Danuki Diary - pt 6

    Well last night Journal was rather eventful, as I write this Lady Miyabi sleeps in the room next to me, though this seems rather normal I did not sleep in this room last night. I spent the night at Lady Miyabi’s side in bed with her. While I leave a fraction of the ending at the top of today’s entry I’d like to start at the beginning, I have no idea how many pages it will take but last night’s events were rather numerous. As you know Journal yesterday was to be a party, a rather large one. My morning routine was normal, however during breakfast Lady Miyabi requested that after I finished I come to her room. A week ago I would have been suspicious of her intentions or reluctantly accepted, but in the two weeks of being here I’ve never once been put in any real danger or made to do anything unreasonable really. My thoughts on the matter aside I’ll get back to the events to save space. Entering Lady Miaybi’s room the usual two maids at Lady Miyabi’s side were just leaving, with Lady Miyabi herself standing in the center of her room, wearing a rather odd dress that honestly looked like a bathrobe.

“How does it look on me Anon?” Lady Miyabi said slowly spinning around to show off the robe

    Taking a good look at the pure white robe I notice around her waist was a rather wide band of golden cloth that seemed to push up her breasts, making them more pronounced than normal. While I missed it at first small pink leaf like objects dotted the robe, a tree sat at the base of the skirt as if the leaves had come off the tree and were blowing upward.

“It looks nice on you Lady Miyabi,” I said trying to tear my gaze away from her chest which was hard due to the top of the robe being open and exposing a large amount of cleavage.

“It’s impolite to stare Anon,” Lady Miyabi teased, I realized I had been caught.

I felt my face turning a bright red.“I’m sorry Lady Miyabi,” I said.

“You can be so cute Anon when you get like this,” Lady Miyabi said with a giggle which made me turn a brighter shade of red. “To be honest I like it when you’re not looking serious like you always do.”

Her disarming words made me feel rather humble, the only thing I could squeeze out was another apology.

“Anon, if you really want to make it up to me then go try on your suit for me, I want to see how you look in it.” Lady Miyabi said in a warm voice.

    I returned to me room, opening the wardrobe left of the door. Looking around I found the suit that had been purchased the other day during our trip into town, the crisp black suit hung perfectly on the hanger. Switching out of my normal white tee and slacks I switched into the more formal outfit I returned to Lady Miyabi.

“Anon you look handsome!” Miyabi’s eyes lit up as I entered the room, her words caused a tightness to form in my chest. “Come closer, let me have a better look.”

    Standing before Lady Miyabi I felt the tightness in my chest grow hotter as she looked me over. I didn’t feel on edge as so much as anxious about being there, one of my nervous ticks soon surfacing.

Lady Miyabi looked at me confused as I began to chuckle, “Anon is something the matter?” She asked.

“It’s happens when I become a bit nervous,” I replied between small laughs.

“There is no need to be nervous Anon,” Lady Miyabi reassured me her expression growing soft. “I promise nothing bad will happen to you.”

Her sweet smile made me burn red hot to the point I excused myself, lying by saying I had to use the washroom. I just sat on the toilet in attempt to calm my jitters, when I felt that I had calmed down enough I rejoined Lady Miyabi. However when I returned I found her not in her room. I set off to look for her wondering where she could have gone, my search rather short as I approached the 2nd floor landing and heard her voice. I admit it wasn’t just her voice I heard but two others, a woman and a man’s As I peeked down at the foyer below I say Lady Miyabi chatting with the owner of the voices. The man noticing me pointed in my direction with Lady Miyabi and the other woman looking at me, with Lady Miyabi then waving me down.

“So this is the one?” The man asked, his voice rough.

Lady Miyabi hooked her arm around mine, “Yes it is James, this is Anon.”

Shaking James’ hand I introduced myself, “I’m Anon, nice to meet you.” I said, failing miserably to out-crush James’ hand in a firm handshake.

“Pleased to meet you too Anon, I’m James and this is my wife Emily.” He said pulling the small woman towards him.

    The woman he held by his side was a bit shorter than lady Miyabi, her ebony colored skin stood in contrast to the white fur that covered her forearms and hands. Small white ears blended into the equally white short fluffy hair that rested on her head. As I went to extend my hand she lunged forward, pulling me into a hug.

“You were right Miyabi he’s really cute,” Emily’s words caused a bit of uneasiness yet the knot in my chest didn’t form like it did when Miyabi complimented me.

“Excuse me Lady Emily, would you please let go,” I asked as politely as I could. Her embrace rather strong.

Emily released me, slightly embarrassed, “sorry it’s a bad habit we yetis have.” She said cheerily returning to James’ side.

“Emily and her husband our old friends of mine,” Lady Miyabi explained, “They run a ski lodge up north that’s been in Emily’s family for years, It’s a very popular little place.”

    The conversation carried on, James and Emily were our first guests of the night. Their trip had required them to come early, with Lady Miyabi offering them one of the guest bedrooms on far end of the west wing. While the maids carried their bags to their room, the three of them chatted, despite my offering to help with the luggage like the rest of the help Lady Miyabi told me it wasn’t necessary. As the sun began to set more and more people started to show up, with a maid I recognized as Nadia identifying the couples entering. As I watched the couples enter from my position on the 2nd floor landing I noticed a majority of them were human men-mamono . I guess Lady Miyabi enjoys the company of other mamono or that mamono are a bit more liked over human women.

    As guests arrived and mingled some of them were shown to the ballroom that lay opposite the entrance others stayed in the foyer chatting amongst themselves, the maids taking most coats and storing them in a massive closet in a room somewhere in the east wing. When the last few guests disappeared into the ballroom Lady Miyabi appeared, leaning over the banister next to me. Honestly I found it hard to not stare into her cleavage as she leaned next to me, in my defense Lady Miyabi is rather attractive.

“Are you ready Anon?” she asked me.

“I’m ready whenever you are Lady Miyabi,” I said, offering my arm.

    From the other side we heard the chatter die down as Matilda announced our entrance.

“Please welcome Sir Anon and Lady Miyabi.”

    The double doors opened as we entered, applause echoed through the room as we stepped out on the balcony. The ballroom was well lit, a large hanging fixture kept the room bright, I think in books they call it a chandelier. Two large Tables stood on both sides of the room, lined with one holding various dishes, some I regret not getting a chance to taste. The other table was lined with various drinks, most of the guests and maids around the table like the rest of the crowd had stopped to focus on us.

“I’d like to thank everyone for coming to tonight’s party. I wish we had honestly decided sooner so we could have hosted it during mid-summer, but summer’s end is just as good!”  Lady Miyabi said to our visitors below.

Another round of applause thundered from the guests as we made our way down the stairs, I found my nervous tick resurfacing.

Lady Miyabi whispered her reassurance into my ear, “Anon, relax I’m here there is no need to be so nervous, they’re all our guests to greet us.”


“I’ll try my best Lady Miyabi,” I said, the tightness in my chest returning.

As we reached the bottom of the stairs we were greeted by various individuals and couples, with James and Emily amongst the group. Most of the the conversations were short, with either Lady Miyabi introducing me and sometimes talking about things pertaining to business that flew over my head. Eventually the crowd around us died down and it was just Lady Miyabi, James, Emily, and myself. After a small dialogue between Lady Miyabi and Emily the two of them left James and I as they went to join their friends. There was a bit of awkward silence before James spoke up.

“Anon, I dunno about you son but I need to get a drink,” James said.

I felt my nervous habit returning, “sure.” I said, fighting down my nervous laughter

“Whats with the laugh boy?” James ask as we walked up to the table, “You remember something funny?”

“No...Just...Just a nervous habit.” I squeezed out.

“Don’t worry about it, I have a habit that drives Emily nuts at home,” James said as he sifted through the various bottles. “I like to talk aloud to gather my thoughts, Emily thinks I’m going crazy every time, Ah there it is.”

    James reached over the table, grabbing a bottle of amber liquid. Uncorking the top he took a quick whiff of it, letting out a pleased noise as he exhaled

“You drink Anon?” James asked, me handing me a glass with one hand and offering the bottle of amber liquid with another.

I shook my head, “No never really saw the point of it really.” I admitted

My remark earned a laugh from James, “Good lad scotch isn’t for lightweights anyways.” He said pouring a glass for himself, “Frankly kinda glad that prohibition law never passed buncha idiots rooting for it if you ask me. Making something illegal only drives people to do it more.”

    While James took sips of his scotch, I fished around for something myself to no avail at first till I spied a pitcher of orange juice amongst the other drinks.

“So Anon, where ya from son?” James had asked as I filled up my glass.

“A small farm about two towns away.” I said, “well..before my parents sold me off to Lady Miyabi to save their own skins.”

I watched as James spat his drink out, “Anon you shouldn’t joke like that.” He coughed out, “I’ve known Miyabi for years there is no way she’d buy a slave or anything like that. There’s gotta be more to your story son.”

“Well I honestly don’t mind really, despite being bought help Lady Miyabi let’s treats me differently from the maids like Nadia and Carmen.” I said.

“Son if you’re too submissive you’ll alp.” James said pouring another glass

“What do you mean I’ll ‘alp’?” I asked.

“Emily says it can’t happen anymore, due to magic isn’t really practiced anymore and Benji says we’re moving into the ‘age of mortals’.” James continued on, taking another swig of scotch. “But back when magic was rampant, before even your grandfather was born, men who were fruity or unmanly tended to turn into a special type of succubus.”

“Well I don’t think that’ll happen,” I said not sure who I was trying to reassure. “It’s just in my situation there is nothing I can do really.”

Jame set down his glass, his face flushed. “Well let’s get to the bottom of it then, because it’s bugging me now son,” he said.

“I’d rather not James, at least if you and Emily are staying the night it can wait till morning.” I said, “I’d rather not ruin Lady Miyabi’s good mood.”

“Ha, lookit you worrying about her well being.” James said, clamping one of his hands down upon my shoulder. “You’ve got a good head on your shoulders there Anon, I guess we don’t have to worry about you alpin’ after all.”

“Guess not,” I said. “Should we go look for Lady Miyabi and Emily?”

“Yeah, hopefully Emily hasn’t latched onto another guest.” James said, “Last time she did that was to some bicorn’s husband. The lady flat out asked Emily if she wanted to screw her husband,” James said.

“What happened?” I asked, curious at the outcome.

“Well she asked this while I’m standin’ right there, so I step in and tell her Emily politely had to decline.”

    James and I wandered around the ballroom as people laughed and danced, eventually finding Emily sitting at a table with a bunch of various mamono. Emily introduced them as the heads of the club Lady Miyabi and herself belonged to. Looking around I noticed Lady Miyabi wasn’t amongst them, quickly learning that she had excused herself to go to the bathroom. Feeling a bit out of place I excused myself as well, leaving the group to search for Lady Miyabi.

    The estate itself seemed quiet, the muffled noises from the ballroom behind me the only real sounds. Looking around there seemed to be no one around, not even the maids seemed to be present making the halls seem rather empty. I trekked towards the west wing, figuring if Lady Miyabi had gone to the washroom it’d be the one on the ground floor. A quick on the knock on the washroom door yielded no results which caused me to frown, she wasn’t there. My next stop was the washroom on the 2nd floor that sat across from Lady Miyabi’s room and my own, again no luck. My luck however seemed to spike as I saw Carmen walking down the hall.

“Carmen, have you seen Lady Miyabi?”  I asked stepping over to her as quick as I could.

Carmen slipped into thought before replying, “I saw someone head towards one of the empty rooms in the east wing.” She said, “I didn’t interfere, sometimes the girls get a little... enraptured with some of the single men that come here.”

“Well thank you Carmen, you can...uhh what were you doing?” I asked puzzled by her appearance outside the party.

“Never you mind, it’s head maid business is all.” Carmen said, “now I have to go make sure the girls aren’t all leaving at once, can’t properly hold a party when most of the help is spending personal time with some of the guests.”

    With that I watched as Carmen stepped down the stairs and disappeared under the landing. My search resumed in the direction Carmen told me to search, having mapped the first four rooms earlier had saved me time. I began checking the rooms one by one, each time coming up with no result. I was at the second to last door on the right side of the hall when I heard a noise in the room behind me. With that as a lead I didn’t hesitate in throwing open the door, an apology prepared in advance inside my mind lest I entered upon something I wasn’t meant to see.
    Opening the door I was greeted to another empty guest room, moonlight filtering in through the windows. Laying on the bed was a figure, as my eyes adjusted to the low light I recognized it as Lady Miyabi. Her charcoal black tail was wrapped around her and held against her chest as she lay on the bed, muffled sobs coming from beneath it.

“Lady Miyabi?” I said stepping through the door, “is something the matter?”

“Anon?” Lady Miyabi said from behind her tail, “w-why are you here?”

I sat down on the bed next to her, “I got worried and went to look for you.” I said, “when I saw you weren’t with Emily and the others from your club I got a bit worried.”

“That wretched inari Hibiki, what she said was unforgivable.” Lady Miyabi choked out between sobs, “muchina on'na”

Lady Miyabi’s distress concerned me, reaching out to her I tried my best to comfort her,”What she say to you?”

Lady Miyabi peeked out from behind her tail to look up at me, “she went on about how I’m the only one in the club who has yet to find anyone, she kept hammering it home, the final straw was when she called me a christmas cake.”

“I don’t get what’s wrong with being compared to cake,” I said. “I mean people like cake right?”

Wiping her eyes, Lady Miyabi knelt on the bed beside me. “That’s sweet Anon, but the reality of it is an insult from the country I come from, it refers to women that are unable to find a husband after turning 25. It refers to how no one wants a christmas cake after Christmas.”

“Can I say something Lady Miyabi?” I asked, letting out an exhale as I prepared my next few words.

“What Anon?”

“Who cares? They’re just words, you shouldn’t let them get to you.” I said, “who cares what some inari, whatever that is, says. You’re a kind person Lady Miyabi, you’ve been nice to me even though I’m essentially property to you.”

“Anon, you were never property to me.” Lady Miyabi said leaning herself against me, “there is something I should tell you.”

My arm went around Lady Miyabi, pulling her in closer to provide comfort. “It can wait till tomorrow Lady Miyabi, for now let’s return to the party and see our guests off.”

“Ok, but Anon I’d like you to do something for me after the guests leave.” Lady Miyabi said, her words almost a whisper. “I;d like you to spend tonight in bed with me.”

“If that is what Lady Miyabi asks of me, I’ll do it.” I said standing up, offering a hand to Lady Miyabi.

“Thank you Anon,” Lady Miyabi said as I helped her to her feet. “I’d also like something else from you.”

“What?”

“Would you please just call me Miyabi from now on?” she asked, her voice still soft.

“Alright Lady...uhh Miyabi,” I said catching myself with a laugh, “It might take some time, but for now let’s return.”

    Miyabi and I returned to the party, mingling back into the crowd for a bit longer. When the time came to see off the guests, I stood beside Miyabi as she bid each couple good night. As the last auto left the driveway and into the night, we bidded James and Emily good night as they retired to their guest room and us to Miyabi’s. Though to be fair I had to stop in my room to change into something a bit more suitable for sleeping. Returning to Miyabi’s bedroom, I climbed into bed next to Miyabi who pulled me in close to her. The warmth of her body against mine made sleep come to me a lot quicker as I felt safe and comfortable.

    Now that I’ve caught you up to speed journal and I’ve burned through quite a few of your pages I think it’s safe to say last night was anything other than boring. Breakfast is a bit late today as we’re waiting on James and Emily to awake. Miyabi said that after breakfast she’d like the four of us to go to the parlor to discuss something.