Ringmaster Ch. 06: Back at Apartment

I was finished with all my classes, so there was really only one place to go. Back home. Taking in a deep breath of the fresh air in the garden and relishing the feelings on my lips, I sighed happily. I now had Vanessa, Regina, and Danna as my girlfriends. I still wasn't quite sure where Summer fell on the line, but she was an encouraging part of it. She at least kissed me and Vanessa, though I hadn't seen her kiss Danna at all. I looked down at my ring with a smile. I didn't even really have to use it for Danna and Summer except for not letting them leave.

Still, there was that lingering feeling in the back of my mind. I didn't have to use the ring on them. I didn't need to make Danna into girls or make Summer kiss Vanessa, so, were they always like that? If so, why hadn't I noticed it before? I sighed before readjusting my bag and heading off towards my apartment. Maybe Regina would have some kind of answers, or maybe some advice for my date tonight. I definitely had more pep in my step as I walked back. I couldn't wait to tell Regina the good news.

As I unlocked the door, the sound of the TV was on. It was tuned to the history channel and sitting on the couch was Regina, idly munching on a handful of chips. "Oh, hey Ringmaster. Didn't expect you back so soon." She muted the documentary she was watching and quickly snarfed down her chips. "So, how'd today go for you?" She looked me over from top to bottom. "What's with that energy?"

Almost instinctively, I pulled Regina in for a kiss, her chains clinking around. "I have some fantastic news!" I squealed excitedly.

Regina chuckled her usual half-hearted tone, but in a caring way. "So, what happened? You were only gone a few hours."

I blushed as I fidgeted slightly with my hands and twirled my hair. "So, I may have gotten us a dinner date tonight."

"Well, how about- Wait, what do you mean, us?" Regina asked, curiously as she put her hand on her hip.

"So, there's this girl in my class, Danna, and Vanessa and I made out with her and her translator Summer then invited us to dinner tonight," I said, still blushing and thinking about how nice Danna's lips felt.

Regina stared at me for a bit before smiling proudly. "Now that's one hell of a Ringmaster," she said as she put her arm around me. "One day with the ring and you're already a massive valadin!"

"Aww, than- Wait, what's a valadin?" I asked, as I pulled her closer.

She decided to respond by twirling me around towards the couch. I fell back onto it as she then rested her chin into my cleavage. "You know. A valadin. A girl who gets a lot of sex?"

I pulled back away from Regina a bit. "Are you calling me a slut? All I did was kiss them."

"What? No," Regina said, looking very offended. "Ugh, I hate that word. Everyone all thinks that sex is some monumental achievement for guys or something. Well, news flash, girls like sex too and some of us are really great at it." She crossed her arm, which only served to push up her tits. "A valadin is, I guess for you people, it's like a casanova or a stud."

"Huh, I guess we don't have a word for girls like that."

"Well, you do now," Regina said, getting off her soap box and resting her head on my tits. "So, we've got a dinner date tonight? How cute is she?"

"9.5. Summer is an 8."

"Hot damn, Ringmaster," Regina purred. "Well, we got plenty of time before we have to go. What do you want to do?"

"I want to practice with you," I said with all the confidence of a baby deer.

Regina couldn't help but look at me and chuckle. "You know, you are, by far, the absolute cutest Ringmaster I've ever had." She held my cheeks in her hands and kissed me firmly on the lips. Her kiss still felt wonderfully electric. I think I surprised her this time by pushing into the kiss, my heart racing as we locked lips. "So," Regina said after a few minutes of enjoying each other's lips, "What kind of practice were you thinking about? You certainly don't need any training when it comes to making out."

"It's everything else," I said, red in the face and reeling about all the kisses I've had today. "I haven't had a date in years. I hardly know what to do."

"Oh, just be yourself," Regina said, taking a seat on the couch and spreading out. I took a seat next to her. She looked over at me before leaning over and resting her head in my lap. "Look, they clearly all like you," Regina said, adjusting herself to give me a great view of her cleavage while she closed her eyes. "I could sense that you barely used the ring today."

"Yeah, that was weird," I said as I looked down at it. "I didn't need the ring to make either Danna or Summer like me."

"See? Told you, Ringmaster," Regina said, stretching and non-so-subtly brushing against my tits.

"Look, I still want to practice what to do on a date," I stammered, trying not to get flustered by Regina's cute face. "Can you and I just go on a practice date?"

"Sure," Regina said, sitting up. She turned to me and crossed her legs. "Alright, so, we're on our first date," Regina said as she adjusted her hair. "So, you and I have liked each other for awhile, and I guess now we're finally going out, huh?" Almost immediately, Regina's bored and half-hearted personality got exchanged for an incredibly cute, naive girl. "We've been going to classes together for some time. What made you finally decide to ask me out?"

Her personality, her mannerisms, her everything just did a complete 180! It was like talking to someone completely different. "Oh, um, well, I..." I stammered, unable to really form a good coherent thought. I blushed hard and put my head between my hands. "Ah, I can't do it!"

Regina chuckled at me. "Oh, embarrassed about our first date?" she said, still in her adorable voice. "Well, I'm a little embarrassed too. It's my first time with a woman as well. God, you're so beautiful." I could not handle her. I simply could not handle the amount of adorable emanating from her.

"You are not playing fair," I groaned, leaning forward and placing my head in her lap.

"Oh my, going this far already?" Regina said with an unfairly cute chuckle. "I mean, I guess we could skip dinner and get right into dessert." I immediately picked my head up. She laughed loudly, needing to wipe a tear away from how hard she was laughing. "Look, Ringmaster," she said, shifting back to her bored demeanor, "You're fine when it comes to going out for a date. You're putting way too much pressure on yourself. You've got, what, 3 girls basically falling for you? Just be yourself and be natural. What do you know about Danna and Summer?"

"Uh, not really too much," I said. All I really knew was that Danna was rich and mute and that Summer was her translator.

"Then use this date to bond more with Danna and Summer," Regina said, yawning and putting her arm around me. "Besides, I'm sure there's still things that you want to know about Vanessa too. Plus, I'll be there as your wingwoman. You got this."

Yeah, I got this. I'm the Ringmaster. I got two of the absolute hottest girls on campus in love with me without me really needing to do much with this magic ring. Okay, I will admit that I got Vanessa into this by using the ring, but Danna wasn't any influence of the ring. I have... whatever Regina is, and still not sure where Summer fits into this, but I got this.

I nodded my head at Regina and she smiled at me, giving me a kiss on the cheek. I decided to spend the rest of the afternoon getting my outfit ready and working on some homework. I may have still been the Ringmaster, but I was also still a college student. At some point, Vanessa came home and relaxed out in the living room. I could hear the TV going and the occasional clinking of Regina's chains. Though, I was more content to work on my homework. I did have a big project coming up soon. Honestly, the rest of the time blurred until it was 7:30 PM.

Showtime.

I put on a lovely light gray T-shirt on that had some vertical white stripes on it. It had a nice deep V that showed off a modest amount of cleavage. The back was open, so I put on a thin blue shaw on the back. I put on some slim blue jeans and some comfortable flats. I looked myself up and down the mirror, smiling. I looked pretty cute and I couldn't wait to see what the others were wearing. I grabbed my phone and headed out into the living room.

Sitting on the couch was Regina, still wearing the same outfit from earlier, still having her chains on. "Do you have to wear those?" I said, giving Regina's chains a gentle tug.

"Well daaaaamn," Regina said, sitting more upright to get a nice view of me. She leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek. "You clean up super nice." I could hear a little purr in her voice. "As for these chains, well, I can't change them, but if, say, someone who has the power of rewriting reality chose to alter them..." She was about as subtle as a freight train.

I focused on the chains and made them vanish from around her, but I decided to keep the chains around her neck, wrists and ankles. I kept the one around her neck as a choker while turning the other four into smaller chains. I felt the ring flare up, but not by much. This wasn't exactly a big change, so I wasn't surprised. Regina looked down at her new movement freedom with a smile. "Thank you Ringmaster," she said as she leaned over, pressing her tits together, "How could I possibly repay you?"

"By being on your best behavior tonight," I said, shooting down her advances. She pouted playfully, but batted her eyes at me and quickly transitioned to a smile. "I really want to impress them both tonight."

"And then?" Regina said, wiggling her eyebrows, "What about after the dinner date?"

I bit my lip and gave Regina a knowing nod. As I did, Vanessa came out of her room. "Alright, you girls ready?" She was wearing an absolutely gorgeous white dress with a deep V-cut in it with a lace tan bra underneath. It showed off her curves perfectly and went down to her knees. Under that, I could see that she was wearing some dark gray stockings and a nice pair of black high heels. Her hair was nice and wavy and her makeup was like it was done by a professional. She had a beautiful shade of red lipstick on that accentuated them against her skin. Regina's jaw hit the floor and she almost began to drool on herself.

I walked over to Vanessa and planted a kiss on her cheek, causing us both to blush. "You look amazing, Vanessa."

"Oh, thanks," she said. She acted like this was casual, but I knew her. Any chance she had to show off her clothing and how good she could look in it, she'd take it in a heartbeat. "Anyways, let's not keep Danna and Summer waiting." Regina and I both nodded at each other and we headed out.

I just love evenings in the spring and how lovely the air feels around me. As soon as we got a bit away from the apartment, I couldn't help but spread my arms out and breath in the atmosphere. "Tonight's gonna be a great night!" I turned back and smiled at Vanessa and Regina, who both smiled back at me. It took me until we got to the dining hall and Vanessa was pulling out her student ID that I came to a realization. I turned back around to the white-haired beauty standing behind me with those lovely half-closed eyes

...Regina's not a student here.

I could use the ring to make Regina a student here. Then she would have an ID no problem and be able to get in. But, that was like bringing a lake to quench a campfire. As soon as I had thought about using the ring to change that, there was a stinging sensation in my hand. Not a flaring sensation like what happened when I would use the ring, but a sharp sting, like the ring was warning me not to do what I was thinking. This only raised further questions about the ring, but before I could do anything, I was at the front of the line already.

"ID?" a gruff looking security worker asked, standing behind a register. I am very thankful this school takes security seriously, but it was a pain sometimes. I fished for my ID, trying to come up with some solution to get Regina in.

"Ah, Vanessa, Maria, and I presume this is the cute someone that you mentioned?" Standing there at the entrance, waiting to greet us, was Summer, still in her very nice dark blue business suit with a white button-up underneath. Though, she was also wearing some white half-gloves, the kind that covered the fingers and a bit of the palms, but now all the way down to the wrists. I never understood their purpose, but she did look really nice wearing them. She bowed to us as I showed my student ID to the man, then noticed Regina hesitate and looking confused. "Your friend, she is not a student, is she?"

"No, she's not," I said. I looked down at the ring, thankful that Summer was here so I didn't have to use it. '...Dammit Maria. Now the whole night is going to be Regina missing out on this...'

"Here you are, sir," Summer said, breaking me out of my thoughts. She handed the man a couple of bills, which he put into the register. The man nodded, and Summer gently dragged Regina through by the hand. "What? Non-students can eat here too. They just have to pay money."

"I didn't know that," I said, blushing. "I'll make sure to pay you back somehow."

Summer chuckled at me and gave me a gentle pat on the head. "Relax, Maria. It was only $10." Right. Summer works for Danna, who is bourgeoisie. "Now then, Danna is waiting patiently. Shall we head to the table?" The three of us nodded and Summer led the way.

Now, there were three dining places on campus. The first was Dining Hall A. It was like a restaurant where you went in, you sat down, and ordered your food. It took the longest to get your food, but it was ran by the culinary branch, so it had the best food. Then there was Dining Hall C, which was just our fancy name for the campus food court. Quickest food for the quickest quality. Finally, Dining Hall B, where we were, which was a buffet style place. There were tables all through out the place. You just claimed a table, then went up and got your food and came back. This was the place to go for people with a medium amount of time, and those who really liked the food here.

Danna was the latter. When we got to the circular table, she already had a plate with some mashed potatoes, a small mountain of broiled chicken, and fries. How did this girl keep her figure so well!? As soon as she saw us, she got up from her chair and rushed over, wrapping her arms around my neck. She was wearing a beautiful yellow sleeveless dress that had an adorable bee pattern all over. It had a nice deep V and the dress reached down to her knees. She had on a pair of black leather boots that nearly went up to her knees. Her hair was wavy and she smelled like peaches. She smiled at me, then looked and smiled at Vanessa and Regina.

"Oh, I'm so glad that you all came," Summer said, translating Danna's hand gestures.

"Of course," Vanessa said, coming over and giving Danna a kiss on the cheek. "Like we'd turn down a date invitation from someone as awesome as you." Danna blushed before giving me a kiss on the lips, then going to sit down. "Oh, right," Vanessa said, gesturing to Regina. "This is Regina. Regina, this is Danna and this is Summer." They both waved at Regina.

"Oh, hey, nice to meet you, beautiful," Regina said, giving Summer a wink. She turned her attention over to Danna and began to speak back to her in sign language. Danna's eyes went wide as she signed back.

"You know sign language?" Summer asked as we took our seats around the table. I sat between Danna and Vanessa, with Regina on Vanessa's right and Summer on Danna's left.

"Yep, I'm fluent in a lot of things," Regina said as she continued to have a silent conversation with Danna. Danna's wide eyes and happy expression; I'll admit, I was a little jealous of Regina.

Still, it was nice to have the five of us together, just having a dinner date. But, was that all we'd do? I mean, we were in a more secluded area of the dining hall.

As tantalizing as Vanessa's melons or Danna's peaches or even buttering up a piece of Summer's muffin, my main hunger right now was my primary one. I could feel my stomach growl as I realize that I really only ate the Tank Burger earlier today.

"Alright, well, I'm going to get some food now," I said. I headed to the buffet area and scanned what was available for tonight's menu. There were burgers, some pizza, grilled chicken, and even an area to make your own taco. On the other side was a decent sized salad bar and the drink station. I picked myself up a plate of burgers and fries, along with a cup of cola. I also grabbed a few slices of freshly cut watermelon onto my tray.

As I looked around for what other food I wanted to have, I passed by the dessert area. That place had a whole smorgasbord of delicious and sweet treats to enjoy. My mind began to think about tracing Summer's body with whipped cream and slowly licking it off of her, revealing her lovely freckles one at a time. Or about Danna slowly nibbling at a soft cookie on Regina's tits, gently bouncing them with each bite. Quickly, I shook those thoughts out of my head. No! Bad Maria! This is a public place! Stop thinking about it before the ring accidentally makes it happen. Thankfully, the ring remained cold.

With my tray of food, I began to make my way back to my table when I noticed someone. Normally, I wouldn't pay much attention to others, but she caught my eye. Not because she was attractive, though she definitely seemed to slack on her appearance and wardrobe, but because she was sitting alone and looking very somber. I peeked over towards my table, where Danna was eating her food and Vanessa was returning with her plate, with no sign of Summer or Regina. I mustered up my resolve and headed over to the lone girl.

"Hi, I couldn't help but notice that you were looking kind of sad. Are you alright?" I asked, setting my tray down. I tried my best to give her a warm welcoming smile.

The woman tilted her head up to look at me. Her eyes were sunken and her black hair was a mess, like having just gotten out of bed. Her cheeks were flush and her skin looked somewhat pale. Her clothes look like she had just thrown them on not too long ago, all wrinkled and mismatched.

"Oh, sorry, am I in your way? I'll go," the woman said, starting to get up.

"No, wait," I said, grabbing her wrist. "I just saw you and I wanted to see if you were okay." I may be now a Ringmaster and in a polycule with some of the hottest girls I think I'll ever know, but I still was Maria. I couldn't just leave someone who looked like they needed someone. I focused a bit on the ring as I felt its warmth. "Sit down and tell me what's going on."

The woman sighed and sat back down. She played with her fork before finally talking to me. "My family have completely disowned me and are threatening to stop paying for my tuition."

"What? That's terrible," I said, not even noticing that I put my hand on hers as a show of compassion. "Why would they do that?"

"I refused to go along with this arranged marriage set up they wanted for me." Strange, I thought that arranged marriages were a thing of the past. "I don't like the guy. They know I don't. I've hated him since I met him."

"That awful," I said. "Why would they force you to do that?"

"The same reason anyone does a forced marriage: Money." The woman's eyes sunk deeper into her skull as she said that. She banged her hand on the table. "That's all I am in their eyes. A way for them to get rich. Not caring whether they ruin my future or not."

My eyes went from the woman's face to the ring. I could help her fix up her life a little bit. Nothing too overdramatic, considering trying to turn Regina into a student would have. Or, maybe she just needs some love? Or, maybe even something else?

It was a tough decision, but I think I have an idea of how I can help this woman out. "Hey, listen," I said, focusing on the ring and her mental state, "I think things are going to start looking up for you, so keep your chin up and keep pressing forward." I squeezed my toes as I felt the ring flare up for me. Apparently making her feel more positive about things was a bit more of a change than I thought.