15. Epilogue
REARED
Several weeks have passed since I picked Mika and took her home—several weeks of ups and downs, but mostly good times. The first week was the roughest, but that is to be expected. It’s never easy for the girls to acclimate to the way we live. They don’t know what to expect, and it’s never that they will be pampered and loved on for the rest of their life.
But going through those hard times during the first week is all worth it. Having Mika in my arms, content and happy, is all I’ve ever wanted.
I watch Mika sleeping in her crib. She should be waking at any moment now, calling out my name.
A knocking sounds at my door.
My eyebrows pinch together. I’m not expecting anyone today or tomorrow. All my orders for ink have been fulfilled and already given to Brunkils and Thrihon. I give Mika one last look before I make my way to the door.
“Dranraix,” I say when I open. “What can I do for you?”
He is the next Dagmonian to pick his female.
“I am leaving in a few days to go pick my mate,” he says.
I regard him, taking everything in. Everyone knows he is the next person to pick his mate. Why is he telling me something I already know?
“Yes. Are you excited?” I ask. “Oh, do you want to come in? Mika is down for a nap right now.”
“Sorry to intrude. I just needed to ask some questions or maybe not ask but be reassured…”
“Come sit and explain.” I open the door further.
It’s not uncommon for us men to be nervous before we go. We are finding the person we are going to spend the rest of our lives with and a possibility exists that they will never adapt to our ways.
Some human women are more stubborn than others. Some take weeks to stop fighting their Papi, while with some it’s only a few days. It’s different for everyone, but every Dagmonian hopes for the girl who will only take a few days.
I suspect if Mika couldn’t talk to her friend, Ashley, it would have been different. Mika was fighting me on many things, especially the bathroom. She wasn’t fully accepting her fate.
But Ashley said something, and it all changed—something I am really grateful for. Without her, I think it would have taken several weeks for Mika to accept everything.
I sit down on the couch, Dranraix right in front of me.
“What are you worried about?” I ask.
“That she’ll fight me on every little thing. She won’t want to be with me, even after I explain things. I’m just worried. What if I am one of the unlucky ones where she never acclimates to our way of living?”
“Those are all worries, and you won’t know until you find her, but there are people around to help you. No doubt your woman knows my girl or Ashley. They will be able to help,” I explain. “Ashley helped Mika some. I don’t know what she did, but she helped.”
Dranraix gazes off in the distance. I tormented myself with those same questions and thoughts when everything is up in the air, and you never know what type of girl you will end up having.
“It will be okay. If you need help or need to talk to someone, there are a lot of us who are willing to help,” I say. “It’s okay to ask for help. I didn’t exactly ask, but Rox knew I had gotten my girl and reached out.”
He looks back at me and nods. I have known a few guys who didn’t ask for help, and it took them a long time for their girls to get used to our way of living. One of the girls even committed suicide. Poor Zadull. He lost his Little girl to suicide.
That was a sad day.
It still is when I think about it. I wanted to reach out several times, but I didn’t have a girl or even know what to do. Now, we all make sure to check in on each other, so it doesn’t happen again.
If only we could go back in time and check in on Zadull.
“Several people will reach out. Don’t be surprised by that,” I explain. “I will be one of them. You’re going to be okay.”
“Thank you. I really appreciate you calming my nerves,” he replies.
“Any time, and I mean it. Send me a message whenever you get your girl, and you need anything. I know Mika will be more than happy to help out in any way she can. It wasn’t all easy for Mika in the beginning. She struggled and didn’t want to acclimate. She fought me on being able to work, worried that she was going to be a slave,” I say. “You will need to reassure her that she won’t be a slave. It’s going to take some time, but be patient. She’ll slowly start to realize that you are telling the truth and see what you are telling her. Just be Papi to her and show her that you love her.”
He released a big breath of air and stood up. “Thank you again. I’ve got everything prepared in my house for her to come. I know it’s going to be a struggle, but I’m hopeful.”
“And that’s good. Don’t lose hope. It’s going to work out. Just know the first couple days will be the hardest.”
He nods then shakes my hand. “Thank you. Maybe once she gets a little settled in, we can set up a date for Mika to come play with her.”
“Of course! Just let me know when. If I don’t hear from you after the fourth day, I’ll make sure to check in on you.”
“I appreciate that. Well, I’ll leave you be. I bet Mika will be waking up soon.”
And just like that, Mika wakes up, crying.
“I’ll see myself out. You go take care of her.”
I make my way toward her room, open the door, and go straight to her.
“Papi! It’s wet,” she cries out, pushing at her diaper.
“Poliki Sanki, you know not to push at your diaper.”
“But it’s so wet. I can feel it on my back,” she sobs.
I frown. She should not be able to feel it against her back. I carefully pick her up, noticing that her back is wet.
“Oh, Aliki. Papi is right here,” I whisper, holding her close. “I’m so sorry.”
She cries into my chest as I head to the shower where I strip off her diaper before I set her down on the counter.
“Stay still,” I command. “If you move even a centimeter, I will spank your bottom.”
Tears are still streaming down her face as I make my way toward the shower, turn it on, and ensure it is the perfect temperature.
“Come on, Poliki Sanki. You are going to stay still as Papi washes you, understand?”
“O-okay,” she hiccups.
“I’ve got you,” I whisper. “Papi is going to take care of you.”
I make quick work in washing her off, taking extra time on her hair to make sure it is clean. How long had she been lying like that? Did it reach her hair?
The only logical reason for why it could have happened is that I didn’t put it on right, and I also gave her a lot of liquids right before she went to bed.
“Papi will make sure it never happens again. I’m sorry.”
She wraps her arms around me as I turn off the water. Mika nuzzles into my neck.
“Aliki, I need to dry you and I,” I gently say.
“Nooooo,” she whines.
“Aliki. Very quickly then you can hold onto me for as long as you want,” I promise.
“Really?”
“Yes, Poliki Sanki. I pinkie promise. Just let me dry both of us off.”
Mika lets go of me, not looking happy at all. I bite back a smile and quickly dry us both off.
“Do you want me to put a diaper on you?” I ask. “Or just go around naked? You’ll have to let me know when you need to go to the bathroom.”
“Diaper,” she mumbles.
I pick her back up and go to the changing table where I make quick work of putting on the diaper and making sure to apply ointment on her skin so she doesn’t get a rash.
I have heard of some Papis forgetting to apply ointment and their girls getting a rash. The girls must go through uncomfortableness, but I can see how some of the Papis would forget.
After pleasuring her, I could easily forget to apply it. Maybe I need to talk to Hon and Nelki about creating some ointment that is okay to eat. Maybe then we could put it on and give pleasure.
But it would all go away if we eat them out. Hmm, I’ll have to think about that more and bring it up with them.
“Are you ready to snuggle?” I ask.
“No work?” she whispers, looking up at me.
I’m thankful I have a job that doesn’t always require me to work every day. Sure, before I met Mika I worked every day, creating a stock, and I still have some of that. But now—now I only make more when it runs low so I can spend more time with Mika.
“No work. I finished for the next day or two.”
“Snuggles,” she declares. “All the snuggles.”
“Your wish is my command. Let me get a bottle and we can lie down and snuggle all you want.”
I hold her close to my body as I make my way to the kitchen to grab a bottle, before I head back to my bed. I set the bottle down on my table before lying down with Mika on top of my chest.
“I love you, Papi.” She kisses my lips.
“I love you, too. Always will.”