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Rebel: 10

Diesel: 5

Rebel: 20

Diesel: You don’t counteroffer with a higher number.

Rebel: YOU don’t. I do.

Fuck her. No, fuck everything.

Diesel. Fine. 10.

Rebel: Deal.

Rebel: How old were you when you first had sex?

He considered lying but wondered if she knew the goddamn truth. Instead, he hedged.

Diesel: My sex life has nothing to do with your knowledge of sex.

Rebel: Very limited knowledge. Just answer.

Diesel: 15

Rebel: IRL, do you always have sex with the lights off.

Although he breathed a sigh of relief that she didn’t delve deeper into his answer or use him as a guidepost for her, he reread her question two times before he responded.

Diesel: In real life as opposed to porn?

Rebel: Yes.

Diesel: No. It’s your choice if you want the lights on or not.

Rebel: How do you like it?

Diesel: Do you really want to use one of your sex ed questions to ask that?

Rebel: I guess not.

Diesel: Thought so. Next.

Rebel: Does sex hurt?

Diesel: Not unless you want it to.

Rebel: Oh. That has to do with MBSD?

Diesel considered the letters and smiled.

Diesel: BDSM. Bondage. Domination. Sadism. Masochism.

Rebel: What’s that like?

Diesel: That’s not my thing.

Rebel: For real, for real? You like to be in control and you’re a sadist. That sounds like your thing.