"You know, I'm actually very happy, Ko-chan. You've seen the others, right? Always polite, deferential, reliable, but always treated differently. When they all played with the waistbelts, none of them even considered trying to get me to put one on."
She put me down and rubbed my head, "To them, I will always be the Young Mistress of the Flame Family, someone untouchably above them, forever. You, on the other hand, have none of their ingrained societal class behaviors."
"You even dared to shove me out of the crowd without asking. Did you see the looks of horror on the other's face when you did that? It was almost worth it just to see those looks." She laughed bitterly while remembering the looks.
I wasn't quite expecting her to pour her heart out to me when she took me away, but I was glad when she did it. She always acted so perfect, regal even, in most situations that I couldn't understand why there was such a difference in how she treated people. I was happy we finally seemed to be getting closer than just 'council peers'.
"So then the reason you act so nonchalantly in the student council is..." The question I had wanted to know the longest found its way out of my mouth.
"If I don't act like that, all my interactions with them are so sterile. By acting on a whim, they have to react at the moment and not just play out their pre-rehearsed platitudes and behaviors." She thought for a minute and then kissed me on my cheek. "Basically, thanks for being you. That said, I think I still owe you a gift for earlier."
She kneeled down and held up a length of leather with a clasp on the end, "You see, the more I like something, the more I like to tease it, and it seems I like you quite a lot." With a little snap, she attached the leash to my collar and started to walk off.
"My Lady, you said you weren't mad, why does it sound like I'm about to be punished?" I protested as I struggled with my arms a bit, but all I managed to do was jingle the locks attached to the armbinder.
"What punishment? I said it was a gift, so it's a gift!" Matsuko's playful voice shut down all of my complaints.
"Are you sure? It feels like a gift I'm not going to like, though. I guess I don't mind gifts in the end, though." I stumbled as I tried to keep up with the chain between my ankles.
* * *
The other three caught up to us as Matsuko was browsing some shelves in one of the nearby stalls. "Well, they're still together, so that's the worst case averted." Hinari whispered to the other two. "Yeah, but she's got Ko-chan on a leash, so something definitely happened." Sakari replied. "Matsuko seems happy." Naruyo chimed in.
"We found you finally. What are you two up to?" Hinari spoke up to catch our attention.
"Um... Matsuko said she's going to get me a gift..." I summarized what happened earlier.
"Doomed." "Definitely doomed." "Nice knowing you, Ko-chan." All three said what I was thinking inside, which definitely did not help the encroaching feeling of calamity in my heart.
"You girls! Why does no one believe the altruistic feelings in my heart when I give gifts?" Matsuko called back from the other side of the shelf. "Ah, this is the one, and in just the right size too. Come over here, Ko-chan~" The leash was yanked, and I was pulled behind the shelf to where Matsuko was holding some kind of leather device.
"Um.. what is it?" I didn't recognize it at first glance, but from the evil grin on Matsuko's face, I knew it was nothing good for me.
"You're about to find out. First, we have to get this collar off of you." She fished a key out of her waist pouch and moved behind me. A pair of clicks sounded, and she opened the collar from my neck and let it hang loose in front of me. "Ready, Ko-chan? Open up~" She brought down the leather device from behind me and held it up in front of my face. On the inside of the rigid leather was a huge shaped chunk of rubber sticking out from the middle.
"Wait, I'm not ready! There's no way that'll fit!" I clenched my jaw shut to avoid whatever this monstrosity was, but she just laughed. "Well, I didn't expect you to cooperate easily, but I'll let you know that the current you has no chance to resist." She let go of the leather device with one hand, and a few seconds later, the vibrators still locked between my legs sprang to life. I couldn't resist letting out a gasp of surprise, and that was all the opening it took for Matsuko to shove the rubber plug into my mouth. She shifted her grip and started to press in from the front and back at the same time. With the vibrators' distraction, I could barely put up any resistance, and the gag was pushed all the way to the back of my throat.
"Focus on breathing steadily, Ko-chan, I'm nowhere near done yet." Matsuko whispered into my ear and smiled, then she put one hand on top of my head and the other under my chin, then pressed firmly. My teeth were forced to bite down into channels that felt like they were perfectly molded to my teeth. The air was forced out, tickling my gums, and I could feel an unfamiliar suction inside my mouth. Reflexively, I tried to open my mouth again when she let go, but I found that my jaw was clamped shut around the rubber plug and I didn't have the strength in my jaw to dislodge the suction that was formed. Even my tongue was trapped and pressed down, unable to exert any pressure on anything. The sensation of the plug completely filling my mouth and rubbing against the back of my throat when I swallowed was unsettling, but there was nothing I could do about it.
Matsuko saw me struggling with my jaw and smiled. "It's pretty effective, isn't it? You can't remove it without a special method, even if your arms were free. Of course, I'm still not done with you, so hold still." She wrapped the rigid leather part around to the back of my neck and I realized its true shape. It covered my face from just above my nose down to my neck and laced up the back. As Matsuko pulled the laces tighter and tighter, it pressed more and more against the lower half of my face and neck. I found it harder to move my neck, and as a side effect, it also worked to clamp my jaw shut even tighter around the rubber in my mouth.
A few minutes went by and Matsuko tied the laces off behind my head and then I heard the sound of a zip and several clicks. It seemed like I was going to be wearing this for a while... "The neck corset is done, just one last thing to do." Matsuko reached over my shoulder and grabbed the collar hanging from the shoulder chains in front of me. She pulled it back up to my neck and closed it on top of the neck corset before locking it shut like before. The 10cm collar covered most of the corset around my neck and made sure that the corset would definitely not be able to be removed while the collar was still locked on.
Matsuko moved around in front of me and clapped her hands together. "Ko-chan, what do you think of my gift? It fits you perfectly, doesn't it? I just knew it would suit you~" I tried to respond, but the best I could do was a low muffled groan and some heavy breathing. I couldn't even turn my head to look around without turning my entire torso either, it was certainly a restriction I would have to get used to.
The other three finally approached, stifling laughs and making mocking comments "Wow, it really suits you well, Ko-chan!" "Matsuko sure is generous with her gifts~" "Very fitting. A perfect addition."
With a short tug on my leash, Matsuko started walking again. "The adventure continues~" She yelled out and pulled me along towards more unseen marvels.
* * *
We snaked our way back and forth across the convention hall, seeing panels, visiting shops, and watching the finals of the escape tournament. Two girls were tied into excruciatingly tight ballties and had thirty minutes to escape. At the end, the judges would decide who made more progress, if neither was able to free herself completely. After a half an hour, one girl had managed to slip a wrist free and loosen some of the ropes on her ankles, while the other was still stuck at the entrance line. The winner got a trophy and her pick of gear donated by the nearby stalls, while the loser won an additional two hours to escape before the end of the convention.
I was unable to interject quite as much now that I was wearing Matsuko's gift, but I managed to convince Hinari to take a chance and sucker Sakari into an impromptu rock-paper-scissors bet. After some quick games, Hinari got some company while Sakari got a pair of panties matching Hinari's. Matsuko entertained herself by turning them on and off alternatingly and watching the two squirm. She never turned off my vibrators, but I had somewhat gotten used to their constant buzzing by now and was able to move around reasonably well without staggering and squirming all the time.
We saw Asami one more time in the closing hour of the convention, and she seemed to be in an even more foul mood than the last time. Her ass was bright red and covered in crisscrossed crop marks, and despite her face being tear-stained, she was still glaring death over towards us.
At one of the last stalls we visited as the clock approached midnight, Matsuko suddenly stopped and turned around towards me. "I am suddenly reminded that, on the way here, you complained quite a bit about how uncomfortable your seatbelt was. How about we get you a car seat for the way back? I'm sure it would be more comfortable." My first thought was about why they would be selling car seats at a bondage convention, but then when Matsuko got out of the way and I could see clearly, it all made sense.
This was no regular car seat. Advertising the highest level of rider comfort and security, these seats offered five, seven, or nine point seatbelts, with optional extra straps for the legs and arms. The demonstration units had mannequins in them, and the video screen showed a simulated crash where the rider was held completely safe and secure even in a dangerous wreck.
I tried to protest and say I didn't need it, but since I couldn't really express myself properly in my current state, my objections were summarily ignored. "Now, which one would work best? We'll need one in a small size, since it's Ko-chan." She started discussing with the vendor and was shown some of the features of the product. A few minutes later she came back and talked to the council members "She only has one in Ko-chan's size, so I decided to get it."
Hinari danced around on the spot as she said, "With Ko-chan's size, at least the box will be easy to fit in the car."
I tried to glare at her, but she was distracted by someone pushing a cart over towards us with a box on it. On its side you could see an image of the contents of the box, a carseat with a nine point seatbelt, leg belts, and no armrests. "It doesn't have armrests, but since you always hold your arms behind your back anyways, Ko-chan, I felt it wouldn't be a problem if you had to sit with your arms behind you during car trips."
Looking at the other side of the box that showed someone sitting in the seat, you could tell that "no armrests" didn't just mean there was no place to rest your arms, but that the cushioning literally did not leave enough room for the rider to have their arms in front of them. It was designed for a passenger with her arms tied behind her.
I whined a bit, but the muzzle I was wearing silenced all of my complaints. Matsuko patted me on the cheek and took it as my silent assent. She smiled. "I knew you would like it. I'm sure it will make your trips more comfortable. Now, there's only about five minutes left before the convention ends, so how do you feel about heading for the entrance and getting changed back into our normal clothes? We also need to find Asami before we leave."