I'm curled up in the nook by the door like a kitten, awaiting your return. My hips are slanted off to the side of my knees, and my head rests softly on crossed hands. I catch a sound of you coming down the hall, and my ears prick as you turn the key in the lock and stalk into the flat. Your fingertips reach down to ruffle in my hair as you greet me, before you head into the lounge to shake off the working day. I stretch my fingers forward, pushing my bum up towards the air in a long languorous stretch, padding through to your feet as I sense the stress of the week flowing out from you. I wait, patiently, drinking in the sight of you and the scents drifting around you, as you settle and prepare yourself.
I can sense when your soul has settled enough for you to start our Friday ritual - the barely perceptible relaxation of your smaller muscles, the change in scent of your body that highlights your pleasure and anticipation. You bring your hand to the nape of my neck in a firm grip, causing my hackles to tense in pleasure, as you rise, heading towards the bathroom with a soft command of "Come, Pet."
I want to bounce eagerly in front of you and rush to the bathroom, but I sense that you need composure today and so I curb my instincts and follow at your heels, taking a seat on the stool you indicate. This bathroom is a palace - it's set up as a large, glittery-tiled wet room, with a rainfall shower and a freestanding roll-topped bath, more than big enough for two. You set the candles alight around the room, releasing scents of gardenia and frangipani into the air as the glittering tiles are set off by the candlelight. You shed your clothing, bringing a soft loofa, a bowl of warm water and a cherry scented shower gel over to where I'm sat. You kneel in front of me, a gentle smile taking over your face as you place my feet into bowl. You lather up the loofa, releasing cherry into the air to entwine with the gardenia and frangipani already assailing my senses, and picking up my right foot, slowly drag the loofa along the underside of my warmed foot, caressing in gentle circles, soaping and soaking and oiling as you move.