It all started a week after I got laid off. It was just a shitty IT job, and my girlfriend Krista made enough money to support us both for a little while. My manager Miriam never liked me very much. She was another trans woman oddly enough, but I guess I didn't kiss her ass enough.
I'm watching horror movies and eating caramel popcorn, waiting for Krista to come home. She always gets on my case for eating this stuff, but hey, I've got a sweet tooth.
I hear the door open, and quickly roll up the bag and slip it under the couch. Krista steps in, dressed in her pink scrubs. "Hey Sammy!" She chirps, plopping down next to me. She looks at the TV, where a werewolf is cornering some campers. She gives a cute grimace, showing off her robin egg blue powerchains, matching her eyes/
"How was work? Clean any good teeth?"
She rolls her eyes and smirks, undoing her pigtails and letting her blonde hair fall down. "Hows another day unemployed?"
I snort. "Pretty great honestly. Almost out of werewolf movies though."
"How do you watch these things? They're so scary..." She scoots over, leaning on my shoulder.
After a second of cuddling, she picks a crumb off my skirt. "Babe, is this what I think it is? I told you this stuff rots your teeth..." She huffs.
I smile sheepishly. "But it tastes so good..."
She rolls her eyes. "What am I going to do with you..." She says softly, leaning in for a kiss...
As our lips meet however, I feel her tongue dart through my mouth, settling on one of my molars.
"Mmph!" She exclaims before pulling back. "I knew it!"
"What?"
"You have a cavity! I know what they taste like, trust me. I thought I smelled something..."
"Why do you have to be so weird about it? Oh my god..."
Krista takes oral health extremely seriously. Always has, apparently. Her favorite childhood movies were Little Shop of Horrors and the Charlie and the Chocolate Factory remake, and she went as an evil dentist every Halloween. She was probably the only kid excited to get toothbrushes trick or treating.
She pulls my cheek back with her spindly finger to get a better look. "There. Not a big one, but I'm glad I caught it. Aren't you lucky your girlfriend's a hygienist?"
I roll my eyes. "I guesh." I say with her fingers still in my mouth.
I start sucking on her fingers. "You little perv!" She exclaims with a laugh, not taking them out of my mouth.
"I bet I can get you squeezed in tomorrow morning with Dr. B. When was your last appointment, anyway?"
I look at the ground. "Been a while..." I say around her finger. I haven't had dental insurance since I turned 26, and I haven't been itching to pay out of pocket.
Krista narrows her eyes. "Better late than never I guess. How does 10 AM sound?"
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I'm already running late as I pull into a gloomy office park. According to the sign out front, Fairy Floss Dental is somewhere inside a depressing grey slab of an office building. I sprint across the parking lot through the rain, still a little groggy after a week of sleeping til noon.
I take the elevator up to the fifth floor, grumbling a bit as I move some wet strands of red hair from my face. Like most people, I'm not a big fan of the dentist. No offense to Krista, but there's not a lot I wouldn't prefer to having an old man dig through my mouth with metal tools while asking how work is going.
Finally, the elevator doors open, and I'm assailed with an oddly sweet smell. The elevator opens directly into the waiting room, which is decorated floor to ceiling with pink. There's fluffy pillows on the couches, ribbon patterns on the wallpaper, and cutesy art of hearts and candy hanging on the wall.
"Hi, welcome! Can I have your name please?" The brunette at the reception desk says. She speaks with a high-pitched baby doll voice that makes me cringe slightly.
"Samantha O'Brien, I think I'm running a bit late..." I mumble, pushing up my glasses.
The receptionist taps away at her computer for a moment. She's wearing the same tunic uniform Krista does, plus a pink nurse's cap with a tooth emblem. Her brown hair is tied into pigtails, like Krista's is when she comes home. I can see from her nametag her name is Nataly, but I try not to stare at her impressive bust.
Nataly seems to find my name, and an unsettlingly wide smile creeps over her face, giving me a full view of her pink powerchains, similar to Krista's, but with a lot more elastics.
"Sammy! Just in time, we're excited to finally meet you!" She seems overexcited in a weird ditzy way, and I notice her drool a bit, apparently not used to her braces. I try to focus on that instead of her breasts jiggling. "I'll let Dr. Bormasina know you're ready for her."
I nod and thank her, stepping away to avoid any flying saliva. I found a pink couch to sit on the edge of, not wanting to get it too wet.
After a few moments, I hear a familiar teasing voice. "Sammy~, we're ready for you!"
I stand up, looking at Krista in her full uniform. She's wearing the same nurse's cap as Nataly, instead of scrub pants she's wearing an almost scandalous miniskirt and... is that a padded bra?
"C'mon, I'll get you seated." As she gestures me to follow, she reaches down and pinches my ass.
My face turns red and I snort. "You work here, oh my god!"
She adds on a not-so-light spank. "Don't worry, Nataly's not looking." She whispers, a big grin on her face.
She squeezes my hand and leads me down the hallway. I can hear the typical drills and suction of a normal dentist office, but the unmistakable antiseptic smell's been replaced by a strong bubblegum aroma that seems to get stronger the deeper in you get.
I look over at Krista, who seems to be wearing a lot more makeup than I normally see her with, she almost looks like a specific kind of gamer girl Instagram model. Does she wipe that off when she comes home?
The treatment rooms are separated by pink tinted privacy glass, except for a clear strip at the bottom, where I can just see some staff member's sneakers. Finally we reach the end of the hallway.
"Here we are!" Krista pushes open the door, nudging me inside.
The room is on the corner of a building, with floor to ceiling windows taking up two walls. The chair faces out into the rainy mess outside, with no blinds stopping potential passersby catching a glimpse of my treatment. At least, they could if we weren't on the fifth floor.
Krista pats the pink plastic-covered chair. "Sit down, I'll get everything prepped before Dr. B gets here."
I kick off my shoes and take off my hoodie, leaving them in a pile on the floor before sliding into the chair.
"Now, before we start, I'll need you to remove your clothes." Krista says, not looking up from arranging her instruments.
I giggle before I feel her tug my shirt. "Stick up your arms, please."
I comply, letting her pull my shirt over my head. "Wait, what?" I laugh a bit as I readjust my glasses.