fine geez
>sad cheshire hears a voice call out
>peeking her head out from her tear-and-cream filled yamcha crater she sees a man in a tattered "world's best husband" shirt
>he asks her if there's anything wrong
>she chokes it down and puts on a smile, Everything's Fine
>he explains that he woke up here in the forest with no idea how he got here
>he thought catgirls were only in anime
>just last night he was sleeping in his bed and dreading going to work tomorrow
>"well, I hated my job anyway," he laughs awkwardly
>anyway he's lost and hungry
>she's happy to help with both, since the cake was worthless and all
>he chows down and praises its moistness and how the frosting tastes just like how his mother did it
>her tail flits back and forth in pleasure for a moment before remembering he's already wearing a world's best husband shirt
>but she's got a duty, dammit, and he's being nice at least
>she begins leading him to a different edge of the woods near a human settlement
>from conversation it sure sounds like he's not from this world at all
>she's seen this before and has a schpiel planned for newcomers and halfheartedly tells him what human society is like and that there are ways for him to return, but he'd need to raise the money to pay for the service
>his expression sinks when he hears about employment opportunities and the conversation dies for a while
>they continue awkwardly before he exclaims he recognizes a particular tree
>it's where he woke up and found the clothes he threw on
>him? a husband? yeah right, she's the first girl he's talked to since high school
>they're right at the edge of the forest as night falls
>the orange glow of Laborville is visible on the horizon
>he lets out a heavy, disappointed sigh
>"I ended up in a whole new world and I STILL have to go to work..."
>doesn't seem like he even has anything he wants to go back to
>she knows a way out of employment, if he likes tea
>he loves tea
>trumparts play a victory fanfare, confetti and streamers rain from the starlit sky
>a bogie unicycles by and pies them both in the back of the head, pushing their faces into a smooch
>honks and leaves telling him to creampie her himself next time