[Note to readers: This story features a narrator attracted to his cousin, but there is no sex with the cousin. If that is not your cup of tea, there are plenty of other stories around. It is also a fairly long story, with a backstory that leads to one very detailed sex scene. Again, might not be for you if you want a short stroker. Thanks to Carnevil9 for proofreading. Any faults belong to me.]
"It's a variation of speed dating," my cousin explained. "Except at this event, everyone wears blindfolds, so you have to indicate a preferred match based just on the conversation, eliminating the visual bias. Like an old-fashioned blind dates before phone cameras made pics so easy to share."
"And you want me to attend because you think I'm so ugly I wouldn't get a date the regular way?"
"No silly," she laughed. "I always have more women than men that want to attend these events I organize, and the blindfold aspect seems to have discouraged even more guys- I guess men really are superficial about who they date. Then I thought of you- divorced a year, and not once have you dated. I'm getting tired of being your safety date for functions. People must be starting to think we are kissing cousins."
Turnabout is fair play. If I didn't do her a favour and attend one of her events soon, she might stop attending things with me.
My cousin Melissa ("call me Mel") was a real hottie and I did have deep seated fantasies about her. Vain hopes they might become true was part of the reason I kept asking her to accompany me to events. My interest in her speed dating business was just a ruse to talk to her. Every time I heard her honey toned voice my cock got stiff.
I was glad the conversation was over the phone, because I felt my blush warm my cheeks. Talking on the phone allowed me to unleash the monster and give it a rub. But I had to keep the conversation going if I hoped to get off. Not having had sex since my wife left me in the middle of our twenty-fifth anniversary vacation cruise for a scuba instructor in the islands made me extra horny. Porn had its limits and I was starting to feel pathetic. The incestuous urges flooded me with shame. Combined with the circumstances of losing my wife, I felt like a total loser. Asking women out was just impossible in that state of mind.
"I do owe you one- more than one," I admitted. "But if I don't end up with at least one match, you need to set me up with your easiest sleaziest girlfriend so I break my dry spell."
That would never work. I'd be thinking of Mel the whole time. Then I smiled, because thinking of Mel might give me the stiffness to properly fuck any of her pals- from blonde bombshell Patty to sporty ginger Amber. Gawd, I was so ashamed of those thoughts, I barely heard Mel's chuckle, or what she said next.
"My best friends help at the events, they don't participate. Harriet is the only one single right now. If you agree she can be the safety date, we have a deal."
Harriet was in her thirties, never married. Never even in a serious relationship in the time I had known her through Mel. Plain as a paper bag, which might be what I would need to fuck her while I closed my eyes and thought of Mel.
"Deal- if you guarantee she's a sure thing."
If I was going to be a jerk, might as well be all-in.
"She's desperate for guys to notice her, that much I know. I'm sure she won't even mind if you close your eyes and imagine you are fucking Amber, or Patty."
Mel seemed clueless about being my actual lust object. That was good. I hoped to keep it that way. Accepting her offer would help that situation.
"Plus she always brags that in college she got a reputation for giving the best head." Mel tried to close the deal.
"How do I know she didn't start the rumour herself?"
"She had to learn how to get dates."
"So maybe you started the rumour to help her- without the gossip, the talented tongue would only ensure second dates."
"No- I taught her all my tricks, that's how I helped her. Harriet only gave the second best blow jobs on campus," Mel giggled.
My cock told my brain it was beat and I agreed to attend the event the following Wednesday. Mel had booked the private dining room at the nicest restaurant in town. Even though their were no meals involved, it would be a great atmosphere- although with everybody blindfolded, decor didn't matter.
"The guys assemble in the lobby at 7:45," Mel explained. "Amber will hand out the blindfolds. The women will already be seated and blindfolded by Patty and me. We will guide you guys in to your first tables around 8:00."
"See you then. Or maybe I'll not you see," I said. Mel hung up just as I caught my great gobs of goo in my free hand.
Wednesday after work I showered, using up all the hot water, because the only way to calm my nerves was to jerk off thinking about how Mel might look on her knees giving Harriet blow job lessons. Except images of Amber and Patty kept squeezing poor Harriet out of the picture. I dressed in my best suit, even though female participants wouldn't see it. Maybe I would impress Amber or Patty.
There were fifteen or twenty guys nervously sizing each other up in the lobby when I arrived. I wasn't worried about the muscular jock types. The strange nature of this event meant my real competition was the nerdy professor sort in the tweed jacket, or maybe the accountant I recognized- but though he was bright, I knew from a few work socials that he could not carry a conversation. Numbers and the tax code were his favourite topics. Admittedly, I had similar worries about myself- I sure did not want to talk about cruises, scuba diving, or vacations in general. My prepared fall back topics were classic movies, hiking spots, and favourite novels. One Hitchcock or John Irving fan among the women and I was all set.
But to my surprise after Amber blindfolded me, and someone led me to a table, Melissa announced. "Guys and gals, your first opening topic of conversation will be to start with the guys saying, 'my favourite soup is..'. you then have three minutes from there to take the discussion where it goes. At the end, put the square card at your right side if you are interested in a match with that person. The round card means 'no thanks'. You will have a different starter line at each table. We will collect everybody's cards as you move, and email anybody who has a match with the details."
I was exasperated by the soup line, fumbled badly, and the first table went so poorly that we were silent well before Mel announced time to place a card and for the men move over one table- with her assistants guiding us. I had no doubt that my opposite number also picked the round card, but enjoyed the feel of my guide's breast pressed against my arm. My cock swelled.
The second table required the women to start with 'I have always wanted to visit...' which I thought was a better opener, except for my phobia about how travel had cost me my marriage, which at least reduced the swelling of my cock. I spent the three minutes pondering whether my wife was already bored of me before that trip, and barely managed to keep up the chat until time was called. My next move was guided by someone with barely any boob at all, but I got a cheap thrill as her hip bumped mine.
About an hour later, we were instructed to remove the blindfolds, and join the hostesses for drinks. I knew that I had only placed three square cards to request a match- one with a gal who took a starter line about 'my favourite animal' to confess her love of horses in a very sensually loaded way; another of the woman that responded to my saying 'in my next life I want to come back as a duck' by replying 'because it rhymes with fuck'; and the third and final one, my last table-mate, with whom I had a great conversation in spite of the opener being me having to describe my favourite shoes. It seemed that we both had fetishes for footwear. I hoped she also square carded me the most, although the second one seemed like a sure thing to break my celibacy streak- just a bit too anxious.
Masks removed, I'm sure we all wondered who each person of the opposite gender had been, but we were forbidden from asking. I got no sparks during that mingling, which was so dull that I got trapped in a conversation with the accountant, who had done the math and determined that oddly, excluding the organizers, there was one fewer woman than man, yet we all had the same number of 'blindfolded dates'.