Spike would like pedicures.
Buffy sighed as she found the bleach blonde reclining in a black leather massage chair with one pretty Asian girl working on his feet while a second tended to nails. In recent weeks the black polish had been significantly less chipped and had lasted longer. She should have realized it was because he was having it done for him. Come to think of it, she should have realized that the minute she noticed his fingernails looked buffed and neat of all things. Instead she had assumed he had simply been spending more time on them.
As she strode into the nail saloon the hairs on the back of her neck stood up. Something about it wasn't quite-ah.
This particular saloon appeared to cater to a specific type. In a word: demons. At one chair a pretty blonde sat on the lap of a red headed vampire, moaning as the vamp lapped at her neck. To his credit, when Spike noticed her, he appeared contrite.
"S'not what it looks like luv," the vampire protested as Buffy eyed him in distain, "M'not here for the blood drinkin', just that here's the only place that caters to demons and the like."
"Would the Slayer like her nails done today?" a pink colored demoness asked Buffy, "we have a blue that would exactly match her eyes. And Angelo would be glad to massage her back as she gets her fingers done." Spike growled at the dark haired man with blue eyes who wiggled his fingers teasingly and winked at HIS Slayer. Noting his response, Buffy smirked.
"Well...just a manicure I suppose," Buffy acquiesced and the demoness smiled.
"Very good, very good," the demoness smiled and escorted Buffy to a seat. Tactfully placing her far away from the vampire with her teeth in the human girl. Angelo stepped behind her and began to rub her shoulders as a second demon took up with her hands. Within minutes, Buffy was in bliss.
"Enjoyin' yerself, luv?" a voice breathed in her ear and Buffy realized she had closed her eyes when they snapped open.
"More than I expected I would. Guess I needed some pampering after all the world save-age I've been doing," Buffy admitted as Spike's capable hands replaced Angelo's. She giggled as she imagined her vampire baring a little fang at the handsome man.
"You deserve more'n jus' a lil, pet," the vampire noted as his hands dug into the knot in her neck. Buffy sighed as she leaned against him, "if it brings ya this much pleasure, I'll be payin' for this every week if ya like?" Buffy nodded in ascent as she fell back into her blissful state.
"A'right, ducks," the vampire said after what felt like just a few a minutes but was nearly half an hour, "the nice demon is done with your nails. Would ya be wantin' a pedicure to match?"
Buffy hesitated for a moment, admiring her newly blood red fingernails. Then she shook her head.
"Maybe next week," she smiled.
A/N: Just a fun little short