Duran-kun and Kiyo-chan's Omake Theater!
(featuring the Kuga-Fujino family pets)
Kiyohime looked seriously at the tea tray with all of her eyes, then with the speed of a striking cobra (or six striking cobras), the hydra launched into action. Her first head plucked the cosy off the teapot so that the second head could lift the pot, snaking its neck through the handle before coming around to grip the spout in its mouth for extra support. The third head, being slightly clumsy, got the job of holding the cup steady. The fourth head picked up the milk pitcher and poured in a dollop, and the fifth used the tongs to transfer a cube of sugar from the bowl to the cup. Finally, the sixth head took a spoon and stirred, earning warning glares from the others when the tea nearly sloshed over the rim of the cup.
Holding the saucer carefully between three heads, she descended from the coffee table and slithered into the bedroom. Leaning back as far as she could on her main body and stretching upwards, she was able to set the tea on one of the nightstands.
"Good girl, Kiyohime!" her owner enthused, scratching each head in turn behind the crest while they made little purring sounds.
"I swear, Shizuru, you are the laziest person in the world sometimes," Natsuki said from the other side of the bed. "You can't get up to get your own cup of tea?"
"But...but it's a chilly evening!" Shizuru protested in mock helplessness. "I don't want to get out from under these comfy warm covers."
"Yeah, okay, but I could have got your tea for you. It'd take what, two seconds, and you wouldn't have to put Kiyohime through those contortions."
Shizuru glomped Natsuki around the waist.
"Ikezu! The bed loses its entire snuggliness quotient without my Natsuki! You wouldn't abandon me like that?"
Natsuki sighed.
"You are totally ridiculous sometimes, do you know that?"
"...Yes?"
Looking down into Shizuru's wide red eyes, Natsuki gave up and laughed.
"I love you, you know that?"
"Yes, but it's good to hear it," Shizuru said, happily nuzzling her head against Natsuki's belly. "I love you too, Natsuki." She pressed a kiss against the soft skin just below her lover's navel. Natsuki shivered, but pushed Shizuru away.
"Finish your tea first, or you'll hurt Kiyo-chan's feelings."
Shizuru's crimson eyes glinted roguishly.
"But you're supposed to wash down your sweets with milk tea, not eat them after."
"And you're stuck with me for life, which makes me a main course, not a teatime snack," Natsuki riposted.
Shizuru grinned and sat up.
"You win," she said, "but only because I really like the sound of that."
"It would kinda suck if you didn't."
"True."
She then leaned in and kissed Natsuki long and deeply, leaving her lover quivering, then turned and calmly picked up her tea.
"Appetizer," she summed up.
She always gets the last word, Natsuki said to herself. As usual, though, she wasn't particularly displeased at the thought. Shizuru was, after all, Shizuru. A shy smile was on her lips as she watched the tawny-haired girl make a teasing production of slowly finishing the entire cup of tea.
Kiyohime helpfully pulled Duran's blanket up over the sleeping dog's ears.