The Sub Club (18+, bxb, mxm)

Chapter 31 Tied Up in Knots

Chapter 31   Tied Up in Knots

Tai

"Earth to Tai!"

Wait. "What?" I look across the table and see Tommy and Payton staring at me, Chris texting on his phone and Sebastien looking at the other half of his sandwich like he feels guilty for not finishing it. Too bad Ashton and Lane have already left, they'd inhale it before he finished offering it.

"You gonna finish that Seb?" Chris asks him, looking up from his phone.

"No, you can..." but he stops, watching Chris with fascination as he swallows the half a BLT in one bite before he could even get the full sentence out.

"Tai, we were talking to you and you were off..." Tommy begins.

"In deep sub space," Payton finishes, with a chuckle that he hides by looking down.

"Rope space," Tommy corrects, giving Payton a sidelong smirk.

"How is that different than sub space?" Payton asks, sitting up and looking at me with curiosity.

"It's not really," I answer, "It's just what Master Ken referred to it once." I shrug my shoulders. "I guess it's a little different because of how you get there."

All eyes are on me, even Sebastien, who usually says very little and keeps his eyes down as if he's sitting with a table full of Doms. I think for a minute. "It's like Tai Chi vs Tai Kwon Do; Tai Chi is a slow, contemplative process where Tai Kwon Do is fast and...more painful, at least when I was taking it." Their blank look tells me they have no idea what I'm getting at. "Kinbaku is about touch, and binding with rope, control, and transporting the sub through the process, using pressure points and pace, not through skirting the line between pain and pleasure from spanking or whipping. Like, Payton, you said after Master Kael flogged and edged you the other night, you were flying so high you didn't know your own name, you were high on all the endorphins released from the scene. Master Ken doesn't use floggers or canes or anything that uses pain...well he hasn't so far with me anyway. It's the rope...the feeling of being bound, no control, and the way he binds me that gets me there. Everything is for a reason; they type of rope, where he puts the knots, how tight he makes it, how slow he goes, even just the slightest touch with a finger as he's working. It all affects me. It's really cool."

"I want to try it," Payton says immediately, "I wonder which of the free Doms are trained in it." He looks off almost starry eyed.

I smile to myself, happy that he didn't ask if Master Ken would take him through a rope scene. We don't necessarily have anything exclusive, but I haven't even thought about anyone else and I'm pretty sure Master Ken hasn't been with any other sub since he did a demonstration with Terry. "I can ask Master Ken, Pay. I'll ask who he thinks has enough training for a scene with a beginner sub. I wouldn't want you to get hurt or anything."

"Cool. Tonight's my last night with Master Kael."

"Really? And then you'll be a free agent." Payton smirks and I look over at Tommy who's frowning.

"Seb and Payton, our two bachelors," Chris says, finally putting his phone away. At least for now. "If you want any recommendations, I've been with almost all of the Doms at the Red Door."

"Bullshit," I say into a fake sneeze and Chris glares at me.

"Okay, but legit almost half," he corrects and starts listing off all of the Doms he's ever scened with. I notice Seb is watching him closely and when he says 'Master Caster,' he looks down at his lap trying to keep any reaction off his face, but I can see a flash of sadness. He claims there's nothing going on between them, but I'm not so sure, or maybe it's what he wants to happen between them. Maybe eventually he'll confide in us, but I won't push him. It's taken a few weeks, but he seems more comfortable with us now and even smiles occasionally.