=== Friendly warning: This story includes piss play ===
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I was woken up by soaring heat, a throbbing headache and taste of dirt on my lips.
At first I hesitated to open my eyes, because I was scared of what I would see. I was confused and desperately trying to put my memories together. How much did we drink last night?!
After a few seconds, I opened my eyes and tried to get myself up. The ground under me was hard and dusty - it must have really messed up my back if I really slept there the entire night. The back of my neck was burning - I probably got a sunburn from laying out here for the whole morning. My suit was most likely torn, dirty and ruined, but I had different priorities. I had to find out where the hell I was.
I looked around and saw nothing. Nothing but miles and miles of badlands. The only distraction was a solitary, unkempt road, which must have been the way I got here. Aside from that, there was no building, person or any other sign of civilization I could see.
Fuck.
I forced myself to get on the move - following the road, little stones crunching under my expensive leather shoes. I was trying to put my memories together. We were celebrating a coworker's birthday... and we might have gotten a bit carried away. We started drinking early and then I blacked out at around 8 PM. Then I distinctly remember someone saying "let's go on a road trip!" And then I was in the interior of a car, asking the guys to pull over, because I had to take a piss. And then nothing.
Somehow, they must have left me by the side of the road and forget about me. Or do this as a stupid drunken prank. They were probably freaking out at this point... I pulled my phone to let the jerkasses know where I was and to come and pick me up.
My hopes jumped up when I managed to find my phone safely in my pocket, but quickly dropped after I saw that the screen was cracked and that the battery was completely drained. It wouldn't even turn on! Upon closer inspection, I discovered I was also missing my keys and my wallet. Panic was slowly and surely starting to get the better of me.
I sped up but it was mostly with no use - who knew how many miles of this wasteland was to come? Based on the position of the sun, it must have been around noon. How far could I get before sundown?
Suddenly, a luxurious car passed right by me, missing me just by a few inches, going at least ninety miles per hour. I got startled at first and cursed out the driver from the distance, but then it hit me. Why don't I just hitchhike?! Based on the fact that I was in the middle of nowhere, it was probably going to be a crapshoot - but it was the only real chance I had.
I stopped walking and turned around. I pulled up my hand with my thumb pointing straight up and waited. And then I waited some more. The heat was slowly cooking me up in my suit so I soon dropped my jacket. During the first twenty minutes, two cars passed me by but neither one of them even slowed down.
I was starting to lose hope when I saw another, much slower vehicle coming from behind the horizon. I stepped closer to the road, determined to get this one. It turned out to be a bus. That lowered my hopes a little bit - there was little chance he was going to make a random stop outside of a bus station - but I didn't give up. The cranky old bus got closer and closer and, to my amazement, it started slowing down!
Oh, thank god!! I basically ran to the front door, which opened as I got closer. I noticed that the bus was completely empty, aside from the driver. He was a big, tough looking guy - bald, broad shoulders with an earring in his ear. His eyes looked me up and down as he saw me. He looked very surprised to find someone out here.
"Thank you!!" I said, my voice all raspy from the wild night.
"What the hell are you doing out here, man?" he asked me, his tone a little suspicious. Seeing a guy in a suit washed up in the middle of badlands probably wasn't something he saw every day.
"Long story... I wished I remembered more of it," I responded, "Do you think I could hitch a ride to the city?"
He shrugged his shoulders.
"Gotta pay the fare, just like everyone else," he replied, "The boss is on my ass. If I get caught taking a single passenger for free, I'm fired, no questions asked."
My hands immediately reached deep into my pockets, but aside from my useless phone, they were empty. And so were the ones on my jacket.
"I have nothing," I said, my voice desperate, "Come on, man - once you drop me off in the city, I can pay you back-"
"No way," he interrupted me, shaking his head, "I ain't falling for that one again."
"Surely you're not just gonna leave me here! Please, man, don't make me get on my knees!" I begged.
He opened his mouth to say no, but then he stopped before saying anything. His eyes scanned me up from top to bottom once again and a strange smirk emerged on his face.
"On your knees, huh... Tell you what, there might be a spot for you on this bus - one that wouldn't cost you a single dollar."