Summary: With Tina off visiting Jamie in Kentucky, Ray feels awfully lonely and tries to distract himself in the absence of his significant other. While spending some time at a local cafe with his good friend Max, Ray accidentally runs into the body pillow of his dreams, a stunning bolster named Pillow Ray, and decides to take that cushion out for a night to remember. But what happens when things start to get a little bit more... intimate?
LEMON.
(A/N: Wow who thought a simple joke in chat would turn into such a complex romance between a man and his body pillow. So yeah, uh here's the first chapter of this six-part chapter series about Ray... and his body pillow. Enjoy, I guess? It's really dumb, and this shouldn't be taken seriously. Also, if you're looking for the part where they have an intimate passionate night together, it will be posted as its an entire chapter of its own to be courteous towards others who may find sex uncomfortable to read, but still, want to read this stupid fanfiction just for the laughs. Thanks 3)
Chapter One: The Fateful Encounter
"It's just for a couple days, you'll be fine."
Ray slumped on his bed, pouting profusely, as his girlfriend Tina continued to pack her belongings into her suitcase. She looked over at Ray, who was still appearing upset about the situation and rolled her eyes in response to his behavior.
"Babe please, I'll be back in Austin before you know it. It's just until Monday that you'll have me and Charlie out of the house." Tina explained to Ray, who still refused to acknowledge her. "You've been gone longer away from the both of us before, I'm sure you can survive five whole days without us."
"That's practically a whole week!" Ray proclaimed in frustration.
"It is not, it's five days." Tina retorted back, as she finished packing the last of her personal items, and zipping the suitcase closed.
"Wow, did they teach you that at college? Ha, nerd. Fucking gott'em."
Tina laughed at her boyfriend's comment, and dragged her suitcase off the bed, before laying down beside him. Ray immediately turned and wrapped his arms around her, giving her a tight warm hug.
"Do you have to go?" Ray mumbled into her neck as they hugged.
"You know how important this is to Jamie, and I want to be there to support our child," Tina answered before kissing Ray on the cheek. "I'll make sure to message you every day, and if you need me you can call me alright?"
Ray nodded in response, and rolled off of Tina, before standing up, and going over to grab her suitcase. The two of them began to head down the stairs, and towards the garage. Charlie soon followed in pursuit, after Tina called to her that it was time to head out, and the two of them began to situate her in the car. Ray then took his girlfriend's suitcase, opened the trunk, and placed it inside.
"Charliee are you going to have fun driving with Mum in the car?" Ray called to his little Shiba, who wagged her tail happily after hearing her dad's voice. "Don't cause too much trouble in Kentucky okay?" He then kissed the dog on her head before turning to look at Tina, who was patiently waiting for a final goodbye.
"Look at this cute boy of mine, helping me out to the car." Tina said sweetly, which only caused Ray to look over his shoulder in response, pretending to be "looking" for the actual cute boy in the room instead of himself. It caused Tina to laugh, which made Ray smile, and he walked over to her.
"Babe stoppp, you know you're my cute boy." She said, punching his arm slightly.
"Ow, babe, why you gotta be so abusive." Ray joked back.
"Oh shut up." Tina giggled. The two of them leaned in and gave each other a lovely kiss, and a nice long hug, which would hopefully last the two of them until they could see each other again.
Tina unlocked the car door and situated herself in before she rolled down her window, and her boyfriend gave her a final peck on the forehead. "I love you." She said to him, as she started up the car.
"I love you too. Say hi to Jamie for me." Ray mentioned, to which Tina nodded in response.
Soon the garage door opened, and with one final goodbye, Tina and Charlie drove off onto the street and began to make their way towards their eventual destination. As soon as they were out of sight, Ray let out a soft sigh, already missing his family, and turned to head back to his empty house.
He knew the next couple of days were going to be hard for him, but he was certain to keep himself preoccupied and busy. There was a local convention going on in Austin, and Ray decided to enlist himself as a guest at it. Tina was suppose to attend with him, but Jamie had contacted them about an important event happening in her life and asked Tina to be there with her in a form of support. Tina couldn't say no to one of her closest friends.
Ray had also been welcomed to attend, but with the intermingling of the two events, he had decided to stay back in Austin to attend the convention, and see some of his friends from out of town, while Tina went off to support Jamie in Kentucky.
"Hey, I'm about 5 minutes away from your house. See you soon dude!"
Speaking of friends, there was a text message from his friend, the meme lord himself, Max, also known as everyone's favorite the semiaquatic mammal, APlatypuss. He was invited to attend the local Austin convention also, and the two of them needed some time before the shenanigans started to catch up on each other's lives.
"Sounds good." Ray messaged back, sending him a bunch of 100 emojis afterward, to which he got the same emojis back. The Twitch streamer then started to grab what he needed for his little endeavor. Keys, wallet, phone, and his trusted purple Twitch hoodie, and with all of them secured he headed out the front door.
Turning around to lock his house, he faced the street again and noticed a car pull up with a waving meme machine residing inside of it. It stopped and Max got out, carrying his little trusty platypuss plushie Boner along with him.
"Suh dude! Haven't seen you in forever!" Max said with a cheer in his voice, before he pulled Ray in for one of those classic bro hugs that always happen between two men.
"Likewise, Max," Ray said with a smile, as he hugged the aquatic memer back. The hug eventually parted and the two of them headed into the rented car, buckling themselves up because safety first obviously, and driving off down the Austin road.
"You ready to get LIT at this convention this weekend, dude?" Max questioned to Ray, who was looking out the window of the car. He frowned, getting no immediate response, and nudged the Puerto Rican in the shoulder. "Everything okay?"
"What? Oh uhh.. Yeah, it's going to be the littiest up in the convention center." Ray replied and did a fake haHAA laugh afterward, before turning and facing the window once again. It was clear he was still a bit upset about Tina and Charlie heading off to Kentucky, and the interaction with one of his Twitch friends wasn't helping.
"Ray, c'mon dude. I know something is wrong, do you want to talk about?"
The Brownman let out a soft sigh. "I just miss Tina. I know it's not even been an hour without her, but… It's the first time in a while that I've been without her." He explained to Max, who nodded along in response. "We were also super excited to spend time together at this convention this weekend, but then with Jamie's thing going on, it just didn't work out for us. So I'm kinda bummed about the whole thing."
"Dude, I get you," Max replied almost immediately to his friend. "It sucks being away from our significant others. I mean, hey, I'm even missing Taryn right now too, but we're going to be seeing them soon dude. This convention is only for a couple days, and before you know it, we're going to be back with the two of them." He then cracked a smile on his face. "Plus if you really start missing Tina, you can always come and spend time with me in my hotel room."
Max then casually gave a flirtatious wink and finger guns, causing Ray to laugh.
"Maybe I'll take you up on that offer." Ray teased, placing his hand on Max's thigh and pretending to rub at it, causing Max to laugh in response.
The two then continued their car ride into the downtown area of Austin, chatting happily with each other, and making a lot of SICK MEME REFERENCES. Eventually, the car came to a stop, as the two had reached their destination, and they began to set out into the depths of the city.
Even though it was only Thursday, the day before the convention, the city was happening, and people from far and wide were hustling around the city escape, definitely showing they had places to go and had to follow some rainbows.
Ray and Max were making their way towards the convention center, where they needed to go and pick up their badges and itinerary for the weekend. However, Max suddenly stopped and peaked his head inside of the window of a local cafe.
"Dude! Look how sick this cafe is! It's got all of this weeb shit going on." Max said with a bright smile on his face. "We gotta check this place out, c'mon!"
Before Ray even had a chance to agree or not, he was seemingly being dragged into this coffee shop with his friend. The little bell on the door chimed, signaling to the workers that another customer had arrived, and Max and Ray stood amidst all of the weebness in front of them. The cafe was wall to wall covered in pastel colors of pink, yellow, and blue, mixed in with different pictures of anime girls posing in extremely lewd situations. It looked like one of those maid cafes that could be typically found in East Asian countries, and boy did this place look like something out of a fan boy's dreams.
"Kon'nichiwa! Welcome to the Japanese Angel Cafe! Nyahhh~" Replied one of the waitresses from behind the counter, who waved to the two of them, before returning to her business fixing up a drink for a customer.
"Dude, what the fuck is this," Ray replied, unsure how to even react to this random Japanese cafe being found in the middle of downtown Austin, Texas.
"Shit dude, I don't know, but this is the coolest fucking thing ever," Max said with a laugh as he made his way to look over at the menu. Ray soon followed afterward, glancing at the various displays of anime materials around the store. He looked up at the menu that Max was gazing over in awe, and read up and down the chalkboard written list.
"What are you going to get?" Max inquired, seeing Ray focused on the onslaught of choices. "I'm thinking of this Sakura Blossom espresso."
"That sounds so anime," Ray replied back to his friend's comment, causing his friend to laugh at his response.
"Right, dude? I'm hoping I can literally taste all of the weeb in my mouth." The two of them moved up in the line after a customer had finished ordering. "Did you want anything? It's my treat, Ray."
"Uhh.. I don't really drink coffee or any of whatever weeb shit they are offering." Ray pondered, as he continued to look through the menu, panicking slightly as the two of them got closer to order. "Just… get me a Snapple or something, man."
Max nodded at the male's suggestion, as the two of them came up to the counter to finally order their items.
"Welcome to the Japanese Angel Cafe, what can I get started for you two?" The waitress questioned, her face beaming with a happy expression before she suddenly stopped and stared at the both of them. "Woah! Hey wait, I know you!"
"Shit dude! Stephi?! What are you doing here working in this cafe?" Max said with enthusiasm, reaching over the counter to smother the girl with a meaningful hug.
"Oh! I'm just working here part-time as the convention goes on this weekend." Stephi said with a laugh. "One of my friends owns this shop, and I decided to help her out. It helps pay the bills, y'know that artist life."
The girl then noticed Ray, who was still taking in all of the random assortments of anime in the shop. "Well look who it is, the BrownMan himself." She said in a mocking tone, before Ray turned, and noticed it was Stephi herself, before smiling at the girl and walking over to give her a hug as well.
"I'm kinda not surprised that the Queen of Hentai herself is working at this maid cafe," Ray said to the girl as they parted from the hug, only causing Stephi to roll her eyes and laugh at the comment.
"D'aw, well thanks for the recognition hon." She teased back at Ray, before fixating herself back into her retail mode. "So, what can I even get started for the two lovely Twitch streamers anyways?"
"Wow, so formal." Max chuckled before he looked at the menu once again. "Uhh.. can I get a medium Sakura Blossom espresso, and Ray here wants a Snapple, do you guys have any of them?"
The girl nodded in response. "Yes, we do! We have lemon, peach, and raspberry. Which one did you want, sweetie?"
"Peach is fine," Ray said with a shrug. "I'm not picky anyways."
"I'm sure Tina would beg to differ," Stephi said with a snicker before she looked around the cafe and noticed that Miss Tina Dayton herself wasn't actually with the two of them. "Speaking of which, does Tina know about the date you two are currently on right now?"
"Obviously, dude." Max interrupted, noticing how Ray started to feel slightly uncomfortable at the mention of Tina. "I'm treating my man right here to a Snapple, going to take him out for a nice romantic dinner later, and if all goes well, I'll hopefully get some hardcore anal tonight."
The trio then shared a laugh at Max's outrageous fantasy, before Stephi typed in their order, and gave them the total. The semi-aquatic themed man then brought out his debit card, swiped it through their machine, and paid for their order.
"It'll just be ready for you two in just a moment, okay guys?" Stephi mentioned, causing the two of them to nod in return. "Hopefully we can catch up some more at the convention! I'm going to be selling some art at a booth, so pop on by okay sweeties?"
"Shit dude, you know we will!" Max said, and gave two thumbs up, before heading over to the side of the counter with Ray following behind quietly, checking his phone briefly, and then putting it back in his pocket.
As the two of them waited patiently amidst the other customers, both of them checking Twitter on their phones, a familiar voice perked up that caused Max to turn, and his face soon beamed with excitement. "Hey Justin!" He waved, immediately heading over to greet the furry fucker himself, and obliviously forgetting about picking up his order.
"One medium Sakura Blossom espresso and a peach Snapple!" Called out the waitress, which caused Ray to look up from his phone, noticing that Max had now left him to go talk with someone else, and gave him the duty of getting their items.
"Right here," Ray called out to the waitress, who nodded at his mention and gave him a quick goodbye before turning back to complete another order. He placed his phone back in his pocket, before reaching both hands towards the drinks, and quickly turning to head out to find Max in the crowd of customers.
Splash!
And there went all of the Sakura Blossom espresso onto an unexpected victim.
TO BE CONTINUED.