. It's around eleven now. He can't hear Zoe since her doors closed, but he knows she's grinding away in there.

He starts to feel really socially awkward about what he's supposed to do. He finds the router and debates just yanking the plug or whatever. While that would be quick and painless, he wanted to at least give her a warning. He texts her and waits a couple minutes. No response. Her phone probably isn't turned on while she is working. That, or she ignored it.

She's going to be pissed at him. Better to rip off the bandage now and get it over with. Oliver disconnects the router. A few seconds later and Zoe screams what the fuck loud enough for him to hear it through her supposedly soundproofed door. Christ, this is gonna be bad.

He braces himself for the oncoming storm, and Zoe bursts out of her room. Her music is angrier than usual. Although she is mad, Oliver is momentarily distracted by how hot she is. This is the first time he's really allowed himself to take it all in and we get the first real description of her body as being very thick and her having a very mild tummy.

Zoe sees him with the router and asks what the fuck he's doing. He does his best to remain confident and reminds her they had a deal. He takes a pretty big affection penalty from this as she makes excuses for herself, like 10 to 30. I need to delay her heart event, since it's kind of the big event of this book and it currently needs to happen on Tuesday since I want most of Monday after work to be Mia and Zoe alone reconnecting after Oliver forces them to.

Although it stings a lot, he doesn't flinch. He stands up to her excuses and now Zoe is put on the spot.

She's not unreasonable, just tired and moody. She slumps her shoulders and apologizes. He gets back a couple of points as she thanks him for following through with this but it's not enough to fully recoup the loss. She's still mad but want him to know it's not at him, just because of him. He quips oh that makes it much better. She smiles a little, then asks about the smell.

Oliver points to the coffee table where breakfast is sitting for her. He gets another point for spoiling her but she's awkward about it. Doesn't really deserve it after yelling at him. He reminds her that he chose to do this knowing she would get mad, and that she's not going to get any better without help. He can take the hit if it makes her better in the long run.

Zoe blushes and tells him he's a good guy. Using the twins advice, he stresses he's just trying to make Mia happy. That, and...

And?

Oliver teases Zoe, saying that her smile is its own reward. She comments on how fucking lame of a line that was. He shrugs, telling her they can't all be bangers. She smiles at this and sits down to eat. He asks if maybe she wants to change her clothes first, she jokes on if he's that desperate for her to cover her tits.

He buckles down on his shamelessness, commenting that they are very distracting. What's the big deal, you've already felt them up. They don't get less attractive just because I had some fun with them. If anything- he stops short.

She smirks. If anything? He doesn't have it in him to finish this one off but she finishes it for him. Kinda sounds like you were gonna say if anything it makes you want them even more. She's free to take that how she wishes. Zoe cackles, finding him amusing and cute in a confusing way.

She goes to throw on something a little less revealing but pauses at her door saying he looks nice today, too. She complimented him yesterday, too, he points out. Anymore he's going to think she's trying to get in his pants. She tells him to fuck off while laughing and then disappears into her room.

He lets out a relieved sigh. This is going well so far. It's difficult for him to match her pace and not back down when she's so quick to jab back at him, but he's getting better every second they spend alone together. It hits him how this is going to be the longest stretch they've spent without Mia. He's probably going to get her hang out milestone, but if he gets a chance, he's is going to push for more.

It's taking her longer than it should. He starts to get worried before knocking on her door and opening it a crack. She is clearly making excuses and he puts his foot down and asks what she's doing. She's not screaming, she swears, she's just writing out an explanation for why her stream ended and saying she'll be back later in a couple hours.

Oliver thinks that's fair enough and gives her another minute or two. Minor loss of affection as she snaps back okay dad. He pulls authority on her and gets a surprisingly meek apology from her. Chock another point up for the twins.

She comes back wearing the same shirt Juan was wearing last night and track pants similar to the ones he saw in her old stream. She also has a can of gulpies. He reacts to her outfit and she calls him out on staring even harder now that her tits are put away. He manages to joke that he's just thinking back fondly on them and she teases that he needs to make up his fucking mind.

Zoe's breakfast

She sits down to eat and realizes he didn't get any food for himself. Feels awkward, promises to pay him back but he won't hear of it. She shrugs and says she'll make it up to him somehow then. Makes sure he isn't just going to sit there and watch her eat, though. He's just going to scroll on his phone while waiting. She's tempted to do the same but when called out on it she says she won't. Oliver tells her good on you.

As Zoe starts to eat, she frowns and they talk about yesterday. Mia is pissed at me, isn't she. No. She's not pissed, just upset. Not even at you, more about you. She feels bad that you're as far gone as you are.

Zoe doesn't know how to take this. She knows she's not doing great socially speaking, but asks Oliver his genuine opinion on how far gone she is. Not so far gone that he thinks she isn't worth the effort. Zoe stews on this. Oliver points out that the two of them need some alone time together to hash things out. Zoe thinks that would be good but she's really scared. He tells her not to think about it for now and they'll figure it out later.

What about Rebecca? Is she upset? No, she was very understanding and was happy that you made the effort to keep playing for a while. Zoe is quiet and says she really does want to get better. He comforts her and says he knows. That's why he's here. She's quiet for a moment and then makes an apology to him. She feels really bad that she relapsed right after he got done telling them about how much their burgeoning friendship meant to him.

He hints that may have something to do with him being here. He stressed how much he liked her, teases Zoe if she thinks he'll let go of her that easily. She blushes and calls him out on his underlying agenda. He plays coy, which is effective on her. He can tell it really does make her curious and puts her on the edge of her seat.

They make idle chatter as she finishes the rest of her food. It doesn't take long. He comments that she barely had any of her drink again and she reiterates what she said yesterday. She's trying to pace herself from now on. He asks what happened and Zoe recounts the really weird crash she had the other night. Doesn't get into details because it would embarrass her but she recognizes it as a problem on top of all her other ones.

He asks about it. She's always the type who drank a lot of coffee but she got a sponsorship just after hitting it big and graduated to these things for the last year or so. He asks if she's always made a habit of sleeping as little as she could get away with. She laughs. Kind of. Less sleeping means more gaming, and more gaming means...

Less time alone with your own thoughts? Zoe has put off by his insight but doesn't fully deny it. Games have always made her feel less alone, and streaming only helped to that. A little too much, he points out. She doesn't deny it.

Zoe asks if this is what they're going to do all day. Sit around and have him play therapist. He asks if she would mind. A little. She wants to get better but she isn't ready to open her heart to, no offense, someone she's only recently getting close to. A lot of her deep dark secrets are off the table and her attention span definitely won't hold out if they don't actually do something.

Oliver states that luckily he had an idea. She is eager for him to lay it on her, asking what he wants to play. He calls her out for assuming he automatically wants to play video games. She awkwardly points out that she's never been the type for movies or TV shows, and she's only watched a couple of anime here and there with Mia.

She apologizes for being such a narrow minded person. Fuck, Rebecca is literally autistic and still has more well-rounded interests than Zoe does. She paints her figs, plays tabletop games, video games, read books, references her being really into Airsoft guns- Oliver hadn't heard anything about that one and Zoe comically alludes to it being a whole thing and not to fuck around with her when she has one of those in her hands. Her point still stands.

Oliver doesn't necessarily think having narrow interests is a bad thing except for when it dominates your life which... yeah. Zoe agrees, as usual owning up to it. Just another thing she has to work on. She feels like her list is getting to big to handle. Oliver goes out of his way to point out all the things he's been working on lately and how stretched thin he's been, which motivates her and also earns him a compliment.

She point out him blushing saying you really do like me, don't you. He deflects this masterfully and she almost looks annoyed that he isn't outright admitting it. He actually loses a point of affection for it which he finds extremely cute. She is grumpy, but he can see how the twins are right and that this will make her like him more in the long run since it actively confirms she wants him to like her that way.

Since she isn't getting the attention she wants, she asks what he has in mind that they do today. If he doesn't make up his mind quick, her attention span won't hold. He has somewhere he wants to go.

Zoe's mood instantly sours but she tries to keep an open mind while hearing him out. He asks her if she's really so scared of leaving the house and Zoe says she isn't scared it just makes her uncomfortable. It always has, even when she used to do it more often. So that's a no? It's a 'the odds are highly stacked against you but I'm still waiting to hear what your idea is before I officially say no'.

He floats the idea of the arcade and she's into it, but when he drops the name she knows there's foul play at work. Who told you about that place? Rebecca. Damn it, she's incapable of holding anything against that little dork. Does this mean you don't want to go?

She doesn't say that, only says it's been a really long time since she's been there. She would feel really awkward about it. Why? The owner was really nice to her way back when. Then she just stopped coming. Oliver pushes himself to grab Zoe's hand and give it a squeeze, saying that's all the more reason they should go.

She pulls away, embarrassed and overwhelmed. Zoe ultimately gives him in though and leaves to go get dressed. She comes back a split second later. All she's done is put on the missing out of her tracksuit, put her hair in a ponytail, and put on a face mask. He didn't take her for a germaphobe but she states that she doesn't want to be recognized.

This isn't her being egotistical- it's happened a few times in the rare occasions she's left her home in the last year after getting semi-famous. A few of them were fans, some were haters, one guy just screamed at her to show him her tits. Charming. Right?

He points out that maybe she should wear a wig. Zoe doesn't get it. He points out that not many people dye their hair green and he assumed that it's something she's known for since her first stream four years ago showed her with green hair, too. A gag is established as Zoe claims to have always had green hair and says lots of people do, and she looks at him like he's a weirdo when he says that's not a natural hair color.

He loses a few affection points over this amusing tangent and it becomes clear that this isn't a bit. He drops the subject, assuming maybe this is another quirk of his powers or something before deciding he doesn't want to waste the brainpower on it.

After convincing her to leave her cell phone and home, he leaves with Zoe and she's very uncomfortable on the way to his car. Like, way more uncomfortable than she should be even if she has anxiety.

He asks if she's okay. She reiterates she's always been like this, he should've known what to expect. Oliver asks if she wants to hold his hand. She reacts negatively to this, loses two affection after telling him not to tease her about this. He doesn't let it get to him. He merely pushes back and says he wasn't teasing and it was a legitimate offer. A few seconds later, she is holding his hand very tight on the way to his car. She gains three affection while mumbling a thank you.

Oliver smiles to himself. She may not be quite as feral, but she's still clingy. Zoe asks what the fuck he's smiling about. He snaps back at her gee I wonder if it's the fact that I'm holding hands with a hot titty streamer in broad daylight where everyone can see us. Zoe freezes up at that and for a second he wonders if that was the wrong thing to say.

She just mumbles for him to shut up while gaining another few affection points.

Arcade hang out

The arcade is bordering Starry Heights- the richest part of town- even more so than Foamy Shores. Think Beverly Hills. It's part of an old shopping mall that's seen better days. They're walking through the Mall together and Zoe is even more clingy now that they're around other people. She's gone from holding his hand to hugging his arm.

Oliver teases her a tiny bit about this. He's careful about it, but still. Jokes that if she wants to drape herself around his back like a sloth he'd be happy to accommodate her. She dismisses him, says he's not strong enough for that but he tells her not to underestimate him. She's like shit, you probably are strong enough.

He says that you know every single person we walk past thinks we're a couple. This makes her very flustered, she says not to joke about that. He asks if she's still worried about her fans finding out. Kind of, yeah. She's very honest and says it's not about being seen with him, though. Just anyone. He understands.

Zoe thinks to herself for a moment before uttering something that sets up her future proclivities. Says it is kind of exciting to think about being found out like this but she gets really embarrassed and refuses to elaborate. Instead makes fun of him for liking the fact that people would think they're a couple.

He shows consistency, bouncing it back on her. As if you're not desperate for me to have a crush on you. I'm not desperate for shit, she grumbles as she questions her intentions. She admits to herself she does feel really weird about him, and it only gets worse the more time they spend together. This isn't...? No, it can't be. She dismisses the possibility.

They make it to the arcade and Zoe remarks on it as she sees it. It hasn't changed all, except it looks a lot dingier than she remembered. He asks how long it's been. She hasn't been here since she moved in with Mia so like four years. You never went together in all that time? There wasn't a need to.

Zoe opens up a little. Tells him whenever things got really bad at home to the point where her games couldn't cover it up, she would always sneak out and come here. Oliver is silent, letting her talk as much as she wants. It's not like I didn't want to come back. It's just that more and more time passed and I got afraid of seeing the owner again.

He asks if they were close. Not super close or anything but he was a good guy. Gave me free quarters all the time even though I had my mom's credit card, and sometimes if I showed up late and he could tell I was in a really bad mood, he'd stay another few hours after closing time until I was ready to head home.

Oliver has taken aback. This guy sounds like he's really nice. Zoe starts to get uncomfortable. Yeah. He was. Maybe we shouldn't go in after all.

Didn't you want to come? I did, but now that I'm actually here- he comforts her. Tells her he gets it. It would be a let down, but if she wants to go home he's okay with that. What matters is that she got out of the house for little bit and that's good for her.

Zoe works to stabilize herself and clutches his hand really hard. We see some of her thoughts. She really does want to get better as a person and she knows she avoids uncomfortable situations, especially with the people she cares about. She pushes forward and drags him into the arcade, joking come on, time to go explain how you aren't my boyfriend.

The arcade is given a brief description. It's very understated compared to prize planet. It's just an arcade filled with old-school arcade cabinets, modern light gun games, a couple of racing games, stuff like that. Nothing involving tickets or prizes aside from the obligatory UFO catcher. It has a rundown vibe to it.

Zoe comments on it looking worse than she remembers. He asks if it was popular before. Not really, but at least it wasn't all dusty and shit. They head to the counter to get some quarters. She's nervous about the owner but there's no one at the register. She calls out to see if anyone is in the back room and someone comes out, but it's not the guy she remembers. It's some guy in his mid to late thirties.

As Zoe is blunt and rude, in her confusion she just blatantly asks who the fuck are you? The owner, he says. Continuing this dialogue tree reveals that he's the son of the previous owner and that guy died two years ago.

It's not like a giant moment or anything, but it's very obvious Zoe is shaken up about this. Oliver tries to comfort her but she's like it's no big deal I barely knew the guy. She gets them fifty dollars worth of quarters and Oliver doesn't protest after getting her breakfast and covering last night's drinking expenses.

Zoe walks off without Oliver leaving him to follow after and ask where she wants to start. She's dejected, doesn't really care. Oliver pushes her on this saying it's okay if she's upset. She doesn't need to try and hide it. She's not hiding it, she just doesn't know how she feels. Sad, obviously, but people die. It happens.

They start playing a light gun game together and Zoe is very into it. She's obviously working through some shit as they shoot zombies together. Oliver's hyper reflexes help him a lot with this game, and he's able to somewhat keep up with Zoe though her natural talent is too high. She is impressed, though. There is some mild flirting.

She gets mad when a bullshit enemy pops up out of nowhere and she says 'chat can you fucking believe this' out loud before getting really embarrassed. Oliver teases her mildly, his distraction causing him to die in game too. The high scores pop up and all three are 'ZOE'. She slumps over the arcade machine and just fucking sighs.

I can't believe he's dead. You want to talk about it? Zoe moves over to a retro game cabinet and starts playing it, Oliver joining soon after. There's not much to say. He was a cool dude who was nice to me every time I met him, but it's not like he was my surrogate parental figure or some shit. It just would've been nice to say goodbye. Or at least see him again- something.

Oliver understands. She's quiet for a really long time as they play. You're not gonna try and cheer me up she asks after a while. No, I don't know what you're going through and I don't want to make light of it by saying anything that might sound insincere. She appreciates that. He does ask if there's anything he can do to make her feel better and she tells him to just keep doing what he's doing and they go through the arcade, playing tons and tons of different games.

Arcade Part 2

While the mood isn't dead, it's definitely got a certain somberness to it. Zoe is a lot quieter than he's used to, they kept their banter very light, and the needle didn't move one way or another in regards to her affection. Nothing he said made a dent in it and Oliver was just fine with that. They were still hanging out, still having fun.

Eventually, Zoe's mood does start to improve. We see them playing in the most expensive machine the arcade has- it's like a drivable Mad Max racecar where two players get inside of the enclosed space. The front window served as a game screen. One player drove, the other control a bunch of guns. It's really fun and they're kicking ass together.

Her mood is pretty great once they're done and Oliver asks her how she's feeling. This gets Zoe to sigh and admit she's upset at herself for a million different reasons, not just that she never got to see the owner again, but because her brain is so fucked it caused her to become so withdrawn in the first place.

Oliver points out she's been doing good this entire time. She still feels the need to check her phone itching at the back of her mind and part of her wishes she was streaming right now. She's quick to tell Oliver it's not him and she goes very far out of her way to say she loves hanging out with him like this, it's just-

An addiction. I get it. She frowns, asking do you? It's not meant sarcastically. She's actually asking. Oliver opens up to some of his history. He has her promise that she won't tell Mia. Zoe is hesitant when he brings that up. If you've got some kind of dark secret, you should tell it to her first, not me.

Oliver says that he doesn't want to trauma dump on Mia at the start of their new relationship and he'd rather just enjoy it until he has to tell her. Then why tell me? Because you actually need to hear that someone in your life knows what you're going through and came the other side.

Oliver tells Zoe about how he spent two years just about fully withdrawn into his room and chronically online. He fell really hard down the manosphere pipeline. Alt-right grifters, toxic male role models, all that shit. Zoe is like so you really were...? Yeah, I was an incel. It's the first time he's told anyone this. He's very uncomfortable.

Zoe showcases surprising maturity and places her hand on his thigh. They look each other in the eyes and she allows him to place his hand on hers. They don't smile or react to it, they just look away. She asked when was this. During what should've been my junior and senior year of high school.

Should've? Shit, dude. Mia also doesn't know that he's a dropout he confirms. She gets why he doesn't want to talk about all this with her. Oliver doesn't want to focus on himself. Important part of his story is that he got better. It wasn't easy, but he did.

Zoe asks him how. Therapy, and the best support network he could've asked for. Zoe bristles at the idea of therapy, and Oliver says that either way she has to let people in and allow them to help.

Zoe really does want to get better, but she doesn't trust herself. She lashes out. Gets angry. Case in point, that morning with the router. She doesn't think she's worth the trouble. Oliver plainly states that it's not about whether she's 'worth' it or not. She's suffering and won't get through this alone. That's more than enough reason for him to help no matter how many times she yells at him for unplugging the router.

Zoe responds very good to this. Big affection boost. Still, she's uncertain. She thinks it'll take a lot more than unplugging the router to get her through this. Oliver agrees and he blatantly tells her that he is going to use drastic measures if he has to. She's nervous at this and asks him what he has in mind. Stuff that will piss you off a lot more than the router did.

That's pretty fucking ominous. It was meant to be. He clarifies he doesn't want to do this stuff, but he will if she gives him no choice. But he won't do it unless he has explicit permission. She's confused. You want my permission ahead of time to piss me off in mysterious ways without telling me what they will be?

He needs to know how badly she wants to change.

Zoe struggles with herself. She thinks about her life the last couple days. How much fun she had with Mia, Rebecca, Oliver, and so on. It was better than streaming. Better than the constant validation she got from her phone- but it wasn't as addicting. The net still had its hooks in her, and Oliver might have a point. They'd need to rip them out by force if need be.

Okay. You can do whatever you want. No matter how pissed off I get, I'll try and remember it's for my own good.

Oliver praises her. Flustered, Zoe deflects and says I'm not like Mia. I'm not into the 'good girl' shit. So you say, but you're holding my hand pretty tight right now. Zoe pulls away and blushes. She's suddenly conscious of how close they are in the tight, cramped arcade car. Zoe takes in his features. She's feeling excited again in her strange, inexperienced way, but she manages to fight it off for now.

She asks him what next. They still have a lot of quarters they need to go through and he suggests they can hang out back at the apartment when they're done. He wants to talk about some of his ideas for improving her condition but he wants her to be somewhere less public and more comfortable for it. Makes sense to her.

Before they get out of the arcade car, he reiterates that she's going to get through this. Zoe nervously believes in him and the two share a moment.

Zoe's room

They are out for another hour and a half before they go home. The mood was a bit anxious between them. Oliver could've sworn there was some mild sexual tension, too, but that might've been him seeing what he wanted to see. It's true that he caught her looking bit wistfully his way a few times but she predictably brushed him off when he tried to make something of it.

This strange mood meant he didn't make any more progress with her affection, but that was okay. They are still going to hang out back at the apartment together. They leave the arcade feeling pretty good. Zoe buys them some pretzels from the food court and they eat them on their way out, with her looking silly as she has to do it around her mask.

They get back to the apartment and Oliver asks how she feels about getting out of the house for once. While kicking her shoes off and throwing away her tracksuit top, Zoe grumbles about how it was nice to an extent but that he shouldn't expect her to do it every day from now on.

He doesn't expect that from her at all. All he wants is to get her to start trying her best. Zoe promises that's the plan, then starts inching her way towards her phone on the coffee table. She looks guilty about it and stop herself from taking it. She asks if he'd mind if she checked her messages before they had their talk and Oliver uses this chance to pull some authority on her.

He gives her five minutes. She laughs him off, yeah okay, dad. He is serious. That's nowhere near enough time to check all my messages. I know, that's the point. She's still joking about it, asks him what he's gonna do to stop her.

Zoe realizes what he's doing and it's actually effective. She gulps. There is also a tiny seed being planted that she likes it when he takes this tone but it in her usual can understand the way I'm feeling way. Like a true brat, she still struggles.

Oliver remembers Julio's advice. He can't chicken out, he has to try and pull the rug out from under her. Fine. You leave me no choice. He gets out his phone and after a few seconds she's like what are you doing. Looking up the price of remote controlled fart machines.

Zoe laughs like what the fuck you talking about and when he looked her dead in the eyes she realizes instantly what he's getting at. He wouldn't fucking dare. He would. She'll make sure he never gets in her room. She has to sleep sometime. Yeah, and I'll lock the door. I'm crafty. It won't stop me.

She looks at him like he's crazy. You'd sneak into my fucking room while I'm sleeping to plant remote controlled fart machines??? She is angry. Very angry.

He replies dryly that he will, and the folks over at r/FartingLSG will thank him for it.

She comically vents about those fucking creeps- she's tried to get that place taken down so many fucking times. Then I guess you wouldn't want to give them any more ammunition, would you?

Zoe looks at him in anger. All this just because I want to check my phone for more than five fucking minutes? Yup.

Zoe is frustrated, kicks something and she loses five affection points. It sucks. Oliver refuses to let any of his doubts get to him, though. He has to trust in the advice he was given.

After she calms down come the strangest thing happens. She thanks him and regains a point of affection. Just one, but it sets the tone going forward. He knows he can push the envelope pretty far thanks to this and she will actually thank him for it.

There is a comical notification. He gets a Blackmailed Zoe milestone and he refuses to acknowledge it, it's not one he's looking to farm.

She clarifies he's an asshole, but admits he'll probably need to be if he wants to get through to her. He gives her permission to do her phone thing so she does, going over to the kitchen island and slumping over it. Five minutes go by and she is cut short by Oliver when time is up. She doesn't struggle but she still mildly annoyed.

So you said you had some ideas or whatever on how to help? Yeah, why don't you come chill with me and we'll talk it out. He pats the couch but she actually blushes and looks towards her room. My beds more comfy.

He's struck by the bluntness. She tells him to get his mind out of the gutter and he counters with how the fuck else am I supposed to take that. My bed is huge, you, Mia and I wouldn't even touch if we got on it at the same time if we didn't want to. He asked if she's been thinking about that a lot lately and she just groans and disappears into her room, leaving the door open for him.

He's eager to get the LP for visiting her room on top of just wanting to see it in the flesh. It turns out that Zoe's was the master bedroom. Makes sense, she worked in here and needed a lot of space. There is professional lighting set ups, expensive -looking microphones and cameras, and two separate stations. Her PC area and a big ass TV with over twenty different consoles hooked up to it.

She's predictably got shelves upon shelves of games. The lighting is traditional gamer girl shit like he'd seen on her stream before, and sure enough, the bed was huge. He gets the milestone for going in her room. Zoe throws herself on her bed and let out a huge sigh.

She apologizes if this is weird for him. She just knows that this conversation is gonna be stressful and you know how it is. You feel safer in your room? Yeah. Oliver understands and sits down at the opposite end. So where to begin.

Oliver puts it bluntly- you need to stream less. Zoe is quiet. She knows. How much less are you thinking? A reasonable amount less. She wonders if they have different reasonables in mind. Oliver thinks is reasonable by her standards. Contrary to his pushiness a moment ago, he knows that her streams aren't something they can just force her to get over. He fully admits that they need to start small.

Zoe relaxes a lot and thanks him for being understanding. Tells him to tell her the plan he has in mind. He wants her to take a break for four hours every day Monday through Friday. 4pm to 8pm. I.e., when he and Mia get done with work. It's minimal, they'll all get to spend time together, and it should be mostly painless.

Zoe admits that yeah, that isn't too big of a compromise but she's worried about how he's going to make her go through with it. She doesn't want to get in the way of them having fun and ruin their night by being in a pissy mood because she was forced to stop streaming. Oliver states that he and me are a couple, they're going to have nights where they want alone time and Zoe is free to have break days on these.

He just wants to establish a habit of her coming out of her room whenever he's here. That desperate to see me? Yes, Zoe. I am. She blushes and looks away. That one backfired. She is quiet for a few seconds and says he can sit closer if he wants.

Are you sure? She sheepishly nods. He lays next to her. It's weird doing this with someone besides Mia it felt wrong even though he had her permission, which only made it more exciting. Lust wasn't on his mind, though. He's still focused on helping and it's obvious Zoe just wants to be comforted as she not so subtly hints for him to take her hand. He does, and she's a little relieved.

She asked how he's going to make her. That one's easy. He'll just keep knocking on her door until she stops streaming. She's got noise canceling microphones and shit, and he just says he'll knock hard. This annoys her, but only minus three points. She doesn't like the idea of that becoming a recurring thing. Her fans will never stop wondering about it, so she can't allow it to happen even once.

He promises he'll text her before he knocks and so long as her phone is around he won't have to do it. She's relieved by this, regains one point. She holds his hand really tight and admits she doesn't think she could do this if she didn't have someone like him willing to go this far for her. Don't thank me yet, I still have one more change I want you to make. This one's a little more drastic.

Zoe gets anxious but doesn't shy away. Lay it on me. Oliver wants her to ultimately take both weekend days off, but he knows that's too much to ask right off the bat. He pushes for at least Sunday. She is admittedly very put off by the idea of taking an entire day off but he calms her by saying it's not the entire day. Just long enough for her to go with Mia on her weekly family day.

Zoe is very embarrassed and doesn't know what to say. He says he heard she's to go with her and that Mia's family thinks of her as an unofficial family member. They probably miss her and she should start seeing them again.

Zoe admits that she misses them too but she can't just- he points out that she's about to make an excuse. She holds her tongue. The arcade owner comes to mind without Oliver having to bring it up. It's going to take something big to make her reliably do this. He knows. So you already have something in mind? I might.

Zoe doesn't even want to know how bad it is and Oliver admits it would make her very, very mad. She's quiet for a really long time. Eventually asks if it's weird that she kinda likes the way he's treating her. He is surprised that she's actually owning up to it but makes sure to ask what way she likes it.

In a way that Mia would be very proud of me for I'm sure, she grumbles. He laughs and says if it makes her happy he kinda gets off on telling her what to do, too. It does kind of make her happy. She thinks. Doesn't know, thoughts are still all jumbled up when it comes to this stuff.

Oliver takes the initiative and places his hand on her thigh. She is nervous about this much like she was with Mia but he doesn't do anything. He just leaves it there. She eventually asks him about it and he says he'll take it away if she wants him to. She's silent.

She tells him it weirds her out. He obviously wants to have sex with her, or set up a throuple with Mia, or whatever the fuck, but if that's all he wanted he wouldn't go this far to help her. Do you like, actually have a crush on me or what?

He asks what if he does and she's like I don't fucking know- I never even thought about sex a couple days ago and now it's- now it's what? She admits that its on her mind a lot.

Oliver decides to carefully push forward. He tells Zoe that Mia gave him explicit permission that he can do whatever he wants with another girl so long as it's not something he hasn't already done with Mia. He didn't want to throw it out there and sound like a creep, but if she actively wants to mess around sometime, whether it's a reward for streaming less or just because she wants to, the offer is on the table.

Zoe is overwhelmed by all the things she's feeling. She's staring at his face again. It's getting more clear for her that she really finds him cute. She doesn't know what she would even want to do. Oliver starts rubbing her thigh and says they could figure it out. She gasp, very shocked.

He pulls away and says he'll stop if she wants him to. She eventually says it felt nice and he can keep going just keep it to the thigh. Oliver gives her a thigh massage for a few minutes. It's tense, and she doesn't really say anything, she just lets it happen. He's very aroused obviously. It's so different from Mia, who gets all fired up.

Eventually she admits to how good it feels and he's happy he bought massage lvl 3. He is not using its full potential, of course. He doesn't want to overwhelm her. She asks him if this is what Mia feels like when he touches her. That's obviously not really a question he can answer and wants to know why she's thinking about her.

Aside from the fact that her boyfriend is feeling me up? Aside from that, yeah.

Zoe admits she's felt weirdly jealous of them ever since the other night. He asks if this has something to do with when she was talking about how it felt like she was missing out on something. Yeah, exactly. This feels good right now but she still wants that connection. It takes courage to admit but she means the romance aspect.

Oliver also shows courage by asking if Zoe means in general or specifically with him. Zoe is put on the spot by this and admires the balls it took to ask. He applies some pressure and she gets squirmy, says she doesn't know. Maybe with you specifically, fuck off.

Oliver's dominant side is tickled by this and he tells her about how cute he finds her confusion. He gets into detail about it, and Zoe is very overwhelmed. She gets an affection boost from it, though. She manages to taunt him and asks what he planned on doing about it. Pushing forward, he cups her chin and asks what she wants him to do about it.

A bunch of stuff hits Zoe all at once. Her sexual confusion, her inexperience, her desire to change, and the realization that she's missing out on so much in life by spending most of it on the internet or with her face shoved in a game. It all brings her to confess she would like to try the kissing thing again.

Messing around with Zoe

Her theme music changes to be more sensual.

Oliver is extremely excited, but he also knows he has a chance for something here. He was waiting for this and we're not sure why. Part of him thinks he's about to do something really wrong, but she did give him permission to do whatever it took to help her.

He's not gonna waste time being indecisive. He's going to put all his money on the twins advice being correct and hope that the massive hit to her affection is about to get will be worth it in the long run.

He gets closer to Zoe. They talk briefly about the kiss, he teases her about how it's been living rent-free in her head. Yeah, basically, so are you gonna shut up and do it again or what? Oliver gets handsy with her, cupping her cheek, stroking her hair. She is very weak to this and shuts down basically.

He is talking confidently with her, points out what a big brat she is, how she's always giving him lip. He's cute about it. It's not threatening. Zoe doesn't know how the fuck to respond. She says he's really weird like this. You wanted to see how Mia feels, right? This is how I treat her.

Zoe is a little impressed. She didn't know he could get all dominant like this. When asked if she likes it, she owns up to it. Happy, Oliver says let's see how you like this, then, and they have themselves a brand-new make out session.

Zoe is surprised by the suddenness. She melts into it and it's a lot more obvious that she likes it this time around. She's nervous about it, though. Her hands fumble for something to do, she struggles to keep up, and her kissing technique is awkward as hell.

But as a dominant person, Oliver is really turned on by all of this. The gap between how bratty she is and how meek and cute her inexperience makes her really gets him going. Zoe feels him getting hard against her and she's shocked but continues to kiss him back. She wants to do something for him and as she's lying below him she kind of stroked him with her knee. It's not much, but he likes it, and she likes that he likes it.

This awkward yet arousing kiss lasts for several minutes before they separate and Oliver smiles down at her. He's patient. Lets her process it. He covers up how nervous he is because there hasn't been a notification telling him she liked the kiss before eventually asking what does she think.

It takes Zoe a few seconds but she says well I'm suddenly not in a big rush to check my phone anytime soon... she blushes, we get a Kiss King notification, and Oliver celebrates internally without showing it.

Speaking of phones, he asks if she'd be up for doing him a favor. Boy, that gets her mind racing. Depends on what it is. He wants to know if they could do another one real quick and record it for Mia. Zoe is surprised by how into the idea she is. She's done tons of skimpy things on camera before, but never for the gratification of someone specific, and never this.

She stutters her consent so long as it doesn't end up online, you know. Oliver doesn't give her a straight answer but instead sets up his phone and holds it next to them. Her heart is beating so fast and she looks at the camera, says something teasing, and then they start kissing again.

It feels like he's kissing a different person. She is so much more confident with the camera that it's not even funny. Zoe is enthusiastic, sluttier, makes dirtier noises, and so on. Oliver is really, really turned on and he's losing a bit of his confident momentum.

He's especially taken aback when her hand starts rubbing the outside of his pants instead of her knee. Unlike with the kiss, she's very awkward about this part. Still shy, but trying her best.

Zoe likes this. She thinks he's cute as fuck but this is all really overwhelming and while she wanted to get him off with her hand stuff on camera it's not going fast enough to work before her confidence collapses and she ends the kiss prematurely. She still says something cute for the camera, tthough, and then Oliver ends it.

The teasing begins. You are so much more into it when there's a camera involved. Zoe is somewhat dismissive, just says she's used to playing it up. There's a difference between playing it up and liking it he argues. You fucking loved that. Zoe gets meek again, tries to deflect before ultimately owning up to it.

He then teases her like I wonder what would happen if it did wind up online. Her eyes go wide and she is horrified. Horrified, and something else. Oliver's intuition tells him that he needs to go for it and he explores this theoretical. Taunts her like all your fans would see it, all your simps would leave, your career would be ruined...

She's grinding her knees together, biting her lip, begging him not to even joke about this. He looks her dead in the eye and says who's joking. W-What? Oliver goes for it saying maybe they'll find out exactly what would happen if she doesn't start taking Sundays off for Mia.

The room goes completely silent. Zoe processes this and when the implication fully gets through she's left stunned. Horrified. You fucking wouldn't. Of course not- so long as you take Sunday off. So you're just gonna fucking blackmail me then. Not if you don't play along.

She seemingly gets really mad about this. Tells him to delete it and so on. He gets a big affection penalty and Zoe is going on about what a big asshole he is, but he can't help noticing her heart doesn't seem fully into the shit he's saying. He waits for it. He hopes he's not wrong.

He isn't. She softens up a little and adopts a perverted smile similar to the one Mia does when indulging her fetish. Zoe says something like I can't believe you would actually go that far and the smile coincides with her regaining half of the affection she just lost.

Oliver then says I knew it and points out how she's getting off on the idea of her fans finding out about this. She's dismissive, but his rhetoric evolves and he's now actively teasing her about the subject, planting ideas in her mind as he touches her. One thing he really tries to hammer home is that she's just as fucked up as Mia, which Zoe tries to deflect.

He gets her to go along with it, though. She promises she'll go along with Mia next Sunday as long as he doesn't release the video, but he teases her that maybe he needs to come up with a different possible penalty because she's too excited about this one. Zoe huffs and is uncomfortable, begging him not to, and Oliver knows not to push it too far.

She thanks him. For what exactly, awakening you to a new fetish? For going so far to help me. He laughs at how weird this is. You just thanked me for blackmailing you. Zoe shrugs it off, saying she needs someone like him who isn't afraid to pull out the big guns on her.

Oliver reiterates that he promised he would help her and he means it. Things are quiet for a second and we get her thoughts. She doesn't really think he would share the video, it's just a scare tactic. But she's grappling with the weird way his actions are making her feel.

She manages to ask him if he wants to continue messing around a little bit now that he got the emotional blackmail out of the way. He would love to, makes sure she wants to. She narrows her eyes. You just want to hear me say it. He does. She grumbles about it but admits she wants to make out for a little while longer. With or without the camera? Fuck off. Without.

She warns him that this is all really new to her and she expects him both to stop if she gets uncomfortable and not to go too far in general. Heavy petting only.

Oliver is ever the gentleman and consents in a way that shows how much he cares, earning him another few affection points back. Then they start to make out again and he's a lot more deliberate in his attack.

He breaks out weakness exploit - pleasure to see what he has to work with and he finds out Zoe doesn't have very much pleasure points and the ones that she does have are small. When he tests one of them out, though, it gets bigger. She's just too sexually inexperienced for her body to know what she likes, he figures.

It gives him a very different feeling from doing this with Mia and he likes how powerful he feels. He's also kind of reveling in how exciting it is to do this with his girlfriend's blessing, soaking up the differences between their bodies.

After groping and kissing for a while, he lifts her shirt over her chest. Zoe doesn't stop him. She's looking at him expectantly, but doesn't say anything. When he makes a motion to take off her bra, though, she panics. He didn't expect her to be embarrassed about this and teases her about it, asking if she forgot her pasties.

Zoe snaps back at him that there's a huge difference between showing off for the camera and showing off for someone... someone...? Who she actually kinda maybe wants to look at her. He smiles, making a playful comment about how adorable it is that she can't be honest with herself.

This sparks something in her and Zoe gets all determined. honest with myself, huh? You want me to be honest? She looks him dead in the eye and pulls up her bra herself, how's this for honest?

Oliver is completely done in by this power move. They're so big. They look amazing in the gamer girl lighting, and he's hypnotized. Zoe is very embarrassed but the momentum change has her acting brattier. Especially with how long it's taking him to do anything. She taunts him over this and it pushes him over the edge.

His compulsions winn out and he starts playing with them, immediately moving to take one in his mouth. Zoe thinks this feels incredibly weird but good. She actually likes how stupid his face looks and it's giving her some confidence. The bratty comments go too far though and soon he spares a hand to go below.

This is too much for her though and he promises not to actually go near it. He doesn't need to. His skill gets her feeling good just from rubbing her inner thigh and the area around her pussy. Pleasure is building inside of her, and she's becoming very far gone she loses herself to the new sensations.

Everything feels so good, but her heart isn't totally made up on why. Is it just because doing this kind of thing feels good in general, or is because it's with him? She kind of already knows the answer, but her emotions are bouncing back and forth between extremes. And then she gets close.

She's very breathy, both of them are so turned on, and it's like nothing she's ever felt before. He makes sure it's not too much for her and she's like damn it just keep going, and Oliver gets her off with a massage. Big affection increase as she climaxes. He gets the appropriate milestones and Zoe is very clingy when he starts up the aftercare.

That was... wow etc. She has a really good idea of all the junk she's been missing out on. Zoe also says that he's going to have a lot of fun with Mia when he tells her about all this. Oliver is really looking forward to that but he's loving and caring with Zoe in the time being.

He wasn't going to press the issue, but he was still rock hard. Zoe eventually asks him if he needs any help. He doesn't want her to push herself and says she doesn't have to worry about it if it's too much for her, but she is stubborn. She doesn't want to come off as selfish. Bit too late for that he jokes. She quips that she is working on it and she's giving him a chance to help her out on it.

She says she can use her hands or whatever, it's not a big deal. Oliver is overwhelmed with the idea but tries to remain confident, telling her he'd appreciate it. Zoe sits up while he remains flat on his back, then nervously takes his pants off. There's the obligatory marveling at it and she's very intimidated.

What's wrong with it, it keeps twitching and the top of it is all sticky? He explains that he's obviously very excited already and that it's not going to take him long to finish. Zoe gulps, thinking back to when she walked in on them and how covered Mia got in his cum. She warned him that she is NOT ready for that and that he NEEDS to tell her before he shoots off, then she awkwardly grips him with both hands.

She begins her handjob, and unlike his perverted hentai addict, Zoe has absolutely no idea what the fuck she's doing. It doesn't matter- it feels incredible. Oliver is getting off on how naughty it feels doing this with his girlfriend's best friend and the visual stimulation is more than enough to make up for it. Especially the way her huge tits jiggle from the awkward way she's stroking him.

We explore Zoe's feelings as this all happens. Her recurring thing with finding him cute when he looks all pathetic is especially developed here now that she has the power over him. It's not going to be a femdom dynamic, she's just a brat and enjoys teasing, and she explores it here with some light dialogue. Oliver indulges her to build confidence and the handjob ends on a sexy yet comedic note.

Zoe gets really really into her teasing and the pleasure escalates, which also helps make up for her skill. The problem is that she gets so into it that she ignores the parts where he warns her that he's about to finish. Worse, she actually taunts him to do it already. He explodes all over her, he gets the milestones, and then everything goes quiet.

After the awkwardness stretches out for a long time, Zoe asks if he had fun. Yeah. Cool. I'm gonna go shower, and then we're gonna have a quick chat. Right.

Chat + Phonecall

Oliver is on the living room couch after cleaning himself up. Zoe is still in the shower. He's pulled out the 40th Space Reich Codex to have something to do while he waited around, but for obvious reasons, he can't focus too much on reading right now. He's all smiles, and he's thinking he could get used to this.

Having a sexual experience with a second girl has cleared up much of his lingering nerves about this whole situation And about being shameless. He wants more, and his thoughts and feelings towards Zoe have obviously escalated. He's having some of his adorably obsessive thoughts about her similar to Mia.

He's not sure how he's gonna tell me about all this, though. If he tells her, she is liable to get extremely horny, and he wanted to actually see her tonight and talk about things. It might be best to skim some of the details for now. He sighs to himself, thinking about how much he loves Mia.

And... Zoe-

before he can complete the thought, the shower turns off. He's excited but tries to calm himself. It was premature, as it takes her another ten minutes before she leaves the bathroom, emerging with her hair in a towel and wearing a fuzzy bathrobe. She grabs a drink before sitting with him, jokes isn't he going to comment on her drink. No, he understands she probably needs it after all that.

Right, she smirks. Things are quiet. I can't believe I just fucking did that. Mia is never going to let me hear the end of it. Do you regret it? No- absolutely not. It was fun. Really fucking fun. More fun than video games?

Zoe is quiet and owns up to yeah kinda. Whoa. This is serious. She tells him to fuck off as usual and they both smile and laugh. The mood is good between them as the topic changes to what happens from here on. Zoe says she wants to do more stuff like this, she agrees to his stream schedule, and promises to go with Mia next Sunday.

First, she feels like she needs to talk to Mia though. He agrees and planned on leaving them alone tomorrow so they could talk things out. He's going to soften her up tonight- Zoe jokes yeah I bet you are- and hopefully have her less frustrated before then. Sounds like a good plan.

Zoe moves the conversation along and says she wants to talk about the two of them now. It makes her very embarrassed and he's supportive, telling her they can take this slow. That's basically all she had to say. She doesn't want to rush the whole label thing- but she embarrassingly mutters is not because she doesn't have, you know... feelings for him, maybe not saying so explicitly, but she has a bunch of valid reasons for not jumping ahead like Mia.

There is still a fuck ton wrong with her head and she doesn't want to put a label on things when she can't fully commit. All of this is new to her. It makes her scared- she's really bad about letting people in- and all her life she's locked herself away in her room. This is moving really fast.

Oliver can't tell her that his powers are speeding along the rate at which she falls for him, obviously, with all the bonuses he has to affection and all that, but he can comfort her in the moment. He takes her hand, reassures Zoe that there's no rush, and whether it's her feelings, her sexuality, her addiction, her relationship with Mia, he is here for her to help with all that. It doesn't matter if they move at an inch or a mile so long as they're moving at all.

This line really works on Zoe. If she hasn't already gotten to her first heart event by now, this will be what unlocks it. There is no heart lock. She squeezes his hand and doesn't back away. She's determined to get better and stop missing out on life. That being said...

You want to stream? Zoe is ashamed but yeah. It's okay. I was going to let you as soon as we were done hanging out. You were? Zoe, I'm not gonna ride your ass about this. It's your job, and doing it makes you happy. Trying to make you quit cold turkey will only make the problem a thousand times worse.

Zoe quietly asks if he's speaking from experience. His parents tried that at first with him. Completely taking way the internet, punishing him, and so on. It just made him even worse off. Zoe nods in understanding. Parents are assholes like that.

He clarifies that no, it was a knee-jerk reaction and they didn't know how to respond to him when he first got like that. He doesn't blame them for reacting the way that they first did. What matters is that they learned. She apologizes, assumes the worst when parents are involved.

Understandable. He's heard a few things- obviously not a topic she wants to get into. Would rather focus on the positive. She leans in and awkwardly kisses him on the cheek. It's awkward. Extremely. He tries not to laugh and she's like what? He doesn't want to ruin her confidence, but holy crap she's bad this.

She's like so the fuck what, sue me. I don't know how to be affectionate aside from buying people shit. Oliver holds back a comment about how he wonders where she learned that from and how it makes a lot of sense why she spoils Mia the way that she does. We'll work on it.

Her heart is beating really fast and she literally can't take much more of this. She tells him that he is free to do whatever he wants, she is gonna go chill in her room alone for a bit, process all this shit, and stream. He tells her to try and sleep some tonight and she begrudgingly says she will try. He gets the milestone for hanging out with her now this entire statement is done.

He feels great about everything going on with Zoe. He wasn't expecting this much progress, and when he really thinks about it, it makes him feel great. His skills are only boosting the rate at which she fell for him. The fact that she's falling for him at all was still only happening because he was putting himself out there, taking chances, and putting the work in.

He's not going to stop here. He is resolved to help Zoe and fully owns up to himself that he wants to make her his girlfriend.

He gets briefly carried away daydreaming about what it's going to be like having two girlfriends. He's pretty shameless about it, wondering if they'll be all cute and jealous, clingy, etc, but he forces himself not to think too much about potential threesome stuff. He just had some fun and it's too early in the day for that.

Mia said she would be home around seven so he has a couple of hours to kill. After texting Bradley about how well everything went and then doing the same in a group chat with the twins, also thanking Akira while he's at it. He decides to stay here at their apartment and keep reading the Codex.

He's pretty damn confident it counts as smarts training, because he can't follow along with any of the convoluted rules, but he forces himself through some of it until about an hour and when he suddenly gets a text message. He's excited about it and thinks to himself how only a few weeks ago the only time his phone ever went off was because of his mom.

The excitement changes to something else when he looks at the sender. He's not scared, but he is taken aback. It doesn't last long because of the progress he's made. It's Stacy, and she is apparently bored out of her mind and asks if he's got any plans to make a public spectacle of himself anytime soon.

He jokes that no, he's been too busy with interpersonal drama to get involved with anything big and crazy again yet. Promises that he'll keep her updated. Stacy pounces on the mention of drama like a bloodhound seeking out prey. She would love to hear the details. Yeah I bet you would.

Asks if everything is okay with Mia. Yeah, it's not about that. Mostly he slips. She pounces on the slip but tells him he can tell her to fuck off of she's being too nosy. Oliver ends up asking Stacy if she remembers Zoe from high school. That green haired chick Mia was BFFs with who looked like she might bring a knife to school? Yeah, hard to forget. Why.

Long story, they're roommates and I've been navigating a rift in their friendship. Among other things. Stacy is very interested and asks if he wants to call and chat. The idea doesn't unnerve him as much as he thought it would. Knowing that he will get some LP out of it, he winds up going for it and she calls him right away.

She asks him for the tea and he doesn't follow, not recognizing that particular slang. Drama. Oliver summarizes things and Stacy is surprised about Zoe's glow up after googling her. Holy shit, she's hot as fuck. Oliver is a little bit dreamy here and slips up, sighing and saying yeah. There is a period of silence where Stacy says nothing.

She correctly guesses that there is an aspect to all of this that he's been leaving out. Mia is trying to push you into something involving all three of them, isn't she? Oliver is surprised by her knowledge but still plays coy. Stacy tells him that words were exchanged during the boxing match and Mia didn't have to explicitly say her fetish for Stacy to figure it out- she's into sharing you, yeah?

Oliver can't believe he is having this conversation with his former bully and he confirms that there may be another level to the drama but things are going really good on that front. He can practically feel Stacy smirking at him on the other end of the line. They are, are they? He refuses to comment and she points out that doing so is just as good as making a statement.

He tries to deflect and asks why she is so interested in his personal life and Stacy sighs wistfully, saying that she seeks out anything entertaining and latches on to fill a void in her life and everything going on him just happens to be some of the most entertaining shit she's ever seen. She says it as a joke, but Oliver picks up that there is a hint of sadness behind it. It makes him get a small affection boost for her which he begrudgingly accepts.

It's reiterated that currently her affection meter is tied to his like towards her and not her like towards him, so sympathizing more with her raises it. He asks if she's okay. She will be if she gets to hear more juicy drama. It's the only cure.

He jokes if this is why she's friends with so many drag queens and she jokes back oh my God you wouldn't even believe the shit that goes down in that community sometimes- it's like Bloods versus Crips sometimes I swear.

He laughs, then tells her he just had a very pleasant afternoon with Zoe where they sorted through some of yesterday's tension. Uh-huh. Take from that what you will, he declines to comment. She asks if that means they went on a date which he says they went on something similar and Stacy prompts him into a style check- asking him to send her a selfie. He's jokingly bullied into it and she approves of his current hair and outfit, the compliment getting another affection boost.

Either way, Zoe is really putting the work in, but he wants to help Mia work out some of her frustrations before getting them to talk through their feelings tomorrow.

Stacy takes it he doesn't mean in 'that' way. No, he was thinking of doing something a little more hands-on. Stacy thinks she has a good idea but it's expensive. How expensive. Like four hundred bucks. Christ. I'm just giving options, do you want to hear it or not?

He does, and we aren't told the idea but we are shown his reaction and he thinks it's actually a good one- worth the expenditure. You're welcome. He gets another affection boost from her genuinely helping him out. His interactions with her are getting more and more positive.

Stacy wants to be kept in the loop but tells him her thirst for drama has been stated as of now and thus she will let him go. How gracious of her. She jokes back, then remembers something before hanging up.

She asks if he has Rebecca's number, she's still very interested in getting her hands on that little dork and giving her a makeover. Oliver laughs at the notion. He has it, but she is not getting it. She would never forgive him for giving it to Stacy. Stacy is jokingly bummed out by this but pledges to make it happen one way or another, and the call ends on a positive note where she wishes him luck and they look forward to seeing each other tomorrow at work.

Oliver sits there after the call ends, feeling incredibly weird. He's smiling. There is still lingering resentment between them on his side of things, but he actually likes talking and interacting with Stacy now. It hits him a little hard thinking of how far he's come as a person, and we end on that uplifting note.

Mia date

Mia is walking to her place after getting off the tram. Detail relevant later, but she has to be wearing a skirt. It's only a few blocks away. She's in a decent mood after hanging out with her family. There was some rumbling about her boyfriend, of course, especially after she found out her brothers went drinking with him last night of all fucking things, but her parents knew her. They weren't going to rush her into introductions before she was ready, and they were just happy for her.

She doesn't know what to think about Oliver hanging out with her brothers, though. She's worried about what kind of stupid shit they put in his head, but she softens up after thinking about it a little more. As much as they annoy her, she knows how much the twins care about the people in their life and the more positivity in his life, the better.

She gets happy when she sees that his car's out front. Her slow, lazy walking pace picks up a little as she heads into the building. She'd gotten a notification that Zoe was streaming so she figured he might've gone home and she would've had to call him. She comes in to see that he's reading the codex still and they are as happy to see each other as always. She jokes about him learning the space nazi game, and in response he jokes about how she isn't wearing her choker.

Thought I told you to wear it everywhere. She gets it off of a nearby thing and puts it back on, saying she's obviously not going to wear it around her family. Even I have my limits for kinkiness.

They chat about how things went before she snuggles up to him on the couch, Oliver asking her about her family stuff. She mostly brushes it aside, is more interested in how things went with Zoe. Very good.

She notices his blush and thinks he might be understating it. He is, and for a good reason. Doesn't want her to get too worked up. And why not? We can mess around for a few hours before you head home.

Because we're going on a date. She blushes at his authoritative tone, but still gives him some lip. We are, are we? News to me. It's called a surprise. Mn. Mia thinks about it. She is pretty tired, but she wants to see what he has in mind. He tells her a little more about how things went with Zoe before that, emphasizes how much effort she put in and all that.

Mia is really surprised he got her to leave the house and she's proud of Zoe, but Oliver picks up that there's something else behind her smile. Lingering frustration. A lot of it. Mia is disappointed. Thought she was renowned for her poker face. He tells her that he wants the two of them to spend time together tomorrow alone and work on their feelings, but before that, he figured she needed to vent somehow and thus the date.

Putting the date aside, she emphasizes that she's terrible about working through her feelings with Zoe. That's why she needed his help in the first place. Oliver understands this, but Zoe is putting in the effort, and Mia needs to as well. Mia struggles with this, deflects by saying she'll do it assuming they can even get her to stop streaming.

He dropped the bombshell that he got Zoe to agree to a stream schedule. The news is so out there that it doesn't even register for her and Mia is just like what. He tells her Zoe's new hours and Mia almost thinks he's joking. He's not, and she gets worked up and kisses him on the spot. Big affection boost.

That's incredibly good news- you really think she'll be consistent about it? Oliver hints that they came to an understanding. Mia bites her lip. Something sexy happened, didn't it. He refuses to answer but she tells him she's already worked up just thinking about it and he counters yeah and if I actually told you we'd wind up straight in the bedroom.

He pulls on her collar and tells her to control herself. You going to be a good girl for me, you're going to cool it with the horniness, and you're going to go on a date with me tonight designed specifically to help you vent your frustrations before you patch things up with Zoe. no more thinking about what may or may not have happened, understood? 

The dominant attack works but Mia quips at first. He seems more confident. Wonders if he had more practice when she wasn't looking. He says her name in a more threatening manner and she calms down. She's very happy she trusted him with all this, she knew he'd be able to help.

He confesses that she should thank her brothers for some of it. She gets grumpy in a cute way, saying yeah, I was meaning to talk to you about that. He emphasizes that he just wanted their advice and it actually turned out to be good advice that helped him a lot with Zoe. Mia is blushing and annoyed but thankful she supposes.

He asks if she knows that most of her family thought she was in a relationship with Zoe and she's like yeah, let's not talk about that. She mumbled something about how proud of her her Abeulito was for finally joining the straights. Oliver says that she might need to address it sometime in the future since Zoe will be joining her next Sunday.

Mia actually laughs this off. Right. Then it hits her that he's not joking when he says and the Sunday after that and so on and so forth. She fights back the urge to kiss him again and makes a joking comment about what kind of blackmail he has on Zoe. He laughs awkwardly at this but manages to divert suspicion.

She is incredibly thankful and promises she will work really really hard to communicate with Zoe tomorrow, but first we should probably get that frustration out of the way. Oliver offers to give her a wrist massage before they leave, as she will probably need it. She thinks they're going bowling or some shit but no.

The massage is really effective, even more so than it was at lv 2. She's overwhelmed by how close to normal it makes her arm feel, wishes she had time to test it out on drawing. Oliver is just happy to help and theres a cute moment where she's like every day you prove you're the best the best thing that's ever happened to me.

He is eager to out do himself so he they leave and go on a date after she makes him a quick sandwich for dinner as she already ate. 

When they get there we see Mia's reaction to the place before the place itself. She's into it. Has always wanted to come to one of these places, asks how'd he come up with that idea. It was a hunch. Was it? It was Stacy's hunch. Mn, yeah that makes more sense. You two talk today? Yeah. Mia praises him for making good progress.

It's revealed that Oliver brought her to a smash room. She holds his hand on the way in and he makes a smug smile which she calls him out on. He's just lucky he got to do this with two cute girs in one day. Mia bites her lip at the thought but controls herself. So she was clingy with you? Fairly so. She gets like that in public. So do you. Nah, I get like that everywhere with you. True.

They go to the counter and meet with the person there and get told about the options. Oliver makes another move here and asks about the special course which wasn't directly mentioned. It's treated with some gravity. We don't usually offer that to first timers, it's pretty pretty intense. And expensive. Mia blushes and sighs making a joke about how much money he's gonna spend on her this time. As much as he wants to, which shuts her up for now.

The register says he shouldn't talk for his girlfriend like that and Mia brushes it aside. It's OK. We have a thing. She gestures shyly to her neck collar. The guy is like I don't even want to know, but says he can do the special course if they really want to. Oliver and Mia almost freaks out when it's $400. he gets her to calm down, saying she deserves this after all the drama.

Mia is easy to convince this time as she really does want to break shit. They are escorted to a lower basement level. The rooms upstairs were stuff where you picked items out of a box and were given a set amount of time to break it all. In the basement, they had a couple rooms where they were completely stuffed with dollar store furniture and stuff from thrift stores.

After getting suited up and signing a waiver, always a good sign, they each get to choose a weapon from a big assortment. Mia is very excited and gravitate towards an ax. Oliver gets paranoid at the thought of her using anything remotely bladed. She gets on his case for being overprotective, takes the ax and waves it around before it proves too heavy for her. She drops it and It would've landed on her foot if it weren't for Oliver's hyper reflexes catching it in the nick of time.

She is frustrated and pouty while he gives her the look. She tries to be sneaky and goes for a medieval flail instead, but Oliver is having none of that. Begrudgingly resigns herself to taking a sledgehammer. Oliver Takes the ax, which Mia is not happy about. He points out his family doesn't have some curse when it comes to sharp objects and Mia feigns ignorance. He finally says it out loud, you're just as bad as your brothers. She says this is categorically untrue, and they move on.

The employee gives them permission to go wild and that's exactly what they do. Mia is especially excited to create chaos and destruction. Surprisingly so. They have a lot of fun here, tossing each other things, working on the room together, and channeling all of their negative emotions. Oliver is mostly thinking about the kind of person he used to be, and he presumes Mia is thinking about all of her frustration towards Zoe. He kind of hopes she isn't, actually. Her enthusiasm has him worried that she has murderous feelings she is suppressing.

The truth comes out during a break. Oliver has his amazing stamina, but they rest for a few so Mia can get some of her wind back. He comes back with a bottle of water for her and she is sitting on a couch they were working On chopping in half with her goggles off.

He makes some joke about how she really needed this. I didn't know you felt that negatively towards Zoe. Mia Struggles for a moment before saying he should sit down with her, there's probably some things he should hear about. Zoe isn't really the reason she's upset. She confesses that she is upset at herself for letting Zoe get this bad and that's the real reason she got so annoyed yesterday.

Oliver is patient and encourages her to get it off her chest. Mia starts talking about how things were four years ago. Zoe was a wreck after high school and Mia was first starting to get problems with her wrist. Kind of felt like everything was hopeless all around, so she latched onto Zoe. Went out of her way to do everything for her because it made her feel useful and like she had a purpose.

Oliver wants to know why she views this as a bad thing, and Mia states that because Nothing was ever expected of Zoe she basically robbed her of the chance to have to learn how to take care of herself and do basic tasks. Oliver is forced to admit that yeah this is complicated. Mia goes on to say that Zoe didn't mind helping out with stuff earlier on, but I always said no, I'll do it, you don't have to worry about a thing. I used her situation to feel better about myself.

He gets why she feels responsible, but no matter how much of a wreck Zoe was, Mia is still treating her like she didn't have any agency. He puts it very bluntly that they are both to blame for the way things are now but comforts her. People make mistakes. I know I have. Mia jokes if he has another secret addiction to something embarrassing he'd like to reveal. No. I did drop out of high school when I was 16 though.

Mia looks at him and is like shit dude. You've been hiding that the whole time? Among other things. He asks if that changes her opinion of him. No, why would it? That's the way he feels about this. We'll just keep moving forward. You and Zoe will feel a A lot better about this after you talk about it for yourselves. 

Mia is more confident And she is really interested in knowing what all happened between them today. He promises he'll tell her a bit of it after they're done. This energizes her and they get back to what they were doing, destroying the room with glee.

By the end of things, the employee is surprised by the devastation they have wrought. He tries to get them to spend extra on a shuriken throwing activity which Mia is predictively very interested in but Oliver completely shoots her down. They leave the building and Mia is very tired out again. She's thinking that maybe this was a mistake doing it on a work night, at least for her. Jokes about how much stamina he's built up since that day he worked himself like crazy.

Oliver offered to rush her home but she's like let's sit on the bench here for a while while outside. Are you sure? Considering I'm kicking you out the second you take me home, yes. Let's get a little more time together. Everything is good between them. They're smiling, holding hands. It's quiet.

So what happened with Zoe. Oliver tries to brush it aside but Mia makes it very clear that she will not allow him to leave her company until she gets something to work with. Oliver Phrases things carefully. We got closer. How close? Close enough that she admits there's something going on between us and that she is interested in exploring it.

Mia is practically vibrating with excitement. Tell me more. No, you'll come in your pants. Sí, kind of the outcome I'm hoping for. Did you guys kiss again? Mia won't leave the topic alone, so Oliver is forced to show her the video. He wanted to wait until the The next time they were getting busy with each other but she is so persistent he has no other option. He warns her that she needs to keep herself composed and not be weird about this. She gives him a very unconvincing promise And Oliver is like I know I'm going to regret this Before showing her the video.

Mia takes it about as well as you'd expect. She has him replay it several times, each one making her more and more turned on. It's infectious. Oliver is really getting off on showing his girlfriend the video evidence of him making out with her best friend, but He's the one with self-restraint in this scenario.

After the third time, Mia is so far gone. She places her hand on his bulge and drops a pretty blatant hint that they should go pay a visit to that dark alley right over yonder.

Public lewd

the chapter starts on a funny back-and-forth where Mia is trying to convince him it's a good idea. He's obviously not buying what she is selling. He's trying to be the voice of reason, but the more she talks, the more his defenses weaken. He's ultimately led astray and gives into temptation, leading her into the alleyway for some less than legal fun.

He makes her promise that she won't get out of hand.

They find a nice spot between a tower of cardboard boxes and a dumpster. Very romantic. He makes sure there aren't any hidden homeless people before following his passion and making out with Mia. It's intense, the fear of getting caught makes it even better, and Mia is about a thousand times more turned on because of it as well.

He makes fun of her for this, as usual. Not so shy any more, are you? Not after you showed me that. She's desperate to hear more about it. How do it feel, was it better than the other day, do you think there's a chance things may become more official?

Oliver gets Mia to calm down, reminds her that they don't want to rush Zoe. But he does think things are heading in that direction, yeah. Mia is so excited that she slips her hand down below and starts playing with his cock. He counters by doing the same thing to her and continuing the kiss.

He knows he shouldn't rile Mia up much more than she already is, but he can't help himself when it feels this good. He tells her a little bit more about what happened. How he played with Zoe's body. How he got to play with her tits. Mia is surprised. Can't believe Zoe went that far, and she feels down on herself that it took her so long to show him by comparison.

Oliver comfort her, reminding Mia that it's not a race and Zoe is naturally more shameless. This makes Mia happy, and she jerks him harder while begging for more details. He fingers her back harder while explaining that he sucked on them. Mia loses her shit, openly imagining both of them together one on each nipple. Do you think she'd let us? I think your gigantic pervert who needs to keep your expectations in check.

She wants to know if he can really blame her for letting her fantasies get out of control when she's wanted this for so long. He can't, but he's going to anyway. More fun to tease her for it.

Mia shudders as he ramps up the teasing. She rarely clearly notices a difference in his skill level with his hands. He's making her weak in the knees and she comments on it. Wonders what he did to sneak in some more practice. He tells her that he didn't finger Zoe, just massaged around the area. She was too nervous for that.

He gives Mia a demonstration, massaging the area around her pussy. She begs him not to tease her like that, to put his fingers back in, but he doesn't listen. He talks about how Zoe reacted to every little thing, painting a clear picture for her to obsess over. He tells her that he made her climax and Mia is very close now.

Oliver teases that if he doesn't stop now she's going to make a mess in public. Not a huge deal since she is wearing a skirt but still something to tease her about. Mia wants to know if anything happened after Zoe came. More specifically, if she left him high and dry. He tells her that no not exactly, and this revelation is what gets Mia off.

He gets milestones for publicly making Mia cum and publicly fingering her, another nice chunk of LP to play around with. It seems like exhibitionist play will get them a brand-new subset of milestones. Good to know.

Oliver can't believe they just did that. Once Mia recovers, she's desperate to know more. What did you get her to do. I didn't get her to do anything, she offered to give me a handjob. Mia's eyes widen. Can't believe Zoe would actually do that for him.

He reiterates that oh she did and Mia drops to her knees, opens his fly, and tells them to keep talking as she takes him into her mouth. Oliver is beyond himself that this is happening, and lost in his pleasure, he forgets about their surroundings and starts to give Mia more details as she sucks him off.

The more he talks, the harder Mia goes. Eventually her hand disappears between her legs but she is still stroking him dutifully. It becomes clear after a point that she is trying to work on her deep throating again and Oliver is more comfortable pushing the envelope due to the setting. He tries helping her, pulling her by the hair as he talks more and more about her friend giving him a handjob.

If this wasn't the ultimate exercise in shamelessness, bragging about another girl getting him off to his girlfriend, the nothing was. His confidence is solidifying more thanks to this, and any guilt he feels is undone by Mia's pleasured moans constantly reminding him that she's into this.

He warns her that he's getting close and she doesn't back off, telling him all he needs to know. They both finish off again when Oliver starts describing the way he came all over Zoe. Mia still hasn't managed to take him all the way down her throat, but it was pretty close that time. She climaxes again, adding to the puddle beneath her.

They are left dizzy and delirious after their pleasure. He gets notifications for public blowjob and cuckquean dirty talk- another very weird thing to get milestones for he thinks but he will take what he can get.

Mia is very, very happy after all this. She thanks him for engaging her weird fucked up fetish, but he points out how much he liked it. She can't deny it when he shot out as much as he did. Still, I can't believe you did that with Zoe. Yeah, well I can't believe I did this with you.

Mia points out he's still pretty excited and she can get him ready for more. He's like oh God, this is what I was worried about. She is still very, very worked up. He points out that is really getting late and she's like so? They have work tomorrow. Should've thought about that before you brought me into dick sucking alley.

He reminds her that she promised not to get crazy and she just dismisses this as you obviously can't trust me when I'm like this so that's on you.

He sighs and makes a quip about having to get her a chastity belt at this rate. Mia makes a funny 'huh' noise and he's like oh God please don't tell me I landed on another fetish. She says it wasn't one before now, but now that you bring it up think it kind of has me thinking. Of course it does.

He pressures her into pulling herself together because it's getting late and he needs to drop her off. Mia pouts. Says things might get bad if he makes her bottle things up for too long. Might end up jumping you in a day or two. I didn't make you bottle shit, you got off twice! Yeah, and I'm so horny I probably need another four times or so.

Oliver is mockingly exasperated at her and tells her tough luck, before pulling authority and telling her to get in the car. She complies but is still being playful about it. All in all, it was a pretty solid second date and she is very happy with him. Says to bring me somewhere cheaper next time though, which he shoots down.

After he drops her off and they share a goodbye kiss Oliver gets his first repeatable quest- take Mia on a date. Every time he does it he'll get ten LP. A good note to end off on. Now comes the rest of his night.

Oliver didn't get a chance to use his new sleep skill because he was drunk as shit last night, so today will be his first time staying up late to work on stat training. Better call in for reinforcements.

Night training

Bradley is over and they are discussing his massive progress and how he's faring compared to where he was last night. He definitely doesn't feel as guilty about himself anymore. After getting some action with Zoe and seeing how enthusiastic Mia was about it, it's hard to think about anything else other than branching out even more and enjoying himself. Bradley praises his shamelessness, Oliver does it still feel a little slimy when is put like that, though, but whatever. It is what it is.

They talk about upcoming plans. Zoe has her heart event unlocked by now and he's waiting for it to activate. All of the other ones have been same-day affairs and although it told him this was a possibility, he was still on the edge of his seat regarding when to expect it.

A concern he has is Lucky Bastard coming back online tomorrow night. Why is that a concern? He's been playing a lot of games with Mia and Zoe lately. He doesn't want it constantly activating and making him win by default, draining it of its power. Especially when it comes to boardgames like with Rebecca. That's why he has a skill in mind to circumvent this.

Toggle, tier two. It'll let him manually flip his skills on and off if need be. Oliver starts to explain why this would be a practical benefit, but we get a surprisingly human reaction out of Bradley. He is afraid that he's been too annoying and promises he can rein it in a bit before he gets hasty or anything.

Oliver is put off by Bradley's fear. He reassures his friend that he would never randomly turn Your Best Bro off. He make sure that Bradley wouldn't die or anything if he did, right? No, I'd just go away until you turned it back on again, but I'd prefer not to take a [Nothing Nap] all the same. Wouldn't we all.

He purchases Toggle once Bradley is on board and tests it on something simple. It goes about as plainly as you'd expect, nothing major to say about it. Since Oliver has a bunch of LP, they debate on getting some other skills. Oliver wants to pick up another love skill. One more geared towards Mia. I don't have a name but it will increase affection gains brought about by sexual activity.

Just because he's branching off and exploring his options, doesn't mean he's not still focused on healing Mia's wrist. The progress with massage only has him more fired up to help. Bradley leads Oliver into taking another fun tier three skill if he wants to impress Mia sexually and leave a bigger impression.

Oliver reminds him that he doesn't like talking sex stuff with Bradley, but he keeps it mercifully short and recommends the bread-and-butter of all lust skills. Oliver has a good idea what he's talking about and it's one he planned on purchasing once he became more sexually active, anyway.

Hentai Protagonist. Makes him overall harder, increases cum volume, decreases cooldown, and makes sure he always has enough to fully satisfy his partner/s. It's noted that this doesn't make him a giga chad in bed. He will still have to work for it, and it doesn't give him control over his ejaculations because what's the fun in that? It also says that it scales per partner in each session.

Because of how this one skill has a bunch of effects all in one and it is meant to be like the foundation he builds off of, I'm thinking is only fair that this one costs extra. That or he has to buy two levels of it to get all the effects I want him to have. We will see what is LP count is at by then.

While it's not exotic like many of the other lust skills are, it's one he legitimately needs and he can only imagine how much happier it will make Mia. He gets it and obviously there is no way to test it right this second so they move on from skills and talk about what's next.

He's running low on cash. He might need to do some street fights soon to line his pockets. Aside from that, the only other thing he wants to tackle is working on making Rebecca into a heroine. The shamelessness is paying off, it seems. He shows some resolution here. He loved what was going on with Zoe today and he wants the same thing to happen with Rebecca.

What about Stacy and Tessa? Oliver blushes and reiterates one step at a time.

He's going to get started on the starter kit she gave him tonight. Putting together the models should count as spark training, right? Bradley doesn't see why it wouldn't. After he has something to show for himself, that will give him a good excuse to message her. She might be in bed already, though. Doesn't know her schedule or anything.

Regardless, they put on some music and Bradley does his own thing, allowing Oliver to focus while he won't get drawn in too hard and become obsessive-compulsive about his task.

Building a model is quite fun. These are really easy ones, he's able to just follow the instructions and snap the pieces into place. Most models don't let you do this in the require glue or putty sometimes, but this was a product for someone just joining the hobby.

I don't think I'll explicitly spell it out, but there's been studies that show people with PTSD benefit a lot from building models and Oliver is the type. He's really into it. He only meant to build one before texting Rebecca and he already finished all the Marines. He feels proud of them, Bradley compliments him as well.

He takes a picture then texts Rebecca asking how he did. There's no response for like fifteen minutes and he assumes she's asleep thus he starts building the aliens. It comes as a surprise when she actually does get back to him.

Rebecca types like a stereotypical autistic person. Big walls of text, a bit rambly. She gives him well-meaning advice. Point out where he could improve, tells him some things he should look into getting, etc. It's endearing and he thanks her for it, says he can't wait to paint them.

She says shoot she forgot to get him some primer. Huh? She explains some more of the process and he's like damn this hobby is spendy. She offers to give him a can to start him off if he can stop by tomorrow at around 6. Since he was planning to give Zoe and Mia space that works out well. Kind of sucks though because he was planning on painting for the next couple hours. Maybe he will finish reading the Codex.

Rebecca is happy to hear he started and they talk a bit about it. Oliver mentions he likes some of the lore snippets included throughout it and this leads to a minor tangent where she recommends the best books to start learning the lore and setting with. Oliver thinks that maybe this is worth the investment of his time since he figures it will go over very well with her.

Checks with Bradley, yo, you want to start listening to audiobooks with me to make sure I actually go sleep at some point? Would I ever! Yeah, I thought so. They plan on making a habit of it when he has models to work on or he's doing some other kind of stat training. He downloads an audiobook app then buys the first one on her list, showing her the proof.

She's very excited. Oliver feels the same, more about Rebecca than the book. She switches the topic and asks how everything went with Zoe and Mia, though. He's embarrassed and thinks he probably should've lead with that. She tells him it's fine and then he gives her the news that things are really looking up from here. Mia and Zoe are both doing great and they're going to talk about their feelings tomorrow.

Rebecca is so relieved. Oliver sees an opportunity here and make sure to reiterate that she knows this means he's going to help her out next. There is a delay in her response, she is very thankful. Abruptly mentions that she should probably get to bed pretty soon since she has work in the morning and he wishes her good night, telling her he'll see her tomorrow.

Bradley asked him how it went and Oliver is positive about the interaction, thinks he's getting somewhere. Bradley thinks he'd get even farther if he just spilled his intentions outright and explained Mia's fetish. Oliver at the suggestion. He thinks Rebecca is way too innocent and naive to understand any of that. He needs to work up to it.

Bradley reminds him that Rebecca doesn't want to be infantilized and Oliver thinks he isn't doing that. He brushes the possibility off and spends the rest of the night building the five alien models and then reading the Codex and watching tutorial videos. The game is very intricate and he doesn't feel as if he's any closer to understanding it, but he does get one smarts point for his efforts so far.

Rebecca mini chapter

we transition to Rebecca alone in her bedroom, surrounded by plushies, posters, books, and shelves upon shelves of painted miniatures. She's staring at her phone, repeatedly amazed that she had a conversation with a boy through text messaging.

When he first texted her, she froze up completely, explaining the fifteen minute delay. After that, the floodgates were open and she did pretty good for herself. She was nervous so she got very rambly, but still. Pretty damn good.

She's very relieved to hear about Mia and Zoe. Part of it is because they are her friends, but the rest happy because it means he's going to help her pretty soon. She wonders what exactly his help will entail. Embarrassed, she thinks of a few ways he could 'help' her before freaking out about her overactive imagination and huddling up, protected by her mental armor.

She describes the state that it's in. It's not doing so hot. She's missing tons of pieces and the enemy has chipped away at it, but she won't let it get to her. She still has plenty with which to defend herself.

Then again.

She bites her lip, shows signs of being horny. Rebecca has been playing games all day today and this is her first chunk of me time before she has to show up for work tomorrow. Maybe it would be okay if she indulged herself just this once?

No one would ever know, not if it's all inside her head. She struggles with her thoughts and feelings for a few moments before opening up her phone's browser and navigating to the folder group titled 'smut fics'.

Oliver and especially Mia have drastically underestimated the degree of Rebecca's innocence. Just because she gets flustered at Mia's drawings and most sex jokes fly over her head doesn't mean she never thinks about sex. Far, far from it.

She navigates through her tabs, and we skim some of the headlines. There's some really hard-core stuff in there but to make a running joke out of it, a good portion of the fics have very similar themes. She has a lot open that boil down to 'my lesbian friend got high and groped me' mixed in between tentacle and monster junk.

She navigates to the search bar and inputs a new fetish she's never looked for before after marking all her phantoms and preferred pairings. 'Cheating with my best friend's boyfriend'. Rebecca skims several of the fics she opens until one of them catches her interest and we watch her get hornier and hornier. The guilt also increases for her, but she finds that the guilt oddly makes her feel good, too.

She gets to a really hot scene where the heroine is struggling with her guilty feelings and Rebecca relates so hard but then the guy makes his move and she can't take it any longer. She opens her drawer, takes out a six inch dildo, lubes it up (even though she is plenty wet) and goes to town on herself.

It's not an overly long scene. It'll be hot, but the goal here isn't for a long-winded masturbation session and it's more an exploration of Rebecca's character and showing off how not innocent she actually is.

It ends in a very big climax- this new fetish of hers gets her off really hard. Who would've thought? The guilt sinks in and it stops feeling good, though. She thinks this was very stupid of her as she just voluntarily walked into enemy fire and lost another few pieces of armor. There's hardly any left now. Things have never been more desperate.

She contemplates taking an anxiety pill but decides against it, knowing it'd make her sleep past her alarm. She manages to calm herself bit by bit, slowly getting herself tired and ready for bed. Her thoughts are scattered a mess bouncing back and forth between feeling sorry towards Mia and happy that she gets to see Oliver tomorrow.

What's next

All in all, I think this next section of the book will be very exciting and fun. I'm happy with everything I came up with and once it gets refined in the actual writing I'm betting it will turn out great.Tomorrow is Monday in story, so back to work. I have big moments planned for Stacy and Tessa at different points in the day to make up for their minor roles in this book until now. One of these has to do with the timely return of Lucky Bastard, and both of them revolve around Oliver getting to see a new side of both girls that I think you'll like a lot.Despite him having plans to see Rebecca, I don't think the event will be huge or anything. She's received a ton of focus and there's not much more to explore before she finally becomes a heroine. I might want to use the chance to show how drained she is after her soul crushing job and maybe he just plays card games with her for an hour at her place before sneaking in a few fights for cash and then doing stat training.At the same time, Mia and Zoe will be having their heart to heart while playing more Moondrop Mountain. They're going to work things through, clear the air, discuss what things are gonna be like from now on, and Mia will grill her on her growing feelings for Oliver. It will all be very cute and cathartic it will look good on both of them as they apologize for each other's role in things getting to the point they did. Also, Mia will get a little carried away in a certain regard after most of the drama is cleared up.Zoe's heart event will be on Tuesday in story. I don't want to give it away, but Oliver will not be going to work that day. Depending on the word count, I'm expecting to end volume 2 on Tuesday evening after they get home from the major step forward their relationship has just taken only for something fun to happen regarding Mia's built up lust.Last of all, I wanted to briefly talk about my mental condition. I have noticed some significant changes lately- including the return of several telltale side effects that pretty much proves my antidepressants are kicking in again. After nearly 3 months, they damn well better be. But no, really. I'm not sure if I'll still be tripped up on writing the actual prose, but I'm optimistic because I've had tons and tons of ideas with the story lately and in general I'm thinking about it a lot more than I have been. I have my fingers crossed that this is a sign I'm nearly back to normal, but we have to wait and see.Let me know you think of everything in the comments, I'm very excited to hear your thoughts!