Art done by  ShawnTheGirl, story by me.

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Hazard yawned as he walked through the front door, mindful to fold his large wings tighter for walking around inside. It was the end of another work week and was looking forward to be a bit of a lazy drake this weekend.

Hazard called out to Toulua, "Oh sweetie burd, where are you?" No reply. Nothing to worry about though, she was probably just busy with something and didn't hear him.

He walked to the kitchen and looked around; Toulia had clearly been a busy bird. There were several pots cooking on the stove and the oven was on as well. Putting his snout against the hot glass he could see what had to be a large roast cooking away; that was clearly for him. Putting his nostrils against the vent, he inhaled deeply to try and determine what the other pan had in it. It smelled like a meatloaf with lots of vegetables in it. Eating that would make him sick, way too many veggies for his carnivorous stomach to handle. That would be for Toulia of course, who was an omnivore. Still, that was a large meatloaf just for Toulia.

Hazard turned his attention to the things outside the oven. There was two large large pots, one of vegetable stew and one of beef stew simmering on the stove, both smelled delicious, but only one of which he could safely eat.

On the counter there was a massive loaf of bread cooling under a towel, yet another thing he couldn't eat much of. Hazard stood there confused. There was of course plenty cooking that was suitable for him, but why so much food that he could only have a couple of bites of without getting sick? It was like she was cooking for a bunch of omnivores and herbivores.

Hazard rolled his eyes as he suddenly realized what he had been missing. An herbivore, of course. Belatrix, the Clydesdale unicorn along with Jack and Jane, the semi-identical twin gryphons, were going to be over for dinner tonight. Belatrix can't eat much meat without getting sick and the gryphons are omnivorous.

With that mystery explained, Hazard turned his attention back to finding Toulia. Leaving the kitchen he walked to their bedroom. Looking through the door he saw Toulia laying on the bed on her stomach nude. She had her beak buried in a book. Her fur brush lay next to her.

"Hi sweetie." Said Hazard.

"Hi", Toulia answered, her attention clearly devoted to the book.

Eying the brush next to her, Hazard asked, "Need me to get you brushed up for dinner tonight?"

"If you wouldn't mind." Said Toulia as she turned the page.

Hazard smiled as he walked into the room. Toulia looked so happy and relaxed, totally engrossed in the story. He was so lucky to have her. Reaching the bed he picked up the comb and started brushing her legs, starting with her black lower legs. Toulia could reach these parts by herself easily, but there was no point not to be thorough. He brushed her with one hand and collected the fur off the brush with the other, dropping the collected fur into the trashcan on the floor when he had a handful.

Hazard continued brushing up the pink portions of her legs until he got near her hips. It was here where Toulia started having trouble brushing herself effectively and she had several small mats of fur that he needed to brush out. Hazard took off his loincloth, leaned his torso forward so his wingtips would clear, then climbed onto the bed on his hands and knees. Straddling her legs, he carefully set his wing fingers and wing wrists down onto the bed and then straightened his torso, using his long muscular wing arms to both steady and partially support his torso. Hazard took a moment to relax. He loved having wings and being able to fly unassisted, but it felt good to have all that weight off his back for a bit.

Turning his attention back to Toulia, Hazard carefully brushed out the mats in Toulias fur from her hips to her lower back. Taking hold of her long tail, he brushed it from her butt to the long floof at the tip. Toulia did her part by holding her tail steady for him. Content with his work, he held her tail tip in his hand and and gave it a loud smooch. Toulia playfully bopped him on the snout with her tail in reply.

Hazard began to scoot forward so he could reach her upper back. He gently dragged his wings up to where they needed to be first, then tucked Toulias tail underneath him. She brought her tail up behind him and gently set her floof on Hazards head. Scooting forward on his knees and dragging his own tail behind him, he gently rested his weight on the pudgy gryphons rump

Hazard moved Toulias long hair off to the side and then continued brushing. Now the fur was really coming off since Toulia couldn't brush this area at all; the trash can was becoming full of pink fur. Once he had finished brushing her back, he moved her hair back and brushed her sides. Happy with his work, Hazard set the brush down and tossed the last bit of fur into the trash can, then cleaned the few bits that had stuck to his hands. As he was doing this, Toulia finished a chapter, bookmarked her page, and set the book down.

"Thanks for the grooming session." Toulia said softly.

"Not a problem at all." Replied Hazard as he leaned forward and began nuzzling the top of her head and gently scratching the fur around the base of her beak with his hands, his wing arms supporting him. "I have to keep my birdie well taken care of."

Toulia giggled as he ran his hands along her beak, mindful of the sharp edges while he continued rubbing his muzzle along her head, the two of them enjoying the sensation of smooth scales and coarse fur rubbing together.

Hazard whispered into Toulias ear, "I'd tell you about my day but I walked through the kitchen and saw that you have had quite the busy day yourself."

"Is it really work when you enjoy it?" Toulia cooed in reply, reaching up with one arm, grabbing one of Hazards horns with her hand, and rubbing her fingertips against it.

"Whatever you want to call it, I still appreciate it." sighed Hazard in pleasure as he felt the vibrations from Toulias horn rub resonate through his skull.

The two of them continued snuggling in the bedroom until a loud beeping was heard from the kitchen. "There's the 5 minute warning." chirped Toulia. wiggling out from underneath Hazard and onto the floor.

Getting to her feet, Toulia began to get dressed. Hazard inched himself off the bed as well and put his loincloth back on. As the two of them finished, Toulia came up to Hazard, grabbed both his horns with her hands, and rubbed her beak against his snout while cooing, "That's a big roast in the oven that needs to be taken out, is my dragon gonna need oven mits?" Toulia of course knew full well that Hazards fireproof skin had no problem handling hot items from the oven bare handed.

Holding up his yellow hands, Hazard replied, "Already have them on. Let's go get things ready."

Toulia tickled the tip of Hazards muzzle with her finger before letting out a happy chirp and bounding out the door. Hazard did his best to keep up with her without letting his wings hit anything. What a great way to start the weekend.