Commander's Rounds

Gaiden Entry 87.5: More than Lucky

The cycle of Melissa's life had begun to settle down.

At work, she was happy to help anyone find the clothes that best suit them, and let them know that they looked good, even if they didn't immediately believe it themselves. And when she got home, she helped out her housemates, too, but that didn't really feel like work, because it meant she was getting ideas on how to design clothes for the women that he lived with.

She was right in the middle of that right now, in fact, and was showing Boise the new dress that she had designed for her for the fancier sorts of parties that could be found on the base. Boise had some questions about it, and Melissa expected this. "Well, you see, it is based on the sorts of things worn in the Dragon Empery, and they are very serious about holding their festivals on time, so you should get a lot of use out of it."

Boise nodded. "But... It seems so revealing and breezy, especially around, um..." Boise pointed to the part where it exposed one of her legs up to her hips.

Melissa nodded. "Well, taken as a whole, it's not much more revealing than the things you usually wear."

"Oh...?"

"Yeah." She said. "And it won't stand out from a lot of the things the other girls wear, especially Sirius, so you won't actually draw too much attention to yourself, especially since there aren't really any bright colors involved here."

Boise nodded. "Still, even compared to the other girls, I'm ah, built rather... Big, down there..."

Melissa nodded. It was part and parcel of dealing with women with such proportions- Some of the Kansen were happy to flaunt, while others were more self-conscious. But... If there's one thing she knew about Kansen. "I think you'll be fine. And if you still have doubts, you can always talk to Belo about it. She's a big lady herself, and I'm sure she can explain that there's nothing wrong with your size."

Boise nodded slowly. "Ah... Is that all right...?"

Melissa closed up her sketchbook. "I don't see why she wouldn't be. She seems interested in talking at any time of day."

"I see... Okay, I'll go talk to her about this."

"I think it'll be fine." Her service training kicked in automatically. "Is there anything else you'd like?"

"Huh...? You do quite a bit already, but... I'll tell you how it went, all right?"

"Sure thing!" and then Melissa left, closing the door behind her- Boise liked her privacy.

And that's when she saw St. Louis.

Melissa had never especially gotten used to the way that St. Louis liked to dress after the day was done. There were times when she did just stay in her regular uniform, but there were other times when St. Louis just changed into her nightclothes after she was finished with her own day's work.

This... Was one of those days.

St. Louis did greet her with that warm smile of hers. "Hello there. Did things go all right with Boise?"

Melissa took a deep breath, and nodded quickly, having not been quite ready to be greeted by her stunning housemate. "...Yeah, she seems to be okay with it. She's still kinda self-conscious, but she's going to talk to someone- another big girl who might just be able to help her out. When it comes to things like this, there's only so much I can do."

"The way I hear things, you do quite a bit." St. Louis moved closer, causing Melissa's heart to start pounding. St. Louis wasn't even doing anything other than being herself- dressing the way she really liked, moving how she did, but not really flaunting herself any more than her outfit was already doing. But for Melissa, that was enough to get her going. "So, why don't you sit down. I'll keep you company, all right?"