The following story contains bondage.
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Laying on the couch with her eyes closed and nothing to do, Mai was perfectly happy. A lot of people misunderstood her. It was not that Mai disliked having fun; she just enjoyed different things than most people did. And one of the things Mai liked best was being able to just do nothing for awhile. So of course, when Mai was trying to do nothing and Ty Lee was being her normal hyperactive self, there was a pretty substantial conflict of interests.

The two girls were alone in their hotel room, Azula off searching for information on the Avatar’s movements. They were supposed to meet her in the morning on the edge of town, but for once, Azula had given them the night to just relax. Both girls were dressed in their normal clothing, Mai in her long robes and Ty Lee in her significantly less conservative pink ‘costume’, as Mai chose to call it. After all, normal people did not wear something that showed off that much skin, especially this far into winter.

“Come on Mai, let’s do something exciting. I’m sooooo bored right now. I know, why don’t we get all dressed up, and I can do your makeup and hair all super cute, and we can go out on the town for the night, and maybe we can meet some boys, and…” While she talked, Ty Lee finished brushing her long brunette hair and commenced the process of putting it back into the long braid that she always wore it in.

As Ty Lee continued to prattle on, Mai started to tune her out. Still, Mai knew that it would only work for a short time. Eventually, Ty Lee would reach the level of excitement where she became impossible to ignore any longer, and once that point was reached, Mai’s night would be ruined. Obviously, the only option was to nip Ty Lee in the bud, and Mai knew exactly how to do that.

“Tell you what, why don’t we play a little game, Ty Lee?” The shocked look on the acrobat’s face was almost priceless when she realized that Mai was being serious and not sarcastic.

“Really? That’s an awesomely, amazingly fantastic idea! How about Truth or Dare, or we could try…” Before she could really get going though, her somber friend cut her off.

“Actually, I was thinking we could play that game.” Even without further elaboration, Mai got her point across perfectly, as she could see by the look on her flexible friend’s face. It was almost predatory in nature, as opposed to the overt cheeriness that was usually present.

“I didn’t really think you bring it up so soon. After all, it is your turn.” As she spoke, Ty Lee was almost licking her lips in excitement. The last time they had played was about two weeks ago, and it had been Ty Lee’s turn, and Mai had been particularly vicious.

“I was actually thinking we could try something a little different instead of the usual alternating two hours. We have a little contest, and whoever loses gets a special turn that lasts until morning.” As she watched Ty Lee, Mai could see the wheels turning in the other brunette’s head. After all, while it might have been late already, it was a long time until the morning, and a turn lasting that long was enough to make anyone hesitant. But Mai knew she would take the bait. After all, Ty Lee enjoyed the game regardless of whose turn it was.

Ty Lee twirled her signature braid as she thought, and then flipped it back over her shoulder as she made up her mind. “Alright, that sounds fine, but no matter who wins, next time it’s still your turn, and we play for an extra hour. And you have to agree that we play again within the next two weeks.”

Mai grimaced. She hadn’t expected any extra conditions from the girl who spent a third of the day giggling, a third of the day cartwheeling, and a third of it doing both at the same time. Still, it was better than spending the night listening to Ty Lee go on and on about boys or what color her aura was. Plus Mai had come up with a contest she couldn’t lose, and a night of Ty Lee quiet was definitely worth one extra hour later. Though she did long for the days before Ty Lee had caught on that it always seemed to be her turn.

“Fine, fine. Alright, here’s the challenge. All you have to do is answer a riddle correctly and you win. But get it wrong and I win. Deal?”

“Sounds fabulous! Give it to me!”

“A man riding a lizard-horse rides into town. He arrives on Friday, and two days later he leaves on Saturday. How?”

“Well, that’s obvious. His lizard-horse is named Friday.” The smile on Ty Lee’s face on was so big the glare from her teeth almost blinded Mai.

“Wrong. His lizard-horse was named Saturday. You lost, now you better go get changed.” Watching the smirk fall off the acrobat’s face was the best part of Mai’s day. Hell, her week.

While her friend partially disrobed down to her simple set of pink bra and panties, Mai opened the box that contained all of the rope and other toys for the game. After grabbing several bundles of the rope, she hesitated and then chose several clothes for use as well.

“Alright Ty Lee, I need you to stand in the center of the room, feet together, wrists in front.” As she spoke, Mai began uncoiling the first few bundles of rope and pooling them on the ground.

“Are you sure you don’t want them behind me? That’s how you usually do things.”

“Not this time, I have something special planned.”

Wasting no time at all, Mai used one of the shorter strands of rope she had prepared to lash Ty Lee’s wrists together. She wrapped the rope around her friend’s wrists several times before knotting it off, taking care to keep the knot out of the reach of Ty Lee’s nimble fingers. Then she repeated the process farther up her arms, just below the elbows. A third rope then finished Ty Lee’s arms, located a little above her elbows. This elicited a grunt as Mai tightened the rope and pulled her upper arms together.

“Jeez Mai, do you have to be so rough?” Even though she was complaining, Ty Lee had small smile plastered across her face. After all, she enjoyed being tied almost as much as Mai enjoyed the silence that followed.

Mai didn’t respond, opting to instead to grab a couple of the handkerchiefs she had picked out earlier. Balling two of them together, she walked over to Ty Lee’s head and motioned for the partially bound girl to open up. With a grimace, Ty Lee complied and allowed her friend to stuff the two clothes into her mouth. A third cloth was then wrapped around her face, holding the other two in. And with that Ty Lee was gagged.

As she tested out her gag, Ty Lee watched as Mai just picked up another length of rope. One end was tied to the rope already around Ty Lee’s wrist, and then the other was lowered down towards her left ankle. By slowly pulling on the rope, Mai forced Ty Lee to bend at the waist, until her wrists were only separated from her ankle by a few inches and a piece of rope. The bindings left Ty Lee uncomfortably hunched over, although the position was not particularly intense for someone on her level of bendiness. Though Ty Lee did notice that for some odd reason, Mai had neglected to use any rope on her other ankle, leaving it with free movement.

At this point, Mai stepped back and quickly surveyed her handiwork. Then she grabbed one of the longer ropes she had chosen and began to tie it around Ty Lee’s torso, just under her breasts. She promptly tied it into a rather skillful breast harness, wrapping it above and below the acrobat’s breasts a few times before crossing it between in an X-shape. This resulted in her breasts being forced out slightly as well as arching her back, leaving them on prominent display. Grabbing another long length, she tied one end to the back of Ty Lee’s breast ropes and then tossed the other end over a ceiling banister. Pulling down on it, Mai forced her friend to straighten out slightly, adding tension to all of the ropes and forcing her onto her tiptoes. And regardless of how flexible you are, being stuck on your tiptoes while bent over like that gets pretty uncomfortable pretty fast.

Temporarily tying off the banister rope, Mai added a quick rope around Ty Lee’s waist like a belt. Then she untied the banister rope and retied it to the front of the belt rope, creating a tight crotch rope. Worse yet, because the crotch rope attached to the back of her harness, if Ty Lee lowered her torso in order to take the strain off her stretched arms, she increased the pull on her crotch rope. It formed a rather vicious catch-22.

At this point, Mai still had not said a word since she had gagged Ty Lee, despite her friend’s whimpers as the ropes tightened. Mai was not overly concerned though; Ty Lee loved ties that were particularly rigorous, especially since it gave her a chance to show off her flexibility. And so particularly rigorous was exactly what Mai was aiming for. With any luck, Ty Lee would be so sore in the morning that she would be more or less subdued all day, which would give Mai even more peace-and-quiet time.

Deciding it was time to finish things up, Mai grabbed one last short length of rope. She quickly looped it around Ty Lee’s remaining free ankle, and then began to pull said ankle behind her. She continued pulling until the point where Ty Lee’s ankle was positioned above her pink-clad butt. Then she took hold of the acrobat’s silky brunette hair, in its recently redone braid. As soon as Mai laid hands on it, Ty Lee realized what her somber friend had planned and immediately began thrashing around, as little as was possible that is. But the rigidity of her bonds left her little chance, and Ty Lee could do nothing to prevent Mai from binding the rope attached to her raised ankle to her long braid.

Releasing her hold on Ty Lee’s ankle, Mai watched as her bendable friend settled into the end position. If Mai did say so herself, the position was particularly devious. Any movement on Ty Lee’s part resulted in an increased pull on a different body part. Lowering her head raised her ankle higher and caused an increased pull on her braid. Trying to reduce the stress on her crotch rope forced her to arch her back more and moved her wrists away from her ankle, which forced her even higher onto her tiptoes.

After a few minutes, Ty Lee had realized that there was literally no position that she could find that was comfortable, which was particularly concerning since she was going to be spending several hours like this. Glancing towards her friend, Ty Lee was treated to one of those rare, patented Mai half-smiles. Mai raised one final cloth and tied it around the bound acrobat’s head over her eyes, shrouding her in darkness while being careful to not cover Ty Lee’s bangs as she did so. Then she walked by her restrained friend, giving Ty Lee a sharp slap on the butt as she made her way back over to her bed.

“Nighty night, Ty.”