Chemical Bitterness

(This fart fetish story is entirely fictional (obviously... LMAO))

Location: Vladivostok, Primorsky Krai, Russia
Time: August 4, 2018. 08:30 A.M. (Vladivostok Time)

"Time to get up, cousin!" said Ekaterina to her cousin, Dmitry.
"You want to play videogames with me, right?", he replied.
"Yes! Wait... do you want to sleep?", said Ekaterina
"Maybe a few more minutes, I'll tell you when I'm ready", he replied.
"Ok"

Ekaterina was a 18 years old girl, born on January 1, 2000. She feels that she's special because she was born right at the beginning of the 21st century. Dmitry was her cousin, the son of Ekaterina's mom's sister. He often sleeps in her house, particularly in the weekends and in the summer. He was born on October 27, 2000. At that time, he was 17, but he didn't feel much younger than Ekaterina.

Meanwhile, she ate her breakfast: she drank milk and ate some cookies.
After having breakfast, she was browsing the Internet and she was reading "news" about a mission to Mars that sent an orbiter there and has been orbiting the planet since the previous year.
After almost one hour later, at 09:27 A.M. Dmitry asked her if she wanted to play videogames.

"Of course, which game do you want to play with?", she asked.
"Uhm... let's just play Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI!", he replied.
"I see... you want to play the HELL_666.EXE level against the Demon Zombies with me?", she asked.
"That's right!", he replied.

Ekaterina turned on the gaming console, put the Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI game disc inside of it, and they started to play. The first level was easy, as you can kill demon zombies just using the knife ONCE on them. Ekaterina was very good at playing that game, and they reached level 10. As time went by, they got stronger weapons, to kill the zombies easily. Dmitry was having fun, as usual. They kept playing for a lot of time. Ekaterina had to revive him a couple of times, because the zombies were very fast at one point and they killed him quickly. They got at level 24, they killed Queen Lilith once, but now the zombies were very difficult to defeat. Dmitry's character died, but Ekaterina's couldn't revive him, because there were just too many zombies, and if she did, she would have died, too. The zombies were too fast and they had too much HP, she hasn't been able to survive.

GAME OVER.

They played for more than 3 hours straight, so they were very tired.

"Do you want to go outside?", Ekaterina asked.
"No, I don't. It's too hot outside", Dmitry replied.
"Ok... what are we going to do, then?", Ekaterina asked.
"Let's eat something", he replied.

They went to the living room and started eating chips.

"Life is a little boring, the only thing we can do is play videogames, nothing else comes in my mind!", she complained.
"We'll find a thing to do, I'll promise!", he reassured.
"Really? Nice!", she said.
"We just have to think about what other teenagers do", he said.
"I wanted to go outside, but you said it was too hot!", she said.
"It is! But it's not just the heat, it's the humidity...", he replied.
"Heat doesn't last forever in Vladivostok, when summer's over, will you start going outside? Or will you complain that it's too cold?", she asked, smiling.
"No, I won't. You can always put your clothes on, but you just can't strip your skin off in the heat", he said.
Ekaterina laughed, and asked: "Well then, will you start going outside in October? Or will it still be too hot?"
Dmitry replied: "October is nice! I'll go outside!"
"Ok! I'm looking forward to October, then! But now, in August, what can we do?", she asked.
"Well, we can still go out in the morning, when it's cool", he replied.
"Let's do it tomorrow!", she said.
"Ok, we'll go outside tomorrow morning!", he reassured.
"But I'm bored NOW! What can we do?", she asked.
"I'm still thinking, it's not easy", he replied.

Ekaterina had an idea.

"What if we hug?", she asked.
"What?", Dmitry wasn't surpised: they hug often, but they usually don't hug each other randomly like that.
"I thought it would be nice if we spent time hugging together!", she said, smiling happily.
"How much time do you want to spend hugging?", he said.
"I'll stop hugging you when you will not want to be hugged anymore", she said.
"Ok then", Dmitry said, smiling even more than Ekaterina did.

They started hugging, and they were happy, but after like 3 minutes, they were starting to get bored.
"It feels good, but it's not funny... we're just sitting here hugging, not even moving, this is boring...", Dmitry said.
Ekaterina agreed, it wasn't funny or exciting, it just felt good. But then the boredom overcame.

"We have to accept our fate, we'll be bored to death", Dmitry said.
"Maybe you are right, shall we listen to some music?", she asked.
"I don't know, maybe later, after 3 hours of videogames, my mind is tilted", he said.
"Tilted?", Ekaterina said, laughing.
"Yeah, tilted! I like this word!", he said, smiling.

Ekaterina was thinking what other teenagers did in the summer. They went outside together in squares and parks, they went eating some food outside, and so on. They usually didn't stay inside their homes.

"Lunch is ready!", said Anna (Ekaterina's mom).

There were fried potatoes, salad, apples and ramen for lunch. Ekaterina loved fried potatoes, and she ate a lot of them. She also ate a lot of salad with the red wine vinegar. She then ate an apple, saying "An apple a day, keeps the doctor away", and she laughed. She didn't eat much ramen, but what she ate was enough for her. Dmitry ate mostly the ramen and the fried potatoes. He ate a little of salad but he didn't eat any apple.

"This was a very good lunch!", said Ekaterina
"The food was tasty!", said Dmitry.
"Thank you!", said Anna, smiling.
"But it's true!", said Ekaterina. Then she hugged her mom.
"You're so lovely, Ekaterina", she said to her daughter.
They both smiled.

Ekaterina kept hugging her for about 30 seconds, then let go and said "What can we and Dmitry do to have fun? I can't think of anything, except going outside. What can we do inside?"

Anna replied: "You've got a lot of videogames, how can you even be bored?", she replied, smiling.
Ekaterina said: "Yes, but we just can't play videogames all day long, there should be another thing we can do!"
Anna replied: "Of course! You can listen to music, play chess, watch TV, jump on the bed, write a story together, play dares, drawing, play the musical keyboard, and so on..."
Ekaterina thought: "Then... we're going to listen to some Power Metal bands, while we jump on the bed, asking each other "Would you..." and then saying something funny, and then maybe we'll draw something and we'll play the keyboard, I'll tell Dmitry" and then said "Thank you, mom! You gave me an idea!"

"Let's go to my room!", said Ekaterina.
Dmitry agreed and went to Ekaterina's room.
After they went to her room and closed the door, she said to Dmitry:
"I have an idea! Now we won't be bored!".
Dmitry didn't know what was Ekaterina's idea.
She went to Youtube and played a Power Metal song.

"Do you want to listen to music, then? Ok, it's not that boring...", admitted Dmitry.

"It's not the only thing we'll do, let's jump in the bed, while we're listening to this song!", said Ekaterina.

"Nice idea!", said Dmitry.

They started jumping in their beds, listening to Power Metal music. They were having a lot of fun, and they weren't bored like they were before.

"Would you lie down in a bed full of heated thorns?", asked Ekaterina, almost laughing.
"Of course I wouldn't, why are you asking me?", said Dmitry, a little suprised.
"Now it's your turn! Ask me if I'd do something", said Ekaterina.
"Oh ok... it's a game! Uhm... would you go outside in a swimsuit when it's minus 20 degrees Celsius (-4 °F)?", asked Dmitry, laughing.
"No way! It's too cold!", said Ekaterina.

"But... we're saying things that of course no one would do! Let's say "Would you..... if they paid you ...... Rubles?"", admitted Dmitry.

"You're right", admitted Ekaterina, then she said: "Would you spend one year in prison if they paid you 1000 Rubles?", asked Ekaterina.
"No, I wouldn't. 1000 Rubles aren't enough, now it's my turn: would you let someone remove violently your nose hair for 10000 Rubles?", asked Dmitry.
"Of course! I can buy a lot of things with 10000 Rubles! I don't mind some pain!", admitted Ekaterina.
"Would you take off your spacesuit on the Moon for 20 seconds, knowing that then they'll take you inside again and you won't die, even if you'll lose consciousness, for 5000 Rubles?", asked Ekaterina.
"5000 Rubles aren't bad, I'd do it!", replied Dmitry.
"Would you swim in a beach full of sharks for 30000 Rubles?", asked Dmitry.
"No, probably I'd die, and 30000 Rubles aren't that much for such a dangerous activity", replied Ekaterina.
"Would you eat 10 ice creams straight for 500 Rubles?", asked Ekaterina
"500 Rubles? It's not that much, and after 10 ice creams I'd have a tummy ache, but I'd do it. 500 Rubles are better than nothing", he said, smiling.
"Would you be a mainstream Pop singer for 20000 Rubles?", asked Dmitry.
"No way! 20000 Rubles aren't enough for the rest of my life! And I hate mainstream pop music!", she replied.

"Now I have a funny one", thought Ekaterina.

"Would you smell my farts after I ate a lot of beans for 100 Rubles?", asked Ekaterina, laughing.
"Why not? 100 Rubles are almost nothing, but I'll take them! It's better than nothing!", said Dmitry.

Ekaterina laughed, and said: "I don't believe you, you wouldn't do such a thing!"
"If you gave me 100 Rubles for it, then sure I'd do it!", replied Dmitry, proudly.
"Then you don't mind if we do it later?", asked Ekaterina, smiling.

Dmitry didn't think she was serious, so he said: "I accept your challenge! Are there any beans in your house?"
"Of course there are! I'll bake them and I'll eat a lot of them, and then I'll fart! If you can endure the smell, I'll give you 100 Rubles, as promised", Ekaterina said, laughing

"This is getting very weird, but I'll do it for the 100 Rubles you're going to give me!", said Dmitry. He wasn't sure if she was going to actually do it or not.

"But remember, I'll give you 100 Rubles only if you will endure the smell! If you won't, I won't give you anything!", said Ekaterina, with a mischievous smile.

"Let's do it, then! But what your mom will think, when she'll see you baking beans?", asked Dmitry.

"Don't worry, she's upstairs, she won't see us, let's go baking some beans for the challenge, then. Let's see how honest your reply was!", said Ekaterina, smiling.

They exited their room. They went to the kitchen and Ekaterina opened the closet where the beans cans were located. She baked 1 kg (2.2 pounds) of beans, wondering if she would be able to eat them. The beans were baking on the cooker.

"I know this is a stupid thing to do, but when someone is bored, everything is funny", said Ekaterina.
"Do you think this will be a funny game?", asked Dmitry.
"Of course it will! We'll have some laughs and then you'll have your 100 Rubles. What's the boring part in this?", reassured Ekaterina.
"Maybe you're right, but what if I don't succeed in this challenge?", asked Dmitry.
"Nothing, really!", reassured Ekaterina.
"Ok, I was afraid I should give you money!", said Dmitry.
"No, no. Don't worry", reassured Ekaterina.

Meanwhile, Ekaterina asked Dmitry if he wants a hug, and he accepted. They hugged for about 20 seconds and they smiled.

"I'm having so much fun with you, Dmitry. I love playing with you. I can play funny games with you. You're a very important person for me", Ekaterina said.

Dmitry was touched by her words, he smiled and said: "Thank you! Now we're going to have fun with this game you came up with! This will be the strangest, yet the funniest game I've ever played!".

"I think so", Ekaterina said, smiling.
Dmitry lowered his voice, because he had the feeling that Anna was listening to them, and asked: "Are your farts usually stinky?".
Ekaterina laughed in a low voice, then she smiled and said: "No one knows it, because I always hold them in when I'm with other people, but usually they're very stinky, sometimes they are so stinky that even I move away from them, and this happens when I don't eat beans. I don't know what will happen later, I've never eaten so many beans."

The beans were ready, and Ekaterina started eating them.

"They're hot!", she complained, so she ate them slowly at the beginning.

There was a great amount of beans she had to eat, but she wanted to eat them all. It wasn't like she feared to lose 100 Rubles, that was nothing. She just wanted to show him that smelling her farts wasn't as easy as he thought.

Dmitry said, in a low voice: "Will I have to smell just one fart to win 100 Rubles?"
Ekaterina replied: "Of course not... did you really think so? You have to smell my farts until I haven't to fart anymore"
Dmitry said: "But you're eating too many beans! You'll fart all day!"
Ekaterina replied: "That's the challenge. If you don't, I won't give you any money"

Dmitry wanted that money, but he wasn't sure if he would have been able to smell her farts so much. After Ekaterina said that her farts were usually very stinky, he was getting a little scared. He asked her: "How will I smell your farts?"
Ekaterina didn't understand what he meant, and asked: "What do you mean?"
Dmitry replied, asking: "I mean, will we sit on the bed and you fart... or what? How will we play this game?"
Ekaterina said: "Good question! Well, I don't know exactly. I'll think about this!"

Dmitry thought this "game" was getting too weird for his tastes, but he accepted because he wanted those 100 Rubles he has been promised. He hoped Ekaterina wouldn't be very naughty and that she would let him win easily.

"Is this going too far?", he thought.

He was getting a little anxious, because he didn't know how stinky were actually her farts. "This game is disgusting, but I said I would do it, so I haven't much choice, and I want that money. But I don't know if I'll win: it would be very embarassing if I lose, she'd make fun of me forever", he thought.

Now that the beans weren't as hot as before, she was eating them fast. She asked him: "Do you think you'll win?", and smiled. Dmitry was getting shy, and he said: "Uhm... well... I...". Ekaterina was smiling.

Dmitry was waiting for the moment. He thought he was going to die, maybe, since she was eating more than she usually did. He was anxious, but he thought, trying to get more relaxed: "Maybe she was joking. I don't think the farts of a 18 years old girl can be that bad. How can they be?".

He felt like a lot of time has passed, and Ekaterina has eated only about half of the beans. This made Dmitry even more anxious and afraid than before. He was trying hard to convince himself that the farts of a 18 years old girl can't be bad at all.

He stopped watching Ekaterina eating beans, and turned on the TV.
There were some cartoons, and he watched them. After about 20 minutes, when the episode was over, Dmitry wasn't even thinking about the "game" anymore.

Unfortunately, a few minutes later, Ekaterina had finished her beans, complaining that she has eaten too much, and reminded him the "game", saying: "I'm ready, let's go to our room!"

Dmitry suddenly shocked, remembering that he had to smell her farts to win 100 Rubles.
He remember the challenge she posed to him, and, sadly, agreed.

They entered Ekaterina's room and she closed the door and the windows, to keep others from seeing them, as well to keep the smell from escaping the room.

"I know what we have to do now!", said Ekaterina, with a mischievous smile.
That smile was scaring Dmitry, he didn't know what she wanted to do.

"Since you said you would smell my farts for 100 Rubles, then I'll let you. Please, lie down on the bed, so it will be more relaxing". Ekaterina was smiling, but the expression of Dmitry's face wasn't as happy.

Ekaterina is the usual cute girl that hugs everyone and doesn't harm anyone, but this game was really entertaining her and she was having fun. And she wanted to show Dmitry that it's easy to say something, but it's hard to do it. She hoped that her farts would be so stinky that he wouldn't be able to endure them.

"This is going to be very funny! This game is the best! If you want, we'll play this again tomorrow, and everyday". She liked the idea of this game and she wanted to play it with him everyday. Dmitry, to keep her from getting sad, said: "That's... ok...". He was actually very scared and didn't want to do it again, but he loved her so much that he didn't want her to get sad.

Ekaterina was so happy, and she said: "Ok then, we'll play this game everyday!", smiling.
Dmitry knew that he made a mistake, but now he couldn't take back what he said.

"Would you like to begin the game with a Dutch Oven?", she asked him.
He replied: "What... is... that?". He was still nervous and anxious.
Ekaterina replied: "It's a funny thing we'll do now! You'll like it! I'll fart under the covers and then trap you inside them! Funny, eh?", she asked.

He didn't reply, but she said: "I have to fart, quick! Get inside the covers!"

He did as she told, and she farted under the covers, while he was inside.

Ekaterina told him: "Don't escape from it! If you do, you'll lose!"

That was her first fart of the game, and Dmitry thought that was very strong. In the open room, he noticed that her fart smelt like rotten eggs. It became more offensive under the covers. After about 20 seconds he was under the covers, he was getting nauseous, and his eyes were tearing. He was getting a headache and it was hard for him to relax.

"This doesn't smell different from usual, it's not very stinky. I guess it takes time for beans to work", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry was even more scared than before, knowing that one was a normal fart.
He couldn't even imagine the smell of her next farts, since she hadn't still digested the beans. They both knew that the next farts were going to be even stinkier.

After a minute, Ekaterina said: "You can go outside now!"

Dmitry was shocked by the smell. He was dizzy and the light was painful to him, since his eyes were tearing by the stench.

"Now you can breathe fresh air, but not for much time... I have an idea! Please, lie down on your bed again, I'm going to lie down near you!", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry did as she told, again.

"Now I'll pull my jeans off, and you'll have to lie down with your nose in my underpants. If you pull your nose away from them, you lose", said Ekaterina.

Ekaterina pulled her jeans off, showing her underpants, and she placed her ass in her cousin's nose.

"This will be relaxing, you just have to stay lied down!", said Ekaterina.

A scary sound from Ekaterina's tummy let Dmitry know that he should prepare for his death.

PFFFFFFFFFSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS

Ekaterina let a silent but deadly fart that lasted about 1 second in her cousin's face.

Dmitry knew it! It was stinkier than the last one! He pulled his nose away quickly, but that was just an unconscious reflex. The smell was toxic, it smelt like he was inside of a rotten egg's yolk. It lingered in his nose and stunk up his hair.

Ekaterina said: "You've lost! No money to you!"

Dmitry said: "No! Please! I didn't do that on purpose!"

Ekaterina said: "Ok then, I'll give you one last chance, let's lock ourselves in the wardrobe. I'll fart, and since it's a small closed place, the smell will not escape. You'll have to tell me you're giving up to escape, so you can't lose without doing it on purpose!"

Dmitry agreed.

Ekaterina locked herself and Dmitry inside the wardrobe and she kept the key.
"I have to fart", she said.

SSSSSSSSSSSSFFFFFFFFFFSSSFFFTTT

This was another silent but deadly fart from Ekaterina, but this lasted approximately 0.8 seconds. The smell quickly filled the wardrobe, which was small enough that Ekaterina and Dmitry touched each other.

This was a lot stinkier than the first one, and a little stinkier than the previous one, but since it wasn't under the covers or in his face, it felt only a bit stinkier than the first one.

"THIS is a stinky one! But it's not anything special, I've done some farts like this before, but in a small place, it stinks a lot!", said Ekaterina. She wasn't disgusted at all, she could take it, it was just her fart. She was surprised to see Dmitry's reaction, she thought he could endure that fart.

"Do you want to give up?", she asked.

"No way! *cough* I want that money! But your farts are a lot stinkier than I thought! *cough* it feels like my nose is melting!"

It smelt like a rotten egg's yolk was near his nose, and it felt like his lungs were catching fire. He didn't want to breathe in that much, and he started to get dizzy, he had a headache and his eyes were tearing, more than before. He couldn't call that relax.

"Do you want to exit this wardrobe before the next fart? But I'll give you only 50 Rubles!", asked Ekaterina.

"Yes! Yes! *cough* Please! *cough* Take me *cough* out of this place! *cough* I think I'm going to faint soon *cough*", replied Dmitry.

"When I'll have to fart again, I'll let you out!", said Ekaterina.

She was being naughty, and Dmitry wasn't enjoying it. She was making it very difficult!

3 minutes have passed, and Ekaterina said "I have to fart, now we can go outside!".

Dmitry could barely walk... he was fatigued, so Ekaterina told him to lie down, because she had to fart on his face, but then she said: "Do you want your nose to be a little distant from my ass? I'll still give you 50 Rubles!"

Dmitry replied: "Yes... please... your farts are like a toxic sewer plant..."
He got so weak he could barely move his arms.

"Ok then... I won't put my ass in your nose, but I'll still fart near you!", she said.

"That's a lot better", he thought.

Ekaterina farted again, and it was even stinkier than the last one!

"You're killing me! It's the stinkiest thing I've ever smelt!", he said. Ekaterina laughed.

He continued staying on the bed. The game has just begun.

"Hey! Not even half a hour has passed! Are you dead yet?", said Ekaterina, being proud that her farts were so stinky that could make someone sick.

"I don't... think so... I still... want that money!", said Dmitry, weakly.

"Great! Because I have to fart again!", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry's heart beat rose, thinking that he's probably going to faint for some hours.
Ekaterina took the blanket and trapped herself and him under it.
She then farted near his face and escaped quickly from the blanket, leaving him inside it.
It was quite silent like the others, but since she was doing it fast to escape the blanket, a little PUUUPRRR sound was made. Now Dmitry understood what she meant when she said:
"This doesn't smell different from usual, it's not very stinky. I guess it takes time for beans to work". It still smelled like rotten eggs like the first one, but this was much more intense. It was like a very stinky tear gas, and he couldn't leave his eyes open, because it was too painful. He tried breathing that once, but it quickly went into his lungs and his brain was trying to make him stop breathing it, because the olfactive system was sending too much unpleasant information to his brain. It was hard for him to breathe, and he decided he should not breathe much: only when he really had to. After about 40 seconds, he was getting fatigued, irritable and dizzy. His memory was weakening, because his brain was working on dealing with that smell. He decided it was too hard to try not to breathe, so he eventually gave up with that idea and started breathing a little more. He had a headache and he was losing appetite, as result. That could have been very well a Dante's Inferno circle. He wondered if his nose was getting red, because he felt like it was.

After 20 seconds (which felt more like 3 minutes, since he was in an awful state of mind), which totals 1 minute, Ekaterina let thim outside the blanket, saying "That's the smell of victory!", and she smiled. Dmitry had so many tears in his face, he looked like he was crying, and he couldn't open them because there was too much light in the room for him, even if that room wasn't very lit. That was because Ekaterina's fart was so stinky that made him teary, so he couldn't stand any light.

"Please... *cough* don't trap me inside... that blanket... anymore! *cough*", said Dmitry. Now he was actually crying, and his nose hairs were wet.

Ekaterina got close to him and said: "Now you smell like you were swimming in a pool of stinky eggs... aren't you happy to wear your cute cousin's perfume?"

"I'm very happy... but... please... don't trap me inside a blanket again!", cried Dmitry.

"Don't worry, I won't do it again... but then I'll give you only 25 Rubles!", said Ekaterina.

"I'll take that money! That's enough! I can buy some chips with that!", said Dmitry.

He felt like he was very weak, because he couldn't even stand his cousin's farts. "I can't even stand a girl's fart... I'm a failure... feeble, strenghtless, weak... I'm so pathetic... it's so embarassing!", he thought.

Dmitry slowly started to open his eyes again, and wondered if her next farts were going to be even more unbearable than this one. The previous one was still very stinky, but at least she did it in an open area. As soon as he's trapped in a small place, the smell becomes much more intense. He was considering some options:

1) The first fart was under the blanket: it smelled like rotten eggs, and was very stinky. Prolonged exposure could make most people sick, but it was nothing compared to the last fart. The last one was pure torture! If the next farts were going to be even smellier, then sniffing her farts under the blanket wasn't an option.

2) The second fart was right in his nose: it was much stinkier than the previous one, but since she farted in his face, it felt at least 50 times stinkier than the first one.
It was something that probably no one could stand, and he quickly pulled his nose away from her panties, without even thinking. It was a quick reflex that he hasn't been able to control, like when we touch boiling water. That fart immediately stunk up his face, and he could smell it for a lot of minutes. It was definitely impossible to breathe in her farts if your nose was right in her panties. If he had been tied up, he would probably have fainted just by breathing it once. He then remembered that her farts were getting stinkier, so maybe her farts could melt his face at the current time. So... not an option, either.

3) The third fart was released inside a locked wardrobe. It was a small place, but even if the fart was just a little stinkier than the second one, it felt only slightly stinkier than the first one. The smell of bad eggs quickly filled the closet, and overall, the air that he was breathing was a bit stinkier than the air he was breathing inside the blanket the first time. Not a great option, but still better than the blanket.

4) The fourth fart was nasty. Ekaterina lied down in the bed, with her ass upside, and her ass was near Dmitry's face, which was also upside. But his nose and her panties didn't touch at all, they were just near. It didn't feel much stinkier than the last one, but it was. It felt much worse than the fart inside the wardrobe because his nose was near her ass, BUT!!! The smell didn't remain trapped inside a small place, and it dissipated after some time. If she farted 2 times inside the wardrobe, the smell would accumulate inside it, which was note the case of the fourth fart. Was this the best option?

5) The fifth fart was like the first one, in the blanket: but the smell was downright unbreathable! It was like tear gas, hurting the eyes immediately, and one little breath led to the feeling that the lungs were irritated. He tried breathing with his mouth once, but it was so stinky that he could taste it. To never do it again. The smell was also more acidic-like than the others.

After thinking that much, he came down with the results: the option that was less stinky was the wardrobe one, provided that his nose was far from her ass, but the smell would accumulate inside it and not dissipate, and the worst thing was: if she farted multiple time, the smell would get a lot stronger. The other one that was not as stinky as the other two was when her ass was near his nose: it felt a bit stinkier than the wardrobe one, but at least the smell didn't accumulate. Staying under the blanket was hell, and putting your nose on her panties was more like suicide. He finally decided what he was going to do.

"Hey, Ekaterina! Do you remember the fourth time you farted? Let's do only like that! Like... you fart near my face, but not ON my face...", asked Dmitry, with still some tears in his eyes, hoping that she'd accept his suggestion.

"Alright! But, you know, you'll have only 20 Rubles for that! Mind you: I thought you could endure my farts more!", said Ekaterina.

"I thought you could endure my farts more!", that sentence echoed in Dmitry's mind. He now knew it, he was weak. He didn't have enough strenght to breathe the farts of a cute cuddly girl.

"Please, let's do what I'm saying! I'll show you that I can stand all of your farts easily!", he said.

He thought it was going to be easy.

"Thank you! I'm happy to know that you love me so much that you like even my farts! This is family love! Thank you!", Ekaterina said, in a cute voice.

Dmitry was feeling a little guilty, because he wasn't able to stand her farts, but now he was decided: he would smell them all with this option and get his 20 Rubles!

"I'm ready! You can stay on this bed and fart near me! I'm strong enough!", said Dmitry, firm and determinate.

"Ok then, if you say so... brace yourself!", said Ekaterina, smiling, knowing what kind of weapon she was going to unleash.

PRRRSSSSFFFF

The first 0.5 seconds made a quite loud noise, but then it became silent and she kept releasing the gas for another 0.8 seconds (1.3 seconds total). Her farts were becoming more powerful, not only because of the smell, but also because of the noise and the lenght. As soon as she farted, Dmitry could feel it in the air, because he started tearing. It felt almost as stinky as the previous one inside the blanket, even thought objectively, it was a little stinkier than that. It didn't feel as stinky because he wasn't trapped in a blanket: the air was open. It was still kind of unbreathable, though, but Dmitry adopted a strategy: "I'll just stop breathing for like 20 seconds, and then, when I breathe it again, it'll be less stinky than it was before, because meanwhile the smell will dissipate in the room! How smart am I". The smell was making him cry, but he stopped breathing for 15 seconds (he was counting on his mind, so it wasn't precise). When he started breathing again, he noticed that the smell wasn't much weaker than before, only a little. Anyway, since he wasn't breathing for 15 seconds, he needed a little more air than the normal, so he just couldn't breathe slowly like he did before, so he smelled that fart more than he wanted to, and ended up coughing, feeling like he was going to throw up.

He couldn't breathe her fart that much, and he was getting dizzy. It was an awful feeling, so he realised that strategy wasn't working. He thought of swaying away from her ass, but it would have been a bad move, since she would have noticed and then refused to give him any money. He started breathing slowly again, even if he was very uncomfortable doing so. Breathing fast would have likely resulted in him passing out.

After less than a minute, Ekaterina felt another fart. She didn't want to warn him about her upcoming fart, so he didn't.

The smell of her previous fart was getting weaker after time, so Dmitry was breathing more fast now. He didn't know Ekaterina was about to release a fart that was even more putrid than the last one. While Dmitry was starting to breathe more heavily, Ekaterina suddenly unleashed her beast:

PRRRUUURRRFFFSSSSSS

A sound similar to one of a motorcycle scared Dmitry, he didn't even have the time to prepare his nose and mind. The sound lasted 0.8 seconds, while the silent part went on another 0.7 seconds (1.5 seconds total). That sound was the "Motorcycle of Death" for Dmitry, he thought he was going to die, after he heard the "silent" part, he knew he was in serious trouble. He was going to smell a stench that can't be forgotten easily.

Dmitry was breathing quite heavily, because the smell of her previous fart was dissipating in the air. What he didn't know was the fact that Ekaterina was about to rip another one.
Suddenly, a scary sound warned him, but it was too late to stop breathing.
A sudden release of unpleasant gas was emerging in the air, and Dmitry could feel it without even breathing it, because of its warmth and teary feeling. Since he was breathing more heavily than before, more of the pungent air was going into his nostrils. He started to see things in a purple color: he was getting very dizzy. He was crying so much that he was even drinking his own tears! The smell wasn't going to disappear for a lot of time, and it was stinkier than the previous one. It felt even stinkier than the fifth fart: the second one made under the covers! So Dmitry, to avoid fainting, eventually decided to give up, without letting Ekaterina know. He knew if he was going to smell that thing for another 20 seconds, he would have passed out.

So, Dmitry put his face away from Ekaterina's ass, stood up and said: "This game is so funny, wow! But now I'm a little bored! Can we play Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI now? I'm tired of doing the same thing for so much time! And... your farts aren't that stinky! If we keep playing this game, we'll be bored!".

"Of course we can play Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI!", said Ekaterina, smiling.

Dmitry was relieved.

"I know my farts aren't very stinky now... because I haven't farted that much, it takes a lot of time for my farts to get very stinky! I'm sorry if I have bored you!", she continued.

"What? Is she joking? Her farts can get stinkier than that? I would die smelling them!", thought Dmitry, scared. Her last fart was stinky enough that almost made him pass out.

"Here are 5 Rubles for now! You deserve them!", said Ekaterina, giving Dmitry virtually no money.

"Thank you!", said Dmitry, ironically.

"I know 5 Rubles aren't that much, but you still haven't smelt my worst farts, so I can't give you all the money I promised", replied Ekaterina to the sarcastic words of her cousin.

"I don't even need to do that, I know I can do it!", replied Dmitry, hoping that she wouldn't suggest playing this game again.

"I know you can do it, too! These farts are odorless, compared to what I'll probably do the next hour! Will you want to smell them? 100 Rubles will be ready for you!", said Ekaterina.

"100 Rubles aren't enough!", replied Dmitry.

"But... you said that you'd smell my farts if I gave you 100 Rubles! Wait... were you thinking that my farts were less stinky than this?", said Ekaterina.

The truth was: Dmitry was thinking that she wasn't serious. It was also true that Dmitry thought her farts were going to be virtually odorless, since she was a girl, and she was 18. "Her stomach can't produce very stinky farts, I mean: she's a 18 years old girl! This will be easy!", he was thinking, before the challenge.

"Of course not! I thought they were smellier! They aren't very stinky! I can smell them easily, but it's boring, in the end!", lied Dmitry. He wanted to keep his pride.

"I told you, they aren't stinky because I have done only 7 farts until now! The stinky ones are yet to come! And surely my current farts are already too stinky for you: you're crying and you can't even stand up your feet! You don't want to smell them, either. What should I think? Probably the next will be deadly for you!", told Ekaterina.

"I don't think so! Of course I was exagerating! I'll prove you wrong when we'll end playing Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI!", replied Dmitry, hoping that they'd play videogames as long as possible, because her farts were already too pungent for him, and he didn't want to smell them anymore.

"Ok then! We'll play Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI BUT I'll sit near you and fart whenever I'll have to!", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry wasn't sure if her farts would be detectable at that distance, but he agreed, hoping that they wouldn't be too stinky.

"Sure! Why not?", replied Dmitry.

"He'll regret lying like that! If my farts are too stinky for him, he should say it!", thought Ekaterina.

They sat down on the bed. The title screen of the game was loading. Ekaterina ripped a silent one.

PFFFFFFFFF

The release of the gas lasted 1.2 seconds. Dmitry didn't even hear that, but surely he SMELT that. Since his nose was very distant from her ass (Ekaterina still sat very near him, with their legs touching), the smell didn't feel as toxic as the previous one, even though it was even stinkier than the bomb she let before. There was still an offensive smell, it felt more or less like the first fart, when Ekaterina dutch ovened him. Since he was used to having is nose MUCH closer to her farts, this one felt like heaven. It still irritated his eyes and nose a little, but he cried so much with the last fart that he didn't even feel it. It felt like a perfume. He inhaled deeply, showing her that he could take her farts easily. However, if his face was near her ass like before, he would probably have already passed out, breathing so hard.

They started playing the game. The mode was set to "All vs All", and Ekaterina was always killing him with the rifle guns. After about 5 minutes, Ekaterina paused the game.

"So, my farts aren't very stinky. I have one right know, and I feel like it's going to be very nasty! You don't mind smelling it, right?", said Ekaterina.

"Well, let it go, then...", replied Dmitry.

"But you aren't near! Put your nose down here! You do want your 100 Rubles, right?", said Ekaterina. She hope that this fart was going to be so stinky that he was going to give up, so that she shouldn't give him any money.

Dmitry had already received 5 Rubles, but of course he couldn't buy anything with that.
Seeking that money, he agreed, even though he knew how stinky her farts were becoming.

"Well, at least lie your head on my legs! You'll not get a direct blast, but you'll smell it quite well!", suggested Ekaterina.

Dmitry put his head on Ekaterina's legs, with his nose pointing up, to avoid the worst part of her pure stench.

"Now, relax! I'm going to perfume you!", said Ekaterina, giggling. After saying that, she put her hands on his face to hold him down, as to prevent him to escape without saying he's giving up.

Dmitry understood what she was doing, and it was too late. She was too strong for him, and if she held him down, he wouldn't have been able to escape, and he knew it. Dmitry thought: "I'm now helpless... I leave myself in the hands of the Destiny!". He really thought he was going to die!

A sudden sound, accompanied by a surge of a hot and humid air mass, brought stormy conditions and temperatures in the lower 30's Celsius (upper 80's Fahrenheit) in most of Eastern Asia. That's what the TV said, but both Dmitry and Ekaterina couldn't hear it because of the sound of her fart.

PRRRSSSTTTRRRAAAAAAAAA

That sound scared Dmitry to death, it sounded like a roar and lasted 1.7 seconds. But that wasn't the worst part. The worst part was that he could feel the hot and humid gas warming his hair. He knew that fart was going to be a merciless one. He was desperate: that fart was longer than the previous ones, and that sound was very scary, knowing how would it have smelt later. Those 1.7 seconds were worse than a nightmare. He heard that hellish sound and he was feeling his hair warming up, while the strong hands of Ekaterina were holding him down, preventing him to escape his painful fate. During that sound, he was too scared to breathe. Even without breathing, his eyes were tearing like they never did before and he felt like his nostril's hairs were melting. He was totally bathing in the stench, without having the possibily to escape. While he knew that he could tell her he'd given up, but he didn't want to do so, because he wanted to keep his pride. He started breathing with his mouth, but as soon as he opened it, the sulphuric smell of her fart started to irritate his throat, as well. It felt like he was eating a rotten egg, so he understood that even breathing with his mouth was unpleasant. He didn't even wanted to try breathing that brimstone stench with his nose, he would have been passed out quickly.

Ekaterina was giggling, and she was still holding Dmitry down.
"Do you want to give up?", asked Ekaterina, still giggling and holding him down.

Dmitry wasn't very conscious, and was confused and was starting to drowsing, but he understood what she said, and replied, with a small voice: "Nnn... noo......".

"Great then! I'm happy you like smelling my farts!", said Ekaterina, giggling even more.

That fart was so stinky that, even without breathing at all, Dmitry could feel his nose stinging by that putrid stench. He didn't want to suffer anymore, but he should have said: "I give up" in order to stop smelling it, and he didn't want to do it, as well.

He didn't breathe often, and only did with his mouth. Everytime he opened his mouth, it hurted like a slap, and he cried everytime he did. He couldn't believe a stench like that could come from such a cute teen girl.

It felt almost as stinky as the second fart (the one right in his face) and his unconscious reflexes came up even this time, but Ekaterina prevented him to turn his face away. He thought his end was near.

After about 3 minutes, the smell was still very strong, and Dmitry lost almost of his forces, battling to stay awake.

Suddenly, Ekaterina started giggling a lot, because she had to fart again, and she knew it was going to be stinkier than the last one. For this reason, she held him down even stronger than before, just to be sure he wouldn't miss its sulphurous scent. She even wanted to turn his head upside down, so that he would catch a stronger whiff, but then she changed her mind. At least she hoped that this one would be so bad that would make him give up definitely, even with his face pointing up.

Dmitry heard a rumble in her tummy. He knew what was going to happen. A deadly sound enforced his knowledge.

PRRRRRRFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

The sound lasted for 0.8 seconds, which was long enough to make him regret not giving up in that time. Now it was too late, he didn't even have the time to talk. Ekaterina was holding him down so strong that he couldn't move his face at all. He was terrified. After the sound, she kept releasing her stinging gas for 1.5 seconds, for a total length of 2.3 seconds. Her farts were getting louder, longer, but mostly stinkier.

This was even more putrid than the last one, and even without breathing, the nose stinging and eye watering sensation was too strong. He tried breathing with his mouth, and he could feel the taste of sulphur and rotten eggs in his teeth. He began coughing, he didn't know what to do. He couldn't stop breathing forever. He was breathing too little air, so he was suffering a lack of oxygen. He grew tired of breathing with his mouth, because he wasn't getting enough air, so, without even realizing, he was breathing with his nose. That was a mistake, because the fart that Ekaterina released stunk so bad. Even though it wasn't a deep breath (he couldn't even manage to do that), the putrid and eggy fragrance of his cousin's gas was too much for his nose. He was overwhelmed. He was so dizzy, confused and drowsed that he eventually fainted.

Ekaterina noticed that he completely stopped resisting, and wondered if he actually fainted.

"What? He did prefer fainting to saying that he was giving up? Well, he lost anyway, I won't have to give him any money. If he continues saying that my farts aren't stinky and that he can smell them easily, and that he won't give up, I'll have no choice but to fart in his face, so he'll finally stop thinking he could really get that money", thought Ekaterina.

While she enjoyed this game, she wasn't enjoying the fact that he wasn't giving up, even though it was obvious that he couldn't take her farts anymore. She was sure that she couldn't lose, and that probably she'll never give him any money, due to the fact that he couldn't stand her farts.

She decided to stop playing the fart game, and that when Dmitry would wake up, she would tell him she didn't want to play that game again, even if she was having fun. Ekaterina thought Dmitry could stand her farts more than he did, but she was wrong, so she wanted to stop.

Meanwhile, she was playing the videogame alone. She didn't know if Dmitry would keep playing the fart game just because of the money, or agree to stop. Time will tell.

Ekaterina felt sad for him. She didn't mean any harm, she just wanted to play a strange. Now that her cousin's fainted, she understood that she'd gone too far, and wanted to stop. She hoped that Dmitry would agree with her.

She continued playing videogames alone, but it wasn't the same thing without him. She kept thinking about the bad things she did to him that day. She regretted doing that, because she didn't want to be evil to anyone. She usually the one who hugs everyone and treat everybody nicely, she didn't feel herself in that moment. She felt like she was becoming evil, so she didn't want to make Dmitry smell her farts anymore. She was waiting several minutes, and Dmitry wasn't waking up, so she was feeling worried, but Dmitry was breathing, so he was alive. Ekaterina was afraid she killed him, but she got a relief knowing he was alive.

After about 13 minutes, Dmitry woke up, confused.

"What? Have I really been knocked out by her farts?", he thought, shocked.

"What time is it?", asked Dmitry.

"Look", said Ekaterina.

It was "15:14"

Dmitry didn't know at what time he was put to sleep, so he thought it was at least half a hour.

"I don't know why I was sleeping, I guess I was tired...", lied Dmitry, trying to find an excuse.

"No way! That fart was too stinky for you and you passed out for almost a quarter!", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry was embarassed because of that.

"Hey! Let's just stop playing this game, ok? I don't want to hurt you. I'm sorry for what I've done, will you forgive me?", asked Ekaterina, smiling and reaching the arms out to hug Dmitry.

Dmitry hugged her but said: "I want to win this game. I can't stand losing it. I don't want to be weak"

Ekaterina tried to cheer him up, saying: "You're not weak. You can't measure the weakness of someone because he can't smell some farts. You are strong because you are very good at studying and have a lot of patience. You really have some good qualities".

Unfortunately, Ekaterina's words didn't work. While it was true that Dmitry was a really good student and was also very smart in puzzles and informatics, his physical strenght was low, and he knew it. He also had a low self-esteem and an unrational desire towards money. That was enough to make him want to play that "game" again.

Dmitry stopped hugging her and said: "Please, let's play this game again. I'll be stronger now!"

"Well, I almost finished my farts, but the few ones left are deadly! I'm not sure if you'll want to do it", warned Ekaterina.

"Don't worry! You're not doing anything bad! I am the one who wants it, not you, I'll take every responsibility. If something bad ever happens, it will be my fault, ok?", assured Dmitry.

Ekaterina still wasn't convinced. She didn't want to harm him. Of course, she didn't want to make him faint again, so she wasn't sure if she should have done it or not.

"Alright...", Ekaterina sighed, "We'll play this game again...".
However, she wasn't happy to do that again.

"Nice! Do you have to fart?", asked Dmitry.

"Dah...", sighed Ekaterina. That meant yes.

Dmitry put his head on her legs, like he did before, and said: "Do it whenever you want!", smiling. He wasn't sure if he would have been able to stand it, but he decided to try anyway.

"Please, if they are too stinky for you, don't breathe, plea...se...", Ekaterina said. She was about to cry. Seeing her cousin fainting was too much for her. She was slightly traumatized. Of course she wasn't holding him down anymore. She didn't think he was going to faint because of her farts. She was actually scared to fart, but then she thought: "I'm not holding him down, if he wants to get his face away, then he'll do". This gave her a smile again, and said, happily: "Here it comes!"

PRRRRRRRRRSSSRRRRRRSRRR

It was a loud and long fart, and lasted for 2.6 seconds. It was stinkier than the one who made him pass out before. Dmitry felt his hair warming up, and his eyes began to tear. His unconscious reflex kicked in and he suddenly stood up.

"I'm sorry! Now I'll return there!", said Dmitry, smiling. He was determined to fight against his unconscious reflexes. He put his head on her legs again. The stench was as strong as before. He tried to stay there as long as he could. He still couldn't breathe with his nose, and breathing with his mouth was still painful, but fortunately, he wasn't scared anymore. "I'm a new person now, I'm much stronger than before!", thought Dmitry.
He tried breathing more than he did before, because he considered the fact that he wasn't breathing a weak act. He was gradually getting used to the lingering stench, so now he could breathe with his mouth longer than he could before. He didn't want turn his face away, he wanted to prove his strenght.

40 seconds have passed since he "returned there", and Dmitry was battling with his inner self to stay on her legs. It wasn't easy at all. It reeked down there. The smell was pungent, irritating, unpleasant, pungent and rotten, but he didn't want to go away.
50 seconds: Dmitry was at the limit of his possibilities.
55 seconds: it was a matter of life and death, he HAD to to this.
58 seconds: Dmitry felt like he was drowning in the stink, he couldn't stand that anymore.

After 2 more seconds, Dmitry was still there, it was his willpower, but still, he exceeded his limit. He was going to pass out again. Luckily, Ekaterina timed it, put Dmitry's head away from her legs, and said: "Wow! You endured it for a full minute! You're great!". Ekaterina did it because she noticed he was going to faint again, and since she didn't want that, she tried to avoid it. The bad part was: she still had some gas. What was the best thing to do? Tell him she had some gas, or lying, saying that was her last fart? Ekaterina was thinking deep about that.

"Is this a new rule? Only one minute?", asked Dmitry.
"Yes! Like the beginning, remember?", replied Ekaterina.

Dmitry remember the first fart, the Dutch Oven one, and yes, he had to smell it only for a minute.

"Of course! Have you got anymore farts?", asked Dmitry.
Ekaterina was undecided, but then quickly chose an answer, and it was "yes".

"Great! Let me smell them!", said Dmitry.
"Wait! I still haven't got any farts!", replied Ekaterina.

Ekaterina invited him to play videogames with him, and he agreed.
Before they could start the round, Ekaterina had to fart, and told Dmitry about that.

Dmitry didn't say a word and put his head on her legs for the third time in a row. It was now his favourite position of that game. He turned his head upside down, so his nose was closer to her ass, but Ekaterina warned him that wasn't the right thing to do. Dmitry agreed, and turned his face away, pointing up, like he was doing before. Ekaterina then farted

PRRRRRRSSSRRRTTTSSR

This wasn't as big as the one, because it lasted only 2.2 seconds (1.8 loud and 0.4 silent), but sure it was smellier. Dmitry wasn't sure if he could stand one minute of that fart, because it was stinkier than the one before, and his mouth couldn't stand that smell (or taste) that much. Ekaterina let him know how much time was passing, but since his eyes were so teary, he couldn't see anything. So Ekaterina told him the time every 10 seconds. He was trying as hard as he could, but even after 30 seconds, he was feeling drowsed and dizzy. He knew he couldn't stand the double of that, that was a fact. That gas was too thick.

"40 seconds!", said Ekaterina, remembering him the time. He was sure he couldn't endure that aroma for 20 seconds more, he was going to faint.

He quickly stood up, having lasted only 42 seconds, and said, sadly: "No! I failed!".
Ekaterina told him that he hasn't failed, and that he was going to love him not for what he can do, but for his sweet personality.

As always, the words of Ekaterina didn't work to cheer him up, and Dmitry was unhappy that he hadn't lasted one full minute.

Ekaterina wasn't sure if she had to fart again or not, she felt like her gas was running out.

Dmitry asked her, hopefully: "Do you have to fart again?"
"I don't know", she replied.
"If I last one minute to your last fart, will you give me 100 Rubles?", asked Dmitry.
"Of course I will", reassured Ekaterina, smiling.

She hugged him for 20 seconds, and then they continued playing videogames again.

After a few rounds, Ekaterina suddenly got excited and said: "Dmitry! I have the last one! Come here! You can't miss it, it's the last one! I'm sure!". He was happy to know that, and put his head on her legs (he was seriously getting a little bored, doing the same things over and over again, but this was the last one, and he hoped he could stand it. If he couldn't, he couldn't fix it, as it was her last fart.

Ekaterina said: "I know you can do it!", and smiled.

PRRRRRRRRRSSSSSSTTTFFV

This was a bomb! It was very loud and lasted 3.9 seconds! It was a lot more than what she did before! It felt like it was an endless fart! Dmitry felt the usual feelings (e.g. her gas warming his hair and tearing), only that the smell was stronger than the last one, which he endured for only 42 seconds. The feeling of the rotten eggs in his mouth was overpowering, as usual, and after 30 seconds, he was feeling even dizzier than the last one at the same time. He knew he couldn't even stand 40 seconds of it, being stinky as it is. Ekaterina was giving him compliments and cheering him up, but that didn't make him hardier. He felt he couldn't stand that, so he asked Ekaterina to hold him down, but she refused.

"Please!", begged Dmitry.
"No! You'll pass out again!", replied Ekaterina.
"I CAN'T LAST ONE MINUTEEE!!!", screamed Dmitry, painfully. The smell was really making him suffer.

38 seconds have passed, and Dmitry was about to stand up, but his willpower was higher than it had ever been, and he was able to resist.
42 seconds: trying to stay down there was extremely difficult, and it required a lot of self-control.
45 seconds: he was at his limit, but still, he beated his previous record of 42 seconds.
48 seconds: he couldn't resist anymore, the stench was stinging his nose and eyes, but he kept struggling as hard as he could to last at least one minute.

He was really determined, but that challenge was inhuman, perhaps birds, who have a poor sense of smell, could win that game easily, but not humans.

51 seconds have passed, and Dmitry couldn't stand one more second of it.
He stood up, failing the mission.

"NOOO!!! I FAILED AGAIN!!! I'M SO PATHETHIIIC!!!", screamed Dmitry, grieved.
"I'm sorry, I haven't got anymore farts! This was really my last one! But don't worry, you haven't failed! You're still my lovely cousin!", she said, hugging him.

"I haven't failed? Really? Will you give me money?", asked Dmitry, hoping she would.
Ekaterina stopped hugging him and replied: "Net! You haven't lasted one full minute! No money for you!"

"Let's play it again tomorrow! 200 Rubles for prize, ok?", suggested Ekaterina.
"Sure! I'll show you how strong am I!", replied Dmitry.

They both smiled and hugged each other. Was the next day going to be different?

They would have known only the day later.

"I'm going to have a shower now, I think I need it", said Dmitry, laughing.
He took some clothes with him and went to the bathroom. Dmitry's olfactory fatigue kicked in, so he couldn't smell Ekaterina's farts anymore, in that moment. However, he knew he stunk. But olfactory fatigue doesn't last forever, and the next day, his nose would be as sensitive as before. Dmitry was excited at the idea of winning 200 Rubles, but Ekaterina knew she would make the game as difficult as possible, to prevent him from winning and giving him money.

While Dmitry was taking a shower, Ekaterina started playing Totally Family Friendly Shooting War Game 128. She giggled at the thought of stinking Dmitry's face. She knew her farts smelt absolutely toxic, so she was sure Dmitry wouldn't get any money from her. "There is no way he can stand my farts", she thought.

Dmitry was washing his hair. He couldn't want for the next day. He kept overthinking about that. He was very excited, thinking what could happen.

After 30 minutes, Ekaterina got tired of playing videogames, and Dmitry still hadn't finished having his shower, so she lied down on the bed and took a little nap (even thought she wasn't sleeping, she was just resting). She was waiting for Dmitry. Dmitry was now drying his hair, which he washed so intensely they didn't smell anymore. Once he finished drying his hair, he went to Ekaterina's room.

"I'm here!", said Dmitry.

Ekaterina was happy, and she said: "Hey!".
Then she said: "Please, don't tell anyone about this game!"

Dmitry replied: "Of course I won't! It's too weird! People would think we're crazy!", and laughed a little.
Ekaterina agreed, and asked: "What can we do now? I'm getting a little bored"
Dmitry replied: "This is the second time today! We can't keep it this way!"
Ekaterina replied: "I know! But you saw where the 'would you game' got to, and I can't think of anything we can do. I see, boring is our fate!"
Dmitry replied: "Of course it's not! Let's eat something!"
Ekaterina replied: "No! Please no! Don't even make me think about that!"
Dmitry replied: "I see... let's play chess!"
Ekaterina replied: "It's even more boring than doing nothing!"
Dmitry replied: "Well, tomorrow morning we'll go outside and then we'll play the fart game, right?"
Ekaterina replied: "Right, but now?"

Ekaterina had an idea.

"Let's hug!", she said.
"Ok!", said Dmitry, smiling.

They started hugging. It felt really nice, but there was a little problem: they just stood there with their arms wrapped around each other, doing absolutely nothing else. That wasn't funny or exciting. They hugged for about 40 seconds, then they both agreed that while it felt absolutely amazing, it was also very boring. They couldn't just hug each other all day long.

Dmitry suggested: "Why can't we just stop complaining we're bored?"
Ekaterina replied: "Because time will pass very slowly, this way! The more we complain, the more time passes, and the closer we are to tomorrow! Nice idea, uh?" Dmitry replied: "I can't wait for the next day, too! But we have to do something today, as well!"

Ekaterina suggested playing videogames, as that was the only thing they could to in that moment. Dmitry agreed and they started playing... Mind-Crushle Puzzle!
"Let's see how many points we can do!", said Ekaterina, with a competitive tone.
Ekaterina played the game and made 6600 points.

"That sucks!", she complained.

It was now Dmitry's turn. He started playing, but he couldn't find a lot of clever ways to erase the lower blocks, and as the blocks filled half of the screen, his score was only about 1500. He kept finding the wrong blocks, so the total score was only 2020.
"Why do I always fail in every game?", thought Dmitry, referring to both Mind-Crushle Puzzle and the farting game.

"I know what you're thinking, but don't worry, it takes a lot of practice and luck to make a lot of points!", reassured Ekaterina. She thought Dmitry was only worried about failing at Mind-Crushle Puzzle. The truth was: he was also worried about failing at the farting game. Ekaterina wasn't even thinking about that, she almost forgot it.

Dmitry was thinking a game where he could beat her. He couldn't think of any, at that moment, because:

1) Ekaterina's farts were too gross for him
2) She was very good at playing videogames

"There must be something else", thought Dmitry.

"Do you want to play again?", asked Ekaterina.
"Ok!", replied Dmitry.
"Maybe I was just unlucky, I'll retry!", thought Dmitry.
"You begin!", concessed Ekaterina.
"Thank you!", replied Dmitry.

He was trying as hard as he could to erase all the lines. He was succeding. He made 200 points and the first line was still "open". Was he lucky, or was he getting better?
He made 800 points, and only three lines were occupying the screen. He thought he was becoming a "master" in this game. Sadly, when half of the screen was covered by the blocks, his total scores was only about 1600. But he was getting better, indeed. He was able to clear a line, every now and then, exceeding 2500 points. "I'm so good!", thought Dmitry. He didn't know whether Ekaterina could beat him, but he thought so. He was about to lose, but he exceeded 3000 points. He lost with 3120 points.

Ekaterina was laughing a little, and said: "Now, let the Queen of Mind-Crushle Puzzle play!". Dmitry was imagining her saying "Now, let the Queen of Farts stink up your face!", the day after. It was a disturbing image, and Dmitry didn't know why he was imagining that. He stopped thinking about that and started watching Ekaterina playing Mind-Crushle Puzzle.

She was very good. She was cleaning lines very quickly, making 1000 points very fast. He knew he couldn't compete with her. Even with three lines occupying the screen, she already made 3200 points. She had very good skills and abilities, as well as an amazing eye coordination and memory, while playing Mind-Crushle Puzzle. There was no way Dmitry could beat her in that state. Even with half of the screen covered, she made more than 5000 points. She almost lost, and she got over the 8000 points threshold. She still cleaned the lines quickly, so she made a lot of points in a very short amount of time. Her final score was 9980.

"I'm not very good today!", said Ekaterina.
Some hours have passed, and they kept doing the same things: complaining they were bored, chatting, hugging and playing videogames.

Dinner was ready. They went to the kitchen to eat.

"Were you having fun playing videogames?", asked Anna, smiling.
"Of course we did! Dmitry couldn't beat me at Mind-Crushle Puzzle! I'm so good!", replied Ekaterina.
Anna didn't know Dmitry was smelling Ekaterina's farts for 100 Rubles, and she would have been shocked if she knew.

The dinner had a quite relaxing atmosphere, and after it was finished, Dmitry and Ekaterina brushed their teeth and went to Ekaterina's room again.

"This day was so awesome! Let's redo it tomorrow!", said Ekaterina
"Of course! I told you before: we'll go outside in the morning, and then we'll play the farting game! It will be a nice day, and I still can't wait for it! I'm not sure if I'll be even able to sleep!", said Dmitry.
"Of course you will!", said Ekaterina. Then she hugged him for about 5 seconds. It was a short hug for their standards, but they liked it.
"I'll try to not be disgusted, tomorrow", said Dmitry, proudly.
"Do you think you will win?", asked Ekaterina, blinking.
"I don't know, but I'll eventually get used to it!", said Dmitry.
"I've only had 13 farts today! I think tomorrow I'll have more! The more I eat beans, the more I fart, right? And, well, the stinkier they will be!", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry was a little scared, but he didn't mind, and replied: "Tomorrow I'll be different! You won't be able to disgust me in any way!"
Ekaterina, knowing he couldn't do so, asked, in a cute voice: "Well then, can I fart in your face tomorrow? You said I wouldn't be able to disgust you"
Dmitry, remembering that awful experience, started shaking his head a little, and replied: "Uh... uhhh... in my face? You'll kill me! No!"
Ekaterina started giggling, and said: "Two words: 1000 Rubles!"
She knew he couldn't stand that. 1000 Rubles are a lot of money for a stupid challenge, but she knew she wouldn't lose that. She didn't regret saying that. Dmitry was in! 1000 Rubles are a great amount of money, he couldn't afford to lose that match. Ekaterina's farts, on the other hand, would intoxicate him if he smelled them directly.

He was undecided, which was better: 1000 Rubles, or his live? He eventually decided that 1000 Rubles weren't enough for smelling her farts so close, so he refused.

"I'll smell your farts like I did before, putting my head on your legs, nothing more!", said Dmitry.

"Only 200 Rubles then!", replied Ekaterina.

200 Rubles weren't a bad amount of money, though. "Her farts aren't that bad. They felt so awful because I was expecting them to be a lot less stinky, since she was a girl. Now that I know how terrible they are, I can smell them easily. They're just farts, come on!", he thought.

"Agreed! We'll do this! I can't wait!", said Dmitry.

"Have patience, please. Relax! I've already brought a lot of pre-baked canned beans in my room, they're in that closet! I'll start eating them after I get up, ok? We'll have fun!", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry had already won 5 Rubles, but that was just symbolic, since he couldn't buy almost anything with that money.

"Are you ready for your defeat?", said Dmitry.
"My defeat? Well, I'll start eating beans every morning, afternoon and evening by tomorrow, and in a few days, my farts will be so bad you won't even come in my room anymore!", said Ekaterina, giggling. She liked the idea of her farts being very bad.

"I don't think so! We'll see it tomorrow!", said Dmitry.
"I'll be gentle with you!", reassured Ekaterina, smiling.
"You won't need it!", replied Dmitry.
"Ok then! We'll lock ourselves inside the closet and I'll stink it up!", said Ekaterina, giggling.
"No! No! I'll only put my head on your legs!", said Dmitry
"Ok! But you won't make it even this way!", said Ekaterina
"But I'll beat you at Mind-Crushle Puzzle, right?", asked Dmitry
"That's more likely!", replied Ekaterina
"You're so good at that game!", said Dmitry
"I know, I know", replied Ekaterina

They kept chatting about the fart game, and then about Mind-Crushle Puzzle, the other videogames, and other things.

"I'm tired now. I think I'll go to bed", admitted Ekaterina.
"So am I, goodnight", said Ekaterina.

"Hug", said Ekaterina, in a very cute voice

Ekaterina and Dmitry hugged each other good night for more than a minute, and then they went to their beds.

An epic day was awaiting them.

THE NEXT MORNING...

"Good morning!", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry was awake, but he lied down on the bed because he didn't want to get up.
Ekaterina caressed his hair, which was totally messed up because he moved a lot in the bed.
Dmitry smiled, and asked: "Are we going to play this game again?"
Ekaterina smiled even more and replied: "Of course we are! But first, let's go outside!"
Dmitry agreed, and they went to the kitchen, and asked Anna (Ekaterina's mom) that they were going to have a walk in Svetlanskaya Street, which was not far away from her (Ekaterina's) house. Anna recommended them to bring their mobiles with them. They agreed. Then they went outside.

"It's still hot!", said Dmitry.
"It's better than yesterday, right?", said Ekaterina
"Not quite. It's hot for being eight in the morning!", replied Dmitry.

It was 21 °C (70 °F). The temperature was a bit above average. The last afternoon it was 32 °C (90 °F).

"At least you can stay outside, right?", said Ekaterina.
"It's not that bad, let's go!", said Dmitry.

They started moving away from home and walked the streets. They were happy to stay outside. It was not very crowded, but there were lots of teenagers walking the streets.
Everyone seemed so busy. It looked like they needed to relax. After some minutes, they reached Svetlanskaya Street. There were a lot of buildings. There were a lot of cars. There were also a lot of things to do, eating was one of them, but Ekaterina wasn't very hungry. They could buy something, but Dmitry wasn't very happy to spend money. The people were unknown to them, they were strangers. They couldn't talk about "private" things, because they were in a public place. Maybe it wasn't a good idea going outside, but still, it was a social time for them. Having a good relationship with relatives is important. Dmitry and Ekaterina sometimes went to this street with their friends, but never with each other, so it felt a bit awkward.

"What will we do, now?", asked Dmitry
"I don't know, let's just walk around, I like it", replied Ekaterina
"Alright, so, we don't have a goal?", said Dmitry
"Why should we? We're just walking around", said Ekaterina
"I don't know, but I feel like we have to do something", said Dmitry
"We can go to watch a movie", suggested Ekaterina
"Alright, at least we have something to do", agree Dmitry
"Nice! Do you know which movies are going to be projected?", asked Ekaterina
"I don't have a clue, we can't look it up in the Internet!", said Dmitry
"I know, I know!", said Ekaterina

She checked, and there was an animated 3D movie to be projected at 10:00 A.M.
They decided to go there later. While they were walking the streets, Ekaterina saw some friends of hers.

"Hi Ekaterina!", said Nataliya
"Hi!", said Ekaterina, with a cute voice, and then she hugged her.

Nataliya was used to Ekaterina's hugs, so she hugged back.
Ekaterina then hugged the other three: Elena, Igor and Sergei.

They all knew her and the fact that she hugged everyone she saw, so they weren't surprised and hugger her back.

"Do you want to come at my house, later?", asked Ekaterina
"All of us?", asked Nataliya
"Of course! We'll have fun, you'll see! I have a lot of videogames!", said Ekaterina
"Alright, at what hour do you want us to come?", asked Nataliya

Ekaterina suddenly remember she and Dmitry had to play that "game" (the one they played the day before and Dmitry lost) and then she replied "At four o' clock in the afternoon!"

"We'll come", replied Nataliya
"Do you want to stay with us, now?", asked Ekaterina
"Of course! When friends meet randomly, they have to stay with each other!", replied Nataliya.
"Great! Do you know Dmitry, right? He's my cousin!", asked Ekaterina
"Of course I know, we met the last time! Hi Dmitry!", said Nataliya

The other three greeted him quickly. They knew him, but not very much. They were more Ekaterina's friends than Dmitry's.

"What kind of games have you got?", asked Sergei.

Sergei loved videogames, especially first-person shooters, which Ekaterina had many. He wasn't in for a surprise, though, because he knew Ekaterina's tastes in gaming.

"A lot! Really! Gloom, Nomadic Angel, Prize of Stupidity, Queen of Peace, Totally Family Friendly Shooting War Game 128, Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI, Sedentary Demon, Platinum Punch, Road Dweller, Goddess of Huggers, Mind your Business, Deadly Sleep...", was starting Ekaterina, that wasn't even 1% of her videogame series.

"Enough! I like those games, you're right, we'll have fun!", admitted Sergei, interrupting her.

Ekaterina hugged Sergei for no reason, he hugged back, but he stopped the hug 3 seconds later. It was very hard to hug "common people" for much time, especially in public contests. And it was 3 second long because Sergei knew she hugged a lot, so he was used to her hugs. Teenagers that didn't know her would have probably refused to hug her. Ekaterina didn't like the fact that people were reluctant to hug each other, so she was trying to change the world, but it was very hard. She loved hugs very much.

"I've never been in your house, but judging by your videogames, it won't be bad", admitted Igor.

Igor liked those games, too, but he didn't play them a lot, unlike Sergei, which spends a lot of time playing those games, just like Ekaterina.

"Sorry for ruining it, but, what are we going to do apart of playing videogames?", asked Elena.
"Anything you want, really!", replied Ekaterina.

Elena didn't reply. She thought she was going to be bored, but she agreed to go at her house anyway.

"Ekaterina's very good at playing Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI!", said Dmitry, popping out of nowhere.
"I hope so! I want a worthy opponent!", said Sergei, blinking.
"I'll be! It's a pity that only four of us can play at a time!", replied Ekaterina
"Well, the first round will be me, you, Igor and Nataliya, ok guys?", said Sergei
"I'm not that good at playing videogames", admitted Igor
"Well, I can try", said Nataliya

They were 6, so they couldn't play all together.

"It will be All vs All!", said Ekaterina
Everyone agreed

"And, what will we do after playing videogames?", asked Elena
"What do you want to do?", asked Ekaterina
"I don't know: maybe dancing, listening to music, drawing, I don't know", said Elena

She wasn't sure what she was going to do, though.

"I know what kind of music do you like, pop music! That's not what I like! I like Metal music, but we can listen to the music you listen to anyway, if you want. Drawing? That might be ok! But I know a fun thing to do: HUGGING!", said Ekaterina, making a cute voice while saying "Hugging", and giggling at the thought of hugging her friends for a lot of time.

"Are you joking, right?", said Elena. She wasn't sure if she was serious, but, as seen the day before, when Ekaterina says something, she means it.
"Nyet! No! I'm not joking!", said Ekaterina, making a big smile.
"I don't think anyone of us wants to hug so much", said Elena.

"Well, maybe we can hug a little...", admitted Igor. He liked the idea of hugging Ekaterina, but she was waiting her to propose it, because he was a little shy to propose it himself.

"Igor's right! Nothing's wrong with hugging!", said Ekaterina, and then she hugged him.
He hugged her back, but pulled away after about 5 seconds, because it was a public place and he was too shy. "I'll hug her longer when I'll go in her house, I don't want to be shy!", thought Igor.

"Me and Dmitry will watch a movie later, at 10:00 A.M. Who wants to come with us?", asked Ekaterina.
"Me!", said Sergei
"Me too!", said Nataliya
"I'll come with you!", said Igor
"What kind of movie is it?", asked Elena
"It's an animated 3D movie, watch the trailer!", said Ekaterina, showing her the trailer

Elena was making a disgusted face (it was quite fake, though), saying: "But this is for kids! We're not kids! Why are we going to watch this thing?"

"It's not for kids! Just because it's animated doesn't mean it's for kids!", said Ekaterina
"I'll go watching it with you, but don't expect me to like it! It still looks like a kids' movie to me!", said Elena
"It's not, trust me!", said Ekaterina
"Ekaterina said it! It's not for kids! It will be a funny movie! And you like Dawn & Dusk 2, I don't. Everyone's different!", said Igor
"Igor's right again! Just like Music! I like Metal, you like Pop! It would be boring if we all liked the same things!", said Ekaterina, hugging Igor to show him she agrees.
Like the other times, he hugged her back and stopped the hug after 4 seconds.

"I'm glad you are my friends! Some people don't want to be my friends", said Ekaterina
"Because you hug too much!", said Elena
"Well, it's just the way I am", replied Ekaterina, proudly
"If she wants to hug people, let she do it, as long as the other person wants to", said Igor
"Thanks Igor!", said Ekaterina
"But she gives too many hugs! It's annoying after a while!", said Elena
"Oh, I love hugs! I can't stop", said Ekaterina, smiling
"You're so different than me", said Elena, lowering her voice
"I know! But we are still friends! Isn't that beautiful?", said Ekaterina

Elena smiled, and said: "It is"

Ekaterina was starting to get touched, and wanted to hug her, but she wasn't sure if she wanted to hug as well, so she asked: "Can I give you a hug?", smiling

Elena thought it was rude to not hug her in that moment, so she agreed, she kind of hugged her back, but it lasted less than a second and wasn't very excited. At least she hugged her: Elena's hugs were very rare.

"Hey! Elena's hugging! It will surely snow tomorrow, and we're in August!", said Sergei, joking, pointing that Elena never hugs anyone.

"Shut up! I did it because if she doesn't get a lot of hugs, she would die of hug starvation, I don't know..", said Elena, joking.

Ekaterina laughed at her joke, saying: "Yeah! Maybe you're right!"

Everyone smiled

"Does anyone else want a hug from me?", asked Ekaterina, smiling a lot

"Me!", said Sergei, smiling as well

Ekaterina and Sergei hugged for about 2 seconds.

Igor wanted a hug as well, but he was still a little shy. He was fighting against his shiness, but he still couldn't ask her for a hug.

"Hey guys! It's 09:50 A.M.! We're going to miss the movie! Let's go!", said Dmitry

They were going to the theater.

An epic movie was awaiting them.

"Hey mom! We're watching a movie, so we're coming home later than planned. Ok. I love you. Bye", said Ekaterina to her mom, with her mobile.

Elena laughed a bit hearing Ekaterina saying "I love you" to her mom, but stopped soon.

After a few minutes, they reached the theater.

"It's 200 Rubles per person", said a woman.

"200 Rubles?", thought Dmitry, "That's what I'm going to win later! Why should I spend this? I knew going outside was a bad idea!". Dmitry didn't like to spend his money, especially now, because the price of the money was equal to what (he thought) he was going to win. So he asked Ekaterina a higher prize for winning that seemingly impossible challenge.

"Since we're all spending 200 Rubles, I want 400 Rubles if I win later, ok?", said Dmitry, thinking he was sly.

"That's not a problem, but if you lose, you'll have to give me 200 Rubles!", said Ekaterina. She's not the one who can fall in tricks easily, and since there was a high chance that he would lose, that would mean more money to her. She was the sly one, but it was just because Dmitry started to be so.

Dmitry was actually undecided: he didn't know if he was actually going to win or going to lose like the day before, he eventually accepted that, thinking that 400 Rubles are better than 200, without even considering the fact that he would likely lose.

"Challenge accepted!", said Dmitry, proudly. Their friends didn't know what they were talking about, so they guessed it was about Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI, and they were wrong.

"You're really going to give him 400 Rubles if he beats you at Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI? Lucky him!", said Sergei, hinting that he wanted the money, too.

"Uhm, well, actually...", Dmitry was starting to find an excuse, but Ekaterina stopped him, saying: "Of course! If he beats me at Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI, he'll get the money!".

"And if I beat you? What happens?", said Sergei.

At this point, Ekaterina didn't know what to reply, because it wasn't true. The "game" she and Dmitry were going to play wasn't even a videogame, and she couldn't just tell him the truth. She then replied: "If you beat me at Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI, I'll give you a hug!", hoping that it would make him happy.

"How come? He gets the money, and I just get a hug?", complained Sergei. Sure, a hug was nice, but money was better. Ekaterina eventually gave up, and said: "Ok, 200 Rubles for him and 200 for you!"

"That's not fair!", complained Dmitry
"Don't worry, I'll explain you later", commented Ekaterina
"The film is about to start", said the staff woman, which was growing tired of seeing "kids" fighting for money.

They sat down in the chairs and waited for the movie to be projected.

"This will be one of the most stupid movies I've ever seen", whispered Elena

Ekaterina wasn't there, so her friends and Dmitry were getting worried.

"Pop Corn!", said Ekaterina, smiling.

She bought Pop Corn for everyone, she felt like she had to do such a kind thing.

She spent 300 Rubles for the six packets.

Everyone was already eating them before the movie was starting.

The movie started, and Elena rolled her eyes up, because she was already thinking she wouldn't like that, and she thought every animated 3D movie was for kids.

The movie was actually quite funny, and there was a lot of sense of humor. Definitely not for kids only, just for everyone who wanted to relax.

They exited the theater. Elena quite liked the jokes, but she didn't want to admit. She didn't like the "animated" style, though. She thought that was a thing for toddlers, even.

"Did you like the movie?", asked Ekaterina, smiling, and still laughing a bit from some jokes the characters said
"Definitely!", replied Sergei
"Yes, I did!", replied Igor
"It was funny!", said Nataliya
"I liked the movie, but not the fact I spent money!", said Dmitry, laughing a little
Ekaterina laughed back at his joke, and then said: "We all know it! And you, Elena? Did you like it?"
"Not at all! I knew it! It was a movie for kids! It wasn't serious, it didn't have a love story, they were just boring jokes", said Elena
"It's still a better hate story than Dawn & Dusk 2!", said Dmitry, referring to a sentence he often read on the Internet years ago. Nobody laughed, it was too old.

"Hey Ekaterina, I was joking before, I don't want your money, don't worry", admitted Sergei
"Great! So, see you later!", said Ekaterina to all of her friends

"It was a fun day!", said Ekaterina
"Will you still give me 400 Rubles if I win?", asked Dmitry, worried
"Of course!", replied Ekaterina, like it was nothing
"Now, let's go home! We'll have lunch in a few hours! Guess what I'm going to eat?", asked Ekaterina
"Beans?", tried Dmitry. He wasn't even thinking about he was in a public place. Luckily, not everyone linked beans with farts, especially in 2018. So he was safe. "Maybe, I'll ask my mom to bake them instead of cooking them myself, and then I'll eat some fried eggs, I like them, what about you? What do you want to eat? You can ask my mom, don't worry", said Ekaterina
"That's nice! I'm really craving a Lymonnyk right now! Do you have them?", asked Dmitry
"Yes, we have some! Well then, you'll eat Lymonnyk!", said Ekaterina, blinking
"I want a Pirozhki, too!", said Dmitry
"I'll eat that, too! A Pirozhki stuffed with beans!", said Ekaterina, giggling
"What!? Are you really going to do that?", asked Dmitry
"Of course! You'll see it!", said Ekaterina. It was sure, she really meant it

They returned to their home at 11:57 A.M. They usually have lunch at around 1:00 P.M.

"Hi mom!", said Ekaterina, running to her with her arms wide open to give her a big hug
She hugged her for about 40 seconds and then said: "I want to eat baked beans and fried eggs today! And Dmitry wants a Lymonnyk and a Pirozhki. I'll eat a Pirozhki too! But I'll stuff it with beans!"

"Be careful about beans, honey, they'll make you fart", said Anna (Ekaterina's mom), joking, thinking it was funny. She didn't know at all what she and Dmitry were going to do, so Ekaterina giggled.

"I just want them with rice and cheese inside", said Dmitry

"I'll start cooking later", said Anna, smiling

Ekaterina and Dmitry went to her bedroom, relaxing their legs a little from all of that walking.

"When will your dad lunch with us?", asked Dmitry
"He'll come here Saturday! Now he's busy with work!", replied Ekaterina
"Nevermind", said Dmitry, then he totally changed the topic: "If I lose, I'll have to give you 200 Rubles, right?"
"That's it", replied Ekaterina
"And if I win, you'll give me 400 Rubles?", asked Dmitry
"Yes", replied Ekaterina, smiling
"That's right, but as I said yesterday, I'll only put my head on your legs and I'll have to last one minute!", said Dmitry, feeling like he was going to win this way Ekaterina didn't think the same way, and replied: "Agreed, as you saw yesterday, you can't still win that way!"
"We'll see!", said Dmitry.

They kept chatting about that and then the lunch was ready.
Anna satisfied their requests, and they were both very happy.
Ekaterina started eating the beans, watching Dmitry as if she already won.
After a plate of beans, Ekaterina ate a fried egg, and she wondered if her farts would get stinkier if she added eggs to her "diet". After the fried egg, he continued eating beans, and then a fried egg again, and then beans, and then the last (third) fried egg. She then ate her coup de grace, one Pirozhki filled with beans. Dmitry ate what he asked, too.

After happily eating their lunch, Ekaterina hugged her mom for about 30 seconds and then followed Dmitry into her room.

"Now, let's play Pak-Woman, and when I'll start having farts, we'll start to play that game again!", said Ekaterina.

Of course, it had to take some time for the bacteria to ferment the food and produce stinky sulphuric gases, it wasn't an immediate thing. But Ekaterina was glad Dmitry couldn't beat her in both Mind-Crushle Puzzle and enduring her farts, she was too much for him. Probably he couldn't even beat her at Pak-Woman, she was amazingly great playing videogames.

Ekaterina started playing Pak-Woman. The character started eating those little falafel, and Ekaterina was skilled enough to avoid those four chicken "monsters", kill them and eat them back in form of kebab after eating a large falafel. She was at 10,000 points already, and she gained an additional life, without losing even once. She quickly finished Level 1 and 2, and she still hadn't lost. She made 30,000 points, gaining another life, but she was unlucky, and two chickens trapped her in a corner and made her lose one life. She reached level 5, but she had only one life left. Three chickens trapped her right before she was gaining another life, and lost at 49,980 points.

"Now it's your turn", said Ekaterina

Dmitry started playing, and lost a live when he made 2,400 points. He ate the kebab and made 5,000 points. Then he lost another live. Only one life had left. He gained another life because he reached 10,000 points, but quickly lost it. He made it to the second level, but was quickly defeated. His score was 11,200 points. Ekaterina beat him even this time. She was feeling gassy, then she remember the "game". She could feel the eggs fermenting in her stomach, and that wasn't a good sign for Dmitry's nose, she thought. Now, she was going to make him regret thinking he could do such a thing, and she wanted to show him there was no way to be able to willingly smell her farts. The amount of smell created by her farts was great, and being relatively near her ass meant that the gas would be thick in that zone, and that was exactly what Dmitry was going to inhale.

"Poor Dmitry, he doesn't know what kind of gas the eggs and beans together give me, well, he's going to find out, and he's not going to like it", though Ekaterina, giggling in her head.

"Don't you want to play the game we played yesterday?", asked Ekaterina
"Do you mean Mind-Crushle Puzzle?", asked Dmitry, even though he knew what they were going to do, he needed to be sure.
"Nyet! I mean you smelling my gas", said Ekaterina, smiling and giggling.
"Of course I do!", replied Dmitry.
"Well then, I have one fart coming, won't you put your head on my legs?", asked Ekaterina
Dmitry didn't reply, and put his head on her legs.
Ekaterina was about to release one cute but stinky fart, wondering if Dmitry would take it. Everything could happen.

What will the outcome of the battle be? Who will win?

There was no time to think about that, because no thoughts could be conceived in that small amount of time, Ekaterina released her first fart of the game.

Being the first fart, it wasn't that bad (compared to those of the day before), but it was still pretty intense, and Dmitry's tolerance had been decreased from the last day. Prolonged exposure could cause nausea, tearing of the eyes, headaches or loss of sleep. And that was only her first fart. Their experience told them that the smell of Ekaterina's farts would grow stinkier as time went by, before finally disappearing.

One minute isn't prolonged exposure, but Dmitry was starting to get a little disgusted from the smell, as it was very smelly. He still could stand that.

"Yay! You won the first round! Are you happy?", asked Ekaterina, smiling.
"It wasn't difficult at all! I was weak yesterday, but now I'm not!", replied Dmitry.
"This was just my first fart! Of course you could stand that! Try enduring my tenth or fifteenth fart! I'm sure you can't do that!", said Ekaterina, proud of herself. "We'll see!", said Dmitry.
"Well, you can train yourself by letting me fart in your face my second and third farts, is that ok?", asked Ekaterina, knowing that Dmitry couldn't stand that.
"In my... fa... face?", said Dmitry, a bit anxious. He remembered well the time she tried to fart in his face, the putrid, pungent and irritating smell of rotten eggs was too close to his nose, there was no way he could breathe that. Still, he agreed, because he thought he got stronger than the day before.
"Of course it is!", said Dmitry, even though he was scared as hell.
"Lay down, then. Prepare to smell pure sulphuric gases!", said Ekaterina, giggling, knowing the power she had. Even Dmitry knew the power she had, and that was why he was scared.

Ekaterina put her butt in his nose. She was wearing some shorts leggings, so the smell wasn't weakened that much. Dmitry's heart beat started to rise fast, at least 120 bpm, and that made him breathe faster than before. Breathing faster wasn't a good thing, in this occasion. His nose was pressed against her shorts, so, as soon as she farted, he would smell the torturing gas directly. Again, he didn't have the time to think very much about this, because, even without warning, a fart escaped from Ekaterina's butt.

PRRRFFFFFFFFF

It was a rather short fart. The noise part lasted 0.3 seconds and the silent part lasted 0.6 seconds, so that lasted 0.9 seconds in total. Needless to say, Dmitry lasted more or less 0.1 seconds, turning his head away from her ass, sitting up on the bed and running "away" (he was still in the room). Being farted in his face was still impossible for him.

"MY EYES!", Dmitry started complaining. The smell was so pungent that as soon as it went in his eyes, he closed them and he could feel them burning. The same feeling went to his nose, but it was much more intense. He didn't even breathe. He definitely lost his appetite after that. He could even feel having some digestive upset. Smelling her farts so close was seriously awful.

"I see, you're still a little weak. Don't worry, you can still put your head on my legs, if you want. If that's the best thing for you... otherwise, I can trap you in the blanket or inside the wardrobe. You choose", said Ekaterina, as he was getting worried for him.

"I'LL PUT MY HEAD ON YOUR LEGS, PLEASE!", begged Dmitry. Ekaterina agreed, but she told him her farts would get stinkier and that he won't be able to stand them after her 10th fart. He disagreed, and replied that he would even stand her 20th fart and beyond. He put his head on her legs, as she had to fart again.

"This is my third fart, I think it will be stinkier than the last one, but don't worry, you're not putting your nose too close, right?", Ekaterina said, laughing.

PRRRRRRRRRTFFF

The loud part lasted for 0.9 seconds and the silent part lasted for 0.3 seconds. Her farts were getting longer. It lasted 1.2 seconds of total lenght. That noise made Ekaterina giggle and Dmitry get a little nervous.

It smelled (and sounded) like someone drilled a rotten egg under his head. The stench was starting to get irritating, and sure he didn't want to eat eggs for a while. The dizziness was getting more real, this time.

"It's starting to get stinky, eh? This is nothing, smell this one!"

PRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFF

This one lasted 2 full seconds (1.2 loud, 0.8 silent). It was stinkier than the last one, but the differences between consecutive farts were getting narrower.

The symptoms of the last farts were getting stronger, particularly the dizziness and nausea. It was beginning to feel like that fart was scratching his skin, but it was a very light feeling. Breathing was getting more difficult.

"And this is still nothing, my farts are always getting stinkier! You won't stand them after my tenth, you'll see!", said Ekaterina, proudly.
"Imagine if the Police punished criminals making them smell my farts for a year, there would be less in the world!", continued Ekaterina, loving the fact she was so strong.
Dmitry coughed, then replied: "Well... that's torture, human rights abuse!", and then he smiled a little. He tried to be funny, but the rotten smell was keeping his smile away.
"I'd do that anyway! The world would be cleaner. If I'll work in the Police, I'll ask if I can do that!", said Ekaterina, still giggling. She thought it would be a great thing and that she'd save the world with her farting powers. She was only 18, she didn't know what the world exactly was.

For her, that was the smell of victory. The smell of hope. The hope of the future. The future of working in the jail, punishing the criminals. Then she thought: "Why am I thinking about this? I'm not like this, I'm a good girl, I'd never harm anyone, I'm confused..."

Dmitry was thinking: "She's getting a little violent thoughts, how can she think something like that? That's not what she used to be!"

Then, they both realized that sentence was part of the game. Ekaterina was getting excited about her powers and started saying something like that, but she wouldn't actually do that. They both realized it and stopped worrying about that.

"Hey you! You killed innocent people! Now, this is the price you'll pay!", said Ekaterina, joking (and Dmitry knew it), smiling and then giggling.

PFFFFFFFFFFFFFFF

This was a silent one, but the smell was very rancid. Every fart of Ekaterina smelled like sulphur and rotten eggs, and this was not an exception, but this one had an acidic smell added to it, with a hint of diarrhea's smell, even thought sulphur and rotten eggs predominated the smell. The stink was vomit-inducing, and breathing was like having a rock on your chest. Dmitry was getting irritated by the smell. He could easily see it as a punishment for a criminal. It was totally unpleasant.

"Don't move! I'll have another one soon. Meanwhile, just take it! Maybe you'll stop killing people then!", said Ekaterina. She was imagining Dmitry was a criminal teen that needed to be punished. Dmitry was imagining Ekaterina as a jail staff that was punishing him because he was a bully that killed other teenagers. They were both in that game, but Dmitry's suffering was real. That stench reeked obnoxiously.

"Here's another one coming! You'll have to smell at least ten of my farts, even if they're so stinky you'll cry, ok?", said Ekaterina.

PRRRRRRRRRRRR

This was a totally loud one and lasted 1.3 seconds. Her farts were always getting stinkier. This fart had more of an acidic smell compared to the last one. The hint of diarrhea was stronger, it smelt like there was some diarrhea in those rotten eggs. Dmitry didn't know why he could stand that so long, but he was glad he was winning. His face was getting impregnated by the smell, and her farts were far from finished.

"Here's my seventh fart! It's a lucky number, you sinner!", said Ekaterina

PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

This was a loud fart again but it lasted 1.6 seconds and had a higher sound than the last fart. The odor of diarrhea was as noticeable as the rotten eggs, now. Every breath felt like he was taking a punch in his chest, and he was breathing always less than before, to the point he wasn't breathing anymore and had to give up. The overwheling stench of diarrhea and sulphur was too much for him, and he stood up.

Unfortunately, as soon as he stood up, Ekaterina put her hands on his face and made him lie down again, saying "You can't escape from jail!". She was still playing, but Dmitry wasn't.

"Please! I'm not playing this criminal game anymore! Let me go!", told him.
"Uh, sorry...", said Ekaterina.

His eyes were tearing so much, and he could feel his lungs burning and his head spinning. That would definitely had been a bad punishment for criminals and bullies.

He lost his seventh round. Ekaterina was right, he couldn't stand after her 10th fart. 7 was a lucky number for her, but an unlucky number for him.

"Let me breathe some minutes, please! We'll play this game later!", begged Dmitry.

Ekaterina agreed, but she didn't open the windows because she wanted the smell to be trapped inside her room. It was seriously disgusting, and some sensitive people would have puked smelling it. Dmitry was starting to accept the fact he couldn't win, but he decided to try as much as he could to win, because he wanted those 400 Rubles she promised. Getting them was really hard, this game wasn't easy at all, because that smell was totally afwul.

"Let's play Mind-Crushle Puzzle!", suggested Ekaterina, meanwhile Dmitry was recovering from the stench.

"That's ok! Maybe today I'll beat you!", said Dmitry.

They both knew it was impossible for him to beat her, but he tried anyway. He couldn't beat her at Mind-Crushle Puzzle, at the farting game, at Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI: she was better than him in everything, at least that's what Dmitry thought. Dmitry was feeling inferior to her, but he still respected her. He wanted to be like her. He started trying to play Mind-Crushle Puzzle.

Will he win Mind-Crushle Puzzle? Will he win the farting game? This story will tell.

He cleared one line, and he reached 200 points. Soon, the game was starting to become difficult, and at 600 points, half of the screen was filled. That was just bad luck, as he could easily beat that record, and Dmitry was trying to focus on the game. He cleared one line, but half of the screen was still filled. He lost, having 1270 points.

"Is this all you can do? I'll beat you!", said Ekaterina.

She started playing, and cleared two lines easily. She got to 1000 points quickly. There was no way she could have to lost to him, at this point. Dmitry knew she was going to win even this time, and was feeling like giving up training at Mind-Crushle Puzzle because he felt like he could never beat her at that game.

Ekaterina kept playing, and she reached 2000 points. She already won. Dmitry could hardly reach 2000 points, and Ekaterina reached 2500 until that moment. Dmitry was thinking a thing he could beat her at, so he could win 400 Rubles. It was hard to think, because she was so good at playing any videogame, and her farts were lethal, so he couldn't beat her at those two things. He had to think another thing he could beat her at.

Ekaterina reached 3000 points, more than double the points Dmitry achieved. He thought there was no way to have that money, but he wasn't giving up. He was waiting for Ekaterina to finish the game, hoping he would be luckier on the next round. Unfortunately, the luck isn't related, the only thing that counts was the skill, especially in the "farting game", because probabilities weren't random, as all of her farts were very stinky. Probabilities were more random at Mind-Crushle Puzzle, because blocks aren't always the same. Still, it was very hard to succeed at even one of the two things.

Ekaterina was getting stuck at some point, as the blocks were filling some lines without her being able to clear them. Almost half of the screen was filled, and her points were only 3600. She wasn't starting to panic, though, because she already beat Dmitry.

"No luck for you, no luck for me", said Ekaterina, randomly. However, that wasn't true, as the luck was on her side, but not on Dmitry's.

Dmitry didn't even reply. He was thinking too much: thinking about something he could beat her at. He still couldn't find a thing. See who can stand the hugs the longest? No way! Ekaterina could hug someone for several minutes, while Dmitry gets tired after 20 seconds. Smelling her farts and beating her at videogames were both excluded, as it was nearly impossible to do those things.

Ekaterina was still stuck, and the blocks were filling three fourths of the screen, with her having only a score of 3800. Was it the time of Ekaterina's "defeat"? She didn't think so, because she was finding a way to clear the last line.

Dmitry wasn't even watching her playing at this point, he just didn't care. What he cared about was what he could beat her at.

"What I could beat her at? Beat her at...", these words echoed in Dmitry's mind, who was thinking deep about that. His desire for money was very high, and he couldn't afford not winning 400 Rubles. He was thinking about when Ekaterina farted in his face. That was horrible, it felt like his nose was touching something boiling. And that "something" were eggs. It was that stinky. He was thinking that if he kept smelling her farts, he would become used to them and would win that money easily. That was just his thought, though. It was though to win.

Ekaterina cleared one line. She was starting to free some of the screen and get even more points. Dmitry was returning to watch her. That score was amazing, it was finally more than 4000. Dmitry could never reach that score, it was just too high for him. Mind-Crushle Puzzle was totally an impossible thing to beat her at, at least for him, so he gave up with that idea. Smelling her farts was still a bad idea for him, and the only thing he could think was who could stand hugging the longest. But Ekaterina would win, no doubt. Her hugs can last even 3 minutes. They can be very long, and she usually stops the hug when the other people also stops the hug. Is there something Dmitry is better than Ekaterina? He was thinking: standing the cold? No way! Everything below 5 °C (41 °F) is too cold for him. Standing the heat? Also no! Everything above 25 °C (77 °F) is too hot for him. See who can stand without breathing the longest? No! He couldn't stand that above 30 seconds at maximum. He kept thinking, but there was no exit to his room of despair: Ekaterina was better than Dmitry in every aspect, or at least, that's what Dmitry thought.

Ekaterina was continuing to clear the lines, and reached 4700 points, but she was clearly at the end, as more than three fourths of the screen were filled. She reached 4800 points, and the screen was almost full. Will she reach 5000 points? She was hoping so, but she was losing. She was trying really hard to get at least 5000 points, but at 4900 points, only one line had left.

Luckily, she cleared it and reached 5160 points! Dmitry congratulated her, and she told him to lie down on her legs again, because the farting game was about to begin again.

"Did you think it was finished? Now let's see who will win!", said Ekaterina.

He did as she said, and she farted very quickly.

PRRRFFF

This was a very short fart, it was loud but it lasted only 0.6 seconds. It was very short compared to the others.

The stench impregnated his hair, and he could feel his nose boiling and drowning in the sulphurous stench of Ekaterina's farts. He was getting used to breathe pure air, so smelling her farts again was really a bad thing. It was the "criminal's punishment", after all.

"If criminals were punished this way, I don't think there would be many", thought Dmitry, starting to cough as the smell of her farts hit his lungs.

"Ahhh!!!", sighed Ekaterina, "What a nice smell! Dinner is ready? I smell some eggs!"

She laughed. Dmitry wasn't, though.

Now, under the smell of her farts, even thinking about what he could beat her at was becoming difficult, as the brain was trying to focus on not smelling her farts too much instead of thinking what Dmitry wanted to think to.

"How does it smell?", asked Ekaterina, in a cute voice.

Dmitry didn't reply. He didn't even wanted to joke. He just wanted for that "torture" to finish as soon as possible.

40 seconds have passed since her fart, and Dmitry was struggling to keep smelling it without vomiting. It wasn't easy at all. If he could hold his breath for longer, he would have probably won, but he sucked at that. He was getting dizzy smelling that, and sonnolence was starting to kick in. He didn't want to think anymore, he was just giving up to the smell, feeling like he was almost fainting. Suddenly, an urge gave him some power and he was focusing his brain to smell her farts. He could stand Ekaterina's eighth fart for a full minute, and Ekaterina was proud for him. Even Dmitry was proud of himself.

"Was it difficult? I bet you can't stand my tenth fart, by the way!", said Ekaterina.

"No, it wasn't!", lied Dmitry, "I can stand your tenth fart easily, you'll see it, and you'll regret challenging me!"

"Ok then, if you can stand my tenth fart for two minutes, I'll give you 400 Rubles, is that ok?", asked Ekaterina.

"What? Two minutes? That's crazy!", thought Dmitry.

"Two minutes? That's easy!", said Dmitry. Of course he was lying.

"Ok then! I have to fart again, that will be my ninth fart, come here!", invited Ekaterina.

Dmitry put his head on her legs and waited for her to fart. Ekaterina waited a little, but then, a rather big fart pushed out.

PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRFFFFFFFFF

It was very loud and lasted 2.2 seconds. It was big, and the smell was atrocious. It was like being inside a sewer made of rotten eggs. The smell made Dmitry cry, and his vision was starting to blur. Even the first 20 seconds were very hard to maintain the control, let alone the next 40 seconds.

30 seconds have passed, and Dmitry was struggling to keep his control. He tried to breathe as little as possible, but still, without him needing more air, because that would have been dangerous. The smell was very pungent.

35 seconds have passed, and breathing was becoming more and more difficult as time was passing by. Dmitry was started to think about giving up, but he decided to remain under there as long as he could. His willpower was very high, and he was very determined to do that. He was even more determined than the day before. He was thinking smelling her farts was doable and that he could reach one minute and gain his 400 Rubles he wanted.

40 seconds have passed, and Dmitry felt like he was at the end of his capabilities, but he still wasn't giving up. The prize was too high, he couldn't afford the defeat. He also wanted to prove to her cousin he was stronger than her, and he was better than her at one thing. Her farts weren't scaring him that much anymore, and some other seconds were passing.

45 seconds have passed, and Dmitry felt some power inside of him. It was a great power, a power that kept him from passing out and/or vomiting, a power of the mind and body. He could remain under that stench for some other seconds, or at least he could feel that. That power was the only thing he could count about, at that point.

50 seconds have passed. Even that great power was fading away, but he didn't want to give up. "Giving up is for the weak", thought Dmitry. His willpower was the ghost of what it once was, his determination was totally newborn. Seconds were passing, but they weren't feeling linear, they were feeling logarithmical, with them feeling slower as time was going by.

50... it was a great second... 51... time was passing slowly, and Dmitry could think a lot of things within just one second. One second felt like one minute, and time was getting slower.

55 seconds have passed, and Dmitry didn't even know how he could stand that smell for that long. What he knew was that he was totally winning, and seconds were passing. He was hoping to not lose at this point, as he almost won. Seconds were still passing, but very slowly, and he could have given up at any point before the minute.

ONE MINUTE!!!

"Wow! I didn't expect that! See if you can win the next fart!", said Ekaterina. She admitted he didn't expect him to win like that, as her ninth fart was so stinky.

Will he stand her tenth fart?

Dmitry could stand Ekaterina's ninth fart for a full minute, but now the real question is the one made before. Will he stand her tenth fart for TWO minutes? This is a real challenge, probably one of the most difficult things he's ever done. Dmitry was afraid he couldn't do that.

"Put your head here! We'll have fun!", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry was in hesitation at first, but then he did it. He was about to find what her tenth fart was like.

"Do you have any last words?", asked Ekaterina. Of course she was joking.
"No, miss. You can proceed", said Dmitry.

Ekaterina waited a little, because she didn't have to fart at the moment, but she was feeling a big one coming, and that was going to be a bomb.

"Wait, please. This needs concentration!", said Ekaterina.

Indeed it did, Ekaterina was going to unleash a great fart. Dmitry was going to breathe it in. Will he stand it?

PRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRR

A great fart was released without warning. It was very loud and lasted 5.5 seconds. It seemed like an endless noise to Dmitry, who was already drowning in the stench. The first seconds were terrible for him, he was being blasted by such foul winds, that giving a description was hard. Even Dmitry couldn't find the right words to describe them. 10 seconds passed, and it was already very hard for him to breathe and resist. Time was passing so slowly, 11, 12, 13 seconds, and Dmitry was suffering inside the cloud of stink made by Ekaterina. 15 seconds have passed, and Dmitry was feeling like he was going to be defeated. But luckily, he felt that inner power again, so he could stand that fart more than he could without. Ekaterina could feel the warmth of the gas, and so could Dmitry. But warmth meant stink in this occasion, and it was seriously stinky. It was getting really hard for Dmitry to stand it, even with the inner power, but he was determined and decided to go on and ignore the nasal pain. 400 Rubles were waiting for him.

20 seconds have passed, and Dmitry decided to hold his breath for a few second, hoping that could make things better. Unfortunately, he couldn't do that because he can't breathe much, so he needed to breathe. Doing this, 25 seconds have passed, and he was still inside the wall of stench. The cloud of stink was very powerful, it was hard to stay inside of it. Seconds were still passing, but Dmitry was at the end of his possibilities, and he could feel it. 30 seconds have passed, and Dmitry felt like he couldn't even reach 40. 31,32,33, seconds were passing very slowly, time was slow inside that cloud. The smell was expanding in the room, but it wasn't dissipating. 34,35, he was fighting for his life, 36,37, winning this battle would make them even, 38,39, he was directly under Ekaterina's fart line. And 40! He reached that! But he needed to stay inside that cloud for two minutes, as Ekaterina said, to have his 400 Rubles. It was only the beginning.

41,42, it stunk like rotten eggs too, 43,44, he didn't want to smell that anymore, 45,46, he didn't want to smell Ekaterina's gas leaks, 47,48, the feeling Dmitry had for her farts was hate. He was very determined, but still, he felt like he was being defeated, at his end. How much more will he stand this? 52,53 "It all depends by me", thought Dmitry, 54,55, and he... he lost.

Dmitry raised his head up and walked away, he totally lost. He couldn't even stand that one minute.

"Don't worry, you couldn't win this, it was too hard", Ekaterina was trying to reassure him.
"I can't do anything, I'm weak", said Dmitry
"It's not true, it's that my farts are too stinky", said Ekaterina
"The farts of a girl, are too stinky for me?", said Dmitry
"Of course they are! Mine are, at least! Don't worry and think positive!", said Ekaterina
"How can I be happy if I keep losing?", said Dmitry
"You aren't always losing! You could stand my ninth fart!", said Ekaterina

Dmitry went to the toilet, not because he had to pee, but because he was so sad he was about to cry. He seriously wanted that money, and he wanted to do anything to have that. He couldn't let some farts to keep his desire away. He wanted that money, and he'll get that.

Ekaterina's friend would come at her house at 4:00 P.M. and it was only 2:11 P.M.
Dmitry was still in the toilet room, but Ekaterina didn't know he was crying. When he went outside that room, his face was still a little red, but he didn't know that. Ekaterina noticed it and hugged him, saying: "You must go on!"
Dmitry replied: "Don't worry for me, I'm alright"
"No, you aren't! I can give you 40 Rubles, if that will make you happier", said Ekaterina
"Will you really give me them?", said Dmitry
"Of course! You could stand my ninth fart for a minute, after all, you aren't that weak", said Ekaterina

Ekaterina gave him 40 Rubles, and she hoped he could feel better. Dmitry still had the power of hope to make him feel better, and he hoped to get that money soon.

"Let's do this, I'll smell your eleventh fart, and if I stand 30 seconds, I'll get 200 Rubles, ok?", asked Dmitry
"Let's do that later, let's play Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI now, I don't have to fart at the moment!", said Ekaterina.

They started playing Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI, Zombie Mode, HELL_666.EXE Level. The first level was easy, they could use the knife to kill the zombies in one hit. The first gun was useless, so they took the one on the autobus. They completed the first round without dying even once, so they proceeded to kill the other zombies. Dmitry died once, but was soon reanimated. They continued playing until Queen Lilith showed up. She was the electric demon, which you can kill only using the knife. Ekaterina tried to kill her but she died. It was now in the Dmitry's hand to survive. He could survive and then they made it to the 14th round. Queen Lilith disappeared, but respawned quickly. Ekaterina was finally able to kill her. They lost at 16th round. They had so much fun playing Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI.

"Will you tell me when you'll have to fart?", asked Dmitry.
"Of course I will, what are you thinking?", said Ekaterina
"I don't know, but I know I'll have so much fun doing that, 30 seconds to win 200 Rubles, it sounds nice", said Dmitry
"No way I'll give you 200 Rubles for that! Only 100!", said Ekaterina
"Alright, but I'll win some money. It's not the only important thing for me, it's important to win and prove I'm strong as well", said Dmitry
"Like you're saying", said Ekaterina

They started playing Pak-Woman. Ekaterina started playing, and she kept making 1000 points, and then she kept highering her score. She made 10000 points easily, and now she had 4 lives. She didn't die once, and she made 15000 points. Ekaterina was keeping playing and eating those chickens. Dmitry's record was slightly above 20000 points, he wasn't as good as Ekaterina, whose record was higher than 100000. She had 20000 points, then 25000, then 30000. Time was passing, and Ekaterina's score was high. She finally lost, and he had 33980 points.

"It's your turn", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry started playing, and he lost once before making 2000 points. He continued playing and he lost another live, his score was 4000. He was determined, and he reached 10000 points and gained a life. He then lost at about 13000 points.

"Is it really the best you can do?", said Ekaterina.

Ekaterina played again. She was very good at playing videogames, and Dmitry wanted to be like her. Dmitry was thinking about past things, how life used to be before smelling her farts. They spent the afternoons hugging and playing videogames, but never smelling Ekaterina's farts. Now things were different, and Dmitry knew it. Dmitry was feeling a little nostalgic about past times, but he decided not to think about them. Time was passing, and Ekaterina already did 20000 points. Dmitry knew he couldn't beat her at all, because she usually makes more than 40000 points, and probably that's the score she was going to do.

"Would you smell my farts after I ate a lot of beans for 100 Rubles?", said Ekaterina the day before. That was the sentence that started all. Smelling her farts for 100 Rubles, that was what Dmitry was doing. And she ate a lot of beans too. Her farts, as she said, could really be used to punish criminals. They were lethal. Dmitry couldn't smell them the day before, nor could he this day. Her farts were extremely stinky. And he couldn't even imagine what her 20th or 21st farts would smell like.

"Don't worry, she's upstairs, she won't see us, let's go baking some beans for the challenge, then. Let's see how honest your reply was!", what a stupid thing was it, thought Dmitry. Now he has to smell her farts for some stupid 100 Rubles. But now it is only 30 seconds, which was nice, and doable. As soon as she has to fart, Dmitry would smell it and win.

"Do you think this will be a funny game?", asked Dmitry, the day before. Now he knew the answer, it wasn't funny at all. It was just nasal torture.

Ekaterina was feeling like she had to fart, but that wasn't the moment. Dmitry had to play Pak-Woman. Her score was 41000.

"Here's Pak-Woman to you, and then, you'll smell my eleventh fart!", said Ekaterina
"Will your eleventh fart be stinkier than the tenth?", asked Dmitry
"Of course it will! What are you thinking? It will make your nose soar, you'll see!", said Ekaterina
"Could you use it to punish criminals", asked Dmitry
"Of course I could! That's pure sulphur smell! It's not anything like a perfume!", said Ekaterina
"I know I'm finished, but now I'll play Pak-Woman", said Dmitry
"Yeah! Play it, because I'll finish you later with my stinky stinky farts! Yuppy!", said Ekaterina

Dmitry played Pak-Woman, and he made 1000 points without losing. 2000 points without losing. 2500 points, but he lost once. He didn't want to lose another life. He made 5000 points with only one life lost, and then he made 10000 points. He was indeed getting better. Now he had 3 lives. He started losing them at the second level. His score was slightly above 15000.

"Wow! This is good for you! Now smell my fart! I'll have to punish you for your crimes!", said Ekaterina, laughing.

Dmitry did as she said. Will Dmitry stand her eleventh fart for 30 seconds? We'll see!

PRRRRRRRRR

This fart wasn't as huge as her tenth fart, but sure it was stinkier.
Dmitry was drowning in the stench. He didn't know if he could stand that fart for 30 seconds.

3 seconds have already passed, and Dmitry wasn't breathing much. Could he stand that for 30 seconds? Dmitry was really anxious, because he didn't know if he could to that. What he knew was that fart was very stinky and pungent. Seconds were passing, and that was draining Dmitry's breath.

"5 seconds", reminded Ekaterina.

Yeah, 5 seconds, as if that was enough. 30 seconds must pass, in order to win the challenge. The nauseating stench of Ekaterina's fart was too much. She knew how stinky her fart was, but she wasn't so near, so the effect wasn't the same. Dmitry's eyes were burning, and he could feel the toxicness in the air. His lungs were getting too much stinky air.

"You're doing well, carry on", said Ekaterina.

7 seconds were passed, and that wasn't still enough. Time was passing really slow for Dmitry, one second felt like 10. He was breathing too much of Ekaterina's stench. Ekaterina reminded him the time every 5 seconds to make him feel better (or worse, depending on his mood), and 10 seconds haven't still passed. The air smelled like pungent rotten eggs, and Dmitry didn't like that. He, however, did like the 100 Rubles he was promised. It was better than nothing, he could buy some chips with that.

The air was very rotten, and Dmitry couldn't breathe that much. Dmitry was thinking about what Ekaterina said about criminals. She needed to work like that, punishing criminals with her farts, it would have been useful. He was being through the brimstone stench of hell, and he did nothing bad, he wasn't a criminal.

"I want to hug you", said Ekaterina, long time ago, when farting wasn't a thing.
"Ok, I'll hug you!", replied Dmitry.

That happened some months before, when Dmitry wasn't even thinking about smelling her farts for 100 Rubles. That just happened so randomly. He was feeling nostalgic about that, so he wanted to hug her again after the challenge. That was making him weaker.

"10 seconds", said Ekaterina, in that moment.

It was only one third of the time, and Dmitry was already feeling very weak. Maybe this time he wouldn't have been able to smell her fart for 30 seconds. He was thinking again what happened some months ago, when it was still winter, and flowers were still yet to bloom.

"I like hugging you", said Ekaterina, months ago.
"I like hugging you too!", replied Dmitry.
"We will always hug each other, right?", asked Ekaterina
"Of course we will, I like it", replied Dmitry.

Dmitry was thinking about that, under the stench of Ekaterina's fart. They hugged each other that same morning, so hugging was still a thing, but for some reason, Dmitry was still feeling nostalgic. Was it Ekaterina's fart smell that made him feel like that?

"Woah, boy! I shouldn't have eaten those eggs and bean, sure they have an effect on me!", said Ekaterina.

Months ago Ekaterina was hugging him, now she was farting on him. Never did Dmitry think her farts could be so stinky. It was some toxic gas or something. The amount of Hydrogen Sulfide in her farts should have been very high, judging by the smell of rotten eggs she was pumping out. That sure was some chemical bitterness. Now he was feeling how stinky her farts could be.

"Are your farts usually stinky?", asked Dmitry, the day before. He didn't even smell her farts back then, and he thought they were nothing bad.

Ekaterina laughed in a low voice, then she smiled and said: "No one knows it, because I always hold them in when I'm with other people, but usually they're very stinky, sometimes they are so stinky that even I move away from them, and this happens when I don't eat beans. I don't know what will happen later, I've never eaten so many beans."

Dmitry didn't believe her, and now he was seeing that was so true. Ekaterina's farts were so deadly she could use them to punish criminals, as she said.

"It's almost finished, Dmitry! 20 seconds!", said Ekaterina.

Was Dmitry about to win? Only time (10 seconds) could time. 10 seconds were a long time, being under that disgusting stench.

Dmitry couldn't even talk. If he talked, the stench would enter his mouth.

"My...", was beginning Ekaterina.

Time was passing so slow, even the words were slow. Dmitry couldn't concentrate on what Ekaterina was saying. Her fart was too stinky. He didn't know she had to fart again, but she was holding her fart. Her 12th fart would have been too much for him. She was holding it to make things easier to him.

"Farts...", continued Ekaterina.

Dmitry only heard the word "farts", but he wasn't knowing in what context she was saying it. He knew her farts were nasty as hell, only that. It was almost finished, Ekaterina was finishing her sentence. 20 seconds have already passed, how much time was passed totally? 23 seconds? 27 seconds? Dmitry didn't know.

"Could...", continued Ekaterina.

Dmitry was really dizzy under her fart. It was like being in a circle of hell. "Ekaterina's circle", was thinking Dmitry. Maybe that was the circle for punishing people who liked money so much?

"Make...", continued Ekaterina.

Dmitry was trying to put those words together, but he couldn't do that. He was only hearing "Make". He didn't know what that meant. Dmitry was about to puke. He couldn't stand Ekaterina's fart for so long. Her fart was so stinky, it smelled like sulphur and boiled eggs. It wasn't anything like a perfume. Dmitry had to stand that for so long.

"Someone...", was continuining Ekaterina.

Dmitry was confused, he couldn't understand what Ekaterina was saying. His eyes were tearing and his mind was aching. He couldn't stand all that stench. How much time has passed? 25 seconds? 29? It was almost over, though. Like a prisoner who waits for Ekaterina's fart to end, he was doing as well as he was a prisoner who was condemned to smell Ekaterina's farts.

"Faint", finished Ekaterina.

Dmitry could now understand the sentence Ekaterina said: "My farts could make someone faint", and it was true! Dmitry was about to faint! Suddenly, Ekaterina shouted those words: "YOU WON!".

Dmitry stood up, he couldn't believe it! He won! He won 100 Rubles! Ekaterina congratulated him and said: "Now it's over, you won 100 Rubles, it's all finished. Are you happy?"

Dmitry felt happy, but he had a strange feeling, is it already over? Was it so easy and short? He couldn't believe that.

"Yes, it's over", said Ekaterina
"I know, it feels so strange, it began so suddenly, I can't believe I won", replied Dmitry
"You did, you were so good, I didn't expect you to win like this, I'll give you 100 Rubles", said Ekaterina

Dmitry was so excited about the money. Was it really over? Are all of the adventures over? Is this story over?

"I'm happy, but, I mean, is this over? What are we going to now? I'll miss these times...", admitted Dmitry.
"We'll do other things. I don't want to do this again...", admitted Ekaterina
"I'll miss this", said Dmitry
"Don't worry, we can hug, we can play videogames, we can listen to music, we can do a lot of normal things", said Ekaterina.
"It's true, but, can you hug me?", asked Dmitry.

Ekaterina didn't even reply, she smiled and hugged him tight.

"Don't worry", said Ekaterina, in a low voice.
"Sergei, Igor, Elena and Nataliya will come at my house later, we won't be bored", she continued.
"That's ok", said Dmitry
"And we'll play videogames together happily", said Ekaterina.

Dmitry was now happier, but he was still a little sad.

"Let's spray some air freshener, this place stinks", said Ekaterina, laughing.

They both took some air freshener, sprayed in the air, and opened the window.
The place really stunk, and Ekaterina farted again.

"Sorry, it's the beans", said Ekaterina, smiling.

"Was it going too far?", thought Dmitry.

"I know Dmitry won't miss it, my farts are deadly", thought Ekaterina.

"What are we going to do in the afternoons, now?", thought Dmitry.

Time was passing a little fast now, it was 03:18 P.M.
Ekaterina's friends were coming at her house at 04:00 P.M.
Her mom knew that, because Ekaterina said it to her.

The air freshener wasn't doing much, the room still stunk. Ekaterina was imbarassed. She didn't want to host their friends in a stinky room, what could she do? She was waiting for the air freshener to make his effect, but it wasn't doing so.

Time was still passing, and Ekaterina and Dmitry were doing nothing. Just hugging and spraying some air freshener in the air.

Dmitry was happing to have won 100 Rubles. It wasn't that hard. It didn't make much time, just one day, to do that. He thought these adventures would have kept for longer, but he was happy it was all finished. It was 03:30 P.M. and Ekaterina decided to play Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI, waiting her friends to come in her house.

She started playing with Dmitry. It was the HELL_666.EXE level, the one Dmitry liked so much.
The first level was easy, the zombies were slow and they could be killed with just one hit of the knife. The second level was a little harder, and they took the pieces and turned on the power. The zombies could still be killed easily. The third level was harder, as the zombie's health points were getting higher. They could still do it easily. The fourth level was harder, and they encountered a lot of Dinozorgs, since they missed the bus.

"Now, we're getting the same things, the same life as always, the same, boring life, I didn't expect this but, I'd like to play the farting game again", thought Dmitry.

Dmitry was thinking about smelling her farts, he liked it, even thought the smell was so nasty. He didn't want to be back at his boring life, he wanted to do something exciting. He was already feeling nostalgic about smelling her farts, but he kept playing the game until Queen Lilith showed up, Ekaterina killed Queen Lilith and... her friends arrived at her house.

"Good morning", said Igor to Anna (Ekaterina's mom).

They all greeted to Anna and then she showed them Ekaterina's room.

It was going to be a nice day.

Someone knocked at the door.

"They're here, finally!", thought Ekaterina

"Hi, Ekaterina!", said them.

"Hi!", said Ekaterina

She hugged first Sergei.

"Welcome to my room!", said Ekaterina.

She hugged Sergei for 5 seconds, then Sergei pulled back. He was too embarassed to hug her for too long.

"Thank you... thank you very much...", said Sergei.

Then she hugged Nataliya. She hugged her for 3 seconds, then Nataliya pulled back.

"Thank you, Ekaterina", said Nataliya.

She then hugged Igor. He liked to be hugged, and he wanted to be hugged for so long. After 5 seconds, Ekaterina said: "aww" and hugged him even tighter. Igor was in heaven, he liked to be hugged and he wasn't much embarassed, he was letting himself go. 10 seconds, the hug was lasting very much. The hug lasted 20 seconds, and Igor was really happy.

"Thank you, Ekaterina. This was so nice!", said Igor.

"Eww, now you're hugging me, right?", said Elena.

"If you want, Elena. I don't force anyone to hug", said Ekaterina.

"You can... hug me again...", said Igor

"Well, if Elena doesn't want to be hugged...", said Ekaterina.

"I don't, you can hug him again, eww... I don't like to be hugged at all!", said Elena

"Yayyy!!!", said Ekaterina, and she hugged Igor again. This time for even longer.

Igor wanted a lot of hugs from Ekaterina. This hug lasted 30 seconds and Igor was so happy to receive a so long hug from her.

"Thank you, I love hugs", said Igor.

"Now, what are we going to do?", said Sergei.

"It's obvious, we're going to play Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI!", said Ekaterina.

She turned on her game console, and the game was loading.

"Loading trophies", there was written on the screen.

"You're going to have fun! Since only 4 of us can play, and Elena, I guess, doesn't want to play. I won't play the game, for the moment!", said Ekaterina.

"It's alright!", said Sergei.

The game has loaded. Dmitry selected the mode: HELL_666.EXE Level.

First level was easy: the zombies weren't even moving. They took the pieces and opened the door. Dmitry and Nataliya went on the bus, while Igor and Sergei remained in the city. Elena and Ekaterina watched the game.

Second level: it was a little harder, because zombies had more HP than before. Dmitry and Nataliya reached the other part of the city with the bus, and went to the secret laboratory and tried to activate the electricity. They turned the power on and killed the remaining zombies. The bus was away, now, in the farm. They remained in the city and waited for another horde of zombies to come.

Third level: another horde of zombie arrived. This time the zombies were faster and more and Nataliya died. Dmitry revived her, after he killed some more zombies in the area. More zombies were yet to come. Igor and Sergei were still in the first part of the city, killing the remaining zombies. It was becoming more difficult, and Nataliya died twice in the process. They killed all the zombies, after all what they've been through. And they went to the fourth level.

Fourth level: Igor and Sergei took the bus and went to the other part of the city, Igor took the weapon box and got a double gun.

"It's weak!", said Igor.

Igor continued to use the bus weapon to kill the zombies. It was very effective and killed them soon. The zombies were very fast at level 4. The last zombie is very fast and very powerful. Igor and Sergei were in the second city, and Dmitry and Nataliya were in the farm. Dmitry took a drink that increased his HPs. In the end, they killed every zombie and went to the fifth level.

"I'm bored", complained Elena, "What can we do?"

"Just stop complaining, don't think about that, you'll have fun with us, you'll see! Usually me and Dmitry get bored often, and what we do is hugging and playing videogames, things you don't like, right?", said Ekaterina

"I don't like hugging very much, and I suck at playing videogames", said Elena.

Fifth level: other zombies arrived. Sergei and Igor were still in the second part of the city, and Dmitry and Nataliya were still in the farm, but the bus arrived in the second part of the city. Igor took the bus, while Sergei stayed in the second part of the city. Igor took the bus to go to the farm and reach Dmitry and Nataliya. Dmitry died and Nataliya couldn't revive him, as she was busy fighting the zombies. After some time, Igor reached the farm but Dmitry died definitely. Only some zombies were left, and Igor killed them.

"Do that!", said Elena

"What are you talking about?", said Dmitry

"I wasn't talking to you!", said Elena

"Ohh... you were talking to Igor! Don't worry, whenever a round ends, everyone gets back to life, so, don't worry for me!"

"I have to admit it, I'm not bored anymore, I'm actually having fun", said Elena

"I'm happy to hear it, Elena! Do you want to eat something?", asked Ekaterina

"Do you have any chips?", asked Elena

"You bet! I'll bring them!", said Ekaterina

Sixth level: the zombies were too fast and they had too much HP, it was hard to survive.

"Revive me!", said Dmitry

"It's ok, I'll revive you!", said Igor.

The game was getting harder, now. Igor didn't want to play that game anymore, he wanted to ask Ekaterina something, something that could change his life, perhaps.

Nataliya, Igor and Dmitry were in the farm, while Sergei was dead in the second part of the city. No one was near him to revive him. They all drank something to increase their HPs, except Sergei.

"This is getting sooo exciting!", said Dmitry.

A few zombies were left, and Dmitry killed the last one. They were in the seventh round.

"It's actually fun to watch this, now Sergei is alive again! Maybe you'll win even the seventh round!", said Elena.

"If you want, we'll play this later!", said Ekaterina.

"It's ok, we will!", said Elena

Seventh round: a bus went in the second part of the city and Sergei reached the farm, too.
The game was becoming hard, as the zombies' HPs were very high, this time.

They kept playing, and Ekaterina and Elena kept talking.

"Look at those zombies, there are so many zombies out there, and this is the seventh round, it will eventually going to be very fun at the end, you'll see!", said Ekaterina

"What is going to happen?", asked Elena

"Do you really want to know?", said Ekaterina

"Yes!", said Elena

"Two Words: Queen Lilith", said Ekaterina

"What does that mean?", asked Elena

"She's an electric demon that spawns usually at the thirteenth round!", said Ekaterina

"I understand. Well, they're still in the seventh round and Nataliya died, do you think they'll reach that level?", asked Elena

"Yes, I think so", said Ekaterina

They kept playing that game and Dmitry died. Only Igor and Sergei were alive. They took the bus for the first part of the city. Meanwhile, the zombies were arriving on the bus. There were too many, but they eventually killed them. They won the seventh round, now, the eighth round has arrived.

They were all in the first part of the city, like at the beginning of the game, but now the game was much harder, and they didn't know if they could reach that. They were waiting and killing the zombies, waiting for Queen Lilith to show up. The zombies were many, and it was hard to kill them. They were many and fast. Will they reach the thirteenth round?

They were now at the eighth round, the zombies were very fast.

"Be careful, guys! A lot of zombies are here! Everyone should stay together, so, when someone dies,  another one revives him, understood?", said Sergei

They kept playing. They won the eighth round, so they reached to the ninth one.
The ninth one was even harder than the one before. They took the bus and went to the second part of the city, where the weapon box was located. They got more powerful weapons and were able to kill all the zombies. Now they were in the tenth round, the answer may change but the question's the same: will they reach the thirteenth round?

The zombies were so many and so fast now, everyone was dying, but usually they were quickly revived. They won even this level. Now they were at their eleventh round.

"Go! Go! Go!", said Elena. She wanted to see Queen Lilith.

"Don't worry, Elena. We'll do this, I'm good at playing this game!", said Sergei.

"Ekaterina, the zombies are getting very powerful, do you think we'll ever see Queen Lilith?", asked Igor

"Of course you will, just wait, and kill those zombies!", said Ekaterina

They've reached their twelfth level, it was going to get very hard. Ekaterina noticed an analogy between her farts and the levels of Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI. Winning becomes harder after every number. After a while, they've reached the thirteenth level and seen Queen Lilith. Dmitry was using the knife to kill her, and he was succesfull, he killed Queen Lilith!

But then, a lot of zombies appeared, and they all died. They've survived for 12 rounds, but at least, they've seen Queen Lilith and killed her!

"Ekaterina, please, come with me", said Dmitry

"It's ok", said Ekaterina

They went upstairs in a room, then Ekaterina asked: "What's up?"

"I want to smell one more fart of yours, just one, please, let me do this!", said Dmitry

"It's ok, but please, don't get angry, it's still going to smell really bad!", said Ekaterina

"Don't worry, I can take this!", said Dmitry

"Do you? Please, let me fart in your face", said Ekaterina

"In my face?", said Dmitry

"This or I won't fart", said Ekaterina

"It's ok!", said Dmitry

Ekaterina lied down in the bed and asked Dmitry to put his nose there.

"Now I'm going to fart, bye bye!", said Ekaterina

PRRRRRRRRR

It lasted only 0.9 seconds, and it was loud but stinky, it burned Dmitry's eyes and lungs.

"This is sooo stinky!!!", said Dmitry, gasping for air.

"I told you", said Ekaterina. She then smiled and hugged him. The room was smelling like rotten eggs, now, so she sprayed some air freshener.

They went downstairs, and Igor wanted to ask her something.

"Ekaterina, I have to tell you something, can we talk in private?", asked Igor

"Of course!", said Ekaterina

They went upstairs, not in the room where she farted, but in another room.

"Ekaterina, do you...", was starting Igor

"Do I...?", said Ekaterina, she wanted to know what was up to him to ask.

"I like you", said Igor

"Thank you!", said Ekaterina

"Do you want to be my girlfriend?", asked Igor

"I don't really know", said Ekaterina, "what if another one wants me?"

"They don't. Sergei already has a girlfriend, and Dmitry's your cousin. I'm the only one. Please, I'm alone", said Igor

"It's ok, I'll be your girlfriend", said Ekaterina. She smiled and then hugged him for one full minute.

Igor was happy and went downstairs.

"Hey guys! See my new girlfriend!", said Igor

"She's your girlfriend?", asked Elena

"Yes! She is! I'm so happy", said Igor

"Finally, you've found a girl! Yay!", said Sergei

"Now everyone's happy, right?", asked Nataliya

"Yes, everyone is", said Dmitry

Everyone was happy.

Dmitry smelt one of Ekaterina's deadly bombs right in his nose
Igor found a girl
Sergei played Satanic Zombie Apocalypse DCLXVI with Ekaterina
Nataliya was with her friends
Elena wasn't bored
And if everyone is happy, then even Ekaterina is, even because she found Igor, a great guy.

But the story doesn't end here! School is starting...

TO BE CONTINUED...