Milk Bar

Again, the mouse boy felt like he had stepped back in time. Space blue covered the whole room. Glow-in-the-dark stars lit up the ceiling. Music from the 60’s and 70’s floated from the cyan blue speakers in the top corners. The furniture looked bright silver in the blue lighting. A disco ball rotated to the music in the background. The waitresses’ uniform looked like a cross between the fifties poodle skirts and modern cheerleaders. As cougars, they all looked great. Naoko found his cheeks turning red again. Eros-Aphrodite smirked as he watched his younger friend.

“Is there a problem?” he asked. The mouse quickly shook his head.

“It’s just…” he began.

“What is it?” his guide asked. Naoko kept his eyes on the silver counter in front of him.

“Where exactly are we?” he asked. The pimp guide gave him a goofy smile.

“Abby Milton’s,” he answered. “The biggest milk bar in the Cougar Town.” The mouse boy lifted his head and looked around.

“Oh,” he said in a quiet voice. He drew his finger in circles on the counter next to the bottle.

“You okay there?” she asked. Mosh quickly lifted his head. All of his words were lost the first sight of the foxy bar tender. Face of forty with the body of twenty. Her light blue Gidget-style bikini went well with her light red hair to her shoulders. She gave him a little smile as he nodded at her.

“Thanks for the milk!” he yelped.

“My pleasure,” she said. The bar maid to a good look at the mouse boy.

“Strange,” she said. “You don’t seem to be one of the souls that are registered here. Are you just passing there?”

“Yes!” the mouse squealed. The woman giggled at him.

“Now, now,” she told him. “Just because I am a cougar doesn’t mean I’m going to pounce on every good-looking young man that I see. I would never take another woman’s man and besides, I have a man of my own. So, relax, okay?” That didn’t really help, but Naoko nodded anyway. The bar maid took up his bottle.

“So, tell me all about this girl that you’re going to meet,” she said. The mouse boy looked up at her with eyes of surprise.

“How did you know that I was looking for my fiancée in this place?” he asked.

“You don’t have a permanent pass for this circle,” she said as she played with her hair on her left shoulder.

“Permanent pass?”

“You get a stamp on your hand when you come to the circle that you have been assigned to. So, what is her name?”

Naoko sat back with a proud smile on his face. “Midori-chan.”

“What’s she like?”

The mouse giggled before speaking. “Energetic. Very energetic. Sometimes, I had trouble keeping up with her. She’s also kind and very bright.”

“Is she pretty?”

“Oh yes, very pretty!” The mouse found himself getting lost in a sexy little daydream to playful, flirty 60’s music in the background.

“Naoko?” he heard a distant voice in his head. The mouse went deeper into his hot daydream.

“Midori-chan,” he murmured. “Come into the woods with me!”

“Oi!” someone shouted at him. Smack! The mouse boy found himself jerked back into reality as he looked and saw Eros-Aphrodite’s jeweled hand up after he pimp-slapped him. It took a moment for it to sink in about what happened. Naoko slowly put his hand to his cheek.

“Ow!” he complained.

“Snap out of it, man!” his pimp guide said. The mouse looked on at him in pain. The bar maid giggled at the men.

“My,” she said in a bolder tone. “Looks like someone needs a little trip to the Sweets Factory before they leave in the morning.” Both men turned their attention to her.

“The Sweets Factory?” Naoko asked. “What is that?” The bar maid gave him a naughty little smile.

“Come with me,” she said. The woman turned to one of her fellow bar maids.

“Hallie!” she called. “Take over for me, would ya?”

“Okay,” the other woman replied. The main bar maid turned back to the boys. She motioned her head as a cue to follow her. Naoko and Eros-Aphrodite watched her walk out the back door before following close behind.