It finally happened. While Anna and Ari were relaxing together, the princess got a little playful and had a great time tickling the black-haired girl. Having had enough of that at some point, the jaguar had eventually pushed down the princes on the bed to stop her. The sight of the girl below her then had caused something to snap inside of Ari. She first kissed the tiger before immediately confessing. Anna happily returned the kiss and the confession, and the two finally became a couple. Afterward, as both were riding on a high, things had escalated quite a bit, though, and the newly formed couple hadn’t just left it at a kiss for their first activity. The next morning, after both not having gotten much sleep, things between them got a little awkward again.

“…”

“…” The two were still lying in Ari’s bed, and once the two noticed the state they and the bed were in, the couple was unable to look at each other.

Not only were there still some sort of stains on the bedsheet, but they themselves weren’t off much better. Remains of their nightly activities were still visible in some places. After all, they had fallen asleep in each other’s arms because they were too tired to have another shower afterward. All of this, even more so now that they were fully conscious and not in a trance anymore, during the afterglow of the next morning after, the couple got incredibly embarrassed by their actions, and neither of them said a word for quite a while.

“…”

“…” This went on for another couple of minutes.

“H-Hey…” Pulling up the blanket to cover both of them because she kept getting distracted by various things, Ari eventually managed to face the tiger with a bright red face after having stolen a lot of glances beforehand. “G-Good morning…”

“…” Anna was still unable to look at her and simply gave her reply while staring at the ceiling. “M-Morning…”

“Uhh…” The jaguar tried to keep the conversation going, or rather, she was still trying to get it started, but she wasn’t doing much better than the princess. “S-So it really happened, huh…? A-All of it… I can still vaguely recall the feeling of it… you a little…”

“Uuh…” Letting out yet another embarrassed groan, she eventually managed to face the jaguar right next to her. “Y-Yes…” She reacted with the faintest nod. “T-There’s also still a little left on your c-cheek… From when you, uhh...” Her face turned even redder while she continued to steal glances at the jaguar’s face.

“O-Oh.” Hearing that, she used her hand to wipe her cheek before looking at her fingers afterward. “I see… Should we go and… take a bath…? Not just my face, but also other places, and my legs… I feel quite s-sticky…”

“Uuhh…” The princess let out one more groan while pulling the blanket over her face. The whole situation was too much for her. “P-Please…” It took her a full minute to get the word out.

“Great…” After getting the confirmation, Ari got rid of the blanket covering her and tried to get up. Once she had uprighted herself and sat down on the edge of the bed while showing Anna her bare back, the jaguar eventually turned her head around again. “I-I can feel your stare, y-you know…?”

“A-Ah!” Hearing that, the princess immediately turned her head away. “I-I’m sorry… It, uhh… It happened u-unconsciously… You have a very nice back…”

“T-Thank you…” The conversation basically wasn’t progressing at all. “I’m… I’m happy to hear that…”

“C-Could you also turn around again…?” Anna eventually faced her again. “I want to get up, too… and… and you staring at me is too… way too embarrassing…”

“Don’t you think that’s a little unfair now…?”

“Uuh…” There was nothing the tiger could say in her defense. Squirming around for a few seconds longer, the princess then slowly revealed herself from the blanket while also sitting down right next to her jaguar.

“W-Wow.” Ari could not peel her eyes away and shamelessly stared at Anna’s naked body the entire time.

“S-Stop that, p-pervert!” Feeling uneasy, she quickly turned her upper body away from the black-haired girl.

“A-Ah… Wait, you’re the one who started staring at m-me earlier! If anyone’s a pervert here, i-it’s you!”

“Can you really say that after everything you d-did yesterday…?” Anna’s face turned redder while remembering the events from the previous evening and night.

“…” Ari’s face turned just as red again. “Uhh…”

“Exactly!” The princess turned around to show the jaguar her smug smile, but she had already forgotten that the two were still naked and then just ended up staring at Ari once again. “…”

“Y-You were saying…?” She just tilted her head. “Also, while I take r-responsibility for initiating things y-yesterday, you were just as involved in it as I was… You even made me… first, after all…” Her last sentence turned into a bit of a mumble in the middle. "Okay, I guided you, b-but..."

“…” Very clearly with great reluctance, the princess stopped looking at her. Still, she never gave a reply to the jaguar’s accusation. “C-Can we take a shower now…? Actually, how about we, uhh… c-clean ourselves and then have a bath afterward instead…?”

“Sounds good…” Ari seemed a little glad that they ditched the topic for now. “I would like to relax in the water a little.”

“Great!” Saying so, Anna got up from the bed, turned around in front of Ari, and held out her hand. “Let’s go!”

“…” She needed another moment of focussing on the right things before she could accept her offer by grabbing her hand while getting up, as well.

“Hehe~.”

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Author here:

I decided to put the bathroom part into a spoiler.

It's not really NSFW (or rather, not at all, just kinda suggestive), but it might still be a little too much for some.

So, you can decide for yourself if you want to read it.

Luckily, Ari’s room also had her own bath, so they could directly enter it without ever needing to step outside. In the bath, they first rinsed themselves with warm water a couple of times to wash away some of the dried-up remains before eventually switching over to the soap.

“S-Should I wash your back…?”

“E-Eh?!” Anna was currently using a sponge to lather some soap on her legs to wash them when she suddenly heard the voice of the jaguar behind her. “Y-You haven’t done that since we were kids!”

“W-Why do you think I stopped doing that…?”

“A-Ah…” The princess then remembered that Ari had confessed to being in love with her for several years already.

“Now, though…” The jaguar paused for a second. “Now, t-things have changed again…”

“I-I see…” Anna closed her eyes while tilting her head. “O-Okay, please wash my b-back…”

“Gladly!” With a considerable amount of joy in her voice, Ari grabbed another sponge and generously soaked it with soap. Afterward, she brushed her hair to the side and gently pressed it against Anna’s upper back, right below her nape, and slowly moved it up and down to clean her backside.

“Ahn~.” Apparently, the princess was enjoying the situation a lot.

“A-Ah, did I use too much force…?”

“N-No… Not at all…” She slightly shook her head. “In fact, it was just p-perfect…”

“Is… Is that so…?”

“Y-Yes.”

“G-Good.” Afterward, Ari continued to gently clean Anna’s back while enjoying the faint moans she could occasionally hear. This continued for a few moments before she eventually placed the sponge away again. “All done~.”

“T-Thank you very much…”

“…”

“…” After the jaguar was finished, an awkward silence suddenly filled the bathroom.

“S-Should… Should I do the front, as well…?” Ari decided to try her luck.

“I-I can do that on my own…” Anna’s face immediately lit up even more.

“T-That’s not what I asked…”

“…” The tiger closed her eyes again. A few seconds later, she turned around and gingerly presented herself to the jaguar. “P-Please…” Her eyes were still closed, though.

“…” Getting a close-up view of everything about the princess, the glistening-wet princes, one has to add, Ari blacked out for a second before she eventually slapped her cheeks to regain focus. Afterward, she grabbed the sponge from before and rinsed it with fresh warm water before applying a generous amount of soap to it. Hesitating for a few seconds, she gently pressed the sponge against Anna’s chest.

“Ahn~.” The moment Ari’s sponge, together with a few of her fingers, came in contact with her, a sweet moan escaped Anna’s mouth before she quickly bit down on her lower lip to prevent further noise from escaping.

“…” Hearing that, Ari’s sanity continued to visibly decrease while her expression turned slightly feverish. Trying her best to retain her last bit of calmness, she continued to clean Anna’s chest with her sponge in a circular motion until everything was covered in a thick layer of bubbles from the soap. Once her chest area was dealt with, the jaguar moved towards Anna’s stomach and did the same time there.

Still, after hearing yet another sweet moan from the tiger, which seemed to be sounding much more yearning this time, she retreated her hands while putting the sponge away. “I-I think I’m done… Y-You should be good to go to do the rest yourself.” She stole a quick glance at the area between Anna’s legs. “I… I don’t think… No, I am certain that I’m not able to clean you down there without… without anything else happening. I-I won’t be able to hold back…” With her entire face glowing in a crimson hue, Ari turned her head away as she had reached her limit.

“…” The princess needed a moment to answer. “T-That’s okay… You don’t… have to.”

“G-Good…” Even though she sounded ever so slightly relieved, the sound of disappointment was just as, if not even more apparent in her voice.

“N-No…” Anna then suddenly shook her head. “That's not what I meant... You… You don’t have to hold back…”

“R-Really?!”

“Y-Yes…” This time, she nodded her head instead. “In… In fact, p-please don’t…”

“…” Immediately after, Ari’s eyes shot open, and she jumped at the tiger in an instant. Any remains of her restraints had left the room. Wrapping her hands around Anna’s neck, she pressed her body against the taller girl while immediately giving her a deep kiss on the lips.

The princess was shocked for a moment over just how eager the jaguar was. Still, she got over it in less than a second and first returned the hug before pressing her lips even stronger against those of the black-haired girl.

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Way over an hour, almost two even, had passed since the couple had entered the bathroom, and they had just left it again.

“…”

“…” Somehow, their mood had gotten a little awkward again.

“W-We did it again…” While dressed in a towel only, Anna was sitting on Ari’s bed while pressing her hands against her face to hide her deep blush from being embarrassed.

“T-Twice, actually…” Her expression was quite similar. The jaguar was standing in front of the tiger and was currently in the middle of putting on her usual maid uniform. “I-I’m sorry about that…”

“N-No…” The princess shook her head. “T-This time… Err, t-those times, it really was just as much, if not more, my fault…”

“G-Good…” Ari’s lips formed into a smile. “A-After all, I’m not… not actually sorry about it.”

“I-Idiot…”

“E-Ehehe~.” It seemed that this time, the awkwardness didn’t seem to be quite as strong as the last time. “S-Should I get some clothes for you…?” She glanced on the floor next to her bed where their pajamas from the previous night were lying. “T-Those might need a wash first… A thorough one…”

“Uuh…” Anna’s embarrassment increased once more. “P-Please do that…”

“Okay!” Putting on the last bits of her uniform, Ari then walked over to the door of her room. “I’ll do my best and hurry!”

“T-Thanks…” Still wearing only the towel wrapped around her body, she then let herself fall down on the bed beneath her. “A-Ah!” Only to immediately spring up again. “Urgh… M-Maybe also grab some fresh bedsheets…”

“S-Sure…” Awkwardly scratching her cheek, the jaguar finally opened the door but quickly stopped again once she saw something on the floor right in front of it. “Eh?”

“What’s wrong…?”

“I’m not sure… There’s a bag in front of the door…”

“A bag…?” Anna just tilted her head.

“Yeah… Let’s see…” Reaching for it, a letter suddenly fell out of it. "Oh?"

Dear daughter of ours,

we’re happy to hear that things are finally working out with your beloved princess.

We were rooting for you the entire time, after all.

Congratulations.

We are not so sure that there was a need to announce it so openly to everyone, though.

You and the princess might not be aware of it, but the wooden doors of most rooms in the building aren’t overly thick. Also, thanks to the echo of the long corridors connecting the wings of the castle, sound travels incredibly far.

For the next time, we advise the two of you to keep that in mind.

Anyway, there is an assortment of spare clothes for our dear princess in the bag here. We’re sure she will appreciate a set of them.

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P.S.: Once you’re awake and have freshened up, we’d like to see you. Both of you.

Love,

Mom&Mom

“W-What’s wrong?!” Seeing that Ari had suddenly sunken down on her knees while her face had lost all of its colors, Anna started to panic.

“K-Kill me…” The jaguar only replied in a soft mutter.