Outside Beca and Chloe’s kitchen window was a balmy autumn evening. Inside, however, was a wonderfully fun time as Beca and Chloe entertained Beca’s sister, Carol, and Carol’s girlfriend, Hannah, for dinner. 

 

The dim candlelight reflected off the four women’s dessert dishes as the smells of dinner still lingered. Beca walked around the table, topping up each woman’s wine glass as Chloe offered stimulating converstation.

 

”Sounds like you two have built quite the life together,” Hannah said, smiling warmly at the adorable couple before her.

 

”Well, it isn’t always easy, but I’d drive over every bump in the road for Chloe. I can’t imagine my life without her,” Beca replied, kissing Chloe softly after changing up the soft jazz playing in the background.

 

”Is it true that you guys play around with… hypnosis?” Hannah asked, timidly.

 

Carol swiftly swatted Hannah on the leg. “Jeez! Personal much? I told you that in confidence,” Carol said under her breath.

 

Chloe simply smiled broadly. “It’s ok, really. I don’t mind that you two know about it. Bec and I have been a little more public with that, lately, so it’s all right to talk about it.”

 

Hannah released a breath she didn’t realize she’d been holding.

 

”Well, that’s good to hear. I mean…” Hannah glanced at the floor. “Carol told me about what happened the last time she was here, and, I dunno…”

 

Beca sported a look of genuine confusion for a moment before bursting out in a fit of laughter.

 

”Oh, fuck me, I’d forgotten all about that,” Beca exclaimed. “Oh my god, Hannah, you have to hear this one…”

 

Beca told Hannah all about how Carol had discovered Chloe’s book on hypnokink, and how she got her freeloading sister out of the apartment. Carol, meanwhile, buried her face in her hands as her face turned red as a beet.

 

”Ok, ok, so you got me…”

 

”Oh, bitch, I got you so good…!” Beca laughed, slapping Carol on the back.

 

”Well, what do I know about hypnosis? Hypnotists are always the bad guys in the movies.”

 

“Is it really a surprise to hear that movies don’t imitate reality…?” Chloe asked lightly, sipping from her glass. 

 

“Babe, would you mind?” Chloe asked, holding her glass up.

 

”Oh, sure,” Beca replied, casually.

 

”Well, looks like you’ve got her pretty well trained,” Hannah joked at seeing Beca comply with Chloe’s request.

 

”Again: hypnosis isn’t like you see in the movies,” Chloe said as Beca filled Chloe’s glass.

 

Beca sat down as Carol spoke up.

 

”Then, what is it like?” 

 

“I mean, people think it’s this mindless zombie state where you just turn into this obedient slave, but nothing could be further from the truth,” Beca explained as Chloe took another sip. “It’s a perfectly normal state of mind that we all go in and out of all the time. It’s so common we don’t think about it or even notice it when it does happen.”

 

”If it’s so common, why didn’t it work for me last year?” Hannah asked. “I went up on stage at a show to try being hypnotized, but I didn’t go under. Everyone around me were all super relaxed and toppled over in their seats, but I was just sitting there like normal.”

 

”Could’ve been any number of things,” Chloe said. “Could have been nerves, or he didn’t explain what to expect very well, or maybe the others were easier to hypnotize than you. Stage hypnotists stack the deck by keeping the people on stage who are easiest to hypnotize. If given enough time with you, he could’ve gotten you under.”

 

“Interesting,” Hannah said, pondering over how she felt on stage.

 

”Some people use hypnosis for pain management, others to deal with irrational fears, others for stress… the uses are limitless,” Chloe offered, trying to keep the conversation moving.

 

”So what do you two use it for? If you don’t mind my asking,” Hannah asked.

 

”Us? We use it for fun,” Chloe said, stifling a giggle and doing her best to stop from smiling from ear to ear.

 

”Yeah, it’s a blast for all kinds of stuff,” Beca added. “I remember there was this one time, when - “

 

Chloe quickly extended her hand over Beca’s forehead, extending her index and middle finger, moving her hand down over Beca’s face as Chloe made a shhhhhh sound.

 

The effect was immediate. Beca’s eyes dutifully followed Chloe’s fingers down, closing her eyes in the process. Beca let out a soft exhale as her lips parted slightly and her shoulders slumped.

 

Carol watched, stunned, at how quickly Chloe was able to put her sister under. Hannah, meanwhile, watched with a capitvated joy.

 

”Now, Beca may look like she’s fast asleep right now, but she’s not. In fact, she’s more aware of what’s going on around her now than she is when she’s not in trance. Go ahead, ask her something.”

 

”… how do you feel?” Carol asked, cautiously.

 

”Feel… relaxed, happy, having fun,” Beca said softly, yet clearly.

 

Carol studied her sister’s features softly, looking for any signs of coercion or anything untoward.

 

”And you can stop anytime you want?”

 

”Yeah. Don’t want to, though,” Beca replied, equally as softly as before.

 

”Wake yourself up, then, babe,” Chloe said.

 

Beca raised her head back up as she took a deep breath in and opened her eyes.

 

”See? I’m not under anyone’s spell, it’s not some kinda voodoo. It’s just… fun to be hypno-ooh…”

 

Beca stopped speaking mid-sentence as Chloe began swinging her crystal pendant before Beca’s eyes. Carol and Hannah were both enraptured by the scene before them. Carol had never seen anyone hypnotized before, let alone someone she knew so well. It was all rather surreal for the sister.

 

Hannah, however, couldn’t stop thinking about the possibilities of what someone could do with these skills.

 

 

Chloe chuckled a little before putting her pendant away and snapping her fingers in front of Beca’s face. Beca blinked as her body startled slightly, coming back to the room.

 

”Can you at least me finish my sentence, you jerk?” Beca laughed as she playfully punched Chloe in the arm.

 

”Oh, we both know you love it,” Chloe replied, sticking her tongue out at her partner.

 

Carol laughed out at the adorableness of the situation while Hannah continued to ponder what she was seeing.

 

”Wow, you can make her pretty much make her do anything, then,” Hannah said, more a statement than a question.

 

”Well, not anything,” Chloe stated. “Remember that we’ve been doing this for a while, so we’ve had time to hone our skills on both sides. Being hypnotized is a skill, like anything else - which, incidentally, may have been why you didn’t go under when you volunteered last night, Hannah.” 

 

Hannah nodded thoughtfully at the new information.

 

”So what can you do, then?”

 

”Well, stuff like… this.”

 

Chloe took hold of Beca’s wrist, placing her palm on top of Beca’s head.

 

”Sweetie, your hand is stuck there now,” Chloe stated as she snapped her fingers.

 

Beca’s arm tensed up as she tried to move it. She and Chloe both knew that it wouldn’t go anywhere. Carol and Hannah, however, were both completely taken aback that Beca could be influenced so easily.

 

”Oh, whatever, it’s not like I was using it anyway,” Beca said as she stuck her tongue out at Chloe.

 

Chloe was quick to respond to the situation.

 

”Tongue bound!”

 

Beca’s face contorted as she tried to pull her tongue back in, fully realizing how ridiculous she looked between the absurd look on her face and her hand still stuck on her head…!

 

”I - I can’t believe it,” Carol said softly to herself. Hannah merely looked on, a twinkle in her eye…

 

“Sweetie, your tongue and hand are unbound as you cluck like a chicken for me,” Chloe said with a mischievous smile as she snapped her fingers once again.

 

Immediately, the light seemed to dim from Beca’s eyes as she stood up, stuck her hands into her armpits, hunched her back over, and began to strut around the room.

 

”Buck buck buck, b-gawk!” Beca parroted, kicking her feet up as her head moved like a chicken’s.

 

“Oh my god, I have to get this,” Carol blurted out as she pulled her phone out and began recording her sister’s chicken impresion. “Oh, bitch, I’m totally sending this to all your friends. Call it payback for scaring the shit out of me last time,” she said, cackling at the continuing show before her.

 

Hannah, meanwhile, watched in complete fascination, not saying a word as she took it all in…

 

Chloe took a long sip of wine as she partook in one of her favourite hypno-tropes.

 

”Ok, that’s enough: Beca, back to normal now,” Chloe called out to her partner.

 

Beca stopped mid-cluck to look down at her “wings” extended and her left foot held back, poised to push the ground around in hope of finding seed.

 

Returning to a more human stance, Beca laughed at herself for a second before saying, “A chicken? Really? You couldn’t think of anything more original?”

 

“The tropes are tropes for a reason, babe,” Chloe replied, kissing her partner in an act of restitution and fondness.

 

”What was that like?” Carol asked, curiously.

 

”Well, for me, it was just like, she told me to be a chicken, and I thought I was a chicken, simple as that. It changes from person to person, though. Some people feel strong compulsions, others feel like it’s perfectly natural, others feel a sense of peer pressure… there’s no right way to experience hypnotic suggestion.”

 

”Do you wanna try?” Chloe asked.

 

”Y’know, maybe it’s all the fun we’re having, maybe it’s the wine talkin’, but… sure! Why not?”

 

”Can I help?” Hannah asked, eagerly.

 

”Sure! Come on.” 

 

Chloe finished her drink before leading the group to the living area. She placed two large throw pillows on the floor.

 

”Carol, make yourself comfortable here. Hannah, you do the same opposite her.”

 

”Why are we on the floor?” Carol asked as she knelt on the pillow afforded her.

 

”Well, since you’re new, we want to make sure you don’t hurt yourself when you drop. Some people just lose all tension in their body and kinda flop over. We want your first time to be fun. This is the best way to make sure you don’t bang your head on anything.”

 

“Okay,” Carol nodded as she made herself comfortable.

 

Carol looked over at Hannah. Her girlfriend looked like she was a kid about to open her presents on Christmas morning…!

”You’re not gonna make me do anything dumb, are you?” Carol asked, looking up at Chloe.

 

”No, of course not. Remember, you’re always in control. You won’t do anything you don’t want to, and your subconscious will always keep you safe,” Chloe replied reassuringly.

 

”Ok, I’ll trust you.”

 

”What do I do?” Hannah asked.

 

”What we’re gonna do is have you two relax and look into each other’s eyes.”

 

Carol and Hannah settled into place. Carol knelt on the throw pillow while Hannah assumed a cross-legged position, leaning in slightly.

 

”Now, Carol, I want you to take a few deep breaths, okay? Just breathe in… hold it for a moment… and… let it out. Good…”

 

Carol gazed into Hannah’s eyes as she complied with Chloe’s instructions.

 

 

”Take another deep breath in… that’s right… hold it… and, exhale…”

 

Carol’s body sunk into the pillow a little as she focused on her girlfriend’s eyes. Carol saw a prominent twinkle in Hannah’s eyes while Chloe continued to guide hder down.

 

 

”And as you keep breathing, slowly and deeply, you can just narrow your focus onto two things: my voice, and Hannah’s eyes. You can do that, can’t you Carol? You can just nod your head for yes and shake your head for no.”

 

Carol found her head nodding yes before she even thought to do it.

 

”Good, very good. And as you continue to look into Hannah’s eyes, you can feel your muscles relaxing, one at a time. Feel how your arms have become nice and heavy, hanging limply at your sides…”

 

Everyone in the room could see how well Carol was responding. Hannah watched as her girlfriend’s eyes became dim, listless, as her arms actually did look super-relaxed, drooping into the pillow.

 

”That’s right, and as you keep relaxing further and further, focused on my voice, focused on Hannah’s lovely eyes, you find my words are guiding you more and more easily. It’s like your body just moves along on its own. You don’t have to think about it. You like that feeling, don’t you?”

 

Carol nodded slightly.

 

”Yes, it feels so good to let go. I’m going to count you down from 10 to 1, and on 1, you’ll find yourself slipping into a wonderful state of hypnosis. 10, feeling so good as you drift, and sink…”

 

Chloe looked over to see Beca’s eyes glazed over - that classic “the lights are on but nobody’s home” look. Chloe reached over and shook Beca’s shoulder. Beca startled out of her light trance with Chloe’s touch. She was about to show her frustration of being awoken in such a manner when Chloe pointed to Carol gaping blankly at Hannah. Beca’s eyes widened as she took in the situation before her. She gave Chloe a thumbs-up and nodded, signalling Chloe to continue.

 

”9, drifting into hypnosis, mind so empty.”

 

”8, you’re doing wonderfully, Carol…”

 

Carol’s chin lowered slightly as her eyelids dropped to half mast. Her breathing was slow and even as she embraced the positive feeilngs she was experiencing.

 

Hannah, all the while, couldn’t believe what she was seeing. She’d never seen Carol act like this before…

 

 

”7, 6, 5, 4, falling deeper and faster now…”

 

Carol’s body visibly sunk into the pillow.

 

”3, almost there. 2, feeling so wonderful… 1, deep sleep…”

 

Carol’s eyes slammed shut as her body fell forward. Hannah instinctively reached out to stabilize her girlfriend, but her reaction time was too slow and Carol ultimately landed face-first in Hannah’s lap.

 

Hannah looked in awe as she turned to Chloe. Chloe mouthed the words, “hold her” and Hannah complied.

 

”That’s right, sinking deeper and deeper down. Hypnosis feels so wonderful, doesn’t it?”

 

Carol nodded briefly again.

 

Hannah whispered to Chloe, “can I try?”

 

Chloe knew exactly what was going through Hannah’s head at that moment, and gave a Cheshire Cat smile.

 

”Now, Carol, you’re going to wake up in a moment, and for the rest of the night, when Hannah says the phrase, ‘look into my eyes, and drop’ you will gaze into her eyes, and fall right back down into hypnosis. You can do that, can’t you?”

 

Another nod.

 

”Excellent! Now, waking up on 3 for me. 1, feeling wonderful. 2, feeling energy rushing through your body, and, 3! Wide awake.”

 

Carol picked herself up and looked around the room, confused. Beca chuckled at the sight, knowing all too well how disorienting it can be to come out of trance, especially if you’re not used to it.

 

”How do you feel?” Beca asked.

 

”Wow, that was… wow,” Carol said, groggily. The newly hypnotized woman glanced up at her girlfriend, who was watching with a fire in her eyes.

 

”Holy shit, that was so cool…! Let’s do it again.”

 

”Oh-okay,” Carol agreed, almost a little too quickly.

 

”Look into my eyes,” Hannah crooned.

 

Carol instantly gazed into the eyes of her girlfriend, feeling the impending sensations of hypnosis already begin to overtake her.

 

”… And drop,” Hannah said, snapping her fingers for good measure.

 

Carol dropped right back down into hypnosis once again, only this time Hannah knew to catch her. Hannah caught Carol by the shoulders and kept her upright this time.

 

”Deeper than before, Carol. You’re doing so well,” Chloe said softly. “Now, waken on 3. 1, feeling good. 2, feeling great. 3, wide awake. Up up up.”

 

Carol groggily blinked her eyes open, but not for long.

 

”Look into my eyes,” Hannah said once again.

 

Carol had so little time to right herself she was still halfway in trance when she heard the trigger.

 

”And drop,” Hannah ordered.

 

Carol dropped to the floor like a puppet with its strings cut. Hannah wasn’t ready for such an immediate response, but luckily, Carol’s position on the floor only resulted in her softly keeling over onto her side.

 

”Oh my god, this is fucking incredible,” Hannah said under her breath.

 

”Pretty cool, right?” Chloe asked.

 

”And then some,” Hannah replied.

 

“Sit her back up, will you?”

 

Hannah nodded and guided Carol’s body back to her original kneeling position.

 

”Now, Carol, I want you to imagine big bunches of helium balloons tied to both wrists. I bet you can see them in your mind. Some are robin’s egg blue, some are bright white, others are lime green. All of them are quite large, and all are tugging up on your wrists. The balloons are pulling them up, up, up into the air, stronger with every second…”

 

The group watched as Carol’s wrists twitched before slowly, gently beginning to rise up into the air. Beca and Chloe watched with a quite amusement while Hannah watched with rapt fascination.

 

”Up, up, up, all the way up into the air until they’re pulling you up into the air, Carol…”

 

Even as Chloe reinforced the suggestion, Carol’s wrists had pulled her arms straight up. Not only were they pulling and pulling, they continued to affect Carol by pulling her body into a standing position…

 

“Now, waking on 3, finding your arms stuck where they are until Hannah says the word, ‘release’. 1, coming up now. 2, almost there, and 3, wide awake. Wide, wide awake.”

 

Carol’s eyes blinked open as she took in the reality of her situation. She looked up at her arms stuck in place, laughing at the absurdity of it.

 

”Wh-wh-what the fuck?! Why can’t I move?”

 

”Behold, the power of hypnosis,” Chloe said dramatically as Beca chuckled at her goofy girlfriend.

 

“Yup, and now that you’re stuck there, I can do this,” Hannah said, as she began to give Carol the tickle-torture of a lifetime.

 

Hannah’s hands raced all over Carol’s body, finding all the spots that made the hypnotized subject cackle with abandon. Nimble fingers raced over Carol’s armpits, her sides, her belly… dimly, Carol was grateful she was standing so that Hannah couldn’t access her feet…!

 

”Ha ha… oh… ha… oh my… oh, you’re gonna pay for this…” Carol managed to squeak out between gigglefits.

 

”Promises, promises,” Hannah retorted as she continued her assault on her girlfriend’s rib cage.

 

After another moment or two of this, Chloe perked up and said, “perhaps you should let her rest, Hannah.”

 

”Oh, fiiiiiine. Release,” Hannah replied, and stopped tickling Carol. “Look into my eyes…” she said to her girlfriend… “and drop.”

 

Carol’s chin fell to her chest as her body relaxed deeply, slumping over. Hannah was ready this time, though, and kept a steadying arm around her partner’s waist.

 

”Can we do one more before waking her up?” Hannah asked.

 

Chloe looked over at Carol. The hypnotized woman seemed to be enjoying herself and was a natural at responding to hypnotic suggestion. She didn’t see the harm at extending the demonstration a little.

 

”Did you have something in mind?”

 

Hannah whispered into Chloe’s ear.

 

”Wow, are you sure we weren’t seperated at birth?”

 

Turning to Carol, Chloe whispered softly into Carol’s ear before snapping her fingers, waking Carol up.

 

Carol looked around, clearly confused.

 

“What’s going on? Am I still hypnotized?”

 

”Well… yes and no,” Chloe replied. You’re wide awake and out of trance, now, but there’s one little lingering effect remaining. Hannah…?”

 

Hannah’s smile would have lit up the street in a blackout. She locked eyes with her girlfriend and snapped her fingers, loud and clear.

 

The effect was immediate. Carol quickly traversed the distance between her and Hannah, narrowly avoiding tripping on one of the pillows still on the floor. Carol grabbed Hannah’s face in her hands and pulled her in for a long, passionate kiss. Hannah, meanwhile, held Carol close, both hands exploring her girlfriend’s back.

 

After a few seconds, the suggestion wore off and Carol pulled back a little, remaining in Hannah’s embrace.

 

”What was that?” Carol asked.

 

Hannah simply smiled and snapped again.

 

The effect was even stronger the second time. Carol felt her lips magnetically drawn to Hannah’s as the couple passionately made out in Beca and Chloe’s living room. Beca watched on, happy to see her sister having such fun. Chloe, meanwhile, began rubbing her hand along Beca’s thigh…

 

The suggestion took a little longer to wear off this time, leaving Carol gasping for air as she broke the kiss.

 

”Wow… that was… that was…”

 

She couldn’t finish her sentence before Hannah snapped her fingers a third time.

 

Carol’s entire body was drawn into Hannah’s tight embrace. Lips locked together as hands explored every curve of each other’s bodies, the sensations driving each other wild. The force of Carol’s body pushed Hannah onto the floor as they continued to get swept away in the excitement.

 

Chloe, meanwhile, found herself breathing heavy, feeling her own arousal grow at the sight in front of her. She glanced beside her to see Beca in a similarly horny state. Chloe grabbed Beca’s hand as the two ran for their bedroom, leaving Carol and Hannah alone as nature took its course…

 

 

 

 

 

Early next morning, Beca and Chloe emerged from their bedroom clearly having had an eventful night. Beca’s hair was completely matted back and in desperate need of a brush. The brunette gratefully loosened the knot on her robe as she realized that she and Chloe were alone once again. As Chloe stumbled to the kitchen to turn on the glorious machine that made the life-giving elixir that woke her up in the mornings, Beca found her phone still sitting on the table from last night. While the battery was largely drained from not getting charged last night, it had enough battery remaining to see a txt message from last.

 

”Well, looks like they had fun last night,” Beca remarked as she read the txt that Carol had sent.

 

Chloe looked over Beca’s shoulder to see for herself and giggled as she read its contents.

 

”So, what - are you just gonna hypnotize everyone in our lives, babe?”

 

“Coffee first, then we can talk about it…”

 

 

 

 

 

One drained pot of coffee later, the two sat at the kitchen table and discussed last night’s events.

 

”Dude, come on. First my mom, now my sister. Do I have to worry about this?”

 

”You’re mad…” Chloe said, carefully.

 

”Not mad, per se, just… I dunno, confused? How did that even happen last night?”

 

”I think I was feeding off Hannah’s energy. That girl clearly got off on seeing Carol hypnotized, Bec. I think she just found what we did, only in an alternate setting.”

 

”I… suppose, but it still feels weird. I mean, it was supposed to be just a casual dinner and get-together, and it turned into… that?”

 

”Well, that kinda stuff is normal for us - why can’t it be normal for them?” Chloe asked.

 

”I mean, when you put it that way…” Beca admitted.

 

“Plus, are you really gonna say you didn’t have fun…?” Chloe asked, one eyebrow raised.

 

”… Ok, I did… just, can we maybe not do hypnokinky stuff around family?”

 

”Um, hate to break it to you, Bec, but: you’re family, now,” Chloe chuckled.

 

”Oh my god, you’re such a dork,” Beca said as she rolled her eyes and smiled.

 

The two shared a tender, coffee-flavoured kiss.

 

”So no hypnosis around family, then?” Chloe asked.

 

”Well, we did say it’s a normal thing in life, so how about just no hypnokinky stuff.”

 

”Okay. Deal. Forgive me?”

 

Beca chuckled at the absurdity of the question.

 

”Dude, I was never mad! Besides, I get the feeling we awakened something in those two last night. I don’t think it’s going away.”

 

”Then maybe we brought a little more happiness into this world?” Chloe asked hopefully.