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Maya is an unhappy artist still living at home who dreams of attending art school in Italy. She soon meets her online crush, Jasmine, who's also attracted to her, overjoying Maya. They become a couple, but Maya is unaware that Jasmine is also the sugar baby to an older man at the same time Maya's father comes back into her life, and things soon become very, very complicated with them.

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  • Alliterative Name: Maya Mitchell, the protagonist, and her girlfriend Jasmine Jones.
  • Ambiguously Absent Parent: Jasmine's father is not mentioned or seen. Given her mother is indicated to be promiscuous and flighty, it's probable he's not involved with her life.
  • Bisexual Love Triangle: Jasmine sees Simon as her sugar daddy and also dates Maya at the same time. She loves both, and sees no reason for choosing one over the other at first. In an unusual example, Maya is actually Simon's daughter. Once he learns about them, Simon ends his relationship with Jasmine though she begs him not to. After this she ends her relationship cruelly with Maya too, claiming that Maya'd just been a toy to her. Maya and Jasmine initially didn't know he was her father.
  • Bittersweet Ending: Maya's relationship with Jasmine ends badly. Her relationship with her father may not ever recover. She's fulfilled her longheld dream of going to Italy though, and also sees a woman wearing a shirt she designed, indicating she's become successful in her art, with them becoming friends as well.
  • Caught with Your Pants Down: Maya's stepdad abruptly comes into her room when she's got her hand down her pants masturbating, embarrassing her.
  • Disappeared Dad: Simon is Maya's father and hasn't seen her for over six years. When they run into each other, she's very angry at this, especially since he lives nearby, though Simon tries to apologize. It turns out that Maya's mother lied that he didn't want contact with her, stopping her from getting cards he sent her and spending the child support which Simon had sent on herself (even withholding birthday presents he'd sent her), while also lying that he's not living in the city. They soon rekindle a relationship after this. It turns out that her mom is right however in saying her father really isn't who Maya thinks though. He's seeing Jasmine, who's Maya's age, as his sugar baby who roleplays as a young girl. Maya, horrified by this, is implied to have ended contact with him by the end of the film.
  • Kinky Spanking: Simon fake punishes Jasmine, who's his sugar baby, by lightly spanking her through her panties when they meet for their second encounter onscreen.
  • Lingerie Scene: Jasmine is shown in her underwear when changing a couple times and shows her panties too while Simon spanks her. Maya also lounges in hers later to give Jasmine a show.
  • Lipstick Lesbian: Maya and Jasmine both are feminine young women. They both have short hair, but like makeup, mostly wearing revealing pants and tops (Jasmine especially), sometimes skirts or a couple times skimpy dresses. Maya is explicitly a lesbian who's only shown as attracted to Jasmine (who's also into men, but doesn't use labels for herself). They start dating early in the film.
  • Making Love in All the Wrong Places: After she learns Maya's never climaxed, Jasmine simply fingers her on the roof where they both are until Maya does.
  • Meal Ticket: Jasmine is a sugar baby to Simon, play acting as a little girl as she dresses up like one too. He pays her $5,000 a month for it. Maya, her girlfriend, is unhappy to learn this. After he learns about their relationship Simon is distraught, ending things since he's actually Maya's father, despite Jasmine begging him to not do this.
  • Ms. Fanservice:
    • Jasmine is a pretty young woman, usually wearing revealing outfits that show off her cleavage, legs and sometimes also her bare stomach. She's shown in her lingerie and also topless a couple times while having sex.
    • Though not sexualized to the same degree, Maya is shown in her underwear or revealing dresses as well a couple times, while also being pretty.
  • Scenery Porn: The finale shows many beautiful scenes of Florence, Italy (it was filmed on location) while Maya roams the city.
  • Sex Montage: Jasmine is shown having sex with Simon and Maya in alternating scenes.
  • Toplessness from the Back: Jasmine takes off her shirt while facing away from Maya as she puts another on once, acting teasingly when she's doing this.
  • Twofer Token Minority: Jasmine is the only person of color in the film who's a main character, with the rest being white. She's biracial, with a white mother and her unseen father being black, to judge by her looks. Jasmine's sexually fluid too, seeing an older man as her sugar daddy and dating Maya at the same time.
  • Uptight Loves Wild: Maya is initially shy and depressed. She falls for Jasmine, a confident, more outgoing young woman, coming out of her shell through their relationship.

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