Vol 1 Final Outline (Patreon)

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Plan

Bradley serves a beverage as they crowd around the coffee table. Bradley congratulates all over again over how good things have gone but Oliver obviously has not gone into specifics regarding the sexual milestones. Bradley respects this and Oliver is thankful because he doesn't want to kiss and tell with another dude.

They discussed their current problem, the Rosas brothers. Bradley points out could have possibly been prevented if Oliver asked him to scope out Mia's family and gain some intel on them but Oliver reminds him he is not looking for a spymaster, just an advisor. Bradley accepts this jokingly. They run through the brothers, Oliver gives his impressions of them, they are pretty crazy but he doesn't think they are that bad.

Regardless, they are his enemy until the problem has been dealt with. We see Oliver double down on his convictions. Mia makes him happy and he's going to absolutely crush any obstacle that stands in his way. Bradley thinks that 300LP is more than enough to tackle this problem, but before making any huge purchases, he advises that he talk to Mia about the situation.

Oliver gets a little uncomfortable because she is 'busy' right now. Bradley is able to convince him that it's the right thing to do, however, and so he goes to his bathroom for a bit of privacy and calls her.

Comedic moment as Mia is still masturbating. Oliver can hear the buzz of a toy as she speaks to him in a very horny way. She's like I knew you would call. I was hoping for it. Just because I'm not ready to do more in person doesn't mean we can't mess around on the phone all night. This makes him struggle to keep focus, his temptation is rising but he shirks it off and tries to tell her there's something important going on. It takes him talking authoritatively to her for Mia to focus.

He brings up that her brother has ambushed him and she is absolutely furious with them. So much so that she actually throws her phone and she apologizes after getting up to go get it. She asks if he's okay, if they did anything to him, etc. Oliver stresses that he is okay but he does make sure that they're not like dangerous gang members or something. He doesn't want to assume because of the way they dress and act, but, Mia says we've been through this they're just carpenters.

Oliver says that doesn't seem like a good choice of career for either of them, Mia says yeah our dad usually has them stick to deliveries and behind the scenes stuff on account of their clumsiness. It didn't come up but Oliver asks about Juan's eye, he can feel Mia shivering on the other end of the line telling him not to ask her about that.

She wants to pause the conversation so she can call them real quick. Oliver is worried about how they would take that but Mia is insistent saying who gives a shit what they think, they are just a couple of deadbeat thugs.

Oliver goes back into the main room of his apartment while Mia calls her brothers. They don't need privacy since she has 'calmed down' so it's fine to have the conversation with Bradley around. He comments to Bradley about how she isn't happy and a few minutes passed before she calls back.

Mia is very angry because she can't get through to them, they are being very stubborn and idiotic, even worse than usual. Oliver feels somewhat responsible but he doesn't say it out loud. He suspects that his powers are making them into an obstacle, influencing how protective they are. It's really annoying.

She is especially anointed them for the reason they're doing this. The fact that they think Oliver has the potential to become a scumbag like them is just ridiculous she thinks and in an emotional moment Oliver opens up to Mia just a tiny bit saying that some of what Julio was telling him hit a little too close to home. Mia asks what he means and Oliver tells her that he does get little 'pings' of satisfaction when talking with other girls.

Mia is quiet and then ask 'oh?' Her tone is interested but Oliver doesn't really recognize that in the situation. He distress cover himself saying he's been alone for really long time and it's probably nothing. Mia drops it for now but says something cryptic about how stupid it is they're worried about that. She does so in a way that hints at her fetish but in a vague way, like, of all the things they're worried about this is the stupidest one because she is down for Oliver messing around it just hasn't come up yet obviously and they wouldn't listen when she tried to tell them.

Mia doesn't want him to go through the boxing match because he would get torn apart. Oliver jokes that it's okay because he's watched a couple of different boxing anime. She doesn't want to talk down to him or anything but the outcome is obvious. Oliver hesitantly asks her if she would be okay with it supposing there was a way for him to win. She gets quiet for a second before asking if he's talking about the same way he won today at the arcade. Oliver confirms that yes he has some secret tricks in mind that would probably even the odds in his favor.

Mia is hesitant. She doesn't want Oliver to get hurt, but being honest with herself, if there is a chance of seeing her brothers get the shit beaten out of them then she really wants to see it. All her life they've been annoying and overly protective of her and now they're trying to get in the way of her relationship. Oliver is even more pumped up to beat them now because of how sad the situation is making Mia.

He asks her if she trusts him to make this problem go away and Mia ultimately does. She gets the feeling that Oliver is the kind of guy who gets things done when he says he'll make it happen and is willing to believe in him. This really gets him going and he is fired up. He tells her that he's not going to work tomorrow because he needs to arrange a few things. The boxing match might be on Wednesday or Thursday at the latest

she wonders if that's enough time but Oliver thinks it is. He wants to guarantee this gets solved as quickly as possible. He reiterates that he is very serious about Mia and won't stand for someone in the way of developing their relationship. Mia is embarrassed about this in a good way and the call ends with a slight affection boost (86).

Oliver turns back to Bradley and it's time to start talking about the actual strategy.

There are a couple different ways to go about this. Oliver could buy a ton of tier one skills and trying to ace this thing using nothing but pure stat. If he dumped everything he had into this strategy, he would gain another twelve stat boosts in strength. There wasn't a clear number he had to be at as far as he knew and Bradley confirms that these challenges come down to more than numbers, so this isn't the wisest way to go.

Instead, he could put a bunch of his LP into appropriate skills that would help him clear this specific challenge. There might also be something in tiers two and three that would make the challenge easier, so Oliver opts for a hybrid approach. He's mostly going to get appropriate skills and look for something big to use as his secret weapon. Bradley advises this because Oliver still won't be very strong even if they dumped all his point into it and he needs a trump card to deal bigger damage.

First off, they debate which tier 1 skills he should get. They settle on physical conditioning 2, boxing 1 and 2, and advanced reflexes 1 and 2. He buys them, +5 strength (7), and then they do a couple of quick demonstrations. Oliver does some shadowboxing, Bradley hits Oliver with a hammer, and then carefully tosses a knife at him. His form is good, he doesn't take much damage, and he catches the knife before it goes anywhere dangerous.

Oliver is definitely feeling the power rush now, so now it's time decide on his bigger purchase. They agree on one called weakness exploit - pain, it's tier 2, and when active Oliver will see structural weaknesses in living things and objects, showing him where to strike.

Since Oliver's punches probably weren't going to do much damage they agree this would be a really good investment. Plus, it's only 50 so he'll still have more left over. He buys it and is met with a surprise notification telling him that weakness exploit - pleasure is now discounted. Out of curiosity he goes to the skill. It's in tier three and now only costs 50. It does the same thing except it points out pleasurable points and where to relieve tension.

This is pretty tempting but for the same price he could get two more tier one skills or another tier two. Bradley tries to convince Oliver to go for it, arguing that it will only increase his motivation to win. Oliver asks how so but Bradley points it's obvious. Oliver then thinks about using that skill on Mia, which gets him thinking dirty, of course. The idea does light a fire under his ass and Oliver compulsively buys the skill. He feels bad about it after he does but Bradley tells him it'll work out.

Oliver quickly tries out weakness exploit and looked around. Lots of little cross marks appear on objects in his surroundings, but noticeably nothing appears on Bradley. Oliver takes this time to confirm that Bradley doesn't feel pain. Been meaning to ask that.

Now that they've got all of the skill stuff sorted out, it's time to figure out the next part of the plan. He's going to not go to work tomorrow and he wants to get some training in tomorrow. Bradley knows just the place in the chapter ends with him bringing back up the fight club that was mentioned earlier. (also work in selling the watch here as well)

Training

Bradley and Oliver are out on the town in the afternoon, Bradley successfully pawned the watch overnight getting Oliver +$300. As they are walking, Oliver notices that the world is very different because of his new skills. He's later on his feet, his eyes notice more things because of his reflexes, and his body has never felt this good before. Sadly putting all those points into strength hasn't resulted in any muscle definition yet, but it should probably be getting there soon, he hopes.

They stopped by the same fitness store that they did the other day and they reiterate the plan while they are there. Oliver thinks they shouldn't talk so loudly about participating in a streetfighting ring but there's a gag as Bradley nods at the owner and suggests that the owner is in on it. The owner nods back.

Bradley has not participated in this ring but has been present for several matches and talked to some people about it. He was tempted to join in on the fun but he remembered how Oliver doesn't want him standing out more than he has to. Bradley gets praised for this.

Oliver buys some MMA gloves, some shorts, and some boxing boots. Oliver is mildly annoyed since he's skipping work today and already making another purchase, but Bradley explains that this streetfighting ring is good for more than just strength training. He will be able to earn some money today, but the focus is on the fighting. Bradley assures Oliver he will have plenty of chances to get used to using his new skills. Ideally he is going to fight all day today and see if he can't raise his strength one more time.

After they are done in the shop, Bradley takes Oliver to meet with a shady man in a public park. This man has a trench coat, shifty eyes, and is incredibly out of place. Oliver asks if the man is an 'agent' like Bradley told him to do and they have a slight coded conversation where he makes sure that Oliver is in on it. Once that step is cleared, the man has Oliver proved himself. Oliver does a little boxing routine and shows his skills.

The agent has his doubts because Oliver's punches don't have much power behind them even though he has speed and agility. At some point in this conversation Oliver is starting to think he feels like his life is switching genres. They manage to persuade the agent who then takes Oliver's phone and installs a shady app on it via QR code.

A quick breakdown of the app is given, and it's pretty comical. Other street fighters can signal to each other whether they are accepting fights or not, it's stated how much money they're putting up, and beating enough fighters will raise his rank and unlock higher ranked fights. Oliver is not incredibly interested in fighting but he has to admit that this seemed like it might be a good side hustle if he's ever in a desperate need for cash, especially since his body heals faster because of physical conditioning.

Oliver and Bradley go off on their way heading towards the nearest fighter looking for matches. They end up in a back alley where a fat kung fu guy is in the middle of meditation. Bradley hypes Oliver up and it's played like this guy might be strong. As Oliver has never fought anyone before, he's nervous. It takes Bradley acting as his corner man to help his confidence, again making him proud to have Bradley as a friend.

When the fight actually starts, it's pretty damn clear that Oliver outclasses his opponent. The other guy isn't super weak or anything, he's just on a different level in all ways except strength. Oliver is able to zip and zoom around his opponent but when he actually hits him, it's not very strong. He could win by death through a thousand cuts, just taking constant potshots since stamina is not a concern for him, but that's without figuring his secret weapon into the equation.

Weakness exploit activates and unlike with Bradley last night, the kung fu man has a number of noticeable weaknesses. There were standard ones that Oliver was familiar with, like his chin and solar plexus, but he has a large red cross mark on his right shoulder. After some observation, Oliver notices that it's slower than his left and the man winces when he attacks with it.

Oliver feels bad that he's about to attack this guy's injury, but he's in it to win it. He strikes the shoulder and gets in a big chunk of damage. This momentarily staggers the man, though he recovers before Oliver can do anything about his opening. Oliver notices something as the fight continues on. Sometimes, the cross marks get bigger and smaller depending on the timing. Oliver starts thinking that maybe this is showing him the best opportunities for counterattacks.

He tests it, toying with his opponent and baiting wider swings until the red cross mark is huge. Oliver deals a precision strike and it hurts bad enough to send the guy to his knees. This feels kind of nice, Oliver has to admit. His opponent is ready to yield at this, he can't fight anymore because of his old injury. Oliver is nice to his opponent, apologizing. The man angrily tells him not to apologize, a true warrior takes advantage of any weaknesses an opponent has.

Oliver is sorry for disrespecting him and the man takes it well, telling Oliver that he fights to improve himself and grow stronger in spite of his injury. He asks what it is that Oliver fights for. It's embarrassing, but Oliver owns up to fighting for love. Bradley gives a truncated explanation of the circumstances and the kung fu man ends up as a fast friend, offering to give the boys some lunch. He actually runs a ramen cart and he takes fights on his breaks. They conclude the fight, Oliver gets $50, lunch, and a new casual acquaintance.

Oliver goes through three more fights back to back, jogging to each location. The next two fights weren't so bad but the fourth man actually took Oliver some time. He is resilient, with few weaknesses for Oliver to exploit, and he's almost as fast as Oliver is it. Since this guy has a low ranked fighter, it makes Oliver think that his skills are scaling with his strength. Yes, he has really fast reflexes now, but they would probably be even crazier if his stat was higher. That's good, just another thing to look forward to.

When the fourth man goes down, Oliver is starting to feel much more used to his new body and skills. Standing over his fallen opponent makes him appreciate Mia even more, as this body was built primarily by her, with a tiny little bit of help from Stacy. He's finally starting to feel tired, too. Given how he'd been using it nonstop for half the day now, it figures it would give eventually that's a pretty damn big improvement from last Friday where the same amount of time left him so exhausted he could barely  hang out with Mia.

For dinner, Oliver and Bradley decompress somewhere together. They  talk before getting their food. Bradley asks if he is happy with the results so far. Oliver is but he doesn't know how it's going to stack up against Juan. It's been a really long time since he's ever had to work for anything in his life. It feels good, especially knowing what he's fighting for. Oliver still thinks it's weird how much his skill purchases have done a lot of the heavy lifting for him but Bradley confirms what he already knows. Your powers are meant to encourage you to grow and train yourself, but at the same time, the main thing they are centered around is dating and getting closer to girls.

The self-improvement is a means to an end. Oliver has been trying to adjust to that, as the influx of LP from sexual milestones hit him over the head with that fact. Bradley reiterates that the world is Oliver's sandbox and if he doesn't want to do anything with the other heroines, no one is making him. Oliver is contemplative over that, but the topic shifts to the upcoming battle.

Oliver hopes that all of his skills and stats are going to be enough because more than anything else he doesn't want to be pulled apart from Mia. Bradley asks how long he wants to train but Oliver thinks he wants to have the match tomorrow. Bradley personally thinks he can handle it but he wants to make doubly sure. Oliver is filled with conviction. He really wants to see and hang out with Mia but he has a feeling that the twins are going to get in the way of that so the sooner the better.

Sexting

Oliver goes home with Bradley after dinner and the two spent a couple hours watching famous boxing matches together and taking notes. Bradley is really into the support role and together the analysis helps increase Oliver's fight IQ. Eventually Bradley leaves for the night and Oliver keeps watching some videos on his own while alternating between sit ups, bicep curls, and push-ups. It's wild to him how his body can just do this without getting tired now.

Eventually, this pays off and Oliver gets another natural strength increase (8). He feels compulsive and like he might keep going if he doesn't stop himself now, and Oliver is able to stop himself from getting out of control. He takes a shower and by the time he's dried off he sees that he has a message from Mia on his phone. It's a little late for her on a work night. She's asking what he did today.

Oliver responds and fills her in on everything. She doesn't believe that there is a secret fighting ring but Oliver takes some screenshots of the app and sends them to her. She is suddenly unsure what to think but is a little amazed about his victories. Now she thinks that he has a chance. Oliver asks her to pass along that he wants the fight to be tomorrow. Mia makes sure that he is certain, but he reiterates that he wants to get back to the status quo as soon as he can. Phrases it romantically like wanting to be with her sooner.

Mia can't argue with that and gets a minor affection boost, then tells him she texted her brother just now. The fight is on for tomorrow at 6 PM, Mia asks if he needs a corner girl. She might not have experience in cheerleading like Stacy but she hopes she might be able to motivate him a little bit. Oliver wants her there so that she can see her brothers get beat up just like she wants to.

Mia hopes that he isn't joking because this is going to be very cathartic for her. Oliver asks if she's going to bed soon and Mia admits probably not. He asks if she's okay, she tells him the classic I can't stop thinking about you and Oliver asks in what way. Every way. It's stupid that her brothers are making him do this, but the fact that he didn't back down and is standing up to them is really hot, she admits.

Oliver starts to feel lewd and asks if she's worked up right now. Mia says yes, not as bad as yesterday, but she is still not getting to sleep until she calms herself down a little bit. Oliver suggests that he could but Mia drops a suggestive 'or...?' that gets him going. Oliver asks what she has in mind. Doesn't want to call because then she'll get twice as worked up and not sleep, wouldn't mind some light to heavy dirty talk while texting, however.

Oliver takes the opportunity to tease her saying I bet you wouldn't. Mia is still grumpy about last night. When he called, it really killed her buzz and he has to make it up to her. Oliver remembers how he has the advantage in text more often than not and takes a commanding tone, seeing this is a good place to practice that. Tells her I don't have to make anything up to you because you're mine, remember.

Mia delayed response before admitting that yes, I am. She still wants to work up to things with baby steps but she is very clear that there's going to be a day where she gives him everything and more, and from that point on he can take whatever he wants from her whenever he wants it. Oliver tells her she has no idea how hard that made him.

Mia counters she has a pretty good idea, she felt it yesterday. She nervously asks him how big it is. A girl has never asked him that before and Oliver is kind of thrilled that he has a pretty good answer for her. Eight inches. Mia would've had a hard time believing him if she hadn't been grinding on him yesterday and she is excited to hear that. Oliver teases her little and Mia says she was raised on unrealistic hentai standards so she yeah.

Mia can't wait to see it. Oliver works up the nerve to try asking her if she wants to see it now. Mia is very flustered about this and it takes her a while to type something back. She doesn't. She would rather see it in person and if she saw it now she would literally be up all night. He says that maybe they should be talking about this after all but she begs him to keep talking to her. She didn't get much relief last night after he called and she's still frustrated because of it.

Oliver promises to leave her fully satisfied after his match tomorrow if she'll let him. It was very forward of him but she asked what he has in mind. Nothing you won't be uncomfortable with, just a massage. She thinks a massage sounds good and promises to let him touch her anywhere he wants as long as she gets to keep her clothes on. Not ready for that much, yet sorry.

Oliver thinks he understands that her hesitation probably still has something to do with her body issues and it's his duty to be supportive. Mia promises to make it up for him though, says something about her hand being clumsy but she'll give him a massage, too. Excited, Oliver ramps conversation by telling her how badly he wants that and how much he wants to do things with her.

They get talking about it and Oliver learns Mia has C cup breasts. There's also a brief discussion about whether or not Mia shaves down there, which she implies is entirely up to him. The power feels really good and he tells her he prefers shaved but it's not a dealbreaker if it's too much of a hassle. Mia corrects him and says that he is her dom and if he has a preference he needs to say it. Oliver likes this and tells her more commandingly. Good, because she already regularly shaves and it won't be a hassle. She likes how it feels. Oliver teases he probably will to.

He describes some domination-centered fantasies with Mia and when he's done he tells her to do the same because she starts defaulting to one or two word responses after a while for obvious reasons. He commands her to stop touching herself and tell him some things she wants him to do to her. Mia apologizes, she's just never gotten to talk to anyone about this kind of thing. Besides Zoe but she means in like an actual back and forth, you know.

Mia describes a couple of scenarios but it makes her so wrapped up in her own imagination that she apologizes and tells him she's gonna cum soon. Mia begs for his permission and Oliver is pretty damn close, too. Of course the first thing he does is deny her. He forces her to type out one more fantasy and then when she is done he has another special instruction for her. He makes her send a voice clip of her cumming while thanking him for letting her.

She goes quiet after that and Oliver nervously thinks he might have messed up. Then again, he doesn't see her affection go down so he decides to just be patient. The patience is rewarded two minutes later and he receives the hottest voice clip ever. Mia is thanking him while cumming really loud, which gets him to the edge of his release.

They both talk about their climax. Mia is very interested in how much he came as in the physical amount. He came inside a tissue so it's hard to say but it felt like a good for five shots. She has a thing for excessive cum. Oliver remembers seeing something about that in his skills, but that's pretty far away.

He praises her and she's very happy about this. He gets a milestone for sexting, +10 and a +5AF. He's a little disappointed it's not 15 because he's just short of getting another tier one skill before the match tomorrow. Oliver has an idea for it but is too tired, so maybe tomorrow instead. Mia would really like to keep going but she has to work tomorrow. She asked if Oliver is going to be there. He would rather chill out and work on other stuff before the fight, he hasn't had time to work on his art lately.

Mia wants him to show her what he's done so far but Oliver can say the same. She actually promises to show him more of her art if he wins tomorrow. Figured it might motivate you, and we kind of need to talk about it, anyway. Mia tells him where the gym is located and that she'll meet him there at six. It's not a long walk from her place so she'll head there on her own. Oliver tells her that Bradley is going to be there with him and that's fine with her since she wants to get to know his friend better anyway.

Mia sends him another voice message, this time a very cute good night. +3AF. Oliver returns the favor and can't sleep over how much insane love he has for this girl. Oliver ends up jerking off to the voice clip another two times and he isn't ashamed of it.

Lead-in to the battle

the next morning, Oliver texts Bradley the plans and that he wants to chill out for the day alone until then. Oliver does like he said he would and works on his drawing for three hours again on and off. When he's finished, he gets his first +1 to spark. He feels really proud of himself and he wonders if this is how Mia feels when she gets better. He remembers how drawing is a skill he could buy any time but we see Oliver's thought processes here. He doesn't specifically want to buy something that would trivialize all of Mia's hard work.

Then again, he reminds himself to keep an open mind. For all he knows, Mia's third heart event will be locked off by his drawing ability. Principles won't help him much in that situation. Speaking of help, Oliver thinks it's time to get an extra five LP. He gets dressed in his fight outfit down to the MMA gloves and by propping up his phone and putting it on a timer he takes a picture of himself while in a fighting stance.

Taking a deep breath, Oliver sends this to Stacy with the caption 'what do you think of my current style' or something. He's very nervous about this, texting his one-time bully. She doesn't initially reply even though she should be off work by now, but a few minutes later his phone buzzes Stacy is very amused, telling him that it suits him surprisingly well, though it would've been funny to see him look like that with his old hair. Plus one to affection, Oliver gets a five LP from texting Stacy, putting him at twenty-five, enough to pick up another skill before his fight.

He doesn't stop here, however. Oliver has an actual conversation with Stacy when she asks him why he's dressed like this. He deadpanned tells her that Mia's brothers won't let him date her unless he beats one of them in a boxing match. Stacy vaguely remembers seeing them at school once or twice, picking up Mia. Weren't they both huge muscle dudes? Yeah, it's not looking great but he has a few tricks up his sleeve.

Stacy thinks that she would like to see this. Oliver hadn't expected this coming but she talks him into telling her the location, even though he starts off thinking she just wants to be there to laugh at him if he fails. Oliver actually shows some growth here and apologizes for thinking like that, saying he's trying to stop assuming the worst about her. This gets him another small affection boost and she says she will see him there.

Oliver isn't looking forward to explaining why Stacy will be there to Mia but he shoots her a text explaining it even though she is still at work. Mia finds the time to respond to him and says that's cool. Doesn't seem mad about it and jokes about how it might be good to have an actual cheerleader in his corner.

Oliver double checks that she's not mad. She reminds him that she is not a jealous person and more importantly she supports him getting to know Stacy and chatting with her since it's probably good for him. Tells him to stop worrying so much and to start worrying more about the fight before telling him she has to get back to work and that she'll see him tonight.

Oliver looks through his skill menu for something cheap he can get with the rest of his LP, settling on fleetfooted lv. 1. He was looking for something at first that would give him more power to his punches but a running theme is that he can't find any skills that just our right make him better at the stat in question. There is not a skill that makes him wise, or one that makes him overall more creative, or that increases his general stylishness.

The skill he chose will play into his pre-existing strengths making him even faster and lighter on his feet. He gets it and test it out, it makes him graceful enough that he doesn't disturb his downstairs neighbors when jogging in place. For the rest of the time remaining, Oliver works on shadowboxing. He's going off of the stuff he watched with Bradley last night. It doesn't go well since those are all high-level boxers way above the level of the street fighters he took on yesterday, but it does help him a lot.

Bradley shows up at 5:35 PM and he is dressed like a stereotypical coach/corner man complete with a towel on his shoulder. He even shows Oliver a knife that he plans on using to cut open his eyelid if it too swollen for him to see out of. Oliver really hopes it doesn't come to that and he is pretty damn sure that's not an actual thing outside of boxing movies, anyway. Bradley argues what other purpose would a cut man serve. Treating cuts instead of making new ones, for one. Bradley suppose this makes sense.

Oliver tells Bradley about Stacy and Bradley is similarly proud of him but he raises a point that Oliver didn't consider. Julio and Juan are already convinced he's going to become some kind of Playboy, showing up with a blonde bombshell in his corner isn't going to go very far towards convincing them otherwise. Oliver indeed hadn't thought about that but since she's just a coworker he's not too worried about it.

The two of them leave his apartment at 5:40 PM and they fast travel to a mysterious location that the reader is not privy to. There is a stop he wanted to make and Bradley waits in the car because Oliver couldn't handle the embarrassment. All we are told is that it's somewhere that was included in Bradley's guide, one of the gift shops and that he's picking something up for Mia. He's not sure why he's doing this but Mia will either love it or laugh it off, knowing her. He spends like 50 and then they fast travel again to the boxing gym.

When they get there, Mia is in the lobby waiting for him and Rebecca has shown up for this, too. They are both wearing casual clothes, and this is our first real look at Rebecca wearing her full nerd stuff ensemble. Last time she was still dressed for work because she skipped out on work and went to Mia's house.

Rebecca is mousey about it but she wanted to show her support when Mia told her about what was happening. She doesn't look like she's doing good, though. There are a lot of big muscle guys around and Rebecca isn't that good around men. Mia encourages him to praise Rebecca and in turn she gives Oliver some really strange advice about war. Mia gets some affection points from Oliver being nice to Rebecca.

Stacy shows up before the twins do, also wearing casual clothes. She looks like a gym girl with a sports bra, yoga pants, and sweatband around her head. This place was a bit away from the nearest bus stop so she took the opportunity to jog here, glad she isn't late. Rebecca acts nervous around her but Mia is fairly polite for her given their interactions so far. Stacy vaguely remembers Rebecca from high school but they literally never interacted, it's just that Stacy had a reputation and Rebecca is aware of it.

I haven't said as much but Bradley is active during this scene as well, just focusing on the main beats.

Stacy slips around and is overly familiar with Mia and Rebecca, placing her hands on their shoulders like their friends. She says that if he doesn't win with three cuties cheering him on in his corner than he doesn't deserve to win. Oliver strangely notices that Mia blushes and while looking frustrated almost sort of seems like she's leaning into Stacy's touch. Rebecca, contrarily is frozen in terror.

Oliver points this out and Stacy apologizes. Rebecca gives some mumbling excuse about not being cute and attractive people intimidating her. Stacy again shows that she is pretty friendly, saying she already helped Oliver with a makeover and if Rebecca ever wants the same treatment then Stacy would love to have a new project. This terrifies Rebecca and she almost passes out.

Oliver, using his speed, catches her. She is very red-faced as he holds her in his arms and asks if she's okay. Obviously, this leaves Rebecca even worse off meanwhile Mia is smiling knowingly.

The twins show up right as this happens. As Bradley predicted, they are not enthused by two of his future harem members being present. They point out how they are correct, how Mia isn't enough for him and he is already thirsty for other women. Stacy laughs this off as there being no way, she and Oliver are only friends. Juan takes this opportunity to hit on her by showing her a trick with his naked skull lady tattoo, if he flexes his bicep one of their titties get bigger.

Stacy devastates him so much in her rejection that it visibly shakes Juan up. On the other hand, Rebecca gives a much more vague answer about how he is her best friends boyfriend and she just met him and there's no way she would have any thoughts about a guy like that. She mumbles her way through this. Oliver doesn't pick up on it but the reader should understand she is trying to convince herself because like Oliver she is also pretty shallow and their interaction the other day was enough for a tiny crush to form.

Mia still wants to see if her brothers will listen to her for half a god damn minute so she can explain why none of this is necessary, how the thing they are worried about is not a problem at all, but the twins are not listening. They simply say it's their duty to protect her as her brothers. Mia stopped short of saying you are protecting me from something I actively want to happen but it obviously doesn't go so far or else a lot of the tension.

To call back earlier in the book it would be funny if she brings back up her hatred of stories where there is a tiny misunderstanding that could be solved if the characters just talk things out like adults for not even five minutes. Oliver asks what her brothers are misunderstanding and Mia's evasive, saying she'll tell him later. Oliver notes the irony here.

The twins walk up to Oliver finally and give him a stare down. They don't know what he did in the day since they last saw him but they get the sense he really put some work into himself and that he is taking this seriously. They respect him for that but they aren't going to just give Mia up.

Mia reiterates on the sidelines that she is not a prize to be won and she's going to keep dating whoever the fuck she wants regardless of who wins. They can't stop her. No, but we can be really annoying about it, Juan says. Every time you to go out on a date guess who's going to magically show up? Mia is embarrassed because she knows they are obnoxious enough to follow through with their threat.

Stacy hints vaguely at her past here by telling Mia that her brothers mean well. That's just how older siblings are. I'll probably word it in a way that more overtly references the fact that Stacy had an older sister without actually saying it. Either way, Mia does understand that her brothers care about her and we get the sense that while she is incredibly annoyed by them she still loves them.

Oliver recognizes that the only way to progress his relationship from here is to win. Furthermore, he does some trash talk. Even if he loses here, he's not giving up on Mia. He'll fight either of them as many times as it takes to get them to leave them alone, reiterating how serious he is about this. Oliver swells with confidence to the point where he does something extremely out of character. He grabs Mia and kisses her in front of her brothers to prove his point.

She is shocked but very obviously into the display of masculinity and kisses him back before getting shy about it. Plus affection to Mia and also Stacy. He hopes that Stacy isn't the type of girl who wants what she can't have but he mentally gives her the benefit of a doubt and convinces himself that she just casually likes him more because he's standing up for himself or something to that effect.

Again I just want to point out that Bradley is in this scene and will actually say things.

The brothers call back to what they said the other day about Oliver's cojones getting too big for his shorts and that he's finally started to trip on them. Juan is ready to teach him a lesson.

vs. Juan

they enter the boxing gym proper and it's mildly busy. Juan and Julio are well known here, they greet some of their friends while heading to the ring. Oliver is given some protective headgear and he gets into the ring. Bradley gives him some questionable advice, as does Rebecca. Mia is a bit more romantic about it telling him that she's really into what he just did and the fact that he's doing this for her but tells him they can figure something out if it doesn't work out. Her dad can probably reign her brothers in if need be but Oliver is dead set on settling this right here and now.

He whispers into her ear, reminding her that they were going to celebrate tonight. Mia gets visibly excited about this although she tries to downplay it. He takes a commanding tone telling her to believe in him and she submissively does.

The rules are established. Ten rounds at three minutes each with a minute break between rounds. No funny business. Both of them agree to these terms. A bell is set and the match begins.

As he stares down Juan, Oliver experiences the feeling out of an anime series where an enemy unmasks their power level and he is left thinking Juan is stronger than he gave him credit for. Just being in the same ring as him is enough for Oliver to tell him he's way stronger than the guys he used for training yesterday. Juan charges in and Oliver keeps him at a distance while studying. He has his weakness exploit turned on and notes where Juan is most vulnerable. Mostly his old scars and a couple random spots I will fill in later.

Oliver's first intuition is to stick to Juan's literal blind spot but Juan is able to play around that tactic pretty easily by blindly punching Oliver whenever he goes there. Oliver gets hit for the first time like this and it staggers him, leaving him open to a rushdown that he narrowly avoids. Oliver manages a counter during this volley but it doesn't do nearly enough damage and opens him up for another attack.

If Oliver doesn't get out of there he's going to get locked into trading blows so he put some distance between them again and mostly stalls out the rest of the first-round, never quite giving up on the assault, however. The first-round ends and they go to their respective corners. Oliver is not in very bad shape. He took a couple of nasty sounding hits but despite how much they hurt they didn't actually deal very much damage. The girls give different pieces of advice but Bradley is the one who shines at this particular moment, doing his role as support and guiding Oliver to stay the course. His advice carries into the next round.

Oliver focuses entirely on making use of his crazy stamina so that he never has to stop running. Juan is significantly surprised by this and has trouble keeping up with Oliver taking pot shots at first. There is a problem however when Juan catches on to Oliver's movements. He has to stop running briefly to throw his punches and Juan is able to pinpoint a moment to strike. He nails Oliver in the head really hard and it leaves Oliver vulnerable for a follow-up.

The next fist comes flying at him and Oliver focuses really hard on his advanced reflexes, using them with his speed. He turns his neck at just the right angle for it to miss, countering by hitting Juan on his chin. Oliver doesn't have enough power to knock him down but something interesting occurs. They start trading blows, or so it looks. What's actually happening is Oliver's pulling off that same move over and over again. Roll with the punch, avoiding damage, chin strike, repeat.

From an outsiders perspective it looks like Oliver is getting wailed on but he's actually taking no damage whereas Juan is slowly getting chipped away. One of the chin strikes finally staggers Juan but Oliver is unable to follow up with anything strong enough to actually put him on the ground and then the bell rings.

Everyone is starting to get impressed with him, even Stacy has something to say. Some of the boxing regulars have started watching over on the twins side of the ring. Oliver still isn't exhausted but it's starting to look like Juan is burning through his stamina. He looks rough over at the other corner. Mia is having trouble processing this. She wants to know how he's going this. Oliver gives her a half-truth, jokingly telling her that her brothers are right about him and that he gets stronger the more he flirts with cute girls.

Mia almost takes him at face value with how insane what he's doing is. She makes a playful comment to Stacy asking if she wants to help power Oliver up and Stacy brushes it off sarcastically saying he's your boyfriend. Mia extends the same offer to Rebecca but again Rebecca can't mentally deal with that and draws away. Bradley gives some more encouraging advice and thinks that in another round or two Juan won't be able to keep up.

Third bell is met with instant shock as Juan charges across the ring, closing the distance faster than Oliver thought he was capable of. Oliver tries to rely on his reflexes but Juan predicted his course of action, slamming his fist into Oliver's face so hard that he gets his first down. This one hurt pretty bad but when Oliver hears Julio counting down he gets right back up.

Oliver continues the fight but the same thing keeps happening. Juan predicts Oliver's next moves pretty much every time and it's all Oliver can do to back out of his moves last second and change course. Things are definitely different now and Mia believes that Julio had to have given him significant advice in between rounds because there's no way that Juan is smart enough to be coming up with these strategies on his own.

Surprisingly, it's Stacy who gives Oliver the advice he needs to hear. She says this isn't like him and that he's always that sort who's rushed ahead, isn't he? He's second-guessing himself too much just because Juan is one step ahead. This isn't some grand dramatic moment where Stacy believes in him or anything, she just casually says what he needs to hear and it's not a giant deal from her side of things. Just specifying so that the tone comes across.

This inspires Oliver to not stand for Juan's tactics or be overwhelmed by them. Oliver doesn't panic and instead commits to his attack regardless of the fact that Juan will be there waiting for him. Oliver merely has to keep up his fancy dodging. It's nowhere near as effective as it was in round two. Maybe if he took another couple days to practice using his advanced reflexes in tandem with his speed this would have been easier, but as it is, he takes one hit for every three he gets in.

The important part is that Oliver is improving with every dodge. He's learning as he goes along and each time his movements are little more extreme until Oliver is able to pull off a leaping uppercut that staggers Juan and makes him take several steps back. Everyone cheers Oliver on and using everything he's got he lands a continuous flurry on Juan's face. We're talking gatling level punches, punches so fast that it hurts Oliver to do them and actually starts to burn through his superhuman stamina.

The power of each punch isn't very high but when you have that damn many of them it gets the job done and Juan is actually knocked out by this. Everyone celebrates, even the guys over in the twins corner because of how hype this match is. The bell rings just in time and Mia scrambles to get up on the ring with Oliver. They share a quick moment but Oliver has the distinct feeling that this isn't over and he disengages with her.

Julio gets in the ring after stripping off his shirt. He takes Juan's right hand glove, puts it on awkwardly using his mouth to fasten the strap because of his injured hand, and then tosses his brothers unconscious body into the crowd. Mia is angry because this wasn't part of the bet, said if Oliver defeated Juan they would leave them alone. Oliver talk her down, tells her that it was always going to end this way.

Julio confirms this. Things are different now. Bradley ushers Mia back to the sidelines, telling her that this is a battleground between men. She counters something about having watched enough shounen anime battle series to know she can't get in the middle of this. It annoys her, but she tells Oliver to bring this home.

At some point during this conversation Stacy makes a comment to Rebecca about how she's going to give up reality TV and just start following Oliver around everywhere because this is entertaining as fuck. Rebecca doesn't know how to respond to Stacy.

Oliver and Julio exchange some words. Oliver calls him a dirty lying bastard but he doesn't have it in him to hate Julio for this. Likewise, Julio is not doing this out of a petty attempt to gatekeep Mia from him anymore. He acknowledges that no matter what he or Juan do about it, Oliver has already won where it matters. They can't stop him from being with Mia, but that doesn't mean they will accept him. Not without pushing Oliver to his absolute limits and seeing how far he will go for her.

Oliver wouldn't have it any other way. The bell rings and the battle between men commences.

vs. Julio

even though he is the same height as Juan, Julio seems so much taller and more imposing. He keeps his left hand behind his back so that he doesn't injure himself but it becomes clear very fast that Oliver absolutely needs this handicap if he's going to have any chance of winning. Julio is much stronger than Juan is in just about every way.

Befitting his personality, he's also a much calmer presence on the battlefield. Whereas Juan is wild and crazy, Julio is slow, methodical, and rarely wastes a single one of his movements. While he's slower than Juan, it doesn't matter when he's able to bait Oliver as well as he can. Early on Oliver takes the full brunt of one of his punches and it hurts more than anything he's ever felt in his privileged life.

Oliver's punches practically bounce off of Julio, the man is practically made of rock. Oliver keeps getting hit and things look grim. He's only barely able to keep himself on two feet thanks to the rope but this leads him to him getting cornered. Oliver gets his first leg up here, literally. He does something not even Julio see his coming. He ducks beneath the massive man's legs, waits for Julio to turn around, and nails him in the face. It's definitely not a real boxing technique, but to get Oliver some traction he actually jumps into the air and twists his body during the jumping punch.

Now Julio is against the ropes. The only downside is Oliver can't think of a way to capitalize on this. The only damage he's done so far is that ridiculous jumping punch and none of Julio's weak points are that big compared to Juan's. The biggest weak point is obviously his half severed pinky which is totally different from hitting that guy's shoulder yesterday. The inconvenient truth is that he is just a fortress of a man and Oliver doesn't have the firepower to break through.

The back and forth becomes a game of bating each other. Oliver catches on to how Julio knows how to bait him and so he reversed baits him trying to get counterattacks. The entire thing is a cluster fuck and the only one who seemingly understands what's going on is Rebecca who makes some comedic comments about the nature of war and men.

The bell rings but neither of them stop even after Mia tries to get their attention. The crowd doesn't seem to care, either. Stacy advises her to just let them ride this out. It stopped being about boxing a while ago. This is kind of hard for her to watch, admittedly. At first Stacy thinks this is because she doesn't like to see Oliver get hit but Mia lets onto some of her perversion here without meaning to. It's mostly just because he's so fucking hot right now.

We get a candid moment from Stacy where she casually admits that yeah she can kind of see where Mia is coming from. Rebecca also chimes in with a one-off comment more comedic than everyone else's, something silly like he is a Space Marine equivalent personified and her eyes are full of stars.

While Oliver is busy during his fight, Bradley sneakily plants a seed in their mind, bringing up Oliver's bigamist proclivities and that there is plenty of him to go around. Now Mia is the one with stars in her eyes, suddenly looking up Bradley like did he actually say that? Is he into harem play? Bradley gives her the thumbs up and says harems are his biggest fetish. Stacy is not unnerved by this but very weirded out. What are you, his wing man? Un-ironically, yes. Stacy sees how excited Mia is by this and says girl have some self-respect. Mia counters that she likes what she likes.

Rebecca meanwhile looks like she is processing more information than her brain can handle and is silent. Again, her crush is very early on and I don't want to overplay it.

Back on the more important business, the fight continues well past the bell. Oliver is running on fumes. He lasted for hours yesterday but he wasn't putting nearly as much effort into anything as he was today. Nonstop boxing was no joke, even with supernatural stamina boosters. As the minutes pass, something strange begins to happen in the battle.

They stopped baiting each other and they somehow end up in the middle of the ring together. Julio is losing stamina and his movements are becoming less effortless. It devolves into a slugfest. Oliver doesn't have it in him to keep running and dodging and he elects on a strategy possible only for someone with his skills. He's going to soak up the rest of what Julio can dish out and win in a battle of attrition.

They stand there, slugging each other while having a minor discussion. Simple stuff, like Julio telling him to give up and Oliver refusing to do so. Julio points out he's on his last legs and Oliver taunts him, saying so are you and he just got done beating up Juan's ass, so what's your excuse? Julio likes how cheeky Oliver is and he is resolved to finish things once and for all. They both landed a devastating cross punch on each other.

Oliver staggers backwards. His knees are wobbling, his vision is going black. He feels like he's going to pass out but through sheer force of will he doesn't. Julio seems just fine at first. Oliver's punch didn't do much of anything to him but in a couple of seconds he starts showing signs of weakness. Julio falls down to one knee. Oliver's terrified that he's going to stand back up and continue where he left off. All it would take is one hit to knock him out.

Julio raises his fist just like Oliver was afraid of and it looks like he's going to stand up. He doesn't. Instead, he smiles for the first time since Oliver has met him. He tells him welcome to the family, hermanito. Oliver reciprocates the gesture, slamming his gloved fist into Julio's and thanking his new hermano. Julio passes out after this.

The crowd goes wild, Mia gets up on stage with him and the two share a moment. She's like do you have any idea how hard I'm resisting doing the trashiest talking thing to you imaginable right here in front of everyone? Oliver says maybe save that for when they're alone this time. She gets maxed out affection and her second heart event is ready.

She helps him offstage with Bradley's help (he and Bradley have a few words where he thanks Bradley for all the support) and Stacy despite the weird harem stuff increases in affection boost for no reason other than that Oliver is cool. She congratulates him and he has a pretty funny moment where he asks her be careful you make fun of in high school, am I right? This gets a cheap laugh from her as well as an expression that makes it seem like she does still feel bad about it.

Rebecca equates this battle to something out of one of her 40th Space Reich novels and she tells Mia how cool her boyfriend is. Mia knowingly says don't tell me tell him and Rebecca obviously doesn't have it in her to say it is face. He smiles politely and thanks her for the support too. She blushes and says something stupid about how she would always follow such an inspiring leader like him into battle.

Unfortunately, they can't just leave. The other boxers all want to crowd Oliver, the owner wants to turn Oliver into a professional which he is not interested in, but the crowd is easily distracted when Bradley manifests a cooler full of beers and starts passing out cold ones. Julio and Juan have recovered as well and they join in, both praising Oliver and telling Mia that she pulled a winner. Now that they've settled down, Mia pulls them aside after asking if they will finally listen to her about why none of this was necessary.

Oliver watches her take them aside and she blushes while explaining something to them. Both of them are visibly shocked by what she tells them and they also feel really awkward about putting them through all of this. When they come back, Juan is muttering something about how he didn't even know girls like that existed. Julio simply clasps Oliver on the shoulder and says your luckier man than I realized. Both of us are going to go home and rethink our lives now, but we'll be seeing you around.

Oliver makes an idle comment wondering what the hell that was about and Stacy says something knowingly like you'll find out.

Stacy thanks Oliver for the show and congratulates him, they have a small moment as she also announces her intentions to leave. Rebecca has plans with her dad, too, so she has to go. Otherwise she would hang out. Mia makes a comment about how that's okay, she wants the place to herself tonight, anyway. It takes Rebecca a moment to parse the meaning and she becomes embarrassed telling them to have fun before running off.

The last loose thread here is Bradley. Oliver excuses himself from me for just a moment to thank Bradley again just so they get one more moment together in the volume. Oliver reiterates how grateful he is for everything and a large part of the victory today comes down to Bradley's support. He can't do this alone and is going to keep counting on Bradley in the future. They clink beer glasses.

Oliver asks what Bradley's going to do with himself tonight. The probably hit the streets for too long for now he's going to stay here with all of the boxers. There are so many bros in this one building, he says. These are my people. Oliver isn't sure about that but he's happy Bradley is enjoying himself.

Rejoining Mia, the two make their way to leave the building. I'm unsure if I'm going to include this bit but I'm adding it here just in case- I might have Oliver be stared at by a suspicious woman on his way out the door, an attractive black girl wearing stereotypical streetfighting shit like bandages and a raggedy cape. Probably wearing a hood so that I don't have to commit to a description too hard since I don't actually have a design for this girl in mind. She would tell him not bad for his current rank in the streetfighting app.

Currently Oliver doesn't have any heroines that specialize in strength. Mia is spark, Tessa and Zoe are smarts, Stacy is style with a hint of spark and Rebecca is smarts with a hint of spark and I've had the idea of a homeless/vagabond warrior girl tied to strength. I also just think it would be funny if Oliver has to keep engaging in the streetfighting stuff despite largely being disinterested in it beyond an occasional side hustle.

Anyway if I include this scene then Mia will make a comment on if she's someone Oliver knows or not. He tells her no and Mia casually says she's pretty hot, though. It comes out of nowhere and Oliver is like is this a trap? Mia says she doesn't have all those pinups of half naked anime girls in her room for nothing. Oliver is like okay you're bi, that's cool. Any other bombshells you wanna drop on me? Mia laughed to herself knowingly saying one or two but what we had home first.

Think there's a lot we need to talk about, including how you were able to bulk up enough in the span of two days to knock out both of her musclehead brothers. Oliver feels like this could be really bad but he manages to play it off by saying you'd be surprised by how hard a guy will fight when his relationship is on the line. Mia definitely has her suspicions but she lets him off the hook. Oliver internally vows to try and avoid getting incredibly flashy skills again because he is not ready to explain everything to Mia.

Mia's second heart event

Mia and Oliver enter her apartment after picking up takeout somewhere, she cups her hands and shouts honey I'm home to Zoe, getting no response. Mia tells him to take a seat at the couch, she is going to actually check in with Zoe for once. Oliver does and she goes off to do that. He sees her poke her head into her roommates room but doesn't hear their conversation. He asks her what's up and Mia says she just wanted Zoe to know that he might be staying the night and sarcastically told her not to disturb them.

Oliver gets incredibly nervous at this implication, he asks her what about work tomorrow. Mia says she basically never calls in sick and Tessa can suck it if she can't handle her taking a personal day. Just so she doesn't get his hopes up, though, Mia clarifies that she is not ready to go all the way but depending on the talk they have she's willing to go 'pretty far'. Again, this doesn't help Oliver's anxiety or excitement.

He gets on her case, though. She needs to stop worrying about getting his hopes up. She knows but Mia explains it's kind of a cocktail of things mixed together making her an awkward mix of incredibly horny but simultaneously shy and scared of going all the way and it makes her self-conscious. That said, it would make her very happy to mess around for a long time tonight and if Oliver is a gentleman she would especially like it if he stayed the night and maybe they try the whole cuddling thing. Oliver points out that he should probably take a shower if they're going to cuddle after how much of a sweat he worked up but Mia casually dismisses the notion, telling him she kinda likes the smell. It's manly and not even that bad.

Anyway, dinner. Oliver is like you really expect me to be able to focus on eating after working me up like that? She teases him a little over this and they have their dinner. Oliver eats his food at a pace that surprises him. He was a lot hungrier than he thought he was and Mia gets him some chips after he's done because he's still hungry. Guess his body needed to compensate for everything he put it through.

When they are done, Mia brings him dessert. It's a new Valentine's Day chocolate that says 'you won'. She fesses up about why she chatted him up after work that day and reveals that she had one in her pocket and that she chickened out of giving him the chocolate. They have a moment over this and Oliver teases her to make sure she didn't make a 'you lost' chocolate just in case. She didn't. She very much counted on him winning. Because she's a good girl who does what she's told and all that. Oliver teases her saying you are, aren't you.

Mia says you can always make me be a better one but that's getting ahead of ourselves. She tells him to wait for a second and then goes to her room. When the door closes behind her, he get a notification telling him that Mia's second heart event has started. This sets his expectations really high and his fantasies get carried away as he wonders if she is changing and if so into what.

She does come back in a different outfit. It's a big, oversized T-shirt and a pair of pajama shorts. She asks if he minds that she made herself more comfortable, obviously he doesn't, and she thought he wouldn't. She's carrying an arm full of sketchbooks that she sets onto the coffee table before him. Mia sets the stage and is clear to say that she doesn't have any expectations towards anything but she was meaning to tell him this. It's just not the end of the world if he's not into it.

Bradley said that he was, but again, she's not being overly hopeful. Oliver has pause for alarm. Bradley said I was into what? She tells him to have a look because they might have something in common besides the interest in male domination.

These are a couple of her most recent sketchbooks and he can start anywhere he wants. Oliver started going through them and aside from the occasional fanart they are pretty much full with nothing but hentai. That much, he expected. Obviously he praises her for being incredibly talented. She asks him if he sees any patterns aside from the hard-core domination stuff. Well, yeah, a good portion of it is lesbian stuff but the majority is group stuff- specifically with only one male involved.

Oliver asks what he should specifically be taking away from this other than a towering erection. She says it's exactly what it looks like. She is into harem junk. She wasn't in a rush to share this information with him, but it's relevant because of her stupid brothers and he keeps wanting to see her art and it's hard for her to show him when there's so much of it.

Oliver closes his eyes as he tries to deal with the cosmic convenience of this. Bradley was right, she really is a tutorial girl everything with her is so easy and perfect and now this.

She says she doesn't know why her brothers sensed some kind of womanizer in him but she's saying upfront that it isn't a dealbreaker if they end up being correct. She goes on to tell him that this isn't a license to be a piece of shit, however. It's a 'you won the jackpot and now get to have a very mutually loving respectful relationship with an open-minded girl who thinks the only thing hotter than being owned by her man is sharing him'. Everything kinda clicks into place and he's like wait so the reason you were asking about Rebecca-

Mia clarifies it's not like she has an agenda, here. Not trying to set you up with my friend, just noticed that Rebecca seems kind of like she might have a crush on you and she thought it would be fun if she teased him about it a little. She teases him and says if you want me to put in a good word for you, though...

Oliver tells her one thing at a time. Mia responds that isn't a no. He tells her it's one thing at a time. He isn't saying no to exploring this a fetish of hers, Bradley was correct, he is into harem junk, but at the same time he's also emotionally stunted to hell and back and he wants to focus on the one good thing he has going for him without trying to complicate things much more than that. For now, it's just the two of them, and that's more than enough.

She apologizes for getting carried away by her fetish. It's sort of her thing if he hadn't noticed by now. Furthermore, Mia has doubts about how she could be enough for anyone but Oliver points out hey, that's okay, I feel the same way. Tender moment.

Oliver reveals that he got her something. He takes a jewelry box out of his inventory and extends it to Mia, who is suddenly very surprised. Oliver is nervous. He tells her he's not sure if she'll like it but he was thinking about her and-

she asks if she can open it. Yeah, of course. Inside is a new choker. It's a lot nicer than the one she is wearing. Furthermore, it has a little name tag in the shape of a cat that says her name on it. She is staring at it with wide eyes. Oliver has doubts and starts to make an excuse but she reminds him to be dominant. Sure of himself.

It takes him a second but he takes on a more assertive tone and tells her he doesn't like her current choker. It's bland. Generic. She says it's just a cheap little thing she got online. Thought he might think she was kinky if she started wearing IT at work and it might make him want to talk to her. She reckons it would snap right off of someone pulled hard enough, hint.

Oliver can't believe she just said that but gives her what she wants. He tells her he won't be needing this anymore and rips the choker from her neck. She gasps at his forcefulness. It really does just break right off. This one is much better. It will let everyone know that she is his. Would you like that? Yes, master. He breaks character for just a second to practically melt at being called that.

Mia takes advantage of his slip-up to press forward and tells him she wants to pick out today's boundaries if that's okay. He may have picked up that she has got lingering body issues and is nervous about being seen naked but tells him he can do anything he wants to her outside of sex as long as the clothes stay on. This gets his blood boiling and since she is still straddling him, he shocks her by jolting upright while carrying her.

Oliver kisses her while carrying her to her room, closes the door behind him, kicks his shorts off, and he pushes her down on her bed. She pulls from their kiss with a look of absolute adoration and love and she reminds him not to let her get carried away. He won't.

Lewd

Oliver looks down at Mia like she's a piece of meat. This is going to be a lot better than first time. It didn't matter if he couldn't take her clothes off, he was still going to get to touch her everywhere he wanted, and he had a feeling she was going to touch him, too. He has no idea where to begin. Last time it helped that she was horny and took the initiative but this time it was up to him. Luckily, he came prepared with a cheat sheet.

He turns on weakness exploit pleasure, hoping that the tier three skill is as powerful as he hoped it is. Through her clothes, pink cross marks light up across her body. You have them in the obvious places but there are some in not so obvious places, too. Furthermore, these icons are more detailed than the ones on weakness exploit pain. They alternate between showing different graphics depending on what she would like. Some places highlight that Mia wants to be kissed there, others highlight that she wants be bitten or touched, and the one down below hopefully had an icon of a penis. If she wants more than one thing there, the graphics switch between each other every couple seconds.

There is a problem with weakness exploit pleasure. Namely, Mia is so aroused and turned on that basically her entire body is one giant glowing pink cross mark. There was literally no way he could go wrong as long as he did something to her. The problem is that it's distracting. He's probably going to turn it off for this first time. It's taking him out of the moment and while he definitely wants to try min-maxing all of her weak spots, he's too excited to properly focus on so much visual stimuli when the only thing he currently cares about is Mia.

He takes so long staring at her like this that she starts to wonder what he's doing. He manages to salvage the situation and tell her he's just thinking about where to begin but his voice trails off when he notices something. There is precisely one part of her body that doesn't have a single pleasure spot. Everything from her right elbow down is barren. On her left elbow he sees a kissing mark and her left hand shows that it wants to be touched, kissed, and her fingers sucked. Nothing on the right.

Oliver switches to weakness exploit pain on a hunch and is shocked by what he sees. Dozens of cross marks all over her right arm. There are some in her neck, shoulder, and lumbar, too, but these are pretty severe. Mia is starting to actually get worried now, halfway sitting up as she calls out to him. He realizes that if he points out hey is your arm okay with completely no fucking prompt he's going to look suspicious so he decides instead to put a pin in it and leave it for now.

It's not going to be easy, he's really worried about it, but he decides he's going to make up for it by giving her all the pleasure she could want and more. He pushes her back down and tells her not to rush him. He's admiring how beautiful she is and undressing her with his eyes. Mia shifted around uncomfortably at that but isn't against it. By now it should be apparent they have a relationship where they boost each other's weaknesses and make each other better. He makes her feel beautiful and she hasn't even done anything.

Oliver says he's going to show her just how beautiful he thinks she is and he grabs her breasts for the first time through her baggy T-shirt. Commentary on the breasts. How they feel. How big they are. How badly he wants to see them. Oliver leans down and surprises her after, some fondling taking in her nipple through her shirt. Mia is incredibly sensitive and she bucks her hips at this. He teases her, really?

You know what I'm like. Her whole body might as well be hardwired to her clit when she's turned on like this. He doesn't think he's ever heard anything hotter than that. Teases her so if I do this it's like biting your clit? He nibbles on her nipple, causing her to shriek. She doesn't know, obviously no one's ever done that. We'll find out sooner or later.

The good news is that when Oliver is actually touching Mia, she doesn't have much strength to try anything funny. He is going back and forth between her nipples and she looks so pleasured it's almost like she's high. He takes a quick break to see how she's feeling and she is breathless but is upset he's not having any fun for himself. He proves contrary when he slipped out of his boxers and presses his naked erection against her pajama bottoms. She is absolutely covered in juices and she feels him poking against her entrance.

She is shocked that he's naked and so is he internally but she never said he couldn't be, right? Just not her. Mia admits yes that's right and then she wraps her thighs around him. The first time he feels the skin of a woman against his cock. His inexperience gets the best of him and he loses his dominant persona for just a second as he shudders. Mia asks him if that feels good when she moves her thighs up and down.

He tells her not to get carried away and gives her a surprise bite on her neck. He doesn't know how much force to use and he probably goes harder than most girls would have liked, but most girls aren't Mia. Things suddenly feel a lot wetter down between her thighs. Did you just...? Mia is meek and admit to it. Oliver can't resist and bites her again, then slipped down to bite both of her nipples again before biting her neck again.

They have dirty talk about this. You love that, don't you. Yes, it's better than anything I've ever done to myself. Bite me harder. As his teeth sink into her flesh, Mia's thighs envelope him tighter and she jerks him off using them. There isn't really much she can do. None of his skills give him increase to sexual stamina, only physical stamina. Theoretically he could pound into her for hours straight, but it doesn't mean he'll last that long. He cums between her thighs and it's a very emotional thing for him.

Mia is tender in the aftermath, sensing he needs it. She strokes the back of his head and tells him it's okay. He hugs her really tight during this as she comforts him. She makes him feel so safe and wanted. In that moment, he resolved to make her feel a thousand times better than the way he makes her feel. He gets up, turns her on her side, slips behind her, and then flips them both on their back so that they're staring at the ceiling.

Oliver warns her that he's going to touch her directly now. He won't see anything at this angle. Mia is literally shivering on top of him by how excited the prospect make her, she can barely mumble her consent. Oliver ignores the temptation to just go straight in. He remembers how much crosses there were in the area around her vagina, too, so he takes his time and gives Mia a pelvic massage as well as her inner thighs which are stained by his cum.

Though he doesn't outright touch it, he feels the area around it and comments about how she really does shave. It's the softest thing he's ever touched, and he praises her for it while continuing his massage. She keeps wiggling on top of him in pleasure and it's the cutest thing in the world to Oliver. It's like she is a precious little toy that he gets depressed all the buttons and find out what they do. It doesn't take much work from him to get her to orgasm again but as she does she tells him to put his finger inside already.

This excites him but he holds off and remains dominant, he gives her pussy a minor slap while reminding her she doesn't tell him what to do. It's not hard but given that she's in the middle of orgasm it makes her squeal. He taught her that if she is any louder that Zoe is gonna hear them. Mia reiterates that her room is soundproof and she's wearing headphones, she won't hear a thing. So you want me to make you scream louder, then? Y-Yes. He lovingly gives her some white verbal abuse and degrades her for this, gets her to beg for.

Oliver's addiction is running rampant, everything he is doing to her makes him fall even harder for Mia and it's all consuming, the best feeling in the world. In this euphoric state, he brushes his middle finger between her lower lips and pushes in for the first time. The sensation is described. As I always do, The biggest features of Mia's pussy are that she is incredibly wet and way, way warmer than she should be. Mia predictably goes off again and he taunts her over how easy this is.

She adorably tells him that he doesn't understand and that it's not usually like this. She never relieves herself this fast. It usually takes her hours to get off this much, and never this hard. If he keeps on going, she feels like she might actually feel real relief for once in her life. This is kind of emotional for her and Oliver picks up on that, switching to a comforting tone as he tells her that he is going to take care of her from now on.

As he says this he starts exploring inside of her. They lightly talk about how Mia wants to be owned, Oliver teasing her about this but in a very supportive way like isn't your life going to be so much better now that you have me to take care of you. She is very into it and he's getting really hard again. It's frustrating because he can't really do anything to make himself feel better in this position since her legs are spread but he's more interested in playing with her than he is in getting off again so it checks out.

Oliver escalates things by entering her shirt and tracing up her tummy to her naked breast beneath. Mia wasn't ready for that, and reacts surprised. He lays on the praise, telling her how beautiful she is and how nice her skin feels. She really likes what he's doing, she's clamping down on him and he ramped up what he's doing. Puts another finger in and uses his thumb to start stroking her clit. This is way too much for her and Oliver's inner sadist wakes up. He warns Mia that he is not going to stop until she's fully satisfied.

She doesn't know whether to be more excited or scared but the scare itself is arousing. Unlike Mia, Oliver doesn't have to worry about his wrist cramping up. Physical conditioning made him generally tougher and he can do repetitive motions without straining himself. He puts his skills to work and he earns orgasm after orgasm from her in a trancelike state. He isn't sure how many times she's got off or how long he's been doing it for, but his compulsive behavior kicked in here. When he finally regains control, Mia is almost passed out.

He almost apologizes but he stops himself because dominance. He asks how she's feeling. She can barely talk but she's crying- out of joy. Her pussy is raw and she's never felt this satisfied. Oliver has never felt so proud of anything in his life. Mia doesn't know how she lived before him. Everything is calm. Even most of the day she's usually dealing with some level of arousal in the back of her mind but it's just totally clear for once.

She almost tells him that she loves him but she changes it to something milder. He says something emotional back regardless. Mia feels bad because he only got off once and she doesn't have the strength to do anything else for him. She's barely conscious. Oliver doesn't feel like he needs more sexual stimulation atm, his heart is fuller than it ever has been. Mia is pouty still and he has her promise to do something for him in the morning if it bothers her so much. She is still upset but concedes and promises to take real good care of him.

The two cuddle and Oliver feels more of his emotional wounds healing as he lays there with the girl he loves. This is all he could ever want in life. He's in total peace. He doesn't feel a nagging sensation in his heart telling him one will never be enough. He's whole while lying with Mia, and wherever his journey takes him from here on out between Mia's fetish and his other heroines, it's not even a distant concern. He has enough for now and falls asleep with her.

Milestones weren't mentioned but they'll be added where appropriate.

Finale

The next morning Oliver awakens to total zen. He's never felt such an overwhelming feeling of contentedness before. Mia is snuggled up to him so tight that he can't move, treating him like a big throw pillow. It's uncomfortable but in the best way possible. She seems to be asleep but he starts brushing the back of her head, remembering everything he did and how hard he fought to get here with her.

He was drawn to her face so he didn't originally notice, but he soon sees her shirt is hanging and one of her breasts is revealed pressing up against his side. Oliver is now more aware of his painful morning wood. It's a lot harder than usual and now he's kind of kicking himself for being so insistent that he didn't need and additional love last night.

Because Mia doesn't want him to see her body yet, he does the gentlemanly thing and covers her chest for her. This reveals she is mildly awake and she tells him he could've kept looking. Nothing wrong with a little sneak peek. Think you've earned it.

You're awake? Yeah, got up a bit ago to text the boss lady that I'm not coming in. Figured I'd just vibe as long as you'd let me. She's making a strong case for him to just lie in bed all day. Mia wouldn't mind but she has a promise to keep. He feels her fingertips gently brush his cock. He's still naked from the night before.

She looks at him with innocent eyes, asking if he minds if she gets up and see what she's working with. Oliver is nervous but not as much as Mia so he consents. Mia gets up from under the covers, stretches like a cat, puts her glasses on, and slinks between his legs. The cover is still on him and she is nervously excited to peel it off. Been waiting to see this for a long, long time. He's flattered and hopes it lives up to her imagination.

She takes off the covers and goes wide-eyed. Seems like that won't be a problem. It makes her feel funny. Not passionately aroused, that's currently out of her system, but he's just so big and perfect that as an artist she feels divinely inspired. Her praise is... a lot. He twitches.

Mia notices he likes getting praised and gently brushes him again down to his balls. She asks his permission to keep up the dirty talk and serve him. He warns her about laying it on too thick. He's sensitive from last night and no one's ever done this for him before. Mia comforts him, says he doesn't need to worry about lasting. It's all about him. Making him feel good. Giving his godly cock what it deserves. She finally grasps it- but it's noticeably with her left hand.

She comments on the size, heat, hardness. Constant praise. She's somewhat playing it up but she really is in awe. The tone is soft and sleepy throughout this entire thing, not insanely passionate. Mia runs her hand along it, commenting on the tip, the shaft, and how heavy his balls seem. She gives them a surprising squeeze to feel how packed they are. She's sorry she wasn't a good girl and didn't drain him last night. You spoiled me too hard, and I have to make it up to you.

She starts playing with it for real this time. Stroking up and down. Mia doesn't stop talking, telling Oliver about all the things they'll eventually do. She's a little sorry for being so conflicted but body image will do that to a girl. He reiterates that she's beautiful, makes her nervous. Tell me that enough times I might start believing you. He does it again. Mia opens up that it sucks because even though she looks totally different now she still sees the old version of herself in the mirror. She doesn't even have stretchmarks or flab, it's all psychological.

Oliver reaches out to comfort her, stroking her head. He doesn't downplay her issues just reminds her that he finds her beautiful and that he's the luckiest man in the world to have such a beautiful pet to worship his cock. This gets Mia going harder and she keeps doing the dirty talk. Her right hand finds his balls and she works them into that. He's concerned about her wrist but she's doing very slow and methodical movements and occasional squeezes with it that it probably isn't hurting her, and he couldn't bring himself to stop and talk about it right now even if he wanted to.

He's getting closer. Mia doesn't have much of a sadistic streak, but what she does have is an all encompassing desire to please. Seeing Oliver enjoy himself gets her going, as does knowing she's doing a good job. His praise and the cute faces he's making inspire her more and more. To finish things off she talks about wanting to see what he looks like when he cums. She double wraps her hands on him and squeezes tight. Begs him to imagine these hands are her pussy. Show much what it's gonna be like when we finally do it, Ollie. Show me how hard this cock is gonna try to knock me up.

He loses his shit and finally starts cumming, directly on Mia's face. She gasps and opens her mouth, some of it landing in there, and a lot on her glasses, too. Even though he doesn't have any of the lust skills that would enable it, it still feels like he's cumming an inhuman amount. More than he ever has. Mia keeps dirty talking him through it and right as he's about to hit the peak...

A door gets slammed and a woman's voice echoes out, screaming in frustration. Mia, I got fucking temp banned! Zoe bursts into the room right as Oliver continues blasting rope on his gf's face. There's a very humorous description of her. She looks like she's on enough caffeine to kill an elephant, jittery, bloodshot eyes, bags under them, but paradoxically Zoe is without a doubt one of the hottest girls Oliver has ever seen despite looking like a cocaine gremlin.

Zoe doesn't acknowledge what's happening and just starts ranting about how someone reported her for a nipslip while she stands in Mia's doorway. Mia and Oliver are both exhibitionists, Oliver being more reserved about it. He's more embarrassed about it but the thrill is amazing. Mia however is not very ashamed and is excitedly pumping him even harder while looking at Zoe.

Zoe has checked the footage like fifteen times and there is not a fucking nipslip whatsoever, and now she has to take a week off of streaming. What the fuck am I supposed to do with myself now?

Only after her self indulgent rant does she realize what she just walked in on. It's awkward but we get a sense of Zoe's overall rude and brash personality as she's not phased and is just like oh. Is this the guy from high school or work or whatever? Yes, the one I said would be staying over when I told you not to disturb us. Zoe thought that was like four days ago. No, it was last night. Fuck. Well, whatever. Nice to meet you or whatever. I'm Zoe.

Big moment as Oliver gets his fourth heroine registered, leaving him feeling total whiplash. She starts at 0 Affection, status is GF's Roommate. Oliver awkwardly introduces himself and Zoe again shoes zero social graces as she's like hey did Mia tell you the freaky shit she's into yet, goblin grin on her face. I can't count how many times she's been like god Zoe wouldn't if be hot if we had the same boyfriend? Ahhhh, fucken love ya, Mia, you fucken weirdo, you. Anyway, suppose I should probably leave you guys to it for now. I'll be in the living room as soon as you're ready to come make me breakfast, but don't take too long.

Zoe closes the door and Oliver gets the delayed milestones for handjob and facial. Mia is trembling with barely concealed annoyance. Oliver remarks about this being the part where he'd usually sarcastically say she seems nice but if he's being honest he can't do that with a straight face. Mia sarcastically answers that once you get past her complete inability to think about anything other than herself she's a great friend.

She knows how it sounds but like before she reiterates that Zoe is rough around the edges but has always been there for her despite that. Least when she didn't used to lock herself in her room as much as she these days... (hint for future tension)

Mia takes a deep breath to collect herself. She knows she said she wasn't gonna ever force him into her fetish but she make it explicitly clear that he would be doing Mia the biggest favor in the world if he started with Zoe. Mia cannot imagine how much better off her life would be if Zoe chilled the fuck out and got laid. Better yet, if he pinned her down and taught her a lesson. She's still holding his cock in her hand and it twitches back to life. Liked that idea, didn't you?

He nervously says well if it would really make your life easier than maybe it's something we can discuss... Mia proposes that until then how about they keep her waiting a little longer, volume ends with a naughty smile and the start of another handjob.

I think I'm overall very satisfied with the way things are heading. This should've been done yesterday but the heart event portion kept going off in weird directions and I had to keep pruning it so it stayed on track. Basically Oliver was explaining some basic things about his powers but it would really limit the rest of Mia's heart events if he tells her anything this early on, it would make things less about her and more about him so I cut pretty much all of it though I am saving a couple of funny ideas I came up with to use when he actually does tell her.

Only thing I'm worried about now is the page count. I feel like this material is gonna be another 40k words at least and it it does then vol 1. will be like 200k words... my biggest book ever by far. Worried about the precedent that sets. Haven't put out a book since August, money is shit, and now the goalpost is even farther away. Bleh. At least I'm happier working on this series than I have been in a very long time.