Mina Rose shifted into his embrace, daring to let her head rest on his shoulder for a moment. She breathed in deeply, his scent filling her senses, and she decided she liked the way he smelled. Geremy had always smelled deeply of smoke, something that obscured his natural scent; there was a hint...
Mina's anxiety turned to relief at his clarification. "Alrigh'," she confirmed. "I jus' didn' wanna be the reason ya did summat ya didn' wanna do." She looked him in the eye as she remarked, "I don' rightly know wha' I want from us, bu' I know I don' wantcha ever hatin' me. E'en if we don' work...
Mina Rose was looking at him a bit oddly; perhaps it was something in his tone, or the way he'd phrased it. She took his paw in hers, lowering and softening her voice. "Ya don' have ta do nothin' ya don' wanna," she told him gently. "I know e'ryone says 'at males only want one thing, bu' I've...
Mina Rose batted her eyelashes at her soon-to-be suitor. "Well," she mused, "I suppose 'at, before ya go shopping fer any such garment fer me, it migh' behoove ya ta have my measurements. I ain't so good at takin' 'em myself, so I could allus use an extra paw or two."
She paused, looking in his...
Mina Rose's eyes sparkled as she leaned in, the distance between them closing. Whatever perfume she was wearing, appropriately enough, smelled faintly of roses, mixing pleasantly with the earthiness of her own scent. "Well," she breathed, her voice low and sultry in a way that, based on the...
Mina smiled brightly at his suggestion. "Oh, sure," she enthused. "I mean, it's a li'l awkward if yer treatin' me by spendin' lotsa money, bu' not near as awkward as coin itself, ya know? I reckon I can live wiv' 'at." She carefully counted out the coin for the food and drink, returning the rest...
Mina watched him devour the sandwich, her eyes wide as he indicated his approval wordlessly with his mouth. At his invitation, she hesitated, glancing about to make sure the owner wouldn't come tell her off, before she sat herself down again. "Ya really don' gotta tip me so gen'rously," she...
Mina Rose's tail, if properly harness by one of Kaii's inventions, could probably have generated the turbine power necessary to run his experiments for a year. She positively ran to the kitchen, ignoring the grumpy voice of the cook and focusing on gathering the ingredients she needed. Bread...
Mina shook her head. "Nah, 'ey got a cook here," she confirmed, "though it seems like 'e only knows 'ow ta make slop in a bowl, slop on a bun, or slop in a cup. 'E keeps tryin' ta market th latter as 'protein shakes'." She shook her head. "Dunno who'd be crazy 'nough ta drink 'at stuff. I can go...
Mina Rose brightened up at his comment. "Oh, now I wanna go shoppin' an' get some proper ingredients," she enthused, her tail wagging. "I wonder if I can get some ackee an' saltfish - ooh, an' maybe some plantains. Fry 'em up an' eat 'em like crisps, an' they're so good," she groaned at the...
Mina Rose's tears were drying slowly, her eyes sparkling as she listened to Kaii's gentle affirmations. He didn't try to butter her up and make her believe she was a genius; she knew that she'd never be on his level that way, at least in the kind of intelligence that he was gifted with. She...
Mina Rose blinked, desire to accept his kindness still warring with the voice of her own self-doubt. "Really?" she asked. She blinked, and looked down at the table, suddenly bashful. "So, ya don' mind 'at I ain' smart an' articulate like you?" She mispronounced articulate, placing an oo sound...
Mina Rose looked up at Kaii, blinking through the tears. She hesitated before nodding slowly. "I don' wantcha ta pity me," she sniffed, rubbing at her eyes and leaving a small smear of her mascara on her lower eyelid. "Ya don' have ta indulge me if ya don' wanna. I know I ain' much o' a find. No...
Mina Rose felt tears of frustration start to come to her eyes as the sweet, gentle, fallen noble offered her space for her to figure out what she wanted. That was exactly the problem. "I don' know what I want," she confessed, almost in a sob. "I wanna be loved, be held an' pampered, an' told...
Mina Rose stopped twitching as Kaii asked directly about her condition. She felt her face blush a bright red. "Yeah, I.... I'm fine," she deflected, not meeting his gaze. Her mind conjured up a few ways she could soothe her needs, and that only made her blush even redder. "I jus' like listenin'...