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Colin tapped the phone screen, frowning. He scrolled through a number of articles without success. Noah, his gym buddy, racked the bar on the bench press and laughed at him.
"You know," Noah said, sitting up on the bench, "There's just not much out there for sexy pranks if you're a guy."
Colin nodded. Women seemed to have the monopoly on trying sexy things for April Fool's Day. Colin wasn't much of a prankster in the first place but he wanted to have some fun with Grace, his moderately-new girlfriend. They were four months into their relationship and he wanted to shake things up. His last two girlfriends ended things first, citing a lack of creativity on his part within the framework of dating. That was nebulous and Colin hadn't understood. When pressed for explanation, neither had (at each respective break-up) offered up further details.
Maybe it was just him. He was sure going to try with Grace, though. He really liked her. She was down-to-earth, fun, smart, and she had a quiet way around her that didn't demand attention. Colin really liked her. He always looked forward to seeing her and they had a growing relationship that seemed to play off each other better than his past girlfriends. His exes, numbering half a dozen in total, were long gone in the rearview mirror. He was with a woman who was confident and conformable with herself. She impressed him.
Now he would try to impress her ... or at least tease her a bit.
"Hot damn! I found it," Noah announced. Colin looked over, eyebrows raised, waiting.
"So," Noah explained, "Here's an app where the two of you log in, link with each other, and then pick out fantasies or kinks you like. And if there's a match, it lets you know. It's a safe way of trying to share things that you'd be shy about. If there isn't a match, nothing gets shared."
Colin grinned, "And I'll just pick all of them and see what she's into, huh?" he said.
"No, stupid. Grace is too clever for that," Noah said, frowning, "If you did that, she'd figure out real quick you were faking it. Man, you are not good at this! Just pick a few fantasies and see what happens. If nothing hits, well, okay at least you're being creative. If something does hit, hey, you'll have some inside scoop on her kinks. And you can have a laugh about it afterward."
Colin pasted the URL into his phone's browser, clicked on the app, and downloaded it. It was free. He scanned the list of kinks. There were all kinds of things in there. He started tapping at random, picking here and there without reading what he was selected. Grace would also pick and he could laugh about any matches with her later.
April Fool!
He sent her a text with the app info and said it might be something fun for them to do.
Moments later a shocked emoji face popped up on his screen. A question mark and a thinking face followed shortly after.
Then: I like it. I'm in.
Colin enjoyed getting texts from Grace. She responded quickly for the most part and yet he never felt needy. She recently started to send memes just for fun. There was more joking and flirting and he matched her energy. They didn't text all day long, though, and the pace just felt right to him. He decided right then he simply loved having her in his life.
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Grace texted Colin an hour later.
Come home
That was odd. First, they lived in different places. Colin was roommates with two other guys in a big apartment that was right downtown, not that it was much of a downtown. Grace wasn't far away but she never referred to her place as 'home' before. The verbiage had been 'my place' or 'your place.' This was a change.
His phone dinged again.
NOW
Moments later, a video link popped up on his phone. He tapped the link. Onscreen, Grace smiled at him, waved, and put the phone down on the dresser next to her bed facing her. Colin recognized the white cotton robe she wore. It had strawberries on it and it was soft and comfortable. Grace faced away from the camera, still in full view, and shrugged the robe off her shoulders. Skin ... white, soft, beautiful skin came into view as the material slid lower. It revealed more and more of her back. She wore nothing above the waist. Colin's mouth went dry and his heart quickened as the robe fell to the floor. She was completely nude. She looked over her shoulder at the camera, winked and wiggled her bare ass at him. She walked out of the bedroom doorway to the front room, hips swaying. She was completely naked. He could hear her call out, sing-song, "I'm waiting."
He went home, NOW.
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The sex was enthusiastic. As soon as Colin got in her apartment, Grace pinned him against the door and pressed her body into his.
"Get hard for me, please," she whimpered, her hands fumbling at his pants. It took no time before her hands were inside the waistband of his boxers, yanking them down. His knees buckled as she knelt and took him in her mouth, working him to get him hard. He responded and she dragged him to the ground, climbing on top. She was soaking wet and slid right down the length of his cock. She ground into him, her heavy breasts easy access for his hands and mouth. Shortly after, she came with a shudder and a cry. She collapsed onto his body.
Play it cool Colin thought to himself, letting Grace catch her breath. She had never been this aggressive before and he knew it was something he had sent. They must have gotten a match.
"So," he asked casually, "Which one did you like?"
"I haven't wanted to say anything or make you feel uncomfortable or weird," Grace said, a grin spreading across her face. "I'm thrilled because It's always been a fantasy. I'm so glad you did this. I'm excited now because I was shy and embarrassed to ask. I brought it up once with a boyfriend and he rejected me and dumped me, basically on the spot."
Oh, shit. What did he pick? He nodded, encouraging Grace to go on.
"I love that you want to touch another man. I think it's really sexy."
Colin's heart dropped.
"I know a ton of guys are into the girl-girl thing," Grace said, "but two guys jerking each other off is just primal. A penis exists for sex. I'm not a man but I've seen how it controls you guys," she was getting into the discussion now, "and so for two guys doing that with each other, or you just jerking off another guy, that's so fucking hot. And that it's not just me thinking about it is even hotter."
She paused and let out a satisfied sigh, resting her body against his. She looked like a cat curled up with a favorite person, entirely content.
"I'm so glad I can talk about this with you. It makes me so happy there's common ground here. After the other reaction, I would be too afraid to say anything ever again," she looked up at him, "I really like you, Colin, and I don't want to lose you over some nonsensical homophobic reaction."
She reached her body up, her breasts pressing against his chest, and kissed him on the tip of the nose.
