*huff* *Huff* I am so tired now. I think I have done enough pushups...
I get myself up and start walking toward my wall and lean against it. The sweat starts running down my neck through my feathers and down my exposed back. I start to seemingly pant with my jaw open with the tongue nearly handing out.
"Woo that was good," I say to myself calmy. I could use some air circulation in the room right about now.
I open the window a bit shedding some light into my room more as well as a gentle cool breeze. Feels good against my warmed up body.
Suddenly I hear a noise somewhere
*thud*
I turn my head around behind me and see no one but my door. Did someone fall into it? I walk over to my door bare chests still and unlock the door. I open it to see no one in the dark hallway. Maybe someone just fell but I should check it out just in case someone "fell down the stairs"
I walk out of my room and look to my right and see no one on or down the stairs. At least that means no one fell there. I look to my left and the parents room is to my left. I open it to take a peak and see they both are fast asleep. So it must be Lara. Unless it was just my imagination that something fell.
I walk down the hall and attempt to open the door but it is locked. I won't look through the keyhole this time just so I give them more privacy. I remember the last time was humiliating and embarrassing.
I knock on the door and call out her name quietly so I don't wake up the parents. I jiggle the door knob a bit to get her attention I would hope.
"Hey, Lara are you okay? Hello?"
I hope she is okay. I know I must've heard something. But I think the thud I heard was relatively gentle for one. So I think whoever or whatever fell is fine and can be cleaned up to.
As I walk over to my bedroom I step in something wet and slip backward onto my back. I catch myself with my hands but my bum made contact with the floor making a loud thud.
*thud* "aw shit what did I just step on my own sweat? No way I sweated that hard that it left essentially a little puddle in the hallway. How did I not notice it when walking out of my room? Whatever.
I get myself up and I head into my closet to get a towel. I walk inside the room and turn right and and opens the closet and pulled the white towel out.
I walk back out of my room and wipe down the floor and throw it in the bathroom downstairs. Mean while while I am here might as well take a shower since I did work up a sweat in my room.
I take another towel from my room and return back to the bathroom and take a shower. As I am washing myself I start noticing my muscle are becoming more defined. Is this because I am a beastman? Might be. Maybe that is why beastmen are considered superior physical, because they can physically get more fit. I have a more lean six pack already somehow. I wish this was easy in my previous life.
-5 minutes later- I turn off the water and start to dry myself off everywhere from my feathers, horns, harder to reach areas of my tail and lower body. Sort of felt good drying myself off. As I walk back to my room with brown shorts and still exposed upper body I walk carefully up the stair in the dark only lit faintly by the moonlight in the house.
I get to my room and get myself into bed. Finally I can get some sleep and get to my first job tomorrow.
-Hours later-
I wake up to the sun in my eyes painfully beaming into my skull.
"ugh" I groan as I turn my body around to avoid the glare of the sun.
As fast as I turned away I immediately remember I am supposed to head to my job at the Rising Sun Tavern in the morning to help out. Shit. I get my self up and go into my closet for more appropriate outfit. a white short sleeve shirt and brown pants with pockets should work fine. Eh, this shirt is a little tight as I put it on. I guess it shows my physique.
I insert my tail through the hole of my pants and make sure it feels nice and secure and not riding up the tail. It is a real drag.
I head downstairs and jump off the stairs to avoid the last few like a kid would as they were young, and then head into the kitchen to get something to eat.
I take some bread stored inside the the xolder cabinets and spread them to make some sandwich with peanut butter. Just a quick breakfast.
As I walk out of the kitchen I walk into the maid Arla the maid I almost forgot about. Her head face first going into my chest. Sort of hilarious in a way.
"Hey Arla I have to go out this morning hope your manage well" I say quickly so I can leave.
"W-wait I have a question" she says grabbing a hold of my shirt tugging me back a bit.
"What? I am sort of in a hurry to a job" please be quick"
"I uhm, wonder if I am a bother to you. Since you dont require much assistance from me in your daily life it seems." she seems to mumble her last few words. "Or seem to want me to help."
"Well I just am never used to someone doing things for me I am used to it on my own or with others never for me. Anyways have to leave!" I start rushing towards the door getting out of Arla's grasp. she reach out but only smiles and says farewell to my departure.
"Farewell sir I shall await you return as well."
I take my hand and close the door behind me and start doing a gentle jog from the house over to the tavern.
-18 minutes later-
Maybe I shouldn't be jogging but I am. Build some cardio while heading to my volunteer work.
As I get to the gate the guard from the previous day recognizes me and greets me with a smile. Waving and letting me pass.
I wave back and jog right past him into town. 3 minutes later. I finally arrive to the tavern and start huffing a bit. Maybe jogging for that long of a duration was to much but whatever I am here now and I don't have a horse or other form of travel.
I try to open the door and the door open with a ringing of a bell. that seems new. Very fantasy tavern like.
At the counter I see the older man George standing there cleaning some bottle in an empty tavern. I guess people are not yet up.
I move myself over to him to speak but he points me over towards Lilith instead. Seems to be either not in a mood or is to busy.
I turn over to my right and there is Lilith in a white dress with e pink ribbon on her chest. She seems to be reading a book. Looms like the one I read yesterday.
"Hey Lilith how are you? Did you sleep well?" I ask sitting in front of her at the table.
She turns over to me and smiles warmly. Her smiles rival that of Lara's. So adorable and warmly and pure even.
It takes a few second but she finally speaks out.
"I am doing fine Coda. I have something special to tell you. I broke up with Ugmand for good. and father fired him as well. Which mean it will be more peaceful with just you, me, and my father around. My father does the cooking, I'm the waitress, and you would be the extra hands for cooking, being a waiter, or help clean the dishes. Overall you are an extra hand around!"
So I have no specific role in the tavern but just to help people. I guess that is fine with me. Not to hard.
"Alright then, let's do this!" I stand up with a fist partially triumphantly in the air.
"Well let's begin"
-3 hours later-
I am washing the dishes and I had been doing this for the last 3 hours Ibthink since I started. It might be due to my scales I dont get pruny hands like a normal human would from like taking a shower for a long period of time. I guess it is another advantage of being a lizardman.
"Hey Coda, I could use you to get me some extra flower from the pantry!" George calls out from the kitchen"
"Sure thing!" I wipe my hands down a bit and turn the sink off. Walking over to the pantry getting some flower and hands it over to George in the kitchen. Man it is pretty messy.
"Coda, I could use some extra hands in the dining room!" Lilith calls
This is going to be a long day. I turn around and walk over to Lilith to ask her what she needs and she seems to be talking to a group of 2 humans a a brown hairs man and woman and a elf and one Orc at a table.
The two women is the Orc and elf and they look at me and start to giggle at my arrival for a bit. might be the Staines from Washington dishes since it is a white shirt.
"I could use your help here for these people I got other costumers I already took car of and-"she turns around and her eyes widen by a large margin that before and she start to blush. I can see her mood changed emediantly out of the blue so I turn around wondering if something is behind me.
I look back but nothing. I turn myself back to her and she is covering her eyes while peeking through her fingers a bit, what?
I move and bit backwards and look down and notice my shirt is so wet they can see my bare black and red chest through the tight fit shirt. I guess wearing a white shirt and handling ater for about 3 hours does that that effect.
"Just-just go back inside the kitchen! I will handle them!" she says flustered putting her hands on my chest and pushing me back a bit. But I loose my foot and fall backwards causing her to lean in to far and fall on me.
The environment suddenly goes quiet which most patron suddenly ogling at our predicament. She is on me and has her hands on my chest still and pushes herself up.
"My bad please forgive me but I have to get back to work" she says turning her flustered face away from me.
"Well okay then Sorry about that ladies I bow forward in forgiveness and turn away and walk back in the kitchen to speak to George.