"And this is the backyard, and that strapping man over there is the current house sitter". I stood in the garden pretending to rake the mass of leafs away. "Rest assured he doesn't come with the property...unless you really want him, then maybe we can talk a deal?"
"How useful is he?" asked the father, his hands around his wife's shoulder and their daughter standing before them.
"Absolutely not, sir. I work for very few hours and I'm missing all of the fingers in my right hand" I stated holding my hand up with all of my fingers folded out of view, their daughter giving a giggle.
"That's your left hand" she stated blushing.
The family inspected every detail and room of the house but didn't seem to have much interest in the rest of the property. They told me they were looking for a country home to raise their family as it grows, giving the immediate judgement that they weren't really country people but more from the city and looking to start somewhere new. When the Sun fell away they left pretty abruptly, that and the fact that Liz told them the state of the electric wiring, internet limitability and that you had to stand in the roof to get mobile phone service.
"Well...I'm sure they wouldn't have stayed long anyway" Liz sighed slapping her hands against her sides. "Oh, here's that info you wanted. What did you find?" She unclipped a yellow envelope from her clipboard and passed it to me.
"Oh just a few things really, it might not even turn out to be anything". As I spoke Lucy walked around from the side of the house, inspecting Liz and I.
"Alright. Well if you're going to do stupid let me know first so I can stop you". Liz checked her watch. "I've got a tone of work that needs to get done so I'm going to go home and get drunk, then I'll start on that work. Great?"
"Yeah, great. I'll see you later". Liz drove off with a buzz, her back wheels skidding slightly as her car roared away.
Liz stayed still, watching me from the dark side of the house. "This isn't what you think. I'm not trying to find them for you or anything".
"What are you trying for then?" she asked walking forward, her hoofs making a scratching noise on the gravel below them.
"I'm not...I, I just called to find out about you. I didn't ask her to bring me this stuff" I took a few steps to Lucy holding the envelope between my two hands. Lucy's ears permanently pointed as down as possible. "We could burn it? Remove temptation".
"They wouldn't understand. Just keep it hidden, please".
I couldn't very well keep Lucy in her stall anymore, not now that I knew just how smart she was. It felt awkward offering her a bed or a blanket as she'd never really had any creature comforts before. We'd eventually resided on retrofitting a room at the back of the house which was large enough for her to sleep and to get hay into.
"Do you want anything else? Some water or anything?" I was stood in the doorway and while Lucy examined the close walls around her. She was a small horse but in retrospect it was a small room by comparison.
"No I'm fine thanks. If I need anything I'll get it myself, it is my house after all". I nodded slowly, my arms crossed before my chest and I was wearing a grey sleeveless singlet with brown trousers. "And you don't have to worry about that other thing, it's not a problem". I frowned a little in confusion, Lucy nodding her head sideways a few times in slight frustration. "You know...if I need to reveal myself".
"Oh! Right of course. Well if you're comfortable in here I could clean up in the morn..."
Lucy's head shook to shut me up. "No, I mean I don't have to release myself...ever" she stated with a bit of pride. "I guess that's one of the perks".
"There's got to be at least one, right?"
"Yeah, that's it. The tail's fun as well. I can trot and canter which is fun. Oh, I don't have to worry about getting fat! Well I do but I don't care".
"You should, you're getting a little pudgy around the waist".
"Careful human! I can headbutt incredibly hard". She remarked gleefully, giving me a small wink. "Now get out of my room, I need to get into my nightgown". I gave her a mocking bow before shutting the door and heading off to my own room, happy to be sharing a roof with Lucy as opposed to wonder about her outside.
I'm not entirely sure what it was that woke me up other than the sudden craving for a glass of water. I hadn't even gotten out of my room when I spotted Lucy outside. The Moon wasn't entirely full anymore but I could still see through it's light. Lucy was standing in the closest field, unsure exactly what she was doing but the reason she was outside intrigued me.
I dressed as quickly as possible, finding my old clothes that I'd stripped off before jumping into bed and heading outside. As I got closer I saw Lucy's ears twitch to hearing me approach, though she didn't turn around to face me.
"Not a fan of indoors anymore?" I greeted walking past Lucy with my hand on her warm fur. Her tail swished as she was pleased to have company out here.
"It did feel a little enclosing. But that's not why I came out here" Lucy lowered her head and her voice dropped. "Every day I feel more horse than human. I sleep standing up and I graze constantly. A normal human would find that boring or very uncomfortable".
I moved up and rubbed my hands over her neck. "It's something you'll have to get used to. It's in your nature now".
"It shouldn't be. I just want to experience something human again". There was a long moment of silence. I wanted to offer to help her but what could I suggest? "Actually, I wanted to ask you something earlier today when your phone interrupted us".
"What was it?" I moved around to her front so I could look to her face. Lucy looked away again, as she normally did when embarassed or being sincere.
"Well. I don't know quite how to ask you this. I have needs but the thought of being with another horse seems too much like...like being with a horse". I felt a rush of what felt like stage fright as she began to ask me what I thought she would. "I would love to be with a human. With another human. I would never ask you for anything ever again if you did this for me".
"Lucy...this is a really big ask".
"You're right. I never should have asked you for this, it's too weird".
I nodded slowly, placing my hands in my jean's waistband. "Just...hyperthetically. What would we do together?"
"You know just some stuff. Sex stuff and some fun and...it's a little embarassing".
"No it's not embarassing. It's only natural to want for these things". I felt my heart skip a beat as I decided to go for it. Lucy was in a predicament and I wanted to help her, and for obvious reasons she could help herself in this regard. "This actually sounds like it could be fun".
Lucy tilted her head up excitedly. "Really?"
"Yeah, I mean what the hell, right?"
"Right" she replied, ecstatic that I was willing. I nodded for a moment, both of us excited and understandably a bit nervous. "There are some things I've thought about for quite a while. I mean I've had a lot of time to think it over".
"What are they?"
"Well, maybe a bit of pleasuring and some stuff like that. Maybe some playing around with my, with my...uh, bum. I mean it's safe since I don't ever use the toilet so there's no chance of you getting..."
"No it's fine, sounds like fun" I interrupted her, her voice was getting high and exasperated.
"No it's not just that...I want you all the way in there. In my rump. I want to hold you inside my body" she claimed, her ears twitching.
When I asked what Lucy meant she explained how incredible it was when she was first devoured by her horse mother, that she'd never known pleasure like that before. She wanted the same for me, but didn't want to turn me into a horse also so she figured her rear was the best place for this.
I was very apprehensive at first; claiming the obvious of things like how I might not be able to breath, how would she get me back out and if there was even enough room since she was the smaller version of most horses. Though I was eventually convinced and while hesitant the thought of being inside of Lucy felt too arousing to pass up. 'If you don't do it now, curiousity will get you later', I eventually told myself to rationalise what we were about to do.
I let out a long exhale as I became undressed, my shirt and pants I hung over the fenceline before coming back over to the horse with just my tight boxers still on. Lucy watched me coming back over and was unsure whether to face me with her own or with her rump.
"Thank you again for doing this, this is probably really awkward for you". I shook my head and placed my hands on either side of her face.
"This'll be fun. Don't worry about it so much, just enjoy the ride". I leaned forward and gave her nose a small kiss before moving behind Lucy, her tail was lifted up in anticipation. In the grey dim light I could see her sex was wet and eager for me to start, I notice that despite that she was a horse she was just the right height for me to mount her though I wasn't game enough to try that tonight.
"I'm ready" she whispered back to me as though she were bracing herself. I let out another long sigh as I placed my thumbs into my boxers and pulled them away from my hips. My hard member throbbed powerfully as it came in contact with the cool night air. I reached my hands forward and traced two fingers down Lucy's throbbing sex lips, feeling her body tighten and quiver. I gently slid my hand up from her sex and pressed both of them together while against her rear. I gently pushed forward and felt Lucy pushing back some, my hands were hard against her tight hole until she quickly relaxed and they plunged inside. As my forearms disappeared I could feel every small detail inside. Inside Lucy's rear was slightly wet and silky, as though it were a soft fabric that would never break or tear.
I pushed forward move, having to shuffling my feet some so that I was brought closer. My arms devoured further inside as she pulled on me, my nose tickled from the hairs of her tail. Lucy's breathing was heavy but not as a horse, her breathing sounded human and normal like a partner being thrown into ecstacy. Her rear widened as the tip of my head began to move inside, her body clenched down on my arms and sucked my head in greedily while working down over my shoulders. Inside her walls pulsed and vibrated around me, sucking me in as though I were a lolly. Outside my cock throbbed hard and Lucy's pussy twitched and quivered, wishing that it were the one to be devouring me inside. My upper body was pulled inside slowly with my feet still on the grassy floor and my tip pointed out from my hips, brought in closer I could feel her sex lips against my cock.
Lucy knew I didn't want to have sex with her but she was in too much pleasure to consider the consequences. "Sorry" she whispered to herself as her pucker sucked in in quickly, pushing my cock forward and pressing into her sex until my length was completely inside of her sex. My member was squeezed and pulled over as I felt myself getting closer to erupting, Lucy feeling the same as she sucked down over my cock. I tried to hold back but my body wouldn't let me, I came in a massive explosion of seed which began fulfilling Lucy's pleasure and causing her to reach her climax also.
Her body rocked and Lucy let out a loud whiny, submitting to the primitive horse nature she'd been trying to surpress before her rear pulled my hips in. My member still came as it was pulled from her sex and into her rear. Eventually my legs and feet were sucked inside and Lucy was left alone again in the dark field. Her breathing was intense and heavy as she hung her neck low to the ground as she tried to recover.
Inside it was dark and hard to see but I could feel everything around me. I was still being pulled inside before I reached the softer flesh of her stomach where my body congregated and rest. Everything around me was tight and hard but also wet and slippery. I could feel the extent that my body was creating a bulge in Lucy's underbelly, that she must look rather large now with the two of us as one.
Through it all the pleasure seemed to wash through me even hours afterwards, I'd be calm and relaxed when Lucy would send me intense pleasure. It caused me to reach a small orgasm quickly and cum out inside her confined stomach space, though her body absorbed it rather quickly. Inside her constricting and tight belly it felt like every moment was going very slowly, though since I couldn't tell how long every moment was it was hard to justify. The only tracker of time I had was that I could vaguely see the outline of her underbelly from the Sunlight.
After a long while everything around me began to relax and soften, pulling me backwards slowly.
My back felt prickled and pinned as though I had spent the night on a bed full of nails. I could hear soft breathing above me and the sound of my own heart beating quickly. My eyes felt as though they were glued together as I tried to open them up, seeing brown and white blurs above me. Lucy was standing over me with her nose above my chest and softly smelling me. My skin was slightly wet as I lay down on the hard ground completely naked and very obviously aroused.
"You're awake" she stated softly lifting her head up from me and stepping away. Her tail swished behind her as she looked down to me from the side. I pulled myself upright till I was kneeling on the ground, my hands reached behind my back to brush away the grass and small sticks off of my skin.
"What happened?" I asked slowly before standing up, my member throbbing out powerfully before me. I held my two hands together to hide my cock but didn't prove to conceal much of my length.
Lucy looked away from me. "You're back. I brought you back. I didn't want yo to miss the party tonight". I was confused at first but then remembered.
"It's Friday?" I asked feeling exhausted. The sky was pink as the Sun rest on the horizon.
"Yes. I'm sorry I kept you inside for so long...and for what I did". I knew from her expression she was talking about the sex I'd been somewhat forced into doing. "I was too, overcome" she stated probably blushing if she could.
"It's alright, I don't mind" I stated waving away her shyness. "It was enjoyable".
I wanted to take a while to talk to Lucy about what we'd done together but Matt's party was coming up so I needed to get ready. I wore a light coloured shirt with black trousers and my pair of boots which weren't covered in mud or scratches.
"Are you going to be alright tonight?" I asked hopping on the old motorcycle parked within the small garage that was constructed of tin and metal poles.
"I've survived here for five years pretty much alone without your help. I think I'll be fine" she stated happily. "When you get back perhaps we should discuss...this?" I nodded before unfolding my Sunglasses. The Sun was gone and everything was dark but they would keep my eyes protected from any bugs and at least the wind.
"When I get back we'll talk about everything". I kicked the igniton of the bike to bring it to life, the engine let out a massive roar from lack of use before settling down. "I'll see you later tonight" I announced before heading out. Lucy remained rooted to the spot as she waited for me.
"You made it I see. You're a little early".
"Better to be early than late" I announced stepping off of the bike. The hall was in the centre of the small town which was basically a General Store, a Pub and the Hall with the occasional house beside. "I didn't have time to buy Matt a present so she'll have to forgive me".
"Oh yeah it isn't really a present getting occasion. Not for people she hadn't met yet anyway". Samantha wore a button up shirt and tight jeans, a similar outfit to the last time I'd seen her. "I don't remember telling you who's birthday it was for" she claimed with a raised eyebrow.
"Oh..." I remarked. "Yeah I'm phychic" I stated happily as she led us towards the hall. I could see that a few people were already there, most of the older guys wearing wide brimmed outback hats.
"Sure you are. You want me to introduce you to anyone?"
"Thanks, but I can make my own introductions". She smiled before we entered the hall, two large doors open on the side of the building. Inside a number of tables were set up for people to eat at with an old jukebox on the stage and the aroma of fresh foot coming from the kitchen entrance to the left of said stage.
"Matt. This is the guy taking care of the Cromwell place". Matt was rather tall and had a rough face which was made apparent by the noticable break he'd suffered in his nose as some point.
"Hey" we both greeted, shaking hands firmly. "I heard someone was taking over Lucy's old place for a while" he announced. Samantha grimaced slightly at Lucy's name, obviously uncomfortable.
"Just until it sells".
"That place has been vacant for four years. You'll be around for a while" he laughed. I walked in with him to the small freezer that sat on the floor, similar to the ice-cream freezers in supermarkets. "We've got our own bar here tonight". He reached down and pulled out three stubies for himself, Sam and I. "Cheers".
"Cheers".
The drinks were on something of an honour system. Everyone threw five dollars into a tin container for ever beer taken out. I funded Sam's drinks while she introduced me around as the event grew in size. The birthday celebration was both because he was turning twenty one and that in a few weeks he'd be off to the Army.
All of the cheesy things were burnt out first. Everyone sat at a table or stood against the Hall walls to watch the stage as a small home made video ran of him as a child. Matt's parents gave small speeches about how much they love him and want him to be safe in the military, his Mum crying mid sentence and making him blush bright red. In the end he was presented with a large golden key to signify his freedom, or independance, or something.
"Is that right?"
"Oh yes. In fact my entire family moved here in that year. Not just immediate but everyone, cousins and uncles and step sisters. You see my family was really big; back then anyway. You see back in those days you couldn't afford a big family because they all needed so much to eat and live off so my father, he had to...". I wasn't sure how it had happened but I was stuck at an almost deserted table talking to Samantha's grandmother who didn't seem to have a limit on the amount she could talk. I only had to respond with the occasional.
"Yeah, that sounds hard". I'd had a few beers so I didn't really need to listen intentely to what she was saying.
"Nana, I think Mum wants you". Nana nodded, her hand shaking as it touched over mine. "You're such a good listener young man" She turned to Sam. "He's such a nice boy".
"Thanks Nana, Mum's waiting". Samantha smirked as she guestured me up and to follow her out of the hall. "I think I just saved your life".
"From going deaf?"
"From dying of boredom" she stated with a laugh. We headed out of the hall and into a cluster of trees around the back were it was dark. The sound of the Hall's music was dull now and a low beating noise. "This is Norman, Jess, Blu and you already know Matt".
"Hey guys" I greeted shaking their hands. "Blue?" I queried the girl standing beside Jess.
"Nickname...don't ask".
We hung out around the back with an esky full of beer and other stronger drinks. Most everyone talked about was Matt and the fun that they'd had growing up together, often mentioning Lucy in some of the stories. I couldn't really add to the conversation less they asked me a similar question like where I grew up or how long I was planning on staying in the area. As the night went on everyone slowly started to leave; the kids and parents first then those who needed an early start to the morning and so forth until there was barely anyone left.
"Seriously?"
"Yeah. So she stumbles around the creekbed completely blind and pretty drunk. She screams 'where are you guys' and waves her hands like this. Then falls backwards straight into the water". We all cracked up laughing at Blu's recall of how Lucy had handled her first few beers.
"Holy crap you guys, l-look at the time!" Matt yelled looking at his watch though probably not even being able to see since it was so dark.
"I'm headin home" I announced, tripping over my feet as I stood up, getting a giggle from Jess.
"Homeward bound!" Matt yelled as we all walked up to whatever means of transport we had.
"Hello there" Jess' voice chimed as she came up behind me and linked her arm around mine. "Heading home so sooon?"
"'Fraid so, aren't you?"
"Nopes, I'm still wide awake. I could stay up you with. I mean I could stay up with you" she corrected herself with a loud laugh and accidental snort.
"Come on Jess, Matt's going to take you home" Sam stated holding her up and pointing towards the car on the other side of the road. She nodded and slowly headed away from us, stumbling.
"Is Matt safe to drive?"
"He lives just down the street so he should be alright. Speaking of which how are you going to get home?" I shrugged slowly. "Come on, I'll drive you back". I walked across the grass with Samantha, I could feel the wet grass between my toes which made me wonder when exactly I'd taken my boots off or where they were now. Sam fumbled with her keys in the door of her small shiny car, dropping them and laughing as they hit the bitchumen.
"You're drunk" I stated with a smirk.
"You're drunker!"
"No I'm not, you're the biggest drunk I've ever seen. Gimme me the keys". Sam picked her jingling keys up and offered them to me, before pulling them back and laughing sarcastically as I tried to grab them.
The driver home took a fair while so I had the chance to sober up on the way back. I was drunk but the roads were pretty much completely straight so I wasn't about to crash unless something purposefully jumped out at me. Sam had fallen asleep on the way, her face pressed firmly against the glass window of the door.
"Where are we?"
"We're somewhere were we can sleep. You're drunk and you wouldn't tell me where you live so I had to drive us here" I stated guiding her in the dark to where I hoped the front door was.
"I would have told you were I live. I just don't want you to see that I live in a dump". I reached forward and felt over the thick wood for the doorknob. Once open I led us in. "Gah!" Samantha tripped on the front steps and fell down onto the floor, dragging me with her. She and I both stared at one another before laughing.
"You're a clumsy idiot".
"You're an ugly butt face".
"That hurt".
"Sorry" she replied quickly. We both moved in and kissed each other simultaniously. I didn't have any comparison but Samantha's drunk kissing was very sloppy and wet with too much tongue. We kissed for a long while before Sam picked herself up off of me and walked upstairs, stumbling on the first few before disappearing. I shut the front door and followed her up.
"Sam?"
"Over here" she called back quietly. It was still dark but I could make out her silhouette standing in a doorway. She had her arms folded and was watching a now deserted room with a single bed inside and nothing else but dust. "I miss her so much. We grew up together, we had our first..." she paused embarassed. I moved up beside her and looked inside, the moonlight casting shapes and shadows inside.
"First what?" I asked, reaching to her folded arms and taking her right, holding my our hands together.
"First kiss" Sam remarked with a laugh, her fingers squeezing mine while her other hand tries to wipe away the smile over her face at the memory. "We thought it'd be better to test with each other before we kissed any boys, so we did. It was nice" she stated, a small tear running down her face.
"...so then we rolled down the hill through all the overgrown grass, and landed at the bottom in poison ivy! It stung so bad but Lucy got out pretty quickly. When she turned around and saw that I was still stuck she waded back in and helped me out".
"That was good of her".
"She got so sick and swollen. She was bigger than a balloon". We walked together into the barn before I flipped the light switch on. The flickering lights showed Lucy's head was poking out of her stall and looking at us. "I had to look after her for about a week, her face was so swollen but she was still really cute". Samantha and I walked through the barn, reaching Lucy Sam came up to her and rubbed her hands over her nose and neck. "I'm sorry you don't want to listen to me talking about this".
"No, it's good. She was obviously very close to you". Sam nodded slowly, hugging Lucy tightly. She seemed disturbed that I'd brought her friend home with me but soon relaxed, holding her head down so she was giving Sam a hug back.
"She was. It's hard to think that she might have run away. She wouldn't just leave without saying goodbye, but if she didn't run away then...it could be much worse. I just wish I knew what happened". Lucy's eyes clenched shut, not wanting to leave the hug. I remained silent for a while, unsure what I could say to either of them. They were so close together but couldn't understand it. Lucy's eyes opened again and she stared to me.
"I'll be right back, I just need to grab something from inside".
"What?"
"It's nothing, I'll be back soon enough". I walked out of the barn, Sam's cheek against Lucy's softly and her eyes closed enjoying the feel of one another. I walked back into the house slowly and upstairs to my small room. Collapsing on the bed I realised just how tired and drunk I still was, falling asleep almost instantly.
"Sam, Lucy?"
"In here" a voice whispered from Lucy's stall. I walked up to slid the door open slowly, inside seeing the two together. Lucy was laying on her side with Samantha curled up inbetween her four legs and her head resting on her belly as she slept.
"How did she..."
"She knows everything" she sighed quietly, her belly gently pushing Sam's head up and down. "And she's ok with it, she missed me".
"I knew she did. I'm sorry I snuck her in like that".
"No, thank you. If you didn't I never would have. I owe you one". Lucy turned to look at Sam as she slept. She had a smile on her face and didn't seem to want to wake up, just in case it was all a dream.
"And this is our great handyman, he's been taking care of the property while it's been on the market", Liz announced guesturing to me, her phone started vibrating. "Oh, excuse me. I need to take this" she announced answering her phone. It was a ploy, the phone was a Satelite phone and gave the illusion that the property had mobile service and she left me alone with the family so I could tell them how much I loved living here.
"So, uh Handyman. Anything you'd like to say about this place?"
"A few things" I announced walking over to them and pulling my shirt out of my pocket to wear. "What would you like to know?"
"Are there any problems with this place? Any murderers in the district?"
"No, no this place is great". I took a few steps closer. "But honestly, the house is a ruin so you wouldn't want to live there".
"Really? Well...we were considering building our own place on the land instead".
I nodded slowly. "You could, but this entire property is flood planes. During the raining season you'll have to live on your roof", I whispered to them with a stern face. "I'm only telling you this because she doesn't pay me enough to lie".
"I thought they were really interested". Liz announced, her hands on her hips as she watched them driving away. "You told them about the condition you've restored the house and the barn to, the paint and the fences and all that?"
"Yeah, but they didn't seem all that interested if you ask me". Liz nodded slowly before walking to her car.
"Well I've got no other plans for the day. Might as well get a drink in town. I'm starting to think I'll never sell this place". The car started up as she prepared to head out. "You know you've done a lot of work here, if you want to get out of this place I'll be sure to reemburse you as soon as it's sold".
"Thanks, I'll keep it in mind. I've got no plans for the immediate future so if I ever get the impulse to leave I'll let you know". As she left the high dust trail behind her I yawned and moved over to the wooden fence I'd recently constructed. Out in the field Lucy cantered from one end to the other, her mane waving behind her as she did. Behind her the moon and the Sun were beginning to set together and orange filled the cloudy sky. As she neared the fence to the other side a distant whiny could be heard as her daughter followed in kind, prancing after her at a slower but eager pace. She looked just like Lucy with a shiny brown coat and black legs from the knee down, but unlike Lucy her mane wasn't black. It was a dark red.
