Slow Burn (Repost)

[babyamylee]

"No, no way!"

He looked ridiculous putting his foot down now. Kneeling in a dress with jewellery and blond hair and caked in makeup and little studded earrings, this was his limit?

"Another two days, plus a spanking. Want to make it an extra week? Say it like I did, but cuter. Younger...

...Don't spoil this for me!"

She looked sad, kind of like she'd been waiting for this for a long time. That took him back. This all meant something to her...this wasn't just her teasing. This wasn't revenge or a prank. This was something much more important to her.

He gave in. "Pwincess Wapunzel would you wike a cup of tea?" He said sweetly. The camera was set up, unbeknown to him, rolling. His sister would edit this, just to keep the good parts, to replay it for her own satisfaction.

"Oh you do? Spwendid!" And he poured her an imaginary cup of tea. He was momentarily feeling sorry for his sister among all this. He could have played with her and been nicer, he didn't have to go this far but, he'd been mean in the past when she just wanted to play. That's why she got him to do all the pranks, he reasoned. The pranks were gender neutral, but she was too girly for him and he was too lazy and macho for her. Now look.

She beamed a smile and clapped at his speech. She was no doubt getting too old for this type of thing but it was her fantasy and she would indulge it.

Between them they made sure all of their "friends" had tea and cakes and then he was made to have imaginary conversations with them about his favourite dresses and movies, while keeping an eye on Little Mermaid, which he found engaging.

He was made to be cute and kiss and hug them and even his sister. Three days in and this was still excruciating.

"Okay! That went so well!" She was brimming with excitement.

Then they both practised skipping, holding up his dress as he did so. It was hard in his mary jane heels but by the end he was proficient, which made Amy very satisfied. This was her dream! She would never tire of this!

"Now! Let's see. Time to...play hide and seek!"

This was a little less humiliating. They started in the hallway and he was determined to prove to her he was more grown up than she was treating him by winning.

"Hmm. Let's make this interesting. If you win...you can take two weeks off the total, and no spanks tonight. And if I win...hmm...you have to tell Mummy you really enjoyed playing with me today and make her believe it. You have to talk to her like you were at tea party. Just for today. And you can't tell her about the bet.  In fact, tonight, you can't do anything but act this way around her. You can whine to me, but when she's around, she has to believe you are loving it. And lets make it cute. When you are seeking, you have to skip, I'll do it too. That way we will know where we both are when looking."

"That's not fair!" He whined.

You're right. You're getting one day of trouble, versus a full two weeks off if I lose." When she put it that way....maybe a series of bets would be how he got out of this. Maybe he'd win this one and challenge her some more...

"...okay...Mama."

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She wrote out a contract in pink pen, for the bet, and they both signed. At least he would have it in writing. 9 weeks would become 7. However, if he broke the contract in any way, it would become 6 months. He would make sure not to break it. And if she broke it, by cheating, or by refusing to knock the weeks off, he could show this to Mummy and the whole thing would end. Oh please, he thought, cheat! Cheating would be going out of bounds, or moving around once the count had finished.

"Okay so here's how it goes. You go hide, and I'll find you. We'll time it. Then you have that time to find me! Wont this be fun?"

He didn't want to admit it, but after the days of chores and the tea party, this did seem like fun. Okay, think of somewhere!

She turned her back at the front door. His daintiness would serve him well, as he crept up the stairs, holding his little skirts. Ultimately he knew one place she would never guess he would hide. The source of his torment. Her walk in closet.

Going into her room he  was careful to close the door and daintily crept towards her closet. The days of being gentle was helping him  be aware of his surroundings, not clumsily stomping around. He figured he there could be a while, so instinctively picked up Rapunzel. Why? For something to fidget with, he reasoned. Yes, that must be it.

Walking in he noticed just how much colour and frills and volume there was to everything. He perched himself behind a pink party dress at the back and sat himself on a box of shoes, waiting. He noticed just how much he fit in with this ambience right now in his dress, which made him shudder. But he was going to win this game.

With nothing better to do he began to brush his dolls hair and examine her like any girl.

His sister was frantically searching. The first place she went was his room, and without a walk in closet he had limited options there. Not under the bed, not in his wardrobe. Hmm.

He wasn't in the kitchen cupboards. Oh! The attic. Time was ticking, he'd done a good job. Checking in the boxes of old toys and clothes, nothing there, he would stand out in that poofy dress surely.

Then it hit her. Of course. Of course. Skipping boldly into her room, she noticed the Rapunzel doll missing from the tea party. She giggled. He was becoming more sensitive.  She virtually pounced on her closet and walked to the back, grabbing him by the wrist.

"Caught you!"

He groaned, playfully. They were having fun, it almost took his mind off..everything.

She noticed the doll in his hand, momentarily, but made sure not to say anything. Didn't want to discourage the natural process.

"I should have guessed you'd be here! Little sissy loves his Mama and cant get enough of her clothes!"

He blushed, this would have been an insult but, they were playing, it wasn't an insult, she was happy, and giddy. He let it slide.

"OK, my turn to hide!" He noticed she led everything, even the play time, everything was on her terms. But it was what it was. He could enjoy the game still.

"OK. It took me 5 minutes and 10 seconds. See?" She showed him a watch.

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"Ooh. We should get one for you so you can time it. Let's see..." She was going through her drawers. Of course she had a watch. It was adorned with ponies and was pink.

"Cute! Okay to the front door!"

He placed his arms on the front door and buried his head in them, counting just like his sister. He counted slow, to use this time to work out where she would be.

"Coming! Ready or not!" He remembered the deal, and started skipping. Hmm. She would hide right where he had! Straight up to her room and in the closet. Definitely there. Caught you!

She was not there.  Rapunzel was, still. He grabbed her and quickly replaced her in the party. It was if nothing else neater this way he reasoned. Why did he do that?  Why did he care?

His mind was racing. Ahh! His room! of course! the reverse!
So he skipped into there, and looked around, she wasn't here. Time was ticking. The attic! Again, a fruitless search. Nothing in the kitchen or living room, and he was panicking. And then it hit him. The kitchen door was unlocked. She had gone outside. Out of bounds was outside the property of the house, but she wouldn't be stupid enough to go out of the bounds of the back garden. She would be in the shed at the far end.

He was running out of time. Peering through, he looked for signs of life next doors. Could he handle Natalie seeing him in this dress? It was bad enough before, but there was no boy left in him, not even the outline of his body. And he'd seen her once, this would be too awkward to bump into her again.

Disaster. He saw the neighbour Tom, Natalie's brother, one year younger than her and his age. What was he doing out? He never went out! Natalie was also with him. Did his sister play a perfect hand? Natalie seemed to be just diverting him with babble. Could he crawl and avoid detection? Not to get to the shed where she undoubtedly was, and there was no way he could risk Tom finding out, as then every boy would know.

Tom had his back to him, but Natalie could see him peering through the door guardedly, and giggled, as she talked to Tom. Chris had no knowledge of this, but his sister immediately darted to the fence and cooked this up, it was a perfect plan, and not cheating, because he had every chance to still go find her. Amy didn't need anyone to find out just yet, she didn't want to ruin him as a boy as he wouldn't handle it right now. Plus, he'd been a good sweet boy, she didn't want to hurt his feelings. So she knew he was stuck as there's no way he'd bring this on himself.

He cringed, panicking, and ran back through the house looking for her over and over again just in case. He couldn't afford his Mummy to think he was enjoying all this even for a day. Would she even buy his excuses tomorrow if he spent the rest of the day acting like a perfect sissy?

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His heart was pounding. He went up to her room and peered through the curtains. Natalie looked up and smiled. Tom was still there, oblivious. And in the window of the shed, he could clearly see Amy, looking up at him. He had to grab her to win the game. He had ten seconds left. Tears started welling up. He cried, everything was just too much, his emotions were spiralling. He knelt and took his doll and hugged her, crying. He just needed something there to hold to while he wept.

His sister had clearly bolted back in, as she was in the doorway quickly, and saw him weeping. She felt proud, he was totally different already. She went over and hugged him, noticing the doll.

"Come to Mama. Come on. "

She shushed him gently. His emotions were all over the place. Right now she was the best friend he had, and the worst enemy. It was so comforting to be held by her right now, he was not used to crying, but he also reflected that his little sister was the one mothering him and every time he thought to pull away the feeling of helplessness came over him and he leaned further in.

When he calmed down, they read her magazines and chatted. It felt almost normal. The magazines were about pop stars and makeup of course, and she even still subscribed to the Disney princess magazine. The chats were about feelings, and what she thought he'd look good in, and the things she could do that he would simply adore. She believed every word, and he got more and more weak as the conversation went on. 

They heard a car pulling up.

"Now remember. Mummy isn't to know about our deal. You know what to do. Skip. Talk cutely like before. Tell Mummy how much you loved today. Act like the little sissy I want you to be. Here. Let me show you how to curtsy..." She pinched her skirts and bowed her legs. "You have to do this for Mummy when you see her. Ooh and me as well. Show me". He copied. Three times. He was ready.

"Remember. Break your contract it's six months. You talk sweetly to Mummy the rest of the day. Tea party style. You tell her what she wants to hear. You behave like a perfect little sissy. You agreed. If I break our deal in any way, well, our game is over and you get to call it all off. Fair. Now before we go down. Tell me how much you loved today. Like how I want." He groaned. This would be tough. He blushed madly.

"Mama, I weally loved our pwaytime today!"

"And how much do you love your Mama?"

"I wove my Mama with all my heart!"

"And do you promise to be a good little sissy for me?"

"I pwomise to be a good wittle sissy for my pwetty Mama foweva!"

He knew he was on thin ice. 6 months? She was honourable enough to keep to her word but he wasn't going to give her any chances.
She burst into a big grin, and handed him his Rapunzel doll to carry.

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"Perfect! Oh darling this is the best thing that's ever happened to us! You have NO idea what today meant!"

She kissed him on the lips, their lipstick meeting. He was taken aback.  Sisters kissed, but brothers and sisters did not. He was not getting used to it, still!

His mother was going back and forth bringing bags to her room, and they timed it with her last trip, standing waiting in the kitchen. She gasped. The pretty dress suited him so much! This was all too much for her, and she started welling up too. This was wonderful!

Amy spoke first, with a proud grin on her face, bringing her Mother to tears of joy. "Hi Mum! Hope you had a nice day!" Then she peeked over at Chris.

He curtsied. "Hewwo Mummy....your sissy wittle boy hopes you had a wovewy day!" The words were excruciating and he was blushing like mad, but he knew, if she questioned it, it could be game over, 6 months.

She giggled a half laugh, half cry.

"Oh my gosh, that's the best. Oh my. This is so wonderful!" she sniffed.
"Your manners...that pretty dress....You have no idea what this means. I've been so fed up with you both but this has been heaven the last few days!" she said, holding back the tears.

"What did you two get up to today?" She asked, pointedly at Amy, the charge.

"Let Mummy know what we did sissy!"

He kept up the charade. No excuses for Amy to pull out that contract.

"Yes Mama! Anything you say!" He curtsied. "Well when Mummy kindwy gave me my pwetty piercings Mama chose to make my hair all pwetty and blond wike my Pwincess Wapunzel!"

Anna's heart melted. She could not believe this.

"A-and h-how do you feel about that?"

"I wuv it Mummy it is so pwetty and cute!" He looked over at Amy, she raised her eyebrows approvingly, that wasn't enough.

"Pwease keep my hair all pwetty and cute from now on!"

Amy nodded slightly with a small proud grin.

"Oh darling! I'm sure Mama will allow that forever if you want!"

He blushed, keeping a sweet smile that hid his deep shame. Of course that's not what he wanted!

Amy saw it was her turn. "..oh! Oh yes, it suits you so much, we will keep it colourful and cute. No more boring brown hair for sweet sissy!"

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He noticed they both had "boring" brown hair that was now forbidden.

"So what did you do next honeybuns?" The next question was directed to him. It seemed his Mother wanted him to speak more for a change. He inwardly cringed.

"Well first, we pwayed tea party with Mama's dollies..."

"And your dolly too? Was she there?" she said, pointing to Rapunzel.

"Yes Mummy. I wooked after her too!"

She was sniffling still, her tears of joy welling up. Unlike many of her friends sons, hers was sweet, sensitive, and cute.

"A-and how did she feel about that?"

How did she feel? She's not real..he did feel stronger for her than the other dolls of course but..that's besides the point. He was used to her by now, that's all.

"Uhm, she was vewwy happy to share a moment with her best fwiend. We talked bout my favwite dwesses and hugged and kissed" was all he could muster, which seemed to delight both mother and daughter.

"So lovely. Such a lovely boy. What next? You can tell Mummy little sissy."

He never felt so small. He felt like he was causing issues for his future self.

"My Mama taught me to skip!" Another laugh/cry.

"Show Mummy, sweetheart!"

He peered over to Amy, pleadingly, but she just assumed he was asking for permission.

"Of course you can sissy!"

He skipped the length of the room back and forth holding his skirts.

"Wow. You are a natural! Did you do anything else?"

"W-we pwayed hide and seek!"

He had to be guarded here. He could give the game away if he mentioned the bet, plus would Amy be mad if he mentioned the garden trick? Would it get her in trouble? Did he even want to considering he actually enjoyed playing hide and seek? He decided to lie, he wasn't sure if it was to protect her or not. He was confused about his feelings for Amy right now.

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"W-well I chose to hide in my favwite woom in the whole house, Amys bedwoom, with all her pwetty dwesses!" He said, making him retch. "I got Wapunzel for company and waited but it didn't take her a minute to find me, cuz it was obvious I'd want to go there where it was most pwettiest and girly!"

He felt like he was being a traitor to himself, to manhood everywhere, but he couldn't give Amy one single chance to make this torture six months.

"You like your sisters room sweetheart?"

"Yes Mama is so pwetty and girly! And I wuv my Mama!"

She swooned.

He thought of a good lie for Amy.
 
"W-when it was my turn, I couldn't find her anywhere. I went to her woom first jus' so i could go back there and must have spent too much time in there! I wooked all over, but she was so cweva. She hid in my woom in my wardrobe too. I couldn't find her!"

He made himself seem stupid, but it was all he could think of. His sister looked surprised at his fibs, and played along.

"You couldn't be expected to keep up with a grown up like me sweetie. It's okay! You did very well for a little boy your age! It's just, I'm more grown up, so I'll win all the time, don't worry!"

This was painful. He couldn't blame her, and she was only playing along with him, so he carried on.

"yes Mama. Th-that's all we did Mummy..."

She had bought everything. And the worst part is, it made her so happy she was crying.

She walked over to him and embraced him, tearfully saying "thank you". He was so embarrassed.

Amy of course had her plans.

"OK sissy. Go take your little dress off. You can put that in your wardrobe, and your socks knickers and shoes. They are yours now, they suit you far more! Then come downstairs as you are." She stopped, waiting for the inevitable.

"Yes Mama! thank you Mama!" He said, like the traitor he was. Did he still think she would get bored eventually? After today, it seems, she had always wanted this. He never got bored of the idea of being Natalie's knight in shining armour. Why would she bore of this?
He dutifully hung the dress up, and put the knickers in his drawer, noticing the trunks already in there.