CW: Dubious Consent. The main character is hypnotized against his knowledge.
The inner monologue changes as the story progresses.
All the characters in the story are over 18 years old.
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It finally happened. Now I have to live out of my car. I had heard from an old friend that a gym membership could be helpful for proper shower and storing some valuables. So I decided to sign up for a good gym the first day of my new life.
It was when I was signing up in the gym when I saw him. Well, he recognized me first. With what he had done to his hair and what he was wearing, it was almost impossible for me to recognize him at a glance.
"Rick!" I heard his familiar voice. "Hey dude, it's been so long. How've you been?"
The voice was coming out of a slender blond man. Recognition hit me slowly. It was Seth Martin, one of my old high school friends. We used to be pretty close in school; but drifted apart after graduation. The first thing that struck me was that his hair was dark. And he didn't have to tie it up in a band before.
"It's me dude," He thought I didn't recognize him. "Seth from high school."
"Yeah," I was still too shocked to say anything. "How are you doing?"
"Oh it's been so long." He started hugging me. "We can work out together from now on." Then he commented on my body odour, telling me that I needed a shower. I hesitated to tell him about my situation.
He practically pulled me to the restaurant close to the gym and ordered dinner for two. It's when Seth straight up asked me what was wrong when I truly opened up to him. We were pretty tight when we were young; so talking about my shitty situation seemed normal to me.
"That's messed up." Seth paused for a moment. "You can come over and stay with me for as long as you want."
"No I wouldn't want to be a hassle for you." I felt shame at the thought of getting help like that.
"It won't be a hassle at all." Seth tried to reassure me. "I live in a huge penthouse apartment all by myself. A little company would be great for me."
"How can you afford to live in a place like that?" I blurted out the question without thinking twice.
I remember Seth's family was not rich. And he didn't even go to college.
"Well, I don't own the place of course." Seth mentioned. "It belongs to my sugar daddy."
"Oh!" That completely explains his looks along with some other things.
"I have the place to myself for the whole year." Seth continued. "All I have to do is look good and maintain my figure for him. He only comes by 2 or 3 days every few months. He hasn't visited me in more than five months. And when he stays here, I have to ..."
"Yeah, yeah I get it." I stopped him. "You have to perform."
"I just have to be available, that's all." He finished for me.
"I don't know. I'm not gay dude." I hesitated.
"You don't have to be gay. He's not even here man. Just stay as long as you want." Seth paused for a moment before mentioning. "I wasn't even gay before I met him, I think."
"What?"
"Daddy convinced me to the lifestyle."
''Being gay is not a lifestyle dude.'
"Of course not. I meant the sugar baby lifestyle." Seth corrected himself. "Daddy showed me how good I can have it."
The guy isn't even here. Yet, Seth still calls him daddy.
"So, how long have you been ... living like this?"
"More than two years I think." Seth started talking. "Don't laugh at me. but I've been treating it like a job. You see, there's a good chance of daddy getting bored of me. Then what? So I have to stay fit and... be eager... to serve."
"That sounds weird."
"You can probably figure out the relationship dynamic. But that's enough about daddy. What I want you to know right now is that there's plenty of space for you to crash. He doesn't even have to know. And even if he comes by, I can convince him to let you stay. You might ... hear some things. And that is all."
Now I had the option of going out to my car, and sleeping in the back seat. Or I could go to this luxury penthouse apartment. Sure, I haven't even talked to Seth for more than three years. But I didn't want to experience the homeless lifestyle, given the alternative.
Seth then told me to follow his car. He had a driver that was waiting outside the restaurant. Seth introduced me to the man and we exchanged greetings. When we drove to the skyscraper that Seth was living in, the same driver came up to me. He asked for my car keys and told me that my car would be taken care of. I took out my suitcase with my clothes and handed the keys to the driver.
Seth was questioned at the entrance about me. He told them that I was a guest for his daddy. I didn't correct him and just smiled at the man when he looked at me.
Then Seth led me to a private elevator that only led to the 48th floor of the building. Both of us were quite throughout the elevator ride. The elevator music sounded a little peculiar to me at first, but I got used to it by the time we got to the top.
When we reached to the top floor, there was a small corridor that led to the apartment.
My jaw dropped as soon as the main door opened up. The great room was bigger than my parents' entire house. I saw the large balcony where it seemed like there was a Jacuzzi. Seth showed me around the dining area. He talked about the chef that prepared meals for him every day.
"Of course my meal plan is fixed by my daddy," Seth mentioned. "I can eat out whenever I want. But I have to eat what the chef has prepared for me. It's mostly vegetables and shakes. Of course if you want something else, you can tell me and I can see if we can convince the chef."
"Breakfast lunch and dinner is all I need." I didn't want to be an added burden. "I don't care what I eat."
Seth kissed me on the cheek and told me I was being too nice. I wanted to tell him how nice he was being with me by literally saving my life.
Seth then led me to a corridor that had three door leading to three bedrooms. He told me that only one bedroom actually had a bed in it. And the other two rooms were play rooms. I didn't ask anything else.