MINE.

Night Out

Inside the shop, Anna and Kaden walked hand in hand through the aisles. Anna kept her cool, as usual, while Kaden gawked like a kid in a candy store.

"I don't think I even knew dildos could be that big..." Kaden mumbled under his breath, staring at a 10-inch strap-on hanging on the wall, causing Anna to chuckle and smirk at him.

"You'll get there." She laughed, stepping towards him and squeezing his ass, burying her head in his neck as best she could on her tip-toes.

"Yea, right," Kaden scoffed, turning to face his dominant, "Let's focus, shall we?" He chuckled, kissing her forehead.

Okay, they were in a sex shop- but something about how they were interacting felt so domestic. It wasn't only a budding Dom/sub relationship between them, there was more there and they both knew it.

"Anastasia?" A voice came from an aisle over. "Ana, is that you?"

"Andre?" Anna asked, pulling Kaden toward the voice. "I forgot you worked here!" Ana beamed, pulling the shop employee in for a hug. "I've been meaning to text you honestly, I did not mean to leave you hanging bu-"

"Ana, we're cool; our contract ended." Andre smiled, his eyes flicking towards Kaden as he said it. I'll see you both this weekend. Let me know if you need help finding anything, okay?" He turned on his heel and walked back to the other aisle where he had been restocking.

Kaden gave Ana a look, which she met and mouthed 'Later.' The pair nodded in agreement and continued to wander the shop in search of a more discreet collar.

Towards the back of the shop, once they found the collars, Kaden and Ana began to go back and forth over which one would be the most discreet and also still feel like a collar.

"I don't think wearing a collar as a bracelet would do the job, so to speak." Kaden countered when Ana pointed out a leather band that could wrap once around a submissive's neck or multiple times around their wrist.

Ana hummed, putting the bracelet collar back on the rack, "How about this?" She asked moving further down the row. She picked up a sleek silver padlock locked onto two lengths of chainlink. Also included was the key to the padlock on a dainty silver chain. "That way we both have something discreet, but that also shows ownership of each other."

Kaden took the necklaces from her hand, feeling the weight and imagining what it would feel like hidden under his shirt. "I like it," He smiled, "I think this suits both of us."

As they walk back toward the front of the store, Ana and Kaden go back and forth about who's paying for the collar. "Ana, you paid for the ice cream, and said I'd get next time."

"This isn't 'next time', this is your collar Kitten. There's a difference." Ana said, crossing her arms to accentuate her point.

"Fair point." Kaden raised his hands in surrender. He then moved to stand behind Ana while she paid at the register with his hands on her sides. He didn't understand this feeling, wanting to be so close to her and touching her all the time.

Is this what it felt like to feel safe, to feel cared about? He wasn't used to this feeling in this way, but it felt good.

"Thanks, Andre, see you this weekend." Ana's voice brought Kaden out of his train of thought. "Ready, Kitten?"

"Yes, Ma'am." He replied, following her out to her car and opening the door for her took the bag from her hand, and then walked around the car to get into his own seat.

"What a gentleman." Ana giggled, putting the car in reverse and driving towards her apartment. "Are you hungry, Kaden?"

"Oh, uh yea," Kaden felt nervous, "I haven't really eaten since this morning." He admitted quietly. "I know that's one of my rules, Mistress. I'm sorry."

"You don't need to apologize to me, Kitten. I put those kinds of rules in place so that you feel your best, and so you have the strength to participate in spontaneous scenes. I'm not the one who misses out if you haven't eaten." Ana smirked, turning into the parking lot of her favorite Thai restaurant. "Do you like Thai?" Kaden nodded, "Good, now you can be a gentleman, and pay for our dinner. Then we're going to my place so I can punish you for not eating all day." Ana's tone was clipped, not out of anger, but to assert her dominance.

"Understood, Mistress." Kaden gulped, putting the bag from Leather and Lust under his seat, and going over to open Ana's door.

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"Thank you so much, have a good night." Kaden smiled at their waiter as he signed the check while Ana was in the restroom.

Ana stood in the restaurant bathroom staring at herself in the mirror and taking deep breaths. Suddenly everything felt too real, the lights were too bright, she could hear the air blowing through the vents and the faucet kept dripping arrhythmically. Patting her pockets she tried to find her phone and send a text to Kaden.

Ana: (7:13 pm) Can you bring me my purse pls.

Kaden: (7:13 pm) i'm coming

A brief moment passed, followed by a knock on the door. "Ana, you okay?" Hearing Kaden's voice brought a moment of relief, "Ana, open the door, it's Kaden."

Steadying herself on the wall, she unlocked the door, "It's open..." She mumbled, lowering herself onto the ground, only barely aware of how disgusting it probably was.

"Hey, hey, hey, what happened?" Kaden knelt, bringing himself to Ana's level.

"I think I was having a panic attack." Ana sniffled, pulling her knees to her chest, "I used to get them pretty often but uh..." she trailed off. "I have meds in my purse." Kaden handed Ana her purse so she could find her meds and take them."

"Do you need anything? Should I call anyone, Dan maybe?" Kaden asked, "I can be here for you too, I- I just want you to be with whoever makes you most comfortable."

"Uhm, can you drive us back to my place and ask Dan to meet us there, please?"

"Of course, let's get you in the car." Kaden wrapped his arm around Ana and walked her out to the car, stopping at the front counter of the restaurant to get a water to-go for her to sip on the way back to her place.

Once they were on the road, Kaden used Ana's phone, connected to her car, to call Dan.

"Hey Ana, I thought you were with Kaden tonight, what's up?" Dan answered the phone, sounding slightly concerned.

"Hey Dan, it's me," Kaden responded. "Ana's okay, but we were at dinner and she had a panic attack. Can you meet us at her place?"

"Shit- yea, I'm on my way." He clipped.

"Thanks, man. We'll be there in 15." Kaden hung up the phone and peeked at Ana. She was curled up in a ball in the passenger seat. "Ana, do you want any music or anything?"

"Watermelon Sugar." She mumbled quietly, Kaden wasn't even sure he'd heard her correctly.

"Did you say Watermelon Sugar?" Kaden held back a chuckle as Ana unfurled and reached for Kaden's hand on the center console. "Is that what you're thinking about right now?"

Ana stifled a giggle and shrugged, "Not particularly, but I thought it was funny."

Kaden rubbed his thumb across the back of Ana's hand, "You okay?" He asked, not wanting to push.

"I will be." She said, "Let's just get back to the apartment, just need to be in my space."