She filled the stone tub with bucket after bucket of hot steamy water. Minami realy needed to be

cleaned, though Yutaka felt intrusive cleaning the girl while she was knocked out, she had to

clear away all the dried blood, for the sake of her nest. She had Konata drag Minami upstairs and

wait outside the door while she undressed Minami. She loved her cousin, but didn't trust her with

anyone unconscious and naked. Not since the time she passed out on the couch and woke up in

that strange outfit...

Once Minami was in the tub Yutaka scrubbed her, being sure to keep Minami's freshly bandaged

wing out of the soiled water, she couldn't stomach going anywhere below the waist, even

Minami's long slender legs seemed to forbidden to touch. But lucky for her all the blood had

landed on the upper half. She looked at minami's hand after a few minutes of scrubbing. Her

fingers were so smooth and slender, Yutaka couldn't help herself, she slowly pressed their

palms together lifting while lacing her fingers into the older girls.

'Gah what happened?' Minami thought. Opening her eyes to see Yutaka cutely staring at her

hand, their fingers laced together. 'Was this a custom for friends?' Minami, being a hawk had

never had any friends, she'd had acquaintances, only other hawks of course, she'd had parents

and such, but never a friend.

Minami simply stared at the girl, then at herself. She was albeit surprised being naked, and wet,

but brushed it off as another custom. Oh how great it was to have a friend. She squeezed gently

on Yutaka's hand. Earning a surprised squeak from the girl. Who promptly looked up at her, a

slightly scared look in her eyes.

"What's wrong?" Minami asked, hoping she was reading her new friend correctly. Yutaka looked

up, the scared look replaced with a relieved one.

"So you didn't get the wrong idea" she smiled.

"Wrong idea?" Minami inquired, unsure of what she meant.

"I thought maybe you'd mistake me cleaning you up for bed for me taking advantage of you."

Yutaka peeped.

Minami shook her head in response, but that was enough to remind her of the pain in her wing.

She involuntarily winced, which did not go unnoticed by her petite friend.

"Well you're clean now" Yutaka concluded "lets get you to bed" unlacing their fingers she got up

and grabbed for a towel whilst Minami stood gingerly water falling around her. Sliding out from the

tub she realised just how shaky she was from the accident. Minami stumbled forward as Yutaka

turned. Catching her falling hero Yutaka blushed uncontrollably at the unexpected contact with

the naked girl. Yutaka, in her shock, could not help but take a glance at her protectors body. She

had been too ashamed and embarrased to get a good look before this.

Long slender muscle's contracted as she stood. Her shoulders were well defined, probably from

all that flying. Yutaka couldn't bare to look at her breasts, so instead her eyes slipped to her

stomach. Thin yet firm there too. Her entire body was wet and shining, she was beautiful.

"Thank you" Minami uttered, knocking Yutaka out of her trance. Yutaka was glad Minami hadn't

caught her peeping, maybe she was hanging around with Konata too much. Though in reality,

Minami had noticed, but didn't quite know what to think of it.

Being a hawk she had been taught few things in life. They concluded two things, 'Do not

associate yourself with lower beings' or 'ground peasants' as her mother referred to them, and

'You are a perfect higher being, there is no call for shame, ever, she could take anything she

wanted and, so long as she was strong, no one could do anything about it.' Every hawk or eagle

seemed to have a god complex, something that separated Minami from the others. As such,

though she was embarrassed at being nude, she forced it to the back of her mind. It was one of

the things trained into her.

Minami stood tall and erect, which only seemed to abash the small girl more. who averted her

gaze innocently, now holding the towel at arms length. Minami couldn't make heads or tails of

such a display, but decided to take the towel anyway.

After getting nice and dry Minami felt a light chill run up her spine. This did not go unnoticed by

the young girl. "I don't think any of my clothes will fit you" she realised. Taking her hand she led

her down stairs. She took Minami to her nest. A small nest in the corner of the room. She told

Minami to lay down on the plush nest, covered with colorful sacks filled with soft feathers and cotton.

The nest was beautifully crafted, in Minami's own nest there would be loose twigs that would

poke her in the night, there was no such problem in Yutaka's nest.

Yutaka had left the room after giving Minami a big warm blanket. Minami attempted to make

herself more comfortable in the small nest, she decided on laying her arms around the edges of

the nest. Her wings hung limply off the sides, as well as her legs. Should she look at herself it

would seem rather comical, but at least the blanket covered her shivering body.

Minami took this opportunity to observe the room, there was a fireplace and chimney that was

roaring with flames. It was built with some kind of rocks, she guessed so as to not set everything

on fire. The house was entirely wood, as with most woodland creatures she presumed it to be in

a tree.

Yutaka entered again, pot in hand as she placed it over the fire, she was cooking? Minami's

stomach growled at the thought of food. Yutaka sat in the nest beside Minami. "My cousin

Konata, the girl you met before, left a note, said she heard voices and decided to go, something

about teasing bunny's..." she trailed off.

"Ah" she nodded in response. Silently hoping Yutaka would lean back into her arm. She wanted

to continue the conversation, but being so socially sheltered she had no idea where to start.

"so... uh... what are you cooking in the pot over there?" she questioned.

"Oh just some stew" she replied. It was then Minami took in the scent. There was meat in there.

"Doesn't it bother you to cook meat?" she questioned, concerned.

"Oh not so much, i've cooked for onee-chan before, and she's a predator two" she explained.

"Hmm.." Minami thought "how did you make your house?" she pondered allowed.

"Oh my Uncle dug it through, he's a mole" at this Minami shuddered. Moles were known for being

quite... creepy. "Oh! The soups done." Yutaka got up taking the soup and emptying it into a bowl

with a ladle before taking the bowl along with a spoon to Minami. After taking it the tall girl

watched Yutaka disappear out of the room, only to return with her own bowl, filled with a fair

amount of fruits and veggies.

After finishing their meal Minami uttered a sincere thank you and Yutaka took the dishes away. It

felt nice being looked after like this. "So... were gonna sleep together right?" Minami questioned,

hoping to hide the anxiousness in her voice.

"W-well I-I don't really have any other nests or *gulp* blankets..." She trailed off looking down at

Minami's body, thinking of her naked just beneath the sheets. Minami took this as a yes and

opened the blanket boldly, exposing her body and ushering Yutaka to hurry inside.

Yutaka blushed, but quietly curled up next to the naked girl. 'Ugh finally' Minami wanted this, she

wanted it so badly and she didn't even know why. Just to feel the small squirrel like creature

curled up into her. She felt finally at peace as she wrapped her arm around the girl and lay her

chin on her head. Even with the dull throbbing in her wing this was the greatest she'd ever felt in

her life, which left only one question.

"When you pass out, do I have to wash you two?"