I

Kobayashi's eyes slowly opened. Her head hurt, she must have drank too much the night before...

She glanced to the alarm clock and saw that she had managed to wake up twenty minutes before it would start buzzing and ordering her out of bed. At least she was not oversleeping. She sat up, closed her eyes, and rolled her head left and right to loosen up her neck muscles.

The covers fell away from her and she let out a loud yawn as she worked on stretching her arms out. Part of her wanted to just call off work today; she really was not feeling too well. She figured she should learn to be a little more careful with her drinking on work nights. Though, in all honesty she already knew that there would in fact be a repeat sometime in the not-too-distant future. It's not like she had a drinking problem, at least she did not think she did, she simply liked drinking. Who cared if she did go a little overboard from time to time? It's not like she was hurting anyone.

She sat there with her eyes closed for a while, mentally weighing the option of just laying her head down for the last twenty minutes before her alarm would ring. That extra twenty minutes of sleep may not actually help her condition much, but it was still tempting.

Tohru should be awake already, getting started on cooking breakfast. She may be a bit of a clumsy maid at times but she certainly did work hard, and for whatever complications she may have brought there were plenty of conveniences of having her around as well. Regardless of any of that, though, Tohru was her friend and Kobayashi was happy to have her in her life.

"Good morning Miss. Kobayashi," said Tohru from right next to her.

Kobayashi yawned, still half asleep. "Good morning Tohr-" Her eyes opened, and she looked to her right. She froze, not sure how to react. Tohru was laying down right next to her, smiling with her head propped up over her arm . Kobayashi's eyes traced along her maid's bare shoulders, down to her breasts and her stomach where the bedsheets only covered the lower half of her body.

Tohru's smile grew bigger and she blushed, "Is everything okay? Miss. Kobayashi?"

Kobayashi's thoughts still had not fully caught up to her. Her headache was forgotten, at least, but now she was trapped just staring at her nude dragon maid. Kobayashi sometimes made fun of the size of her breasts (usually when she was drunk), but seeing them bare and fully exposed was hard to look away from. In the back of her mind the events of last night left a vague impression, and she was starting to remember what led to her maid laying naked in bed next to her.

Kobayashi's head turned down so she could look at herself, and when she did she let out a scream. She quickly wrapped her arms over her own chest and jumped back, accidentally going right off the edge of the bed. Her butt hit the floor and her head banged on the wall.

"Miss. Kobayashi! Are you alright?!" Tohru said, quickly perching herself on the edge of the bed to look down and see if her master was ok. The bedsheets had now fallen completely away from Tohru's body, and from her perched position atop the bed Kobayashi could now see everything. The fact that her own body was completely exposed was not helping her situation either, though she managed to snag an end of the bedsheet and cover her lower body while her arm covered her chest.

"T-Tohru! P-put some clothes on!" Kobayashi shouted.

"Huh?" Tohru looked down at herself as if she thought it was an odd request. She then looked back to her master, smiled, and nodded her head. "Yes! I shall do it right away!" There was a certain level of excitement she seemed to get whenever she was given an order from her master or saw an opportunity to do something for her, no matter how mundane it may be.

Kobayashi managed to pull the bed sheet down more and get it over the rest of her body. She then spotted an article of her own clothing laying on the floor a few meters away from her. It was a T-Shirt. Her arm stretched out to reach it. As she did so she ended up catching sight of Tohru from behind. She was bent over, pulling up her panties, straightening them along the way to keep them from rolling up as they journeyed their way up her thick thighs. Her massive green tail was wagging back forth.

Kobayashi gulped, unable to keep herself from tracing the curves of Tohru back. She did not normally think about or notice these kinds of things, but right now she really could not help herself. She had never seen Tohru naked before (well, aside from last night apparently, but she could barely remember it). Really, she never saw anyone with such a stunning figure naked before, and Kobayashi would be lying if she did not admit she found Tohru's body to be quite amazing. She shook her head, retreated back behind the bed and put her shirt on. Her head then popped up again and looked around for a bottom to wear.

Kobayashi spotted a pair of pants littering the floor a few meters from the bed. She kept one hand holding the bed sheet over her crotch as she reached for it. Tohru finished putting the underblouse of her maid costume on, then turned to say something to Kobayashi. "What would you like for breakfast, Miss. Kobayashi?"

Kobayashi gasped, lost balanced on her knees and fell, practically face planting into the floor. She managed to keep her front covered, but her butt was totally visible as she laid there. Her response was dry and muffled. "Anything is fine... Tohru…"

"Okay!" Tohru said, pumping her fist in the air. Somehow, Tohru wearing only the blouse and panties seemed more erotic than simply being nude. "I will do my best to provide you with a nutritious start to your day!"

"Thank you. Tohru," said Kobayashi in her dry tone, with her face still firmly planted against the ground.

II

It seemed that Tohru did not have much awareness regarding nudity. Apparently to her it was not something that was even worthy of note. Kobayashi figured that in dragon culture clothes really were not as important as they were to humans. In a dragon's true form they did not wear clothes, after all, and on the day Kobayashi had met Tohru and saw her human form for the first time Tohru had been rather scantily clad in only a thin cloak. It was not until adopting the maid persona that Tohru started covering herself up more, and that is only because her maid uniform is what the role called for. Lucoa's typical wardrobe could be another example of dragon-kind's possible unawareness of human norms regarding clothing.
Kobayashi got herself changed into her work clothes after Tohru left the room to get started on cooking breakfast. "Hey, Tohru," Kobayashi called out to her.

"Yes, Miss. Kobayashi?" she called back.

"Make sure you wake Kanna up, okay?"

"Okay!"

Kobayashi fixed her collar and straightened her tie as she looked at herself in the mirror. Her eyes had dark rings under them, and her face was a bit worn thanks to the hangover. Once she got some food and a little coffee into her body she would feel just fine, though. "Tohru?" she called out to the kitchen once again.

"Yes?"

"Get some coffee started as well, please."

"Of course!" Tohru called back merrilly.

Kobayashi sighed as she looked over to the bed which was unmade with the pillows scattered about and the sheets lying on the floor...

Last night… she had sex with Tohru…

Kobayashi put her glasses on, gave her tie a final adjustment and left the bedroom. Tohru was in the kitchen tending to the stove, humming to herself with her massive tail peeking out from under her maid uniform and wagging. When Kobayashi looked closer she realized a large chunk of its tip was missing and simply ended in a fleshy stump.

Kobayashi sighed. "Tohru, you weren't planning to try serving your tail meat to me again, were you?"

Tohru laughed and scratched the back of her head nervously. "Oh, and what would ever make you think that?" Kobayashi just pointed down at Tohru's tail, and it instantly tucked itself up under her dress. "Oh, come on! It's just a teeny tiny little piece!"

Kobayashi couldn't help smiling, "Sorry, but we've been through this. I am morally opposed to eating tail…" Kanna then came out of her own room dressed in her school uniform, and hopped up into her seat at the table. "Good morning Kanna," Kobayashi said to her.

"Good morning," Kanna responded in her small sleepy voice.

Tohru came over to the table, set a cup of coffee in front of Kobayashi and a glass of juice in front of Kanna. "Food will be ready shortly!" she said to them in a cheery voice. She always seemed to be at her happiest when she was being utilized as a maid and serving people. Even more so when she was serving Miss. Kobayashi.

It was odd, despite how the morning had started, things now seemed to be progressing as normally as any other day. Well, whatever the word "normal" could consist of after inviting a couple of dragons to come live in her house with her.

But... she had SEX with Tohru last night! It felt like that should have changed things. Change things how, though? She wasn't sure exactly what she expected, but she could not help but wonder what was on Tohru's mind at the moment. Was Tohru thinking about it? Because Kobayashi herself certainly could not think about anything else even if she wanted to.

Tohru was always in love with her; Kobayashi knew that but was never really able to return the love. She supposed she had managed to do it in small ways from time to time, like holding Tohru's hand out in public, praising her, patting her head. Was she in love with Tohru, though? She did not know. She honestly was not the type of person who could clearly tell how she felt about things like that. Tohru was certainly a very close friend to her, she knew that at least.

Would she want to do what they did together last night again? Again, she was not sure. If she had not been drinking so heavily it may not have happened at all. Again, she wondered what was on Tohru's mind and how she felt about the whole thing. As far as Kobayashi could tell, though, Tohru's demeanor had not changed at all. Maybe to dragons it was not that big of a deal?

Tohru served them breakfast and they all enjoyed their morning meal together just as normal. When Kobayashi was done her plate only had a few scraps of untouched tail meat pushed to the side. Apparently Tohru could not resist at least putting it there, which Kobayashi already expected. She looked at the clock and saw it was almost time to go. She looked at her empty coffee cup, and decided she wanted to stay just a little longer.

"Say Tohru, think you could do me a favor?" Kobayashi asked.

"Yes! What is it? I shall do whatever you ask of me!"

"I just wanted to have another cup of coffee before going, so do you think you could fly me to work today in order to save me a little time?"

"Oh…" Tohru bowed her head. "I am terribly sorry Miss. Kobayashi but I can not risk transforming today."

"Huh? You can't?"

"No, I am so sorry but it would be best if I stayed with this one form for the rest of the day. I should have warned you of this sooner. My deepest apologies, Miss. Kobayashi!"

"Oh, well there is no need to apologize. I don't usually have you take me, so it's my fault for not asking in advance." She stood up and yawned as she stretched her arms out. "Well, guess I had better get a move on, then."

"Oh! Just a moment!" Tohru got up and gleefully skipped back to the kitchen with her thick tail trailing behind her. Its tip had already regrown. When she came back she offered Kobayashi a coffee cup with a sealed lid. "Here, since you don't have time to sit and drink this you can take it with you!"

"Ah, thank you Tohru. I appreciate it."

Tohru nodded her head happily, with a starry look in her eyes as if she was in anticipation for something. Kobayashi had to admit she was pretty cute when she acted like this, and reached a hand up to pat Tohru's head. Tohru laughed in response, bowing her head to accept the pat as her face reddened with blush.

"Alright Tohru," Kobayashi said as she took her hand away from her head again. "I really need to get going now, see you when I get home." She waved to Kanna. "You too Kanna, make sure you are not late for school ok?"

"Ok! Goodbye Miss. Kobayashi!" Kanna called back in her small voice, raising one of her little hands in the air to wave goodbye.

"Miss. Kobayashi, could you wait just another moment?" Tohru asked, bowing her head with her hands folded neatly in front of her as Kobayashi stood halfway out the door.

"What is it, Tohru?" she asked.

"Um… I just wanted to let you know when you get home it is possible I may have a surprise waiting for you."

"A surprise, huh?" Kobayashi asked, skeptically. "It's not going to be your tail, is it?"

"No!" Tohru said, raising her head and shaking her hands. "Not this time!"

"Then it won't be anything weird, will it?"

"If by weird you mean something of a sexual nature then I promise that is not the case either. That is, unless you would like to be surprised by something like that!"

"No… I mean… I would rather not have any surprises like that."

"Ok, well either way that is not the case. It's… something else…" Tohru's red dragon-eyes glanced away shyly.

"You can't just tell me?"

Tohru shook her head, "I would rather wait."

"It's nothing bad, is it?"

"No! It is something very good! But if I am being honest, I am a little worried how you might react… I-I think it will make you happy, though… at least I hope it will."

Kobayashi just smiled. "Ok, then I'm sure it will be great." She expected that might not be the case, but figured she would give Tohru the benefit of the doubt for now. "Well, see'ya."

"Miss. Kobayashi!" Tohru said as she turned to leave. Kobayashi turned and patiently raised an eyebrow to ask what it was now. "Um… since you are leaving for work… do you think you could give me a kiss goodbye?"

Kobayashi paused, and they each stared at each other. Tohru had never asked for something like that before, at least not so sweetly. Sure, Tohru had made sexual advances on her in the past, most of which Kobayashi humorously turned her down on, but this was different. So, it turns out Tohru was effected by the events of last night after all. Kobayashi herself still had not fully worked out what last night meant to her… she had been drunk. Still, she did like Tohru… but did she love her? It's not that she particularly did not love her, love was simply a difficult thing for Kobayashi to define in her own heart.

Tohru saw Kobayashi's hesitance and her red eyes fell down to the floor. Her lips sunk into a disappointed frown. After what they did together last night… wouldn't it be wrong to turn down a simple kiss now? Especially since Tohru was asking so sweetly.

Kobayashi's hand found itself under Tohru's chin, and delicately forced her to look up again. Tohru's eyes brightened and her face turned red as Kobayashi moved in closer. Their lips connected for a brief kiss, just puckering against each other for a moment. Then they each remained close, simply standing there with the other's breath on their face.

Kobayashi moved back, her hand still under Tohru's chin, and watched her dragon's beautiful red eyes, waiting to see how she would responded. Tohru smiled adoringly, her face becoming bright. "Thank you," she whispered.

Kobayashi nodded, "Yeah…" and she blushed as well as her hand fell away from Tohru's chin.

"Um… Have a great day! Miss. Kobayashi!"

Kobayashi finally managed to return the smile. "Alright, I will." Then she left the house and shut the door behind herself. She guessed her relationship with Tohru had changed after all… she just was not yet entirely sure how to feel about it.

III

Her commute to work was pretty typical. The train was not particularly crowded, and there were no delays, so that was nice. She was even running a bit ahead of schedule and got to work early, which was somewhat of a rarity for her. She was a master at showing up just in the nick of time.

She plugged right into her terminal and started looking over the previous day's coding efforts in order to remind herself where she left off and what still had to be done. By the time Makoto Takiya made it to his own seat Kobayashi was already well into her flow, pumping out line after line of code with her fingers dancing along the keyboard at an incredibly fluid pace.

"Well, looks like someone is charged up this morning," said Makoto as he sat down.

"Hm? Think so?" Kobayashi responded, not slowing her typing speed even a little bit.

"Seems that way. Did something good happen?" Makoto always had a kind and gentle demeanor, except for after work sometimes when his inner otaku would come out. A few drinks tended to help that process along, and being drinking buddies was their entire relationship with each other outside of work.

"Something good?" Kobayashi's typing slowed a bit. Her mind traced back to the previous night. "Well, I guess I just had a good morning with my roommates." Roommate… was that still a proper way to refer to Tohru?

"That's nice," said Makoto as he opened the compiler and started scrolling through lines of code.

"How are things with Fafnir?" Kobayashi asked.

"Good, he mostly just plays video games but I enjoy having his company around the house. You know, when living alone you don't realize that you were lonely until someone comes along and changes it."

"Hm?"

"Oh, sorry if I got a little sentimental there."

"No, not at all. That makes a lot of sense, actually."

Was she lonely before? She wasn't sure, but she supposed the best way to look at it is wonder how she would feel if Kanna and Tohru were to disappear. She knew for a fact that she would be sad if that happened, and yes, that rather large apartment they all shared together would feel quite lonely. Kobayashi actually got a small taste of that a few months ago when Tohru's father tried to take her away. For whatever trouble Tohru could be at times, Kobayashi would never want to see her go anywhere.

Thinking about Tohru caused her to become slightly less productive with working on her code. Once she started though, she could not seem to get Tohru off her mind. The previous night had been rather foggy in the morning, but for the most part it came back to her by now. It started off by her complaining about the unrealistic proportions of Tohru's breasts, which led to her poking them and a really cute expression coming over Tohru's face as she did so. She remembered how soft they felt through the maid uniform as well, and her poking eventually led to fondling which was egged on more and more by the soft quite squeals of Tohru's voice as she was trying to contain them in order to avoid waking Kanna.

They ended up moving into the bedroom, undressing each other as they crossed the room and eventually fell naked into bed together where they spent the night exploring each others bodies until falling asleep. Tohru, for a chaotic being of absolute power and destruction, had been very soft and gentle.

Kobayashi blushed as the scene ran through her mind again, and eventually shook her head to get focused back on her work. She looked around the office at all her co-workers typing away in their small cubicles, and reminded herself where she was and that she needed to stop thinking about those things.

She sighed, and did her best to force the whole thing away from her mind for now and only concentrate on the lines of code in front of her. Still, try as she might, those thoughts of Tohru remained in the back of her mind.

The day went by slowly, but eventually ended. No major issues or unsolvable mystery bugs reared their ugly heads today, so that was some good news at least. When the last seconds of her shift ticked away she let out a loud yawn and started gathering her things.

"Kobayashi, want to grab a couple drinks?" Makoto asked her.

"I'm sorry, not today. I need to take a little break, I guess," she said with a grin as she pulled her bag up over her shoulder.

"Ha, no problem, I completely understand."

She left the office, crossed town to the train station, got on, and started heading home.

Tohru…

She realized that this whole thing with Tohru made her feel a little bit guilty. Mainly, she worried that Tohru might expect too much from her now. She wasn't sure if she could return those feelings, nor was she sure if she wanted an ongoing thing with Tohru like what happened last night. What if Tohru wanted that kind of thing to happen again? How could she turn her down without hurting her feelings?

This was not the first time her drinking had gotten her into trouble, but it certainly was the first time it got her into this kind of trouble.

She also figured she may be worrying about it a little too much. Tohru may be rambunctious and eccentric, but despite that she was quite understanding about things. After all, just look at how well she managed to integrate herself into the human world despite clearly being so out of place in it. She may come off as a bit silly and dimwitted, but she understood things quite well, and surely she would understand if Kobayashi apologized and explained that last night was a mistake. She was drunk. She cared for Tohru, but not in that way.

She made it back to her apartment complex and started the climb up the flight of stairs along the outside balconies.

Or maybe… it was possible that she herself was the one who did not understand things? Thinking back on the night before… was she really opposed to that kind of thing happening? Or was she just telling herself that for some reason? She didn't know, she just knew that she felt like things were moving too fast. At the very least, she needed time to work this out.

She opened the door and instantly kicked off her shoes as she entered. "I'm home!" she called into the house.

"Miss. Kobayashi!" Tohru shouted from the kitchen and instantly ran through the house to greet her at the front door. By the time Kobayashi managed to slip her bag off her shoulder Tohru was already taking it from her. "Here, let me get that for you. And your coat too!" she said as she helped with removing her coat.

"Tohru, that really isn't necess-"

"Not at all! As your maid it is my duty to lessen your burdens in any way I can!" Tohru explained as she hung the coat on the coat rack and set the bag down next to it.

Boy, she is really fired up tonight.

"Ok, well thanks I guess," said Kobayashi as she started walking through the hall. "Anyway, I really need a bath so…"

"I can get that ready for you!"

"I'm sure I can at least handle that on my own."

"Well, just wait a moment," Tohru said getting in front of her and bowing her head. "Remember I said I would have a surprise for you when you got home?"

"Huh?" She thought back, "Oh yeah, that's right."

Tohru looked up at her with her red eyes beaming, and an excited smile on her face. "It's very important, so please come take a look with me," she said as she held a hand out, asking Kobayashi to take it.

Kobayashi figured she really did not have a choice, so took Tohru's hand and let her lead her to the living room. She just hoped that whatever this surprise was, it wasn't something that Kobayashi would have to disappoint Tohru over with her reaction.

She looked around, "Say, did Kanna make it home?"

"No, I gave her permission to sleep over at Riko's house tonight." Tohru looked over her shoulder and smiled. "I wanted us to be alone. This is a very special night!"

Special night…

"Look, Tohru. I don't know what you have planned, but I think we need to take a minute and tal-"

"Here it is!" Tohru cheered as she let go of Kobayashi's hand, then gestured her arms over to the kotatsu which had a rather large egg sitting atop it. Tohru watched Kobayashi's eyes, waiting for her reaction.

Kobayashi felt the anticipation, but was not quite sure how to respond. "Oh… it's an egg."

Tohru let out a giddy laugh as she went over to the kotatsu and scooped the egg up into her arms. "Yup! It sure is!" She laughed again, cradling the egg in her arms and smiling at it lovingly as she stroked its hard golden-red shell.

"So… I guess you were planning to cook that for dinner?" Kobayashi asked. It must have come from the other world. This would not be the first time she ate food from that world, and sometimes that stuff could turn out to be quite delicious. Even if it did not always look appetizing.

"Miss. Kobayashi!" Tohru shouted, losing the soft expression on her face. "That is not funny at all!"

"Huh?" Kobayashi raised an eyebrow. Did Tohru just chastise her? That was rare.

Then the expression on Tohru's face became deeply concerned as she continued to pet the egg. "Th-that is… unless you truly are being serious, but… I did not take humans for being those kinds of creatures. Certainly not one who is as kind as you, Miss. Kobayashi." She held the egg tight to her bosom, as if she were protecting it. She bowed her head and said, "If that is indeed your intention, then I beg you to reconsider! I know I should not judge the ways of other species, but please! Despite our reputation, we dragons are very nurturing and it would break my heart to have to allow such a thing. Still, you are my master and as such I must obey whatever it is you desire. Just please know that it would break my heart!" She hugged onto the egg even tighter and tears actually started to push out of the corners of her closed eyes and roll down her cheeks. "Please…"

"Ooooo-kay… Tohru, I got to level with you, I am totally lost here."

Tohru's head instantly shot back up, and her red eyes beamed hopefully. "Then... it is a misunderstanding?"

"Clearly…"

Tohru smiled and shook her head humorously, as if she were getting ready to explain a very simple and obvious concept to a child. She walked over to Kobayashi, took her hand, and forced her to lay her palm upon the egg's surface. "Feel it?" Tohru whispered.

Kobayashi blinked. It felt warm, but she was not sure if that is what she was suppose to be feeling.

Tohru looked up at her, "This is ours."

"Ours?"

"Yes!"

"Ours…" Kobayashi stared at it, the gears in her head started turning. She felt the warmth under her palm, saw how the shell was colored gold and red with the red fading into the gold in a manner similar to the highlights of Tohru's hair. Then, all at once it hit her.

She gasped, her knees buckled and she instantly fell back against the wall. "HOLY SHI-!


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