S M Day at the Office

[Aster]

"AWAKEN, MORTAL! IT IS TIME TO BEGIN YOUR DAILY ROUTINE!"

The sound of an all-too-familiar greeting rang loud and clear, cutting through the haze of sleep still hanging over Aster's head. She groaned audibly, lifting an arm to lazily swat at her bedside table, blindly groping for her alarm clock. It took nearly a full minute to find it, during which she dislodged and sent flying her wallet, keys, phone, glasses and an empty water bottle.

"I have an alarm, you know," she grumbled as she finally lifted her head up from the pillow, resting her chin on it. "Not that it does any good with somebody like you around."

Her only response was a maniacal cackle, as someone unceremoniously yanked the blankets off from her and her sheets out from under her in one fell swoop. Aster yelped in surprise as she was sent spinning and tumbling out of bed, landing on her rump with a soft whump of her (some might say unnecessarily) fluffy and padded carpet.

With a friend like Mako, though, carpet as soft and plush as she had was entirely necessary.

"If I let you rely on that thing, you'd never get out of bed!" Mako announced, plopping a hand down on Aster's head and ruffling her hair.

"One of these days, I'm gonna get an alarm system to stop you breaking in here," the wolf girl grumped, swatting away the offending hand and forcing her tail not to wag with a monumental effort of will.

"Is it really breaking in if you told me where your spare key is and never lock the door anyway?"

"Don't use logic against me at this hour."

 

[Aster]

Aster yawned heavily, rubbing the sleep out of her eyes. "Why are you even here, anyway, Mako?"

"To make sure you got up this morning!" the interloper responded cheerfully. "You know that the manager can't keep letting you slide on being late forever."

"Pretty sure he can, actually..." The wolf shrugged in obvious disinterest. "But, hey, congrats. You got me up anyway. Woke me up right out of a nice dream."

"Aw, shoot." Mako pouted at that. "I didn't mean to interrupt dream time." She paused for a moment. "Oh, dang, wait...was it a dream, or a 'special' dream?"

In response, the wolf girl just shambled up to her feet, resting her hands on her hips. And playfully shaking them back and forth, to make something big and hard bob and wave around, the shadow of it falling across Mako's suddenly bright red face as she covered her eyes with both hand. "Well, there's only really one of three reasons for this, at this hour." She yawned again, shaking her head to try and drive the haze of 'the sleepies' away for good. "Take your guess which one."

"P-Put that away!" she squeaked in clear and open embarrassment, waving her hand around and turning her head away. She only narrowly missed actually slapping the very sensitive organ hovering only a few feet from her face. "I get it that you're glad to see me, but come on, have some decency!"

"Hey, you know I sleep naked." Aster just shrugged, with a shit-eating grin on her face as she stretched out. "You knew exactly what you were in for after yanking me out of bed like that. Now either help me deal with it, or leave me be so I can get ready."

"You're a jerk!" Mako pouted, but quickly scurried out of the room. "Do you even have anything to eat around here, or did you forget to go shopping again?"

"Gonna do it tomorrow!" the wolf-girl hollered back, while lazily strolling for the bathroom. "Go pick me up somethin' while I shower, would ya?"

"You're gonna pay me back this time, right?!"

Only a wordless humming and sing-song came from Aster as she kicked the bathroom door shut behind her.

 

[Aster]

"Showering...hate it so much," Aster grumped as she stood, head bowed, under the water. "Until I get in here, anyway. Hate getting all wet, but the hot water...mmm..." She trailed off into a wordless mumble, just letting her eyes drift closed.

One of the reasons she hated it so much was just how long it took to properly deal with and care for the abundant masses of fluff that were her hair and tail. Sometimes she envied people that could do it in just a few minutes, when it always took her at least an hour, and often contributed to her being late for everything on days when she had to do it.

Luckily, she was blessed enough that as long as she didn't act like a complete slovenly buffoon, she only had to really do that once every week or two. "Thank Terry for dad's genes in that regard, I guess..." she murmured, running a sopping hand over her face. Dad and his side of the family had always been blessed with naturally soft, silky hair and fur that didn't get unnecessarily oily or messy. Mom, though...after a couple days, you could wring hers out and probably change the oil in a car.

A low snicker came to her at the thought of that. "Sucks for little sis...she got mom's hair," she mused. "Probably has to deal with this mess every couple days. And speaking of this mess..." She groaned, finally reaching for the shampoo. "Time for the worst part."

She was being overly-dramatic, of course. She was still in a bad mood from being woken up so suddenly. Definitely not a morning person, which she knew quite well, and not even the magical elixir of coffee could help her in that regard. She didn't even really like the stuff, and only ever consumed it because it was one of the few ways she could safely enjoy the taste of chocolate -- which she loved unabashedly, but as her dad had drilled into her head from a very young age, "don't do it, kid, it'll make you sicker than anything if you're lucky".

She still regretted not listening to him, and the hostpital stay was not a fond memory for her.

 

[Aster]

"Hnnnng...."

Once out of the warm and wet embrace of the shower, Aster set about the arduous task of drying. And getting a good, proper stretch. Much as her parents disapproved, she loved to embrace her dog side just a little and shake herself dry. Just flopping down to all fours and shaking around like a maniac, flinging water everywhere.

At least, everywhere except 'still on her', which was all she really cared about.

Arms stretched out in front of her, elbows on the ground, rear end raised up in the air, she stretched out post-shakedown. Her mouth stretched open, in a long and mostly silent yawn as her tail drooped down into a lazy pile of damp fluff.

"....nnnnaaaaah...."

And she plopped her mouth closed, idly smacking and licking her lips. "Mrngh...man, I hate mornings. Who even invented them?" she grumbled before slowly hauling herself up. "Better finish gettin' ready before Mako gets back. She'll never let me live it down if I'm late again." With an overly dramatic sigh, she turned and slowly slunk off out of the (now utterly drenched, and thankfully waterproofed) bathroom and off back to her bedroom.

The state her sleeping chamber was in, everything strewn about haphazardly and in utter disarray, would have probably made some people lose their minds. But it was all perfectly organized as far as Aster was concerned. No one else needed to know where she kept things, or even comprehend her methods of sorting and storing things. Despite the visible mess, it was all still clean and she knew where everything she needed was.

Everything from her clothes, which she dug around and found within moments and tossed onto her bed, to the fact that her empty phone charger reminded her she had left it at work (like a complete idiot, but that was beside the point), to her favorite six-inch secret tucked into the open drawer of her bedside table. Stupid place to leave it, in all honesty, if she was going to leave it open like that. Anyone who came in could see what she like to plug up her backdoor with. Not that anyone should actually be in her room anyway. She didn't have much company over, and when she did they usually weren't intimate enough to warrant going to someplace like her bedroom.

She had a guest bathroom precisely to avoid that issue.

Oh, well. She grabbed it up, fishing the lube out of a lower, properly shut, drawer. A gentle, almost affectionate stroke of her thumb over the base brought it buzzing and humming to life, and she chuckled. "One day maybe I'll be able to handle something bigger." She already had something bigger, but that was for private fun time, not something she was comfortable (or really physically able to, yet) wearing out and about.

"Right." And she straightened up, snatching up the lube from the same drawer and tossing both items next to the rest of her clothes. "Need to take care of this..." And she brought a fingertip down on the head of a very problematic little soldier still standing at attention, pushing it down until it jutted out perpendicular from her torso. "...before Mako gets back. She'd go double ballistic if she had to help with it again." And she let her finger slide over the tip, making it pop right back up to attention, bobbing about.

She chuckled, shaking her head. "Sometimes this thing is a nuisance, I swear...but then again, so am I. So I guess we're a perfect match."

 

[Aster]

It was due to a combination of wanting to go back to sleep after a nice warm shower, and the fact that Aster always underestimated just how quickly Mako could get things done, that resulted in her not being finished yet when the frustratingly-exuberant one returned.

"I'm baaaack!" she announced, applying boot to door to kick it open.

Luckily, several previous incidents of exactly that had lead to the wall being padded and reinforced to prevent any damage.

Aster just groaned. "Couldn't you have taken just...another minute or two?"

"I guess I could have, but why would IiiiiiiiIIEEEHHH WHY ARE YOU STILL NAKED?!"

The wolf just grimaced at that, shifting to sit upright and dropping her hand from its stroking position. "C'mon, now. You already know the answer to that. Since when do I wear anything when I'm in my own house?"

Mako shielded her eyes with the back of one hand. "When you have company over!"

"See, 'company' implies I actually invited them," Aster grumped. "Now close the door and either gimme a hand, or leave me be for like five minutes."

"You're a jerk sometimes." The front door was promptly closed, and Mako scurried off into the kitchen to leave Aster be.

"And yet you still love me."

"You're a BIG jerk!"