[V] Morning Duties

Ayla always wakes up with her skin bare to the sun. Her race was supposed to be of the proud wolves, but she didn't really hate when her skin was getting heated; for her, it always feels refreshing when the coldness of the morning and the light heat brings colliding temperatures to her soft skin.

But unlike when she usually wakes up, this and a few of the days before, she has been waking up with a companion, particularly, with her master and with his other servant, Alice. She doesn't know why, but with them, she always feels safe and delighted.

Since the day she and Alice have convinced their master to always sleep together with them, her morning always comes so satisfying, unlike before when she wakes up alone on the cold floor.

So, with a smile written on her face, she opens her eyes.

[ Mnh~!!! ] sitting up the bed, she stretches her body and made a quiet yawn. After, she makes sure to see if her master and Alice was still together there with her.

She saw her master still dozing off, but Alice wasn't there anymore. Instead, what she found in her place was a set of her uniform: the butler clothes she always wears. Obviously, as she stood up and get out of the bed, she wore it straight away.

( Just as expected of Alice-sama... ) inside her mind, she expresses her grateful thoughts. Like always, Alice knows what she was supposed to do; Ayla could only wish that she would become like her someday.

[ Umu! ] nodding to her self, she prepares herself for the day. However, before that, she charges herself first with the sight of her beloved owner. With her tail wagging and her ears twitching, she observes his current state.

Perhaps, this is the only time she sees her master so vulnerable. His guard is always up, no matter whom he was with, but right now, he is the same as anyone else. She could eat her up now if she wanted to -

So, like the predator she was, she sneaks at him...

[ Mnh... Master smells good... ]

As always, his scent is addicting for her sensitive nose. If she could, she would cuddle with him to smell his scent more, but she still has her morning duties so she did her best to restrain herself.

***

[ Oh, Good morning, Ayla. ] on the stairways, she met with her senpai, Alice.

The same as usual, she has her own maid uniform. It suits her perfectly. Seeing it, Ayla also wonders if her butler suit also suits her as she does.

[ Go-Goodmorning, Alice-sama. ] she greeted back. She's not really used to it yet, so she stutters a bit with her words.

[ Ayla, Alice is enough. You shouldn't address me with the same respect as Walter-sama... After all, like you, I'm just his servant. ]

[ Sorry... Alice... ] because Alice was in her strict mode, Ayla turns a bit scared of her. She doesn't really show it to their master, but the truth is, she is sometimes scary when she is teaching Ayla stuff. Unlike Walter, she was keener when she teaches.

But that doesn't mean that she hates her, in fact, she was grateful and feeling in dept to her. She has accepted her with open arms and has treated her as a companion since the beginning. If it wasn't for her, she wouldn't know what to do.

[ Un. ] with a smile and a nod, Alice was satisfied and resumes on her work. At this time of the morning, it's her job to wake Walter up.

[ Then, do your best Ayla. ]

[ Yes! ]

With that short exchange, the two of them separate ways again.

[ Umu! Ayla will do her best! ] as soon as Alice was out of sight, she pumps her fist into the air to psych herself up.

Mentally prepared, she went to the kitchen. There, she saw the meal Alice has prepared and cooked for their master. Consisting of slices of bacon, eggs, and a few tasty additions of vegetables, it was a different kind of variation than what he had yesterday. Ayla knows as she always remembers what her master eats every single day.

Looking at it, she turns hungry herself. For her, that amount of food was already a feast, as before, what she considers a meal is just a single piece of bread.

But lucky for her, this time, she now has her own breakfast that could even compare to what her master would eat. There, placed beside the meal of her master is her own, mixed with the same food as the other has. Though the portion was a bit smaller, it was still something that she could only dream of before.

Sitting at the table, she starts to eat it. It was her senpai's cooking so it was bound to be delicious, and so it is.

She wants to eat it slowly to savor every bit of its flavor, but she still has to deliver her master's meal in the living room. So, with a rush, she eats. However, before she gets herself to finish, she made sure to save a single slice of bacon.

Bacon is her favorite, but as always, she couldn't get herself to eat the last one left. As an offering and thanks for her master, she always saves one and put it on his own meal. She just wants to express her gratitude every way she can, even if it's so little.

So, satisfied with her meal, she prepares herself for the most vital part of her morning: delivering her master's breakfast to him.

***

Ayla's job is to serve her master his breakfast while Alice's is to serve him his coffee. The two of them are very loyal, so they always give their all even to the tiniest details of their jobs, all to give their master the best treatment and satisfy him.

In the living, the two of them did what they're supposed to.

[ Good morning, master. ] Ayla greeted as she sits the meal on the table where her master is already sitting, drinking Alice's coffee as he stare off into nothingness.

[ Good morning, Ayla. ] contented, she received his reply. Then, nervously, she turns to look at the senpai she looks up, to whom she was able to receive a nod.

( Ayla did it! ) just like that, she was able to complete her task without trouble. The nod from Alice says so.

After that, all she needed to do is to watch her master complete his breakfast. She doesn't really know why, but just watching her master eat is already enough to make her feel happy. Looking at her senpai, Alice, it seems that she also enjoys observing him as he eats the food she prepares; the smile on her face says it all.