Constant in All Other Things
Chapter Two
by
Fakeminsk (
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Friendship is constant in all other things
Save in the office and affairs of love:
Therefore all hearts in love use their own tongues;
Let every eye negotiate for itself
And trust no agent
Much Ado About Nothing
I haven't exactly led a sheltered life. I've been involved in more than
my fair share of violence. There was a lot of weird stuff that went on
in my youth--stuff that I didn't even realize was unusual until much
later. For all that, I still led a fairly sheltered life in some ways.
Busy with other stuff, I didn't clue in to matters of love and sex until
relatively late. More specifically, I didn't figure out that some guys
actually prefer other guys until I was sixteen or seventeen. Hey, I'm
pretty clued in now when it comes to sex and all that shit. I mean, it's
not like I've got trouble finding female company for the weekend, if you
know what I mean. But I had a bit of a late start, on account of my
screwed-up childhood. So the first time a boy came on to me... yeah, it
took me by surprise.
I'm a good-looking guy. I was a good-looking kid. I had this job once at
this high-school, around when I was fourteen... well, that's where I met
Ken. Ken was a nice kid, a few years older than me, and I knew I could
trust him. We worked well together and he helped me get the job done
even though he didn't really understand what was going on. We became
good friends. Stupid, na?ve me, I didn't realize the kid was helping me
because he had this huge crush going on. And so, at the end when it was
all over, Ken kissed me. He just kind of lunged in and next thing I
know, his lips were pressed up against mine, and a second later his
tongue was in my mouth, and his fingers were digging into my arms,
pulling me closer.
Hell, at that point I hadn't even figured out girls yet. My first kiss--
was with a guy. Yeah, I was pissed off. I smacked him in the face and
knocked him down and kept hitting him. I hurt him bad, and the punches
were only a small part of it.
Fuck. To this day it still pisses me off. I was an idiot. I was young.
Ken's gone now. Last time I saw him was a few years ago, before the
disease took him. I think that was the last time I cried. I don't cry
often.
Well, I'm older now. I understand some things better. I eventually
figured out that there were other people like Ken out there, and that it
wasn't a big deal. Some guys like guys. Some guys like to wear frilly
clothes and lacy underwear. Hell, some guys even want their dick sliced
up and pushed inside out and try to pretend they're really a girl. I
mean, from my point of view, that's weird shit. That shit's wrong. You
are what you are. But sometimes, it's hard to figure exactly what you
are and that's where it all seems to fall apart.
I don't pretend to understand it. I like girls. I mean, I really do.
That moment, when you first slide your cock into a warm pussy, that
being together and soft intimacy--God, I love that. I've never looked at
a guy and thought, "hey, I want me some of that!" The thought of sucking
on a man's dick makes me sick. Girls do that shit, and they do it well.
They've got the body for it, the soft lips and long hair and curves and
all, you know?
Don't get me wrong: I'm no fucking homophobe. I've got no problem
admitting when some guy's good looking. But guys just don't do it for me
and I can't imagine why any guy would want that over the softness of a
chick.
So even though I don't understand it, I guess I can kind of respect it.
I'm not one of those freaks quoting Deuteronomy and claiming God's going
to claim divine retribution just because some dude wants to wear a bra.
That's fucked up. God's got bigger shit to worry about. But it's
definitely not something I've ever wanted or even thought of doing
myself.
So when K pushed that folder over to me and I saw a chick's name there?
Yeah, I was more than a little taken aback.
"Uh, K?" I said. "That's a chick's name."
K nodded. She didn't seem apologetic or bashful or anything. About as
empathic as a cantaloupe, K is. "Yes, it is."
I may have been groggy, but I was pretty sure of one thing. "K, I'm not
a chick."
"No, you are not," she said. "This is an identity created for another
person. However, considering your unique situation I believe it to be
your best chance to reach safety alive."
I shook my head, almost knocking myself out again in the process. "But I
don't want be a chick."
"Of course not," she said. I swear she almost smiled. "In a way, this is
your own fault. It was you who gave me the idea, when you asked about
that dress back at the courthouse."
"You said that was idiotic."
"Yes, I did," K answered. "To throw a dress on you and walk you out of
that building would have been foolish. You would have looked like a man
in a dress. You would have drawn more attention instead of turning it
away. But we have a little time here." She gave me a quick look-over.
"But I believe with a little work you could be passably made to resemble
a woman. At least from a distance.
"You are short for a man," she said. Yeah, thanks for pointing that out.
Bitch. "But your height is excellent for a woman. You are slender and
many of the features that make you a handsome man are also considered
beautiful on a woman. You are somewhat too muscular but that can be
concealed with the proper clothing. To be honest, with effort you may
not just pass as female, but as an attractive one."
Somehow that reassured me a bit. I mean, if you're going to do something
this fucked up, you at least want to look good, right?
"Mr. Steele doubtlessly has more assassins closing in on your location.
We may already be under surveillance. This disguise, unlikely as it may
seem, may be enough to at least temporarily throw off any pursuit." K
finished her spiel and watched me expectantly.
It must've been the multiple bullet wounds, but for some reason K was
making a twisted kind of sense to me. Anyone chasing me would be looking
for a guy. A good-looking guy, if I say so myself. My face was probably
plastered all over the papers by now. Even if some fucking assassin
didn't see me, all I'd need is some pedestrian moron to point a finger
and shout my name and it could all be over. I still had one important
argument to make, though.
"But I don't want to be a chick!"
K sighed. "Yes, Mr Sanders. I understand this. And I assure you, this
would only be temporary, until we can relocate you to safety and
establish your new home and identity. But I honestly feel this is your
best chance of surviving until then."
And you know what? I trusted her. I really did. It was a crazy idea,
worthy of some silly internet fiction or those crap tabloids--but hell,
sometimes the crazy ideas are the best, simply because they're so
fucking crazy. I normally trust my instincts but they were conflicted:
on the one hand they told me that this was absolute bullshit, complete
nonsense, impossible and unnecessary; but my instincts also told me to
trust K. And fair enough, I was pretty messed up and woozy and all, but
I decided to throw my lot in with her--even though the idea of hiding
behind a skirt felt very, very wrong.
"I... trust you, K," I said. "What do I have to do?"
"Rest, and gather your strength," she said. "I will gather your disguise
together and wake you when we are ready."
I wasn't about to argue with her. I'm tough, sure, but part of that's
knowing when to take it easy. I could barely keep my eyes focussed on
her as it was. I passed out about five seconds after K stood up and
walked out of the room.
***
Thomas Smith--Tom--like I said, he's a good friend of mine. I sailed
into NeoPharm on a supped-up CV with a falsified diploma, and landed a
job in PR. Within a year I'd impressed the powers that be and took my
first step up the corporate ladder. They gave me a secretary. God, she
was a sexy bitch, sashaying into the office with these tight little
skirts and spiky heels and firing off enough erotic triggers to turn
your average office nice guy into a borderline rapist. This girl was
totally trying to hook herself onto some rising star--like me--and
launch herself into the upper ranks of the company. Seriously. She was
so fucking stupid she didn't even see it wasn't worth slutting herself
out like that. To her credit, she didn't even try to hide it. She had a
mediocre education--though better than mine--ruthless ambition and a
fucking amazing body. Brainless and phoney as hell, though.
Tom loved that chick. Her name was Tammy. What a bitch. But Tom had a
thing for her. And so did I at first. I was new to this whole office
pool thing and lost my common sense for a bit. Tom was an up-and-comer
as well, in a different division. We both fought over this silly cow,
and I won, if bringing a girl like Tammy home can really be considered
any kind of victory. Tom laughed about it afterwards, me bedding her
first. Tammy never really escaped that first rung of the secretarial
pool, but by next year both Tom and I were well on our way into
management.
And that's how I met Tom. Remember how I said I was a good judge of
character? The moment I met this guy, down at the local bar as we both
chatted up Tammy, I knew we were going to be friends. Competition.
Respect. And trust. That's what a good friendship's built on. Good? We
became great friends. And we always remained competitive. Which is why
that night, a month or two back... well, we ended up somewhere we
shouldn't have been, and saw something I wish we hadn't.
***
K was sitting next to my bed. How long had she been there? She must've
woken me up when she sat down. I hope I hadn't cried out or anything in
my sleep. That happens sometimes, and it's really embarrassing when I've
got a girl over. Girls can whine as much as they like about how they
want their men to be sensitive and shit, but at the end of the day what
they really want are guys who are tough and silent. They definitely
don't want pansies that cry in their sleep. But what can I say?
Sometimes I get bad dreams.
"Are you ready to begin?" K asked. Like I said, not big on the small
talk, this woman.
I felt a hell of a lot better than before. Still a bit hazy, a bit
dopey, but the pain was a manageable throb in the background. I could
deal. I wouldn't want to debate a major issue or run a marathon, but my
head was on a hell of a lot straighter than before--straight enough for
me to have second thought about this crazy scheme. The sunlight wasn't
slanting in through the door anymore. It must've been night. It was hard
to tell without a clock or window in the room.
I threw my legs over the edge of the bed and sat up. I felt a moment's
wooziness but fought it down. When I stood up I felt ill, like I was
going to throw up, but it wasn't that bad. Truth is I felt sicker at the
thought of what was coming than at the pain. How the hell was she going
to make me into a passable woman?
"I have something for you that might help." I thought she was going to
hand me another glass of water and some pills. Me, I don't like to take
pills or most medicines, to tell you the truth. I mean, who knows what's
really in those pills people hand you, yeah? Maybe I'm a bit paranoid.
Maybe it's from working at a pharmaceutical company. So even though my
legs were a bit wobbly and I was still hurting, I shook my head no.
"Nah, it's okay, K," I said. "I'm feeling better. The pain's not so
bad."
"Who said anything about the pain?" She gave a small smile. "I thought a
stiff drink might help you get through this," she said, and handed me a
scotch on the rocks.
What a girl. And it was good stuff, too. I wondered if they had a list
of my favourite drinks in my file. I wonder if Cindy did as well.
Probably. She probably liked stupid girly drinks, pinks things full of
fruit juice and an umbrella.
"Good," K said once I'd pounded back the drink, the warmth of the
alcohol spreading into my limbs. It settled my nerves a bit. Fuck, but
was I ever nervous thinking about what was coming up. I hadn't felt this
nervous in ages. "Follow me."
She led me into the next room, which made up most of the apartment from
the look of it. It wasn't much, to say the truth. It was really bland.
Boring IKEA-looking stuff, chipped and a little dirty, just the bare
basics for survival. Not even a TV set. That kind of bothered me, since
I wanted to see if there'd been a reaction to my testimony yet. I'd
basically thrown my life away to see this bastard put away. I wanted
some results. For the last five years things had been going really
fucking well--a bit boring, yeah, but comfortable. Now I was about to
slip a dress on and pretend I was a girl. Jeremy Steele had better get
put away for this. I wondered if Tom was going to go through the same
bullshit. Hopefully Steele's attention was so fixated on me that he'd
avoid the embarrassing necessities I was about to endure. I mean, the
guy's over six feet tall and built like a linebacker: he'd make a
terrible woman.
There was a window but I knew better than to hang out at that end of the
room. Instead, K went over to a table and grabbed a bag and handed it
over to me. "You'll need this," she said.
I looked inside. It was one of those cheap plastic toiletry bags. There
was a bunch of shower products in there. The bottles were pink and
flowery and looked very girly.
"What the hell's this shit?" I asked.
"It's all perfectly normal items for a woman to use in the shower," K
answered. Then she fixed me with those serious eyes again, that stare.
It finally registered that she had eyes as grey as a northern sea.
"Cindy."
"Easy there," I said.
K shook her head. "The earlier you get used to it, the better. Your
name, until we clear you of this mess, is Cindy."
"Aw, c'mon K, it's just the two of us in here. Call me Dave. Call me Mr
Sanders if you've gotta. But a chick's name? Gimme a break!"
"Your name is Cindy," she said, and the tone of her voice brooked no
argument. "You are twenty years old and female. The earlier you accept
this, the better."
"Oh for Chrissake," I muttered. "This is ridiculous."
But there wasn't any point in arguing with her. And like she said, this
shit was only temporary. Until I could get to that hospital, get myself
checked out, and then pick up a new identity and get the hell out of
Dodge. I felt fine at the moment--mostly--but I knew how deceptive that
could be. Just because I could stand didn't mean there might not be
something seriously wrong, especially with that wet spot up on my
temple. The sooner I went along with K's plan, as insane as it was, and
got myself checked out, the better.
"Fine," I said. "But what the hell am I supposed to do with all this?"
She pointed to a room off of this one. "Begin in there," she said. "Use
this first. Read and follow the instructions." She indicated a pink
bottle. "Then use this." She pulled out a can, also girlishly pink, and
a razor.
"What the hell?"
"Shave everywhere: legs, chest, armpits, face. Shave your face twice."
"K, no one's going to see me that close up!"
"Why risk detection because of sloppiness? We need your disguise to be
as convincing as possible, considering the circumstances."
"Listen," I insisted. "You can slap a dress on me and whatever, but
there's no way I'll pass for a chick up close. Really, what's the
point?"
K just gave me one of those steady, unflinching stares. "I will be the
judge of that," she said, "and you may be surprised." That was that,
really. When I dig my heels in, I'm a pretty stubborn bastard. But with
K, I just didn't seem able to find my footing. Unnerving, that woman,
and it wasn't just the lesbian thing. But for some reason I just didn't
want to argue with her. Probably because I trusted her. I mean, me
heading into the bathroom and shaving all over was kind of weird, but
she wanted me to do it for my own good, right?
So, following her order to use the rest of the crap in the bag as well,
I grudgingly trudged off into the next room. It was another bedroom, a
larger one with a double bed, and with a small en-suite bathroom. I
stepped into the bathroom and got the shower started. I looked over the
first bottle. It was one of those Nair-type things that chicks use, some
kind of cream to get the hair off of me.
Well, what the hell was I going to do? Suddenly I was really glad that
I'd had that drink. I'm not sure I could've done this otherwise. I
stepped into the shower and lathered myself up with this shit and waited
out the time. It stank a bit and tingled at first and eventually burned
uncomfortably. When I rinsed myself off I was amazed at how much of my
body hair went with it. But I wasn't done yet. K wanted me to shave as
well so dammit, I was going to shave. I lathered up with a can of girly
shaving cream and picked up the razor and went at it.
It was a totally new experience. A strange one, to be honest. I'd never
done something like this before. Even lathering up was different. It
didn't exactly smell like my macho Gillette's, if you know what I mean.
There I was surrounded in this flowery cloud, holding this triple-bladed
razor with a flat handle; it even sat differently in my hand compared to
what I was used to. I had this real moment of hesitation. Under the
steaming hot water, what I was about to do seemed really fucking weird.
And wrong. I mean, how was this all necessary? But I also thought about
what K had said, and that also made sense. And I remembered that I
trusted the woman, and with that in mind I brought the razor down to my
leg and took the first stroke.
I'd like to think I did a good job. The chest was easy enough. The
armpits were another story. Fuck, but I wouldn't want to do that every
week. Talk about gaining respect for the shit women go through to look
good. As for the legs: well, the shins were easy enough, but I've got to
admit reaching those tough spots in the inside of the knee was another
matter. After much craning and stretching and blind strokes with the
razor I managed to get the job done. After that it was a pretty simple
matter to rinse-lather-repeat, though I wasn't a frequent user of
conditioner. The shower gel was a tad more floral than I would've liked,
though. I smelled like a fucking garden by the time I finished.
The air felt chilly when I stepped out of the shower. The towel slid
across my skin differently without any hair between me and the fabric.
There was a full-body mirror in the bathroom, but fortunately it was all
fogged up from the shower. It must've taken me nearly thirty minutes to
get it all done. I felt just a little water-logged after all that. My
head was a bit fuzzy again as well.
I really didn't want to see myself at that point. I could see glimpses
of my hairless legs and that was enough. There was another bottle in the
bag for me to use: some kind of baby-powder-type stuff. So I powdered
myself all over, and by the time I was done I felt like a total fucking
pansy. I couldn't believe how smooth my skin felt. If I closed my eyes
and felt my thigh I bet I could fool myself into thinking I was stroking
up some chick. I passed my palm along my leg and didn't find any
stubble, but just the feeling of my hand sliding smoothly against skin
kinda freaked me out.
I finally stepped out of the bathroom. Big surprise, K was waiting for
me.
"Cindy, what are you doing? Please try to show a little modesty."
What the hell was she talking about? I had a towel wrapped around me, a
surprisingly soft and fluffy one (pink) considering the state of this
crumby apartment.
"You are far more daring that me," K continued, and she suddenly
blushed. It was strange, seeing this strangely human and bashful
reaction on a woman like K. "I can see your chest and everything...."
Bloody hell. I was wearing my towel like a man, covering the important
bits but not exactly worried about the chest. Sighing, I readjusted the
towel to cover my pecs. It still reached to my crotch, but left me
feeling like my ass was hanging out. That wasn't cool.
"Good." K suddenly sounded all professional again, dropping the shyness.
"Begin with the articles on the bed, please." She stepped out of the
room.
I approached the bed with some trepidation. I knew what was coming but
that doesn't mean I was looking forward to it. And sure enough, there on
the bed were articles that even in a drunken, blind state you wouldn't
mistake for anything other than feminine.
The panties came first. They were black and small and had lace around
the edges. Did she really expect me to wear these? Fuck. There was a bra
as well, also lacy and black. Beneath them was a rolled-up lump that
revealed itself as a pair of black pantyhose. Wonderful. They weren't
exactly the day-to-day shit that most secretaries and women in the
workforce wear, those really plain and heavy beige ones; these were so
sheer they were nearly invisible and tinted black and had a lacy,
embroidered top. Last time I'd seen clothes like this was nearly two
months ago, before I saw any kind of murder or anything. It'd been after
a night out at a club.
Alice had been hot and willing and easily impressed by my slick clothes
and good job and easy money. Fuck, girls usually are. God, I love girls,
how they fall for the cheesiest lines, how soft they feel in your arm
and the way they like to cuddle up. Don't get me wrong, though. I also
respect women--well, some women, that is. Thing is, I've known enough
women who can seriously kick my ass to not respect them. Like this one
woman I know, Sakura. And Katherine. Fucking Katherine....
I'll tell you about her another time.
But man, can chicks ever be stupid when they want to be. I've never
understood that, how they can just throw logic and reason and self-
respect to the side, just to be with some guy--to be with me. I'm not
putting myself down or anything. I'm a damn fine catch. It's just that
there are far more important things to worry about than assholes like
me. Yeah, stuff like psychotic billionaire CEOs killing you unless you
convincingly pass yourself off as a girl.
But this Alice chick, she really surprised me. 'Luminous' is this cool
bar not far from the office, trendy without being phoney, even if most
of the people who went there were right bastards. Like me, I guess.
That's where I picked up Alice. She was a sexy little thing, but a bit
mousy. She almost had that naughty-librarian look going. But when I got
her back to mine and peeled off those clothes, fuck, what a surprise!
Not only did she have a soft, curvy body squeezed into those otherwise
bland clothes of hers, she had the whole semi-fetishwear thing
happening, the garters and the whole deal, like something out of a
magazine spread. A tiger in bed as well. We went at it for hours. Dumb
as bricks but an amazing fuck. Which is a good thing, because she's the
last woman I've slept with. Hard to get some when you're in hiding, you
know? I hadn't gone that long without tail since... well, since I was a
fucked-up teen. And now look at me.
I sat on the edge of the bed and slipped the panties on first. They were
very thin, nearly see-through and a tight fit. Sexy. I'd love to bring a
girl home and unwrap her and find something like this underneath, all
damp and ready to peel off. But I probably shouldn't have been thinking
about that, or Alice, because I encountered my first problem right then.
"Hey, K?" I called out. "I've, uh, got a problem."
A few seconds later she was standing there in the doorway.
"I have a problem," I said, and stared at her expectantly. I pointed
down at my crotch. "I don't seem to fit."
I'm an average-sized guy and that's never been a problem for me. I'm no
Ron Jeremy with a twelve-inch sausage, and I wouldn't want to be. I'm
big enough to get the job done, and to get it done well. I take it all
very seriously. Even if I'm just with some silly cunt I picked up that
night, one so dumb she doesn't even know she's being used, I think it's
important to show her a good time. There's no excuse for being lazy in
bed. I'm a selfish bastard in real life, but sex isn't just life; it's
special. Sex is a world and a skill in itself. You've got to work at it,
and anything I work at, anything worth doing, I like to do well. So it's
important to me for the girl to get there as well, and I use all the
tools at my disposal, if you know what I mean.
They say most penises are roughly the same size when erect but vary like
mad when flaccid. I don't know where I read that--probably some fucking
Maxim magazine or something. So I look small when relaxed, but when I'm
all horned up, it's bigger than you'd expect. I guess I'm like my dick,
then: small when relaxed, but you don't want to fuck with me when I'm
pissed-off. And that was the problem. For whatever the reason, this
messed-up situation, the thought of Alice and the sight of K, the
clothes themselves and the feminine scent that flowed off my own body
and lingered faintly in the underwear itself--I was reacting.
K spared a glance at my crotch. "You do not fit, you say?"
"Nope."
My disguise wasn't likely to work with six inches of cock bursting out
the leg hole. "You, ah, think you can help me with this?" I said, and
flashed her my most winning smile.
"And what do you expect me to do about it?" K stepped into the room and
sauntered closer, and I'll be damned if it didn't suddenly seem like she
was coming on to me. Easy to assume, really, considering I was standing
all but naked in some unknown apartment, with a woody standing out at a
sharp angle against my body, fiercely escaping the sheer panties I'd
pulled on. "I see your surname is well deserved, Miss Long."
K was now standing right up against me. She was taller than me,
especially in her heels. Not that I found that intimidating. More like
erotic. This close, a faintly musky scent surrounded her. Who would've
thought she wore perfume, even if it was a bit mannish? Her breasts
rubbed up against my chest, the fabric of her jacket rough against my
sensitive, still-glowing skin. She brought her mouth near my ear. Her
hair tickled my neck.
"Mmm, this is an unusual problem for a girl, do you not think, Cindy?"
she murmured, and her breath was hot on my ear. I nearly jumped when I
felt her hand, slightly cold, gently wrap around my shaft. "We can not
have this, can we?"
"Mmm... no...."
"Is this turning you on, David?" Her grip tightened around my cock. Her
breasts rubbed up against my chest again. What a thing to ask. Was this
turning me on? Hell, yeah!
"Does it excite you to wear these clothes?"
What? "Fuck no!" But then she stepped back and for a moment I thought I
saw a glimpse of both disgust and hatred flash across her eyes; and then
she gave my cock a quick, hard smack on the tip.
"Ow!" I howled in pain and stumbled back. "Jesus Christ, K, what was
that for?"
"What did you think I would do, Miss Long? Give you a hand job? Get down
on my knees and suck you off?"
I drew in a deep breath, clutching the wall for support. "I was just
fuckin' about!"
"Your dubious charms, Miss Long, are best saved for a more appropriate
time." She reached over to a nightstand by the bed and grabbed a box of
tissues. She tossed it over to me, where it bounced off my head before
landing at my feet. "Tend to your own needs, Miss Long. In the bathroom,
if you don't mind," she said as she walked away. "When you are finished
please continue dressing."
I picked up the tissues. Fucking dyke bitch. "You're not making this any
easier for me, you know that?" I yelled after her. You'd think she could
take a joke. I didn't really expect to her to, you know, relieve my
pressure. But man, it would've been awesome if she had.
She turned about at the door. She let her jacket slip open and undid the
top button of her blouse and, slowly sliding her hands along her sides,
gave a little wiggle as she leaned forward and flashed me her most
generous cleavage. She had awesome tits, from what I could see above the
floral lacing of her bra. Then she slowly straightened, turned sharply
on her heel, and sashayed out of the room, that tight ass wiggling
beneath her skirt with each exaggerated, toe-to-toe step. "I hope that
helps you finish off, Cindy," she said over her shoulder.
God, I wasn't sure if I hated or loved that woman. What a bitch, and I
mean that in a good way. Five minutes later I stepped out of the
bathroom, drying my hands and still flushed with the pleasure, ready to
tackle the task at hand.
The sight of the clothes on the bed brought me back to earth like a
punch to the gut. It really did feel like a hit to the stomach. It was
the feeling of doing something wrong. You know, like when you've
borrowed your parents' car without permission and you've smacked it up
and know you're in big trouble? Kinda like that. I was just wishing I'd
had another stiff drink when I saw that K had left one for me by the
bed. What a woman. I pounded it back. I was already starting to feel a
bit buzzed. The joys of drinking on an empty stomach.
I slipped the panties back on. They fit fine this time, once I tucked my
cock back. Tight and a bit uncomfortable, riding a tad higher between my
ass cheeks than I'd like, but nothing unbearable. Then the pantyhose.
I'd seen enough girls slip them on in the morning around my place, but
these seemed really wispy and easy to tear. I rolled them up into a
donut and pointed my toes and pulled the stocking up my first leg about
halfway, and then did the same with the second foot, and finally stood,
found my balance, and pulled the whole thing up over the panties.
Know what? My legs looked damn fine in those pantyhose. Denuded and
encased in that sheer, inky fabric, the sharper definition lines of my
legs were smoothed and softened and somehow made to look slimmer. The
panties beneath made a darker 'V' against which my compressed cock
proved an unbecoming mound. My legs felt warmer than expected. The
embroidered control top came up to just beneath my bellybutton and was
tight across my buttocks, caressing and shaping. The silkiness as I slid
the nylons up my legs had been unnerving; now, passing my hand along
those sleek lines I felt a tremor through my stomach. The sensation was
just so... feminine. I'd stroked many a woman's thigh beneath her skirt,
and I loved the feeling of my palm against her nylon-clad ass. Now it
was my ass in nylon, looking way too good for my comfort and smooth to
the touch.
That's when K stepped into the room. To her credit, she didn't laugh
though a hint of a smile danced at the corner of her mouth. "How are we
doing, Miss Long?"
"I feel like a damn fool, K."
"You look fine," she said. She unravelled another silky, black thing in
her hand as she approached. "You will need this as well, I am afraid."
"Great," I answered. "What the hell is it?"
"A waist cincher."
"You've got to be fucking kidding me."
Sadly, K wasn't much of a kidder. "What is the first part of a woman
that you notice, Mr. Sanders?" she asked, as she had me raise my arms
above my head and wrapped the damned thing around me. At least she was
calling me by my male name.
"What? I don't know. Her tits?" I was going to say 'her eyes' because,
truth be told, it's a woman's eyes that do it more for me than anything.
I've even fucked more than a few fatties, just because they had the most
gorgeous, sexy eyes. But wearing panties and nylons, with a waist-
cincher being wrapped around me, I felt like I had to say something
macho.
She had the damned thing around me. She zipped it up the front and then
went behind and I felt her begin to tug on the laces. With each one I
felt the thing tighten its grip. "A woman's shape defines her gender, at
least from a distance," K said. "Even in unisex clothing, or with short
hair, or without makeup, or any of the other superficial trappings of
femininity, a woman's hips and waist trigger recognition." She gave a
sharp tug, forcing my breath out.
"Watch it, dammit!"
"Keep those arms up," K commanded, her voice sharp. I grudgingly kept
them above my head as she continued her torture. "You lack curves,
Cindy," she continued. "We can put you in a dress and make you wear a
wig and slather on the makeup, but unless you have the shape of a woman,
even an unskilled observer will sense there is something wrong." The
waist cincher's grip continued to tighten, vice-like. "There are a
thousand other things that can give you away, of course, but this one is
easily enough remedied."
K stepped away. I lowered my arms and took a hesitant breath. The waist-
cincher followed the lines of my body like a second skin, starting at my
hips and ending at my ribcage. It was black, like everything else K
seemed to be picking out, with crimson lines where the fabric drew in.
It wasn't quite as bad as I expected, to be honest. I wasn't going to
pass out like some damsel from Gone with the Wind. My internal organs
didn't feel like they were being crushed. Nevertheless, I didn't feel
like I could draw in a big breath. I wasn't about to go ten rounds
wearing this thing.
"How do you feel?" K asked, her voice conspicuously lacking in concern.
"Just fucking great," I answered. I made a sweeping gesture that took in
my lower half. "I feel like a goddamn faggot, K."
She made a small clucking sound of disapproval. "Really, Ms. Long, must
you swear so much?"
"I'll swear as much as I fucking well please!"
She gave me a firm look. "I am afraid, Cindy, that you really will have
to watch your tongue. There are numerous linguistic differences in male
and female speech patterns in the English language."
I couldn't believe this woman. "So, what, you expect me to speak like
some friggin' chick, too?"
"Cindy," she said. "You are a 'friggin' chick,' so to speak. Please try
to remember that. Now wait here for a moment. We still have a lot to
do."
She left me standing there mouth agape. I wish she'd left me there with
another Scotch. I wish she'd left with the heat on, because I felt
goose-bumps rising across my arms and chest. I missed my hair. This was
all a bit much and had me feeling deeply unsettled. How long did she
expect me to wear these damned clothes anyway? I wasn't going to be this
'Cindy' chick for long. No fucking way. No damn way. No friggin' way.
There. That's as good as K was going to get from me.
When she returned a few minutes later she was carrying a box in her
hand. "Sit down on the bed, please," she asked, as she pulled a small
table across the room and set the box down.
"What's in there?" I asked, making myself comfortable.
"This is your--," she started, glancing back, and then stopped. "Cindy,
really, some modesty please."
"What now?"
"It is unseemly for a girl to sit with her legs like that."
I was sitting with my legs spread, of course. My balls were already
feeling cramped, squeezed in by the panties and hose. The-waist cincher
was keeping me in this unnaturally straight-backed posture. Worse, all
this nonsense was getting to me again--I was starting to fly at half-
mast, and the growing bulge between my thighs was making this all the
more uncomfortable.
"Fuck this!" I exclaimed, jumping to my feet. I didn't know what I was
going to do. I felt ready to rip this goddamn clothing off and storm out
the room. I'd take my chances on my own instead of suffering through
more of this nonsense.
"Mr. Sanders, sit down!" K commanded.
I'd never heard her shout before. Steel underscored her voice. She stood
with arms on hips and glaring at me with that flinty-grey stare, looking
more like an outraged school principal than a secret agent. I don't like
being ordered about, but the authority she exuded held me from just
walking off.
"K, this is ridiculous!" I insisted. "It's only a temporary disguise,
right? I mean, what the hell, are you gonna stop me on every single damn
thing I do that isn't all girly and shit?"
"Yes, Mr. Sanders, I am going to correct you on every little action that
is not all 'girly and shit'. This is your cover identity. Even if it is
only a temporary disguise, I expect you to be the best 'Cindy' that you
can be for the duration of your time in the role. I expect you to sit
with your legs crossed at the knee. I expect you to wear the very same
clothes that Cindy Long, 20 year old female, would wear. I expect you to
do all this, Cindy, because I promised that I would make every effort to
keep you alive, and I will be damned if your bullshit macho
squeamishness is going to get you killed."
I hadn't heard her swear before. "You even expect me to speak like a
girl?"
"Yes, Miss Long, I expect you to speak in a way appropriate for a woman
your age."
"I don't even know what that means," I said, slowly sitting down. "I've
known lots of girls who weren't exactly sweet-talkers, you know?" And I
didn't just mean in bed. I'd met some amazing girls over the years. Some
of them kicked my ass. Like Sakura. God, I was glad she couldn't see me
in this getup. "They'd put a sailor to shame."
"But you aren't a real girl," K insisted, as if I needed a reminder.
"Everything about you is masculine, Mr. Sanders. Very much so. Your
mannerisms, your shape, the way you speak, the way you walk, how you
approach people and the way you confront a problem. Each and every one
of these things can give away your real identity. All it would take is
one wrong action, one word that shouts out "I am David Sanders" at the
wrong time, and all our efforts will have been wasted. This is not the
time to indulge in politically correct behaviour. Cindy is going to be,
I am afraid, through necessity, a bit of a girly-girl."
The thing is, I already knew all this. I'd done stuff... similar to this
before, though not as ridiculously out-there as trying to pass myself as
a chick. But I wasn't feeling all that cooperative. I hated sitting
there in these fucking clothes--especially in front of this sexy woman.
She left me feeling extremely self-conscious, something I wasn't used
to.
On top of that, the thought of what I'd have to do and the way I'd have
to act while pretending to be this 'Cindy' bitch made me sick to my
stomach. Combined with the fucking pain in my chest from the bruising
and the throb in my side and the headache and everything else--yeah, I
was feeling a bit grumpy. But I felt a little bad for taking it out on
K.
"Yeah, well, don't expect me to say 'aw, poo!' or nothin'"
Her features softened in a small smile. "No, Cindy, I do not expect you
to ever say 'aw, poo.' Now, are we ready to continue?"
I gave a grudging nod.
K pulled out a measuring tape and took my size around my chest, right
where the waist cincher ended. She nodded with approval, as if she'd
already correctly guessed my size. She went to her box and pulled out a
couple of bottles and a pair of gloves. "The next part is going to feel
a bit strange," she said, pulling on her gloves. She gave me a slight
shove. "Please lie back."
Hell, normally this would be the start of a good night--some sexy chick
pushing me back onto the bed and straddling me. Of course, I was wearing
women's underthings, which kinda spoilt the mood. And instead of rubbing
her ass into my crotch, she used a cotton cloth to start wiping down my
chest.
"It's just alcohol," she said. "You did a good job in the shower but we
have to make sure that you are properly clean." She did a very thorough
job. I was starting to get excited again.
She slowly unscrewed a nondescript white jar bereft of any labelling.
When she carefully put the lid aside a strong, pungent smell filled the
room. I couldn't quite place it--something acrid that left an unpleasant
chemical taste in the back of my throat. She used a small plastic
spatula to lift out a dollop of amber goo from the jar.
"This may sting a little," she said, and began to smear it across my
pecs. At first I wondered what she meant. It was bracingly cold--which
did a little to dispel my erection, steadily growing and struggling
against its silky confines--but otherwise felt fine. Then it began to
tingle. And then--holy motherfuck!--it started to burn, and burn, and
burn, God, as if someone was pressing a branding iron into my chest. "Do
not move!" K ordered, as she saw my eyes widen in shock. "And most
importantly, do not touch your chest!"
"Christ!" I exclaimed through gritted teeth. "What the hell is this
stuff?"
"A product of your former employers," she said, working quickly. "An
organic bonding agent. Very cutting-edge, very expensive."
"It... hurts!"
"Yes, one of the reasons it will not be approved by the FDA. I suspect
the bruising is making the pain worse. Now lie still. The agent needs a
few minutes to settle properly." And with that she lifted herself off of
me and stepped out of sight. I couldn't hear her, either: this shit hurt
so much all I could hear was the blood pounding in my ears. That nice
drunk feeling from those two Scotches was totally gone, I'm telling you.
A few minutes, she said? Felt a hell of a lot longer. And I'm good at
dealing with pain. I lay there on the bed, my toes curling with pain in
their silky sheath, fists gripping tight knots into the bedsheets as I
fought back the urge to jump off the bed and rush into the shower and
wash this shit off of me. I kept waiting for the pain to ease. Slowly,
after what felt like ages, it actually did. That's when K sat back down
on me.
She had two large grey objects, each more than a handful for her. I had
to blink the tears out of my eyes. They were tits. They were grey and
dead-looking things, but tits nonetheless.
"What the--"
"These are your new breasts," K said.
I guess I'd been expecting something like this. I mean, she seemed set
on doing a damn fine job of making a convincing girl out of me. Very
professional and thorough, Agent K is. So maybe I shouldn't have been
expecting a pair of rolled-up socks. That's what a friend of mine used
when he dressed up as a cheerleader back at one of the high schools I'd
been to. He'd been 6'3 and over two hundred pounds. He made a crap
cheerleader. Somehow, I suspected I was going to prove far more
convincing than he had.
"They look... big."
Surprisingly, she blushed, and this time it seemed very real and
natural. "I... my apologies, David. They are. D-cups, I'm afraid."
A lot of guys I know, they like big tits. Like I said, I like big eyes.
Weird, I know, but I'll always take beautiful eyes over perky tits any
day. Don't get me wrong! I appreciate a fine pair of knockers, too. But
they've always been a secondary thing for me, coming in after legs and
ass. Of course I like a girl to actually have some--none of this
mosquito-bite bullshit--but I don't like 'em too large, either, bobbling
all over the place like fucking udders. Unless they're fake or young,
they're going to be droopy once you set 'em free from confinement and
that ain't so sexy to me. A nice firm, perky pair, fun to play with,
that's what I like.
"They're a bit large, I'll admit," K rushed to continue. "Though
considering your frame, they should be just about perfect." As she spoke
she brought those grey lumps down to my chest. I had a quick glimpse of
them. From the back they were flat and tear-drop-shaped, covered in a
multitude of fine, straight-standing bristles. "It was all I could get
my hands on."
"Yeah, I noticed you had your hands on them." I was trying for wry, hard
to manage with the pain and the apprehension. Surprisingly, she blushed
even further.
"I have to keep them in place," she insisted, "so they bond properly." I
couldn't quite see what she was doing. The burning in my chest was
quickly fading away, leaving a strange numbness across the area. I
couldn't even feel her moving those things around or pressing them down.
"The position has to be just right."
I waggled my eyebrows at her and smiled. "From here, your position looks
just about perfect."
"Please, Mr. Sanders. This is embarrassing enough as it is."
I wasn't sure why this was any more embarrassing than any of the other
weird shit we'd done today, but it was nice to finally see a human
reaction out of her. "Well, how long is this going to take?"
"A few more minutes," she said. "Until the breastforms fully attach
themselves to your chest."
"Hey, waitasec! All this bonding agent shit and all--these things are
gonna come off, right?"
It was her turn to smile. "You sound worried, Miss Long."
"Fuck off with this 'Miss Long' crap! They come off or what?"
"Yes, Cindy, they do. I have a counter-agent that will break down the
chemical bonding and release the breastforms. The reverse process if far
less painful as well, so no need to worry. Even without the counter-
agent the bonding will eventually deteriorate on its own."
"Well... good."
"And that should just about do it," she said, and clambered off of me.
"Please stand up, Cindy, and let's see how they settled."
Feeling was slowly seeping back into my chest, and it felt... weird.
Really fucking weird. When I sat up I felt this disconcerting weight on
my chest that moved with every motion I made. The weight pulled me
forward. But what really blew my mind was when I reached up and actually
touched my new breasts. I could feel the fucking things! And I don't
mean their shape, either, or their presence in my hand. I could feel my
own fingertip brush against the fake skin.
"K, what the fuck?"
"Cindy, language, please." She took my hand and pulled me to my feet. I
was so out of it I just let her lead me away from the bed. "You're a
very lucky girl, you know. These are very cutting edge. Another fine,
unreleased product from your former employers. I'm told they're grown as
opposed to made. The bonding agents acts as a medium through which
artificial nerve connections are made and sensations passed. If I touch
you here," and as she spoke she gently drew her fingertip across the
underside of my breast, sending an uncomfortable shiver down my spine,
"you feel it the same as if I had touched your real chest. And the
artificial skin is even reactive--look, you can see goosebumps rising."
This was too much. I felt off-balance. I had mother-fucking tits now,
real goddamn breasts! I felt like I needed to sit down. But K wasn't
done with me. She lightly flicked my right nipple.
"Dammit, K, cut that out!" It didn't hurt; it didn't particularly feel
of anything, to be honest. But I could feel it. I didn't like the way
she was playing with my new chest. Fuck, I didn't like having a new
chest.
"You can see the nipple reacting as well, as the breast finishes
bonding." And damn if she wasn't right, as under a few more light
touches my new nipple began to stand out in a way my real ones never
had. Did I say weird? Now it was getting all surreal. I could feel my
nipples poking out like that, getting hard--I'd never felt anything like
it! The whole experience was leaving me feeling a bit disconnected, you
know? The damn things were still grey, though, which looked very weird
against my tanned and bruised skin.
"Yeah, well, if you're done playing with my tits, K, I'll ask you to
keep your hands to yourself." I pulled away and crossed my arms over my
chest. Fuck, it felt weird doing that. They way they moved and flattened
beneath my arms, it felt totally real.
"The colour will adapt itself over the next few hours. The seam between
the breastform and your natural flesh will also gradually fade over the
next twenty-four hours. Before long, they'll be nearly indistinguishable
from the real thing."
Great. K had me do a few arm stretches to verify how my new breasts
moved. When I raised my hands over my head they flattened against my
pectorals--or rather, they flattened as much as these massive things
could. When I twisted they swung to the side before jiggling back. Most
disconcerting of all, when I bent forward I felt them hang down and sway
heavily with every move. It's something I love, that moment when a chick
crawls up the bed towards me with her tits hanging down and swaying with
each sensuous move of her ass. Now I was that fucking chick, and I was
starting to feel nearly feverish.
K tossing me a bra, after all that, seemed anti-climatic. I'd watched
enough girls put them on to figure out how to do it myself with only a
little fumbling. She certainly didn't offer to help. It was yet another
black, semi-opaque number. 38-D, the tag said. Fucking wonderful. It
shoved up my tits on display more than I would've liked, though, and
only just covered my new, dark areola, and did nothing to keep those
fucking nipples from peaking through, insistent little bastards. All of
a sudden, I had cleavage. If I'd known that ratting on Jeremy fucking
Steele was going to end with me sporting cleavage, I don't think I
would've bothered. Fucking asshole. This was his fault. Jail was too
good for the bastard.
At least the damned bra relieved some of the weight. I'd only had these
things for about ten minutes and already I was starting to hate the
damn, ponderous things. All she could get her hands on, my ass. I was
starting to think that K was enjoying this far too much.
The next item she passed me took me by surprise. "Jeans?"
"You sound surprised, Cindy."
I shrugged. The motion left me perturbed, as I could feel my new breasts
jiggle with the gesture. Fucking things. I briefly wondered if I'd ever
get used to their presence, before realizing that I didn't ever want to
get used to having breasts--I didn't plan on keeping these puppies for
that long. "Yeah. I expected you to stick me in a miniskirt or
something."
"Would you prefer a miniskirt, Cindy?"
"Hell, no!" I exclaimed, grabbing the jeans from her. Soon after I
realized she wasn't letting me off that easy, though. They were jeans,
sure, a very dark denim blue, but definitely a pair of girl's jeans. "K,
there's no friggin' way these things are gonna fit!"
"They will fit just fine," she said, again holding back a slight smile.
"They may just be a little tighter than you are used to."
No shit. It took me about a thousand hours to get into those damn
things. I finally had to stretch out on the bed with my legs up in the
air, hauling with all my might and wiggling and tugging (which, with
those damn melons on my chest, was mightily distracting) to pull the
goddamn things over my ass and newfound curves. If I hadn't been
squeezed and softened and smoothed out beforehand there's no way I
would've gotten them on. When I finally got the button fly done up I was
exhausted. I had to admit though, craning my neck to look back at my
rear, you'd be hard pressed to mistake me for a guy in these things. The
jeans were like a corset for my ass. And damn, I had a fine ass. And
there was certainly no sign of a bulge in my crotch now. Frankly, I was
a little worried all this was doing my guys some serious damage.
The jeans were skin-tight with a very cute, very girly flowery design
along one of the legs that would've made me puke, if I wasn't so damned
compressed by all these clothes. That's when I noticed that the damn
jeans were a couple inches too long. I tried pulling them up a bit more,
but they would've reached my armpits and split my groin in two.
"Dammit K," I said, once she returned to the room. "I killed myself
getting into these, and I'll be tripping over myself with every step."
If I could even walk, which I was seriously beginning to doubt.
"Not at all," K said. "They are just perfect to wear with these." She
held up a pair of shoes. Dainty and with heels; and black, of course.
"K? I'm really beginning to hate you," I said.
Some guys I know, especially a couple of pricks at work, they're short
like I am and they've got this real problem with their girl wearing
heels. Only thing worse than those idiots, are the fucking bitches who
can't deal with being taller than their man. Me, I couldn't give a shit.
Sometimes it's nice to have some petite little cutie cradled in my arm,
but I'm not about to complain if I'm eye-level with some Amazon's tits,
am I? It's not height that makes me manly. It's me that makes me manly.
I'm pretty damn secure with myself, and I've got little respect indeed
for fuckwits who can't deal with shit like that--or worse yet, don't
even know they're as insecure as a six-year old who's just wet
themselves on the playground. Me, I've never given two shits if a girl
wants to wear heels. Damn, but heels are damn sexy, if you ask me,
especially when she keeps them on in bed.
Still, watching some silly cute things trotting about in these
ridiculous stilettos, barely able to cross the street, it's hard not to
laugh sometimes. Well, I wasn't laughing now, as K kneeled down and slid
the first shoe onto my foot. It fit, too, but then again I've always had
small feet for a guy. It was just another drop in the torrent of weird
sensations bombarding me, as I tentatively put my foot down and felt it
settle in an arched position. It wasn't some stupidly tall kind of shoe,
probably only about two inches of heel or so, but hell, it was more than
enough for me and athough the heel wasn't a proper spike it still felt
pretty fucking slim and wobbly to me. My toes peeked out the end and
there was a thin strap across the ankle.
"How the hell do you expect me to walk in this getup, K?" I asked
"At first, carefully. You will have a chance to practice your walking
before we leave the apartment."
She handed me a top, which I thankfully pulled on. Somehow, going
topless just wasn't as much fun when I had these tits thrust up in my
face. Not that they disappeared once I got that sweater pulled on. The
damn thing was soft peach in colour and a lot softer and fluffier than
anything I was used to. Snugger and longer in the arms as well and
somehow my hands seemed elegant, poking out the sleeve. Worse of all was
the ridiculous v-neck that left my cleavage proudly exposed. What the
hell's the point of putting on clothes if all your goods are still
hanging out?
K reached behind me to attach a necklace with a clear, little pink-
tinted bauble that settled comfortably between my boobs. When she
reached around my neck our tits rubbed together--and yeah, that was
another weird feeling to add to the list, but truth be told, by this
time I was so fucking out of it that I wasn't exactly resisting anything
she did. I'm telling you, it was all just a bit too much. I didn't even
twitch when she clipped on some dangly earrings, saying something about
how "a girl my age should really have had both ears pierced years ago."
She slipped a couple of jangling bracelets on my left wrist, before
stepping back to examine her creation.
"Needs a belt," she stated, and a moment later I sported this low-riding
wide leather belt with a massive ring buckle, hanging off my narrowed
waist.
I levelled a dull stare at her. "We fucking--sorry, we damn well done
yet?"
K gave a small smile. "Almost," she said. "Wig, and makeup."
She left the room to gather the last of her instruments of torture,
giving me a moment with myself. When I looked down I felt the earrings
tickle my cheek. When I reached up to touch them the shit on my arm
chimed. I squirmed at the edge of the bed and I felt slippery inside my
jeans and the panties rode up my ass and my heel wobbled beneath me.
That massive crevice leading into my shirt tingled with new goosebumps.
Slender straps ran over my shoulders. I couldn't breathe properly. How
could this possibly be my best chance of survival? How the hell could I
fight in this fucking setup? Or even run? I trusted K and all but...
this was crazy, insane!
"Are you okay?" K asked, stepping back into the room. Bless her, she was
carrying another drink.
I offered a wan smile. "Let's just get this over with."
She pulled a chair over and sat across from me and gave me a look that
was genuinely sympathetic. "You are not enjoying this, are you?" She
handed me my third scotch.
"What was your first clue?" I pounded the drink back and grimaced as it
went down. This one was nice and strong. It helped, though only a
little.
"Mr. Sanders, if it helps, just try to think of this as getting ready
for a Halloween party. Or maybe for a part in some play."
"K, if you fuck up your lines on stage, nobody shoots you." I sighed,
though not too deeply thanks to the damned waist-cincher. "Listen, I
know why we're doing this but I damn well don't like it. It feels...
wrong." I mulled my thoughts over and barely noticed as she took my
hand. The pungent scent of nail polish assaulted the senses but I
steadfastly ignored the sight of my nails being painted, one by one.
It felt wrong. The need for it felt wrong. I felt this very, very
strongly, despite K's reassurances, despite the fact that I trusted her.
I was taught, long ago, to pay special attention to anything that
created such a strong, visceral reaction. Hate, love, loathing, disgust,
obsessions--these were emotions to be tempered but never ignored. I
didn't want to think about it, but I had to ask myself: why did I hate
this so fucking much?
Strong reaction like that, it's usually because something important to
you is being challenged. I figured out who I was at a very young age. I
had to. As I learned more about the world and life in general I just
sort of integrated the new stuff into myself, hung the new ideas off of
the core self I'd already fashioned, and I stayed me deep down inside.
That's how I was taught. Know thyself. Important lesson and the hardest
thing in the world to pull off. But once you know who you are--there's
so much you can do. Hesitation, doubt, all that bullshit fades away;
other peoples' scorn, jealousy, insults are easily ignored. Instant
actions become more than just instinct but rather an expression of who
you are, done in that place that exists free of uncertainty.
So this painful, gut feeling I was having? There had to be more to it
than just bullshit machismo. Fuck, a guy who's really secure in who he
is shouldn't be bothered at all by this kind of shit. This I believe. I
really do. I mean, yeah, I don't go in for all this girly crap and it's
nothing I've wanted to do before, but if it keeps me alive then... yeah,
wearing a skirt (or very tight jeans) doesn't make me any less a man. As
long as I believe it, that's what matters. So something else was going
on here. I just couldn't figure out what. I was too drunk, maybe. My
head still felt a bit hazy.
"You seem quiet, Cindy. Is everything okay?" K was finishing off my
nails. They weren't dry yet but were already disconcertingly shiny. It
was a clear varnish that gave my nails a glimmering sheen that rippled
with faint pink hues in the light.
"Yeah, sure," I grunted. I didn't really want to bother K with nonsense
thoughts. Instead, I just said the first angry thought that jumped to
mind. "Christ, K, how the hell am I going to defend myself, wearing this
shit? I'm not sure I can walk in these fu--these damn shoes, let alone
do anything else."
K started doing the makeup thing. I honestly have no idea what she was
doing, but she attacked my cheeks and eyes and lips with this and that
thing as she talked, occasionally pausing to curtly order me to 'look
that way' or 'blink' or 'purse your lips.' She continued explaining as
she worked. "Cindy, the whole idea is for you not to have to fight. Do
you know how to fight?"
I gave a calculated shrug. I tried to be careful not to disrupt what she
was doing. "Yeah, I guess so."
"Could you defeat a professionally trained assassin?"
Another non-committal shrug. "You've got the file on me, what do you
think?"
"I believe that there is little use in bringing a sword to a gunfight,
Cindy," K answered, as she rubbed some powder across my eyelids. "Mr.
Steele's men have guns, and they know how to use them, and they can
shoot from very far away. The best fighter in the world stands little
chance against that."
"Yeah, I guess so," I grudgingly admitted.
"Not that you need to worry about that, Cindy. A girl like you isn't a
fighter. You do not know how to fight because you do not have to.
Standing in a crowd, why would anyone want to hurt you, cute and demure
as you are?"
Cute. Demure. Girly-girl. I wish I'd had a better look at that folder on
Cindy and seen what kind of a girl she was before I'd agreed to become
her. I was starting to get worried. Even if only for a short time, a few
days or a week, I wasn't sure I'd be able to stand being some mincing
sissy bitch. Exactly what kind of girl was K turning me into, anyway?
"K, listen, I've got to know... ow!" I was going to challenge her on her
plans for Cindy, but then she started to rip hairs out of my eyebrow and
I had to bite down to keep myself from telling her exactly where she
could jab those fucking tweezers of hers. Oh, I had a couple of choice
locations in mind. When she was done that, she used this wand-type thing
to smear this gooey, sweet-tasting shit across my lips and I kind of
gave up on talking for a bit. I swear, my whole face felt weird, all
gunked up and heavy with makeup. "We are almost done," she said, and
after a few final touch-ups across my face, she had a go at my hair,
slicking it down before pulling out a wig.
Cindy was a blonde, of course. Why wasn't I surprised? "Try to keep any
hair from touching your lips," K suggested, as she brought the whole
thing down on my head. Suddenly, I had long flowing locks the colour of
sunflowers, and bangs, and hair tickling the nape of my neck, and as
that damned woman made her final adjustments I suddenly felt this
incredible urge to burst into tears. I didn't, of course--like I said,
I'm no pansy and I haven't cried in years. I'll shed tears over a good
friend but I'd be fucked if I'll waste tears on something stupid like
this. Hell, I don't even know why I wanted to cry all of a sudden like
that. I just did. The moment passed and I was okay.
Finally, the whole damn ordeal was over and K was helping me to my
wobbly feet. She led me across the room over to a full-length mirror set
in the corner. Thank fuck she was there to lean on and it was just a few
steps away. It didn't help that I was starting to feel more than just a
little drunk. I didn't want to see myself. I really didn't. Especially
clutching on to K's arm like that. She was dressed a hell of a lot
manlier than I was, and I felt like some silly drunk chick in wobbly
heels reliant on a strong arm to get anywhere. Fuck me, but that was not
the kind of chick Cindy was going to be, not if I had any say in the
matter.
And then, the moment of truth. K set me in front of that mirror and
stepped away, and I had my first good look at Cindy Long.
Cindy, I had to grudgingly admit, was cute, in a blonde-coed sort of
way. Truth be told, I felt almost a little disappointed at my first
glimpse of Cindy. After all that fucking work and prep and struggling
and emotional upheaval, I was expecting something pretty damn amazing.
Cindy's body was pretty hot, I'll give her that. Her legs were long and
coltish, in those low-riding skin-tight jeans with just a glimpse of
high heels peeping out from beneath. Jeans like that begged for a
glimpse of trimmed midriff but Cindy was feeling a bit shy; her sweater
hung past her waist, cinched in by a wide open-pleated belt.
Thing is, she was kind of chunky, especially across the shoulders. But
with a rack like that, who'd be checking out shoulders? Her breasts
stood out firm and round beneath her fuzzy peach sweater and a little
crystal bauble glinted and irresistibly drew your attention to that
proud cleavage.
What I liked about Cindy, though--what took my breath away, to be
honest--what scared me about this girl, were her eyes. She had the most
beautiful emerald eyes, somehow wider, the colour more vivid, than I'd
ever seen them, and those flecks of grey in contrast made the green all
the more vibrant. There was hesitancy in those eyes, a trembling
anxiousness--a vulnerability I'd never seen in my eyes before, because I
damn well knew that this trim, young girl was somehow me. I reached up
with one shaky hand to brush a few stray hairs back behind my ear;
bangles clinked and slid down my forearm and my eyes were drawn by those
glimmering silvery strips suspended from my ears and I quickly pulled
back from such a feminine gesture.
Sure, the illusion fell apart