(Not So) Public Play Rated Mature
Mmm mmmm…...What to get… Eteri stood in front of the flower shop she passed almost daily en route to Nevin’s shop. Well, She guessed it was almost like her home. Eteri still didn’t quite consider the place her home. Despite the fact the Alchemist buying her her own special cup and chopsticks and even bed. Not that she ever used it. Regardless. She was in front of the flower shop for a reason. She wanted to get Nevin a present.
She knew to stay away from lillies. Nevin was very strict about that. No more accidents there but what about roses? Eteri thought about it, and she was pretty sure that that was the common thing to get someone you had feelings for. The whole concept wasn’t entirely new for her, but the one of exchanging gifts was.
“Excusing me!’ Eteri called out when she saw the old lady who ran the shop shuffle by the open door.
A rather thin and spindly woman who Eteri thought was going to turn into a spider half waddled-half walked out of the shop, aided by a little wooden stick. She used a shaky, wrinkly hand to push thin rimmed glasses up the bridge of her nose. Eteri watched with wide eyes as they seemed to almost get absorbed by the forehead wrinkles. The old lady used her spare hand to lean on the stand that housed the variety of flowers she had been looking at. ““What! What do ya want.” She waved it at me. “Go on! Git! Git!”
Eteri ducked as the old coot swung her walking stick at her “But I-” Again the cane was swung and Eteri had to duck out the way. “Wanna-” Another swing and a duck. “Buy some flowers please and thanking!” she finally managed to blurt out. Eteri shut her eyes tight and shielded her head as she waited for an assault that would never come. She opened one eye...then the other...
The old lady gave Eteri a suspicious stare. “Yer not gonna go eatin’ my flowers?”
I shook my head (with my fingers crossed behind my back) “N-no! Want buy. What buy someone special?”
“What? Speak up.”
She cupped her hands over her mouth. “WHAT BUY SOMEONE SPECIAL?”
The woman took two steps back, it was almost as though Eteri had pushed her. She shoved her glasses up her old wrinkly face and stared at the catgirl as though she was the one waving about the stick. “Girlie you don’t have to shout. Get these.” She bundled up a dozen red roses and shoved them into Eteri’s hands before holding out her open palm. “12 gold pieces.”
Wait… was that a lot? Eteri wasn’t so sure...Nevin had given her some money to spend on food and groceries...but that seemed like it was over half the allowance he had given. Still, Eteri figured this was a special present after all. She shuffled the flowers so they sat in one arm and shoved her hand in the coin purse at her side. One by one Eteri slowly handed her the coins before wandering off. She began to hum happily to herself. Feeling confident that she had done a good deed that day. Not only had she successfully spoken to someone, but she bought something. WIth MONEY! No stealing whatsoever!
She perked up again when she saw a familiar, tall figure standing by the fountain checking a small pocket watch. “Neviinnn!” Eteri called out as she broke into a run, squishing the flowers that she had paid dearly for. (quite literally, she paid too much for them)
“Look! The Look!” Eteri cried triumphantly as she handed them over to Nevin. A dozen squished roses, half the heads falling apart and trailing behind her...a series of petals.
“The happies for you!” Eteri said brightly as she tried to push them into his hands, n doing so mangling them even more as she broke a few stems. “Even paid! Did good?”
My vote was Choking was Intended. There's smut in them thar hills!
I blinked and looked at the roses that had been pressed into my hands. Aside from their mangling at the hands of my energetic love interest, the roses seemed a bit, ah, off. Their thorns hadn't been properly plucked, so as I took them into my hands I felt several sharp stabs in the palms of my hands. I would have said something about it - if it wasn't for the expression of sheer joy on Eteri’s face at bringing these to me. So I took them and carefully arranged them, trying to avoid stabbing myself any more, and moved over to kiss her forehead.
“You were a very good girl, honey.†My voice was soft as I whispered into her ear before I straightened up.
“Yes! Only the costing 12 gold!†I froze, and my smile became more of a rictus than an actual happy expression. I took a slow breath, as the smile became a tad more brittle than before.
“Wow, that sure sounds like you did good. Honey, can you show me to where you got these flowers? I need to thank the person who prepared them for you.†one hand reached up and casually stroked her head as I kept my breathing even.
I would have been content to let it go, except that ripping Eteri off that badly showed a level of greed I did not care to have hanging around my store.
Eteri shook her head and pressed her finger to her lips. “Is hush. These specials. NO know where get.†She stepped to the side and looped her hand into my free hand and gave me a large grin when I stared at her steadily for a minute before shaking my head slowly. If I wanted to I could just follow the route of crushed petals that she had left behind, and use that to find where she got them.
But she seemed so absolutely thrilled to have gotten me something special that I could not find it in my heart to force her to take me where ever it was that she had gotten. So, I sighed and let her have her way, as she gently tugged on my hand, dragging me back towards the shop.
OH well I could use them for some rose hip petal tea, use their flavor to hide the taste of a new little drug I had decided to try out. I had already test it on myself, thankfully why Eteri wasn't around, and had found myself utterly ravenous for sex. So, the question was, would the aphrodisiac work on a nekojin like it did on a human? Only one way to find out.
I was glad I had taken the day off as I locked the door behind me, and Eteri bounced into the back, smiling over her shoulder at me before disappearing from sight for a moment. I knew exactly what she was going to do - change into nothing more than a bra and panties, if even that much - wearing clothes bothered her, and the less she had on the better in her mind.
In my mind as well, I couldn't deny. Watching her bounce around the store in any state of dress had definitely been working to improve my mood as of late. So, as she went to change, I heated up some of the aphrodisiac,and crushed up the rose petals and dropped them in. Now, time to see how a nekojin reacted to a sexual stimulant.
This couldn't go bad, right?