Social Distancing (Part 2)

Life was good, surprisingly - very good.

You were happy for the first time in a long time.

Although Maria was mockingly cruel, she kept her promise to Hannah, she got you tiny clothes, a very good cage with shower and toilet, you even had a way to control TV.

Food and water were always available.

All you had to do was to lick and treat her feet once or twice a day, which you did happily, even thanked her most of the time.

Hannah came to visit after around a week, she tapped on your cage to wake you up, “hey, John, checking up on you”, she said.

You slowly woke up and stretched, you smiled, “hey Hannah”, you waved, she made a surprised and confused face.

“What’s with that smile lol”, she asked.

“Oh, he’s super happy here I think, we had a nice week together”, Maria said from behind her.

“Really?” Hannah asked and looked at you, you blushed and nodded, “umm, ok”.

“Is mom and dad ok?” You asked her.

She sighed, “no.. not really.. they are looking for you, it’s hard, not sure what to do anymore”.

“Please don’t tell them I’m here”, you quickly said.

Maria giggled, Hannah had a suspicious face, she turned to Maria, “are you fucking with me? You threatened him or something?”

“No I swear!” She said while laughing.

You hit the bars a few times so Hannah would look at you again, “it’s nothing like that, Hannah, I mean it, I’m happy here, Maria is amazingly kind”.

“What the fuck…” she mumbled, “ok, I didn’t mean to tell them anyway, just don’t get too used to this, once there’s a cure you’re coming home”, she said with her finger held in front of the cage, you nodded to approve.

She went with Maria to drink and hangout, you remained in the cage, turning on the TV.

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And that was your life, day in and day out, binging tv shows, treating Maria’s feet, getting mocked by her occasionally.

You knew she and Hannah were crushing shrunken men for TikTok videos, you heard them talking about that a few times, talking about potential victims, but at least they never did it in front of you, so you just ignored it.

Weeks have passed, then months, then a few years.

Maria started going to college, and Hannah’s visits came to a halt, you only saw her once in a few months when Maria came back to your hometown.

You were living as some kind of a prop, or a pet, something in between for sure.

You even got to treat a few of Maria’s new friends’ feet, it was nice, you never complained, and overall Maria maintained good conditions for you to live.

But then one day as you were watching tv, your heart sank, breaking news - a cure is being announced, the worst day of your life.

You turned off the tv, hoping Maria won’t notice, she was browsing her phone, then it started ringing.

“Hey”, she said nonchalantly, “what’s up?”

“Are you seeing the news?!” It was Hannah’s voice.

“Nope, what’s up?”

She held the remote and turned the tv back on, you gulped.

“It’s a cure! It’s finally out!” Hannah cheered.

Maria leaned forward and checked the tv from up close, they demonstrated the cure on a shrunken man and he was growing back to normal.

“Oh my god, is it actually real?” Maria asked, excited too.

“Yes! When are you coming back home?” Hannah asked.

“Once the semester ends, few weeks from now, wow, so your loser brother will finally get to play Fortnite again”, she laughed, Hannah laughed too, “mom and dad will be so happy”

Your face turned pale, you hit the bars, but she just placed her foot over your cage, hushing you.

“Cool, so see you in a few weeks”, she hung up, then looked at you with a smile, “so you’re finally going back to your boring life”.

“M-Maria no! I’m begging you!” You started kissing her foot, the phone dropped from her hand and she looked at you in shock.

“Wait, what?” She said in confusion.

“I want to stay!” You shouted, you blushed all red and your heart was pounding fast, just the thought of returning to your previous life made you chill.

She burst into laughter and sat down, “John are you fucking insane? You knew from the start it’s not a permanent thing, what the actual fuck?”

“I.. I don’t care.. I don’t want to go back, tell Hannah I died or something”, you held the bars and looked at her shocked face.

“Dude”, she paused, “like, what’s wrong with you, I’m treating you like shit”, she said, still shocked.

You sat down in your cage, “you treat me better than most people I had in my life”, you said sincerely.

“Wow, that’s like the saddest thing I’ve ever heard”, she said and got up, “look, I don’t know what to say, this is fucked up, it’s between you and your family, you need to solve it with Hannah”, she said awkwardly and went away, “Jesus…” she said on her way out.

You finally released a sob and started crying, you cursed whoever invented the cure, you had such a good and convenient life here and now everything is going to change.

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You haven’t been talking since then, you kept crying while she used you to treat her feet casually, she preferred to just ignore you.

You were back in your hometown, in Maria’s folks home, you were inside your cage in her living room until Hannah knocked on the door and went in.

She immediately approached you, “John! Oh my god it’s been so long, how have you been doing?”

“Hannah please! Don’t take me!” You shouted in reply and her smile was immediately changed with a confused face.

“What? There’s a cure now, it’s time for you to go back”, she replied, Maria facepalmed herself and shook her head.

“He told me the same 2 weeks ago, your brother is insane”, Maria said with an irritated tone.

“I don’t understand”, Hannah replied.

“He wants to stay as my foot slave!” Maria said, “like, what the fuck”

Hannah chuckled in an unbelieving way, “John, it’s a joke, right? You get back at me for letting her have you?”

“N-No, I mean it”, you said and gulped.

Hannah looked at Maria, trying to understand what’s going on.

“It’s your fault”, Maria said, “you told me to treat him well, now he doesn’t want to go”, she shrugged.

“If you take me I’ll tell mom and dad how you gave me away like some pet”, you pointed at Hannah and shouted, she opened her eyes and mouth in surprise, Maria burst into laughter.

“That’s not funny, what the fuck did you so to him?” Hannah asked, angry.

“Nothing!! He’s my foot slave, honestly, I give him food and everything but treat him like shit”, Maria replied, “just take him”.

Hannah looked helpless, she put her hands on the cage and you started shouting again.

“No! Please!” And she left the cage.

“What are you doing?” Maria asked.

“I don’t know what to say, what am I supposed to do?” Hannah asked in a sore voice.

“Don’t look at me, it’s your brother”, Maria said.

Hannah sighed, “John, if I go now - I’m never coming back again, you’ll stay a pathetic foot slave forever”, she threatened.

“Ok”, you said, determined.

“You can’t be serious”, Maria said but she ignored her.

“John I mean it, no one will come for you, you will die in this cage”, she kept threatening, but you just crossed your arms together and sat down.

“Ok”, Hannah shrugged and stood up, “suit yourself”, she started walking out but Maria got up and held her shoulder.

“Hey, what’s going on?”

“What? He wants to be yours so have him”

“You gotta be kidding me, just take him and force him to drink the cure”

“And he will tell my parents I lied all this time? No way”

Maria left her shoulder and opened her eyes in surprise, “you both are batshit crazy”, she said in awe, then walked to the cage.

“John, if I’m keeping you - no more nice owner, you’re not getting food, you’re not getting water, it will be only my feet”, she tried to scare you, but you remained silent.

“Bye Maria, it was nice seeing you again”, Hannah said and left.

Maria just stood there, all confused, looking at you and at the door, then she shrugged.

You smiled victorious, then you had eye contact and you quickly hid your smile.

“I don’t get it”, Maria exclaimed, “but fine”, she opened the cage and grabbed you brutally, then threw you on her bed, she sat down and placed her feet in your face.

You quickly crawled and happily started to lick, she sighed and shook her head.

“Well loser, I guess you won, you’ll never be free again”.

She suddenly pinched your face in between her toes, it was painful, “you understand me?”

“Y-Yes!” You replied in pain.

You didn’t care, you preferred to die underneath her feet then going back to your old life. You kissed between her toes and she released her grip, shaking her head, you smiled, she obviously don’t want to be cruel, it’s just an act.

“Thanks Maria, I really appreciate it”, you said and licked between her toes, eating gunk like it’s a candy.

She facepalmed herself again, “how the fuck did I got myself into this…” she mumbled, “whatever, keep licking, and don’t talk anymore, you irritate me”.

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End of part 2 - and an epilogue?

I feel like although the ending is open, it might be good to stop here and maybe revisit at some point.