Chapter 14: Fish Food

“Appreciate your help with this, Iro,” Skalla, the brawny shark woman, said cheerfully as she trimmed the fruit trees lining the estate.

Iro was doing the same a tree over as they both worked to spruce up the estate.

Zeltaria had announced she was throwing a party soon, and most of it would be held on the back lawn; so, everything needed to be in tip-top shape.

Skalla had drawn the short straw and ended up with the tree-trimming task, with Iro tagging along. An hour in, and they were nearly halfway done.

“Sure thing, Miss Skalla. I’m always glad to lend a hand,” Iro replied. His maid’s uniform had been swapped for a pair of overalls, but not much else.

His underwear was his only comfort underneath, aside from the socks that left most of his feet exposed, with only a single band around the arch of the foot to keep them in place.

Skalla glanced over and grinned, her sharp teeth peeking out from between her lips. “I’ll keep that in mind. But…you okay? You’re walking kind of funny today…”

Iro blushed and his tail fluffed up slightly, wagging gently as he thought about ~why~ he was walking a little funny today. “Uh, um…y-yeah, I’m just ~tired~ is all.”

Skalla let out a hearty laugh. “Ha! Yeah, right. Come on, pup, we all know what happens behind Zel’s doors. And we all saw you get ~escorted~ to her bedroom.”

Iro’s tail wagged a little harder as he realized he wasn’t being shamed for what happened and turned to Skalla. “It…it was amazing! She had me do all sorts of things…and she’s ~huge~.”

Skalla laughed again and went back to trimming the tree she was working on. “Yeah, you never really get used to it. Not with…~well~, you’ll find out. Let’s get back to work.”

Skalla snipped one last stray branch and moved to the next tree. Iro finished a few more on the tree he was working on and followed Skalla, hopping to the next tree.

“Zeltaria’s got all sorts of ~human~ fruit trees here, you know? Being an ambassador comes with some strange perks, but these are just a…well, show? They don’t grow naturally here, but here they are.

“They’re a status symbol, but also delicious and beautiful…” There was a strange sense of admiration in Skalla’s voice as she spoke. Iro took notice.

“You sound like you really love these trees. Not what I expected,” he mused aloud.

Now it was Skalla’s turn to blush, her gray and silky shark skin deepening a few shades. “Well, I like to cook, and the trees provide me with all sorts of unique ingredients…and—”

This time, Iro laughed, shaking his head slowly. “I get it. I used to live around humans, you know? But I just didn’t think the ~beauty~ was what would catch your eye.”

Skalla huffed and continued trimming. “The blossoms are just really nice, that’s all.”

The two fell into a comfortable silence now that they knew a little more about each other, and continued trimming trees.

The sun was at its peak already, and Iro could feel himself heating up quickly. Canines don’t have sweat glands, obviously, and Skalla kept glancing over when he would pant to cool off.

Iro, on the other hand, could tell Skalla was “drying out” as her skin looked less and less shiny. It seemed they both struggled in the heat.

About an hour later, and Skalla and Iro were finishing the last of the trees, starting at one side of the estate, just under the patio terrace.

They’d made their way down the lawn, past the swimming pool and over the canal to the back end of the estate and back up to the terrace, trimming the trees that encircled the estate.

“There. Done,” Iro gasped as he finished his tree. Skalla chuckled and gathered her own trimming tools to set them at the bottom of one of the twin flights of stairs up to the patio terrace, beckoning for Iro to do the same.

“Good job, pup. Now come on, we’ve earned a little break.”

Iro set his tools down beside Skalla’s and watched as she peeled off her overalls as she strolled back down the lawn toward the pool, revealing more and more of her gray skin, her proud dorsal fin and her strong muscles.

Iro felt a wave of nervousness as he thought about his last encounter with Skalla in the showers, but a swim in the pool sounded heavenly. Following Skalla, he began to unbutton his overalls.

By the time they reached the pool, Skalla was already comfortably nude, and Iro’s overalls hit the floor as he stepped on the poolside brickwork.

Without waiting, Skalla leapt into the pool, executing a high jump and perfect dive with her powerful legs and dove deep into the pool, resurfacing after a dozen seconds, her ponytail still stubbornly in place even when wet.

She grinned as Iro bared himself and stepped to the edge of the pool.

“You’re looking good, pup. I see why Zel wanted you all to herself,” Skalla teased.

Iro blushed at the compliment and sat on the edge of the pool, dipping his legs into the water. “Thanks. And that was a pretty impressive dive of yours.”

Skalla grinned, her predatory teeth showing again, and effortlessly glided toward Iro. “I’ll show you something even more impressive…”

Skalla lifted herself halfway out of the water with her legs alone and grabbed Iro’s hips and yanked him into the water, diving backward with Iro wrapped in her arms.

Iro was acutely aware of their shared nudity in the water, and how she had him pressed against her let him feel every contour of her muscled torso and slim breasts.

He would have been quite aroused if he hadn’t been pulled about eight feet under the water.

He squirmed and scrambled for a moment, but Skalla held him tightly until he realized he wasn’t going anywhere and tried to conserve air.

Skalla flashed a grin at him, her teeth gleaming menacingly. Iro felt her hand slide from his back to his butt, then further down, her fingers teasing their way into his still tender asshole from Zeltaria’s earlier encounter.

He winced, letting out a soft whimper into the water as his air supply dwindled. But, a finger in the ass was a surefire way to get Iro going, and he felt his cock harden, brushing against something soft.

Guided by Skalla’s hands, he felt himself slide into her, the coolness of her body contrasting with the heat of his cock.

Iro gasped, his air supply dwindling further. He squirmed, but Skalla captured his lips with hers and breathed into him. His lungs filled with air again, and he gasped in surprise.

Opening his eyes, he saw Skalla’s gills flare, and the shark girl smiled, leaning in to give more underwater resuscitation to the nearly drowning canine.

He forced himself to relax, letting Skalla breathe for both of them. He allowed her to use her finger in his ass as a handle, thrusting him into herself, using him like a sex toy to pleasure them both.

The sheer audacity and assertiveness of Skalla’s actions were strangely arousing, and Iro found himself fighting off an orgasm before long.

The silky texture of her body—inside and out—was leading him to pleasures he hadn’t anticipated today, especially not while depending on someone else for his breath.

With a sudden tightening of her lower body, Skalla shuddered into orgasm, and Iro followed suit.

Skalla held them still for a moment longer, then seemed to snap back to reality. She kicked off the bottom of the pool, shooting upward and breaking the water surface in a spectacular spray.

Iro sputtered and coughed as Skalla placed him on the edge of the pool, gently rubbing his back and murmuring apologies.

“S-sorry, pup. I just couldn’t resist.” Her voice was filled with genuine regret, but Iro just turned to grin, feeling a surge of courage as he realized he’d survived.

“Maybe…maybe you should resist a little less,” he panted. But seeing the predatory glint return to Skalla’s eyes and her grin widen, he thought he might have made a mistake.

Skalla smirked. “Two minutes, then I’m taking you down again.”

Iro nodded, focusing on catching his breath. ~This is the best job ever~, he thought as Skalla’s smooth shark fingers danced over his body.