The Flavor of Desire

"Shall we talk about it, everyone?" asked Talia, herself nicely breathless. "That seemed to be...almost like we were higher. Even more affected. Maybe we pill-takers were feeling the same sort of elevation, but you guys and Jessica, can you tell us how you're feeling? Is this all more intense now, or am I imagining that?"

"I...think it is," said Warren, wiping the orange flavor of Renee from his lips. "I...felt kind of lost in it this time. Renee, I mean, wow. It's like, as we get farther into this, Renee, and all you women, you all seem...it's almost like I've never seen or known a woman before. It's like you're the most womanly women I've ever seen, ever known."

"And that, fellas, is how you give a compliment," chuckled Renee, smiling so beautifully. She winked at Warren. "Thanks, sweetie."

"My pleasure," said Warren. "Yes, that's it. The pleasure of all this, it's elevated, in a big way. Something about this, the purity of the pleasure of it, it's magical."

Eyes kept glancing at Lauryn, so she spoke up. "It really is...so easy to get lost in. As you all can imagine, I've been trying to stay in control of myself. But wow, it's impossible to stay in control. I wonder if this new drug focuses the mind away from being sensible. I wonder if it's a pleasure focuser."

Talia reached for Marley's clipboard this time. "Sorry, guys, I should have brought one for me." Shifting a fresh piece of paper to the front, she began writing. "You were saying, Lauren?"

"Oh, yes," Lauren said, feeling a carefree desire to 'tell all', just as Fran had. "I'm not sure what I can add, but...since you've all been so honest with my questions...and this is all confidential, with non-disclosure and everything...I'll admit to having trouble orgasming. It's an ongoing thing with me, not as acute as Fran, but not dissimilar. I tried in my late teens. I tried in college. An older man got me there when I was twenty-two. I chalked it up to him being experienced. So yes, at that point I knew what it felt like, and I wanted to go there again and again. I'm able to get there on my own if everything is relaxed, but it's a process, with wine, and quiet, and hopefully a good, stress-free week of work behind me. You'll notice I haven't mentioned my husband. It saddens me to say I've never had an orgasm with him. You men take note -- your woman might be a very good faker. In fact, I'd put money on it. That's why I'm so interested in what's happening here this evening. If this product is really doing what we all think it's doing, it might be a real game-changer. Yes, we'll make a lot of money, and everyone at the company will get raises and huge bonuses, but...think about the people it'll help. The women it will help. The marriages it will help. I'm excited about this. I'm still basking in the afterglow of the amazing orgasm I just had -- thank you Marley -- but truthfully, I'm really excited about the future."

"Yikes," said Renee, smiling. "Half naked and you still can give an awesome boss speech. I think I'm in awe."

Talia smiled as she jotted some notes. "Speaking of awe, Mya, care to share?"

"Oh, wow," said Mya, freshly blushing. "You all...heard me I guess. Okay, well, this is a little embarrassing, but...I've had three orgasms so far and one of them was from Kobe's tongue on my...asshole. I know it's so wrong to be saying that or telling about it, but...yeah, that was a first. Not a first feeling a guy there, but cumming just from that was...yeah, that was a surprise."

"Kobe, have you experienced that before?" asked Talia. "Maybe you've got a magic tongue or something."

"I mean, girls don't complain. Mya though, yeah, that was hot."

Talia smirked, jotted down some more notes. "Anyone else have anything to share?"

Jessica raised her hand, a coy smile on her face. "Anyone want to come to the ladies room with me and help me get off? Four more times I'm gonna hear all you girls gettin' it. I'm feeling really thirsty here."

Talia's eyes showed empathy. "This all has been pretty one-sided... but..."

Lauryn smirked at Talia. "But what? You designed this test."

"I didn't design this," Talia said, gesturing at the shirtless men and nude women. "This is...evolving."

Jessica's face showed some embarrassment. "I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said anything. I'm fine, Lauryn. I'm having a lot of fun, actually."

"If you're sure. Is everybody...enjoying? We'll soon be running over our scheduled two hours."

"No problem," said Larry. "In for a dime, in for a dollar. Shit, I'd do this for free. Oh, wait. I am."

The others chuckled.

"So, where are we?" wondered Lauren. "Are you men ready to shift to your next woman? It'll be your fourth flavor, is that correct?"

Talia nodded, her pen poised to write down some more thoughts. "One question first, for the men. How's the viagra effect? Still strong?"

"Very," said Zach.

"Yup," said Larry as the other men nodded.

Fran smirked. "You poor boys are in the same boat Jessica's in. Shame you're not of the same persuasion. She's thirsty and you're all full of smoothies."

Renee laughed. "Smoothies? Fran that's a hoot. I've never heard it called that before. Now I'm thirsty, too."

Talia wrote some more thoughts down, then handed the clipboard to Marley. Like Kobe before him, he couldn't resist reading some of what she'd written:

--Men find us irresistible once they taste us.

--Women feel a sense of 'magic'.

--Mya's orgasm from anal oral! Wow!

--Men's cocks hard for 2 hours. Wow! I'm as thirsty as Jessica is.

--At next meeting should we discuss the possibility of having a full sex test? NO! That's too CRAZY! Are these guys seriously all HARD for us? Looks that way! Big bulges!

--I can't believe how bad I want to be fucked! I'll bet the others want it, too. When I do the private 1-on-1 debrief interviews tomorrow, need to ask all the girls about how strong those thoughts are.

--I'm so fucking horny!!!!

"Damn."

"Oh, sorry, Marley," Talia said. "I forgot to put your test sheet back on top." She winked at him, smirking at his surprise. "Are we shifting? You're with me this time, right?"

"I am. Can we start?"

Now it was Lauryn smirking. "Yes, it's time to shift. This is the fourth position, right Talia?"

"It is, and...your use of the word 'position' is intriguing. Freudian slip, maybe, or wishful thinking?"

"Would different positions affect anything?" asked Lauryn. "Would it help the test?"

"Well, we learned about Mya's elevated anal sensitivity only because she and Kobe tried something different. That makes me think there's quite a bit more we can learn."

"Such as?"

Talia's eyes widened at Lauryn's interest. "I mean, there are so many new questions, right?" said Talia. "Such as...I can sort of taste my own cherry flavoring in my mouth. That makes sense because mouths are all mucus membranes, not dissimilar to the inside of a vagina. So, one question is, is the flavor noticeable to someone who kisses me? And, if our vaginas are extra sensitive sexually, which they seem to be, does that mean our mouths are extra sensitive sexually, too? Like, I mean, for the other kind of oral sex. To put it bluntly, will we be extra turned on by the feel of a cock in our mouth? Is this whole thing a feedback loop? I mean, think about a situation like the sixty-nine position. The guy is tasting our flavored vagina, getting this magical flavored drug in his mouth, making him harder and hornier, and we're sucking his extra hard cock, our own mouths extra stimulated by these pills, making us even more turned-on by cock sucking than usual, making our pussy get wetter, and...ta da! Feedback loop."

"Oh my God," said Lauryn. "Do you think...it would actually work like that?"

"It makes a remarkable amount of sense," said Renee. "Crazy sense, but I love it."

"The kissing we can try," said Lauryn. "I mean, if anyone wants to volunteer."

Talia nodded. "Unflavored folks could try a sampling of us flavored folks, and see if they can discern any flavor in our mouths."

Lauryn glanced at her watch again. "I feel like we should finish what we started and try these new tests another time, but, we're all here, so..."

"I'll volunteer for it," said Zach. "I mean, for the unflavored folks part."

"Good. Any others?" asked Talia.

Everyone put a hand up in the air, wanting to join in.

"Are you just gonna sit there for the kissing, or stand up, or...?" asked Zack

"Let's stand up," said Fran. "I don't know why but I always think a standing-up kiss is more...focused, I guess is the word for it."

Talia nodded. "Okay, let's do it. We can knock this little test off fairly quickly. Ladies, up in a line."

Oh wow," said Mya upon standing. "I'm...almost dizzy. I think it's just from...orgasms. Crazy, right? I've never had so many, so quick."

Talia felt a wooziness, too. "Lean against the wall, honey. We can all line up there, next to you."

"Damn saggy tits," muttered Fran upon standing. "I should have thought of this before I had the brilliant idea to stand up. It's funny, I almost forgot I was nude."

"Be happy you've got tits, Fran," said Jessica. "I had to resort to tattoos to make my little chest look prettier."

"Jessica, you're beautiful," said Fran. "Young and pretty, and don't get me started on your eyes."

"The prettiest eyes," said Kobe.

"Oh my God, thank you, guys! That means a lot to me. Gay girls don't get compliments very often."

"I think your tits are sweet," said Zach. "If you ever wanna try a guy or whatever, we could go out sometime."

"Wow. Zach, I'm touched. But no, dude, it's not happening. I'll go out and drink with you though."

"Sweet. Yeah, let's do it."

Lauren glanced at her watch again. "Time's ticking away. Talia, get this started."

A kissing line formed, all seven women kissed at once, with the plan being a shift to the left, over and over until all the mouths were tasted by each of the tasters.

But...this first kiss lingered. These kisses clearly needed to be French, with plenty of tongue, so as to get a thorough taste, but the men were shirtless with hard lumps at their crotches and the women, they were all nude except for Lauren, Renee and Talia, each of them nude but for a bra. Everyone's libidos were quickly soaring as these kisses became immediately enjoyable and deeply sensual, the magic little pills clearly altering everyone's brain chemistry in a profoundly pleasureful way.

It was Fran who began the moaning, wrapping her arms around Larry, this handsome blond warehouse man with the lovely blue eyes and the little bit of gray in his beard. As her kiss with him became deep-breathing passionate, she caressed the strong muscles of his bare shoulders and bare back, and when his hands slipped down to her lower back and then onto the warm bare flesh of her ass the breathy moan she let out against his kissing lips was lovely and happy and soft. Their tongues rejoined and it was off to the races again, this kiss now quite possibly the most wonderful and passionate one of her life. It was the same all down the line, everyone giving their all; deep, smoldering kisses that felt heavenly.

"Jesus," Fran said when time was called. "Best workday ever."

The others chuckled in agreement. Quick flavor notes were written down, everyone shifted to the next person, and the next kiss took off toward the heavens again. Seven kisses took well over twenty minutes.

"Okay," said Lauren after the seventh one, nearly woozy from all the passionately sexual emotion. "How are we...how are we feeling?"

"Awesome," said Zach.

Lauryn smiled. "Yes. Good. And may I just say thank you, Jessica, for volunteering. I've always wanted to kiss a girl."

"Really? And you never have?"

"Nope. You're my first. My curiosity was well founded. It was really nice. You're a marvelous kisser."

"See, this is what I'm saying. I'm serious, you guys are giving me nicer compliments than I've ever got in my life."

"So," said Lauryn, "we've discerned that the flavors are in our mouths, but subtler than they taste in our vaginas. From a product point of view I see nothing wrong with that. It's nice for a lover to have the taste at both places, right?"

"Right," said Talia. "The only downside is that we can taste it in our own mouths, all the time. It's very mild though. I've gotten used to it, to the point where I hardly notice it."

Lauren nodded. "Okay, so, now, shall we get back on the table for our final four turns of cunnilingus flavor taste testing, or...?"

Talia's eyes twinkled. "Or...?"

"There were so many more questions you had."

"Right," said Talia, trying her best not to smile. "Are we...interested in them?"

"I think we should be interested in all of it," said Lauryn. "This product, this potential game changer...we really do need to fully understand it."

"Yes," said Talia. She eyed Lauryn's eyes but not for long. It was enough, though, to see a spark there, the one that she was hoping to see. Or maybe it wasn't there and Talia wished it to be there. Talia wasn't sure. "Okay, so there's the oral sex part of it."

"The kind we've been doing, do you mean, or...?" asked Lauryn.

Talia couldn't hide a surprised but flirtatious smile. "Or...?"

Lauryn didn't waver. "It can be just as scientific the other way around, can't it?"

Talia nodded. "Yes, that's true. If it's designed as an experiment, yes. It's the same with all tests, with all product testing."

"So, your 'feedback loop' idea. It intrigues me."

"It intrigues me, too," said Talia.

Lauryn nodded. "I'm calling an informal meeting of my executive staff, right here, right now. Let's all decide if this is something we should do."

"Not wearing clothes is about as informal as a meeting gets," said Fran, smirking.

"What do you girls think?" said Lauryn. "Let's make a decision, and then, if it comes to it, we'll ask for our volunteers' opinions."

Talia nodded, feeling an inner rush of energy that was partially executive leadership, partially horny. "Let's lay it out again. May I, Lauryn?"

"Please do," said Lauryn. "This is the 'feedback loop' we're curious about, right?"

"Right," said Talia. "I propose a test, a trial, to take place right away, with our group here, to see how many of us feel that this flavor pill we've taken elevates a simple sixty-nine sexual position into something beyond the norm. I think...we would all take another pill, to freshen the flavor and the stimulant, and then we'd try it. We'd do the test."

"Wow," said Fran. "I've got to be honest, I've never done that. I have no idea what 'the norm' is, so I wouldn't be able to compare."

Talia nodded. "Okay. How do the rest of you feel about trying a test like this? Megan, we'll have you sit this vote out since you're not on executive staff."

Lauryn shook her head. "No, she's in on this. I want her opinion."

Talia's eyes scanned all her co-workers. "Okay, all the women who've taken the flavorings. Do you all have an understanding of what I've proposed? I realize it's an extreme proposition, but it should give us some good knowledge, don't you think? Shall we just vote yea or nay? Tell you what, since the men are listening, let's have all of you 'flavored' women line up in front of them, facing me. Give me a thumbs up in front of your body for yea, point downward for nay. That way they won't know how each of you are voting. And please, vote honestly. Don't let peer-pressure sway you. This test I've proposed goes way beyond what you all agreed to earlier."

The men couldn't help but smile at this new line-up in front of them, seven nude and mostly nude women, all with bare asses.

"Okay, got it," said Talia, jotting down the vote result. "I'll add my vote to all of yours. Okay, men and Jessica now. Stand in front of the women so they can't see your vote. I don't want anyone to feel bad about voting differently. Do you all understand what you're voting for?"

"Could you refresh us?" asked Warren, smirking.

Renee smiled. "Vote thumbs up and you'll leave here refreshed all right."

Fran and a few women nervously giggled.

Talia spelled out the plan more clearly. "We'll be trying to discern how these pills enhance different kinds of sex. We've already discovered heightened orgasm potential, our vaginas seem to be more active, sensory wise, and we want to see if our mouths are, too, since both are made up of mucus membrane that has a lot of physiological similarity. We've already discovered the flavor is in both, our vaginas and our mouths, so...now we're trying to discover if the sensory enhancement is in both, too. The kissing test makes us think so, but...oral sex is the ultimate test, both cunnilingus and fellatio."

"For those who don't understand foreign words, that's pussy eating and cock sucking," Renee said, smirking. "You boys claim to be hard, we want to help you out with that. In the name of science, of course."

Lauryn's eyes widened. "Renee! It is science! All of this will inform our product development and marketing!"

Renee fought to hold back laughter. "Yup."

Talia spoke up. "Thumbs up means you want to be a part of these new experiments, thumbs down means you don't. And don't forget this is all covered under the non-disclosure. Everything, including these votes, stays fully confidential and won't in any way affect your job or your work record. Ready to vote?"

This time it was the women looking at the strong, shirtless bare backs of the men, with just Talia in front of them tallying the votes.

"Unanimous agreement to continue," she said. "All fourteen of us. I feel good about that."

"So do I," said Lauryn, walking to the front of the group. "Wow. Okay. This product testing is one-sided no more. It's so interesting how it's evolved. I had no idea the reformulation of the pills with our new stimulant would affect even those who didn't take it. Apparently all it takes is a taste or two. It's fascinating. It's also fascinating that I'm fully aware of the ethical and moral questionability of doing the kind of testing we're doing, and yet...is it that same new stimulant that makes me want to press on regardless? I feel like that's a question for another day. I feel like what we're doing is important. I feel like I really want to take another one of those pills. Ladies, are we popping another one? Better make sure we get our flavors the same or we'll be confusing our partners' senses. Speaking of partners, Jessica, will you be mine? And after the first round, when we begin the rotation, if there are any women who are uncomfortable having Jessica for a partner, I'm sure she'll fully understand, right Jessica? If a situation like that should arise, she'll come right back to me. Sound okay, Jess?"

Jessica smiled sweetly. "Sounds good. Thank you, Lauryn."

"People, let's not make this a free-for-all. Let's take notes, let's be mindful and conscientious. Let's be good business people, because, you know, if this product goes to market and is a hit, I wasn't kidding that there'll be big bonuses and profit sharing for you all. But first, we need to develop a product that we understand, one that we have confidence in and want to use and enjoy in our private lives. That's what we're after, and this evening is our first big step toward understanding the potential of these amazing little pills."

Talia gave a second pill to each of the women, carefully flavor-matching them, giving the final one to Lauryn. Lauryn swallowed it with water from a paper cup Fran handed her. "A double dose. I'll be honeydew melon for days," Fran chuckled.

"Strawberry Fields forever," said Lauryn.

"I'm your cherry pie," chuckled Talia.

"Eat a peach," said Mya, smiling. "My dad had that record."

Megan smiled. "Chocolate is good for your heart, I think, right? Or does it just keep you awake?"