"Yeah, once he's like this, you can do anything you want with him."
We had crushed on Karen for ages. She was adorable, with bright blond hair, a wonderful smile and an infectious laugh. I'd known her for years, and Maggie liked her as soon as I introduced them, back when Maggie and I first got together. She was always so cute, and we were close enough to be there for her when other things went wrong- breakups, drama with friends. When Maggie and I moved in together, and later bought a house, she was always there to listen to our troubles and complaints. She confided in us and we in her. When Maggie and I talked privately, we admitted how attracted to her we both were. We even told her once, after planning and worrying about it. She was flattered, of course, but didn't think it was her kind of thing- she was worried about our friendship. We were close enough to talk about anything and everything, and had gone shopping for sex toys together, but that line seemed too much to cross. Karen had always been a real sweetheart, though, and we stayed close. Talking all the time online, hanging out as a group or in pairs, it seemed nothing had really changed.
But one day, just talking about the kinds of things we had tried, I mentioned the rope and the book on Japanese bondage Maggie had bought ages ago. Karen seemed intrigued, but didn't know a lot about it. I playfully offered to show her- it didn't have to turn into anything serious. She seemed intrigued, and I was a little surprised. I didn't want to pressure her into anything, but she seemed genuinely interested- as long as it didn't turn into anything. After a few discussions online with me, and then a few with Maggie, we set a date.
I was nervous as we walked into the bedroom, but I figured it'd all be in good fun. Clothes were staying on, since it wasn't going to turn into anything too crazy. Just like we said. I took off my shirt, so I was wearing an undershirt and jeans, with Maggie in a simple tee-shirt and jeans, and Karen was wearing a skirt and a polo. Maggie took the black rope out of a drawer in my nightstand and all of us began grinning.
"So this is about twenty-five feet. I thought it was silk, at first, but it's actually not- some kind of plastic, I think? Anyway, it's soft- feel it." She held out the coil of rope and we sat down on the bed- me at the end, Maggie and Karen along the side. Karen took it in her hands and unwound a little bit, running her fingertips along it.
"Oh wow, it is! I had thought it would be rougher." She bit her lip, then smiled, but Maggie did see it anyway. "So what do you do with it? I mean, duh, but like, how do you start?"
Maggie came over to me with the rope and unwound it the rest of the way. "Well, we kinda came up with this one together. It kinda looks like a star when we're done. Start in the middle at the base of his neck, like this." She ran it through her hands till she found the ends and worked backwards from there. I looked a little over my shoulder at her and smiled a bit. I was nervous already- I felt like they should have been able to hear my heart going. But this was just a bit of fun, right? Nothing was going to change after this. Why was it getting to me so much? I swear my skin tingled when she ran her fingers along my neck and draped the rope down.
"Then you go under his arms and around the bicep here, maybe two or three times. And then you can feed it through, like that, so it stays." Maggie rested her hand on my bare shoulder once she was done, and smiled at me. "Karen, do you want to try the other one, maybe? It goes back and forth a bit- the whole knot, I mean." I looked away quickly, hoping they wouldn't see my eyes go wide. I could already feel my cock stirring in my jeans. What was Maggie up to? I didn't want to ruin this, or make them feel awkward, but my breath was coming quicker already.
"Oh! Um, I mean, if that's okay with you guys, sure!" I stared straight ahead and caught Maggie's eye in the mirror. Did she just wink at me? Karen came to my other side and sat down next to me. I sat up a bit straighter and tried to slow down my breathing and my heart.
"Yeah, now go across to me, and just run the rope under the loops. This keeps it from getting too tight, too, which is nice." Maggie's hands on my shoulder and neck and back were normal enough, but feeling Karen starting to touch me was new: exciting, a little scary, but really nice. Two people I trusted as much as anyone in the world, but still I felt it. I smiled, weakly, and Karen smiled back- all fun and energy to her. I could see the wheels turning in her head, and when Maggie gave her the next instruction, passing the rope to my wrist on the other side, holding my hands behind my back, she stuck out her tongue just a bit, poking the tip out between her lips as she concentrated. I turned my head straight forward and tried to think of something else.
"There, not too tight, and now he's really not moving too much. There's just enough on each end to get back up to that loop at the back of his neck, too." Maggie pulled the rope a bit, and my wrists came up with it. The rope left me a little slack to wiggle, but I wasn't moving my hands from my sides or pushing my elbows around much for a while. "And then we just tie it off, here." Karen helped on her side, and I felt her fingertips rest on my wrist just a bit. When the last knot was done, both of them rested their hands on my shoulders. It was the simplest touch, something any friends could do, but this time I had to try really hard not to sigh with contentment.
"That looks so cool! It does look like a star this way." Karen leaned behind my back and plucked at the strings once or twice. "And wow, he's not going to go anywhere like this, huh?" She giggled a bit, and Maggie did too. Maggie pulled a bit on the ropes high on my back and my balance shifted- I wobbled, and fell back on the bed as she and Karen laughed. Karen held a hand to her mouth as she snorted from laughing, and I was worried I was starting to blush. I tried to sit up, but the angle was all wrong and I sunk into the bed a bit instead, looking up at the ceiling, then back and forth between them.
"Yeah, once he's like this, you can do anything you want with him." Maggie grinned a bit, and put her hand on my stomach, looking to Karen. Karen was quiet, and I saw her bite her bottom lip again. I looked to Maggie, suddenly nervous, and she looked to me and smiled. Silently she nodded and mouthed, "Trust me." I relaxed. I did, I always did.
"Anything I want, huh?" She hesitated a bit, and looked to Maggie, who just smiled and nodded. Her hand came down to my chest, and she leaned over me a bit.
I shrugged, as much as the rope would allow. "I mean, yeah. I'm kinda stuck here." Maggie touched my thigh gently, and Karen rubbed her fingers into my chest a bit.
