"I'll shout when I'm ready, then you call me in. Okay?" Jordan asked.
"Yeah, I got it," I replied.
I moved to the couch, a bit nervous about what was going to happen. I knew what was coming, this had been discussed pretty at length, and I was on board. I knew how hard it was to open up to someone about stuff like this, and while it wasn't my thing I wanted to be supportive and help them get what they wanted out of this. I helped them pick out everything, and even made the decision on what the collar and tag should be, given I was "the owner" in this scenario.
But I was still nervous.
"I'm ready" they yelled from across the house.
I inhaled and gave out a long high whistle.
"C'mon Jordan! C'mere!" I followed it with another, shorter whistle and then I heard a loud shuffling coming from the other side of the house.
But the story doesn't begin here. This is just the beginning of the good part.
Several weeks earlier, Jordan was looking at their phone when all of sudden I saw their eyes go wide and a blush rise to their cheeks. They quickly put their phone down.
"What's wrong?" I asked.
"I, um... I want to try something" Jordan stammered. They lifted their phone up again and started tapping away and eventually turned it around.
"This."
On their phone was some artwork of a person with dog ears and a tail doing dog-like things. This kind of art wasn't completely out of the ordinary for them, but then they got to the stuff that probably made them blush. It wasn't too explicit or dangerous, but it was very clear what was going on and I understood their trepidation.