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?