Ears and Tail Required

by Heidi Fisk

  I grumbled as I patted my leg, my keys and wallet were in my pocket as I walked towards my beat up old van. It was supposed to be black, but the paint had long since started to chip off, it was more than 12 years old, so it was to be expected.

  I opened the back seat as my gaze shifted to the black cat that was on my shoulder. "Well, aren't you going to get in?" Schwarz just looked at me as I grumbled. I knew she probably wanted to sit in the front seat as I mumbled to myself. "Fine," I opened the passenger side door as Schwarz jumped before turning to me with her large yellow eyes.

  I guess she was kind of cute when she wasn't trying to get under my skin. I walked over to my side of the vehicle and entered. I started the car as a strange puttering sound was heard. The smell of gas was strong, thinking about it, the van was more like a shambling corpse than a functioning car.

  We rode down the street, we were lucky it was still early spring, and the tourist hadn't pushed their way into the town yet. It was a resort location with three beaches after all, so early spring was the only time the locals could enjoy the area.

  Not that I was actually a local. I stopped outside the restaurant. The name of it was Dream Roadhouse. The letters were plastered on in big bright red letters. It was next to a hair salon and a tax place. Despite the location, it was somewhat famous despite not many people being there at the time. "So what kind of sub do you want?"

  Schwarz looked at me for a moment before I sighed, "tuna right?" she purred, so I was right. I rubbed her head for a moment before getting out of my car. She would be fine by herself, not like anyone would steal a cat.

  I got out of the car as entered the restaurant. It was empty. There were a few workers around but not customers. It was Sunday after all. Most people were probably at home doing something.

  "Welcome!" the cashier said with a great big smile. She had red curly hair with a few freckles on her face. She looked like a college student just hanging around looking for a job.

  "Hey, could I have a cheeseburger sub with fried onions and ketchup and a basic tuna sub?" I said my order as she tapped her lips before nodding.

  "Okay, that will be about $17 dollars," I groaned, somehow the prices grew even higher. I couldn't complain, it was getting closer to summer time and it was only natural for them to raise their prices.

  I took out my wallet and paid for it as she nodded, "your food will be ready in about twenty minutes, please wait for a bit," "Twenty minutes...huh," it was enough time to go back to the car and at least check on Schwarz. I didn't want her to start scratching up the seats because she was bored.

  I walked back out with my food ticket as I noticed it starting to drizzle. I wasn't wearing anything like a hoodie so the water was just hitting me, not that I minded. I actually preferred rainy days, it was something calming about it.

  I walked back to my shitty van as I noticed Schwarz looking out the window as cats do, I opened the door and looked at her for a moment. It was kind of strange, how does one even have a conversation with a non talking cat.

  "Hey..." If a cat could raise their eyebrows then Schwarz would probably be at the moment. She was probably thinking why the hell I bothered coming back.

  "..."

  "..." "Well, at least no is here to notice that I'm talking to a cat," I probably spoke too soon as I heard voices behind me as I instinctively turned around.

  It was some people staring at me and whispering to themselves. Like there was some kind of shady freak with a van talking to his cat. Well I mean, I couldn't necessarily deny those allegations...no wait I could.

  "I'm not talking to my cat or anything..." I looked at them for a moment, maybe it was one of those situations where saying anything would have made me look worse.

  I sighed before looking back at Schwarz who was simply bobbing her head. It seemed that she was enjoying y discomfort as my eyes narrowed before shutting the door again. I wasn't going to continue to embarrassed myself any further. Plus I was sure our food was almost done.

  I walked back into the restaurant as she girl smiled with two bags of food in her hand. "Thank you for your purchase!" She seemed really happy about me buying something from them, though it was actually nice to see someone having a good attitude about where they work. Knowing me I would have been irritated and nervous if I was responsible for other peoples food.

  "Don't mention it," I took the two bags and walked out. I was honestly shocked that she bothered to separate the two bags. The food was hot and cold so it made sense, funny enough most people would have placed all of it in the same bag without thinking too much about it.

  I got back in my van and placed the food in the backseat. Schwarz leaned her seat as if she was about to jump into the back as I pulled her tail. "Wait until we get home at the very least..."

  I sighed, it wasn't a long trip back to the apartments, the moment I opened the door Schwarz jumped on my shoulder. I got the food from out of the back seat as I slowly walked up the steps covering the bags. The rain was slowly starting to pick up as I quickly opened my door.

  I took a deep breath the moment I entered the room. It was nice to be back as Schwarz jumped off of my shoulders and shook her body slightly, most likely trying to get any water off her body.

  I turned away from her as I set the food on the table. By the time I turned back around Schwarz was already back to her human form, nearly running towards me.

  "Hurry up and give me my food!"

  I grumbled slightly, I was less irritated that she was naked again and more how pushy she was, "ugh, fine here..."

  I gave her the cold sub as she nearly cheered, she then sat right on one of the seats in front of the table. "Damn it, don't just put your ass on my stuff again," I probably sounded like a broken record. Though Schwarz just ignored me and started to eat her food, licked her lips with each bite as I grumbled again.

  "Fine..." I unwrapped my sub and started to eat as well. The best things about subs was the flexibility on what you could get. My sub was pretty much just a long cheeseburger for example, something warm.

  As I slowly started to finish the first half of my sub I noticed Schwarz eyes starting to wander to my other half. "Yo, trade half with me..." "What no, eat your own damn food!" I replied as Schwarz mouth curled her eyes watching me like a hawk. Half of her body was leaning against the table as I saw her hand on the second half of her tuna sub.

  "...!" I couldn't even react as she swapped the two before I could even blink.

  "Hey, wa-" before I could even reply she rubbed my half against her body before licking the bread.

  "Hmm, do you want it back now? You're such a pervert!~" Schwarz's lips curled again as grumbled.

  "Onions are bad for cats, but whatever..." I accepted defeat for the moment as I took a bite of the tuna that was traded me. Schwarz paused for a moment as she pressed her nose against her newly acquired sandwich as she twitched slightly, she shook her head as her mouth opened slightly as her eyes widen.

  I scratched my cheek as Schwarz finally took a bite of it, her shoulders stiffened slightly before she held her breath. She was chewing it slowly as if she was taking flavor into her body before she took another bite.

  Honestly, watching her eat was somewhat entertaining. She really wasn't elegant with how she did it, but she ate things with a certain curiosity that made me want to try some different food out.

  She finally swallowed completing her meal before looking at me, "I liked it!"

  It was a simple response as I sighed, "well it's good that is why I ordered it in the first place..."

  "I'll probably will get my own next time, I was never really a big fan of onions, but these were a bit different,"

  "That's because they are fried,"

  "Really?" Schwarz's ear twitched slightly before she laughed. "Can you make me some with a burger next time or something?" "Can't you cook it yourself," I replied as Schwarz shook her head. She was a hassle, though I guess having someone to talk to wasn't all bad.

  The rest of th
e day was uneventful, even if I wanted to go out the rain wouldn't have let me and I doubted I would have enjoyed myself anyway. The time slowly passed as I finally lifted myself up from my couch, it was a little past eleven as Schwarz sat in front of the television watching a movie.

  "I have work in the morning, so I'm going to be heading to bed, try not to stay up too late..." I yawned slightly. I couldn't even bother to chastise her for being naked on my couch again.

  Schwarz just waved her hand, not moving from her position. She even made a motion to cut down the television. It seemed she at least cared a little.

  I took off my clothes and jumped into bed. My boxers and t-shirt were usually enough to be considered pajamas to me. I laid back on my bed as I rubbed my eyes, perhaps getting out of my apartment would be good for me.

  "I guess I can talk to Jeff about it or something..." at that moment I felt my eyelids get heavy as my breathing slowed. I fell asleep, just like that I felt my body grow heavy as I started to mumble to myself. However, the moment I fell asleep, I felt a sudden jolt of pleasure in my lower body. I flinched for a moment as I slowly opened my eyes they shifted to the electric clock. It was two in the morning as I froze for a moment.

  "What's...this feeling," I held my breath to noticed a human size lump under my covers. I felt another jolt of pleasure as if someone was messing with my penis. I felt some sort of warm liquid slowly dripping on it as I instinctively pulled off my covers.

  There was Schwarz. Her head lowered my dick in her mouth. I noticed her bright yellow eyes slowly look up at me. "W-what are you doing?" I tried not to stutter as I felt her tongue stick the base of my penis,"

  She tried to speak, but only muffled words came out. I couldn't understand her at all. "Don't speak with your mouth full," probably not the best thing to say to the girl who was giving you fellatio, but it was the only thing that came to mind.

  She slowly removed her mouth from my member before blinking for a moment. A line of saliva connected her mouth with my penis before she spoke. "Wow, it's pretty bright in here, why do you keep your curtain's open anyway?"

  "That's not the point here!" "Oh calm down, just sit back and relax...but since you're awake," with those words, Schwarz slowly flipped her body as she opened her legs. She was still holding my penis, yet my mouth was mere inches away from her pussy. "You don't mind giving me head do you?"

  "What kind of question is that?!" I nearly snapped, it was unladylike for a girl to just ask that bluntly.

  "I see...you're one of those jerks that makes the girl do all the work huh?" For some reason, her words damaged my pride as I instinctively placed my lips inside of her pussy. My tongue flinched as I felt her fluids slowly drip on me, she gave a small moan as I started to hear slurping noises.

  What was I doing, I just met this girl yet we were giving each other head, maybe I was thinking too much about. Now was the time to just let my body do what it did and just go with the flow.

  I opened the lips of her pussy further as, it had a somewhat salty taste to it. I could feel my lower body grow weaker as Schwarz tail started to wave violently. I could feel Schwarz increasing her speed of her mouth.

  Her moans were muffled as I tugged on her tail slightly, though I got an odd reaction. She gave a muffled scream as I felt fluids pouring onto my face. It was apparent that she came before me as I removed my lips and smiled. "I thought girls were supposed to last longer on average compared to guys, what is this?"

  Schwarz just ignored me as I felt something enter my ass, it was her pinky as I flinched. She did it, so suddenly I didn't have any time to prepare. Her finger moved around inside of me as I felt the tip of her tongue licking my urethral.

  Despite my snide comment I was reaching my limit as well as I felt her pinky touch something it wasn't supposed to. "D-damn it" I cursed as I finally felt my penis starting to twitch. I couldn't hold back anymore as I sprayed everything inside of Schwarz's mouth as I heard her cough slightly. Her legs collapsed as it seemed that we were done for the moment.

  "W-why the hell did you just stick your finger in my ass?!" Not the most elegant after sex line, but it was the one that came to mind.

  "M-moron," Schwarz stuttered as she moved her body ever so slightly, "you're the one that pulled my tail and said those stupid things first, I was just repaying the favor..."

  Sex wasn't supposed to be a competition as crawled from her position next to me. Our faces were so close that all one of us had to do was lean in to kiss the other as she smiled at me. "Think of it as a taste of what is to come..."

  "..."

  "..."

  "Your breath smells like spoiled salt," I held my breath as Schwarz opened her mouth to respond again as her nose twitched.

  "Ugh, and yours smells like rotten fish!" It was probably a bad idea to open our mouths when we just got done giving each other head. We both quickly turned around, our backs facing one another as I pulled up my boxers. I could go another round, but I wasn't going to be too greedy.

  "Um, so what was this all about?" Schwarz grumbled slightly as I asked that before sighing. "What, can't I want sex too I just haven't done it in awhile and needed to relieve some stress."

  "...You can do that by yourself you know." "Shut up!" It seemed that even she was capable of being embarrassed every once in a while. Still, I guess this meant she didn't expect us to be in an actual relationship or anything like that. She just wanted casual sex for a moment, and I was here.

  "Well, night I guess," I replied somewhat bluntly. "Night,"

  3

  Job problems

  Sunlight penetrated my eyelids before I yawned I quickly scanned the corner of my room. It was luckily only half past six as I lifted myself from my bed. Before my body was able to fully comprehend its surroundings, I heard a sharp blast like a snore.

  I looked over to the other side of the bed to see Schwarz clutching one of my pillows her tail wagging ever so slightly. She was still in her human form as she was drooling ever so slightly as I looked down at the sheets.

  "These are probably going to need a wash...I'll do that when I get home," I carefully rolled out of bed, I didn't want to wake Schwarz, considering that she looked rather cute while sleeping.

  I had about an hour to get ready for work as I slowly walked toward the kitchen and started to prepare breakfast. The only thing left was cereal as I poured myself a bowl. During work days I ate first before I did anything else. It made the most sense usually.

  After that, I went about my regular schedule of brushing my teeth and taking a shower. I got on my work clothes which were just basic jeans with a brown button-up shirt. Where I worked was professional enough to require a long-sleeve shirt but not enough to require a full, not that I encountered a lot of people at my job.

  After stretching one my time and glancing at the small mirror in the room, I noticed Schwarz sitting up looking at me, not saying a word.

  "You know, you could have said something if you were awake," she pouted slightly as I shrugged. "Didn't want to wake you, I won't be back until five something, I'll leave a phone number and some money so you can get some deliver here and you can have some cereal for breakfast," it was kind of weird how casual I was with her, perhaps a little too comfortable.

  "I told you don't like milk!" "Eh, suck it up, and don't answer the door naked...I'll be bringing home groceries too," I walked out of the bedroom while Schwarz mumbled something rude under her breath.

  I walked out of my apartment and towards my van. The only thing that I needed for work was my wallet. I drove out of the parking lot and down the road.

  Despite using my van every day, the business I worked at was actually within walking distance. I slowly pulled up to the two-floored building with the name Paper Pushers on the front. It was probably the tackiest name I have ever heard.

  Though it was a correct one, considering that we were mostly paper-based. I parked my garbage can next to some of the other cars in the parking lot. It wasn't a good feeling to
have the worst looking vehicle in the entire parking lot.

  I walked through the automated doors as I took out my wallet and punch card. For some strange reason, we didn't use an electric system, most likely to stick by the paper part of our name. I punched int before walking down the hall. The building was mostly a square full of cubical, the color of the walls was red and the floors white. It looked like a giant Christmas present.

  I dragged myself to my seat and looked down at the stack of papers and the outdated computer. There was a note pinned to the wall of cubical. The letter was pretty much set up there at the start of every work week saying what needed to be done by the end of the week.

  That was mostly it. It didn't matter how you did it, as long as the tasks were done by the end of the week you were golden. "Cut these stack of papers. There is ten thousand in total, sort them appropriately and make five spreadsheets by how you sorted them...huh?" It was strange, it wasn't very hard at all, a bit time consuming but not something that would take me all week to complete.

  I didn't know if I should have considered myself lucky or disappointed by that fact. I shrugged before taking the paper trimmer that was located in the corner of my cubical and starting to slice the papers apart. This was my job. It was mindless and straightforward, it was perfect. After all, a job is where you work. I much rather save my brain space for something more important.

  I heard a faint knocking on the side of my cubical as I groaned to myself, not only because I realized I had forgotten something important, but also because I was about to be annoyed.

  "Hey! Joseph!" Someone peeked their head over the side, blond hair and bright yellow eyes filled my vision as I sighed. "Hey Jeff," Jeff, was my friend, or at least he was the only one that seemed interested in having a conversation. I met him the first day I started working, and we've been hanging out and going to bars in our free time.