Dog Got Your Tongue

by Brian Clark

  As she was talking she helped him stand and could feel his shock with the last item. “Simple comfort unless you wish something more which is something we would discuss. We will talk about what else I can provide for you later after you have eaten and rested.”

  Ray lifted a hand to his face and covered his eyes for a moment. This was almost too much to handle at the moment. The only reason he was willing to believe this was possible was simply because he wouldn’t ever dream this up. “That isn’t needed…” He looked at her and frowned. “Is there some reason nobody introduces themselves?”

  Now it was her turn to blush slightly. “Mostly because we figured if we gave you our names you might get suspicious.” She didn’t give her name since she felt she had long since outgrown it but hadn’t found another use name that seemed to fit. That was one reason she had chosen to come on the cruise. It was to hopefully find a new one. “Now let’s get you to the bathroom and then a shower.”

  He sighed as he stood and this time made it. She still hadn’t told him her name and he had to wonder why. Again for the moment he was going to let it rest since he had other things on his mind. She was as tall as or slightly taller than he was though that wasn’t saying that much. She was larger than he was in a muscular way as well. The suit she was wearing showed her body off and with her arm wrapped around him one breast was pressed against his arm.

  As she walked with him to the bathing area he was struggling to keep his mind on just getting clean. Ray couldn’t help but keep thinking about the offer and damn it he wanted to but it would be wrong. Why he felt it would be wrong he wasn’t sure and had to wonder why he felt that way.

  Once in the bathroom she explained how everything worked and then closed the partition to the toilet behind him. When he came out the shower was running and she was standing there mostly nude. It looked rather strange since the only thing she had on were some wide bracelets that were the color of her suit. There was an edge of gold on the front and back of the bracelets as well.

  Ray had to freeze as he couldn’t help but really look at her. Part of it was pure curiosity but part was also definite interest. She was in good shape and it showed though her muscles were nicely covered with a layer of fat. His eyes traveled down her body and he had to pause at her breasts. They were maybe a 34C and nicely round and firm. Her areola and nipples were dark, almost black but her skin was pale. Mostly pale that was since where a husky would have certain standard marks she did as well.

  Though he couldn’t see her back her sides were a darker skin that had a grayish tone. There were similar patches on the parts of her skin that he could see. As his eyes traveled down her body her waist narrowed nicely till it met her hips. Her hips were definitely well shaped and in proportion to the rest of her body.

  Ray did have to smile slightly since she did have a navel which he had been rather wondering about. Where a human female’s pubic hair was mostly a V shape hers was a diamond that started somewhat below her navel. It widened out to where it met the hips and followed the V shape down. One difference was the longer pubic hair hanging down between her legs. It did look to be neatly trimmed though.

  About that point he realized that he was seriously checking out her body and blushed even more as he forced his eyes back up. That in and of itself was a struggle since her body was about as hot as he had ever seen even if she was an alien. “Um, sorry I shouldn’t have done that.” The fact that he hadn’t gotten an erection he figured was due to the medications.

  She gave him a warm smile. “It is fine Ray. If I was going to object to you looking at my body I would have been in the shower already. Either that or I wouldn’t have been asked to see if I felt we would work well together.” She moved forward and wrapped an arm around him and urged him into the shower.

  As she did she turned him so the water from several shower heads was streaming down his body. Her fingers started working on his short hair and she smiled. “You have lovely hair. You should let it grow out since curly hair like yours is so rare.”

  For the moment he simply went with her drawing him into the shower and he had to admit that the water did feel good. As good as it felt though he could feel his grasp on his emotions start to slip. He had been trying to ignore some things but it was too much for him. He lifted his hands to his face and started crying. As he did shudders started and it was obvious he was not handling his emotions well.

  Flitter moved around him so she was facing him and wrapped her arms around him and pulled him close. “I understand Ray and this is also why I am here.” She tucked his head into her neck and after turning the water off started stroking his back.

  Ray tried to resist when she hugged him but she was stronger than he was and finally he leaned against her. He knew that he was going to die young but to know that he had been going into cardiac failure was a horrible shock.

  It was even more shocking since he had woken up to be told that; On top of everything else it appeared he was on an alien vessel crewed by what appeared to be all women. He was assigned some female as his assistant who didn’t even seem to think twice before offering to take care of literally any and all needs of his.

  “I was introduced as your assistant. On our world that is a very special position. I have certain abilities that allow me to sense how my master or mistress is doing. It also allows me to help them calm down and stay centered.” She was slowly expanding her senses as she talked.

  As she was stroking his back he did feel his body starting to relax which was helping him to calm down as well. Ray hadn’t really caught everything she had said other than she theoretically had some powers. When she turned the water off for some reason his mind fixed on it and he frowned slightly. “Why did you turn the water off? I haven’t even washed my hair.” It gave him something to focus on that wasn’t really important.

  She actually laughed lightly at his question. “But you have silly. The water has nanites in it that eat specific oils and dirt’s. It keeps you clean while allowing your natural body odor to be scented.” She urged him out of the shower after the nanite fortified water flowed off their bodies.

  She wrapped a thick toweling robe around him and secured it. “You do feel calmer right? I didn’t remove the feelings since that would be wrong but I accepted some of them to take the edge off. It allows you to view certain things in a calmer manner.”

  As she was talking she showed him to the table and removed the covers from the food. “A number of humans have eaten this and seemed to have enjoyed it.” She winked at him. “The Captain will explain.” She simply smiled at the glare he gave her and started nibbling on her food. “Eat and then we will relax and you can get some more sleep.”

  Ray did glare at her since he had a feeling she was teasing him. He wasn’t sure if it was the comment about humans having eaten it before or the Captain explaining why to him. It made him a bit grouchy since he also had a feeling she did it to distract him from the minor break down.

  If it wasn’t for the fact Ray was starving he might have ignored the food. After a few bites he found it was pretty good and he chowed it down faster than intended. Once done he leaned back and burped before he had a chance to cover it.

  “I might admit it was somewhat edible.” Right after that he gave a big yawn. “Man, time for a nap I think.” He yawned again and slowly stood up. When she came around the table and wrapped an arm around him he had to smile. “At least you have the robe on or it might have been a bit hard to eat the meal.” He let her help him to the bed and did sigh when he took the robe off and still didn’t have any clothes.

  She smiled gently as she helped him take the robe off and tucked him into the large bed. She did encourage him to lay more towards the center of the bed. She removed her toweling robe and slid in between the sheets as well. “I hope this won’t keep you from sleeping, or do I need to give you a good massage?” Flitter curled up against his back and wrapped an arm around his waist and snuggled close.

  Ray’s eyes popp
ed open again when she stripped down and crawled in with him. The only thing she still had on was the heavy bracelets on her wrists. When she curled up against his back and cuddled close he was more than a bit shocked and startled. “Um, I normally don’t sleep with women whose name I don’t know…” He really did want to know. “That is unless you aren’t supposed to tell me. If that is the case am I supposed to provide you a name I can use?”

  Flitter started to grin till he made the comment about her name. She closed her eyes and tucked her nose into the back of his head and took a slow deep breath. When she inhaled she scented him and was pleased with the odor. Ray’s base scent was definitely masculine with traces of light scents such as citrus and vanilla.

  “There isn’t any reason not to tell you based on what I do. It is just my name no longer fits me and was given to me when I was younger. My use name is Flitter.” It wasn’t a bad name but didn’t really match up with how she felt now. Flitter felt she had outgrown it some time ago.

  Ray felt her tense and lean into him and started to feel bad. It was obviously a sensitive subject for her but when she did tell him what it was he was a bit startled. He didn’t say anything right off but he did roll over so he was facing her. “I am not sure what to say but that isn’t a bad name to me.” He lifted a hand and stroked her cheek. “I don’t know why you were named that but I rather like it.” She had comforted him and now maybe he could comfort her some.

  When he rolled over and faced her she was somewhat startled since he had been very reticent about physical contact. This close she knew that he would probably feel her breasts touching his chest and the rest of her body touching his. She did blush when he said he wasn’t sure why it was a bad name and even more when he said he sort of liked it. “When I was younger I tended to move from one thing that interested me to another. I didn’t always return to finish what I had started.”

  She looked up at his face through her eyelashes at him to see what his expression showed. Her nose was going overtime as well to see if she could detect any changes in his scent. When she didn’t smell any changes to his scent she looked up at him and leaned into the touch. “Why do you like it? It doesn’t fit me anymore but I haven’t found a use name that I like or works for me.”

  Ray damn near did pop an erection when she looked up at him through her eyelashes. There was something shy and innocent in it yet it was very sexy as well. He couldn’t help but laugh a bit. “You are a tease aren’t you? Maybe that is what I might start calling you, Tease.” He had to flick her muzzle lightly before he actually answered her.

  “I like it because you seem so calm and soothing. Your movements are graceful and thought out.” He yawned again. “Damn it I don’t want to fall asleep yet.” He yawned again. “I like it because it shows a different aspect of you. Something private that wouldn’t normally be seen.”

  She looked startled and then smiled. “I am not a tease and thank you for that. It means a great deal to me to have you say that. You don’t even know me yet you found something nice in my name.”

  Flitter leaned forward and gave him a light kiss. “Now why don’t you roll over so I can cuddle with you and we can go to sleep?” She waited for him to roll back over and moved close to him again and started singing a quiet song in their language and for the moment disabled his translator chip. It didn’t take very long before they both fell asleep.

  ~~~

  The Captain checked the status of the human and assigned assistant and they were both showing as being asleep. Vyra commanded the door to Ray’s assigned room to open and silently walked in and closed it again. The lights were low and both looked rather comfortable which was nice to see. The assistant was new to the crew but had a very impressive list of clients.

  The list didn’t actually show names but did show when she was employed, what her job requirements had been, and any reports she had made about her care of the clients. There were very few issues and with assistants you didn’t expect many since they were trained from an early age.

  She walked over and with a brief command her suit retracted into the bracelets on her wrists. Once she was nude she slid between the covers and curled up so she was on one side and Flitter was on the other. It had been a long day for her and Ray was sleeping soundly so she gave him a good sniff before curling up and falling asleep. There would be enough time in the morning to talk to him.

  As she was drifting off she had to wonder what he would be like. He was very different from the normal human they usually chose. With one last sniff of his hair she drifted off to sleep and had pleasant dreams all night.

  Chapter 3

  The next morning Ray woke slowly but not the way he had the day before. As he was waking he had to smile since it seemed that he had rolled over at some point during the night and was curled up to Flitter. Since he was comfortable and relaxed he left his eyes closed and let his hand stroke her skin.

  Her skin did feel a bit different than a human's since it almost felt like there was a micro fine layer of fur. It was still smooth and warm and he was enjoying the contact. As his hand was stroking she murmured something that sounded like ‘feels good but need to talk’.

  Ray opened his eyes to look at her and twitched since he most definitely wasn’t looking at Flitter. To say he was more than a bit confused was an understatement. This woman was definitely larger than Flitter though not in a fat way. Her breasts, from what he could feel, were larger and her hips wider as well. She did look a bit older since there were tiny traces of white in her hair. Her eyes were a dark brown and rather commanded you to look in them. Her hair and ears were a brownish red color and her eyebrows were tan. She was most definitely nude since he had been stroking her body for the last few minutes. “Um, good morning and who are you?” His face showed his confusion.

  Vyra laughed lightly at his reaction. “I am Captain Vyra and when I came to talk to you last night you were already asleep. I didn’t want to disturb you and since I was tired I decided to crawl in with you and talk to you when you woke up.” Her hand was resting on his hip and started some light stroking. “I am sure you have a number of questions and I am going to tell you why you are here before answering any.”

  Ray knew that Flitter was behind him but wasn’t bothered by her presence. Normally having two women in bed would have caused him to blush deeply and probably run. Then again he had never had two women in bed at one time and all his encounters could be counted on two hands. When the Captain started stroking his hip he did blush and felt a definite reaction to her nudity and her touch. “Um, if you keep that up I am not sure how much I am going to hear. I have a feeling this is going to be a really important conversation and would rather not miss any of it.”

  She grinned at him when he said that. “Well we could deal with that issue and then talk if you would like. I don’t have a problem either way.” Vyra leaned over and brushed her lips across his before moving back a bit and stilling her hand. She was waiting to see what he was going to do.

  Damn it, he most definitely had a major erection going. Even though she had stopped stroking his hip her thighs, belly, and breasts were touching him. Ray could feel his breath speeding up and when she kissed him he returned it and leaned into it. His eyes were closed as his brain was in the process of melting down.

  “Um… Is this what you really want? For all I know you normally go to bed nude and it doesn’t mean anything.” He was really starting to feel his arousal but she indicated she also needed to talk to him.

  He finally sat up. “Never mind that for now. You said we need to talk so let’s talk.” Ray’s feelings were all over the place at the moment and sex might not be a good idea right then. When he sat up the other two did as well which was a distraction. The Captain was more Junoesque in shape than Flitter. Her breasts did have a bit of sag but were still nicely shaped. Her areola’s and nipples, much like Flitters, were very dark and almost black.

  When Ray sat up Flitter did as well and knelt behind him with one l
eg on either side of his hips. After placing her hands on his shoulders she leaned forward and rested against him. Flitter could feel his emotions starting to roil up. She didn’t say anything and was simply trying to give him comfort.

  That was almost too much and he stiffened slightly. He simply wasn’t used to this type of physical contact. Ray didn’t realize Flitter was reacting to his emotional state. Last night he had been out of it enough that it had been appreciated but at the moment it just felt strange.

  Flitter felt him tense up when she leaned against him. She could sense emotions but not necessarily the cause behind them. Right now his were all over the place but Flitter could tell that the touch was making him uncomfortable. “Sorry Master I didn’t mean to upset you.” She leaned back so only her hands were touching him.

  Ray tensed some more because he felt he had upset her and he hadn’t wanted to do that. She was being very attentive to his needs and he did appreciate that. The casual nudity might not be quite what he needed at the moment but the rest of it he did appreciate.

  “Sorry Flitter. All my life it has been ‘don’t get to close or it might be bad for your heart Ray’. Or don’t get to close because you know that you are going to die young and it will only hurt someone. Or don’t strain yourself since it is bad for your heart Ray. Even don’t have sex since that really strains the heart Ray. The one I hate the most is ‘every day you live past your late teens is a miracle.” When he spoke his voice was bitter, angry, and frustrated.

  He rolled off the bed. “I am so fucking sick and tired of being told to be careful and before you wave the ‘we fixed you’ at me it doesn’t matter. I have grown up being told that, it isn’t going to change overnight.” His voice carried traces of past and present pain of what he couldn’t have. Most of the time he was a positive person but sometimes something would happen to bring those feelings up. Ray grabbed the robe after snarling that out and stalked to the bathroom and after taking care of business he stood in front of the mirror.