Author's note: Hi! I aimed to make this story a little different. The plot will possible require quite a bit of suspension of disbelief, if you go in expecting two typical (or rather, neurotypical) people.
Note that in line with the personalities of the characters I have opted for more scientific or nerdy terminology in some of the descriptions. While 'adenosine triphosphate' is hardly among the most erotic terms in English language, I hope the reader will regardless find the text entertaining. So go, embrace your inner Spock or Spockette, may you have as much fun reading as I had writing!
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"And finally, we have Harry and Mei!" the young woman announced. There was a mild cheer from the audience.
Harry and Mei were the two best debaters in the club, and their debates were the highlights of the meetings. They were neck to neck in the annual ranking, with the championship decided that very day, the last meeting of the semester. Eternal glory and gloating rights for the winner. It was a big deal.
She was Asian-American, loved her t-shirts and tight jeans almost as much as her black-rimmed glasses. Her jet black hair reached her shoulders, and she usually kept it tied in a tight ponytail. She was skinny and was deficient in the curvature department, but she had a sweet face and an equally sweet personality to compensate for the lack of raw feminity. She often brought cupcakes to the meeting, and they were sorely needed, since most times they exceeded the planned time and went on for hours and hours. Especially if the finale of the night was her and Harry.
He was Caucasian, and nerdy as hell. He'd picked computer science as a major mainly to finally be able to use strict, unambiguous communication protocols without being labeled as a weirdo. He never backed from a battle of logic, and that made him a fearsome opponent. Whereas he lacked Mei's superior planning, knowledge, and people-reading skills, nobody questioned the fact that in raw logical processing power, he was slightly ahead of her. He wasn't very popular with ladies, and he hoped that the championship trophy would give him the boost to finally ask someone out. Chicks dig champions, he had read from an online self-help guide.
"As usual, we will let you guys decide your topic. That has proven very entertaining so far. I'll toss the coin. Mei, heads or tails?" the announcer continued.
"Heads."
The announcer tossed the coin.
"Tails it is! Harry, you pick the topic. Mei chooses her side on it."
Shit. Harry was always better at choosing the side. Topic was hard because of a virtually unlimited number of options, branches, argument chains to forward-simulate. Analysis paralysis. Still, he would have to win this. But Mei was really smart. He needed a curveball. And he needed to out-trap her.
"Harry?" the announcer asked after two minutes of absolute silence, him rubbing his chin frantically.
"Ok, ok. I have a topic. My topic is, 'Mei should fuck Harry'."
"Mei?" there was no shock in the announcer's voice. Controversial, personal, and sensitive topics weren't new with these two. At least this one wasn't about genocides or the optimum way to murder a person.
"I choose 'no' side." Her face was stone. She was already planning her moves, calculating her angles, setting her traps for Harry.
"Great," the announcer replied. "Harry, your opening statement." She went on to sit in the audience.
"Mei, you should fuck me for several reasons. First, sex relieves stress, and I can see you are stressed. This would have a positive impact on your grades, and thus further your career." He started with an obvious, easy one, to get the discussion going.
"No, I should not fuck you. Sex outside of an established relationship carries more risks than perks, especially for women. First, there is pregnancy. Second, there are diseases. Both of these can have life-long impacts, and while having a baby is not automatically negative, we, in our current situations, would not be able to give them a good childhood." Her arguments were easy to counter, as planned. Better get him overconfident.
"These issues are trivial. With the vast majority of birth control methods today, unwanted pregnancies are very rare with two smart, sober adults. I have a condom with me," he said, taking one from his wallet, and putting it on the table. "Although I also know you are a proponent of hormonal birth control from our previous discussions, and thus likely are on the pill."
She gave a nod.
"Second, diseases would not be a problem, at least for you. I am a virgin, as all of you know, and thus I have not had any opportunities to contract a disease. Ergo, no risk of transmission to you."
There were several agreeing murmurs in the audience.
"Perhaps I could not bear the idea of transmitting something to you? It would scar me for life, and thus also have a life-long impact," she replied.
"Have you had unprotected sex?"
"No."
"Have you had any sex?"
"Yes."
"With a human partner, Mei."
"No."