Oh Yes
Joe turned the shriveled thing over in his hands. It felt like a dried up snake.
"You mean to tell me that this thing is actually alive? What was it? I mean, what is it? Some kind of snake?"
The short proprietor of "The Shop of Obscure Delights" peered through thick spectacles. "Yes it is alive, and it's not a snake. Not sure exactly what it is, or even where it came from, but my supplier said; it's not a snake."
Joe put it back in the thick cardboard box that was labeled "Pedigreed Pet Tentacle", it made him think about the Pet Rock craze. "It is an interesting color; maybe it would make a fun conversation piece, but probably not a good coaster."
You have to understand Joe, now, freshly divorced and free to indulge his taste for oddities with no wife to restrain him. Now, he could have all of the unique things he wanted.
"Ok, I'll take it, but if it is alive, what do I do with it, and how do I take care of it?"
"Once a month put it near a big dish of water"
"And then what happens?"
"It will drink it all up, or at least that's what the supplier told me."
"So it will move to take a drink, your telling me that this dried up, whatever it is, will get out of this box to drink water?"
"Yep, that's what the-"
"I know, I know that's what the supplier told you, but, if it drinks, does it eat? I mean, so, do I have to feed it, and what do I feed it?"
The shop keeper's face blushed slightly and he seemed uncomfortable. "Y-yes it does, it likes sort of a (stammering) a liquid diet I've been told. Tell you what, It only has to eat once a month, let me talk to the supplier, then, give me a call first of next week. I'll find out."
Joe shrugged and paid the shop keeper, clearly fascinated with his new acquisition, be it pet, or conversation piece, regardless it was cheap. "Is there anything else I should know about my pet, dead, snake?"
"Don't think so." The old man put his index finger to his lips and appeared thoughtful. "Oh yes, I almost forgot. It sucks."
"Sucks?
"Yes, Sucks."
"Sucks what?"
"I Dunno". The shop keeper shrugged. "That's all the supplier said. Have a good day, young man". With a dismissive wave, the old man trotted briskly into the back room of the shop leaving a perplexed Joe holding a box, with air holes and printing that read, "Pedigreed Pet Tentacle"
Holding it up Joe looked through one of the big air holes at the dead coiled up thing, and chuckled out loud, "pedigreed pet tentacle my big ass". The bell on the door tinkled as he stepped outside.
Joe strode, down the street, towards the parking lot. It was hot and his tank top wore him very well, clinging to his developed torso, while his skinny jeans did their best not to blow their stitches keeping his big quads and ass cheeks covered. He had a natural man walk that got a lot of looks from a lot of people. But his mind was on what he had to do when he got home.
Yard work, and lots of it. Shirtless Joe worked, cutting the lawn front and back at his bungalow. He and the bitch, (his wife) split everything when they divorced, and Joe got himself a small, one story house. The house was in great shape but, the outside had been neglected and needing attention, and now was the time.
By late afternoon Joe was done, and took a long shower. He walked naked through the house, and brought his "pet" from the kitchen and put it on the night stand next to his bed.
"Oh, I forgot your water, my bad". He laughed to himself and got a bowl of water and put it next to the tentacle box. "And, I better open the top of your house or you won't be able to take a drink." Joe laughed at himself for doing this. He didn't believe anything the shop keeper said; indeed, this was another "Pet Rock".
He got on the bed naked and lay back against the pillows. The windows behind the headboard were open a bit and the sounds of summer wafted inside. He thought about his ex wife and how long they fought. It seemed as though their marriage was contentious to begin with. She truly was a difficult person and for a long time they slept apart. No sex and all bickering meant that Joe hadn't had any for along time, and now on his own, he was gun shy, even masturbation wasn't giving him what he wanted and needed. Just thinking about it, made his cock hard, and he started to abuse him self but stopped. "Oh, what the fuck." Joe put his had back on the pillow and let the gentle breeze from the open windows relax him. He fell asleep.
Joe wasn't asleep long, when a noise abruptly woke him, then he realized, that the water in the bowl was gone.
"What the..."
The he saw it. His new acquisition was peaking out of the top of the box. Joe was startled but, not afraid, truly surprised, but not afraid. He loved stuff like this.
"Well now, I thought you were dead."
At his words it came out of the box handily, and seemed to stretch and arc like a slinky toy, the entire thing gathered smoothly on the bed next to Joe.
Fascinated, he reached over and gently touched it. The thing no longer felt dried up and dead. The skin was a vivid green with some yellowish spots and it was soft, warm, and slippery to the touch.
Joe looked at his fingers, there was no slime or wetness, but yet it felt so slick. The head of it (or what he thought was the head), had an overall shape similar to an egg and when he spoke it seemed to regard him, like it could see him, yet Joe could not see any eyes. There was a mouth or what Joe thought what may be a mouth, sort of a fleshy pursed gathering of softer looking skin, covered with even softer looking little, nodes or bubbles. The entire pursed "mouth" covered the narrow end of the egg shape. It moved closer to Joe putting its head about six inches from his right side. Anybody else would have been put off by the "Pet's" appearance, but not our Joe.
"Where are you going dude? Curious about your new home?" Joe lightly touched the head wondering where the eyes were. He gently stroked either side of it with a finger and the damn thing responded, leaning into his finger. "Oh, you liked to be petted." Joe continued to gently stroke its head and noticed that trembles moved through the entire length. Then it nuzzled Joe's side, like an affectionate puppy. "Whoa, you are a friendly thing aren't you" Joe laughed and ran his fingers down the greenish body, immediately his new friend responded and moved closer, softly encircling his arm. The sliding motion actually felt good, it was, a warm, gentle, caress. "Who's petting who now? You keep this up and I'm gonna have to give you a name. Is this your mouth?"
Joe touched the pursed flesh on the head and it gently engulfed the tip of his index finger.
"Oh! So that's what the old guy at the store meant." He let his new pet nurse on his finger. "I think I have a dropper to feed you, since you have such a little mouth and, I don't feel any teeth, but, what the hell do I feed you? I know, I'll put some fruit in the blender, how's that?"
As if in response, the pet went around Joe, encircling his torso in a loving embrace, then it slowly, wound around one of Joe's big thighs.
"Wow, you can really stretch yourself, you are way bigger than I thought." Joe relaxed into the embrace, it felt good, as it moved gently around him, sliding and gently squeezing.