Dandelion King

They tell me I'm getting younger and younger every day. I don't understand what they mean, but it is probably just one of master's experiments. I'm starting to grow things in strange places—I have a tail now and a couple of knots like ears on the top of my head. I can control the tail; the knots are simply decoration I guess. I don't know though and I'm certainly not supposed to know, else I would.

Eelsah has gotten so quiet these days. He says that in dreams he does bad things. He says he can't escape this life anymore. When I press my finger on his lips he goes silent. Sometimes he smiles, other times he turns away very slightly.

I know one thing for sure. I love him. I love him so much it hurts my heart when his eyes look away from me. I don't love him romantically though. I'm not allowed to so I don't. He is my best friend, my hero, my motivation.

My feet gently pattered down the slightly cool temperature of the fifth floor hallway. I was carrying tea to my Master and Mistress for their morning works. I heard Glysa say they are doing a major project announcement today. I think he said something about new people to live here as well. I had to keep calm as I served tea and bread though. New roommates can't override my duties.

"My Lady, My Master, I bring you the special brew of black, green, and ishta tea today. I hope it is decent to you. I've only brewed it twenty-six times this month, therefore I may be out of practice. Please tell me if it is gross and I will serve you in any other way I can," I stated submissively, gently placing the platter on the low table of mahogany and mithril. They both smiled and sipped the liquid from the porcelain cups, shifting slightly in their pure silk pajamas and smiling superiorly from behind their tiaras of gold, ruby, sapphire, and emerald.

"You've done well, Hytaih. So very well. Did you bake the bread as well today?" the lady asked of me. I took in a deep breath and nodded. She maintained her smile and broke a small piece off, slowly moving the piece of bread to her vibrant black and gold lips, licking it slightly with her almost forked tongue, and then sinking her fangs into the crumbly victim.

"Again, Hytaih, you've done well."

"Thank you, my Lady," I stated, letting out my heavy breath slowly so it would not sound like a whimper or a sigh.

"Hytaih, my perfect little creature," my Master spoke, eliciting chills and a faster heartbeat from me, "you'll be serving more clientele than usual today. Eelsah is in the medical floor for the day. It seems his conversion has led to some…unforeseen consequences and he'll be unable to service his own clients. Do make sure you are in good stamina. We've got a new group coming in to see if our services are…perfect."

"Yes sir," I stated, denying that deep inside I felt sick. A small ting of porcelain on stainless steel signaled that it was time for me to take the dishes to the kitchen and undress for the rest of my day. I bowed twice—once to each of my owners—and carried the tray to the designated place. After escaping the grasp of lustful stares and entering the small privacy of the room I knew to be my home I sat down and cried.

Eelsah was sick or hurt. He could lose value and if he did so…he wouldn't be able to stay on my floor in my room anymore. We'd be on separate places. We'd not be allowed to joke anymore as our bodies healed from the fourteen hour days of sexual slavery. We wouldn't be together anymore and couldn't practice our dancing and singing on the few days we had off. I could feel how tight my chest was and how heavy my tears felt as the trickled down my face. I didn't want to believe that Eelsah and I would not be allowed to do our services together anymore.

I cut my sobbing short as I heard the single chime sound that a client was preparing to use my body as it was intended. I looked quickly over the symbols and colors the Fys board showed and stripped my clothes off, drank a bottle of wine, and pulled on 14 leather belts all in ten minutes. The belts covered my naval, my thighs, my forearms, and my calves. I then snapped a few earrings in the bottom holes of my left ear and took in several deep breaths to prepare myself for the current sire's desires. He would demand me to stop breathing and I would do so. He would tell me when I could breathe again.

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The day was in fact, longer, more painful, and more taxing than I had prepared for and I cursed myself for being less than perfect for the group that would decide their bid for my services later on. Master and Mistress told me I would not have to serve them tea in the evening on that night and helped me get settled to bed. I couldn't truly rest though. Eelsah wasn't there when I walked in.

I would have tossed and turned and kicked and squirmed if my body had any ability to do so but it did not. I could feel those heavy tears teasing my dehydrated, exhausted eyelids. I heard something whispering from the darkness and let it enter my ears.

"Calm down little Hy…calm down."

"I'm sad though…I'm so sad that I could turn my sadness into energy and save everyone…"

"Such a delicate, noble Dandelion King. Sad enough to save everyone…"

And as my sadness melted into happiness and my tears of sorrow twisted into salty secretions of joy I forced myself to sit up. I felt sick and dizzy but most importantly, I felt a slightly pointed finger press against my lips.

"Breathe, Hy. Breathe. We have to do more work tomorrow," Eelsah whispered. He eased me back onto my pillows and brushed a few locks of hair out of my eyes. Then he settled in next to me and began to whisper long, detailed stories of the world of the Dandelions and Kingdoms of Humans and Holy Creatures and more. I simply smiled and let his words weave my dreams.