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Rin always seemed glued to Len after her punishments. Not fearful, like you might think. But then again, one has to remember, for her, everything the man did was perfectly justifiable. He was the one who controlled how she felt, whether she was scared or happy. Whether she was in pain or in complete comfort. The house itself was a sanctuary, built around the wants and needs -though the two were essentially the same in the owner's mind- of his precious pet. After all, she was a luxury, and scarcely anyone else possessed such a successful specimen, healthy and functional.
So Rin naturally clung to Len with every emotion she had, and this was what he wanted from his pet. So once the movement of her hands and feet were in her own control again, she practically pounced on him to give him a hug, nuzzling and burying her head in the crook of his neck.
Used to these kind of actions from her, Len smiled softly, gently running his hands up and down her back for a moment before wrapping his arms around her, pulling her into a secure embrace. He soon could feel her purring softly against his shoulder, content and relaxed in the safety of his hold. She smiled up at him with innocent eyes, not a trace of pain or guilt left behind.
Len closed his eyes and wordlessly kissed her, his head tilted downward and his hair falling in his face. This type of kiss wasn't one Rin got often, it wasn't like the usual rough, lust-filled ones. Those were less confusing, having at least readable motives. But kisses like the one they shared now where different, soft and caring, protective, almost fond, as if for a split second Len saw her as a real girl who's admiration he'd earned. His girl, but in a different way.
And though Rin couldn't understand why, these kind of kisses reminded her that no matter what happened, Master would always kiss it better.
When he finally pulled away, he opened his eyes in time to see Rin's eyes flicker open too, and watch her blink a few times before tilting her head and smiling.
He ran a few fingers gently across her jawline. "Anything you want to do now, princess?"
"Like what, Sir?" She replied with another question, her tone innocent.
"Whatever you want," He glances at his $16,000 Breitling Chronographic watch, then back at her. "I have an hour before I'm needed back at the lab."
Rin smiles at this, and presses a finger to her chin in consideration. "Hmm… You can decide, Master." She wasn't phobic of decisions, so to speak, it was only in her nature to prefer to leave them to Len.
"Alright then," He simply shrugs as he picks up Rin's formerly removed clothes that were still strewn across the floor. "Though you could start making decisions about some things." Len abruptly picks her up and wraps her legs around his waist, letting her rest against his torso. She giggles a little in surprise, causing him to smile as he carries her out of the room. He then tosses the clothes in a laundry hamper and enters the bathroom, flicking on the light and not bothering to shut the door behind them as they entered.
"Oh, bathtime?" She asks when he sits on the edge of the tub and leans over to turn the silver dial and start the flow of moderately warm water into the tub. Overly hot water would only serve to irritate Rin's punished skin, and that certainly wasn't her master's intention.
"Yes, bath time." Len confirms her assumption bluntly as he begins to unbutton his own flannel dress shirt with the pet on his lap watching him. He wasn't certain all how late it would be when he returned home, with work and a few other excursions planned for the night, so it wasn't a bad idea to already get in a bath for his pet.
By the time all the water has run, Len's clothes are all in a pile on the pearly white marble floor, his watch on the counter of the sink some distance away so it wouldn't be damaged by any water. Rin eagerly gets it the tub, splashing around and playing. Having cat-like instincts, it would seem that she would posses a fear of water, but tampering with her amygdala sensors had eliminated that. Being a house pet didn't require a fear of something like baths, which would only make cleaning her more difficult.
The tub is rather large, quite a renovation to install into the house, but one that had certainly gotten an abundance of use. Len slips into the water after her, lathering his hands up with shampoo from a yellow bottle and rubbing it gently into his pet's hair. He washes the rest of her body gently, and while doing so he notices the her start to relax from his touch and the pure water, leaning her head back.
"Are you comfortable?" He asks with a soothing tone, gently bending her knees up out of the water so he could wash her legs.
"Yes, Master," Rin answers softly, watching him delicately run his smooth, soapy hands across her legs, careful not to be too rough on the skin. After rinsing off the soap, he presses a kiss to each of the red marks left on her skin, as he always did. Rin has always believed that was how they healed.
Taking care of her so personally always hit Len with the gravity of having only first laid eyes on his pet a few months ago, on his twenty-fifth birthday. He had begged Kiyo to allow him to preview the progress of their first promising project as business partners, but after the early stages of growth, once the specimen was starting to develop distinguishable features, his friend insisted on going with the original plan and introducing the two on December 27, as a gift of sorts.
The man had been initially alarmed by Rin's appearance, though he had seen the predictive animations, and helped infuse the genetics. But when you first see something that had once been an idea go from data on paper to a living, breathing being, the reality of it is unimaginable.
He had entered her enclosure, greeted by curious eyes, and offered her a gentle gaze and a smile, crouching down in front of her.
"Hey there, kitten..."
He chuckles at the memory and lets her relax for a few minutes as he washes himself off, occasionally glancing at his watch, which he had placed on the edge of the tub, and monitoring how she was doing. After a while he rinses off and studies her, seeing she was still looking peaceful and a little sleepy-eyed. He moves over to her, smiling softly and kissing her nose.
"Master…" Rin murmurs, reaching up and tangling her fingers in his damp hair, which smelled freshly of citrus for the shampoo he'd used. She admired him. Well… it was more than that. He was her whole world.
"What is it, Princess?" He whispers, beginning to press kisses onto her forehead, her cheeks, down her perfectly shaped jaw, giving her the attention he knew she needed, and that he wanted her to have.
"Um… well, could I have a real kiss? Like… here?" She points to her lips, her cheeks blushing crimson.
Len smiles at his girl, his prize, and nods. "Oh, Rin, yes, of course you can have one. I'd give you the world if you asked for it." And with that, he fulfills her wish. But this kiss wasn't innocent like the one he'd given her ten minutes prior with no explanation. It was lips and tongue and deep breaths they both could feel. It was possession and pleasure and desire. And they both were caught up in it for one shared, timeless moment, until Len broke it off, stood Rin up, and began to drain the water from the tub.
A bit of water was tracked across the room when he went to grab the downy bath towel and dried himself off, then returned to Rin to do the same. Once finished, he hung the towel back up and once again picked her up, carrying her into their room and setting her down on his bed. After redressing them both, him in his work clothes and her in a little blue gown, her tucked her into bed.
"Nap for a while. I'll be back from from work in a few hours. Be a good girl, okay?" He asks gently.
"Yes, Master," At first it was as if she wasn't going to say anything else, but then she knitted her brows in consideration and began to speak again. "Do I love you, Sir?"
Len wasn't necessarily surprised by the question, at the most slightly caught off guard. However, he still answered promptly. "No, you don't. You're devoted to me, because you need me, and I take good care of you. But I know how you think, and you don't love me."
Seeming to accept this answer, Rin nods a little, then leans up to kiss Len's cheek. "Okay. I'll see you after work, Master!"
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