Klaus found himself in his favourite dirty deed at the pubs. Although through bystanders' eyes he was watching the life go by around him, his attention was actually drawn to the barmaids' and servers' ankles. Not their bottoms, not their legs, but ankles.
Those had always caught his attention. Bare skin showing between trousers and shoe. Yet in essence they were sort of consolation prize as normally Klaus was interested in feet instead.
He didn't remember when it had begun, as much as he recalled, he'd always done it. However, throwing a few glances towards those was never the main goal, he didn't go to the pub with that in mind. The main goal was to be among people. The second goal was just to be in the presence of those fine maidens, but even then the first thing that caught his attention was face and personality. Only after that came the ankles.
One particular member of the staff had an especially enticing trait. Around her ankle, when the reflection favoured, something shiny was visible. A thin anklet. With her almost-white hair โ it had to be bleached โ and her always work-focused manner it made her look a bit bitchy. By contrast, ever-present loose strands framing her face added a fair amount cuteness. Her build hinted that she might go in for sports, but Klaus was not really sure about it.
Did he fancy her? He wasn't in love, but still had paid enough attention to remember that once she had a pearl anklet in place of her usual one. On the other hand, he might have recalled it due to his special dirty interest.
This time he was a bit uneasy. For a different reason, though. He had an oncoming meeting next day. A sort of blind date, except that it wasn't about romance. He was about to meet with a girl he'd never seen in person, but instead of her doubtlessy brilliant personality he was about to enjoy her feet. The opportunity didn't come up too often and that might have been a reason he was a bit more anxious as he would expect to be seeing the glimmer of the anklet.
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Klaus felt the tension gradually rising. Partly due to the excitement for the oncoming fun with feet. Partly over oncoming surprise moment of whom he'd meet and how would she look like. Partly because he didn't know what they will actually do and how much of an initiator his partner will be. So it was no wonder he was pretty much a wreck when he reached the door, heart pounding and hollow inside.
As the door opened, most of Klaus's anxiety faded away at the sight of a familiar face, although it took a few seconds before he truly recognised her. It was Geertje from the pub, the same blonde server. She looked awesome in her tracksuit bottoms, hoodie and low-cut socks, above which a fair share of skin caught an eye. It was impossible to overlook the anklet, a pearl anklet this time.
Geertje herself seemed to be a bit panicky for some reason. Why, they had seen each other after all? The brief pleasantries which they exchanged seemed to calm her and by the time they had taken a seat โ Geertje with her knees under her chin in an awfully comfortable armchair with pouffe in front of it, Klaus opposite to her almost across the room โ she was almost back in her usual self.
He really must have been a bit slow in thinking for not to realise it at once โ coincidentally she just had to be the one person he had seen before and whomย he will see over and over again in a completely different setting. Then again, his hostess had only a minute ago been shocked and they both shared now basically the same dirty secret.
'You were at the gym?' Klaus assumed appreciatively. He had never been particularly good in small talk, but at least now he came across the right thing to ask. Yes, she had been there just before, yet she didn't miss a chance to mention that she didn't go there too often. Her experiences with her feet having special attention were virtually nonexistent, as she replied for another question.
'And that?' Klaus pointed towards the row of small perfectly round beads around her ankle. 'Or the other, the thin one?'
'Just. Because. No reason.' For no reason, except involuntarily making it really difficult not to steal another glanceโฆ and another.
The laid-back atmosphere had formed as if by itself, which was great as every undertaking โ not only foot worship โ is way more enjoyable if everyone involved is relaxed and having fun.
'By the way, you're sitting too far, my feet are over here!'
'True.' Having replied to the cheeky statement, Klaus got up and closed the distance of a few steps between them. Sitting on the pouffe might have been obious thing to do, but crouching down and leaning against her seat was way more comfortable and way more intimate. It also allowed her feet to stretch out past him and rest on the pouffe.
He was so close to those feet now. Although the socks were still on, a fair amount of details were nevertheless on show. The shape of her feet, how the arches were formed, the toeline. Soon he will see everything else. Everything else, unlike when he would run into her in the city by a slim chance and she'd happen to wear open footwear by even a slimmer chance.
Yet, at the same time there seemed something to be missing. There was something about those forbidden glances towards the women's toes. Soon he would see these particular ones almost too easily. On the other hand, this occasion was about getting much more intimate to her feet anyway.
Geertje wiggled her toes as if signalling Klaus for not to wait any longer. At the next moment her socked foot was in his hands and for everything Klaus did, Geertje's feet answered. A nudge at the ball of her foot made her to push it back stretching her limb out, poking her toe with a finger caused a playful jab in response, a caress made her other socked foot to brush over his cheek. Playing like that was fun.
Maybe a brief footrub? The toes of Geertje's other foot dug themselves into Klaus's upper arm. How about working on her archโฆ? Maybe the initial touch was a bit too light making Geertje twitch, but it wasn't left unanswered as her toes poked his side. How about here? Or here? It was so thrilling to feel her toes jabbing his own body here and there. Where should he massage to be poked onโฆ?
He didn't have to look for it long. The next spot was answered by her toes digging themselves into Klaus's cheek, not as hard as before, but still firmly. And now her foot didn't leave his face anymore. It caressed over cheek, under chin, ruffled his hair, whatever was the logical response to the treatment the other foot earned.