Free Reindeer Games 2 - Toys for Good Girls by Mykles Jet

have it covered.”
    “Is this about you and Tanty?”
    Bok blinked. His jaw fell open. But then he snapped it shut. He shouldn’t be surprised Gus knew. “No, sir.”
    “Are you sure?”
    “Yes, sir.”
    Gus took a breath of his own, his mouth twisting a little to the side as he bit the inside of his lip. It was a habit that made him seem less stony. “All right. I’ll allow it. As long as you continue to meet your quota, you may work from home as you wish.” He sat back and turned his big leather chair to face the monitor. “Do you need help moving your computers?”
    “No, sir. I only need one. My setup at home should be enough for the rest.” Gus nodded, fingers on his keyboard. “Very well. Let me know if you need anything else.” Bok nodded his head in respect. “Thank you, sir.”
    * * * *
    Tanty stared at the empty desk, frowning. The small office had been dark before she’d turned on the light, and it looked like no one had been there all day. But that didn’t make sense.
    Bok should only be three quarters of the way through his shift. She’d purposely left practice in a hurry so she could catch him.
    There was something wrong with his desk too. It took her a few moments, but she finally realized one of the huge monitors was missing. That was odd. There had been three the last time she was there. She remembered that one particularly because it had shown the list.
    Maybe that was it. He was out getting one of his computers boxed so it could be shipped into the other realm to get fixed. Or maybe he’d taken it to the electronics workshop. That was probably it.
    Fine, she’d catch him tomorrow.
    But he wasn’t there the next day either, and it looked like his office hadn’t been touched.
    This time, she took herself down the hall and knocked on another office door. She didn’t know the little male who leaned owlishly toward the center monitor on his desk, but when she finally got his attention, she saw he knew her. He nearly fell off his padded swivel chair when he recognized her.
    “Hi.” She grinned, holding out her hand. “I’m Tanty.” With that awed look others seemed to exclusively reserve for reindeer, he shook her hand.
    “You are?” she prompted.
    “Huh? Oh. Me? I’m, uh…?” He seemed to have to think about it for a second. “Gurt. I’m Gurt.”
    “Nice to meet you, Gurt.” She gestured down the hall. “Do you know where Bok is?”
    “Bok? Oh. He’s working from home.”
    She blinked. “You guys can do that?”
    That got her a smile. A small one. “Most of us have a setup at home, yeah.”
    “Huh. That’s pretty cool.”
    “Yeah. Helps when you’re not feeling well or something.”
    “You mean, Bok’s sick?”
    Gurt frowned, bushy green brows drawing together. His hair was green like Bok’s, but where Bok’s was fluorescent, Gurt’s hair was far more pale and subdued. In some lighting, it might even look blond. His eyes were the deep brown of the forest floor. “I don’t think he’s sick.
    He just asked to work from home for a while.”
    “Oh.” Tanty frowned. What was going on? She wanted to talk to Bok to make sure they were still okay after the other night. Also, she wanted to see if they could do it again. She hadn’t had sex since that night, and she was getting antsy. “Could you tell me where Bok lives?” She left the acquisitions building with exact directions. It wasn’t all that far, just a few blocks. Heading there, she gained a new understanding of how far he’d run the other night to get her new toy. It wasn’t a great distance for her and wouldn’t be for any of the reindeer, but they trained to run for hours at a time. For someone like Bok, who sat behind a computer most of the time, the run must have been a trial of endurance.
    His house was indistinguishable from any of the others on his block. All elves had the right to a home to themselves once they came of age. Most had their choice of the empty houses in the residential blocks.