Demesne Snippets 10: Massage

"Hey, Umu. Let me help you with that."

"Oh, Rian! It's fine, I can carry it all by myself."

"Nonsense. I'm pretty sure I have clothes in there, so it's only fair I help you carry them."

"…thank you."

"No problem. We all have to help each other, after all. How are your shoulders?"

"They're a bit sore. I didn't have time to put my chest wrap on the right way…"

"Why didn't you ask—ah, never mind. Do you want me to give you a massage when we get back to the house? Riz is taking care of things in the Um and Mikon is keeping her company, so they won't be back home for a while."

"T-that would be nice…"

Footsteps. A door opened, and after a bit closed again.

"All right, I've laid out the bed. Where does it hurt?"

"Ah, around here… wait, I can quite reach it…"

"Here?"

"A bit lower down."

"Here?"

"A little more to the left—yes, there."

"All right. here, put this pillow under your stomach, you might be more comfortable that way."

"Thank you. Hmm…"

"Am I being too hard?"

"No, it feels… nice… hmm…"

Humming, intermixed with the occasional sigh. The sound of flesh on flesh, quick and shallow impacts of fingers on muscle.

"All right, all done. How do you feel?"

A moan of relief. "That feels so much better… thank you, Rian."

"No problem. Does it hurt anywhere else?"

"…well, my rear is a little sore from sitting all day… could you… do something about that too?"

"…is that all right? I mean…"

"It's fine! You can touch it… unless you don't want to?"

"No, no, it's not that! I just…" A sigh, and a little laugh. "Sorry if it sounded that way. I'm just being silly. I mean, I've touched the front of… there, so… ahem… anyway! Tell me if this helps."

"Ah… t-that seems to be helping. Just… keep doing that…"

"Like this?"

"Y-yes. That actually feels really nice there…"

"You know… if you want… I can massage your legs too? They can get very stiff from sitting down for a long time…"

"…t-that would be nice."

"A-and after that, you could turn over and I can massage your front too…?"

"T-that would be very ni—"

"We're home! Oh, were the two of you starting without us?"

"Rainbows, Mikon!"

"What are you mad at me for?"