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Ryoga sat on Akane’s floor, a towel wrapped around his waist. He was shaking with nervousness.
Akane, in her desk chair, pinched the bridge of her nose. “Let me get this straight. You are P-chan.”
“Uh, yeah.”
“You were my pet.”
“Right.”
“You, Ryoga Hibiki, are P-chan, and you were my pet.”
“Yes.”
Akane sighed. “Ryoga, this is just… I mean, what am I going to do with you?”
Ryoga wanted to say ‘Please, please, please forgive me’, but no words came out when he opened his mouth.
“Well then. If this is something you really want, we’ll have to set some ground rules.”
His brain froze. He attempted a hard reset.
“Most important rule: I’m not going to have sex with you. Never.”
A slight gurgling noise was the only sound Ryoga was capable of producing.
“If we’re going to continue this relationship, we’ll need some props for when you’re in human form.”
“Props?” he barely managed to get out.
“You know: a collar. With your name on it, and a tag listing me as your owner. Oh, and in case I ever step outside with you, you’ll need a leash as well. Or rather, I’ll need one. It’s not the pet that owns the leash, it’s the pet’s owner who does. A gag, too, to make sure you don’t talk. Oh, don’t worry, I’ll take the gag off when you need to eat or drink. I don’t really want to see your bits, so you can wear underwear, but the rest of the clothes will have to go. Now for sleeping arrangements—maybe I can get one of those kennels that really big dogs will fit in. This is going to start costing money. Oh, I guess you can give me all the cash you have on-hand. Pets don’t have wallets, Ryoga.”
He was about to protest when she held up a hand. “Sorry, that was wrong. I take it back. I meant, ‘pets don't have wallets, P-chan.’”
It was the first time he’d slept in Akane’s room outside of her bed. It was also the first time he’d slept there in human form—if he could even call it that anymore. That is, he still had a human body, but hunched in the kennel, wearing only a pair of briefs, collar on his neck and gag in his mouth, he didn’t feel particularly human.
‘You know, when I wished at the enchanted well that Akane would find out about my curse but not be angry about it… I should have probably added more specific requirements.’