Disclaimer: My lack of ideas seeps like an open sore! Touhou belongs to Zun!
A/N: And now we find out how the night alone with Wriggle will turn out for Aya. Will if go well, or very well? Perhaps I'll try another way of doing things... it could help with detail... And if it feels icky, I'll simply stop doing it! On with the show!
Author: ...I wonder what I meant by that?
Yukari: Many things are lost to time.
Author: Isn't that a tad fast for such a thing to happen?
Yukari: Some things go faster than others: this is hardly a famous work of fiction. When you one day are gone, how long do you believe your memory will be carried on? How long will your stories be remembered, and how long will it take for them to simply be written off as discontinued?
Author: I'd rather not think about such things.
Yukari: Then feel blessed by your short life. After all, they do say that the candle that burns twice as brightly burns twice as quickly. And you burn ever so brightly.
Author: ...More than a little alarming...
Early night, Aya's house, Wriggle's PoV:
The door to the cellar swung open with a slight shove from Aya. "Welcome to my humble abode!" Declared Aya with a small smile. It looked lived in, and... well enough kept, but there was obvious dust settling in places where her powers didn't reach as easily. "What do you think? Not as run down as you first thought, is it?" Asked Aya with a chuckle. She obviously wasn't going to easily forgive that I thought her house had a dirt floor and was full of dust-covered junk. But she would likely save that for another time.
At least, I hope so.
"Yeah! Your house looks nice, especially when compared to both mine and Cirno's!" I said, obviously in awe, even ignoring that accursed ink. The only nicer houses I had been in were the Scarlet Devil Mansion, and Miss Yuuka's cottage. The former I was... recruited... to be a maid at for a while, while the latter I passed out in fear when I was first... invited... into the house by Mistress.
Of course, there was much fainting involved in the house of the Devil herself, too. That was why I was let go, after all. 'Relieved of duty', as they called it. I honestly should do that more often. I never knew how good a defense mechanism fainting could be! Although, even when I was an insect, I wasn't exactly needing such a thing. Being empowered by the reigning queen does that. ...Those were simpler times.
I sometimes miss them.
In comparison to this home, mine was simply a huge hollowed out log. With a door, mind you. Wouldn't want anyone barging in on me. Cirno's house was pretty much a rickety shack made of scrap wood and full of badly made furniture. Though it's not like the fairy needed to fear the cold or anything like that. Plus, if she really wanted to, she would simply make another ice house in the middle of the lake. She enjoys the meals together with the team though, so she doesn't, or so I assume.
"Well, if one has a house for a long while, it's only natural to improve it here and there, you know? It actually started out similar to the one Cirno has now, really. ...Able to hold heat, though. That house is chilly. First I added floors, then a room, another room, and yet another room! Before I knew it, I had added a second floor, and upgraded the walls to much sturdier materials. After that, I dug out the cellar, and eventually got help so as to make the secret way in. Eventually, I might simply move the house to the inside of the tunnel and seal this side off." Listed off Aya, touching a finger with each upgrade she talked about.
"Now follow me and I'll show you around." Called out the tengu, waving for me to follow.
I had counted eight upgrades in all, with a ninth possibly planned.
"Here we have the kitchen, and through that door is the pantry." Said Aya, as she pointed to a door next to a large metal double-doored box. About the room were all sorts of things that had names that Aya had forgotten. "I know how to use few of the machines my friend gave to me, and she gives me a lot ...Maybe I should stop saying 'Sure' whenever she asks if I'll take an extra invention of hers. One of the ones that I do know how to use is this 'stove' as she calls it. I was a little skeptic of it being a stove at first, but, well..." Aya trailed off, before quickly proving that the thing actually worked. She flipped a switch, pulled a lever and twisting a knob. Kappa make the least user friendly inventions imaginable, so I wasn't exactly shocked by that, at least assuming that her friend was a kappa.
If she wasn't, I'd think she was just messing with Aya.
After all that work, the machine began to shake a bit, causing me to look slightly concerned as I backed away. "Uhh..."
And then, suddenly — and with a very small, very concerning pop — one of the fifty three micro-burners began to instantly glow a little, causing me to jump back. There was a flash of a camera as Aya chuckled at my reaction, while I simply blushed at showing such weakness.
Next, she pressed a button, spun a wheel, and yanked a bar out a fraction of an inch, which seemed to turn it off. "Now, follow me; next on the tour is the dining room." Said Aya, as she was already walking off without me. As soon as we arrived, I was a tad confused, and looked about before wondering what she needed so many chairs for. Seemingly knowing that the question was being thought, Aya simply said. "...Just in case. Can't be too prepared." And left it at that, before she began to walk off once more, wings drooping barely noticeably.
As we neared the next room, the scent of ink had me a bit dizzy, but I ignored it to the best of my abilities.
"This is where I put together and print out my articles, with that press over there." Said the tengu, who was pointing to a large machine.
Eyeing my squirming antennae, she let out a loud yawn and lead me to the bedroom, thankfully sparing me that torture. Without uttering a word, she instantly undressed us both and plopped onto the bed, going out like a light.
Mind you, I was suddenly in her naked arms, bare for all the world to see. I looked down. Yup. Breasts.
My face proceeded to go red in an instant.
I was completely at a loss of what to do, and just sat there a few minutes, my heart beating like a horse's gallop. After I had calmed down enough, I looked over Aya's shoulder. I tried in vain to pull myself free, but her arms were like steel. I may be a youkai, be she's a whole lot of youkai. Eventually I gave up, simply staying where I was and laying next to Aya. I did my utmost to avoid touching particularly sensitive areas of her wings while I gently stroked the tengu's feathers.
Because how could one ever resist touching such luxurious feathers?
With each stroke, Aya sighed. It would seem Aya's wings are quite sensitive to the touch, just as I had expected them to be! After all, my wings are, too. Now knowing what to expect from the wings, I gently slid her hands to the middle of Aya's back, touching the base of the wings. The crow that lay before me tensed up, shivering.
Ohh, I would enjoy helping her get that area clean, that much was certain by this point.
Getting to work, I licked my fingers and began preening the feathers that needed it with my fingers, being as thorough as I could, being sure not to miss any spots. I honestly only had vague knowledge of such things from watching Mystia when she wasn't paying much attention to what she was doing while cooking.
After getting a feather caught in my throat, I did eventually tell her what she was doing.
It was a small feather.
Tiny, in fact.
I'm not some idiot that doesn't pay attention to her food!
The whole time I was doing this, Aya had been murmuring lightly, shivering now and was plain to see that she was slowly heating up, all while asleep. After a good ten minutes, my work on Aya's wings complete. I noticed that her arms we no longer holding me, and so I buzzed my way over to the other side of Aya, pulling the blanket over the both of us.
Seeing as she was on top of it, that was more difficult than it had to be.
Even if I had just woken up, there was no way I would give up such a great opportunity. If I wanted to get closer to this bird, I would have to change my hours. And with that, I kissed the one I was quickly beginning to love on the forehead trying to force myself to sleep.
When I finally was on the verge of doing so, Aya rolled over an kissed my semi-conscious self. "Thank you."