"You say that I should savor this moment? I like that. Then let's get started, Liohime Kitagami."
With those words, Shihon quietly entered the half-filled bathtub and slowly sat at the front end, and continued, "We're gonna begin the Shihon Princess Treatment."
"T-The what?"
"The Shihon Princess Treatment," she repeated. "I'm gonna make sure that you pay me back dearly for how you treated me in Tag. Anyway, let's start off with you washing my back.
Silence followed, with only the trickle of warm water that flowed into the bathtub being the primary sound. Then, Liohime got up, removed the rest of his clothes and entered, sitting behind her and grabbing the soap scrubber and the bottle of body wash.
Now with her face hidden from his line of sight, her mask of confidence easily broke off.
W-What the hell am I even doing!?!? I was totally trying to seduce him just now!! But he's not uncomfortable about it….right?
She slowly rotated her head and suddenly, their eyes met, right before they both quickly averted their gazes at the same time.
"I'm about…to start, Shihon."
"Sure…g-go ahead."
Liohime, who had surprisingly not raised any complaints of bathing her under her command, began to spread the cold liquid soap on her bare skin in slow motions, and held his breath.
How did I even end up in this situation….oh wait, it's because of me, he concluded.
As his hands moved to her lower back, Shihon flinched.
"S-Sorry, Master. I just…it kinda tickled."
"No, it's alright. Um, I'm almost done with your back, okay? I'll use the scrubber right after this…and…"
He bit his lower lip before continuing.
"Just your back…right?"
"Eh? W-Well, um..."
Her ego had now all but subsided, and the thought of Liohime having to touch her in other places caused immoral thoughts to flood into her mind, short-circuiting her brain.
Master….having to….fondle….my-AHHHHHHH-
"It's fine….with just my back….Master."
-AHHH!!! FUCKKK!!! I CHOKED!!!!
And just like that, Shihon had fumbled the bag, and Liohime's anxiety quickly subsided.
"A-Alright then, here's the body wash. You can rub some on the front of your body while I scrub your back."
"...Okay."
Feeling her cheeks heating up, she covered half of her face with her left hand and grabbed the bottle with her right, resigned to her fate.
However, she had not been the only one who almost decided to make a risky suggestion.
On hearing his Magical Beast Girl's response, Liohime intended to ask, "Are you sure? I have no problem with it," but immediately threw that statement out of his mind.
I almost began to think with my dick there…goodness.
I'm somehow impressed. Fair play. Still, he also fumbled the bag.
It still felt weird to him, handling close moments with a person who was a Magical Beast. He had seen no instances of intimate relationships in the outside world, and why would there be when the norm was humans having friendships with mythical animals?
His eyes then narrowed as he raised an eyebrow.
Wait. In a sense, would fucking Shihon be beastia-
"Master?"
"Hm? Ah, I stopped scrubbing for a second there. I'm pretty much done, though. What shall I do next for you, Princess?"
"Soaping m-my hair, please!"
"Alright."
Fulfilling her next command, Liohime moved onto his next mission, and after a few seconds, Shihon could feel a relieving massage that resulted from movements of his hands on her back, hair and scalp.
"You're a bit too good at this, Master…I wonder why."
"Oh boy."
".....Can I ask you something?"
"What's up?"
Shihon had pondered on a stray thought, and needed an answer.
You blocked Tisha Marsey on your phone, so why does it seem like you guys have good interactions whenever you meet?"
"-hk, don't think that it's because we're making up, okay…? It's a bit complicated."
"We have time," Shihon muttered, causing Liohime to purse his lips.
"Why do you wan't to know?"
"Just because. No matter what, it seemed like you guys had suuuch a good relationship in the past. Taking her out to a fashion store, meeting at the park on Christma-uuuegh!! I almost threw up there."
"Take your time."
"And the conversations that you have with her doesn't seem like it's from a previous toxic relationship."
"Well, like I said before," Liohime answered while sighing, "we broke up because of my work. Long story short, she feared for my safety and tried to get me to quit, but I didn't want to. No, that's not right…I couldn't. We had a pretty bad argument about it and I blocked her because even though we managed to break up on good terms, she would always try to check up on me and beg me to reconsider working at my job."
"Oh."
"Her efforts have mostly dwindled, but from time to time, she might visit me from next door or bump into me like at the park to talk. Still, we're in no way getting back together, so don't worry."
"I see," came the simple reply.
Shihon slightly bowed her head in frustration.
As she pictured her Master's last relationship in her head, she could imagine Liohime's building frustration and annoyance by Tisha's inability to give him space and leave him alone.
But would that mean…
"Alright then, I'm done with your hair," the young man responded. "What's next- ah."
He tilted his head, monitoring the figure that turned around to face him and look him in the eyes.
Shihon, displaying an expression of doubt, stared at him.
"What's wrong?" he asked, right before she neared him and placed her head on his beating heart while her breasts warmly touched his chest.
"Master…I don't want you to hate me if I get too close to you and try to talk you out of something."
He stiffened up, but did not flinch or move backwards.
She then embraced him tightly, squeezing both of their bodies together.
"S-Shihon…if you keep this up-"
"Then what?"
"-hk."
Her endearing yet sly gaze met his, and Shihon jerked her head up, softly whispering to him in his ear:
"What will you do to me if I get too close to you, Master?"