Chloe sat in silence in the passenger seat as Daniel got back on the main roads visibly stewing over how the night had gone.
Daniel had tried his best to serve, to let go of the humiliation he'd felt at Emma's apartment. Chloe, though, clearly wasn't impressed.
The car ride continued in deafening silence as Daniel pulled on to their street and edged the car into the parking spot in front of their apartment.
"I'm sorry Mistress, I really tried."
Frustrated, Daniel tried to show his regret for how the night had progressed.
"I really did. Please don't be mad. I really tried Mistress."
Chloe stared forward at the dashboard of the car, fiddling with a zipper on her jacket.
"Please, will you say something Mistress?" Daniel asked, almost begging. Daniel pulled the keys from the ignition and stared down at his naked cock shriveled from the cold as he quivered.
With a deep sigh, Chloe finally cut the almost visible tension in the air of the car. Putting a hand on the middle console she leaned over to the drivers seat towards Daniel and put a caring hand on his shoulder.
"I know you did. I'm proud of you, because I know it's all you're capable of. I'm sorry I got so upset with you, I know you're just learning to be a slave in front of your friends. I'm not going to punish you tonight."
Danial, surprised now by her tenderness, tried to speak but the words wouldn't come.
"Let's just go inside, I need to get some rest before brunch tomorrow with Emma." Chloe said as she gripped the handle on the car door, prying it open still making eye contact with Daniel. "Let's go have you make us some dinner."
Tugging on the leash strapped around his neck, Chloe pulled Daniel's naked figure not through his door but hers. Without hesitating Daniel crawled over the middle console and drink holders, clumsily exiting out her passenger side door on his hands and knees.
"Hurry up, I'm freezing." Chloe said with a slight eye roll looking away toward the apartment.
"Yes Mistress, I'm sorry."
Jumping to his feet, the two continued up the frozen concrete steps into the apartment. Daniel was still entirely nude save for the collar around his neck and the small iron cage around his penis.
He couldn't help but notice the disappointment in Chloe's face, her unwillingness to look him in the eye as they set their things down in the kitchen.
"Make us some pasta - I'm going to shower up, make sure it's ready before I come out." Chloe said, exhausted.
"Yes Mistress." Daniel said as he pulled a large pot from the drawer below the sink and began to fill it water.
Chloe slipped into her room and tossed her shirt off. With the door open, Daniel saw the sides of her breasts. Her breasts were small and perky, almost poking out in a forward direction. He'd always loved her nipples.
"Focus", he said to himself silently, shaking his head.
Twenty minutes passed and Daniel tended to the pasta as Chloe showered. Pouring a jar of red sauce into the finished product, he smelled the soaking pasta noodles to make sure it was as she liked it.
Pasta was Chloe's comfort food. He wondered what she was feeling.
The two of them ate in a familiar silence. Daniel, sat naked on the ground, still leashed, was given a large metal dog bowl to eat from as Chloe sat on the couch and rested her meal on the coffee table in front of her.
Daniel wasn't allowed silverware any more and had been taught to eat with his face like an animal.
He wanted to talk to her through animalistic bites. To ask her what was going on in her mind. Why had she changed her mind? Why hadn't she punished him?
She wasn't exactly one for skipping punishments.
As frightened as Daniel was after the night he'd had, he would always love her. He never wanted Chloe to leave him. He would do anything to make sure she was okay.
Grabbing the remote and shutting the tv off, Chloe stood up and scooped the leftovers from her pasta into Daniel's dog bowl with an audible plop.
"Eat it all. I'm going to bed. Wash the dishes and clean up before you sleep. I'll be gone early tomorrow for brunch so just make sure the house is clean when I get back if I don't see you first."
The remote dropped to the coffee table and Chloe left quickly to her room.
"Yes Mistre-"
Chloe's door was already shut and locked behind her.
Daniel was never the best at picking up on when a girlfriend had been upset with him, though that certainly wasn't the case tonight.
DECEMBER 11th
The morning came all too quickly. Daniel sniffled and rubbed his eyes as he tried to adjust his nostrils to the morning air, slowly rolling off his air mattress as the faint sounds of birds filled the quiet living room.
Chloe had left before he woke up, going for brunch with Emma, Jake and his friend Myles. A bit on the counter read "Be back soon! Out for brunch with Emma. Clean my bathroom while I'm gone and wash the sheets on my bed. Love you."
Daniel smiled as he read the note, thinking maybe Chloe hadn't been as upset with him as he thought. She seemed better today; nicer. With a relaxed sigh he set out on his chores for the day.
"So how long have you guys been friends?" Chloe smiled, staring up at Myles' tall frame as they waited in line for their drinks. Both Myles and Jake were large men and it was easy to see they worked out quite often.
"Oh we met a few years back actually. Jake and I were both in the same law firm after college."
"A lawyer, huh? Sounds like Emma lucked out with Jake then." She winked at Emma.
"Where do you guys want to sit?"
"Let's grab a spot over by the window."
The four of them sat down and laughed through their meal. The group had begun ordering mimosas and after an hour or so, as the alcohol quickly relaxed their inhibitions, they began to get more comfortable.
Myles, turning directly to Chloe now, began to poke for information.
"So you have a boyfriend, right? Where is he now?"
Chloe cleared her throat and blushed making eye contact with him, almost looking embarrassed to talk about Daniel.
"I do, yeah. We've been dating for a few years now. He's at home cleaning." Shooting a sarcastic look at Emma.
Myles and Jake picked up on the look and wondered what the big secret was.
"What's that look for?"
"Oh, nothing. Chloe's boyfriend is just the biggest loser I've ever met." Emma laughed.
"Oh he's not that bad" Chloe responded, pushing Emma's arm.
"What do you mean?" Jake and Myles both look confused.
Jake shot up from a hunched position to upright as he felt Emma's hand stroke his cock over his jeans, trying his best not to let anyone else at the table notice.