Working the Double Putting the Toy in Story chapter 5 by TinyLesbo

"One coffee and one cake? That'll be $14, thank you."

"$14? That's way too much!"

"No no, ma'am, this is space coffee! Super exotic!"

"Space coffee? Oh wow, that sounds fancy!"

 

All of a sudden, things were back to normal in the Kagari household. Jessie, expressionless and sat in Hana's lap, was apparently being served 'space coffee' by an equally stonefaced Buzz in a maid's outfit. The urge to burst out laughing was powerful, but Jessie knew the rules. 

When humans were around, they had to stay still. 

It was unfortunate, but the last thing they needed was a kid freaking out, and them getting sent back to some daycare. Or worse.

So until Aiko got bored, they were playing Coffee Shop.

 

Not that Jessie was complaining. It might've been a little vanilla compared to her experiences with Hana, but there was nothing with a little old fashioned playtime. She and Buzz were getting some quality time together, the rest of the gang were a willing audience, it seemed, and there were two new girls she hadn't been introduced to yet. She'd have to have a little chat with them later, see what the situation was here. It's the cowgirl's right, after all.

 

Suddenly, Coffee Shop took an unexpected twist when Slinky was bounced in, a slip of paper in his mouth. 

 

"I bring troubling news!" Slinky giggled, Aiko muffling her own voice. "Space Japan has declared war!"

"War?" Buzz turned around, Aiko's pinky finger knocking over her tea set. "I knew that treaty wouldn't last..."

"War? Against Space Japan?" Jessie 'gasped' with hands to her face. "But you can't go! We've just got to know each other!"

"Sorry ma'am, I'm afraid I can't stick around." Buzz's wings popped out. "I guess your coffee's... on the house."

Propelled by Aiko's hand, Buzz took off into the 'sky' above, leaving Jessie behind.

Hand extended, face tipped to one side, Jessie sighed. "I'll miss you, Space Coffee Boy."

 

The vibes accumulated at just the right moment, as Aiko's mom called from downstairs. "Aiko! Bathtime!"

"Okaaay!" Aiko shouted back. Carefully removing Jessie from her lap, and replacing her little tea set back onto its shelf, she turned around, gave her 'audience' a courtesy bow, and then wrapped a hand around Hamm. She pulled out his plug, shaking change everywhere, and took off, leaving the rest of the toys scattered around the room. 

 

Woody blinked, listening intently for a few moments, until the telltale thud of a door closing, followed by the squeak of faucets and running of water.

 

"...okay, I think we're safe." He stretched out his arms. "And I've gotta say, you've been killing it today Jessie. That acting, on a double shift?"

 

"W-well what can I say?" Jessie rose to her feet. "I-I guess the girls just like me."

 

The exhaustion was baked into her at this point, but she kept her head high. The day wasn't over yet. If nothing else, she finally had a chance to meet Aiko's other toys. 

 

But as she walked over to shake hands with the two brightly coloured girls, Hagumi and Rokku, Potato Head tilted to one side.

 

"Has she... always walked like that?" He twitched his moustache.

"Like what?" Buzz stood next to him, still in the tiny maid outfit.

"Watch the hips." Potato Head reduced his voice to a whisper, and suddenly Buzz understood. There was a definite roll and curve to them now, undulating with every step and definitely drawing the-

 

Buzz's wings popped out, and the maid outfit fell off.

 

"Real subtle, bozo." Potato Head snorted, and met up with the missus. 

 

"Subtle?" Jessie frowned. Having exchanged what must've been about nineteen bows with Hagumi and Rokku, she gave Buzz and inquisitive look. 

 

"Oh I um..." Buzz cleared his throat. "I just noticed that your uh, walk is different. And your um, hips. They're bigger?"

 

"They are?" Jessie ran hands down her side, and Buzz had to look away. "Well kiss my biscuits, they are! It musta been when Hana got me fixed up. Maybe the stuffin's in the wrong place!"

 

"Well..." Buzz flustered. "I wouldn't say the 'wrong' place, exactly. You're just more... pronounced now. Yes, more defined. Like an elegant lady!"

 

"Oh you," Jessie shoved him in the chest. "I'm no lady, and you know it. Now tell me, Space Coffee Boy. You like it?"

 

Hands on her hips, leaning directly above Buzz, he bit his lip as every curve the cowgirl possessed was in direct view. 

 

"I, um... yes. Yes I do." Buzz spoke up, as one of his buttons misfired;

 

'I come in peace!'

 

"Well then, maybe later you can show me." Jessie winked, and brought Buzz's hands to her waist. "I-I uh, I ain't kiddin', by the way." Suddenly she was all nervous smiles again. "There's some things I wanna try with you, if that's okay Buzz?"

 

"What kinda things?" Buzz frowned, his finger joints twitching at Jessie's hip.

 

"J-just some things Hana showed me. I reckon they might be fun to try, you know?"

 

"Well who am I to deny some healthy experimentation." Buzz grinned, wrapping both arms around Jessie's waist. 

 

Meanwhile Potato Head's moustache was on full tilt.

 

"You will not!" Mrs Potato Head knocked him sideways with her handbag.

 

Meanwhile there was a tumbling down the hallway as Aiko reappeared. Clad in cozy looking pyjamas, there was barely enough time for Jessie and the rest of the toys to freeze as she crashed to the floor, dumping a soapy Hamm on the carpet next to them. As soon as she arrived, she was gone again, but not before Woody noticed the girls on her pyjamas. Sporting the same blue and orange hairstyles as Rokku and Hagumi respectively, there were at least three or four others on that same pair of pyjamas, all surrounded by musical instruments. 

 

They must've been part of a set, he reasoned. 

 

"Ah. W-welcome back, Hamm." Buzz lifted his face out of Jessie's chest, as the high pitched whirr of a hairdryer fired up downstairs. "How was bathtime?"

 

"Ehh, it was... unique, I gotta say." Hamm blinked furiously, soap suds slowly dribbling down his body. "That kid filled me with water so many times, felt like I was drownin'! Aaand then she was emptyin' that water out onto herself, so things got weird fast. I think I saw a little too much of that kid."

 

"Huh. Must've been a unique experience." Woody nodded slowly.

 

"And you don't smell like loose change any more!" Rex chipped in.

 

"Looks like you ain't the only one who got an eyeful. Ain't that right Buzz?" Potato Head waggled his eyebrows. 

 

"Nonsense, Potato Head. That's just how we fell." Buzz dismissed him. "We've all been there."

 

"Seems you've been there a lot lately." Potato Head grinned, and his wife slapped him again. Meanwhile Hamm was receiving attention from the two girls;

 

"You had bathtime with Aiko-san?" Rokku put her hands to her chest. "Truly an honour!"

 

"We can be bathtime buddies together!" Hagumi put her arms around him as far as they could reach. 

 

"Eheh..." Suddenly Hamm was all smug. "Looks like this little piggy's cashin' in! I'll be bathtime buddies with you girls as much as you want."

 

"Ugh. Put your plug back in, Pig." Potato Head grimaced, and life at the Kagari household was looking ever more interesting. With her hair dried and her pyjamas cozy, Aiko made sure all her toys were in bed with her before shuffling under the covers herself. Ensconced at just about every angle, there was a silent agreement - a whimsy - about it all.

 

Could this be their forever home? 

 

Squashed between Buzz and Aiko's chest, Jessie was feeling optimistic for once. With nothing but the occasional creaking of doors to disturb her sleep, she and the toys slowly nodded off together. One big, happy family.