The Bet

Your partner makes a bet with you. A hypno duel, whoever loses has to make dinner. You can beat them. Can't you?

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“Hey, I’ll make you a bet. We try to trance one another, whoever ends up under at the end has to cook dinner tonight, sound good?” Your partner had burst into the room, looking excited. You looked up from your phone.

“Okay, game on. Give me five minutes?”

Five minutes later, you sat together on the sofa. The coffee table was arrayed with crystals, with pocket watches, even a hand held spiral. You were both ready. Your partner let out a soft sigh. “Okay. How do we begin?” They asked.

You laughed, gently. “How do you know that I haven’t already begun?” They looked puzzled as you reached forwards, grabbing the handheld spiral, and setting it spinning. “You saw me getting everything out, didn’t you? Swinging all of our swingy things…”

Their eyes widened, and their focus softened, as they locked on to the spiral. You continued. “And I know how much you love to watch things swing before your eyes. Almost as much as you love spirals.” Their eyes were so beautiful, you could see them starting to blink more.

They whispered something as their eyes closed, and they gently leant back, into the sofa’s comfort. You stopped, and they said it again, but you couldn’t hear it still. You leant closer, putting the spiral down on the coffee table. “Deeper and deeper.” Finally you hear the words.

Instantly, you echoed them. “Deeper and deeper.” Their eyes snapped open, so close to your own. You couldn’t look away.

“Deeper and deeper.” They said.

“Deeper and – and deeper.” You responded, noticing how heavy your body felt, how foggy your mind was suddenly.

“Deeper and deeper.”

“Dee-per a… and deeper.”

You were trapped in their loop. Trapped in their eyes. Falling so swiftly, so quickly. And finally, with a soft push on your back, your head fell forwards, onto their shoulder, and you were gone.

They brought you back up, some time later, and smiled. “So… I think I won that, didn’t I toy?” Your head nodded, automatically. “And I think that you like being my little tranced out dummy, don’t you?” Your head nodded automatically. They cackled. “Okay, this should be fun.”