I let out a sigh as I fell down onto the couch face first. “Mason.” I yelled, hoping he could hear me from the other side of the room.

“Mae.” He responded. I could hear him pause the game and turn to face me.

I lifted my head up, looking over at him. “How’s Final Fantasy? Did you already get past the part with Cloud in a dress?”

“Yeah.” Mason nodded. “And good, so far.” He shrugged.

“Mason. Can I just say how much I respect you for working a full-time job?”

“You can.” He chuckled.

“It’s so tiring. I don’t know how you feel up to doing anything once you get home too! I’m always so tired, and all I do is look at a computer mostly.”

“Is your job going okay, at least?” Mason stood up from the floor, walking over to sit in the chair next to me.

I shrugged slightly. “It’s fine. I hate talking on the phone, but I have to now to set up appointments or talk to people who borrowed money from him. On the bright side, my boss is super hot, and we fucked on the desk, but that’s not really the point.”

“Damn, look at my innocent little Mae all grown up.”

“Oh, bite me, Mason. We both used to be innocent. Not my fault I’m a late bloomer.”

“Don’t you have your date tonight?” Mason changed the topic.

“Yeah. I’m tired, though.” I pouted. “I’m excited, but getting ready seems so hard.”

“Want me to carry you to your room?” Mason laughed, standing up from the chair.

“No, no.” I sat up on the couch. “Thank you for the offer, though.”

Richard set the plate of food down in front of me before walking over to take his seat next to me. “I'm sorry for canceling our last date.” I looked over at him sadly.

“You’re fine, Mae.” He smiled at me, picking up his silverware. “I’m just glad I get to see you again.”

I smiled at his comment, looking down at the food. “Thank you for making dinner. It looks really good.”

“I’m glad to hear it.” He chuckled, digging into our dinner.

“I…got a job.” I took a bite of the chicken, unsure if I should really tell him or not.

“Good for you, Mae.” Richard smiled widely over at me.

“I’m an assistant for…” I trailed off, not wanting to talk about Alec around him. About the things we do. “An assistant. It’s easy enough. I get paid minimum wage.”

“Don’t need me anymore, huh?” He laughed, smiling my way.

“I guess I don’t need you, but I like you still.” My face dropped, hoping he wasn’t getting that idea.

“Don’t worry, Mae. I’m not going anywhere. You didn’t even want money for our first meeting.”

“You still gave me some.” I looked over at him with a small smile.

“I couldn’t help myself. I hope you bought yourself something nice.” My smile faded as I thought about where that money had actually gone. “Are you alright, Mae? A lot seems to be on your mind this time.”

“A lot has happened since we last saw each other.” I shrugged weakly. “I’m okay though, promise.” I threw him my best smile. “How have you been?”

“Good. I’ve been busy.”

“Even though you don't work?” I tilted my head to the side.

“I can never be completely free.” Richard laughed. “I always have to have something going on. I enjoy sponsoring others' dreams when I can.”

“That’s sweet. I always wanted a sponsor back in high school.”

“Sponsor for what?”

“I did cheerleading for my first year before I went online.” I smiled guiltily. “I wasn’t ever the preppy kind, but I enjoyed cheerleading since elementary.”

“I’d love to see that.” Richard looked me up and down with a dirty smirk.

“Oh, shut up.” I pushed his shoulder. “I couldn’t do anything anymore, but I use to be decent.”

“I bet.” He laughed again, leaning over to wrap his arm around me.

“Dinner was really good.” I looked down at my plate. “You did really well.”

“I could always teach you.” He shrugged.

“I’m sure my roommates would love that. Actually cooking though, not my cup of tea. Raw meat just…” I shivered. “So gross.”

“I can do the cooking and you can do the dishes.” I smiled at his comment, like he was imagining a life together where he always did the cooking and I cleaned up afterwards.

“Come on.” Richard grabbed both plates and stood up. I followed him into the kitchen, where he set them down in the large stainless steel sink. “I can do them later.”

“What are we going to do now?” I tilted my head to the side.

“We could watch a movie.” Richard suggested.

“Sounds great!” The both of us moved into his living room with a large flat-screen TV, bigger than any TV that would fit in my house, that’s for sure. We started a movie after finding a spot on the couch. Richard wrapped his arm around me comfortably.

“Have you seen this before?”

“Yeah.” I nodded, holding his arm in my lap. “I don’t like watching new movies, really. They kinda make me nervous.”

“I see.” Richard nodded, leaving us in silence again. We sat watching the movie for a while, until Richard’s arm twitched, brushing against my crotch. I held my breath as my heart began racing, just from the small impact. I wanted to sleep with Richard, but…I didn’t want him thinking poorly of me. To know yet that I had lost my virginity to Alec.

Richard looked over at me, a small smile on his face. He leaned in to whisper in my ear. “May I?”

I nodded quickly, allowing him to begin massaging me through my pants. Quickly my body reacted, soaking my underwear, warming against my fingers.

“Do you want to take them off?” I nodded again, shifting so he could help me take off my pants, kicking them off onto the floor, before returning my feet onto the couch. I could feel myself deeply blush as he pushed my underwear aside, his finger gliding through my vagina. I quickly turned my attention back to the TV, trying to not show my nervousness. I shifted, giving him better access to finger me, as he plunged inside.

I could see from my peripheral vision Richard turned to the TV, casually watching as well. I grabbed onto the fabric of my shirt as he began to rub my clit with his palm. My vagina began to pulse from the contact, feeling nearly as good as Alec railing me.

I quickly grabbed Richard’s arm again, stopping him. He looked over at me in surprise, before removing his fingers. “Are you okay, Mae?”

I nodded. “I--I…” I trailed off. “I’m done.”

Richard nodded, moving his hand away. “I understand.”

I chewed on my lip, looking back over at the TV, not fully sure why I stopped him.

I yawned as I woke up, rolling over on my side to see Richard awake. I smiled at him, happy that I finally got to sleep in his bed. “Morning.”

“Good morning, Mae.” He smiled back at me. “How’d you sleep?”

“Amazingly. This bed is a dream.” I ran my hand over the sheets. “Way better than mine.”

“You’re welcome to sleep over whenever you’d like.” Richard chuckled. “You know, Mae, you’re very needy.”

“Hm?” I tilted my head to the side.

“When you sleep, you need to touch. If I moved away at all, you’d move back to touch.”

I blushed deeply, looking away. “I’m so sorry.”

“No need to be, Mae. I think it’s cute.” Richard stretched his arms over his head, letting out a small moan. I smiled at him. “Let me start us some breakfast.” He walked over to the fridge. “How do scrambled eggs sound?”

“I’m not a huge egg person…” I rubbed my arm nervously, not wanting to be difficult.

“How about some cereal for now and we can go buy something that’s more to your taste?” Richard walked over to a cabinet and opened it, showing cereal in clear containers. Either he, or someone he hired, was a neat freak cause no one else does that with their cereal besides Instagram influencers.

“Richard, that’s way too much.” I held my hands up. “I’ll eat whatever honestly, eggs are fine.”

He turned to face me with a smile. “I’m not giving you a choice. If you’re going to be spending the night, the least I can do is get you foods you enjoy.”

“But-”

“No but’s.” He cut me off. “We’re going shopping, as long as you’re free, after breakfast.”

I smiled slightly, before nodding. “Alright. Fine. You win.”

“I have to pick up groceries anyways, it’ll be nice to have someone to do it with me.”

The smile on my face grew at his comment. “I’ll happily be that person. Having a buddy makes every task more fun.”

“Especially one as beautiful as you. Now. Cereal.” He turned back to the cupboards.

“I’ll have whatever you’re having.”

Richard made us both a bowl of cereal before taking a seat at the kitchen island, setting my bowl in front of me. “I’d like to know more about you, Mae.” Richard spoke up again after taking a bite. “I don’t know much about you.”

“What is there to know?” I shrugged, not having to do any kind of self-introductions since my years of online schooling.

“What is there to know, indeed.” Richard chuckled. “What do you do for fun? At least before you got a job.”

“I usually play games. Like, video games.” I took a bite of the raisin bran he had gotten us. Admittedly cereal isn’t my favorite, but I wasn’t about to complain again, or else he might just buy me a whole restaurant this time.

“I have a nephew who’s into games.” He nodded. “What does a normal day look like for you now?”

“Wake up, take care of animals-”

“How many animals do you have?” Richard looked over at me.

“Oh shit.” I rubbed the back of my neck. “Like, a lot. I have some lizards, some rats, then I have a whole bunch of snails and isopods and roaches and crickets and ladybugs, recently. I’m going to get some millipedes when I get my paycheck.” I realized I was smiling just at the thought of all my animals.

“Wow, Mae.” Richard laughed. “I wasn’t expecting that many. Anyway, continue with your day.”

“I take care of animals, then drive to work, which I hate driving, then I get there. I usually clean up the office a bit, do some sorting of paperwork if we have any.” I trailed off as my mind drifted to Alec, about what he’d think of me being here with Richard, if he’d even care. I quickly snapped back, realizing I hadn’t finished the conversation. “Then I spend most of the time calling around to clients, then I get home and play some games if I’m not too tired, then I got to bed and rinse and repeat.” I shrugged with a small smile.

“Sounds like you’re living a pretty normal life for someone your age.”

I tilted my head to the side in thought, before realizing he was right. I was. I hadn’t really expected myself to ever really live normally due to my disability, but here I was doing just that and not even realizing it. Though I suppose regardless of it looking normal on the outside, fucking your boss at work, losing your virginity to him, isn’t per se normal. Well, at least I hope not.

“Are you ready to get dressed?” Richard stood up, picking my bowl up.

“I forgot to bring a change of clothes…”

“I won’t judge you for wearing the same thing.” He shook his head with a smile. “I can always take you back to your place as well, to pick up something. Especially if you’d like to stay again tonight.” He smiled, insinuating that he’d like that.

“I’d like to. If you’ll have me and my needy cuddles.”

“Of course.”

I turned the key in the door before opening it. “My roommates should be gone, they’re usually out during the days.” I motioned for Richard to follow me in. We walked through the living room and down the stairs to my bedroom. “Welcome to my little part of the world.” I looked around my room, thankful I always kept it clean.

“It’s nice, Mae.” I looked over at a smiling Richard. “I like it. I assume these are some of your animals.” He motioned towards the rat cage.

“Those are my rats. Ein and Miki.”

“How’d you come up with their names? They’re…rather different.”

“Ein is from Cowboy Bebop, an anime and Miki is Miki Makimura from Devilman Crybaby, another anime. All my animals have names after games or anime.” I shyly smiled.

“I like the statues.” He motioned towards my shelves filled with game statues and other merchandise. Back when I lived with my mom I would collect whatever stuff I could, never planning on having to move out into a tiny room where I had to cram all my stuff in.

“Thanks.” I smiled. “That’s my leopard gecko.” I pointed to his tank. “The rest of them are in my closet.” I looked over to my closet where we had taken the doors off, giving me a bit more space for my animals.

“What about your clothes?”

“Dresser.” I motioned towards the dresser. “I don’t really have too many clothes, never really got into it.” I shrugged. “Never really thought I’d be leaving the house much either, but I guess things change.” I shrugged with a smile, looking back over at him.

“I find it cute how much you care for your animals. It shows you have a good heart.”

I smiled at his comment. “Thanks, Richard. That means a lot to me, especially coming from you. I hope to someday own my own place and have a whole room dedicated to my animals, especially so I can get even more.”

“Even more?” He laughed.

I nodded, laughing slightly. “Well, that and so they don’t have to be in my room anymore. Sometimes the rats are loud at night and keep me up. Which makes a difference when you need to wake up early to get to work.”

“I can imagine.”

“Anyways, just let me change real quick and grab some stuff.”

“And then back to my place?”

I nodded with a smile.

I scrubbed the last few dishes in the sink, handing them over to Richard who put them into the dishwasher. I hated doing the dishes without gloves as all the leftover food grossed me out but thankfully having someone to do them with made the job a whole lot easier.

“Almost done.” I handed him the plate.

“Good. Then we can go and relax. My back is killing me.” Richard stretched his back, a pained expression on his face.

“Last one.” I pulled the faucet out the same way I had a hundred times before, but this time the plate was perfectly angled to have the water splash back at me. I yipped and attempted the jump out of the way, but wasn’t fast enough to dodge the water.

“Mae.” Richard placed his hand on my shoulder, trying to stifle, though not very well, a laugh.

I looked over at him with a pout. “I didn’t think I’d need even more changes of clothes.”

“Nor did I.” He laughed, his thumb touching my cheek. “Come on. Let’s get you changed.” He put the plate into the dishwasher before closing it. We walked out of the kitchen and up a set of stairs into his bedroom where I had left the bag of my things.

“You…don’t have to leave.” I offered.

“Are you sure?”

I nodded with a smile, unzipping my bag. I stripped out of the wet clothes, stepping out of them, leaving me in just my underwear. Richard walked forward, before walking behind me, wrapping his arms around me, his hands running down my stomach gently. His fingers stopped at the hem of my underwear before running along the inside edge. His thumb pressed down, lowering the underwear just enough for his thumb to graze against my pubic hair. He seemed to tease me for a few moments as his thumb danced across the hairs, causing goosebumps to form.

Richard’s other hand ran up my arm and peeled off one of the bra straps, until freeing one of my breasts from the cups. His hand wandered before gently resting, his finger brushing my nipple. His other hand resumed, pulling my underwear down and allowing me to step out of them. A cold gust of air from the overhead fan caused me to shiver. I turned around in his arms to face him. He moved his hand to my chin, tilting my head up to kiss me, his fingers running through my hair.

I lowered myself onto my knees after we parted, unbuttoning and unzipping his pants. I shimmied them down until he was able to step out of them. “Mae, you don’t need to.” His fingers ran through my hair gently.

“I know.” I looked up at him with a smile. He smiled back down at me.

I pulled his underwear to the ground to follow his pants, before removing my bra, leaving me fully nude in front of him.

Richard unbuttoned his shirt before pulling it off. “It’s only fair.” He chuckled quietly, causing my smile to grow.

I grabbed the base of his dick and put him into my mouth, my hand on the small of his back, allowing me to control the intensity and speed. I then moved my other hand off of the base, allowing me to fit more into my mouth. Richard wrapped his hand around my ponytail gently, careful not to pull my hair any and careful not to force himself down my throat any farther. We continued like that until he finally came into my throat, which I moved back to smile up at him.

I stood back up to my feet and walked over to my bag, but was stopped by Richard who put his hands on my hips. “Let me thank you, Mae.” I turned to face him. Such a soft look was on his face, causing me to trust him fully. I nodded as he led me over to the bed, sitting me down before grabbing my ankles and pulling me closer to the edge of the bed.

Richard knelt down and pushed my legs apart, not breaking eye contact. He quickly buried his face between my legs, his facial hair rubbing against my thighs as he moved in closer. His tongue felt cool against how hot I felt as it swirled my clit, gently grazing it. Still looking at me, Richard took my hand in his, squeezing gently. He began sucking gently, causing my leg to twitch as it began to feel damn good. I gripped onto his hand tighter as his tongue dipped into me while his thumb continued to rub my clit.

“Fuck.” I muttered, throwing my head back as I threw my head back, my core muscles tightening, moaning as I finally came. Richard didn’t stop though, continuing through the orgasm before finally stopping, leaving me limp. He trailed kisses up my body before making it to my mouth, and he wrapped his arms around me.

“You’re perfect, Mae.”