XXXMAS Day Twenty-third - Shyness
#23 of XXXMAS
Summary: Mei has always been a shy girl with low self-esteem, something that isn't helped by the nasty comments she overhears from a pair of women while on a date. Is the guy she's with really out of the league of an ugly girl like her like they say? He doesn't seem to think so and does his best to prove to Mei she's the most gorgeous woman around in his eyes.
So, what is XXXMAS? For every day of the month of December I will post a short story, each featuring a different kink that was randomly chosen by several kink generators I found online. I'm doing this as a sort of writing challenge, test my skills with the help of some very different kinks and themes, as well as to build up a sort of writing portfolio. Each story is completely unrelated so you can skip whichever ones aren't your cup of tea.
All I want to do is play the many games I bought during Steam's Winter sale today but I still have a couple of stories to finish. Curse my laziness and leaving things until the last minute!
The pub was alive with the sound of drunks singing old songs off key, friends getting together for a beer after a grueling week at work and, most importantly, laughter. More so from one specific table.
"You're kidding me? No one can be that dumb," the young man said with a wide smile.
His female companion simply shook her head as she said, "I wish. She refused to believe that all video games weren't for children and went off on how dare we sell games like GTA to little kids. Which, we don't, by the way. Hell, in our store you even need to show ID if you want to purchase something M rated." She rolled her eyes as she added, "In the end we had to call mall security when she chucked an empty game case at my coworker's head."
"Damn, that's messed up. And here I thought working at a video game store would be the best job ever."
"It's normally pretty awesome. My coworkers are great and I get employee discounts." She lowered her eyes and a light blush dusted her cheeks as she added, "And it is how I meet you, after all."
Her date broke out into a wide grin and said, "Yeah, I'm totally worth dealing with the occasional crazy lady."
Mei grabbed her beer and took a sip in an attempt to hide the goofy smile she was now sporting. She still couldn't believe he'd asked her out. Jake was a handsome piece of Clydesdale, well built and with a smile that made her heart do flips. He worked as a personal trainer at a gym in the same mall where Mei worked as a manager at a popular gaming store. He came in about once a week after work to browse their second hand section and, eventually, just to chat to Mei.
The panda wasn't used to male attention, at least, not the positive kind, so the day he walked past the pre-loved titles to come up just to chat to her had been quite the surprise. This went on for weeks until Mei's boss said, "Bro, if you're not gonna buy something and instead just flirt with my employees then you either leave or ask her out. You're taking up room actual paying customers need."
Mei had never turned so red in her entire life. She'd started apologising profusely to Jake when he simply smiled and said, "So, you wanna go out some time?"
Now on their first actual date, she still couldn't believe someone like Jake would ever give someone like her the time of day. Mei wasn't exactly the cute, petite thing most men went for, after all. She was incredibly tall, more so than the average man and about the height of Jake, not to mention she was quite overweight. She was a big girl in height and width and that was a serious turn off to many. Her nerdy tendencies didn't help either. It seemed she only owned shirts with characters from her favourite video games and anime on them, something that earned her ridicule from many, either thinking she was a "fake gamer girl" or just a loser. But Jake didn't seem to think that way, always eager to ask about what franchise the character on her shirt that day was from.
Jake picked up a chip from his plate and popped it into his mouth, chewing as he asked "So, what do you think of the place? I know it's not fanciest for a first date but..."
"I think it's great," Mei said with a shy smile. "I've walked by it a bunch but I never thought about going in. To be honest, bars aren't normally my scene."
"Really? Damn, I'm sorry. I really should have let you pick the place," he said, scratching the back of his head.
"N-no, I'm not upset or anything," she spluttered.
"Well, you can pick where our next date is gonna be, okay?"
"Next date?" Mei's breath caught in her throat.
"I mean, it's not too out of line for me to say that this date's been going pretty damn good and that a second is in our future?"
"Not at all," Mei said with the widest grin on her face and the rosiest of cheeks.
The two continued to chat happily away about where they could go on their next date when Mei's ears perked up at a nearby conversation.
"Is that Jake? And what's he doing with that fat slut?"
Suddenly, whatever her date was saying was drowned out by the cruel words of the woman at a nearby table, where a pretty and slender fox woman with a swan equally as gorgeous sat.
"She's fucking huge," the swan said, "What would Jake want with something like that?"
"Maybe she's a client? He works at a gym, right? They must be having some sort of meeting because there's no way he would date a whale like that."
The swan giggled in response as she said, "I know, right? She looks like she could use all the help she can get."
The two women continued to giggle and go on about how fat she was. Mei tried her best to focus on what Jake was saying but, as hot tears prickle the corner of her eyes, all she could hear were the cruel words of the women.
"Did you see the size of the burger she ordered? It must've taken half the kitchen to make that," the fox woman laughed.
"Mei, are you all right?"
Jake's words broke her out of her trance and she faked a wonky smile as she said, "Of course. Why?"
"Because you're crying."
Mei's eyes grew wide before she rubbed at them with her hands, sniffling as she did her best to get rid of any tears. "I-I'm fine, honest," she lied.
"No, you're not. What is it, Mei?" There was genuine concern written all over his face that absolutely broke the panda's heart. There he was, being as nice as anything, and was ruining their date by blubbering.
"A-actually, I was wondering," she gave the two woman a sideways glance before turning back to Jake and adding, "would you like to come back to my place? I don't live far from here and I was thinking we could play games or something. I-if you want."
Jake gave her a grin as he said, "Sure, I'll pay for this and ask for some to-go bags and we can head out."
She was happy he didn't push harder about why she was crying, simply accepting that she wanted a change of scenery, and soon they were leaving the bar, Mei noticing the two women they'd left behind glaring at her.
Living so close and the evening being so pleasantly warm, the two decided to walk to Mei's apartment. Somewhere along the way Jake had taken her hand in his, giving it a light squeeze that made her blush. But, still, she couldn't get rid of those cruel words the women back at the bar had said out of her head. She'd always been insecure about her, well, everything, and they certainly hadn't helped. And it only made her question even more exactly what did Jake see in her. A guy like that dated supermodels, not chubby, nerdy panda girls.
When inside her apartment, Mei quickly made her way to the TV to switch on her gaming console. "You ever played Zombie Raiders 3?" she asked as she put the CD in.
"No but I heard it was epic," he said as he flopped onto the couch.
"You heard right." She handed him a controller and she sat down beside him, their evening quickly evolving from beers and burgers to intense monster slaughter.
The two soon grew lost in their own little world, one full of the sounds of laughter and exploding undead heads. Mei had completely forgotten all about those nasty women back at the bar. When she lost her last life thanks to a zombie bite to the neck, she threw up her arms and laughed, "Geez, are you sure you've never played this? I've never had someone outlive me before. Don't you still have two lives?"
Jake gave her shoulder a friendly nudge with his own. "What can I say? I'm a natural."
It was then Mei noticed the clock on the wall. "Is it seriously nearly one am? Wow, I can't remember the last time I had such an intense gaming session."
Jake shot her a wink. "Well, I can be pretty intense."
Mei blushed at his words. And the way he was looking at her was different to the indifference or disgust men usually shot her way. Then, without warning, he leaned in and gave her a kiss. Her body locked up at this, causing Jake to pull away with a confused look on his face. "Is everything okay?" he asked.
"Y-you kissed me."
Jake frowned. "Didn't you want me to? Seeing as you invited me up here, I thought after gaming you might want to..." He looked away as he nervously scratched the back of his head. "I totally read the room wrong, didn't I? Fuck, I'm sorry."
Mei's cheek grew all the more hotter as she realised just what the horse was saying. He thought she wanted to fool around, a thought that hadn't even crossed her mind. Now thinking about it, did she want to? At twenty-five, Mei had to admit she didn't have that much experience. In fact, she'd only had one sexual partner before who she'd broken up with a good year ago. Going an entire year without the touch of another person had basically put her back into virgin mode, now the very idea of sleeping with someone making her nervous and shy.
"Listen, I'll just go home and get out of your hair, all right?" Jake said, thumb pointing towards the front door.
"No!" Mei yelled out a little louder than intended. Look downward, she added in a meek voice, "You can stay. I'd like to, um, maybe..."
She wanted to be with him, she really did, but her insecurities were holding her back. What if he saw her naked, realised he was way out of her league, and laughed in her face before storming out the room to go tell everyone he knew how ugly she was. Any moment he could realise he could so much better than her and she was terrified.
"M-maybe you should go," Mei said in a defeated tone. "You really shouldn't be here."
"Oh, that's okay," Jake said with a frown. "I'll call you, okay?"
"Why?" Mei asked, confused.
"So that we can set up another date?"
"But why do you want to go out with a gross blob like me? You can do so much better!"
Jake's furrowed his brow. "What on earth are you talking about, Mei?"
The panda looked down at her hands in her lap. Was he really going to make her say it out loud? With a heavy sigh, she said, "You're so good looking. You could have any girl you wanted, an absolute bombshell, and I know you'll eventually realise that and throw me away..."
Jake scowled, sounding genuinely angry as he said, "Do you really think I'm that shallow? That I'd throw away an awesome girl like you because someone else batted their eyelashes at me? Besides, you ARE a bombshell. You're gorgeous, Mei, can't you see that?"
He lifted a hand to gently cup her cheek, Mei positively melting into his touch. "I'm not pretty," she mumbled, not sounding as convinced as before.
Jake chuckled. "You calling me a liar?"
"I'm calling you blind."
Jake burst out laughing. It was such a lovely sound that Mei couldn't help the creep of a smile that crawled over her lips.
"Can I kiss you?" he asked.
"I don't know. Can you?" Mei giggled.
"Cheeky."
He leaned in to place a light kiss on her lips. It was short and chaste but Mei couldn't help the way she melted at it. When he pulled away, he looked her in the eye, a sparkle behind his gaze. She still found it hard to believe he wanted her as much as she wanted him but the look he was giving her was definitely helping.
Without asking the second time, he leaned in and their lips met once more, this time more intense, his tongue brushing against her lower lip. She let out a gasp, shocked at the sudden touch, Jake taking her open mouth as permission to go further, sliding his tongue inside to meet hers. He scooted closer to place a hand on her thigh, giving it a squeeze that made Mei yelp in surprise.
Jake pulled away and asked, "You okay? I didn't hurt you, did I?"
"N-no, sorry. I was just surprised. Its been a long time since anyone has touched me."
"Oh?" He shot her a cheeky smile. "Mind if I fix that?"
He slid his hand further up her thigh, making her blush. Her face grew even redder as he popped the button of her pants and pulled down her zipper. He gave her a look, asking permission, and, biting her lip, she gave him a small nod. He slid a hand down her front and into her panties, her gasping as she felt his index and middle finger move between her lips.
Still dry, he pressed the palm of his hand against her clit, causing the woman to gasp in surprise. He continued to rub his palm against her, Mei's temperature rising as her womanhood grew moist. When he felt she was wet enough, he slid his fingers in deeper, Mei letting out a groan as his digits rubbed against her walls. He began to thrust in and out, slow at first, but that didn't last long.
"Jake," Mei gasped as his motions grew harsher.
"Am I being too rough?" he asked, slowing down his actions.
"N-no, please, go faster," Mei said, her face as red as could be, embarrassed at her own words.
"What was that? You want me to go slower?" Jake asked as a cheeky grin broke out across his face.
Mei whimpered. "Jake..."
"Sorry but you're gonna have to speak up. My damn hearing's not that great these days."
A little louder she said, "Please, Jake, go faster."
"Sorry, what was that?"
Mei let out a pitiful whimper and Jake laughed as he said, "All right, I'll stop teasing you. You're really adorable, you know that?"
Those words, more than his motions, brought a rise in her, the panda's groin practically on fire. She gasped when he added a third finger, only to moan in disappointment when, after a few thrusts, he pulled out. She was about to say something in protest when her words were caught in her throat by Jake removing his shirt and then unzipping his jeans. She squeaked when his cock sprung free, Jake chuckling and sending her a wink in response.
He then grabbed the hem of her shirt and asked, "May I?" earning him a nod in response before he lifted up and removed her shirt, leaving her in her pale, yellow bra. She instantly covered her chest with her arms without thinking, earning her a shake of the head from Jake. "Nuh-uh. Arms down, gorgeous."
Mei gave a small nod before doing just that, feeling vulnerable as Jake stared at her. She gasped as, without warning, he grabbed a clothed breast with one of his big, meaty hands. He gently fondled it before using both hands to lift her bra until both impressive mounds were free.
"Damn, you're beautiful," Jake said as he stared at her chest, the chubby panda's face as red as it could ever be as her own gaze traveled downward. He was big, no doubt about that, and she wondered if he'd even be able to fit. Licking her lips, she got another idea.
"I, um, was wondering..." God, she was embarrassed. She covered her face and mumbled what she wanted.
"I'm sorry, what was that?" Jake asked with a head tilt.
"Could you put your...between my..."
She couldn't bring herself to say it out loud but by the look of confusion Jake was giving her, she knew she'd have to if she'd be getting what she wanted that night. So, with a deep inhale and exhale of breath to calm her nerves, she said, "Can you put your, um, thing, between my breasts?"
Did she really just call it his 'thing'? Now she was even more embarrassed. But, before she could say anything, Jake was grinning and saying, "Not gonna lie, it's super hot that you want that."
"R-really?" she asked in a quiet voice.
"Like, you have no idea. Quite literally, apparently. Seriously, Mei, you look amazing. May I?"
He motioned towards her chest and, with a small nod, she slid down until she was completely on her back. He then crawled over her to place his cock inbetween her breasts. He was already hard, his leaking tip resting just beneath her chin. She looked up at him and gave a small nod. He gave her one of his own in response before pulling back slowly and then pushing forward just as slow.
Mei's heart was pounding in her chest so fast she wondered if Jake could feel it. She gasped as he spend up, his thrusting mixed with his dripping tip causing her fur to mat. Biting her lip, she scrunched her shoulders to make her breasts envelope it better.
"D-does it feel good?" she asked in a meek voice.
"It feels amazing," Jake groaned in response.
He grabbed the back of the couch with a vicelike grip, his breathing growing heavy as he continued to sing Mei's praises. "God, you're the best, Mei. The absolute best." His words brought a heat to her groin more intense than she was used to. She slammed her legs together and began to rub, moaning at the friction it caused.
His thrusting grew more erratic, Mei assuming it was because he was getting close. She was surprised at how he was already almost there and couldn't help but feel flattered. Maybe it was a sign he really did find her attractive, after all? Despite the fact his dick was inches from her face, she still had doubts. Stupid low self-esteem.
"Mei, I'm almost there," Jake gasped, sending a shiver down the panda's spine. He swore one final time before he was releasing all over her chest and chin.
"Damn, Mei, I'm sorry. You okay?" he looked down at her, chest heaving as he tried his best to catch his breath.
"That was...wow."
Jake chuckled. "That it was. So, still believe I couldn't like someone like you? Which is dumb, by the way, because you're absolutely-"
"-gorgeous?"
"Exactly," he said with a grin. "Now, how about I give you a little treat, huh?"
He reached behind him to slide his hide into her panties once more. Mei moaned at his touch and the shy panda couldn't wait to see what else he had in store for the rest of the night.