You see the note, and read it

It says, "baby,

1. Clean up apartment, change shower curtain
2. Watch videos -- practice, will quiz later!
3. Shave -- and I mean everything!

Love you, Alice"

The "everything" is underlined, and you're curious to know why she wants you to do it, but if it makes her happy you're willing to try it. The simplest part is cleaning, and you change the sweat- and sex-smelling sheets, make the bed, and clean up the clothes strewn across the bedroom. You pick up the wet towels in the bathroom and straighten up the toiletries, and find a clear shower curtain tucked among them. You exchange the old shower curtain for the new, clear, one.

You go into the office and straighten up, putting away the scarves and ice pack. Last, you go into the living room, put the couch cushions back in place, and go into the kitchen to clean the dishes, and throw out the trash. You feel a chill running down your spine when you see the empty pizza box that had Liz's note on it still sitting on the coffee table, and wonder if perhaps Alice saw it and what she'll do with the information.

Worried, you text the pizza delivery girl, saying "hey it's me from last night, the guy with the collar. You didn't get a text from my fiance, did you?"

A few minutes later, you get a reply. "ofc i remember u ;) Alice rite?"

"Oh shit," you say to yourself. You reply, "yeah..."

"yeah she txted me a little bit ago she said she saw the pizza box lol"

You reply to her, "what did she want? Sorry if this is weird."

The reply says, "ive dealt with weirder lol she wanted 2 know why i gave u my number and what kink was so i told her".

"Oh", you reply, "was that it?"

"yeah lol she made an acct and added me as a friend just now".

You reply, "oh thanks, I just wanted to make sure she didn't think I was hitting on you".

Liz replies, "i told her u didnt but she said she wasnt worried she had u under control hehe".

You reply, "thanks".

"np txt me netime ;x".

That worry aside, you go into the office and check your email, seeing one in your inbox from Alice that contains the video playlist she sent you. It's actually quite long, and will take most of your day so you set the computer to stream to the living room and sit down on the couch to watch. The first couple videos are introductory videos about kink, BDSM, what it means to be dominant, and what it means to be submissive.

The next few are about the BDSM lifestyle, and what social events are and what to expect: munches, sloshes, parties, balls, and conferences. They go over what to wear, what to do, what not to do, and how to behave at one, as either a dominant or submissive. After that, videos on expectations for submissives, how to behave, and common rules for submissives.

Then, more detailed videos on common BDSM equipment and toys, a primer on bondage, and common poses for submissives. You wonder if this is the sort of thing Alice wants from you, and whether she really expects all these behaviors, poses, and activities from you. You're not sure if you'd be into it, but for Alice's sake, you'd be willing to give it a try to see if you like it. Not least because you want this cage off your cock as soon as possible, and at least trying this out is the best chance for that to happen.

The last set of videos disturb you a bit and leave you feeling emasculated and embarrassed. They're how-to beauty videos: how to perform waxes and tweeze, mani-pedis and facials, and the basics of makeup application. You doubt she intends for you to do these things on yourself, but the idea of you doing them for her, getting her ready for dates with other men, intrigues and arouses you somewhat within your cage. You absorb the information, watching the last of the videos before noticing it's well into the afternoon.

You go to the bathroom and start the shower, getting ready for what will probably be the most grueling task: shaving. You use the beard trimmer to cut down the length of the hair on your arms, legs, chest, and groin area, then set to work shaving your entire body. It takes quite a while and you have to change razor heads twice, but you finally manage to tame the hair on your body. Shaving around the cage is especially problematic, and you have to resort to tweezers to -- painfully -- pluck some of the hair from underneath the thin bars of the cage.

You step into the bathroom naked and smooth, drying your hair, and jump, shocked, when you see Alice lying on the bed in her dress, reading a book. You say, "shit, baby, you scared me! I didn't hear you come in, how long have you been back?"

She says, barely glancing up from her book, "a little while, I figured you were in there shaving and I didn't want to say anything to cause you to slip and nick something important".

You say, "oh, okay, thanks, it took a while. Enrique left?"

Alice says, "yeah, he left when we got back from the pool". You walk over to give her a kiss, but she stops you. You stand, waiting, as she slowly flips a page, and says, "kneel by the side of the bed".

You ask, "what, baby?"

Without even looking at you, she says "every time you don't do as I say is another day I keep you in the cage". Something in her voice tells you she isn't messing around, so you kneel beside the bed, feeling a bit emasculated and embarrassed.

Alice continues, still reading her book. "From now on, you're not allowed to wear clothes in the apartment unless we have guests over, and if we go out you wear what you're told to wear. If I tell you to do something, you do it. You eat my pussy every night before bed. You do all the cooking, cleaning, and chores. And, from now on, you call me 'mistress'. Okay?"

You think for a moment, wondering what's come over Alice. The entire weekend she's been acting strangely, but the way she's acting now is something else. It's like she's an entirely different person: colder, more assertive, utterly self-confident, and at the same time, much more alluring, sexual, and her presence is almost intoxicating somehow. After a moment in your own headspace, Alice speaks, still reading the book.

"You can say no, I'll take the cage off right now and we'll go back to the way things were. But if you don't, or say yes...the longer you wait, the longer the cage stays on. It's your decision."

Before you can really let her statement sink in, you blurt out "yes, mistress", almost as if you were watching yourself say it. Alice sets her book down, slowly, then leans over and kisses you deeply, with a combination of relief and happiness in her eyes. She says, "thank you baby, I love you".

You reply to her, "I love you too, b...mistress". Alice says, "go on and make dinner now, I'll be out in a minute".