In the next few days my life once again cooled down and there were no more lewd surprises waiting for me. Shiina also calmed down and got used to wearing the collar. After that night I also never saw any suspicious reactions or signs of arousal from her.

That said she was acting a lot cutesier around me and interacting a lot more with me. But to be honest that change wasn’t too surprising as we got to know each other better with time. After all even someone as unsuspecting and naïve as Shiina wouldn’t open up to a stranger within just a few days.

This reminded me that it had already been a whole month since we first met…

Time sure flies by when you have things to worry about!

I kind of wanted to throw a small party to commemorate this day, kind of cheesy I know. So, I called Jill, who for some reason hadn’t come for almost a whole week since she first met Shiina. This alone was already surprising enough, as I was sure she would want to play around with Shiina even more, but the most confusing part is that I sometimes saw her going into Lea’s flat.

To be honest I worried a little. After all Lea was kinda my worst enemy and I didn’t want her to be around my best friend, but in the end, what right do I have to decide what other people do?

Either way, Jill immediately agreed, but said that she would invite our other friends to the party so I had to make sure to dress Shiina in a proper way.

“Cool, then we see each other at 6pm?”

“K, till then, bye!”, I end the call and put my phone away.

Throwing a short glance at the clock on the wall (no idea why I didn’t use the damn function on my smartphone…), I begin to clean up the flat and get the vacuum to do a throughout clean up.

In the living room, Shiina was still painting on that large canvas. By now the whole canvas was covered in paint and I could make out vague shapes, but other than that I couldn’t really tell what is was supposed to depict. When I asked Shiina about it, she told me that her painting style only revealed the real shapes when it was almost completely done.

That in itself was already quite interesting, so I did a little internet research and informed myself over art. Turns out that Shiina was quite the big deal in the artistic scene!

I saw multiple articles, all praising her elaborate style and use of colors and to my shock I found out that some of her paintings have sold for a few thousand euros each!

This is the weird stuff I think about while vacuuming my flat…

About an hour later I finished cleaning and tidying up the rest of the rooms and went on to make lunch for Shiina and I. To be honest most of the day just goes by like this. I either have my classes in the morning and come back to make lunch and take care of the flat, or I just spend the whole day doing chores, taking care of all my pets (including the one painting right now) and finally lazing around for the whole evening.

Lunch goes by as uneventful as usual and it had already become afternoon.

Suddenly the doorbell rang and I gave Shiina a small sign to go back to painting. There was no way to see her from the door when she was standing behind a corner and the large canvas so I didn’t have to worry about unwanted attention.

Sighing I walked to the door and opened it, wondering who would come right now and what in god’s name they could want from me.

Turned out it was my only other gay friend, Mike, who had come knocking before the fucking appointed time.

“Hi, Ryan, how have you been doing?”, he asks why already hugging me like a large, oversized teddy bear.

“You are too early.”, I say annoyed and try to get my phone out of my pocket while still being crushed between his heavy arms.

“Yeah, I know, sorry ‘bout that, I really couldn’t wait to see you. It’s been over a month so…”

I liked Mike, I really did. But he was even more annoying than Lea with her extreme feminism. In his case it was his exaggerated attachment to his friends that drove me crazy. But to be honest, he was right. For the past month I have been neglecting my friends to avoid any more complications with Shiina.

“You have to wait for a second.”, I managed to squeeze out from his embrace and quickly dialed Jill’s number.

“Mike is here. COME HERE!”, I quickly shout into the phone and end the call.

Then I take a deep look at Mike.

He was a reasonable person…

He could keep secrets….

He liked me enough to overlook the morals…

He practically was Jill, just as a male and without the nudist tendencies…

Nah, I will still wait until Jill comes here.

Naturally, my strange behavior caused Mike to look at me strangely.

“Is…everything ok?”, he asked awkwardly after about a minute of waiting in the hallway.

Fortunately Mike was the person to just wait instead of forcing his way in.

“Yeah…”, I respond equally awkwardly and curse at Jill.

Suddenly I see her come down the stairs.

Yep, she came DOWN…

And she was taking Lea with her……..!!!!!!

“Jill?!?”, I ask disbelieving.

Jill was binding back her long brown hair and I could see that her clothes were a little messy. The same was the case for Lea who was darkly staring at me.

“Ah… yeah…”, Jill suddenly realized that they were looking like they had just come from some intense lesbian sex. In fact I was pretty sure that they really have sex up till now!

“Hahaha…”, she laughed awkwardly which resulted in me and Mike looking at her even more awkwardly.

The whole situation too awkward right now!

“So…you and Lea are…”, I asked carefully.

Jill nodded slowly. My eyebrows rose.

“Congrats!”, Mike suddenly says and the tension disperses.

Oh, yeah. That’s the great part about Mike. He was great at resolving unpleasant situations!

“Yeah… congrats…”, I said a little more hesitantly.

Jill was beaming, while Lea became bashful.

“Thanks guys!”, Jill said. Then she saw my strange expression and remembered why she had come in the first place.

“oh…well…”, she looked at Mike, then back at me. In the end she came to the same conclusion.

“He’s me, just as a male so there shouldn’t be a problem.”, she shrugged her shoulders.

Mike was confused as he did not understand the content of our words.

I sigh…

“You explain, I don’t think I have the energy to do so…”, I tiredly said.

Jill nodded and once again shrugged her shoulders-.

“Fine with me.”

With this we led a completely confused Mike into my flat.

“Shiina, come over please.”, I say loudly.

She came over obediently and glanced at the three new people that had entered my flat. At Jill’s sight her eyes lit up, Mike was unfamiliar, so I could see a little reservation, but the worst reaction was the one to Lea!

There was outright hostility in Shiina’s beautiful black eyes!

That said, it wasn’t really important how Shiina reacted. What was important was how Mike would react.

Mike was simply staring at this small, beautiful girl that was almost naked and had a black collar around her neck. He blinked once. He blinked a second time. He remained silent.

“This girl is called Shiina White, she is 18 years old, an artist and Ryan’s subtenant/pet. There is nothing shady in this whole matter and everything is out of free will.”, Jill slowly explains.

I suddenly feel Mike’s large hand on my shoulder and gulp.

This went horribly wrong….!

Well….

This is what I thought, but instead Mike suddenly hugged me again.

“I’m so happy for you. Your strange, weird fetishes are finally realized!”

Seriously Mike… you should go and check your mental health…