Playing for Rya

19. Negotiation

Song: Into you by Ariana Grande

'I don't know where to start,' Rya said as they retook their seats with him back in his chair, on the other side of his desk.

'Let's take it from the top and we'll go down the list,' he said as he leaned back in his chair, placing his focus solely on her.

She shifted under his scrutiny and cleared her throat as she turned her attention to the checklist before her.

'Bondage?' she asked, looking back up at him, 'you haven't tied me up before.'

'Yet,' he said in response, 'I haven't tied you up, yet.'

'Oh, er,' she was helpless to stop the heat in her cheeks, 'do you want to?'

'If you're amenable to it, yes.' he said.

'Ok,' she swallowed and ticked the box next to the activity.

'Spanking,' she said aloud, ticking the box beside it without any further discussion, 'you do that already,' she said softly, when she looked up to see his raised eyebrows and the amusement in his eyes.

'I certainly do,' he said as the corners of his mouth lifted in a small smile.

It was clear to her that he was enjoying this discussion immensely, certainly much more than she was, she thought, as she glanced back down at the list at the next activity, wondering how she was going to get through the list without losing her composure.

'Um, breath play?' she returned her gaze to him, 'what's that?'

'Erotic asphyxiation,' he explained, 'it involves restriction of oxygen during sex, usually through choking. It's not something I take pleasure in.'

She nodded and placed an X in the box, beside it, but frowned at the next several items she came across.

'Paddling, flogging and caning are listed as separate activities,' she said, 'I thought we had that covered with spanking.'

He nodded, 'they all refer to striking in some form, but each one employs the use of different tool as well as technique. Caning for example, is something I would feel more comfortable avoiding altogether, it's not a tool I would naturally gravitate towards. The rest, I think, are fine with me as long as they're alright with you.'

She nodded as she ticked the relevant boxes, while striking out caning by placing an X in the box beside it.

'Exhibitionism?' she asked, 'do the men parade their women about naked?' she asked saucily as her eyes scanned the rest of the sheet.

'Close,' he responded coolly, and met her eyes as she looked up in surprise.

'Close?' She sputtered, 'what does that mean?'

'How comfortable are you with the idea of engaging in public sexual activities?'

She gaped at him as she recalled the sexual acts she'd witnessed among a couple of the people that had been hanging out in the downstairs seating area of the barn.

'I'm not sure,' she responded honestly,  as foreign as it was to her, she wasn't totally opposed to the idea, in part, because she knew she would be in the company of people who pushed the boundaries when it came to sex, 'I haven't been in that position before,' she took in a deep breath, 'will it require me to be nude?'

'Most of the time, yes,' he said as his sharp eyes took in the expression of uncertainty on her face, 'it's not as unsettling as it sounds,' he said gently, 'you'll often be in an aroused state by the time you get to that point, and if not, I'm sure I can help ease you into it,' he became quiet as he studied her once again before he continued, 'if it helps put you at ease, you should know that you won't be the only one naked and engaging in sexual activities.'