Hi Readers! I've been struggling a little bit with the next "official" chapter of Dave and Hoshoka's story, and with this being spooky season I decided to switch gears a little bit and write about Hoshoka's first Halloween. Whether this is in fact an official chapter, or a one-shot side story, I'm not sure yet. But I hope you enjoy!
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I roused Hoshoka early (for her tastes, at any rate) so that we could walk to Tammy's and get breakfast. It was mid-October at this point, and solidly autumn; gold and red leaves were coming down, the air was crisp, and Hoshoka looked amazing in a sweater.
When the weather had started to get cooler we'd gone shopping for warmer clothes for her; she maintained that as an oni and a creature of Hell, colder temperatures wouldn't bother her, but I reminded her that in human guise, she'd be expected to dress warmly. She had rolled her eyes at the time, but clothes shopping at Sprawlmart led her to an extra-soft cableknit sweater that she absolutely fell in love with. We bought her three immediately; a pale gray one, a medium blue-gray, and a light ivory-colored one, and they were bulky enough that in human form, it mostly covered her butt in addition to her breasts and belly. Plus the thicker fabric helped hide the fact she wasn't wearing a bra and had nipples that snapped to attention at the slightest breeze.
I was used to her treating clothing as something she "had" to wear and treated with relatively little respect, but she revered these sweaters, taking extra care in keeping them clean and hung up when not being worn. She'd also picked up a dark gray knit cap as well that she wore pulled down over her ears when we went out, her thick black hair spilling out from under it.
She was wearing the cap, the pale gray sweater and a pair of black leggings that morning, and while she'd grumbled the whole time she'd been getting dressed and made a big show of yawning and rubbing sleep from her eyes, once we were out and walking around she perked up considerably. She quickly made a game out of spotting crunchy-looking leaves and jumping on them as we walked the few blocks to the doughnut shop.
"Haha! Gotcha!" she crowed as another golden maple leaf was obliterated under her sneakers. I smiled; I loved seeing this side of Hoshoka, watching her be playful and silly and just having fun. I was in love with her for a lot more than just her libido and prehensile tongue, that was for damn sure.
Emily was on shift when we entered Tammy's, and she couldn't hide the way her jaw dropped as she saw us. Her winged eyeliner was accompanied by a dramatic purple eyeshadow, and her nails were painted a rich, vivid purple with silver spiderweb decals carefully applied to each one.
"Holy shit, Dave," she said, staring up at Hoshoka (who, even in human form, had a good 7-8 inches on Emily in height). "Is this your girlfriend?"
"Uh, yeah," I chuckled slightly awkwardly. "Emily, this is Hoshoka. Hoshoka, Emily."
Hoshoka gave her the biggest, warmest smile as she took her hand and shook it.
"Emily, hi, nice to meet you!" she purred. "I'm sorry I took Dave off the market, but I'm sure you'll find someone just as good!"
She gave Emily a knowing wink and dropped her voice. "And if not, just let me know and I'll loan him out." Her grin got even wider. Emily just blinked, stunned.
"Oh, well," she stammered, overwhelmed by Hoshoka's presence and frankness. "Thank you, I think, I mean, I don't blame him, you're..."
She shook her head and put her customer service voice back on. "Sorry, how can I help you today? The usual?"
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"You didn't tell me that Emily was that fucking hot!" Hoshoka said, elbowing me in the ribs as we left Tammy's. "I might go back there and ask her for a date myself."
I let myself briefly imagine Hoshoka and Emily in bed together and blushed deeply. I'd barely had need or occasion to rub one out since moving in with Hoshoka, but that mental image was absolutely going in the ol' spank bank if I ever needed to.
"Ooooh, look at that red face!" Hoshoka crowed, putting her grinning face close to mine. "Someone's imagining a threesome right now, aren't they?" I sunk my head into my collar.
"You know, weirdly enough I actually wasn't...more just imagining the two of you together," I told her honestly. "I'm barely man enough to keep you satisfied, two women at the same time would kill me."
Hoshoka laughed so hard she almost dropped her iced coffee.
"Oh, sweet boy," she said, wiping a tear from her eye, "you know you're the most honest man I've ever met? If you ever wanted it, though, I'd make a threesome happen for you. My sweet boy deserves two gorgeous women taking care of him once in a while."
We walked in silence for a few minutes before she spoke up again.
"Dave, question for you about here and now," she said. "What's with the decorations? Skeletons, bats, gourds with faces carved in them. Emily had spiderwebs on her fingernails." She gestured broadly at the houses we were walking in front of, many of them decorated for Halloween.
"Skeletons I would associate with marking a victory in battle, but the rest is just confusing to me."
"Oh! Yeah, you wouldn't have heard of this before," I replied. "At the end of this month is a holiday called Halloween. It's not really a religious holiday or anything like that - I guess maybe it kind of was associated with that at one point, but now it's mostly an excuse to eat candy, watch scary movies, and dress up. We probably won't see a lot of it here because this is a college town, but kids go door to door in costumes asking for candy. For adults, it's an excuse to wear something sexy, get drunk, have a hook up and eat some candy afterwards."
Hoshoka digested this for a moment.
"So you're telling me that there's a holiday coming up that is perfectly tailored to my interests, and you didn't tell me?" She said, giving me a faux offended look.
"You know, when you put it that way... Yes?" I said with an awkward shrug. "I, uh, haven't been to the sort of Halloween party where there's slutty costumes and hook ups, so I guess I kind of forget that's a thing. Halloween has mostly just been about scary movies and candy for me for the past few years."
Hoshoka paused and looked me in the eyes.
"Sweet boy," she said.
"Yes?" I replied.
"I want you to show me scary movies and feed me candy."
"It would be my pleasure, Mama."
"Good boy!" She gave me a smile and resumed walking.
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After that, Hoshoka went all in on Halloween. A trip to Sprawlmart yielded a set of brightly colored plastic skeletons - neon orange, neon green, and black - with articulated joints that we set up on the porch, along with strings of orange and purple lights and some plastic pumpkins and ghosts on stakes that we lined the front walkway with.