"—Oh shit I forgot to get you PJs at the store. I guess I can loan you something of mine?"

Mae looks up at Sable.

"Huh? Oh.

…I guess so? But I wouldn't actually normally wear pyjamas."

"Um. That's very valid of you and I guess as long as you're under the covers first then I wouldn't be intruding on your privacy when I tuck you in? If you want that?"

Oh, crap, right, that is a normal thing she would want to do. This had not even slightly occurred to Mae.

"Oh! Oh right. Umm… I can definitely be under the covers for that—or I could wear some of your pyjamas, if it'd make you feel more comfortable?"

"No, no, don't you worry about that. I'll be fine. It's your comfort I'm worried about."

She ruffles its hair.

Well, in that case, Mae doesn't think it actually has much of an internal nudity taboo—but it's not going to say that, actually.

Instead, it just nods, pressing its head up into Sable's hands.

"Yeah, I can just go under the covers first, then."

"Okay, sweetie. Give a shout when you're ready."

And out she goes, shutting the door behind her.

Then off go its clothes!

It quickly doffs and folds its skirt and blouse, strips off its socks and underwear, and climbs under the covers to wait for Sable to come back up the stairs.

And then back she comes with a smile.

"Pretty big first day here, huh?" she asks, carefully fluffing Mae's pillows and tucking the covers in around it gently.

"It really has been," it confirms. "But I got to read some good books, and met someone great, so I'd say it's been a good one."

It smiles and nestles cozily into the covers as Sable tucks it in.

"I'm really glad. I'm pretty happy with how today turned out too."

She leans down and kisses its forehead.

"Sleep well, sweetheart."

Mae smiles and closes its eyes, already beginning to slowly drift out of consciousness.

"Night night."

And out Sable goes, turning out the light and closing the door.

She cleans up everything from dinner, packs the leftovers into containers, puts the dishes away, and then takes a moment to write a list for tomorrow.

Mae needs a computer of its own, probably, though she'll have to talk with it about laptop vs desktop. It definitely needs a desk, and certainly the chance to pick out some decorations for its room. 

Oh, and they need to talk about whether it's the kind of vegan that is okay with animal products if they check out the farm in person, and what kinds of breakfast foods it likes, and if there's any other food she should stock in general.

And then she changes into PJs of her own, and gets into bed.

It's been a good day.

Mm. Mornings.

She exists. What's going on now?

Oh right she found a mystery child on her doorstep and now it's her daughter! She's fostering it!

She's a mom, that's honestly cool. And her daughter is kind of epic.

Hmmm, today she'll wear skinny black jeans that hug her hips, and a cute dark green top.

Okay, off she goes to the bathroom to brush her teeth and take a shower and get dressed.

Mmm. That feels better.

Downstairs she goes to start puttering about with the concept of food.

Right, Mae's vegan, that rules out most of her usual breakfast ideas.

Hmmm. She can figure something out, though.

Maybe buy a vegan cookbook or three today? Yeah, that's going on the list.

Hmm. She'll hold off on breakfast until Mae's up, that way they can talk about options and also whatever she makes doesn't get cold.

She'll look up where some furniture stores are, and go find her measuring tape, while she waits for it to wake up.

And wake up it does! Groggily at first, but slowly the events of the previous day worm their way into its waking mind, filling it with warm happy feelings and an enthusiastic energy.

Yesterday was so wonderful! Standing outside in the cold, it had not been expecting to immediately run into someone as amazing and accepting as Sable.

It slides happily out of bed, and begins looking through its new clothes to pick out an outfit for the day, eventually settling on a deep blue skirt with a lighter blue blouse.

After dressing, it checks the time, then climbs down the stairs quietly, careful not to wake Sable if she's still asleep.

She finds Sable quietly paging through her notebook and a phonebook in the living room when she gets to the bottom of the stairs.

"Hello, sweetie! How'd you sleep?"

Oh yay, she's awake too!

"Well! That bed is comfy."

"…What'cha doing?"

"Planning out some shopping for today. We lucked out that I had just started a week off when you showed up, and I wanna take advantage of that to get you very thoroughly set up before I start vanishing for chunks of the day multiple days a week. Before we get into that, though, I wanna talk about breakfast with you."