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𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷 07-Mar-23 04:33 PM
TW: Sexual content, mentions of kidnapping and non con, mentions of possible violence, will edit to add if more arise
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Amaya Shimada BOT 07-Mar-23 07:15 PM
All 24 years of Amaya's life thus far had been nothing short of hellish to say the least. Ripped from her parents when she was just an infant and sold to the highest bidder on what must have been some kind of sick underground market. You see Amaya had been born different, furry black ears with white tufts on the inside and 'one of the fluffiest longest tails they had ever seen' at least that was how her buyers had referred to it, praising the appendage to one of the frequent visitors to the house she was "raised" in. She had never seen anyone that looked like her before, not that she had ever been allowed to leave the house but still, she spent many days gazing out the window and never once saw someone that looked like her. It wasn't all bad, she had food, shelter and clothes that were clearly if the highest quality but she was treated like more of an object than a person. Her owners had taught her how to talk, walk, and for the most part have a good set of manners. On occasion her more feline attributes made themselves known though and they didn't seem very fond of that, often resorting to physical punishment or locking her in the basement for days on end. The idea of running away had never really occurred to her before, not in anything more than a fleeting thought. That was, until she had overheard the man of the house on the phone with someone. 'It should be any month now that it happens, we've been waiting patiently but it looks like we got ourselves a late bloomer' the conversation continued and at first she didn't know what they could possibly be talking about until it all clicked with one foul sentence 'We're hoping she produces more of the same breed.' She felt her stomach do a flip and scrambled to her room feeling more dread than she ever had before. She didn't want to be used that way, she didn't even know what sex was like and she certainly didn't want to have children yet.
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. That night curled up in her closet she decided that she was going to run, she had no choice. There was supposed to be a storm the following evening and it was the perfect cover, she could slip out unnoticed with the rain and wind pelting off the roof. The following day seemed like it lasted a decade as she tried to act as normally as possible, they didn't pay her any mind as usual and she was thankful for it. When nightfall came and the weather worsened she grew more and more nervous. Not knowing which way to run or where she would end up was terrifying but what awaited her here if she stayed was even worse. With nothing to pack she slipped on some plain black leggings and pulled a thick sweater over her head, it had become her favorite in the time she had had it, the chest and shoulders being a dusty pink and the arms and bottom hem being a deep dusty blue. It was the warmest thing she owned and she knew she would need it if the rain continued to worsen. Slipping down the stairs nearly silently she crept to the front door and slipped out into the night. She ran as fast as her feet would take her, at first down the sidewalk but then thinking better of it she dipped off into the forest. The terrain made it slightly more difficult to move as fast but she found her eyes quickly adjusted. The clothes she had put on quickly became drenched and every puddle she found herself landing in added more mud to the bottom of her leggings but she didn't care, she was free. She could live in the damn forest if she had to. After running for what seemed like ages she saw a light, it was coming through the window of a beautiful house just around the bend of the creek. Constructed of stone and wood and with more windows than she had ever seen her eyes went wide in awe. Her feet started carrying her to the door before she thought better if it, for all she knew everyone was just as bad as her owners had been but she needed to get warm and the realization that she didn't know how
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to start a fire had settled in shortly after the idea of just living in the forest. When she made it onto the porch he'd guard was up, ears moving in every which way to try and head something anything but she couldn't hear anybody inside. Should I knock? She lifted her hand to the door and tapped on it softly, her teeth starting to chatter with the cold that seemed to sink into her bones.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 08-Mar-23 10:30 PM
Collin sat at his black marble desk, the windows behind him overlooking the city and all of the lights in the buildings surrounding. The night life of the town was a bustling business and where there was business there was money. The corporation that Collin worked for was the best at this concept. Day and night the floors of this enterprise were almost as busy as the city that surrounded it. Eager interns trying to make a name around the office in hopes of getting hired, and employees that would stab one another in the back for a promotion, each and every one of them chasing the biggest deal they could in hopes of getting in good with the CEO, Colby O’Donaven. A head hunting man, who enjoyed buying smaller businesses to add to ever growing enterprise, only second to his first and only love money. With money comes power, and power will give you a lot in this world. Collins fingers tapped rapidly against his desk, his nervousness showing through the impatience of his finger. Dressed in a three piece black suit that was well fitted to his figure, Collin knew this more than most. He was one of financial counselors to the corporation and he was one of the very few that knew the darker secrets that the public would never want to see. His hands moved up to the tie that wrapped around his neck, a bead of sweat dripped from his brow as he coughed adjusting it to his adams apple. It was time for the monthly financial report meeting. Most of the offshore money and shadier business dealing were handled by the senior financial advisor Ricky, Colby’s right hand man. However, with Ricky being gone this month, Collin was unfortunately the one who had to look into things. While it was a mostly a don’t ask don’t tell situation with a lot of these purchases, he couldn’t help but bring one up.
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Twenty-five million dollars blown in a single purchase. Something was clearly wrong. His mind flashed back to moments where Colby had “lost his cool” before, grabbing people by the collar of their shirts and pressing them against the glass, threatening to throw them out if they fucked him. His heart raced through his chest, watching each second of the clock tick closer to eight. This meeting was the last thing that his day would include, then he would have the weekend to finally be ridden of these toxic people. The clock finally struck eight, and Collin did his best to swallow the nerves down his throat. Colby was a shark, if he smelt blood in water he would strike and just like clockwork a knock on his door sent the nerves he swallowed down into the hole in his chest.
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“Good evening sir, I have that report for you here ready to go.” Let’s cut the fat off of this meeting. We both know the records are clean. We made forty million just this week. “Yes, sir, things are clean, but we didn’t make that much” What do you mean? Did I just imagine profits? “Well no, sir…..” Collins brow dusted itself with droplets of sweat “It’s just that, there was something.. It was just that there was a twenty five million purchase made by someone in this company. That was more than half of our profits sir… I couldn’t find a trace of-” Before he could finish his sentence Colby cut him off. Don’t worry, all of the executives including myself already know about this. Go ahead and remove this from the flagged purchases and your memory. His eyes stared into Collin’s with a certain ferocity, almost as a soft warning that this was not a hole he wanted to see the end of. His pocket buzzing was the only reason his soul staring was broken. Only holding up one finger to Collins direction as a gesture to wait. What do you mean gone? You said one month’s time. Do you understand what you’re doing right now? I promise you, you;re making an enemy out of someone you don’t want to be….. The silence could only be assumed to be filled with plee’s of a second chance to rectify the situation as Colby walked towards the door, slamming his fist against it making a loud bang echoing the hallways as his threatening tone turned into yelling. You have a fucking week. One fucking week or I will fucking end you. His finger pointed towards his phone screaming now AND NO ONE WILL FIND YOUR FUCKING BODY He hung up his phone looking towards the door before adjusting his suit and taking a deep breath. He turned his body towards Collin before exiting his office You don’t want to get on my bad side. Remove the flag and have a good weekend.
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Collin watched as the door closed and his boss walked away. His brain filled with far too many questions, none of which he would ever know the answer to. He waited a few minutes, ensuring privacy, before he quickly opened the drawer to his desk and grabbed a micro-usb drive. Quickly, he plugged it into his computer and watched the windows looking out towards the rest of the building, his legs moving up and down restlessly, his eyes on watch for any movement at all. He moved a folder of all Ricky’s previous financial records as well as his into the flashdrive and waited as the progress bar slowly moved. The pace of his leg increased with the level of his anxieties until the move was finished. He quickly unplugged the usb before putting it inside of the side of his shoe, removed the flag of the purchase and logged out of his computer. His palms were clammy with nerves. Something about all of this wasn’t right, it felt gross, wrong. He couldn’t ask any of the questions that haunted his mind, but he needed answers. Collin had decided that he needed answers soon after he got his promotion into the financial big leagues, but after the threats he had seen and heard others getting he knew he could never ask them. This flash drive was “his independent study” and it would stay that way for as long as he could help it.
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Collin stood up from his desk, his legs weak, but he couldn’t allow himself to seem stirred, instead he would have to play his part of the cocky new kid on the block, hungry to prove himself. He enjoyed the benefits of the job enough to be scared to lose it, the job had provided him with a nice new car, and gave him the benefit of owning a huge house past the outskirts of the city. He also knew that looking into the documents would be a forfeiture of those benefits, maybe even his life. He had seen people get threatened and fired, but he never attempted to find out if Colbys threats were empty. He smiled as he made his way past the workers drinking coffee while emailing and calling potential prospects. Once he got to his car, his phone vibrated a few times. Before backing out, his hand reached into his pocket. A text from Mr. O’Donaven I just saw that the flag was removed. Thank you. Keep this up and you’ll be giving Ricky a run for his position. Enjoy your weekend Collin. A sigh of relief fell from his chest as he placed his phone in the center console. The car exterior was sleek black with tinted windows. Inside was white leathered seating and state of the art electronics, all of which paid for by the company. A gift from Exodus Corporation when he got promoted. Having enough work for the week, he pulled his car out of the garage under the office and started his slow drive throughout the city to his home.
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The city was a city built for nightlife, there was a bar or club at almost every block, people walking from the apartments that were built above the businesses and shops to wherever the nearest party or event was. It truly was a city for the sinners, and Exodus owned almost a third of it all. With a population of over ten million, and home to skyscrapers, condos and penthouses this city was a piggy bank that would be cracked every day to line the pockets of Mr. O’Donaven. Everything about this city was what Collin thought was wrong with the world. Selfish people caring only about having a good time, and moving forward in life. Yet, working the company he is, he couldn’t help but feel the same way about himself. It was only a few years ago when he had graduated from college and started working as an intern, giving into the lustful nature of the city and all of the people in it. However, the higher on the food chain he got, the more corruption he saw. Everyone has an idea, an image of how the world works, the rich feed on those below them, and the richest prey on the rich, but until you handle their finances, you truly don’t understand just how much control they have over everything. The only thing he felt comfortable knowing that they had no control over was his home.
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Collin was proud of his home the most. He was lucky enough to find a piece of land for sale, thirty minutes outside of the city limits. The surrounding area was a quiet, one side a luscious forest that he would often hike through enjoying the scenery. The other was a creek that bent towards a lake that was viewed from the backside of his home. The land was so beautiful, so breathtaking and secluded that he decided to buy it and hire contractors to build him a home that matched its beauty. The rock paved driveway where he parked his car led to a wooden patio that surrounded most sides of his home. The patio was furnished with twinkling lights and a firepit surrounded by wicker furniture with brown cushions that matched the stone of his home. Attached to the patio was a dock that led to the lake, a locked box attached to the wood was the only thing found on this dock and that’s where Collin would keep his fishing supplies and spend his evenings unwinding, looking at the stars and listening to small waves move with the wind. His house was two stories primarily made of windows. With an area so secluded and surrounded in the beauty of nature it only seemed fit. With no risk of onlookers or solicitors like you would in the city, his home was open. From the outside you could see the interior of the house decorated modernly with sleek white furniture and glass tables. An electric fireplace acted as a wall separating his living room from his dining room and kitchen. His kitchen was filled with white and brown marbled countertops, with an island in the middle where his electric stove sat, his pots and pans gingerly hung above them. The only place you couldn’t see from the outside was the upper floors. A total of four bedrooms, two bathrooms and an office were neatly hidden from everything except the birds that made their home in the trees.
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His car slowly came to a slow pace the windshield wipers pushed the drops of rain away from the window. Every day, Collin looked forward to coming home, the peaceful break from the chaos of the city. After a long week, filled with surprises and unseen events, it seemed that there was still one more to be done. The gravel crunched under the weight of his halting tires, his lights shining towards the glass double doors of his home before turning away towards the road. The silhouette of someone in the rain in front of his doors. He hadn’t had a single person find his home in the two years since the completion of its construction, yet tonight it would seem he had his first. He quickly got out of his car looking towards the pink and blue hooded figure. While his initial thoughts were whether they were a threat or not, they quickly dropped as he noticed their posture, shaking and scared. They looked weak… broken.. He quickly rushed to the door. “Excuse me… excuse me.. Are you ok?” He postured himself to their side as he opened the door, his hands behind the small of her back, not touching but not letting them leave either. He wasn’t sure if they had been in trouble or if they just needed some help, but he wouldn’t let her leave until he found out what, even if that meant calling the police to come get her. His hands gestured towards the open door. “It’s ok ma’am, let’s get you inside and warmed up.” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 09-Mar-23 03:35 PM
When nobody had come to the door Amaya had busied herself looking around, always naturally curious she had made her way from window to window to peek inside. She started from where she was on the porch, her eyes going wide when the inside was just as immaculate as the outside. It had similar furnishings to the home she had just run from but somehow it seemed.. warmer. This wasn't all stark white and grey like she was used to. Sure the furniture was white, pristine really, but the accents seemed purposeful. Like whoever lived here wanted it to feel like a home, not just a house. Once she was done peeking all around the house she had made her way back to the porch and out of the cold rain. Poking at one of the tiny glowing bulbs of the twinkling string likes that hung there Pretty. She thought to herself before a strong shiver distracted her. I wish I could light this. A pout pulled on the corner of her lips Maybe if I just went inside long enough to warm up.. She went to the front door again trying to figure out a way she could get inside poking and prodding at the handle as if touching it in just the right way would make them open. She had all but given up when her ears twitched, picking up on the sound of the gravel under the tires of the fancy car before she had even seen the headlights. The feeling of hope to be able to get warm flooded here and she could feel the tip of her tail flick in excitement against her back under the chilled fabric of her sweater. That hope was all but snuffed out quickly after though when she saw him approach. A well fitting black suit, briefcase in hand, he reminded her of the stiff an dangerous man she had just run from and the thought had the hair on the back of her neck standing up and her ears almost flat back against her head. The urge to run was strong but the exhaustion was stronger and even when she tried to take a step back she was met with a hand at the small of her back.
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. 'Lets get you inside and warmed up' She would have to trust him not to hurt her and have faith in her abilities to be able to fight him off if he tried anything stupid, neither option seemed like the best but she stepped into the house anyway. It didn't even occur to her that she had been wearing shoes and trekking through the forest to get here when she made her way further inside, eyes looking around in absolute awe, it was even nicer up closer than it had looked through the tint of the windows. Having all but forgotten about the man who actually owned the house she went to sit in front of the gas fireplace. It was off and she didn't really understand how to get it to turn on, she had never really done anything like that for herself before so she just sat there expectantly waiting for it to turn itself on somehow. Head cocking to the side when the glass box didn't illuminate with flames she let out a sad huff. Must be broken. She thought to herself before wrapping her arms around her knees, shivers running up her spine over and over again, teeth chattering loud enough that she was sure to give herself a headache. Maybe I should have stayed, at least I wouldn't be cold and wet.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 09-Mar-23 08:53 PM
Collin had a soft smile on his face, welcoming, as if he was trying to display that she would be safe. As she walked in, he locked the door behind him, quietly peering outside of the glass door for anyone else. He had heard of ruses like this before, a woman playing the part of the damsel in distress and while the male target was busy trying to tend and care for her the other men would come in bash the door open and take the target by surprise, only for him to wake up the next morning with an empty house of all belongings and one less liver. At least the lock would give him a bit more time if that was the case. Slyly he reached into his pocket and dialed a three digit number before sliding it back into his khakis. Not knowing what to expect he wanted to be ready for most situations, and having the people preloaded into his phone would help him feel more prepared. As the phone slipped back into his pocket, his finger brushed up against the light switch nearest to the door, as the main loft illuminated, he turned his attention next to the security pad that was on the opposite side of the switch. He silently imputed the numbers ‘1-2-3-5-3-5’ on the pad before a soft robotic voice rang throughout the house. Security system has been disabled. Welcome home Collin.
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Bending down he watched as the womans’ eyes gazed throughout the house. He smiled to himself thinking about it, his home was very nice, and he felt very fortunate to have it. He slowly moved his posture to one knee as he bent down to untie his dress shoes. As his fingers worked the laces and started loosening the confines of his feet, his eyes trailed to the mud path created on the wooden interior floors. Collin was a neat freak, his home was nice because he kept it clean and organized. Once he took his shoes off, they went onto the metal shoe rack next to the door, his car keys were hung above the security system and the jacket he wore over his suit was hung on a coat rack above his shoes and he would put his suitcase next to it. Everything was in its place, until today. With the usb, removed from his shoe and slipped into his pockets he put his things in their respective places like he always did. He followed the trail of mud, while trying to not focus on the mess he looked towards the woman and her posture. She looked freezing. “You gotta turn it on first… Here let me..... Just be careful, it gets quite warm.”
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He chuckled softly trying to lighten the mood as he slowly approached her from behind. Bending his knees downward until his chest was like a looming shadow over her. His arm reached out past her fast, his white collared shirt only inches away from her hooded ears, as a button was pushed in. A soft audible click before sounds of a roaring fire emerged, the heat from the fireplace minimal at first but growing hotter. His posture moved back up and away from her backside. His shadow moved away from her, but through the fireplace his body could be seen moving towards the kitchen. “You must be hungry, or at least thirsty.. Can I get you anything to drink? Or to eat? I'm quite hungry myself.” The sounds of water hitting metal as his kettle filled up and was placed over the stove. His footsteps slowly looming closer towards her before sitting on the couch nearest to her. His fingers interlaced in his lap before moving towards his face, wiping the frustration and exhaustion from his eyes. He quickly thought of possibilities that would explain why she was here. Got lost trying to go camping seemed likely, she could have been running from an ex or a friend, still the most likely scenario that played in his mind was that this was some sort of ruse. “Let’s make a deal. I’ll make you a hot meal, some tea or hot chocolate, but in exchange you tell me what you’re doing out here? What happened?” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 09-Mar-23 09:24 PM
'Security system has been disabled.' the robotic voice startled her, it's not like she hadn't heard similar every time her owners came home from work but the voice they used for them made her feel uncomfortable, it sounded so close to human but just enough like a robot to be unsettling. She hated it, but at least now the man who had let her in had a name. Collin. His name is Collin. It was unexpected when he approached her again from behind, she dipped down feeling his presence but watching him carefully as he pushed a button and just like that flames appeared. The blue-green color of her eyes seemed to glow as the flames licked at the glass and the heat slowly started to sink through her chilled wet clothes and into her skin. When he back off again she felt herself relax even if only minutely, he looked like the bad people in her life but so far he didn't act like them. Her attention was drawn to where he stood in the kitchen, was he really asking her if she wanted anything instead of just demanding she eat or drink at a specified time? It felt strange. "I'm really thirsty. I guess I'm pretty hungry too...mostly just cold." She shrank in on herself when his footsteps once again grew closer, turning to she was facing him when he sat down on the couch. Now that she was hyper aware of him again it didn't feel like the wise choice to turn her back on him. 'What happened?' How do I even begin to explain that? "I ran away from the house." That seemed like a pretty solid answer to her, short, sweet, and to the point just like she was taught, no reason to say anything that wasn't needed. 'Nobody appreciates a girl who talks too much' The wife had always told her. It was clear she was studying the man sitting there on the couch, he looked frustrated, tired, and she could sense the anxiety rolling off of him.
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What's he so afraid of? Her head tipped to the side as she thought it to herself, tail moving side to side where he couldn't see, it was currently helping to keep her warm along with the fire and she wished she had dry clothes so she could curl up with it around her and take a nap, it was a long exhausting day. "What's hot chocolate?" Tea she had heard of and had, there was always at least six different varieties of the smelly leaves in the cupboard at the house she grew up in and nobody ever added enough honey to make it taste good. Hot chocolate though, that sounded like a different story.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 12-Mar-23 11:07 PM
Collin’s lips curled up a bit at her answer. ‘I ran away from the house’, she kept it short, to his belief of distrust in him. Yet, he couldn’t hold back the smirk from such an answer. Collin didn’t see her as a prisoner escaping from some hell in the middle of the woods, he had never experienced anything like that. Instead he took her shortness as bratty, careful and planned. In his eyes she was someone’s partner, who had just ran away. His eyes matched hers, as he nervously rubbed his thumb against his hand, studying her right back. He still had more questions than answers. Normally when someone enters another person’s home, they ask if they should take their shoes off, maybe that was something they didn’t do in ‘the house’. He also noticed that she still had the hood of her sweater over her, it was odd to him, as if she was using it to hide the markings of abuse. She was cold, sure, but even in the winter, most people take the hood off whenever they enter a building. Was she really that cold, or is she just not used to the things most people do in society? Her body language was timid, meek even, he recalled when he let her inside, her first instinct was to run, she had backed up into his hand and that was enough force to stop her from fleeing. He took a deep breath in and watched as her head tilt “Alright, I get it, you’re one tough cookie to crack… I know when I’ve been beat.” He let his demeanor slide as he slouched in his chair letting his head rest on the back of it before getting up. He gave a soft smile towards her.
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“The bathroom is upstairs, walk up the stairs, and you’ll see a little hallway, there will be four rooms, you want the one on the left. Go ahead and take a nice long hot shower, or bath… Whatever you prefer. I’ll hang some fresh dry clothes for you on the door and after you get changed hopefully I’ll have some food for us ok? Then if you want to tell me more about this home you ran from, we can talk about getting you some hot chocolate… Oh and please take your shoes off before you head up there.” He let a weary grunt leave his lips as he pushed himself with both hands from the chair and started making his way upstairs. The stairs were the only carpet in the house that she had seen so far. The first half of the stairs were parallel to a window leading up to a platform that overlooked the rest of the house before turning and leading towards the next floor. The short bristled gray carpet continued into the upper floor with the white walls painted with abstract lines of black, golds and purples. The first room on the right was a guest bedroom, deprived of decoration and character, the dust on the furniture only being a showcase for how little this room was being used. The next room was the bathroom Collins spoke of. He walked into the modern bathroom, making sure that white granite tops were clear. He reached under the sink grabbing a few hotel shampoo, conditioner and body wash bottles that he had taken from a while back, and putting them into the black tub, before sliding the plexiglass curtains to it. Once satisfied with how presentable it looked, he placed two white towels onto the vanity.
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Down the hallway there were two other doors, the one on the left was his office, which remained behind locked doors, and then a well decorated and furnished guest room. A queen sized bed dressed in purple and black and entirely too many pillows sat in front of a dresser that held a TV on top of it. The last room was at the end of the hallway, as Collins entered his sanctuary he felt the weight of the world lift from his shoulders and put to the side. His bedroom was much like the downstairs, with windows surrounding two thirds of the walls. These windows were heavily tinted, just on the off chance of looking peepers. The wall that didn’t have glass panes, led to the master bathroom, where an eloquent tub sat. This was Collins throne room. He grabbed a pair of loose fitting shorts and a white tank top, and quickly changed into them. On less alert than before of how much danger he was in, he placed his phone on his nightstand. As he gathered his dirty clothes from the day, he checked all of the pockets making sure he hadn’t forgotten anything before placing them in a basket. He grabbed a spare white t-shirt and a red and black flannel, neatly folding them over a pair of gray sweats. If she was already in the shower he would leave them hung neatly on a hanger on the outside of the door, with the basket of dirty clothes nearby for her to put her things. If she wasn’t they would be placed next to the sink. *Feeling more comfortable after changing Collins headed back to the main floor, to the sound of a kettle whistling. He poured the water into two mugs alongside some green tea leaves trapped inside of a metal ball. He let out a deep breath as he opened his fridge thinking to himself, what does she want to eat? As he glossed over a variety of options he closed the fridge, they all seemed so unappealing. Instead he turned to his oven and his guilty pleasure, frozen pizzas. Collins set a timer and put both of them in, one a cheese, the other a meat lovers. *
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Grabbing his mug and moving back towards the chair near the fireplace. He softly sipped his tea waiting. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 13-Mar-23 01:03 PM
A shower. A shower did sound nice to her right about now, nothing warmed the skin quite as well, even if it was an annoyance getting water in her ears and having to dry her tail always took forever. She sighed at the thought but he was grateful for the offer anyways. Standing she took of her shoes right where she was and gave Collin another curious look before she climbed the stairs behind him. Moving cautiously as if the man might decide to attack her at any moment her footfalls were almost silent on the steps. Reaching the top of the stairs she turned to look off of the platform, she could see everything from here and it looks even more astute than she had first thought. A strong shiver reminded her why she had come up the stairs to begin with and she decided to make her way to the bathroom keeping a few feet between her and Collin while he grabbed toiletries, there were a fair amount of doors and curiosity almost got the best of her. while she waited No, I'd better not I don't want to make him angry. She could remember the many times she had poked around where she wasn't supposed to when she was at home and it always ended in some kind of punishment, some worse than others depending on where she had been looking. It wasn't like there was ever any ill intent she was just curious, she wanted to know all the bits of where she was living and couldn't understand why it wasn't allowed. "Thank you" She said with her best attempt at a smile before closing the door behind her. It took quite a bit to get the shower on and set to a temperature that was to her liking, normally it was already on and ready for her and rarely did she ever get the chance to wash herself so this was quite the experience. Stripping off her wet clothes and leaving them in a lump on the floor she stepped into the spray and pulled the curtain closed.
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. How much should I use? She studied the small bottle of shampoo and decided that the entire thing should suffice. Squeezing it into her hair she worked it into quite an obnoxious lather that took forever to rinse, she followed up with the conditioner, saving a part of that bottle to work into her tail after she had soaped up her body. "Much better." She said aloud before she stepped out from the water, Drying off and opening the door to grab the clothes he said he would leave. The sweats were long on her and she had to roll them several times at the ankle so she wouldn't trip, the shirts were comfy and she felt so much better with the fresh warm clothes on, there was only one issues, no hood. Frowning she looked in the mirror at herself trying to figure out what to do, there was no way to hide the ears with her hair and she knew her tail would be a mess if she kept it tucked under the shirt. I'm sure it's fine surely he's seen someone like me before. It was an assumption based on the fact that he looked like the people at her house and the fact that he wasn't stuck inside all day every day. Exiting the bathroom she saw the basket and retrieved her wet muddied clothes from the floor to dump them inside, not paying any attention to the muddy puddy left behind by them as she made her way down the stairs to find Collin. The smell of something delicious was wafting through the air and she couldn't help the way she kept sniffing trying to figure out what it was, head slightly tilted up and forward as if trying to follow the trail. "What's that smell? Is that the food?" It wasn't familiar, definitely nothing she had ever smelled before, she was too busy trying to decipher it to notice Collins reaction as she curled back up in front of the fireplace.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 13-Mar-23 07:44 PM
Collin sat in his chair, his back slouched in comfort as he closed his eyes. Soft sighs left his lips as he thought about the day. It was exhausting. Work had always been a stress in his life, with Mr. O’Donaven a loaded gun ready to fire at whomever was unlucky enough to be in his sights. With Collins being the one handling the most under the radar finances recently, unfortunately that was him. His eyes lazily looked over to his dress shoes where the USB he had taken was hidden. There were so many answers held inside of one little device, answers to questions that shouldn’t be asked, but the biggest one that tickled his mind was what in the world could he have spent so much money on. Why would he want to hide it, if it was to purchase another small business, then why remove it, and what made him so mad when he got a phone call? There were so many weird outbursts that he started to notice, and these gnawed on his brain. Still the idea of getting rid of the USB without looking plagued his mind, even if he found out everything that was happening, what could he do with it? His lips wrapped around the side of his mug, softly blowing a cool puff of oxygen against it before letting the liquid pass his lips, making a soft slurping noise as it did. He looked over at the timer, making sure it was set before his eyes closed once more, he had time to relax before his guest was finished. The sound of the shower running upstairs still was enough to let him know that he didn’t have anything to worry about her sneaking up behind him and strangling him. Still, it felt nice helping someone in need, even though he still didn’t know the story behind her. The few words she had said were a bit concerning. What house did she run from? ‘The house’, not her house. Maybe it was just her way of saying things, but it was the small details that mattered.
19:44
He was so caught up in his thoughts that he didn’t even hear the water shut off upstairs, nor did he hear the footsteps that came down the stairs. The water was something that he should have noticed, but like he had noticed before, she was extremely light on her feet, if he hadn’t seen her following him he would have never known. Which is why when he opened his eyes and suddenly she walked in front of him to curl up to the fireplace his stomach almost jumped out of his chest. His eyes narrowed on her, something was seriously wrong. With the freehand not holding his mug he rubbed his eyes hoping they would correct themselves. When they didn’t, panic and confusion set in. On her head,two big furry ears made themselves home, the color contrasted by the white inside of them. He sat up in his chair leaning forward towards them. His eyes inspected them closely. Every instinct in him was fighting the urge to reach out and touch them, to see how real they felt. He had heard of a gentlemans club, that Mr. O’Donaven owned, although gentlemen were never the type of people who went to those places. It was called The Cat Corner, and very exclusive. Even more so, the building had a VIP section, that was only for the most elite of the city, and people had told stories of the women there dressed only in cat ears, and a plug of a tail. His eyes slowly drifted down towards her rear, his cheeks becoming a bright pink as he was basically checking this woman out at this point, until his eyes saw a long fluffy tail poking out between the sweats and shirts he had given her. Was she one of those dancers he had heard stories about? They looked, connected, as if they had been sown to her figure. Just as his hands mustered the courage to reach out and touch them, a loud beeping from the kitchen made his eyes move away and look in that direction. “Lu-look…looks like the pizza is done.”
19:45
He nervously spat out to distract himself from his own curiosities before quickly getting out of his seat and rushing towards the kitchen. As the oven opened the smell filled the confines of their home. Collins' stomach rumbled as he carefully pulled each of them out, slicing them into fourths. “Well, come on over and have a seat, dinner is ready.” He motioned to the black metal stools with a white leather seat that sat on the opposite side of the island. “One pizza is just cheese, the other…. Well….. Is mostly just meat… but there is enough for both of us.” He carefully moved the pizza onto two individual plates and placed them before in between where he had beckoned her to sit and where he would. Next to her spot was a warm mug with tea, next to it was a little ceramic jar filled with sugar cubes and a bottle of honey next to it. He left a spoon in her mug in case she wanted to add anything to it. “So, for the first slice of pizza…. Tell me about you? Where do you work? What do you do for fun?” He smiled as he taunted her to answer as he took a slice of the meat lovers and bit into it, his face filled with an over emphasized joy, hoping his ploy would get more than a few words out of her this time. He hadn’t considered the fact that she may just eat it without telling him anything and he surely wasn’t going to stop her from eating, but this way he thought if she believed that he wouldn’t let her eat without talking he would at least get something.
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His eyes wandered towards her ears and tail fixating on them until he thought she may look towards him. He wasn’t the super spy he thought he would be, and it would be easy enough to catch him staring, with each bite he attempted to take missing his lips on his first try before correcting himself. If she had answered he would wait and listen to her while they both ate before raising another ultimatum for her next slice. * “I want to know about ‘the home’ as well…. Where was it? What did it look like? Were you alone or were you with family or friends?” *His phrasing was important to him, she hadn’t called it her home, so neither would he. Still he worried a bit about pressing her too intently, he didn’t want her to become scared of him or feel uncomfortable. His eyes moved to the rest of her body, he watched for her mannerisms, her posture, anything to take his mind off of what he believed to be ‘fake attachments’. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 13-Mar-23 08:14 PM
Amaya quirked a brow at Collin when he rushed towards the kitchen talking about pizza, she imagined that must be what was in the oven cooking and it smelled delicious. His sudden movement though made her nervous, scooching away when he moved so quickly. It was different than the way he had moved before and it had her on high alert. Creeping over to peek around the fireplace as if he couldn't see her she watched him pull the steaming pizzas from the oven and cut them with a.. round knife? What is that thing? She cocked her head, the ear on the right tilting out just slightly as she did. Hesitating for a few long moments she padded into the kitchen to sit opposite him at the large island. This is strange. It occured to her that she had rarely gotten to eat at the same table as anyone before and she wasn't sure if it was really okay to. She also wasn't sure what this so called 'pizza' meant but it smelled pleasant enough. Just when she was about to reach for the slice with all the meat on top the man spoke again 'So, for the first slice of pizza..' She knew it was too good to be true to get anything for free, it shouldn't have come as a disappointment. Maybe the whole world is like them. The thought pulled her lips down in a frown before she thought of a way to answer. Distracting herself by squeezing an obscene amount of honey into her mug and stirring it, sitting on her knees on her stool so she could watch it swirling around in the mug before dissolving she finally spoke again. "I don't have a job and fun is.. fun is.." her brows pinched and her ears drooped she couldn't recall the last time she had genuine fun, had she ever? "I like to read." At least that let her explore world after world and make friends with the ink on the well worn pages. .
20:14
Deciding it wouldn't be okay to take a piece of the food he had made until he specifically said it was okay to avoid being punished she watched him eat instead. Why does he keep missing his mouth? It took her a moment to register the way he kept looking at her instead of watching what he was doing and it made her skin prickle with the feeling of panic. They used to look at me the same way. Maybe he really is like them. "I don't know where it is. It was big and made of bricks mostly I think and I lived with my owners. I don't have friends. Not real ones." The thought never occured to her that that was anything out of the ordinary, if people were allowed to buy her then why wouldn't that be the norm? She sometimes wondered about what her real parents were like, if they would have shown her the love she had read about in other families in books. All she knew was that she came from a place called Kyoto and that she was a 'priceless specimen'. Letting herself get lost in her thoughts she took a sip of the tea, it was finally sweet enough to taste good unlike the way it was always given to her before, the warm liquid warmed her even further and the tension in her shoulders eased slightly. At least it did until her stomach growled loud enough to easily be heard in the quiet of the kitchen, the artificial crackle of the fire in the living room doing nothing to cover it up. "I'm sorry!" Her ears went nearly flat against her head as she shrank and her tail curled around her side, this has happened before and she was told she was ungrateful for what she had already been given and left to starve for days before they finally fed her again. "I'm sorry, I'm really sorry"
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Collin Evergreen BOT 13-Mar-23 10:04 PM
Collins watched her with purpose studying her figure. He wasn’t sure about her yet, and each of her actions almost contradicted the next. He watched as she added some tea to her honey and stirred it. It was in part adorable, she either hated tea or had quite the sweet tooth yet she stirred it quickly like it was a nervous tick, or a soothing technique to watch the water swirl around. She had said she hadn’t had a job, so why did she wear those attachable ears? Was it just a form of self expression? Just as those questioned drove into his head, he watched as they dropped down. They move?! The thought entered his brain so loudly that it could almost be heard. They weren’t just a clip in her hair, they were attached… Collins tried to figure out how this could be real, he had never seen anything like this. It could be a surgery that people nowadays did, or maybe it was something else. His eyes darted to her tail wondering if that too was a part of her. All of these thoughts quickly faded as her sentence continued. She stumbled at what she did for fun, almost like she didn’t know how to answer it, and the inflection in her voice made a small pit in his stomach start to form. He let a fake soft smile come across his face as he listened to the fact that she liked to read. Nothing she had said this far made him feel good and when she stopped eating to watch him, the small pit that formed in his gut would only grow bigger. I don't know where it is. It was big and made of bricks mostly I think and I lived with my owners. I don't have friends. Not real ones.
22:04
The hurricane of emotions in his stomach ravaged around as the truth hit him. She wasn’t safe, she was running from a trafficking ring. Everything she had said to this point had been a small sign of it, whether she realized it or not, but the way she put that sentence was the proof required. ‘My owners’, his face grew pale with disgust, someone had tried to buy or sell her, and she somehow escaped and found him. The truth of the world made him stick, it was everything he had thought it was, terrible people doing terrible things to good people. They didn’t even let this poor girl have friends. It explained why she would like reading, it was the only time she could escape, finding “fake friends” in the pages that she read. Her stomach growled back at him as if it was a sign to tell him that he just deprived a survivor from hell of food. The only thing making the matters worse was her reaction to her own stomach. He watched as she did everything she possibly could to make herself as small as possible, her ears fell and her tail curled against her as if it was a comfort blanket. Her apologies only made matters worse. The eye of the storm reached his stomach, instead of feeling disgust he felt guilt. She had probably been conditioned to only eat what they had given her, and if she wanted more, she faced abuse. He tried to fight the disgust in his stomach but yet it prevailed, he took a small deep breath making sure to try that it didn’t come off as disappointment. He lifted himself from the stool and smiled gently towards her. “You have nothing to be sorry about, nothing at all. I don’t think I could eat anymore, so would it be ok if you finished the rest of this? Whatever you don’t eat will just be thrown away so please eat as much as you want.”
22:05
He had only eaten one slice himself, but with the information he found out, he was fighting the urge to puke, let alone eat more. He also didn’t want her to think she couldn’t eat. This was probably the first time in her life where she was safe, where she could do what she wanted, and he wanted to make sure that she felt that way. His hand gently pressed against her shoulder as he squatted himself down, letting her look down at him. “Just enjoy the food ok? If you need anything at all, I will only be gone a few minutes, I’m going to get a bed ready for you. There’s no need to worry, you’re safe. We can talk more about that kinda stuff in the morning, after you’ve gotten some sleep ok?” He gave her shoulder a soft pat before making his way up the stairs. He grabbed the mostly empty basket of clothes and put them in the washer. He figured she would be comfortable wearing her own clothes, however he made sure to look at all of the sizes that she wore, so if he needed to, he could get her more. Collins then took some time in the guest room, leaving a note on how to work the tv and remote, since in his mind it would be something she hadn’t experienced. He walked into the bathroom, cleaning up the mud and water that was left. What was once a big issue for him, being the neat freak he was, seemed so small in comparison to what she had been through. He couldn’t even imagine, nor did he want to try to. Instead he made a trip to his office, unlocking the door with a four digit combination 1-1-1-2. In his office next to his desk that had a computer set neatly up in the middle were two bookshelves one of which had been filled and the other of which only had half of one shelf filled. It was a collection that he had been slowly building over the years. He grabbed two books from them and brought them to the guest room. On the nightstand sat ‘Lord of the Rings’ and ‘Ravenhood’, two more adventures for her to enjoy.
22:05
With the preparations for her to stay the night done, he stood on the platform overlooking the house. His arms crossed on the railing as he leaned forward into it. “How are you feeling? Did you still want some hot chocolate, or did you just want to sleep?” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 14-Mar-23 06:56 PM
'You have nothing to be sorry about' She looked at him quizzically when those words came out of his mouth, it didn't make any sense to her how she could have nothing to be sorry about when she had, in her mind, done something so rude and ungrateful. A question spun round and round in her mind when he asked her if she would finish the rest. What if I can't finish? It burned on the tip of her tongue until she finally opened her mouth only to close it again. This happened a few more times until she finally managed to get the words out, timidly as if he may change his mind "What if I can't finish it all? It's bad to waste." A frown was still tugging at her lips even as he reassured her that it was really okay for her to only eat as much as she wanted. Finally she reached to take a piece and take a bite and it was arguably one of the best things she had ever tasted. Her eyes seemed to light up and her tail left her side to sway back and forth in contentment. The idea of spending the night here was both pleasant and scary as she nodded when he said he would be right back. Being alone wasn't much of a bother, it had become the norm a long time ago, only being brought out for entertainment or to act like a good pet. Being alone was the better of the two and she had grown accustomed to enjoying it. She easily finished off the rest of the meat lovers pizza and a slice of the cheese before she felt satiated. Sliding off of the stool she was perched upon she found the garbage and tossed the rest of the pizza and washed the plates it had been on in the sink, after that she opened cupboard after cupboard before finding the one that had matching plates in it to put them away. She didn't feel obligated necessarily, it was just what she was used to doing. .
18:57
Once the dishes were in their right place she let out a yawn and stretched, arms reaching up and tail seeming to shake for a moment before she relaxed again. Fireplace. That was the only thing on her mind as she went to curl up in front of it again, laying on the floor and tucking her tail around her to add an extra layer or warmth. I wonder what he's doing up there. The thought crossed her mind that she hoped he didn't expect her to sleep with him the last thing she wanted was to be someone elses property now. What if that's why he's letting me stay what if he- The thought was cut off by him calling over the railing and it made her jump, tail going poofy and cheeks going red in embarrassment at just how fluffy it got. "I... I really want to try hot chocolate.. if that's okay. I don't want to be too much trouble." Her eyes stayed on him as he came down the stairs and it just now dawned on her that he looked like a regular person when he wasn't in the tailored suit. Much less scary and much less like the people she had run away from. It brought her some minor comfort, her nerves settling by the time he made it to the bottom of the stairs. "Why are you letting me stay?"
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Collin Evergreen BOT 15-Mar-23 11:05 PM
Collins smiled towards her at her comment about not wanting to be too much trouble. It seemed so funny to him. While it was not her fault in any way, her ending up at his house was quite the trouble, but making a bit of hot cocoa for her, that would be the easiest thing he had done all day. She was weird and the more he interacted with her the more his ideas of where she had escaped from became truer in his mind. Still he couldn’t help but think about how polite she was. She had put her dirty clothes in a hamper without him asking her to and she cleaned up after both him and herself without him even knowing. Sure there would still be mud for him to clean from when she first arrived, but she was so cold and scared he wouldn’t blame her for that. Once he had made it to the bottom of the stairs he stopped at her question. It was very valid and in the heat of the moment he couldn’t think of a good answer. Why is he letting her stay? Surely her being here would be nothing but trouble. While he did have it in the back of his mind to let her get some well needed sleep and calling the police in the morning, a part of him thought it would be a terrible idea. She could easily fall back into the arms of the people she had ran from. Those people, who would surely be very upset when they find out she was missing, would probably come looking for her. While he wasn’t sure if they would be desperate enough to break into his home, or even know that she was here at his home, he did find peace of mind in the fact that whatever tracks she did leave would probably be covered from the rain. Still, it was a risk he wasn’t willing to take.
23:06
. “Well…. “ He paused for a moment, hoping she would give a name, even if she hadn’t he continued talking after a few brief seconds, making his way towards the alarm system. “I couldn’t just let you go outside and freeze to death.. Plus if you weren’t here I would have wasted so much more food, so in reality you’re helping me out here too.” He pushed a few buttons on the systems before a familiar robotic voice rang through the house Alarm’s have been activated. The police will be notified if there is any entry. Have a good night Collin. His attention now turned back towards her as he slowly walked to her, his mind at ease knowing that the doors were locked and his security was active. He had gotten in the habit of not setting it most nights, but with the events of the day, that habit needed to be broken. He bent down lower to her, making eye contact as he tried his best to comfort her. “I promise it’s no bother at all, you can stay here as long as you like. Just promise you won’t open any doors to go outside ok?” He pointed towards his alarm system “I just set the alarm so we both can sleep safely tonight, but if that door or the backdoor opens, the police will come, and that would be a terrible thing to wake up to.” He faked a laugh as he rubbed the back of his head. He didn’t mean for it to sound so bad, like she was trapped here with him, even though she had been. “Now about that hot cocoa, I’ll make you some and bring it up to your room. Ok? You just get comfy and relax. You’ll be in the guest room, it’s one of the last doors on the right. My room will be the one at the very end of the hall so if you need anything you’ll know where to find me. Oh, and I left you a little gift on your bed.”
23:07
He gave her a soft smile and a pat on the back of her shoulder before he made his way to the kitchen. His eyes looked towards her physique again, trying desperately to understand what was happening. Collin’s had a big sweet tooth when it came to chocolate so when making a bit for her, he used twice the amount that a normal person would. The mug was halfway filled with an intensely dense bit of chocolate water before he whipped out his secret ingredient. Cream. Carefully stirring while filling the rest of the mug up with heavy cream, he pulled the spoon out and gave his concoction a taste. A soft audible ‘mmmmm’ left his mouth, before he put the spoon in the sink and brought the mug up towards the guest room. It had been a while since he had any guests in his home and it showed with the way he entered. Regardless of the door being open or closed, without even a single knock, he let himself in with intentions of giving her a treat and letting her sleep. Unfortunately for him, his night had just begun. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 16-Mar-23 02:26 PM
"Amaya" She filled in the blank for him when it seemed the appropriate thing to do before sitting up to listen to the rest of what he was saying. It was difficult for her to know if he really meant it when he said she had helped him out too or if he was just saying it to comfort her in some way. It wasn't something she was accustomed to, having to figure out what someone really meant when they spoke and she only knew it was something others did from the books she had read. Pages and pages of normal human interaction that she tried to soak up like a sponge. Regardless she was grateful to not be out in the rain for the night. When the robotic voice rang through the house again her ears once again lowered on her head, she hated it, but at least she knew the house was safe, from anyone on the outside anyway. The extent of which she could truly trust him was yet to be seen but it was just risk she was going to have to take. "I.. I won't go outside. I'm never allowed outside anyways." The last part was added quietly as she thought about all the times she had longed or the fresh air that she could only experience through the window. Without another word she nodded and made her way up the stairs and down the hallway. The second to last door on the right. She pushed inside and admired the large bed, at least twice the size that she was used to, the many pillows making her smile and she climbed in and settle against them, she couldn't think of a time that she had ever been so comfortable. She picked up the note that was left with the remote, something she had seen before but had never used and turned it on to mindlessly flip through the channels, after a few minutes she finally settled on the travel channel, eyes going wide at the nature documentary that was currently showing. She had never seen such tall mountains and pine trees.
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. She was so mesmerized by the show that she almost didn't notice the books. This must be what he meant by a gift. She flipped them open so that she could read what they were about and found herself immediately diving into lord of the rings. Curling up into the many pillows and getting warm under the blanket she had managed to get through a good ten pages before her eyes started to feel heavy and it was getting harder and harder to hold them open, finding herself reading the same sentence over and over again like she often did when she was reading and tired. That didn't last long though when her door opened suddenly, she hadn't heard him coming over the sound of the television and she almost jumped right out of the bed before realizing it was just him. "You scared me." She said still holding the blanket up under her chin. When she smelled the sweet scent of the cocoa she couldn't help but to let her nose drift upwards trying to really soak it in. "It smells so good.. thank you." She reached for the mug and brought it to her lips to take a sip and it warmed her from the inside out. So sweet. She took another sip and then another unable to get enough of the sweet chocolate bliss, she couldn't believe that she had never had such a delicious treat before and the thought made her sad. What else have I missed out on?
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Collin Evergreen BOT 19-Mar-23 06:01 PM
His heart felt heavy with the words that she had said. ‘I’m never allowed outside anyways’, this poor girl, her life must have been so hard, and if he could he would like to help fix that. His mind drifted off into the dark hole of what she had probably gone through, his mind only thinking the worst until he walked into the room. Seeing her in the bed completely changed his thoughts from a dark and cryptic point of view to one that made a small smile creep onto his face. The TV was put on the travel channel, something that he found himself also watching from time to time. Before he moved out here, stuck in the city he often found himself watching the same channel imagining going out in the world and seeing all of those beautiful places. He couldn’t help but see a reflection of his former self in her, she hadn’t been allowed to go outside, and now here she was, looking at the world, the world she was missing out on and he was sure she wanted to see as much of it as she could just like him. He immediately thought of a quick plan for the next day, if she hadn’t been allowed to go outside, then he would change that. Tomorrow he would take her to the dock and show her the lake, or maybe go for a hike, something to show her that it would be different now. His eyes moved from the tv towards the pillow cuddled woman, with her heavy eyes looking up from his favorite story. He chuckled at her comment of him scaring her, he was the least scary person that he had ever met. “I’m sorry about that, I didn’t mean to intrude, I just wanted to give you your hot cocoa.” He looked at her almost hiding underneath the blankets as he approached the bed. He sat on the side as her face slowly lifted, clearly wanting the night time treat. He smiled, handing it to her as she complimented the smell of it. One small sip was all it took before she was practically drinking every drop of it. Still, he felt amazing that she enjoyed it and hoped that she felt snug and safe.
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. “There’s no need to thank me, just enjoy it and try to get some sleep ok? If you need anything just let me know…..” He slowly lifted his body from the bed and walked through the threshold of her room. He looked back as he closed the door. “It’s ok, you are safe Amaya.” With his guest left to her own devices it was time for Collins to finally satisfy his curiosities. Once again unlocking his office, he quietly crept inside and locked the door behind him before turning on his computer and tablet. He had questions that needed answers. With a flick of a switch the lamp on his desk softly illuminated his silhouette as he began researching. His tablet was used to search more ‘questionable’ searches. Starting with human trafficking reports listed in the city. Just as he suspected, his city was full of crimes, and this heinous crime was no exception. He found himself wading through articles of conspiracy about different bars and clubs that took part in these activities, unfortunately his suspicions of ‘The Cat Corner’ were never listed, not even as a possibility. His fingers squeezed the bridge of his nose in a bit of frustration. He had been so sure that would be a lead of where she was or at least an inkling of whoever had her when she ran. He put down the tablet and focused more on his searches on his computer. His first search was girls with cat ears, and just like he had thought it was mostly porn of women wearing cat ears and tails. He had spent more time watching those videos fixated on the added pieces to see if any of them had actually had them attached or that could move. The odds weren’t in favor, although he sort of figured this is what was going to happen.
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. He continued his searching for any glimpse of someone else like the women he was housing, scrolling through horny forums and fanfiction. He was getting nowhere and it was the most aggravating thing to him. Again switching to his less then legal searching device, Collin’s in a blank minded attempt to find something typed ‘buy a cat’, when he found something that finally caught his eyes. He had seen a lot of adoption forms and websites but one was different than all of the others. ‘NekoParadise’, which until his hour or two of porn he had no idea was a name for cat girls. He opened the website just to find a bunch of forums based on location. His eyes squinted as he looked for his city, but didn’t find it. Instead, he had found something a lot more alarming. A small town that was maybe a thirty minute drive from his home was listed. He opened the forums and started reading. Cat Enjoyer: One ready. Showing at 11.12; 92.44. Black and white. Fluffy tail. Big Bird: Still for adoption? Cat Enjoyer: Yes, mating season soon. Multiple offers on table. Big Bird: Meet tomorrow for adoption? Cat Enjoyer: Yes. 25 adoption fee.
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. Collins read more forums of the area; there had been at least five adoptions that originated from that town. It could have been as simple as adopting a pet cat, but it sounded so cryptic and there were never pictures of the animal. His mind stuck to the numbers, at first glimpse he had thought it had been times but the second pairing didn’t make sense. It wouldn’t make sense for that if they agreed to meet the next day. He turned to his computer and googled the numbers and watched as his stomach sunk. They were latitude and longitude coordinates, which only made his suspicions worse. The coordinates showed a little shack in the middle of the woods. He could only assume that this is where ‘the home’ was. He locked his tablet and shut his computer down with an uneasy feeling in his gut. There was so much more he wanted to know, needed to know but he had to tread carefully. If these people were actually selling people and not cats, they were probably dangerous. Staying up wouldn’t help him either way. He quietly left his office, locking it before making his way to his room to get a well needed night of sleep. His body flopped in exhaustion onto his bed. He looked at the ceiling of his room, slowly drifting asleep to the sounds of the travel channel from a few rooms down. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 19-Mar-23 07:30 PM
"Okay" was all she managed to say softly between sips of the addicting cocoa, it sounded so strange hearing someone call her by name, even stranger yet to hear someone tell her that she was safe, to let them know if she needed anything. She couldn't actually recall a time that anyone had said either of those things to her before. Safe... The word played over and over again in her mind, she had never even realized she had been unsafe until twenty four hours ago. Unhappy? Sure, longing? Of course, but unsafe? It never even occured to her that something was seriously wrong. Once her door had clicked shut she finished drinking the mug of cocoa and set it down on the bedside table, it didn't seem like it would be an issue for Collin if she waited until the morning to wash it so she decided that just this once it would be okay to wait. The bed was warm and the blankets she cocooned herself in felt like a soft hug, still though she couldn't manage to fall asleep. She wasn't quite sure exactly how much time had passed only that several episodes of the same show she'd been watching had came and went. Occasionally her ears would pivot in the direction of what she assumed must be Collins room, or at least the room he was currently in. The flick of a switch, the tapping of keys, the occasional exasperated sigh. I wonder if he's working still.. She tried to focus on the tv, to let the scenery and the soft voice lull her to sleep but when the rest of the house finally went quiet she grew more and more restless. Minutes turning to hours no matter what she did or how she tried to lay in the bed she couldn't get her mind to settle. Eventually giving up on the sleep that was staying just out of reach she slipped out of bed and went over to the window. It was still raining and the wind had picked up even more, howling through the trees like a wolf at the moon. The sight of it made her even more thankful to be here where it was warm and so far it seemed relatively safe. .
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She was lost in thought for a what must have been twenty minutes or so before a particularly strong gust of wind sent a branch into her window startling her so badly that her tail poofed up and she found herself scurrying to hide, ending up curled up underneath the bed. Once she was under there she found that the smaller space felt more comforting, it almost always did and it only made sense from how many nights she spent holed up in her closet at the old house. Curling up into a ball and tucking her tail around herself she finally let herself close her eyes, it wasn't long after that she managed to drift to sleep, the idea of being under the bed being strange being completely lost on her.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 19-Mar-23 11:40 PM
It was very late in the evening, or early in the morning, depending on the person. Still Collins twisted and turned in his bed. He hadn’t had someone else staying in his home for longer than he cared to remember and it was unsettling to him. The last time he checked the time was in his office and it was just past midnight, still hours had felt like they had passed without even getting a peep of sleep. His blankets were loosely laid over the top of him, portions of which were tucked between his legs and under his chest, mimicking the position of sleeping with someone intertwined with him. It was something that he had picked up to help him feel secure when spending night after night by himself. His eyes finally too heavy to stay open, his body too tired to continue the fight of trying to keep him safe while a stranger was only a few footsteps away gave into his struggles allowing him to sleep.
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. The rain pitter pattered alongside the windows, each droplet slowly sliding down the glass of his windows in the moonlight. Sounds of people walking around some house or factory looking for ghost played on the TV across the room. Collin turned to his otherside looking towards the noise only to see his room door still open. This was something that Collin was particularly anal about, doors to each room should be closed, yet from what he could tell they were all open except for his office. His body reacted in cold sweats and chills as he tried to gather enough courage to get out of his bed. Was the stranger he had let in snooping around? Or was it worse? Had someone broken in? While his security system talked to him whenever he armed or disarmed it, when someone came inside and didn’t disarm it, the alarm was silent, quietly alerting the police. He looked for his phone on his nightstand, but where there should have been his phone, instead there was a knife. Although he couldn’t remember a time where he had ever had one in his room, he had been thankful that he did now. He tightly gripped the knife as he began checking his home. The first room he decided to check was Amaya’s… The TV that once had a showing playing in the background now was a white and black buzzing screen playing white noise. His heart started to beat quicker as he slowly moved towards the bed. His hand slowly reached out towards the blankets, pulling them back only to reveal that what he thought was his guest sleeping to be a pile of pillows. His nerves now getting the better of him, he quickly turned around rushing to find her. He was afraid that his searches that night had led the people who he assumed were after her straight to his house. His pace grew quicker down the hallway to the platform of the stairs overlooking the downstairs. The mud she had tracked in was still there, but there wasn’t any more mud in the house… Where had she gone?
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. He quickly ran down the stairs checking the alarm. ‘ARMED’. Nobody had entered or exited. He checked his shoe for the USB drive he had left there… It was missing… Had he misplaced it? Surely he was more careful than that, it was very important to him after all. It had so many pieces of a puzzle he was trying to put together from his job. Just as his anxiety started coming in, a loud audible creaking of a door came from upstairs. Every door had been closed except for one. His office.. He quickly ran upstairs. Unable to speak or call out to Amaya he rushed towards the office. There she was standing over his desk. His screen had the flagged purchase on it. The twenty five million dollar mystery. His heart was booming inside his chest as he approached her. That’s when he heard the noise she was making. She was crying… Why was she crying? Panic set in as his stomach was completely unsettled with each step he took to try and get closer to her. His hand reached out to her. Before he could touch her shoulder and ask if she was ok she turned. A loud unnatural scream left her throat as he felt the knife he was carrying plunge into his chest.
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. A gasp left his mouth as he sprung up from his back. His body was covered drenched in sweat as his breathing mimicked marathon runners. He was in his bed and he was safe. The sunlight was just starting to show glimpses of itself as it bounced off of the lake. The sounds of birds chirping to let others know that they were starting their day. His head fell back against his pillow with frustration as he looked at the clock on his nightstand. 08:12 He let a soft sigh leave his lips, sure that he hadn’t gotten more than a few hours of sleep, and not even good sleep by the judge of his nightmare. Angry at the situation he grabbed one of the two pillows he had and pulled it over his face, gripping each side of it and pulling it down onto his face, hoping that if he made it dark over his eyes long enough the sun would go back down and allow him to get more sleep. Unfortunately for him, the sun was its own being and wouldn’t be persuaded otherwise. Giving into the fate of his day having to start Collin slid over the side of the bed closest to his bathroom and slowly began stripping. He let a loud long yawn leave his lips as both of arms moved into a ‘Y’ formation pushing as far as they could with a clenched fist at the end of each as he stretched his worries from the previous dream away. The only remnants of the dream left was the cold sweat that doused his body, which too would soon be gone. With the pace of a slug, he made his way to the bathroom, grabbing his toothbrush and letting the water heat up before hopping inside. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 20-Mar-23 06:05 PM
Amaya had spend the rest of the night under the the dreams that were playing like a movie in her unconscious brain occasionally making her ears and tail twitch as tiny little sleepy noises left her mouth. One of the dreams she had often had, ever since she could remember at least, a kind woman holding her in her arms and rocking her back and forth singing a lullaby in a language she never got the chance to learn. She wasn't sure who the woman was or why she so often saw her in her sleep but whenever she did she felt truly safe, she felt loved. It never lasted though as she was ripped away from the woman's arms by a faceless monster and brought to a strange place she had never seen before. She assumed the woman was her mother but having never seen a photo of her she couldn't be certain. The dream always ended the same way, waking up with tears running down her face and curled into a ball so tight it didn't seem physically possible for a person. Wiping the tears away from her eyes she stayed hiding under the bed. Why did this happen to me? What makes me so special? She had speculated a few times that it was the fact that she looked like she was part cat, especially when she had never seen anyone who looked like her in all the hours she spent looking out the window, but that didn't make sense to her either, how could there be nobody else like her? She knew logically that there must be somewhere or she wouldn't exist herself but that didn't do much to comfort her from knowing she had been ripped away from her real family. When she heard the sound of a door clicking open and then shut, and then another, she knew Collin must be awake. The mug! I need to clean the mug! She scrambled as fast as she could out from underneath the bed and let herself stretch briefly, stretching her arms out in front of herself and arching her back before shaking her tail out and standing up.
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She grabbed the mug and made her way down the stairs just as quietly as she had climbed them the night before so that she could wash the remnants of cocoa from the mug and find the proper cupboard to put it away. Once she had finished she wasn't exactly sure what to do with herself, she had never been allowed to just wake up whenever she wanted. She had a strict schedule and normally she would have eaten breakfast and cleaned half of the entire house by now before she was allowed to have her leisure time. She decided to make her way back up the stairs and open the door to the bathroom, he hadn't knocked when he came in to her bedroom so she thought maybe she wasn't supposed to. "Collin what should I do?" She asked as if she hadn't just burst into the bathroom and interrupted the man who was in the middle of taking a shower. "I already washed my mug and put it away and now I don't know what I should do." All she did know was that she didn't want to be in trouble, she would do anything to avoid that.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 27-Mar-23 08:12 PM
Collins enjoyed his morning showers more than most would. It was a great way for him to start his day. The steam that filled the room, the smell of the soap. It was relaxing for him. While he was still efficient with his time, bringing his toothbrush into the shower to brush his teeth at the same time, he never underestimated his time. After a night like the last, where his brain was plagued with terrible thoughts and cold sweats, it was exactly what he needed in order to bring himself back down to a normal state. He quickly brushed his shiny teeth as he hummed to himself. His bathroom was his safe haven, free of judgment and peering eyes. He felt comfortable enough here to drop his hard and controlled front that he held about himself all too often. After his teeth were clean he put his toothbrush to the side, still humming to himself. Next he filled his hands with an excessive amount of shampoo, bringing it to his hair. As his fingers moved in small circles on his head, so did his hips. The song he was humming now started to play as a symphony in his head as his body reacted accordingly. In a flash of a moment his butt was shaking, his hips were rocking and his body was moving to the song in his head as he attempted to get his hair clean. Collin, what should I do?
20:13
- Like a deer caught in the headlights of a car his entire body froze. Did she know he was in here? Of course she did, why else would she have walked in. What did she mean, what should she do? How would he know? He had barely even begun to think about his day and what he was going to do, let alone anything for her. Or did she mean it in a more provocative way? Surely not, but she did walk into his bathroom, knowing that he was naked in here… His brain raced towards the idea that she was hinting towards something else. His brain couldn’t help itself as images of her walking towards the glass that divided her from the shower, slowly sliding it open and reaching her hands towards him. All the sudden, asking what should she do seemed more like a question of permission rather than actual confusion. His face grew red as other parts of him just grew. THE GLASS He just now realized that glass was in fact see through. With even a small glance she would be able to tell that her presence here with him was enough to turn him on. His brain doing a 180 started considering that if she didn’t want anything sexual she would definitely think that he was some sort of pervert. Still his body was frozen. I already washed my mug and put it away and now I don't know what I should do. His fears had come to reality as he now started thinking that she in fact did not want his penis and instead was looking for some sort of guidance. “Uh..ummm”
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- He closed his eyes and tried to clear his mind from his perversions. With each thought of toast or fish or anything at all came two thoughts of her either coming into the shower and kneeling before him or casually reaching in to ‘assist’ him. “Umm.. you…. You can just wait?” That was a terrible idea to him. What if she just sat in the bathroom now? He was panicking and crumbling under the pressure. “Or not. It’s up to you……………” The silence between his words was awkward as he finally started to get a grip on his growing situation, allowing himself to cool down for only a momement. “Wha… What do you want to do?” He turned his back to the glass finally as asking that only led his head to be filled with more unlikely situations that would only lead to more awkwardness. His hands pushed into face in frustration by the fact that he didn’t think to turn and hide his problem from the beginning. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 27-Mar-23 08:41 PM
Amaya tilted her head to the side trying to figure out why the seemingly confident and put together man from the night before was being so still and quiet. Should I have knocked? She thought to herself as she waited for him to say something. It hadn't really struck her that he was indeed naked like people tend to be when they're in the shower and the steam wasn't doing much to hide him there under the spray of the water. Still to her it didn't seem like anything crazy out of the ordinary, she'd never been exposed to a man in this state and she wasn't sure what she was expecting but it definitely wasn't what she saw. He was... Handsome? Looking at him did things to her that she didn't really understand, she just liked looking at him it made her feel all bubbly inside. What she wasn't expecting was the part of him that was definitely growing right in front of her. 'You can just wait. What do you want to do?' She heard what he was saying but she couldn't stop staring, tail flicking at the end in curiosity as she leaned down just a little to really see it. "Why's it getting bigger?" She asked with a tilt of her head but she was met with him turning around. Shit. I probably said something wrong. "Um.. I don't know what I want to do I've never been allowed to do what I want before." She pondered what she would have spent all those past years doing if she would have been able to just do what she wanted to. Who she would have been and how much different life would be. .
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Not knowing what else to do she sat down right there on the floor. He did say I could just wait after all. "Collin are you okay?" She noticed his hands pushed against his face something she had only seen when the people doing it were upset, particularly the man of the house. "I'm sorry for whatever I did I didn't mean to upset you I can.." she trailed off because the house was already clean and she didn't know what else she could possibly do to make things better. "I'm sorry." This time it came out much more timid than the first and her ears drooped.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 27-Mar-23 09:12 PM
His eyes almost popped out of his skull as he felt her stares at his situation, yet he couldn’t bring himself to even dare look at her out of embarrassment. Why’s it getting bigger? Any glimpse of hope that she hadn’t seen it had completely left his mind as his soul felt like it left his body. If there was a window nearby he surely would have jumped out of it by now. His backside pressed against the glass of the shower, waiting for her to leave. Her enthusiasm and staring at his issue, had been more than enough to make him want to relieve himself but he had to wait for her to leave. Instead, he heard a soft plop on the floor followed by her voice. Collin are you ok? ’I would be if I didn’t have to hide this massive…..’ his thoughts to himself as tried to calm himself down. A once peaceful time now chaotic and stressful, still his voice spoke out softly. “I’m fine…” Her voice as she rambled on seemed sincere and apologetic. Collins couldn’t help but feel guilty. Sure, she had broken into his bathroom and stared at him, but she probably didn’t know any better. “You did nothing wrong, you have nothing to be sorry about” With the inflection of her voice and the feeling that she portrayed by it, he had mostly calmed down, only flying at half mass, as he turned back around to face her. “You are fine… I just got embarrassed is all… Close your eyes, imagine how you’d feel if I had walked in on you in the shower.” He quickly turned to face the showerhead, letting the water pelt his body so that his mind didn’t show that he too was thinking about if he walked in on her in the shower. He felt himself rising again, this time however he quickly grabbed the soap and started rushing to clean himself, praying that she wouldn’t do anything to set him off further down this path. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 27-Mar-23 09:28 PM
She tilted her head to the other side when his butt pressed against the glass and it almost made her laugh- almost. She was too worried that he was going to be upset with her for it to actually come out though, she'd laughed once while being scolded out of sheer nerves once when she was twelve and ended up spending a week locked in the cellar for it. 'You did nothing wrong, you have nothing to be sorry about.' She perked back up a little at that relief quickly flooding her and settling her nerves. Oh. I should have knocked. She closed her eyes to imagine what he prompted and hummed a little as if she was trying to come up with an answer. "Well would you be there to help me wash? Sometimes the man of the house came in when I was showering to help make sure I was keeping really clean.. not that I don't know how to do it myself but he didn't like it when I told him that. I guess.. well I would just feel like I wanted to do it myself." The fact that that wasn't the way normal every day people did things wasn't completely lost on her, she'd read enough to know that people are perfectly capable of bathing alone, he didn't even join the woman of the house in the shower and they were married. The thought made her frown with her eyes still closed. I definitely should have knocked. "I'm sorry Collin I should have knocked. I'll wait downstairs." With that she opened her eyes and got to her feet to push out the door and close it behind her. Padding her way down the stairs she curled up on the couch after turning on the fire the same way Collin had the night before. How long is he going to let me stay here? She wondered to herself as she stared at the flames licking against the glass. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 27-Mar-23 10:21 PM
He smiled at Amaya, but this smile was forced and half hearted at best. His stomach turned at the thought of her not even being able to bathe herself. Still she acted like she did something wrong, and didn’t know any better. As she spoke and got up to leave he replied with a soft barely audible voice “It’s ok… I’ll meet you downstairs….” As the door closed and she walked away his hands clenched together as he softly hit them against the walls of the shower. It wasn’t fair, someone as sweet as her, having to go through everything that she had. He wouldn’t let her go back. After everything she had gone through and yet she was still the one to apologize. It should have been him who said ‘I’m sorry’. After all he was the one who was turned on by her, when all she wanted was some direction. He took a deep breath and slowly exhaled it, letting the water run over him as his fist slowly unclenched. He was going to make it up to her today. He felt now more than ever that he had to. The water came to a halt as the glass pane slid open. He stepped out slowly before grabbing a towel and wrapping his face in it. He started drying himself off, thinking about his plans for the day. He wanted to show her the lake and take her on a hike, although a hike seemed a little too traumatizing for her, considering she had just ran through the forest to get to him. He needed a better plan. He continued drying himself off before hanging his towel and walking into his bedroom. He continued his morning routine as he normally did, finding clothes to wear, deciding what to eat for breakfast and checking his phone. His phone had one unread message. In the grand scheme of things, it seemed so unimportant to him that he didn’t bother checking it. Instead he changed into a pair of sweats and a white shirt with a jacket. He also grabbed a pair of black sweats and a hoodie that he hung over his arms and brought with him as he made his way downstairs.
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- Overlooking the living room he smiled as he saw Amaya comfy on the couch, though she did seem off, like she had a bad taste in her mouth, however she was a weird person and he didn’t think too much into it. He slowly approached her with a smile. “Hey, so I was thinking… How about you put these on? I’ll go ahead and make us some breakfast while you do, ok?” He reached the clothes out towards her. “Then I was thinking, I’d take you to the city…” He paused for a moment, allowing himself to choose his words carefully to try and not offend her or make her think that she was wrong for being the way she was. “You probably need some more clothes, and maybe even a bathing suit so I can take you swimming and fishing on the lake. So I figured we could do that after breakfast. Although…. I think it would be best if you hid your ‘cute’ little ears and tail away. Just in case someone would be able to recognize you… I think it would be safer that way.” He hadn’t meant for her to seem like a problem or like he was hiding her, even though he was, but he thought that adding cute in front of her ears and tail would make her feel better about it. Still he had no idea what she would think of it. “Or if you don’t want to go to the city, I can show you how to get clothes online, and then you can pick out however many you want and we can ship them here. Whatever is more comfortable for you.” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 28-Mar-23 03:33 PM
'Hey so I was thinking..' She'd been so lost in thought that she didn't hear him coming down the stairs. That in itself was strange, normally she was always so alert to all the little noises around her. She immediately gave him her undivided attention and sat up right on the couch instead of curled up like she had been. "Oh." She looked down at the black sweats and hoodie he held out for her and took them. "Thank you." She smiled slightly and started changing pulling the clothes he had given her to wear the night before off and folding them before then pulling the pants up her legs, tugging the hoodie on and sitting back down so she could roll the sweats at the ankle a few times. "You.. want to take me to the city?" She asked with a confused tilt of her head. It made sense that she needed more clothes of her own but she wasn't sure why he wanted to be the one to bring her. Does he want me to stay here? Her eyes drifted upwards as if she could see her own ears and her tail was slowly swishing behind her. "R-right of course." She nodded as her brows pinched together. Is there really nobody else like me? Does he really think they're cute? Of course she had ran away so it made sense that he didn't want anyone to recognize her. "Do you have a hat I can wear? The soft kind? Like in winter?" When he mentioned just buying them online she shook her head. "No I want to go!" She cleared her throat and shrank in on herself a little. "Sorry I just.. I really want to go. I've never gotten to see the city before." She'd seen bits and pieces of it on TV when her owners were watching it, but she'd never actually set foot in the city. There were so many things she wanted to see any try and the idea that she might get to now had her tail vibrating in excitement, at least until reality slapped her in the face again and her whole expression dropped. "I... I don't have any money." @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 29-Mar-23 06:28 PM
A burst of laughter left his lips. He hadn’t meant to laugh or make her feel bad she was just so innocent. The way her expression dropped and her body transform from excitement to sad just was to much and it brought him over the edge. “Oh you sweet thing… It’s ok that you don’t have any money. It was my idea, and I would never ask you to pay for one of my ideas. This will be on me ok? Don’t worry about it at all. It’s important that you have your own things, like clothes and such.” His chuckling broke off into a smile as he finished his statement wondering if she had actually thought he wasn’t going to pay for it. “As far as hats go… I think I have a beanie somewhere… Ill check after I make us some breakfast. Maybe some breakfast burritos. It’s a little bit of a drive to the city so we can eat on the way.” He again gave her a soft smile before walking away leaving her to her own devices. This time however there was more intent on his actions then before. She had seemed lost without direction, so while he made started scrambling eggs and cooking sausage his glance would peer from time to time towards her. He wanted to figure out her thought process, why she did what she did, or at the very least what she was comfortable with. “Breakfast will be ready soon” He called out acting as if he hadn’t been watching her the entire time. “Why don’t you go upstairs and see if you cant find a beanie. It should be in my top drawer of my dresser with all my other hats. I’l put some cheese and wrap these bad boys up and we can be on our way.” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 29-Mar-23 07:38 PM
The sound of his laughter made her cheeks heat up in embarrassment, she didn't think that he would want to pay for anything for her especially when she hadn't done anything to earn it. Sure she had done a couple of dishes but it usually took her much longer to earn anything, sometimes months. "O-okay um thank you I can do some more stuff around the house to earn whatever you get me." She smiled a little bit more shyly, she'd really never been spoiled before like this and she had to admit it felt nice. "That sounds good I'm starving." She was always ready to eat, she didn't get much of a chance to before, there meals and if she was lucky she might get a small snack but it was never anything good. When he walked away to start cooking she stood there for a few long moments trying to figure out what to do with herself. She felt lost without direction and even more lost not having to do anything before she had time to herself. She decided to walk around aimlessly, looking at all of his things but trying not to be too nosy while doing it. Everything was kept so clean and put together, there was barely even any dust on anything. It wasn't long before she made her way back to sit in front of the fireplace on the floor in the same spot she was in the night prior, she loved watching the flames dance and the warmth. She hadn't even noticed that he had been watching her this entire time when he called to her to go see if she could find a beanie, she assumed that was the kind of hat she was talking about before. "Is-." She was about to ask if that was really okay but stopped herself. If it wasn't okay he wouldn't say it.. right? He didn't seem like the type of person who would test her, so far he was nothing like the people she was used to. "Okay I'll be right back." .
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Amaya got to her feet and made her way up the stairs to Collins room, when she stepped inside she couldn't help but smile a little seeing his private space. The windows in this room seemed like they were a little darker and she let herself peek into the bathroom to see the gorgeous tub he had inside. It's so nice in here. Forcing herself to get back to the task at hand she went over to the dresser and pulled open the top drawer to look for a hat, settling on a charcoal grey one and pulling it onto her head before making her way down the stairs. When she entered the kitchen she was adjusting the hat again, face scrunched up in mild discomfort at how it pushed down on her ears. It only took a few moments for the smell of food to distract her from that and she perked up a little. "It smells so good." She smiled and stepped closer to watch what he was doing to finish off the burritos. "Do you cook a lot?" She asked peeked up at him curiously.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 29-Mar-23 11:52 PM
It was funny to him, her feeling the need to do something to ‘earn’ clothes, yet it made him sad as well. Clothing, a bed to stay in and a safe home were what he considered to be a human right, not something you needed to earn or work for. Still the idea of him being some evil overlord telling her what to do was amusing to him. He noticed her sit in place for a moment as if she was trying to think of something to do. His eyes moved towards her walking around as he scrambled the eggs. He was proud of how clean and neatly he kept it, and he took a lot of pride in his home. Still, she seemed torn. She was a weird one, Amaya. It was almost as if her mind was split on what she wanted to do, to him it seemed like she had an idea of things she could do but instead she wanted to rather not be a burden. Making her way back to her fireplace, it seemed like she made it her safe place, somewhere where she could feel at ease. He normally didn’t keep it on often, but he thought to himself that he would change that. If she liked it and felt safe there then when he could he would keep it on. Is- Okay I’ll be right back. He let a soft sigh out as she made her way upstairs. He couldn’t help but wonder if she was holding something back. This all must have been so new to her but still he didn’t want her to feel like she couldn’t say what was on her mind. He wanted this to be different for her, for her to be comfortable and happy. It was weird to him, just a few hours ago she was a stranger out of his home and now he is going to bring her to get clothes and let her call this house her own for as long as she needed or wanted to.
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- He barely even noticed that she had made her way back to the kitchen as he was filling the burritos with all of the ingredients. Her kind words still made him jump “You scared me..” His voice was soft and a little breathy with a bit of laughter mixed in. “Remind me to get you a collar and a bell when we go shopping.” He had said this as a joke, not even thinking about the connection with a normal pet cat. “But I do cook a lot. I cook almost all of my meals, and if you want I can teach you sometime.” He gave her a soft caring smile as he started wrapping his burrito and then putting them in some foil so they wouldn’t make a mess in the car. “You can start eating now since you’re hungry, I’m going to grab my wallet and phone really quick. Can you grab mine?” He said as he rushed upstairs grabbing his phone and wallet and quickly putting them into his pocket. As he made his way back to the front door, slipping his shoes on he turned off the house alarm. Opening the front door for her, he started leading her to the car. “Alright, let’s go get some clothes.” He waited and watched for her to leave before setting the alarm and locking the door behind him. He started walking her towards the car and thought for a moment as they arrived. His natural instinct was to open the door for her but he stopped himself before doing so. Instead, he made his way to the driver side of the car and let himself in, turning on the car and waited for her to enter. Once they both were in the car he started driving towards the city, pointing out small things like deer on the side of the road. Each interaction he had with her showing her the things that he loved about the area he had a wide smile on his face. When there was nothing to show he turned up the music that he was playing on their phone and singing loudly towards her. After twenty or thirty minutes of driving, he turned his head to her for a split second. “Can you give me a bite of my burrito please?”
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- He turned his head towards her with his mouth open.
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Amaya Shimada BOT 30-Mar-23 01:59 PM
"Sorry sometimes I forget how quiet I can be." Amaya said when she accidentally startled Collin, she was thankful for the laugh mixed in with his words, it made her feel a little better about the fact that she had caught him so off guard. His next words though she wasn't quite sure how to take. Does he really want to put me in a collar? "I..." But she let her words trail off not wanting to say the wrong thing. "Yes please!" She smiled at him the excitement making her eyes light up, cooking was always something she wasn't to learn how to do for herself but the chance never arose. "Oh um- I'll wait til we're in the car. Thank you" Another smile as she nodded "Yes of course I can" She watched him run up the stairs and grabbed both burritos before she went over to the door to put her shoes on, they were still pretty damp from the day before but at least they weren't soaked anymore. She made a mental note to see if it was okay to get some new ones when they were shopping...maybe. When he opened the door for her she stepped outside and finally got a good look at his houses surroundings in the daylight. It was even more beautiful than it had seemed the night before. From the porch to the pond and all the surrounding nature made her smile as she looked around walking to the car. "So pretty" she said softly and mostly to herself before they reached the car and she climbed inside. "I've only been in one of these a couple times." She said as she fumbled with the seatbelt, taking a solid minute to finally get it secured. The only times she had been in a car were to be taken to the family cabin and once to the doctor when she was very sick.
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. At first being in the car made her uneasy, it felt like they were going way too fast and she was gripping onto the door handle for dear life. Once she got a little more used to it and started looking out the window at all of the things Collin pointed out she relaxed enough to start eating. "Oh wow look at them!" She swallowed fast to say when they passed a small group of deer on the side of the road, pressing her forehead to the window to see them as long as she could. He seemed so at ease and happy and she wondered if this is what most people normally felt like. She longed to feel that way too, to not have such strict rules and structure and to figure out how to really live. She wondered if he was going to be the person to help show her how to do that. "Oh you want me to...?" She looked from his mouth to the foil package in her hand and unwrapped it enough to hold it up in her free hand and put it in his mouth before pulling it away when his lips had closed around it. She wasn't sure why but the action made her giggle before she took a bite of her own, head moving side to side with the music and tail swishing happily under Collins hoodie. "I like this!" She exclaimed smiling brightly over at Collin in the driver's seat. This was the most free she had ever felt, driving down the road watching the trees and telephone poles whip by. It felt like her first real taste of the freedom she didn't even realize she was so desperately craving.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 30-Mar-23 07:33 PM
Collins loved his drives to and from the city. They reminded him of every reason why he moved to his new home. The city drove him crazy and each time he had to go to the city the time it took to get there was filled with a love for the nature around him. The wildlife that was present and the beauty of the green scenery gave him something to look forward to. Each time he left the city, it was those same things that gave him peace of mind, a feeling of security and safety knowing that everything he hated was behind him. At first he wasn’t sure if she would know how to feed him or if she would think it was weird, to his surprise however she gave him a hearty bite before pulling it away. “MMMMM. MMMMMM. MMMMMM” The food he tasted was good. He was always a bit surprised whenever anything he made turned out well, but when it did it received the same enthusiasm that he gave it this time. His hands tightly gripped the wheel as his shoulders shimmied up and down doing his form of a ‘happy dance’ while driving. He looked over at her moving her head to the music and it brought a smile on his face. For the first time in all of their interactions she felt and looked like she was having a good time. Occasionally he would look at her with his mouth open ready for more bites. I like this! That statement brought him more joy than he ever expected it would. All he wanted to do was make her feel free and happy and this was a small glimpse that he could maybe do that.
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` As they got closer to the city his thoughts became less focused on her happiness and more so on her safety. Where would they go shopping? Where would it be safest for her? If he took her to a small shop she wouldn’t have too much of a variety. If he took her to one of the malls, she would maybe be overstimulated with all of the people but it would be where she would have the most options. Maybe she wouldn’t be as stimulated if he was always right next to her. In a split second decision, Collins started turning into a parking lot. He brought the car to a halt parking it near the front of the store. He looked at her with a stern look on his face. “I will be a little bit ok? Stay in the car, just listen to the music and keep your beanie on. I will be right back.” He gave her a smile and a teasing tussle of the hair over her beanie before leaving the car and locking it behind him. He ran into the store… He had an idea of something that would make her happy. For the next twenty minutes he left her in the car before coming back out with a box wrapped as if it was a gift in his hands. “Sorry that took so long, I just needed to pick something up really quick. But you can’t see it or open it up until we get done shopping ok?”
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` He smiled towards her as he started making his way out of the parking lot. While he was inside he had decided he would take her to one of the smaller strip malls. As they drove to it he made sure to point out places that he thought she would need in the future like the police station, hospitals and fire departments. He also made sure to point out less serious things like libraries full of books, explaining how she could get a membership and spend an entire day in it reading all sorts of books. Until finally they arrived at the strip mall. He parked far enough back to let her be able to see most of the shops on the strip. “Alrighty, we are here! Now we can start wherever you want.” He took a bit of time pointing at each shop as he talked about them. “This one is a shoes shop, you can get basically any kind you want, we probably want to get you at least two or three different ones. Then you have a few clothing shops, one is more sportswear, like swimsuits and shorts and sweats. The other is more clothing clothing, like sundress, jeans, dresses, stuff like that. We can go to both and try a bunch of stuff on until we find what you like.” He paused from time to time to let her process. “There are also some other stores that we can check out after we get you clothes if you want.” His voice changed with more excitement in his tone. “THEN when we are all done, I’ll show you this place where you can get a BUNCH of chocolate and we can get some of it.” He put his hand on her leg and gave her a smile. “Don’t worry, I will be here with you the entire time. You are safe. Just try and have fun, and I’ll follow you wherever you want to start. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 31-Mar-23 10:12 AM
Every time he opened his mouth for more food she was happy to give him another bite, she'd certainly never done anything like this before and his happy food noises made her smile, he seemed so happy and so carefree, it wasn't at all what she had expected when she first saw him, all pressed suit and well put together. It was easy to recognize when he started to get lost in thought and she couldn't help but wonder what was on his mind. It made her nervous. What if he's trying to think of a way to leave me wherever we go shopping? Oh no- what if he's taking me back to them? She was just about to say something when he pulled into a parking lot seemingly out of nowhere and told her to wait in the car. "O-okay." She swallowed the lump in her throat and nodded watching him run into the store after tussling her hair over the hat. The entire time Collin was in the store her eyes bounced all over the parking lot to make sure nobody was approaching the car she was in, looking to the door occasionally to see if he was coming back yet. It surprised her just how attached she had already grown to be to him, and how being around him made her feel safer than she had ever felt before. When she finally saw the door open with Collin emerging she perked up. "It's okay." She smiled a little at him and nodded once more "Okay I promise I won't open it until you say I can." She was curious what it could possibly be, she hadn't ever gotten a gift before and she was more than excited to open it. She finished eating her burrito as he continued to drive, making mental notes of all of the different places that he was pointing out. Especially the library and the hospital. .
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When they pulled into the strip mall her eyes lit up, going wide with excitement and just a bit of nervousness as well. She nodded along when he explained what all the different stores were, trying to figure out where they should start first. She was so lost in trying to made a decision that she jumped when he got more excited. "Sorry" she smiled bashfully "Chocolate sounds so yummy.. m-maybe can we try bubble tea when we're here? I-it's okay if we can't I just saw the commercials on t.v for it a lot and it looks so fun and yummy!" Her eyes drifted down to his hand on her leg and then something dawned on her about what he had said when he was explaining the different stores. "I don't know how to swim I never have before. I wasn't ever allowed outside." She knew by this point that that wasn't normal, she had always known that normal people went outside at least sometimes whether they were just going shopping like they were today or even going for walks. "I trust you." She said before she opened the door to step out having decided she wanted to go to the store with the shoes first, maybe she could change into them after they bought them so her feet wouldn't be so uncomfortable anymore. Not to mention they never fit the best to begin with, the people that owned her knew she didn't have a need for them so they didn't take any care in buying her well fitting ones. She waited for Collin to be out of the car and walked as close to him as she could, it was more overwhelming than she thought being outside like this. "Can we get shoes first?"
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Collin Evergreen BOT 01-Apr-23 08:32 PM
His eyes lit up with her excitement. The wide smile that painted his face was a sign that without any question he would get her anything she wanted as long as it would keep her happy. He purposely ignored her comment on getting bubble tea. He himself enjoyed it very much, but the idea of letting her forget that is something she wanted sparked in his mind. He would get her anything that she wanted and just when she seemed like she could have it all, he wanted to surprise her with a little bit more. His face changed from a happy look knowing that she was going to have the best day of her life. Her comments were what caused the change. Sure she may not know how to swim but to never be allowed outside was horrible. The same small pit that grew the previous night in his stomach came back with the thoughts of just how terrible her life has been. A sense of pride flooded his body as she said that she trusted him as he forced the knot down and faked a smile. She seemed like the bubbly type on the outside, whenever she would be excited or happy however, he knew that this trust wasn’t something that came lightly. Each time she asked for permission he couldn’t help but chuckle to himself. “Of course we can. We will get you as many as you want.”
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` He had planned to keep her always within eye sight of him, only to his own surprise when she was practically glued to him. Each step he took, it almost seemed like hers followed in tandem. It was adorable still he made the mental note to not stray far from her just in case she would start to panic. As the pair reached the store, Collin opened the door for her and followed her closely inside. The store was not the biggest one in the city, not even close but he was sure whatever her needs or wants were they could be met here. The store consisted of twenty rows and two cash registers in the front. Each row contains boxes and boxes of shoes with a single shoe presented on a shelf to display the style. The first five rows were mens shoes, having a row for slippers and sandals, a row for dress shoes, a row for boots and two rows of sneakers and sporty shoes. It always baffled him how there were so many different types of styles of footwear for men. That was until today where for the first time in his life he would see the absurd amount of choices Amaya would have. He looked towards the other fifteen isles and then back at her with a smile. “Alright Amaya… Here we are, remember anything you want. Don’t worry about the cost or how many you’re getting, if you like them then we will get them. So why don’t you start walking down the isles and seeing what there is.”
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` He had hoped that with his permission and reassurance that she would feel comfortable enough to get what she wanted. He assumed that she would get a few and a bunch of socks but at the back of his head the mental image of checking out and spending hundreds of dollars on shoes. The idea of that made his soul leave his body only to reenter it moments later. He hadn’t thought about it until just now. Today would be an expensive day. It wasn’t as if he had needed the money or was worried in any way. He was a homebody, a hermit. He went to work to make money and then saved that money for a rainy day. It just so happened that he was prepared for a lot of rain. This is thought he would try and keep in his head throughout the day. After all, it would be selfish for him to not do this. Even if the spent thousands of dollars today, it would be the first for this poor woman that she would have everything she needed.
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Amaya Shimada BOT 02-Apr-23 11:25 AM
Amaya knew better than to ask for something twice so when Collin hadn't acknowledged her question about bubble tea she didn't bring it up again, she had already gotten so many things and she didn't want to be greedy. After all, it was thanks to him that she knew the wonders of chocolate now. "As many as I want.." She echoed his words softly as they walked towards the store. It didn't seem as busy here as the shopping malls in movies or even books had seemed but still when Collin opened the door her eyes went wide and if her ears hadn't been hidden under the beanie he had had her put on before they left he would have seen them go back. It was overwhelming and her eyes were wide as she took it all in. She was hyper aware of every other person that was in the store with them, eyes bouncing between all of them and the plethora of shoes to choose from. Collins voice managed to pull her out of her own overstimulated thoughts as she looked over at him. Walk down the aisles? By myself??? "Okay um-" She went up on her toes and then back down a couple times trying to work up the nerve to go down them by herself. She wanted to ask him to go with her but she wasn't sure if that would be asking for too much, after all he had already done so much. After another few moments she made her way down the fist aisle of womens shoes, this aisle seemed to be mostly made up of sneakers, from flat to sporty, high end brands and the more affordable ones alike. She picked up a pair of pink and white low top vans and tried on several pairs before she discovered she was a size six and a half, a full size smaller than what she was currently wearing. Deciding that she liked them she picked up the box to carry along with her down the rest of the aisle where a pair of all white Nikes caught her eye. They looked similar in style to the ones she had on, at least she imagined that they had once looked this nice. Picking up a pair of those as well she wandered through the remaining aisles. Wh
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at caught her eye next was a pair of slip on sandals. They had a bit of a platform on the bottom and but nothing too high and the different shades of tan looked nice to her. She picked up a box of them and then the wall of socks caught her eye. Peeking back to make sure Collin was still in the store she chewed her lip for way too long before taking two packs of variety socks and went back to the front of the store to Collin. "I um I found some that I like but I can put them back if it's too many" She couldn't bring herself to make eye contact with him when she was asking for what felt like way too much especially after giving him what felt like nothing in comparison. "Oh and I found some socks? I know you said I could get shoes so I can put the socks back if I need to." She looked down at the two bags of socks, some white and pink and the others white and purple, all ankle cut so she could wear them with the new shoes. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 02-Apr-23 07:11 PM
Collins' eyes watched her like a hawk, from the moment that she walked took her first steps away from him. He was beyond nervous about her doing her own thing. He worried about her being overstimulated and overwhelmed. He also worried about the thought that haunted the back of his mind. The possibility of someone grabbing her and running. The decision was made in his head, after this store, he would follow her to look at everything she wanted to. It seemed a little possessive or over protective to him, however it felt necessary at least for now. This way he would know that she was at least safe. It was still interesting to him, watching her try and navigate her way through the store. From time to time he would step a little closer watching as she tried to find the right size for herself. It hadn’t even occurred to him to explain to her how it worked, yet she was still doing an amazing job. He watched as she grabbed a few boxes and then some socks before making her way back to him. The smile that was drawn on his face grew bigger as she got closer to him. He didn’t think that she would actually get more than one thing and her reaction was enough for him to laugh. “I’m so freaking proud of you!! You got all that by yourself? That’s great!!” His voice rang with excitement as he started grabbing the boxes and socks from her. He looked at her and then back to the isles of shoes. For a few seconds he stood there looking at her and back behind her considering asking her if there was anything else that she wanted. Surely if he asked again she could find something else that she wanted, yet the words couldn’t escape his lips. He wasn’t sure if he wasn’t wanting to push her more or if to him she looked content as he started making his way with her to the cash register. They waited in line for only a few moments until they were called forward by a young blonde lady working. Find everything ok?
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` Collin looked towards Amaya for a second and then back at the worker with a smile on his face. “I think so. It always blows my mind with how many options you guys always have.” Ya, we get that a lot. Just glad you guys found everything. It’ll just be one hundred and fifty two today. “No problem.” He smiled as he inserted his card into the reader. After a few moments passed he removed his card and grabbed the things. “Alright! Next stop the car and then…. Do you want to look at clothes or do you need a little break?” He gave her a soft look, trying to check in on her as he waited for her to help him with the door. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 02-Apr-23 07:29 PM
"O-oh I- thank you? I think?" She wasn't sure what she should say when he told her that he was proud of her for finding more than one pair, she could feel her cheeks heating up from his praise and felt her stomach flutter in a weird way as he stood there just watching her for what felt like much longer than it was. She couldn't help but wonder if he was going to say something but he never did, instead leading them both up to the counter to check out. When the young blonde behind the counter asked if they had found everything okay she only tucked herself behind Collins side, keeping her eyes down on the counter and avoiding saying anything out loud, only managing a small nod. Listening to the exchange as they so easily made small talk made her wonder if it would ever feel that easy for her to talk to other people, if she'd ever get the chance to or even want to. If she'd ever feel safe enough to. Once Collin had paid and grabbed everything she followed him back towards the exit, taking a few moments to realize she was supposed to open the door and pushing it open. The fresh air was a relief, she hadn't realized just how nervous she had gotten when they were cashing out and so close to another person. "No I don't need a break we can look at more things." She tried her best to flash him a genuine smile but it was hard with how overwhelmed she was feeling.
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. "Thank you for the shoes I don't know how I can possibly thank you enough." She felt a little better when they reached the car, it had become at least a little familiar to her on the ride here and she felt her chest loosen again. "Do you think it would be okay if I put one of the new pairs on? These ones don't fit all that good." She looked down at the ground rocking on her heels a couple times before she looked back up at Collin. "I can wait until we get home if those are a gift too though." Remembering the gift in the car and how she wasn't supposed to open it until he said so she thought maybe this would be the same. She couldn't explain it but everything about Collin so far had her wanting to make sure everything was done right, that none of her actions were going to make him angry enough to throw her out, or worse return her where she had come from. She knew it wasn't going to last forever and that eventually he was going to ask her to leave but for now all she wanted was to cling to the feeling of being safe, of feeling cared for and like she was equal to someone for the first time in her life.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 02-Apr-23 07:47 PM
He gave her a nod as she told him that she was prepared to continue shopping. It was a relief to him at the very least. It wasn’t his favorite thing to do, not even a little. He felt good about doing it with her but still he hated being around people and he hated being in the city. Thank you for the shoes I don't know how I can possibly thank you enough. He gave her a soft smile before opening the passenger side door and sitting her down. “You don’t need to thank me, this is something that you deserve. You should have these things.” He put two of the boxes into the car, keeping the sandals out. As he listened to her ask him if she could put them on. It seemed so silly to him that she was still asking for permission but still he understood why. Suddenly he crouched down in front of her. His hands moved towards her legs and then to her shoes as he started untying them and slowly removing them for her. While he at first thought of saying ‘ya dork put them on’ he was starting to think that that approach wasn’t the type that would work for her. Instead he decided that he would do something she was more familiar with. What he could tell about her, she always had structure and someone telling her what to do and showing her. It was this logic that made him think that this would work better. Instead of telling her things were ok, he would show her. Once both of her shoes were off he placed them on the ground as he unboxed her sandals. His hands moved very slowly and gently as he placed them onto her feet. He looked up to her with a smile after. “How do they fit? A little better?” Collin gave her leg a soft pat as he stood himself back up and reached his hand out to help her stand back out of the car.
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` “Next time, you’ll have to put them on yourself, but I don’t want you to think you have to ask to do anything anymore. Not with me at least.” Once they were both up and out of the car he locked it and picked her old shoes up from the ground. He handed her one of them as they walked to the next store. “These are all in the past, just like the way you had to do things.” He said holding the shoes up towards her. “Let’s get rid of the past and look towards the future.” He gave her a big smile before dramatically slamming the one shoe he was holding into the trash. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 02-Apr-23 08:10 PM
'This is something that you deserve.' That word played in her head over and over again. Deserve. But how? She looked at him with a confused pinch between her brows. She'd done nothing to earn anything from him she couldn't wrap her head around deserving anything. Not from the stranger who, thus far, had been the one doing everything for her. All she had done was wash a couple dishes and eat the extra pizza he said he wasn't hungry for. "I'll try to feel like I deserve this." It was the most honest answer she thought she could give him in that moment. When he dropped down to untie her shoes and gently tug them off her feet she felt that same weird fluttering feeling again. He's so gentle. She thought to herself as she watched him slip the new sandals onto her feet. They fit so much better, not sliding around or making her feel like she was going to trip if she moved too fast, something she'd found out the hard way when she'd been running through the forest. "They feel perfect." She said cheerfully, smiling back at him and bouncing on her toes a couple times just to test them out. She really liked how the gold colored buckle sparkled in the light. "I... Don't have to ask for things?" That same confused look painted her face again as she met his eyes and took the shoe from him "How am I supposed to know what's okay to do if I don't ask though?" It came out softly, more to herself than anything. This has been how things were since she could remember, she'd never just existed and done what she wanted to, she didn't even know what it was she wanted to do at this point. When Collin slammed the other shoe into the trash she couldn't help but let go of her thoughts briefly to laugh and follow suit, slamming the old muddy shoe right into the oversized trash can with a bright smile that shone just as brightly in her eyes when she looked at him. "That felt good! I want to forget all about the past I hate the past!"
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. Taking her place walking almost right against his side again they made their way into the next store. This one was slightly larger it seemed and full of racks upon racks of clothes in the central area, the walls lined with shelves containing jeans of all different sizes, shades, and cuts. If she'd thought the shoe store was overwhelming this one was definitely worse. She didn't even realize it when she'd reaching to take hold on Collins arm trying to keep on a brave face. "I don't even know where to start." Her eyes bounced from rack to rack, catching on a soft looking sweater that she let herself walk over to touch. "Collin it's so soft!" She ran her fingers delicately over the front of the fabric again in awe of how nice it felt against them. "Can I get this one?" She looked at him with questioning in her eyes, she knew she wasn't supposed to ask to do things but surely this must be different, this was buying things after all.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 02-Apr-23 08:41 PM
Collin laughed and watched her slam her old shoes into the trash. She was simply adorable. Her smile was enough to give him a chilling tingling sensation down his spine. Her eyes looking brightly up at him gave him an uneasy feeling in his gut. It wasn’t in a bad way, at least it shouldn’t have been. Yet in that moment, seeing her smile, seeing her happiness, the thought of him starting to care about her made him nervous. Still he swallowed down his fears as she said it felt good, and he returned a forced smile towards her. She took her place next to him and that same feeling he had gotten before struck him. He hadn’t thought of himself in any way towards her. She was just supposed to be someone he was taking care of. He had thought about finding help for her, but with her unusual circumstances he felt she would be safer with him until he knew what to do. Something was changing however, he felt closer to her, protective over her and whether he wanted to admit it to himself or not there was a small part of him that didn’t want to see her leave. As they entered the store Collin was immediately out of his element. The pure vastness of options was all too much for him. He wanted to help her as much as he could but in this specific instance he knew all he would be good for is a walking hanger. Thankfully for him, she seemed just as bad as him, latching onto his arm as they moved throughout the store. I don’t even know where to start. Before he even could attempt to give whatever lame advice he could bullshit her in the moment she walked away from him to look at a sweater. Collin it’s so soft! With just as much energy as she had, he matched, quickly rushing over to feel it. “Oh wow!!! That’s so soft.” His hands kept caressing the sweater as she asked for permission. He took the hanger it hung from and placed the hook over his forearm, letting it hang.
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` “Of course you can. Let’s keep looking at things and if you see something you like, I’ll hold onto it until we go to the changing room.” He paused for a moment before starting to speak again as he helplessly followed her around. “A changing room is where you go after you get a bunch of clothes. You get to try them on first and see how you look in them and how they feel. So grab as much as you want and after we try everything on we will keep whatever you like.” He gave the back of her head a smile. He had never been shopping with a female before, but it was exciting. It almost felt like a treasure hunt to him, trying to find all the different things she liked in what seemed like a massive store. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 02-Apr-23 09:01 PM
Her eyes lit up when he took the sweater off the rack and hung it off of his arm, she'd read about shopping and seen all the girls shopping in the mindless shows that played on the television in her old house but she never understood why or how it was fun until now. It was still incredibly overwhelming but the idea of getting to have things that were all her own and that nobody had ever had before her made her absolutely giddy. If it weren't for the hoodie that Collin had given her to wear she was sure she would have knocked multiple shirts off the rack with how her tail was waving back and forth, flicking excitedly at the tip under the fabric. "Oh! Okay." She blushed a little at the idea of having to change in the store, even if it was a special room made just for trying things on it still felt so foreign to her to be changing in public. Still she made her way through the many racks filling the store floor all the while making sure Collin was right near her, he'd quickly become her anchor when things were too much and just meeting his eyes with her own made her feel safer. "Oh! I like this one!" She held up a cream colored sweater with a teddy bear print on the front. "And this one!" A black Tshirt with white stripes running horizontally in the fabric. It didn't take long for Collin to have a full arm full of shirts of all different patterns and colors, and for Amaya to have her hands full of leggings, sweatpants and three pairs of jeans, all in different sizes. "I think I picked out too many things." She pointed a little. The concept of money wasn't foreign to her and she'd often heard the man of the house screaming about it on the phone to the people she could only assume he worked with. She kenw it was a big deal and she couldn't imagine that any of this would be cheap.
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. The thought of the yelling on the phone that she used to often hear sparked a question in her mind when she realized she didn't even know what day it was, everything has been such a blur since she'd overheard the conversation that made her stomach turn, she wondered if she was making Collin miss work. "What do you do for a job?" Her head tilted in curiosity as they made their way towards the back of the store where the fitting rooms lined the wall. The only thing she knew is that it must be something fancy or important with how he was dressed when he got home. At least she assumed that's where he was coming from when he'd found her.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 02-Apr-23 11:14 PM
In what seemed like a flash Collin felt his arms getting heavier and heavier. What started with a few hangers hooked onto his arms quickly became a pile of laundry folded over both of his arms. He watched as her personality became more bubbly and full with each item she took. He couldn’t take his eyes off of her but this time it wasn’t because of his worries about her safety. He just loved seeing how excited she got. With each article of clothing she added to the pile he gave his best attempt of making sure he said something nice about it. ‘Oh that’s cute’ or ‘that fits you’ were often spurted out of his mouth as he tried to find at least one positive thing to say about each of them. He knew nothing about fashion and style. He would never tell anyone this, but he hired someone to help him pick out his wardrobe and suits. Looking the part was half of the battle in his life and when it came to clothing that’s where he needed the most help. I think I picked out too many things. “That’s nonsense!” He clearly shifted the weight in his arms as he attempted to seem like he wasn’t bothered holding what seemed like half of the store. “You gotta try a lot to see what you like. After all, what if you don’t like some of this stuff? It’s better to have too much than too little.” He gave a slight huff as they walked to the changing room, for what he imagined would be the first set of clothing that she would try. What do you do for a job? “Well, actually, I am a financial consultant for a company that owns basically most of the stores that we are going to be shopping at today.”
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` He opened the door to one of the changing rooms to let her inside and also place the clothes he had been carrying inside. “Just go in here and try everything on, I will be right outside of the door.” He gave her a smile before letting her in and continuing to talk. “I guess I should explain a little. This company owns a lot of the stores, clubs, bars, restaurants… things I guess… that this city has. My job is to look at all the money that they are spending and make sure that we are spending enough but not too much.” He paused for a second to listen and make sure she was still alive before continuing his rambling while he waited for her to either try on all of her clothes or show him the first things she tried on. “It’s important that companies spend a lot of money, cause it looks good, makes it seem like the company is doing very well and makes people want to invest in it. But if you spend too much then it can be terrible. It could ruin the company or make it go bankrupt. That’s when you have no money at all…” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 03-Apr-23 10:46 AM
"You're so nice to me." She said quietly when he'd told her it was nonsense to think she had picked out too many things. She couldn't tell if he actually meant that he was okay with all of this, that he really wasn't bothered by carrying all of these things around, or if he was just trying to make her feel better, either way it was working and she could feel more and more of her anxiety melting away by the minute. When Collin opened the door to the dressing room and helped her get everything she had amassed inside she smiled at him. "Thank you Collin." She shut the door and slid the small lock into place so that nobody would come in and got to changing, trying on that perfect soft pink sweater first and looking in the mirror as she listened to him tell her about his job. It was strange for her to see herself this way, out in public and trying on brand new clothes that actually fit right. She barely recognized herself. "That sounds... Confusing." It also sounded a lot like what the man who owned her talked about often on the phone 'crunching numbers' he'd called it. She'd heard him threaten more than one person one more than one occasion because of money and records and so on. She'd never understood it but now it made more sense, if the numbers weren't right he wouldn't have all that money. It didn't seem worth it to her, to be so angry all the time just to be able to buy a couple nice things, she still didn't understand that part of it.
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. "Do you like it?" She asked opening the door of the dressing room but not stepping out, clad in a new pair of jeans and the soft pink sweater. She was referring to his job but realized that it probably didn't come off that way. "The job I mean and um does this look okay?" She looked down at herself, the sweater was slightly more form fitting that what she had on when they left and it managed to actually make her look like the young woman that she was. She kept her back to the dressing room because she could feel the fact that this wasn't going to hide her tail the same way that the hoodie did and she didn't want anyone else to see, not when he'd made it so clear she needed to keep those parts of herself hidden.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 03-Apr-23 04:57 PM
"Ya, I guess it does seem confusing... I mean I went to college and everything for it and I still sometimes get confused..." His footsteps started pacing back and forth as he aimlessly talked towards her. He wondered to himself if she was enjoying trying on clothes or even if she knew how to. There was a small part of him that assumed she would just look at the pile of clothes and say that they fit. As the door creaked open his body turned to face her. Do you like it? His face grew pink with blush… She looked so cute. Maybe it was the happiness that he felt changed from the nervous and scared demeanor that he was used to. Maybe it was the clothes that fit a lot better than the ones that he had given her. In reality however he knew that it was just her, whether he would admit it to himself or not he found her so beautiful. The job I mean and umm does this look okay? His eyes wouldn’t leave her as he stared in awe of her. “You… look adorable…. Oh-I erm.. Ya.. the jobs ok.. It pays the bills.” He quickly moved his gaze away from her, rubbing the back of his head awkwardly as he tried to hide his rosy cheeks. His feet nervously tapped the top of his shoes on to the ground. “What’s next to try on?” He gave her a soft smile while still not quite looking towards her. Embarrassed by the fact that he thought someone he was supposed to be looking after and protecting was so attractive to him, in a way, to him it felt almost taboo. Still he couldn’t help himself as his eyes started to wander back towards her. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 03-Apr-23 05:16 PM
"Yay!" She clapped her hands together a couple times, her smile bright and her entire demeanor excited. She had been so nervous to open the door and show him the clothes but when he said she looked adorable all of that melted away and she was just excited to show him the other things she had picked out. She couldn't quite figure out why he had looked away from her or why he was blushing, she'd never seen it in person before but she knew from the descriptions in books that that's what the reddish pink tint on his cheeks was. Did I do something? She wondered to herself before she backed into the door and closed it again. "I think I'm gonna try the one with the bear next!" She tugged the soft pink sweater off and put it back on the hanger before adding it to an empty hook on the door. For the ones I like. She thought as she pulled on the cream sweater with the bear on it, it was different but it was comfortable and she thought the bear was cute. She went through the pile of shirts and sweaters in this same manner getting so caught up in being excited that she forgot to open the door again to show him more. Until she managed to get herself stuck of course. Barely cracking the door open she let herself peek her head out just enough to see him. "Collin I.. I'm stuck." In her excitement of all the new items she had also grabbed a dress with a zipper in the back which she had managed to snag in the thick fluffy fur of her tail. "The zipper it's stuck." She thought better of explaining the entire situation out loud but she could feel her cheeks heating up and she wondered if they were as red as his had been before. "Can you come in here please?" @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 03-Apr-23 05:47 PM
Her smile was something out of this world. It was partially because he had been able to see it so few times, but each time he was able to see it his stomach filled with butterflies ready to burst. Her excitement was addictive, it was a feeling he wanted to make sure she remembered, something that she should be allowed to feel whenever she wanted to. It was moments like these that showed the contrast of how life would be for her if she would let him. Last night, a parallel to her life, dark, gloomy, the rain a metaphor for the tears that just must have been holding back her entire life. Today, today was the start of something new, like a blank canvas painted with vibrant colors, colors of excitement of happiness and of hope, Amaya the artist. As she excitedly rushed back into the changing room, giddy with joy to try on the next piece of clothing he couldn’t help but give a big smile to the rest of the store, while she couldn’t see it, Collin was clearly enjoying this little adventure and he felt himself growing excited as well. It wasn’t for the next thing she would try on, instead it was for the opportunity to see the same reaction on her face over and over. Or at least he thought so until he heard her call out. Collin I… I’m stuck Stuck on what? How could she get stuck in anything when she was locked into a little cube of clothing? The zipper it’s stuck…. Can you come in here please? Was she serious? His face felt like molten lava as he looked around. Was that even allowed? Would they get kicked out? “I… erm.. I don’t know if I-... ummm.. Ya. ya ok I’m coming in.”
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. Collin thought that he was out of his element before, but he was sorely mistaken, he had now reached the point where he was very much underprepared. He calmly walked inside the changing room leaving a cool exterior as the inner workings of his mind were running around in a panic. Did she have anything under the dress that caused the zipper to be caught? The thought right there was the piece of resistance that caused a downward spiral of quick thoughts. Was she wearing anything underneath it? Did she know she is supposed to? What if this was some ploy to make him flustered, like her bathroom shenanigans this morning? As he took a few steps in, he noticed that while he was nervous she seemed to be just as nervous as him. While her back was towards him, he could see her tail was the reason that it got stuck. Wondering if she could lower her tail to go under the dress, he slowly crept behind her. As he got closer he could see her cheeks through the mirror seemingly as embarrassed as he was. “Ok, I can fix this…. Ummm I just… don’t panic.. It’s ok.” His words while directed towards her were more so for himself. The first thing he needed to do was release her tail. This is where it could get awkward.. His hand touched her back softly. “I’m going to need to unzip it a little..” He figured his warning would be enough as his hand softly moved down her dress to the zipper. His other hand gently touched her tail. Using every ounce of might he could muster to stop himself from softly petting it up and down, he tried as gently as possible to move her tail up as his fingers pulled the zipper down slowly until her tail was free. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 03-Apr-23 06:05 PM
At first when it seemed like he might not come in to help her Amaya felt her heart picking up in a panic, she could probably get unstuck herself but she knew it would hurt like hell to pull the hair straight out. When Collin came into the relatively small dressing room with her she felt relief along with her embarrassment. She had asked him for help of course but it's not like she had much of a choice. Watching him through the mirror she could see him trying to figure out just how to get her unstuck, the closer he stepped towards her the hotter her face got until she swore she could probably scramble an egg just using her cheek. "I'm sorry I should have- I just I've been keeping it up to keep it hidden so I wasn't thinking-" she could feel herself trying not to ramble as he told her that it was okay and he could fix it. As far as not panicking went that ship had sailed for her the second she felt the zipper snag. "Um right yeah of course okay." She nodded a little when he told her he was going to need to unzip the dress. She had known that was what needed to be done of course but it didn't change the fact that he was touching her, he was so gentle, not that she'd expected anything less with how he had treated her since she landed on his doorstep. It wasn't until his hand made it's way to her tail that she felt like she was going to jump out of her skin. Nobody had ever touched it before, she'd barely ever been touched at all if she really thought about it. The extent of her experience with touch was the baths she was given as a child and when the woman of the house used to wipe her mouth clean after meals. She couldn't help but to notice how warm his hand felt even through the fluff of her tail, it made her heart race and the blush that had adorned her cheeks creep all the way down to her chest.
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. She wondered just how much he could see back there underneath the dress. She hadn't worn a bra, she was told she didn't need to wear one once she had finally started to develope and she never been very uncomfortable with it since she wasn't exactly large chested. Her underwear was plain and simple just white cotton in a bikini cut. She'd thought about grabbing some of the pretty ones that were on a tiered table in the middle of the store floor each time they passed it until she'd finally grabbed a couple pairs to add to the pile of things to try or buy. The give of the zipper pulled her back out of her thoughts and she let out a sigh of relief, keeping her gaze down on her own feet in the mirror because every time she looked at Collins face she felt that weird feeling in her stomach again. "Thank you, I'll be more careful next time." She shook her tail a little bit under the open back of the dress just to shake of the feeling of being stuck before she just stood there awkwardly not knowing exactly what she should say next. "I'm all done now I tried everything on and I put the stuff I like in that pile." She pointed to a pile that was about three quarters of the size of the original, all things that fit her well or that she found too comfortable to leave behind.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 03-Apr-23 07:06 PM
His hand moved back up her tail instinctually as she started talking. He thought of the excuse of making sure it was ok as his fingers pressed against it. His fingertips softly caressed it, and his mind couldn’t help but wonder how it was so soft. This only happened for a few seconds before he felt weird about it. I'm sorry I should have- I just I've been keeping it up to keep it hidden so I wasn't thinking- “It’s ok, don’t worry about it. It’s ok... When we are home, you don’t have to hide it anymore. You can just be yourself.” He again looked into the mirror, noticing her flustered and looking towards her feet. It was adorable but he felt a bit off looking at her. His eyes tracked her body through the mirror, for a few seconds admiring her beauty before he forced his eyes closed to look away. Thank you, I’ll be more careful next time. I’m all done now I tried everyone on and put the stuff I like in that pile. He watched as her tail shook. His eyes almost popped out of his head as he didn’t realize that was a thing that she could just do. His gaze trailed down to the pile of clothing. It seemed like enough for her, but he wasn’t sure. He had worried a bit about if she had gotten enough of everything she needed, clothing and underwear, but he was far too embarrassed to ask and make sure. Instead he bent down in front of her grabbing as much of the pile as he could before looking back at her. “It’s ok, you did very good, I’m proud of you!” He cleared his throat a bit before he continued speaking a bit softer now. “If you can grab the rest of the things I missed… and if you wanted to get anything else… you don't want me to see… umm you can.. You can grab those and meet me at the cash register.”
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. His face was bright red, but only a glimpse of it was caught before he quickly turned away and rushed out of the changing room. He hadn’t even thought about how she would feel with him moving forward on his own without her. This entire he was basically attached to her hip, but with his embarrassment he quickly rushed to the cashier. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 03-Apr-23 07:25 PM
There it was again, that same bubbly feeling that she had inside the first time he'd told her he was proud of her. She hadn't even actually done anything for him and yet here he was giving her praise. It hadn't ever actually occured to her just how much she had been wanting to hear those words. Her entire life she had been trying to please and doing everything she was told to keep things at home peaceful and she'd never even been given a thank you, let alone someone being proud of her. When Collin seemed to struggle to get his words out to tell her she could grab more things she may not want him to see she couldn't figure out what he meant. Things I don't want him to see? What could that possibly be? She went to open her mouth to ask but just as she did he was turning to rush out of the changing room with that blush on his face again. She tried not to let the anxiety of him leaving without her get the better of her, he said he would meet her at the register and she trusted that he was telling the truth. He hadn't lied to her so far and she couldn't imagine why he would bring her to buy all these things just to abandon her here. It wasn't until she had pulled on the black hoodie again that it dawned on her. Underwear! That must be what he meant! She smiled to herself feeling pride in figuring out what he was talking about all on her own. Putting the dress back on the hanger to bring with her she stopped by the tiered tables to grab ten more pairs of underwear, she knew it was important to have plenty and as much as she didn't like asking for a lot she didn't have anything but the clothes on her back when she'd ended up on Collins front porch. "I um.. I found some." She said with a blush as she made her way to his side right when he'd gotten to the register, setting down the dress and underwear on the counter with a blush. She wasn't sure why exactly she was blushing but judging by the way he reacted to her needing them it turned into a natural response.
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"Thank you again for all of this Collin it's all so perfect!"
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Collin Evergreen BOT 03-Apr-23 08:52 PM
Collin waited in line for a few moments before being called to check out. He gave a soft smile to the clerk as they started scanning the tags of the clothing he had brought to them. He bounced from his heels to his toes with his face a bit pink. He felt the judgment of eyes staring into his soul as he was buying women's clothing by himself. Whether or not that was actually reality wasn’t important. He did his best to not make eye contact with anyone until finally his cat companion arrived at the register. A sigh of relief emptied from his lungs as he chuckled in overcompensation for his own embarrassment. Thank you again for all of this Collin it's all so perfect! He couldn’t help the pride he felt knowing that she enjoyed herself. Seeing her have what she needed was a good feeling, but the way she said it made shivers go up and down his spine. It was an overwhelming feeling of satisfaction knowing that she would be taken care of. “You’re silly, you don’t need to thank me at all. You deserve it all.” He gave her a smile and tousled her hair over her beanie like he had done before. He gave a grin to her before speaking out again. “There you are, you had this poor worker thinking all these were for me.” He gave an awkward laugh and smile towards both of them as the clerk gave him their own version of a laugh mostly out of pity. “Well, I guess the next thing on our list would be to take a little break and get some chocolate. What do you think?” Just as he finished his statement the clerk spoke up giving him another sum of money for him to pay and just like before he reached into his wallet giving her his card. After the transaction was complete he gave another smile to the clerk. “Thank you very much, have a wonderful day.”
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. Just like in the movies, Collin opened the door from the store with Amaya by his side. Bags of clothing dangled from his arms as they started making their way back to the car to put them away. “So chocolate or are there any other shops that you want to go to?” There were a few more stores on the strip, a phone company, a store with the words Victoria’s Secret, a book store called “The Quiet Quill” and of course a place where you could get chocolate. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 04-Apr-23 08:41 AM
There was that word again. Deserve. She still wasn't at all sure how she deserved anything, she had done nothing to earn anything from anybody, certainly not him. If anything she was still so surprised that he even took her in, a stranger popping up on his porch in the middle of the night, soaking wet and making what she knew had to have been a mess once she thought back on it. "Well.. it means a lot to me, sorry I made you look like you were buying girl clothes all by yourself" She smiled at him and let out the smallest of giggles, she wasn't sure if maybe it was just because they were shopping or what it was but he seemed so different. Maybe a little less sure of himself than he had seemed so far, but it was sweet in a way. At least she thought so. When she said the total and he handed over his card she knew it was a large sum and felt just a tinge of guilt twist in her stomach knowing that he probably wasn't going to be spending this much today if she hadn't crashed into his life like a wrecking ball. Still though she tried to push that feeling aside since he had reassured her multiple times that it was okay, that he wanted to give her these things. She made a mental note though to somehow give him something in return someday, hoping that this wasn't all just in preparations to kick her out.
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. When they walked outside to make their way back to the car and put the bags inside she turned to look at the signs of the other stores. Victorias secret, The quiet quill.. hmmm. "Well I don't know anyone named Victoria and it seems rude to buy someones secrets.. what is the quiet quill? It sounds like a bookstore would it be okay if we went there?" She didn't want to ask for too much but she would be lying to both him and herself if she said that she wasn't interested in maybe getting some more books, she had made it a good chunk of the way through the first book he gave her to read and knew that she would finish it sooner than later. "If we can't I really really want to go get chocolate."
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Collin Evergreen BOT 04-Apr-23 01:42 PM
Amaya had been doing better than he had thought she would about handling the entire situation, still he wanted to push a bit further. It wasn’t out of malice or to hurt her, he just wanted her to be prepared and feel easier about being in public. While the idea made himself a bit uncomfortable it was probably for the best. She had been fine this far and nothing bad had happened. “No no no, its fine. Here…” He reached into his wallet giving her two twenty dollar bills. “Take this, it should be enough to pay for a book or two. So go in, find yourself something you’d like and I’ll meet you outside.” He pointed over to an area outside of where he would go to get chocolate. Outside of the shop there was a table with a white and blue striped umbrella and three chairs surrounding it. He gave her a soft smile and waited a few moments before moving forward to see her reaction. “It’ll be ok, and I’ll be right outside if you need me.” His heart started beating a bit quicker as he started making his way for the first time today away from her. He made the decision to not look at her at all as he moved forward. The guilt terrorizing his body made him have to fight every instinct to turn back before he finally entered the store. He looked around for a few moments checking to see what options were available before picking a few variety packs of the candy for her to try. Once she knew that she was in the store he quickly made his way to get her an oreo milkshake with boba added before going to the stop he mentioned before. Patiently waiting while he nervously twiddled his fingers and tapped his foot. His eyes checking his phone to see the time over and over. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 04-Apr-23 03:16 PM
She reached out her hand to take the two twenties from him and looked at him with a confused look on his face. "Wait you're.. you're not coming with me?" There was no way for her to keep the nervous inflection out of her voice as she felt her skin prickle with anxiety. Sure it had been fine being out and about today but that's because he had been by her side, at most a few feet away from her. What if something happens? What if someone recognizes me? What do I do? The questions ran through her head on rapid fire and before she could say anything else he had already started walking away. "O...okay" She said soft and quiet as he got further and further away, she could see exactly where he was going easily and the table that he wanted her to meet him at when she was done. She'd never had her own money before, let alone made a purchase but she was good enough at math to know that she had forty dollars. After thinking it over for a few more long moments she finally started to make her way to the book store, her heart was hammering so hard she could hear it in her ears. She didn't like this, didn't like being away from him like this. He felt safe, she knew, at least she thought she knew, that he wouldn't hurt her. She couldn't imagine someone that wanted to bring her any harm would be treating her to all these things.
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. When she made her way to the door of the store she opened it and hesitantly stepped inside. She'd never been inside an actual bookstore and the sight of it was enough to distract her from her building panic at least a little bit. She saw the signs on the end of each aisle telling her what genre the shelves contained and searched around until she found the fiction section. It was arguably the section that contained the most shelves and every so often a title or cover would catch her eye and she would pick it up to read the back. It took her longer than she had intended by she finally settled on two books that she was almost certain she could afford with the two twenties that Collin had given her. Making her way to the front of the store she stood in line behind a couple other patrons and when it was her turn to cash out she was thankful her total was only thirty eight dollars and some change. She happily took the bag with her two books in it and tried not to rush to the door to go right to the table that Collin had pointed to before they split up, hoping that he would be there still even though she took longer than she had intended on.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 04-Apr-23 04:59 PM
Time moved slower and slower as he waited. Impatiently moving the things that he got her from one position to the next. His foot tapped against the floor over and over as his knees restlessly shook up and down. His eyes moving from the entrance from the bookstore back to his phone to check the time. Occasionally looking around to see if she had gotten lost or if she had been taken. The thought of it all was almost unbearable. He needed to make sure that she was ok. In his mind she was his responsibility. She was under his care and a part of him felt like if anything were to happen to her it would be his fault. He nervously checked his phone again. Each second that passed seemed slower than the next driving him into a maddening panic. He needed to find her, to make sure that she was ok. He quickly bounced to his feet moving the chair back before strutting with purpose to the door of the store. His mind fluttered with the worst case scenarios and his anxiety thought that maybe she left. Maybe she thought he grew tired of her so she went to try and find a new place to stay. Just as he reached out for the door, it swung open almost hitting him due to him so focused on getting to Amaya he barely had time to notice and react to it. As quickly as his bottled up fears and emotions came crashing through, they disappeared. Everything that he had worried about and thought would be an issue settled into nothing as Amaya emerged from the door with bag in hand. Without so much as a second thought or hesitation his arms found themselves tightly wrapping around her. His hand wrapped around her back pulling her in tightly as the other rested against the back of her head softly running his fingers through the section of hair that was in his grasp. “I- I am so sorry Amaya. Is everything ok? Are you ok? I feel terrible about leaving you like that…. I promise I won’t do it again.”
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. His chin rested against the side of her forehead as just just held her there for a few moments. Something that he realized very quickly was as much as it seemed at times she didn’t want to leave his side, he felt the same. He wanted to know she was safe. “I-... I got us some bubble tea and chocolate…..” He loosened his grip on her as he awkwardly took a step or two back. His cheeks painted pink from the emotions that possessed him into holding her like that. “I got you something called an oreo milkshake and it has the bubbles in it… It’s sweet and yummy… I think.. It’s one of my favorites.” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 04-Apr-23 05:33 PM
"I'm sorry!" She started when she almost smacked right into someone as she made her way out the door, almost shrieking when she found herself wrapped up in someone's arms. It only took a second of hearing his voice to realize that it was Collin and she stood there in his hold trying to get her heart to slow back down, for a second she swore someone had found her somehow and they were about to toss her into a trunk and take her back home. "I'm sorry I took so long I'm sorry I'm okay." He seemed so worried about her and it made her wonder if maybe it had been just as hard for him to split up as it had been for her. "There was so many books I just couldn't choose I'm sorry." She felt so guilty for making him worry, she knew she'd been gone for too long but she didn't think it would effect him like this. When he finally let go of her to take a couple steps back she wished that she had hugged him back, he was so warm and he smelled nice to her. Is that normal? She pinched her brows together for a moment at the thought but didn't think it was the kind of thing she should ask out loud. "You did?!" She bounced a couple times excitedly when he mentioned that he had gotten bubble tea, or a bubble milkshake rather. Either way it sounded delicious to her. "I'm so excited to try it! If it's your favorite it must be good!" She smiled so brightly at him before they went over to the table to sit down. "My first oreo milkshake with bubbles." She took it in her hand and took a small sip at first before her pupils went wide "It's so good!" She took another sip this time a much longer one and when she got a bubble in her mouth she squished it with her tongue and jumped a little when it popped before she broke into a giggle. "It's so fun to drink too!" @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 04-Apr-23 06:44 PM
His eyes stared stunningly into her eyes as he watched her enjoy her drink. Everything was so new to her, so exciting and carefree. It was times like this where he could envision himself with someone, holding their hand and kissing them. The more he thought about it, the more he realized this had been the closest thing that he had had to a date in years. It wasn’t intentional for it to turn out that way but the more he thought about the harder it was to shake the idea of it from his mind. Her reaction to the drink made his smile grow wide and made him chuckle before he quickly snagged the drink from her and putting her straw to his lips. “It can’t be that good.” He teased her gently before taking a massive gulp out of it and sliding it back to her. He knew it would taste amazing and still he was surprised, everything about it made his shoulders start shimming as he swallowed. It was the perfect mix of cream and sweetness with a little tapioca ball to crush afterwards. His head tilted back on his neck as he let out an exacerbated moan. “It’s sooooo good!” *He gave her a soft smile before placing his chin in the palm of his hands, his fingers almost as if they were holding up his smile as he continued watching her. She was just to interesting for him to watch, she was easily excitable which he found oh so cute, and she always did the weirdest things, at least to him. Still his eyes just looked towards her with admiration, somehow her ability to smile past all the pain that she had felt made him so warm inside. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 04-Apr-23 06:55 PM
"It is I swear! Hey what're you-" she started when he took the cup right from her hands to take a sip so large she watched the level go down in the cup with a pout, quickly replaced by a giggle when he started to shimmy. "I told you" she laughed again before she took another sip after he slid it back. This was the happiest she had ever felt, the most carefree she'd been allowed to be in her whole life. Her feet were swinging back and forth just above the ground from how far back she was sitting as she kept drinking the shake, smiling every time one of the tapioca pearls made it's way up the straw and into her waiting mouth. It took her a few moments to realize that he was staring at her and it made her cheeks heat up. "Why are you looking at me like that?" She asked with a slight tilt of her head. Being around him definitely made her feel things she hadn't ever felt before. The fluttering feeling in her stomach, the way she felt safer when he was hugging her instead of terrified, he made it so much easier for her to figure out how she actually felt about things instead of just telling her what she should do and feel and that was so foreign. She'd barely known him for an entire day and already she'd grown attached to him. She didn't quite understand what any of those feelings meant but she knew they made her smile more than she'd ever had the chance to and for that she would always be grateful. "Is there something on my face or something?" Her eyes crossed a little as if she would be able to see before she felt around her lips with her fingers to check for a mess. She was normally a very neat eater since she'd been punched and had the back of her hand smacked more times than she could count when she was just a kid for making a mess. "What is it?" @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 04-Apr-23 07:19 PM
His eyes blinked repeatedly as he snapped himself out of staring at her. He had barely even realized that he had been staring so long that it made her uncomfortable. His blushed face looked at her as he quickly sat back up in his chair and grabbed a piece of the chocolates. “Oh.. no I’m sorry, I uh, I just got lost in my train of thoughts.” He watched her eyes strain and struggle to see the parts of her face that only a mirror would be able to show and chuckled to himself a little bit. “It’s nothing. There’s nothing on you silly.” He popped the piece of chocolate into his mouth as he started getting up. He looked over to her while his hand moved to cover his mouth to cover it while he spoke out. “Well, you ready to go home? Or is there anything else you want to look at?” Collin was about ready to return back to his hobbit hole where he was most comfortable. Being an introvert through and through he just felt more at peace not having to be in the city. His thoughts also led towards the side of caution, while nothing had happened yet he didn’t want to press their luck. Still he felt obligated to let her do whatever she wanted to, the second to last thing he wanted was to end her joy because of his own nerves. "Don't forget, we still have that present for you to open up when we get back." @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 04-Apr-23 07:38 PM
"Oh.. okay if you say so." She trusted him that there wasn't some giant sticky mess of milkshake on her face and hesitantly reached for a piece of chocolate herself, keeping her eyes on him just to see if it was okay for her to take one. When he didn't react negatively she popped it into her mouth and it was so good she couldn't help but wave her hands a little, tail swishing so fast under the hoodie. When he got up she did the same making sure to grab her bag of books and her shake before nodding. "I'm ready! I almost forgot about my present" She smiled and waited for him to take the lead back to the car, being out was incredible but it was also exhausting and she was ready to curl up and take a nap in front of the fire. It was funny, when she thought about it, how quickly she got comfortable being in his space. When they got back to the car she climbed back into the passenger seat and buckled her seatbelt, finding that she managed to get it to click much easier this time around than on the way there. "Hey Collin.. um.. how long is it gonna be okay for me to stay with you?" She looked at him briefly before her gaze settled on the windshield not wanting to give away his nervous she was to ask. The question had been burning in the back of her mind since she had woken up, repeating itself every time he did something nice for her. She would understand of course if she couldn't stay with him long, after all he had a whole life that she knew next to nothing about and she didn't expect him to change so many things about the way he lived just for her. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 05-Apr-23 07:22 PM
As he approached the car and sat down inside he looked over towards her. She was getting more comfortable with everything by the hour and that was something that he enjoyed. She was a quick learner, even today she learned how to shop on her own and seemed to have handled better than he did. It wasn’t his finest moment panicking like that, but she still didn’t seem to mind it. The door closed and as the couple started to leave the parking lot, her words hit him. Hey Collin.. um.. how long is it gonna be okay for me to stay with you? This question seemed like a simple answer but the way she asked it seemed like it was plaguing her mind just as much as it was his. The simple answer would be that she could stay as long as she wanted, after all he had just bought her clothes. It also wasn't as if he didn’t have a spare room. He could just let her order her own things and give her the spare room but nothing about this situation was simple. She had people looking for her, people that he assumed would kill to get her back. Not to mention all of the information that he found online the previous night. While it was certainly safer for her to be with him, he also knew that he would be putting himself at risk. She was able to run to his house in the rain, what is stopping them from doing the same. Would he even be willing to risk his own life to protect her? There was not much that was simple about it at all. Still he gave her a soft smile as they started the journey back to the house. “Amaya… I’ve thought about this for a while. And my answer is…. That I don’t know. For now, you can stay as long as you need… but your situation is complicated… Those bad people who had you before may come looking for you…* “He paused for a moment changing his serious tone into one a bit brighter.* “So you can stay with me as long as you need, but if you want to move in with me, we may need to make a few rules ok?” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 05-Apr-23 07:40 PM
Amaya sat in the passenger seat with baited breath waiting for his answer, he seemed to be mulling it over in his head and she wondered what exactly he could be thinking. She started running through all the things she could have done wrong since showing up last night. I got the floor muddy. Downstairs and in the bathroom. I walked in on him in the shower. I left my mug on my table all night. Did I have the tv on too loud? Did I not eat enough pizza? Is he gonna kick me out? Send me back? Her heart picked up until it was slamming in her chest so hard it felt like it would break through her ribs all while she tried to stay calm on the outside. When he finally spoke and said that he didn't know she felt her entire body deflate like an old balloon, ears sinking so low even the beanie on her head shifted. The idea of the people that had taken her all those years ago coming to look for her was a very real possibility and she knew that all along. She nodded a little when he said they might need to make a few rules but the reality of what he said hadn't sunk in, mind too busy being caught on the first part. "It was foolish of me to think they would just let me go wasn't it.." She rested her head against the window and watched the buildings whiz by, each one of them holding the potential question of 'what if they're in there?' That false sense of safety she had been clinging to slipping through her fingers just as quickly as she has grasped onto it. "I don't want to bring trouble to your house."
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. What she meant was that she didn't want to bring trouble to his life. She didn't know why but for some reason that was much harder for her to say. Even if she did stay there how would she contribute anything? She knew it wouldn't be safe to get a job or even be out in public, at least not in a normal way where she didn't have to hide who she really was. Maybe I can move far far away and they'll never be able to find me again. That thought made her sad for reasons she didn't quite understand. Here she was not wanting to leave the man who up until last night was a complete stranger, who still practically was. "Maybe.. m-maybe I should find somewhere else to go."
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Collin Evergreen BOT 05-Apr-23 09:08 PM
Her words were soft and sad. Like a pair of claws digging into his chest and ripping its way to his heart. She hadn’t said anything unexpected, not wanting to cause him trouble or that she knew that they would come looking for her. It was simply the way she said it. It was heartbreaking for him to hear. He wanted nothing more than for her to feel and to be safe. This conversation brought reality back to her, he could tell. Her head resting against the window was completely different from her bubbly personality earlier and if he wasn’t sure just how much it changed, her next statement was enough to bring his brain to a screeching halt from everything else going on. Maybe.. m-maybe I should find somewhere else to go. His voice sprang out almost immediately after she spoke. “No-no-no! It is totally ok, I don’t want that. I am just saying we have to be careful.” His hands gripped tightly against the steering wheel, trying his best to think of the correct things to say that would hopefully convince her to stay “We need to make sure to set the security alarm and make sure that you don’t answer the door for anyone. If I am not home, then you should be extra careful. It’s no problem for me. If you wanted to stay here with me… We can call it our home. I just don’t want you to think you have to stay….” His brain started rushing with thought after thought. Maybe she didn’t want to stay after all. Maybe she was just using him for some free clothes and a hot meal. She could after all be playing him as a fool, hustling for money. “If you don’t want to stay, then that is ok…. If you are safe and happy then it is fine. I just thought you would feel safe with me. It’s your choice…. If you do not want to stay then I’ll take you wherever you want…”
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. This was the last thing that he wanted to do. As a matter of fact he didn’t even know if he cared that she could be there to take his money. If this was just one big ploy, using a cute woman to go into someone's house, spend a night there and get free stuff it was well played and he would cut his losses. Collin just wanted to believe that she was different and she wanted to be with him, the thought that she didn’t hurt him in a way he didn’t expect. It shouldn’t and he knew that. “I guess it is up to you Amaya. We can set you up with your own room or you can go somewhere else. Like I have said before, you’re allowed to do whatever you want. I don’t control you.” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 05-Apr-23 09:16 PM
It was then when he spoke again that it finally started to sink in a little bit. He didn't want her to leave he just wanted her to be safe, safe with him. She picked her head up off the window to look at him as if she was trying to see if he meant what he was saying or not. If it was really okay for her to claim a part of his space as her own. It felt strange, intrusive, but this was the closest she'd ever been to someone by choice and she didn't want it to end, not yet. Not ever she thought. "Is it really okay though? You.. I mean you have a whole life I don't want to ruin it." She finally said what she'd been thinking but trying to push down this entire time. She knew that it must be troublesome, having to bring her to buy all these things and teach her how to act like a normal person, nobody should have that dumped on them out of nowhere. "I do feel safe with you and I don't want to leave I don't even know where I would go I just don't want to make your life harder. I don't.. I don't want to feel like.. I don't know." She didn't know how to put into words what she was feeling anymore. It's not like she'd ever had to before, ever could. Her entire life she'd been cared for more like a pet that did housework than a human and she didn't want to somehow become that again, she wanted freedom, but she wanted it with Collin. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 05-Apr-23 10:36 PM
His posture was still a bit serious and worried as he once again questioned her intentions. It was on him, his trust issues. It was part of the reason that none of his other relationships had ever worked. He either assumed that they were with someone else, or that they didn’t want to be with him. He could never believe that anyone would ever want just him and what that came from was a lack of trust and apparently she was just part of the trend. The way she said things however was just too innocent, too believable. He felt every word she said was meaningful. Almost as if she didn’t know if she was allowed to stay or not. Is it really okay though? You.. I mean you have a whole life I don't want to ruin it. He smirked towards the road as he drove out of the city. A whole life? That’s nothing he ever thought it was. His ‘life’ consisted of going to work and then going home. If anything she was giving him life. She was a breath of fresh air, excitement that broke down the mundane. I do feel safe with you and I don't want to leave I don't even know where I would go I just don't want to make your life harder. I don't.. I don't want to feel like.. I don't know. His chest fluttered with a warm feeling as her words left her lips. It was enough to make his insecurities come crashing down and burn. The insecurities in her words, and her way of trying to express herself without being able really made him believe it. He gave her a soft smile as his tone and posture changed to a more giddy one. “Well then, it is settled. When we get to our home, we will look into making your own just the way you like it. We can order some stuff online and whenever it gets here we will move you out of the guest room into your own.” *His hands loosened the grip that gave him white knuckles as he moved his eyes from her to the road repetitively *
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. “So we will need some ground rules. Rule number one, we both will keep the house clean. Rule two. We don’t open the door for people we don’t know. Three, we get a number lock for your door, whenever you’re scared… you call me and lock yourself in the room.” His hand reached around in the backseat, trying to focus on his driving while trying to find the gift that he had been saving for the house. Eventually his fingers managed to find it before bringing it to the front and putting it in her lap. “Go ahead. Open it.” In the box there was a black and white silk collar with a bell on it. He had seen it in the store he had gone to as a collar for a pet, but with his joke earlier he thought she may think it was funny. He never truly intended for it to be anything more than that. Underneath the collar was a credit card under his name. It was one of his smaller ones, with a limit of only one hundred dollars but in an emergency situation it would be enough to help her. Finally underneath the card was a bright and shiny new phone. It wasn’t the newest model or anything crazy. It was just enough to let her explore things like the internet and music while giving her a way to reach him if she needed to while he was at work. “What do you think?” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 05-Apr-23 10:57 PM
Her eyes kept flitting between him and the road waiting to see what he was going to say again. It was like this right now, each of them saying something and waiting anxiously for the other person to answer. It was endearing in a way, how his emotions seemed to change so quickly from one to the next. He wasn't unlike her in that way, she wondered if he felt the same happiness she did seeing him perk back up whenever she did the same. 'Our house.' She couldn't help but wonder if he'd meant to emphasize it the way that he did but it didn't stop that fluttering feeling from creeping into her stomach again. "I really get a whole room just for me?" She smiled so bright at the idea of having a space that she got to decorate herself and really make hers. It wasn't like her room before was bad, but it didn't feel like her. Then again it never felt like a home either, it was just a house. When he started to name off different rules she payed close attention, keeping her eyes on him the entire time and nodding along with each new thing. "I can do that." It was easy enough, though she did feel her cheeks heat up at the mention of keeping the house clean, wondering if it was because of how she'd entered the night before. She made a mental note to never do that again. The second rule was the easiest, she was already used to never opening the door, it was a strictly enforced rule at the old house and one she'd never even thought to break, new people scared her. (edited)
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. When he set the gift in her lap she opened it carefully as if she had never opened a gift before because well she hadn't. When she finally got the box opened that same blush from before increased ten fold and she looked from him to the collar over and over again not knowing what to say. Clearing her throat she pulled it out and saw the card and the phone. Her brows pinched a little because she had nobody to call and she didn't have any money. That's when she saw it, embossed at the bottom of the plastic Collin Evergreen She knew it was different than the one he'd used in the store since this was already put together before he'd had to use it to pay and she found herself speechless for a long few moments. "Collin I don't know what to say you didn't have to do all of this." Her fingers ran over the soft silk of the collar and she couldn't help but wonder if he actually wanted her to wear it or not. It was pretty and soft and she had a feeling it would fit. "Should I...? Is it because I keep startling you I swear I didn't mean to." She said it with the breath of a laugh even though she really did feel bad for startling him more than once in his own home. "I mean I'll wear it if you want too! A-and thank you for all of this!" She wanted him to know that even if he wasn't serious she was so grateful for her first gift ever, the kind wrapped up in a box anyway since he'd already gotten her more than she'd ever been given today. "Thank you." She said again softly, cheeks still rosy, he made her feel things she'd never felt before, her entire body feeling warm and buzzing with happiness. She couldn't wait to get home. (edited)
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Collin Evergreen BOT 06-Apr-23 05:49 PM
His eyes were fixated more on the road than on her after he gave her the gift. It wasn’t anything that he thought was a big deal, just something that he could use to help protect her and make sure she was safe. He had thought about taking time off of work or asking Mr. O if he would be able to work from home for a bit to keep a better eye on her but he hadn’t made any solid decisions on the matter. Collin I don't know what to say you didn't have to do all of this. “Oh, it’s nothing. The phone is so we can talk when I’m away at work or if you ever need anything. You can play games and listen to music on it.” He gave her a soft smile before turning back to the road. “The card has one hundred dollars on it, so if you are ever in an emergency or need food or something you have a way to pay for it. Just let me know if you ever use it.” He was feeling very good about his gifts to her, she seemed to like them. Still when his eyes looked towards her he assumed she didn’t know what to do about the collar, or that it was a joke gift. Should I...? Is it because I keep startling you I swear I didn't mean to. Did she actually think he wanted her to wear it? His face grew flustered and his flustered face was flushed. His thoughts turned to a more deviant side of his mind, recalling the videos he had seen the previous night while doing research. His hands started tapping the wheel nervously as he tried to make himself think of other things. I mean I'll wear it if you want too! A-and thank you for all of this! “I-” *His cheeks grew red as he gave a smile to the windshield “It’s no problem, I just am glad you found things you liked today.*
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. His hands moved to turn up the radio, nothing had been playing this entire trip but the conversation made it seem like time was traveling quicker. Still his own awkwardness got the best of him, turning the music up enough to block the silence as he softly hummed along to the songs he liked until they finally reached the destination of home. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 06-Apr-23 06:11 PM
Amaya couldn't help but smile when she noticed how red his cheeks got, she didn't know why they did but she thought it looked cute, it made her tail swish happily as she tucked everything back inside the box so she wouldn't misplace anything. "I don't know how to use a fancy phone or a credit card but I'll do my best." She said over the music before she relaxed back into her seat. She liked the music he was playing, there were so many different kinds of songs, she'd never heard so much music before. She wasn't quite sure when it happened but at some point she had drifted off in the passenger seat, head lulling to the side, shopping was exhausting. When Collin turned into his driveway the sound of gravel crunching under the tires made her ears twitch and she put her arms up, and legs out in a long stretch before rubbing at her eyes. "M'sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep." She smiled at him soft and sleepy waiting for the car to come to a complete stop before she got out, looking around on high alert to make sure nobody else was there before she relaxed and turned around to grab her box and empty milkshake cup. She stood there for a second looking at her full hands and all the bags in the back seat. "I can help I just need to put this stuff down first!" She ran up onto the porch to set the cup and box down before coming back to the car with an eager smile. "It's the least I can do after you got me so many things!" @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 10-Apr-23 06:58 PM
Collin chuckled at her stating that she didn’t know how to use those things. It was funny to him how she thought she was expected to or that she was going to try and do her best with it. He wanted to look at her and tell her that half of the fun of getting a new toy was learning how it works and messing around with it, but when he glanced over towards her, he noticed her eyes acting a bit heavy. Her head softly brushed against the passenger side window, and he watched as she slowly fell asleep against it. It had felt so exhausting for himself and he couldn’t even imagine how she felt. Sure he was hyper vigilant of her and their surroundings but she must have felt whatever he felt but so much worse. Scared of every person around her, nervous of who may be looking at her or if someone wanted to take her away. He felt empathetic towards her and her anxiety. As he looked back and forth between her and the road as she drifted to a sound asleep. His fingers moved towards the stereo and turned the sound down steadily until it was only a soft background noise to help keep her asleep. The pace of the car slowed more and more making sure that throughout the rest of the drive would be only be smooth for her. Each little hole there was in the road was met with the release of the gas until the car just barely moved up or down from it. It seemed so simple to him, she was tired. She deserved to get some sleep and feel safe and that’s what he wanted. He would do everything in his power to make sure she slept soundly until they got to her new home.
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. The rest of the drive home he spent his time with a smile on his face. For the first time in his life, his drive was not only special but it was with someone else. He wasn’t alone and normally he wanted nothing more than to be in his home and by himself, something just changed. He was excited to be home and he was excited to be home with her. The car turned and shifted into the gravel driveway before as smoothly as he possibly could until it stopped M'sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep. “No, you have nothing to be sorry for.” His voice was soft and only an octave higher than a whisper. “You needed the sleep and I am so happy that you got to.” He stepped outside of the car as she did as well. He should have been looking around the same way she did but instead his eyes were on her. She looked nervous and shaken but in no time at all she relaxed. There was something about her that was clicking in his head and as often as they came in he tried his best to force them down. I can help I just need to put this stuff down first! It's the least I can do after you got me so many things! He gave her a sweet smile before making his way to the front door leaving the bag of goodies in the backseat. “That’s ok, we can get them in a second.”
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. He unlocked the door to their home, opening it wide for them both before quickly disarming the alarm system. The same robotic voice speaking to him, just as it had always done before. He hung his keys up next to the door before making his first trip to the car. He grabbed only a few of the bags, inhaling the fresh air of his surroundings. There really was no place like home. He made his way into the house trip after trip with or without her, bringing the bags to what would soon be her new room. Instead of bringing her stuff into the guest room where she had been sleeping, he opened the door into the bland boring room that was vastly too empty. This however was her blank canvas and he couldn’t wait to see the way she was going to paint it. Once everything was moved inside and the car and front door was locked he made his way back to Amaya to try to help her unpack. “What do you think? Think this room will be good enough to call yours?” He gave her a smile and reached into a bag of clothing ready to help her put them away. His eyes looked down to the fabric he had grabbed making his face go instantly red. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 10-Apr-23 07:12 PM
Amaya nodded when he said that they could grab the bags in a second and followed him closely back to the house. She was still a little nervous about someone figuring out where she ended up but she didn't see or hear anything and tried to push it down. When they made their way inside and he disarmed the system her ears went flat again at the robotic voice. I hope I get used to that someday. She thought before she tugged off his hat and flicked her ears a couple time to get them comfortable again. It felt nice to finally not have to hide anymore, it felt nice to be back here... with him. She went to the kitchen to toss her empty cup into the garbage before setting her gift box down and then going out with him to help carry bags in from the car. Much to her surprise he led her to the other guest room with all of them. It was much more plain than the other room and for a second she pinched her eyebrows together when he asked if it was good enough to call hers. It seemed like it was the same size, but she didn't understand why he wanted her to not have all the colors and fun that the other room had. "It's.. it's so much different than the other room. Do.. do I really get to decorate it however I want?" Truly she didn't have any idea where to even start when it came to making a space her own but she knew she definitely wanted to paint the walls a different color, something calming and nice to sleep in, and she definitely wanted a blanket that had color on it too. And books, she wanted to get more books. She was thinking it all over as she put a shirt onto a hanger only to look up to see him holding a pink lacy pair of panties in his hand, the sight making her face immediately blush to a matching hue. She didn't even know exactly why she was embarrassed but she knew that he was and that was enough to make her feel the same. "I can take those!" She squeaked out and took them from his hand to bring over and stuff into the top drawer of the dresser. "S-sorry!" <@983
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Collin Evergreen BOT 10-Apr-23 07:42 PM
His head was the villain of his story at that moment. His hands held her lacy pink coverings and without any intention from himself, his brain ran wild. He looked towards her pink complexion and then back at her underwear. His imagination decided to also get the better of him as his day dreaming began her clothes slowly disappeared away from her. Each step she took towards him, his brain saw her only in her underwear taking each step closer to him. Her body was magnificent and her tail and ears were fully on display. His pants grew tighter and tighter around him until he felt her hand take and the word sorry. In a flash of a moment he was quickly brought back to reality. Amaya walking away embarrassed by the interaction and a bulge of his own proof of his vivid imagination. “Oh!!! I- erm.. No.. umm I am sorry. I guess I just grabbed the wrong bag.” He desperately tried to laugh away his excitement from the situation. Still as he attempted to help her put away her clothes, his mind was plagued by the mental image of her wearing whatever he was grabbing. It was clear to him that this situation wasn’t going to fix itself. He needed a distraction and he needed one quickly. “So how do you want to decorate this room? It’s all yours so we can paint and decorate it however you like. Sooooo…. Any ideas?” His face winced and cringed at his best effort but it was better than nothing. He had hoped that she would show a passion that glowed radiance all over the room. Something so bright that he couldn’t help but see the vision that she had for it all. That was the angel on his left shoulder, however on his right shoulder hung a more deviant idea. The idea of her noticing his situation. A smirk rolling across her face as she put her collar on and crawled towards him.
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. SMACK The sound echoed in the room as his face was a deep red. This time it wasn’t from her. Both of his hands imprinted against his cheeks in hopes that in the pain there would leave enough room for jesus. His eyes turned towards her slowly seeing if she saw or noticed anything. His next words were shy and soft fully from embarrassment. “Sorry… There was a fly…. I didn’t get it…” His face fixated on the bags that they were unpacking looking for something to grab and hand towards her. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 10-Apr-23 07:52 PM
"Hmmm" she hummed when he asked her how she wanted to decorate the room, she was embarrassed but not nearly as embarrassed as he seemed to me. She couldn't help but wonder what was on his mind as he seemed to be lost in thought both before and after he asked her about the room. "Well I was thinking maybe I could paint it a pretty neutral pink color? I.. I don't know what it's called but I've seen it a couple times on TV. A-and maybe a big dark grey blanket? I um.. I've never really had a space to decorate myself before so I don't really know what I'm supposed to do? She busied herself putting more things away, figuring out which drawers she wanted to use for what and which order she wanted to hang her shirts and dresses in. She hadn't realized just how much he had truly gotten for her until she saw it all starting to collect in the drawers and closet. This was more than she had ever had before for certain. SMACK The loud sound startled her and she ducked for a moment out of instinct, her head snapping back over to Collin just to see him standing there with his hands on his cheeks. A fly? I didn't hear anything.. She thought to herself as she looked around focussing on trying to hear any incessant buzzing that would indicate a fly was around and hearing nothing. When he moved his hands again she saw his red his cheeks were and couldn't help but step closer to take them in her hands "Are your cheeks okay? they're so red! I don't hear a fly anymore so maybe you did get it?" She was completely unaware of the mental battle the man in front of her was fighting as she thumbed over one of his cheeks, realizing she'd never actually touched someone like this before and blushing lightly herself at it. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 18-Apr-23 07:20 PM
Her plans for the room were fantastic, although he didn’t really care much she did with it. She had said she had never had any space to decorate herself and that she didn’t know what to do with it, but it excited him that now she finally did. While he did have ideas of things that he could do and that they could do together he bit his tongue. It was important to him and for her to do it on her own. For this space to truly be hers and give her the opportunity every day to go into her room and look into it proud that it looks the way it does because of her own hard work and ideas. *His face was warm and stinging, if it wasn’t for the complete embarrassment he was feeling in the moment the pain would have been enough for him to let out a little wince. This woman, she was doing things to him and he wasn’t ready for it. She made him feel so embarrassed and self conscious at the same time. After all, it was just clothing and there was nothing special about it. With anyone else he would have had no problems looking at the clothing regardless of where it would be worn and putting it away. With her it was different, everything he saw in the bags he couldn’t help but imagine it on her. The flow of cute outfits to less clothing to almost nothing at all was enough to drive him to madness. The slap against his face was enough to try and bring him back to reality but her actions were what made his feelings settle. Are your cheeks okay? they're so red! I don't hear a fly anymore so maybe you did get it?
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He gave her a little smile but before he could gather his thoughts to reply he felt her thumbs gently against his cheeks. It was soft, gentle and sweet, something that he hadn’t felt by someone before. It was a feeling of caring, this small and simple caress of his cheeks made him feel comfortable and the nerves that he felt inside his gut that were running rampant reached a standstill. Time felt like it moved slower, the soft motion of her hands against him felt like minutes instead of seconds. Impulsiveness, that’s how he would explain it, a thing that happened in the spur of the moment. There were only two possibilities of what he could do, and yet he couldn’t bring himself to move himself away and tell her that he got the imaginary fly. Instead his legs felt heavy as they took a step closer. His arms were like overused pool noodles that made their way up. His hands were almost nervous enough to shake as they found themselves against her cheeks, his fingertips on the edge of the back of her head pulling her face towards his. His eyes closed slowly until his lips were only centimeters from hers. The urgency to kiss her, to release the feelings that he felt towards her in that moment only broke to create anticipation, to see the needs of her. Paused in time he waited for Amayato to move forward or back away from him. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 18-Apr-23 07:55 PM
When Collin didn't say anything she thumbed over the redness tinting his cheeks from the hard smack again, she didn't even realize what she was doing on a deeper level other than being curious. The fact that it was a caring gesture was half lost on her, she knew she was doing it because she cared but she didn't realize just how special it could come off to the man standing in front of her. When he took a step closer she could smell him, not just whatever body wash or cologne he was wearing either but him he smelled good too, really good. She kept her hands where they were when his hands came up to mirror hers. They were so soft and warm and she couldn't help but lean into the feeling. It wasn't until he started leaning in that she realized this was different, something was happening. Oh my god is this.. is he gonna kiss me? Is this the stuff I read in all those books? What do I do what do I do what do I do?! She could feel herself stiffen up a little, could feel his breath against her lips, but she couldn't make herself pull away. With absolutely no idea what she was doing she took another tiny step forward towards him. She looked over his face the best she could in this proximity, his eyes closed, lips just waiting for hers, he was really really good looking. I want to kiss him. She thought to herself before she let her own eyes close and closed the small distance between their lips, her breath catching the second they met. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 08-May-23 10:02 PM
His lips pressed against hers as the feeling that twirled around his stomach danced in a gleeful prance. It was the overwhelming need to feel her lips, to taste the sugar rush that her lips would give him that caused his irrational actions. One word that could be used to describe it all, desire. In this moment he desired her more than his own breath. His hands moved against her face to the back of her neck, her hair moving intertwining with his fingers as his grip against the back of her head tightened. His desire told him to bring her closer, to kiss her harder, that this is a mistake but if it was truly a mistake to make it one worthwhile. His lips pressed against hers for the seconds that felt like hours. His grip that he used to hold her close, to bring the fire of passion that he felt rushing throughout his body started loosening as his lips moved centimeters away from hers. Collin opened his eyes, looking at this beautiful person in front of him. His lips moved up slowly. Kissing her upper lip, then the tip of her nose to the bridge until her made it to her forehead. His hands moved down the side of her body, gently as if he touched her with any pressure at all she would shatter like a glass window being hit by a rock. A few seconds he looked into her eyes, the intimacy that was once held there now concerned for how she may feel. His feet instinctually took a step back. “I-..I’m sorry, I should- I just.. I’m sorry. I uh. I’ll let you unpack…”
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. Collins quickly turned himself around and walked out of the room awkwardly. His thoughts of if he should have done that or not filed his head. She wouldn’t have kissed him if she didn’t want to right? Or did she misunderstand the situation, did he? It seems wrong now but in the moment it felt like it was the only thing to do, the right thing to do. It was her touch, the way she looked at him, the joy she gave. It all was something that he craved now more then ever and made him want nothing more than to pick her up and put her against the closest wall, to kiss her so deeply, to show her that she was special. It was his stupid brain that overthought everything, that made him stop himself and leave the situation, that brought him back to his bedroom where he sat on the floor with his head resting against the foot of his bed wondering if it was a mistake and how big of a mistake it was. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 09-May-23 07:56 AM
Amaya truly had no idea what she was doing, what he was doing, what they were doing. She'd never done anything like this before but she had to admit the books she read could never really describe the feeling of someone elses lips against your own. She could feel her stomach fluttering and her entire body felt warm in places she'd never felt much of anything before, it was weird but it was good, at least she thought it was. She could feel herself blushing when Collin pulled away just enough to kiss her face all the way up to her forehead, his hands moving so gently down her sides but for some reason it felt like electricity with every small movement. She was about to try to kiss him again when he suddenly stepped back. 'I-..I’m sorry, I should- I just.. I’m sorry. I uh. I’ll let you unpack…' She just stood there unable to tell him to stop when he turned to walk away. Was I really that bad at it? She didn't even realize that her lip was quivering and that her eyes had welled with tears until one managed to sneak its way down her cheek and onto the floor. She quickly wiped the tears away and started to unpack the rest of her things, she found herself wishing that Collin was still there helping her, she liked being around him, close to him and she was beginning to wonder if maybe it was for more reasons than just the fact that he made her feel safe. She liked his smile, his laugh, his voice in general and his presence just made everything seem better. He made everything seem better. She hadn't realized it at first but now that she was thinking about it, over and over again, she realized that everything else had melted away when he kissed her. There was no fact that she had run away from a house that would never be a home, no fear that he would toss her out like yesterdays garbage, no wondering how long this could last before someone knocked on the door to take her away again. There was only Amaya and Collin and she wanted it to stay that way.
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. If only I could could figure out what I did wrong... It didn't take her very long to have all of her things put away and for a long while she just sat in the middle of the bed thinking and thinking and thinking of what she could have done to make him apologize and leave her there. Was it bad? Was he sorry because he didn't want to do it? Did he not like it? Are my lips weird? She puckered them up and ran her fingers along them but they felt like they always felt, like lips, they weren't even chapped at the moment. She felt awkward and stupid and it was a completely different kind of awkward and stupid than she had ever experienced before. She wanted to go see him, to tell him she had finished putting all of her things away, but instead she just stayed there sitting on the bed not knowing that to do with herself or the things she was feeling.
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Collin Evergreen BOT 27-May-23 08:55 PM
Collin couldn’t help himself, his brain replayed the kiss over and over as if it was the worlds best scene in a movie. The feelings he felt in his chest during it, the butterflies floating around his stomach as he thought about her. She probably didn’t even know what it meant or what he did, and that’s why he felt bad about it. Like he had taken advantage of her. Still he enjoyed it, he enjoyed it a lot and he couldn’t help but wonder if it would ever happen again. He fumbled around with his own thoughts, wondered if the kiss had gone further, if she wanted it to go further. His mind started moving towards more mischievous thoughts about how hard she may or may not have gone. It was official, he needed to stop himself from this thoughts. He was starting to get them more and more. He quickly rushed into the bathroom to take an ice cold shower. If anything it would make his sick thoughts go away, the thoughts of her being eager, like an animal in heat. She really was doing things to his mind that he wasn’t prepared for. When he met her he wasn’t ready to think like this, hell he never even imagined it. He almost felt disgusted by himself if it wasn’t for the thoughts of her lips touching his. He continued letting the ice cold water hit his back, his body shivering with each droplet, he skin tightened with each drop that brought his temperature lower. As his body got colder, his thoughts became more tame and easier to handle, until finally he was comfortable enough to rejoin her. He stepped out of the shower and started drying himself, wondering what she was up to.
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Amaya Shimada BOT 28-May-23 06:03 PM
When Amaya heard the shower turn on she frowned feeling like an idiot, she had no idea what the feelings rushing through her meant. It felt like her entire body was buzzing and her tail was swishing and flicking annoyingly fast behind her as she sat on the bed. After awhile she couldn't take it anymore and got up just to walk around the house trying to burn off whatever nervous energy was building inside her. She wanted to kiss him again, at least she thought she did. Everything was confusing as it tumbled through her head, all she could think about was how soft his lips felt on hers and the way his hands felt on her sides. Am I going crazy? When she heard the small squeak of the shower turning off she couldn't decide if she wanted to run towards him or curl up under the bed and hide. She decided on the former and tore up the stairs towards him. The second she saw him though she had regretted it and wished that she had decided to hide under the bed, she could smell his body wash and she wanted to curl up next to him and just breathe his air. "I think something is wrong with me" she started as she went up and down on her tiptoes over and over again, her one ear nervously twitching a couple times as she tried to figure out how to put her feelings into words. "I- I feel weird but I don't know what's wrong I just feel.. weird. Am I sick? Do I need to go to the doctor?" It was obvious how nervous she was feeling by the way she was standing there, like she was ready to take off running at any moment. She wasn't sure exactly where she would run to but she was ready to take off into the woods again if she needed to, maybe she'd come back eventually, probably not. "I think I want to kiss you again too but I don't know if that's why I don't feel good" She explained it as if it made any sense to anyone else, she knew most normal people had probably kissed and did who knows what else together multiple times by the time they were her age. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 02-Jun-23 10:54 PM
His wonders didn’t take long to come to light, when he stepped out of the bathroom there stood Amaya. She bobbed up and down on her feet and the only thought that filled his mind was how adorable she was. Still the fact that she understood to wait for him to be at least somewhat dressed was a mark of progress even though it wasn’t by much. The only thing that stopped himself from being on full display was the towel wrapped around his hips. His cheeks would have normally been flushed with red as lewd thoughts running around his mind, but what she said really made his thought process different. I think something is wrong with me. I- I feel weird but I don't know what's wrong I just feel.. weird. Am I sick? Do I need to go to the doctor? He moved closer to her with a concerned look on his face. The back of his hand gently placed itself on her forehead. She didn’t feel excessively warm to him, or at least not that he could tell. Although she wasn't like normal humans, not by any meaning of the word. Her personality was different from any other human. It seemed like she didn’t even know how to lie, she was through and through the definition of bubbly. Even more importantly her body was different then what he was used to. “You don’t feel sick, what doesn’t feel right?” He looked her into her eyes curiously, when she let the next words leave her lips. I think I want to kiss you again too but I don't know if that's why I don't feel good. His face became stunned at the idea of it all. Maybe she didn’t understand what she was saying or even worse she did. It wouldn’t be the worst thing, but still it would make living with her much more complicated, even more so than it already was. Still he mustered up enough confidence to finally ask his thoughts. “Ummmm.. I don’t know…. I liked it to, but I don’t know Amaya.” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 03-Jun-23 06:40 AM
Amaya couldn't help the soft little smile that made it's way onto her face when Collin came over to put the back of his hand on her forehead, it was gone much too soon though and she almost wished she had a fever so that he would keep his hand there to see how warm she was. "I just feel weird I don't know I feel all antsy and tense and-" She let out a frustrated huff because she didn't know how to explain what she was feeling until a light went off in her head and she thought of a way to maybe explain it even just a little. "Like when you have an itch you can't scratch sort of?" She was still bouncing nervously on her toes when he answered her about wanting to kiss him again and suddenly she felt incredibly embarrassed. Oh god it must have been bad. It didn't really matter that he said he liked it he seemed so unsure of everything that it made her want to run and hide. "O-okay.. um.. I'm sorry." It's not like he had rejected her or anything but it felt like rejection and now she was trying not to tear up. She really wished that she had the chance to experience things like this before she met Collin, she felt so stupid for not knowing what to do or how to feel. "I um.. I'm gonna go back to my room I think." Just as quickly as she had darted to find him she found herself making her way back to her room. When she first got back into the space she tried just flopping onto the bed but she felt like she couldn't sit still so she settled for pacing in circles at the end of the bed instead. "What is wrong with meeee?!" she wondered out loud to herself as she carved circles into the floor with her feet, tail swishing violently as she did. She'd never felt anything like this before and she hated the way it felt like nothing she did made it any better. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 03-Jun-23 10:50 PM
The entire situation made Collin feel uneasy. What was making her feel bad? The way she described it was what made him feel the most worried. She was antsy and tense? An itch that couldn’t scratch? What was going on with her, she was being affected so much so that she was letting out breaths of frustration. Her toes couldn’t stop moving around as if she was upset about the fact he said maybe they shouldn’t anymore. Maybe she had her feelings hurt, that she had done something wrong. She hadn’t in fact the kiss itself was something that he thought was wonderful. It was something that made him feel good, made him feel happy. Of course however, she may assume it was the worst kiss of his life. He just didn’t want to make things more complicated. I um.. I'm gonna go back to my room I think. He wanted to stop her, he wanted to tell her to stay. Every fiber of his being wanted to tell her to stay here with him, to cuddle in her bed and run his finger through her hair. Instead he watched her leave. He sat on his bed, waiting while thinking of what he could do to help, to make her feel better. After a few moments of sitting, he put a pair of swim trunks on deciding to go for a swim instead. He heard a muffled moment of her saying ‘What is wrong with me?!’. It was heartbreaking for him, he wanted nothing more than to open the door and tell her nothing, tell her that she was perfect, he just couldn’t bring himself to do so. Space, that is what she needed, space to figure out her thoughts, to figure out what is going on with her, let her recover from whatever is affecting her and if she doesn’t he would start to do some research. He could take her to a doctor, but her special features may make it difficult, not to mention giving her more of a target. If the wrong doctor found out, they could tell whomever she ran away from.
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After walking past her room quietly he made his way down and outside to the dock, sticking his feet into the lake pondering what to do and what she was doing. @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 04-Jun-23 12:59 PM
After pacing the floor for what felt like hours but was realistically more like fifteen minutes Amaya had gone to look for Collin again, for some reason she felt the burning need for walking away from him the way she did. When she searched the house to try to find him and didn't see him anywhere she felt panic spike in her blood. Did he leave? Did I make him mad? What if he went to find the people I was with before to send me back? The questions were running through her head on rapid fire as she searched the entirety of the house again, even pushing open the always closed door to his room to check for him there. "Collin?" She called out a couple times before she ended up downstairs again. She was just about to give up and go back up into her room to wait for him to hopefully reappear when she caught a glimpse of him out one of the many large windows. All she could see from here was his back lit up with the way the sun managed to get through the many surrounded trees. For some reason the longer she stared the faster her heart started racing. He's handsome. She thought to herself as she watching him disappear inside the water, that's when she had remembered him mentioning that he liked to swim, he'd even had her get bathing suits so she could try to learn too. "That's it!" She got the idea to run back up the stairs an pull out one of the two piece bathing suits that he had gotten for her and tore off her clothes to put it on. .
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It hadn't taken her as long this time to figure out the strings of the bathing suit as she got them all tied tight enough that they weren't falling down or sliding up. She looked down at herself and felt her cheeks turn bright red at just how little she was wearing and really wanted to pull the hoodie back over her head. She didn't though and instead made her way down that stairs and timidly out the front door. In hindsight she should have put on some of the sandals that she had gotten but it didn't take too many painful steps until she reached the grass and not much longer she was sitting on the dock with her legs crossed watching the water and waiting for Collin to notice her there, for some reason it felt rude to announce herself when he seemed to be enjoying his swim. @Jester
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Collin Evergreen BOT 13-Jun-23 03:22 AM
Collin sat on the deck for only a few moments taking breaths to clear his mind. He thought about talking to her over and over. Trying to explain everything. Explain that he did find her attractive, that he wanted to kiss her. Not only did he want to kiss her, he wanted to kiss her over and over again. He wanted to do more than kiss her, he wanted to feel his hands all over her body. He wanted to feel her hands against his body to let her explore him fully. However, for all of that to happen it would complicate everything, it would make things so difficult and hard for them to exist together. It would make everything so difficult. He couldn’t even begin to think of a way to explain these things to her. Instead the thing he could do was go for a swim. He could give her space and he could take all of the pent up lewd energy that he had been building up with each minute he spent swimming.
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. The next few moments Collin swam out in the lake. Dipping his body under water until his lungs ran out of oxygen before bringing his head back up. He took his time catching his breath before sinking back into it. Collin made it almost thirteen meters out before turning back. He dipped himself under the water and turned back towards the dock to make his way back to deck. His plan was working, it was refreshing and his breath was getting heavier and the thoughts that grew dirtier and dirtier of Amaya started leaving his head. Just as they started leaving his brain however, he noticed someone sitting on the dock. It could only be one person. Just like that, the ideas slowly started trickling back into his mind. Still he continued doing his exercise, dipping his head under water until he couldn’t anymore and then getting air again. Finally, he made it to the dock, his head was under the water as he approached. His head popped up for oxygen as his hand grabbed the dock. As his head came up, just to his luck his face landed between her legs. His breath trying to get back into lungs only to escape out again onto her inner thighs and legs. Taking a few moments to gather himself before talking to her. “Hey-hey Amaya…. Di-” His eyes for the first time trailed up her body, for the first time seeing the majority of her body. She was adorable with herself covered, but seeing her like this, it would be enough to take his breath away if he wasn’t already chasing it. His eyes struggled to make it off of her body to meet her face, and when they did they quickly went back down. “Did… Did you need something?” @𝓣𝓮𝓪𝓻𝓼 𝓸𝓯 𝓽𝓱𝓮 𝓚𝓲𝓽 🪷
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Amaya Shimada BOT 19-Jun-23 10:52 AM
He's such a good swimmer. She thought to herself as he dipped beneath the surface over and over again. Should couldn't think of a time that she had ever fully submerged her head underwater, although the ears made it a lot more difficult in the first place. She let her legs uncross and hung them over the edge of the dock to feel the cool water on her skin. It felt nice and she could understand why he enjoyed swimming back here so much. It was peaceful, much better than the home she was used to. Collin seeemd so.. nervous? When he came up from under the water to meet her at the dock. She couldn't really wrap her head around why, was he just as not used to these kinds of things as she was? "No I.. just didn't want to be by myself I guess?" She picked mindlessly at the wood of the dock trying to keep her hands busy. "Did.. Did I do something wrong?" She managed to look down at him briefly before focusing back on the wood. @Jester
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