Wouldn't you like to know?

Emi felt her heart quicken in anticipation as she left her flat after another day of making sure medium-sized companies got way too well-designed advertisement for their mostly useless products. Michael had left early in the morning to make it home before regular (home) office hours. It was somewhat troubling how quickly she'd gotten used to his continuous presence and how little she liked being without it even for a couple of hours.

They hadn't even dated two weeks and yet she missed him after half a day of work...

Maybe spending some time apart this week would actually be good in the long run.

Well, after today, of course. Today, she was going to come over to his place and spend the night with their new rules. She bit her lip, feeling a little hot as she rushed down the stairs and out the front door.

Michael had promised her some sort of surprise that would fit in with 'level 2' but the damn man had refused to tell her what it was. To be honest, the anticipation and waiting did things for her, but still... She wasn't good at patience.

Which was probably why she was speed walking to the bus station and all the while trying not to look too horny. She was. Desperately.

The last week had been frankly incredible for her. Years of fantasies and yearning fulfilled in just a couple of days by the sweetest and kindest man she could have wished for. Honestly, she still couldn't believe her weird little plan had actually worked out well.

She'd literally waited two whole years to make her move on Michael. And when she finally did, she was so nervous, she'd actually asked him WHILE ALREADY ON THE WAY THERE! Sure, she'd played it off fine, and he didn't know and would NEVER find out about it. She knew it, though.

That didn't matter right now. What mattered was getting to her Master's place and starting their 'level two'.

It took way too long. By the time she'd finally arrived in front of his apartment door, she could feel herself vibrate from sheer excitement. One step further on the pet relationship tree. As if 'level' wasn't already enough of a video game metaphor.

He opened the door and from his expression, she could tell that he was just as excited as she was. Impatient, she quickly entered and let him close the door behind her. The moment it did, she started stripping her clothes and just throwing them on a pile on the ground.

"Ah, technically, this would already be against the rules.", her dear asshole of a master teased with an infuriatingly charming grin. She rolled her eyes.

"Do you want me to strip in the hallway?", for a moment, she saw him hesitate. The thought was clearly doing something for him, but then he shook his head. His expression took on a shade of guilt.

"Not gonna lie. That would be kind of hot. But no, I was obviously joking.", he playfully swatted her now naked ass. "And you know that."

She grinned and her tail curled in satisfaction.

"Sure, I do, Master~", she had finished stripping, and now the first of the new rules was met. No clothes for pets inside the flat. Not that she tended to wear much when Michael was around anyway, but having it be a rule was a bit of a turn on.

It was also a good gateway to eventually try out public nudity. She... had some aversion to it, but at the same time it was a classic staple of pet culture. And she was somewhat of a geek for it. So yeah, maybe at some point she was going to want to try it out and for that getting used to being naked was probably good.

They left his hallway and entered the living room. Emi looked around, taking it all in. She'd never been in his flat before, but she had seen pictures from his social media. It was nice, a little too 'clean' for her taste, but well put together. Kind of what she would expect from a male, non-gay graphic designer.

It was also really warm inside.

"You sure, you wanna pay that heating bill?", she asked with a grin. He shrugged. "We all got to sacrifice for our lifestyle choices, don't we?

Not like I can just let you freeze in here.", she felt touched by his care, but shook her head.

"Nope. Paying for lifestyle choices is squarely on the pet.", she walked over to the closest radiator and quickly turned it down. "It's way too warm anyway, you're literally gonna melt."

"I can also go nude.", he countered with another shrug and a grin. "And if I'm gonna **** you to be naked here, I really can't let you freeze."

"First of all-", she turned to him with exaggerated swagger. "You are not forcing me to do jack shit.", she locked eyes with him daring him to challenge her. This might not be very demure and pet-like of her, but heck, he didn't want obedient, so he was going to get this!

He didn't seem to mind it either, watching her with a faint glint and a gentle smile. She found it a little infuriating but also cute.

"Secondly-", she calmed her voice a little. "I want to get used to being naked at lower temperatures. It's something your body has to adapt to, so keeping the apartment ridiculously hot is going to be a problem."

He held her gaze for another moment before sighing and nodding. "You're the boss."

The teasing way he said it, made her blush.

"Sorry, Master.", she said after a moment of calming down. "Didn't mean to go off like that."

"Not a problem.", he pat her head and kissed her cheek. "Kinda like when you get like this."

"It's the spice, you know?"

She did not know, but it did not matter. While she'd held her monologue, she hadn't noticed that Michael had pulled out a delicate little jewelry box from somewhere. He was now holding it in his hand and offering it to her.

"What is it?", she asked a little dumbly. Obviously, it was the present. But the sudden change of pace had caught her off guard.

"Kneel.", he ordered. He was seriously getting better at it.

She quickly complied, her knees turning a little weak at the tone of his voice.

"It's a present for you. Honestly, I got a little too into it. Hope you like it.", Michael explained as he opened the box and presented the most beautiful little silver bell she'd seen. It was delicate with beautiful winding patterns engraved into it.

She promptly presented her neck with the collar for it. He smiled widely, satisfied by her wide-eyed reaction and leaned down to attach it to her collar. When he was done, he gave it a gentle tap with his finger.

A clear sound rang out, as if to announce a new quest.