Cougar Town

The soft warmth of steam slowly brought the mouse back into consciousness. Naoko sat up and looked around. Yes, he was still in the bath house circle. He took in a heavy breath. It was then he noticed that his clothes were missing. He only had a towel around his waist.

What the heck?, he thought.

“Oh good, you’re awake now,” a voice said. The mouse boy looked up to see Eros-Aphrodite standing over him with a grin on his face. He too had nothing but a towel around his waist. Naoko backed up as fast as he could.

“Whoa!” he called out, startled. The pimp guide to calm him back down.

“Look man,” he said. “I know you’re on your way to get married and I’m straight too. So, it’s all cool.” Naoko still breathed hard. The pimp drew back some.

“Better?” he asked. The mouse boy still blinked at him.

“Uh… where are we?” he asked.

“Inside the bath house,” the pimp guide said. “In Cougar Town.” The mouse’s eyes widened.

“Where?!?” he yelped.

“Chill man and take a look,” Eros-Aphrodite slid open the wooden door. Heated waterfalls floated downfalls on either way of the golden road that lead out of the sauna they were in. Sexy women in their forties and fifties in towels walked back and forth between onsen and milk bars. Beside them were young men eighteen to their twenties sweet talking them into their beds for the night.

“This, my friend,” Eros-Aphrodite said. “Is one of the town you have to pass through in this circle. I would be careful if I was you. These women are always looking for a new play thing.” Naoko swallowed hard with big eyes.

“Okay…” he mumbled. The men began their walk down the path. Naoko turned to his guide.

“Where are my clothes and gifts?” he asked.

“Oh, we took your things at the front registry desk,” Eros-Aphrodite answered.

“And where is that?” Naoko asked.

“All the way down the road,” the pimp said. The mouse’s cheeks reddened as his body went stiff. Oh boy…, he thought. He could feel the eyes on him already. The walk made the mouse just as redder than ever. The forty-something ladies winked and blew kisses at him as he passed them by. Naoko tried his best not to look at them. The glance at them whispering and licking their lips at him didn’t really help either.

“Who’s the fine new resident here?”

“He’s pretty cute.”

“I heard wasn’t staying here.”

“Aww, where is he going?”

“I heard he was going to the tower. He’s got some woman waiting for him there. She requested him personally.”

“Lucky bitch!”

“I’ll say.”

“He does look rather yummy.”

“Uh-huh!”

“I wouldn’t mind riding his fine cock all night long!”

“I hear you, girl!”

“Uh-huh!”

Naoko lowered his head embarrassed. This was just like all of the times when he was alive with his Midori-chan. He swallowed hard to himself.

I don’t know how much more I can take this!, he thought. It’s too much! Suddenly, he remembered a little tip that the girlfriend told him before he boarded the airboat.

“Be sure to get some milk,” she told him. He didn’t get it at the time, but now it made sense. The mouse stopped in his tracks.

“Eros-Aphrodite!” he yelped. “I need some milk!” The guide turned to him, curious.

“Excuse me?” he asked.

“Milk!” Naoko shouted. “I need some milk right now! Take me to a milk bar!” The pimp guide only smiled at him.

“Yes sir,” he said. “Right this way.” The mouse all but ran after Eros-Aphrodite to the promise of relief. He didn’t even notice the beaded curtain that he had to pass through to get inside the milk bar. All he knew was that he was that he found himself sitting on a stool at the bar. Eros-Aphrodite rang the bell on the counter.

“Yes, Aphrodite?” a woman’s voice asked.

“One order of milk for my friend here,” the pimp guide said.

“Coming up,” the bar maid said. Naoko drew in heavy breaths of the cool air around him. A bottle of milk with a straw came into his view.

“Here,” his guide said. “Drink this.” The mouse nodded as he took a sip. The cooling sensation filled his body. Eros-Aphrodite watched and waited.

“Better now?” he asked. The mouse sat back and breathed out.

“Yeah,” he said. The pimp guide smirked at him.

“I knew it would, dog,” he said. Naoko looked around him once he got his head back in order.

“Come to think of it,” he said. “Where exactly are we now?”