BELLRAM V01 - Ambivalence of Light and Shadow I

BP001-P25 - Pralines 07

"Since my sister is gone, I have to take care of my two younger sisters all by myself. She was the only one who also earned money. Unfortunately, the other two can't work because one is still too tiny and the other has too much Alzheimer's. I think. A visit at the doctor's to find out would be too expensive, because our regular doctor, Dr. Glasses, lives so far away and the insurance I have through work doesn't want to pay for the journey, because there are supposedly also doctors near here. But I haven't found one yet. Except for one. But I don't like him."

"Does it matter if you don't like him?"

"No, almost not at all. Although I told him a very funny joke, he didn't laugh at all. The joke was-Ah! No, for it to work, you have to get close to me first."

Suddenly, the maid stopped. At the same time she stopped Meia over the wrist like an anchor.

With a wide step she came right up to her.

With a short step even closer.

The sudden approach came too as a surprise for Meia. Before she could react, they were already so close together that only a sheet of paper would fit between them. To at least gain some distance, she leaned back with her upper body.

"It's best if you grab my ass." the maid demanded out of nowhere.

The request was so unexpected that it completely caught Meia off guard. She hesitated with objections. In the meantime, the maid was still holding her by the wrist and already during her request, she had started to put it into action on her own. By the time Meia had her wits about her, she already had her hand on her butt. Apart from the ruffles from the skirt part, however, she did not feel that much.

Meanwhile, only silence came from the maid.

Cautiously, Meia looked up with a puzzled expression.

With her attitude, it was easy to forget, but when she looked at her face, it struck her again how intimidatingly beautiful she was. The sconces down the hallway reflected like small fires in her bright green eyes. Her smile was disconcerting but also enchanting. Meia said nothing. She could not maintain eye contact with her either and kept looking elsewhere.

After a moment, she leaned in to her ear and whispered, "There's something that always stands up when I touch it. Do you know what it is?"

Meia swallowed. As she spoke she could detect her breath. The smell was very specific of woodruff.

~It's-is a lewd joke?~

"I-I don't know.", Meia stammered.

The maid grinned even more. "My toilet seat!" she blurted out, at the same time backing away and falling into a crouch, laughing. "Ahahaha... Because I'm a guy."

She burst out laughing as she kept looking up to check if the joke was working.

It did not work.

Meia just stood by, deeply confused.

~She is a man? He is a man? Surely she's not a man?~

She did not look like one at all. None of it made any sense.

"You understand? Because I always have to lift it up," she explained, laughing.

Maybe it was the situation, but Meia still did not understand where that was funny.

Lijeux quickly calmed down.

"Phew... Well, okay, shall we move on?"

Meia confirmed with an irritated nod, whereupon the two set off again.

Along the way, Meia inconspicuously searched her body with her eyes to find out what was under the uniform. Then it occurred to her that she did not sound like a man at all. So she was certainly a woman. Meia would even say, from the voice and her appearance, there was no way she was a man. Surely it had been just another one of her lies.