Dare I say it? I think my voice may be almost back. I was talking to the dog as I was feeding her and I think I heard my regular voice. This is welcome news! It’s hard to be a stern lioness if you’re whispering.

When we went out yesterday, Lion remembered to wear his training collar. We stopped for lunch and he was getting ketchup when I gave him a series of vibrations. As he came back to the table he said, “You rang?” I give him vibrations when I want him to know I’m glad he’s remembered his collar. I also do it when he pleases me by reminding me of things we may have forgotten to put on our list or another stop we have to make while we’re out, and just in general when I want to remind him it could also be a zap instead of vibration if he misbehaves. For the most part, Lion is on his best behavior when the collar is on.

Yesterday was manscaping day. The Bella Flash seems to be doing the trick. Aside from a few patches of hair on the front and a few more on his butt, Lion is smooth as a baby’s bottom. The gray hairs that tend to grow on his balls are not affected by the light. I’ll always have to shave those off, but less and less dark hair is coming back.

I wasn’t sure we’d get to this point, despite Lion’s assurances that it would work. He’s had laser pubic hair removal in the past and knows it’s not instantaneous. We’ve been doing it for months and months. With both of us being sick for over a month, we haven’t done manscaping. I guess having just a few patches is a good testimonial to its effectiveness.

Our Magic Wand has been acting strangely lately. When I put it in my toy holder, standing straight up, it loses its charge. We had that happen twice. Then I decided to charge it and leave it laying down. It held its charge. When I checked it again yesterday, it was still good. I’m not sure why it would lose a charge standing up, but we’ll test it again to see what happens. In the meantime, it was available for Lion’s pleasure.

I don’t know what it is about this vibrator. Lion always said vibrators don’t do anything for him. This one clearly does things for him. I started off slowly. Lion often accuses me of “going for gold”, meaning I go straight for an orgasm. I don’t think I ever go straight for an orgasm, but I understand what he means. So slow and steady was my mantra. Lion has a certain spot, just below the head on the underside of his penis that is the sweet spot. I assume there’s a similar spot on most men. When the vibrator hits that spot, he jumps like I’ve shocked him.

I get him to the edge more quickly with the Magic Wand. So quickly, in fact, that it’s almost too far too fast. I think I edged him about three times, when I decided he was going to have an orgasm. I know I said Lion had to be super horny before I’d let him come. What can I say? I lie. I thought I’d get another edge out of him but I want just a shade too far and just kept going. I don’t think of this one as a salvaged orgasm. I never actually stopped stroking after I knew I’d passed the point of no return.

Three weeks into the new year and Lion has already had a ruined orgasm, a salvaged orgasm and a regular orgasm. He’s a lucky boy. Or is he? I made him eat his semen last night. I don’t think he was very lucky at that moment in time.

Last night I wanted to give Lion a blow job. Not all the way. Just to edge him. However, I’m still coughing and I knew as soon as I started to suck on him I’d start coughing. So I had to do it by hand. Not that Lion minds. He loves any sort of attention. And he definitely wasn’t broken. Mr. Weenie didn’t lose his hardness until well after I was done with him. And Lion was still horny; maybe even hornier.

I have no idea when Lion will have his next orgasm. I want him to be super horny before it happens. In order for that to happen, I need to be able to play with him more often. I can’t be sick anymore. I think I might be in the homestretch though. Lion was sick for a few weeks. I’ve been sick for a few weeks. Ergo, I’ll be better soon. Whether I’m better or not, I’m determined to play with Lion more this weekend.

As I was edging Lion last night, I was looking at the amount of hair that has grown back since his last manscaping. It’s been about a month and it’s still mostly gray hair that has grown back. The light zapper has no effect on gray hair so it’s no surprise that they are back. I think there may only be a few patches of darker hair. So I was thinking about shaving and zapping while teasing and edging, and I had an aha moment. Normally, Lion puts the numbing cream on, we wait a half hour, and then I shave and zap him. The problem is that no matter how well I wash off the numbing cream, the razor seems to get gummed up. Well, duh! What if I shave him first and then he puts the numbing cream on? I really do amaze myself sometimes with how long it takes me to figure out a solution to things. When I mentioned it to Lion he said that sounded like a good idea. He hadn’t thought of it either. Maybe I’m not so dumb after all if he didn’t think of it. He’s a lot smarter than I am. [Lion — No, I’m not. She likes to say that. She’s the brains of this outfit.]

We’re off to run errands this afternoon. I’m hoping it doesn’t wipe me out as much as it has the past few weekends. I need energy to play with my Lion.

Yesterday, Mrs. Lion’s post was about her newfound interest in having me remove her leg hair. She wrote that she was sure I could find reasons not to do it. Then she said she could come up with reasons not to de-fur me. I found that statement surprising. It suggests I have a choice. She’s the boss. Even if I hate the idea, as I understand it, failure to obey earns me punishment.

I’m a little troubled that Mrs. Lion didn’t remember that. Similarly, if she wants a bare pussy, my opinion shouldn’t keep her hairy. She is the decision maker; not me. It’s true that I came to her all those years ago without pubic hair. Most will never grow back. I’ve always thought she likes me that way and her manscaping efforts keep me baby smooth for her pleasure as well as mine.

Her post is significant for a completely different reason: she’s started thinking about what I can do for her. One of our joint objectives in adopting FLR is to help Mrs. Lion learn to think of herself and require me to do things just for her pleasure. Her post is a milestone. She’s done it!

She mentioned that I don’t notice her leg hair. She has very light body hair and even when she thinks she looks like a gorilla, it’s hardly noticeable. She also said that I don’t touch her legs. Maybe I don’t. The reason is her lack of libido. I don’t want to annoy her. I’m happy to resume touching. I truly enjoy it.

(Saturday, late afternoon) I’m sitting in front of my computer with nothing on but saran wrap and a pair of underpants to keep everything in place. We had a busy day of running errands and when we came back a little while ago, I asked Mrs. Lion if she wanted to do manscaping. This is a biweekly ritual when she shaves me and then uses the Bella Flash hair removal system on me. We bought this device about a month and a half ago. Treatments are every two weeks. We cheated the first week and did it after only one week’s wait. The second time we waited the full two weeks and today is the third session.

The powerful light is far from painless, particularly on my balls and perineum. To help make it more bearable in those areas, I bought some Numb Master gel. This is a 5% lidocaine preparation. To use it, you have to apply it liberally to the areas you want to numb, rub it in, add more on top, and then cover the area with plastic wrap. Then you wait between 30 and 45 minutes tightly wrapped for the lidocaine to take full effect.

So, after Mrs. Lion unlocked me, I applied the gel to my pubic area and in my butt crack (she is permanently removing all butt hair too). The butt cheeks aren’t sensitive enough to need the gel. Next, I wrapped myself up tightly and put on a pair of briefs to hold things together. I could have used packing tape to keep me tightly wrapped, but that would be more trouble for Mrs. Lion to cut away later.

After the wait, Mrs. Lion uncovers one area at a time, wipes off the gel and shaves the area. Then she uses the Bella Flash hair removal system on me. It still hurts a bit, well much more than a bit on my numbed balls, but it is manageable. The plastic wrap, aside from keeping the gel off surfaces I touch, assures it is in contact with my skin and also captures my body heat. The extra warmth helps the anesthetic effect. One side effect is that my penis ends up numb too. It’s too difficult to isolate it from the rest of the package. The anesthetic wears off one to two hours after it was applied. Sort of like a pubic dental appointment.

Does it really work? It does! A patch of hair that was growing directly north of my penis has thinned to invisibility. This area was all that remained above my cock when I had laser hair removal treatments about 12 years ago. Hair remained on my balls too; not a lot but enough to be very noticeable. It too seems to be almost gone. I had never had any hair removal treatments in back. Mrs. Lion reports that there is almost no hair there either.

That doesn’t mean we will be done soon. Hair follicles go dormant and activate on an irregular cycle. Even though we may have killed or badly wounded the current crop, there are dormant follicles that will start producing new hair. This cycle can take up to 250 days to assure that the entire population of hair roots has been treated. That means we have a minimum of 17 more treatments to go. After that is done, we only need to go back if new hairs are spotted.

I like the idea of permanent hair removal; not because it is convenient but because it represents a commitment. Simply shaving or waxing will allow the hair to grow back in a few weeks. This treatment assures that the hair is gone for good. Sure, a few stray hairs might come back over time. But anyone who sees my pubes or butt will know that something intentional was done down there.  I like that. I don’t want to be able to hide my surrender.

So here I sit wrapped tightly in plastic wrap writing this post. It feels quite warm down there. Hopefully the pain will be lessened when Mrs. Lion goes to work. As a former friend once said, “Lions don’t get to have pubic hair.” Oh the price of beauty!