Golden morning light cascaded into Delta's room through the clear window, illuminating her and the small bed she slept on. Her mind seemed to swim in lazy circles as she awoke, scrunching her eyes up and adjusting her arm to cover her face in an attempt for shade. Her face felt hot, which meant it had been daytime for a while which was strange - usually, the Mayor or Razor would be bumping around, and she would wake up as people working in the kitchens and their alarms went off. Her attention drifted to her arm instead though as a weird riggling feeling seemed to worm its way up her arm, staring at her wrist and ascending up.

Cracking an eye open to look at her arm, her body went rigid with shock as she saw the flesh of her arm bulge out slightly, taking in the situation all at once. A small hole in her hand, dried blood around the puncture - about 2 inches in diameter - as well as the thing currently... wriggling, up through her arm, nearing her elbow...

"Gyah!" Delta cried in surprise, quickly reaching up to clamp her hand onto her arm, blocking... whatever it was' path, causing it to go still. A second passed as she watched, her brain trying to catch up completely just as it began wiggling in her arm with even more intensity, pressing against her grip as if trying to slip by. Her hand only tightened, cutting off the blood flow to her hand completely as she did her best to keep whatever it was from going any further. Her hand was just starting to turn a strange shade of purple - even for her - when a hand as white as snow reached over to gently touch the bulge in her arm.

"Everything alright Delta...?" someone yawned softly from behind her, although Delta didn't really pay attention to that. She was too busy watching as the bulge convulsed in her arm under the hand's touch, the spot searing as if a laser were shooting directly into her bone, before it suddenly stopped and began shrinking, leaving her arm normal only seconds later. After a second to make sure, she slowly released her death grip on her own arm letting the blood flow back to her arm - resulting in instant pins and needles, causing her to tense as the sensation filled her arm. The hand which had touched her arm slowly retreated to her shoulder, giving her a gentle shake - seeming to shift to a light blue color.

"Mmm... Delta?" that voice called again, Delta only just realizing who it was.

"P-Pomella!? Why are you in my bed!?"

Last night...

"Welcome, make yourself at home... sorry, it isn't much," Delta called behind her softly, waving her arm at her small home. A kitchen situated to her left containing a mini-fridge, stove, drawer with a few sets of cooking utensils, and a cupboard for her cooking supplies. Directly ahead is her bedroom, a bed in a corner with a set of nearby underwear and bindings - if nothing else, her restriction let her save money - with a single-window directly behind her bed. She had placed her bed there so the light would help her wake up, although in the mornings she always regretted that choice.

"Ooh wow... it's nice!" Pomella chirps beside me, taking it in with wide eyes. I notice one of the first places she looked was the kitchen - closely followed by the living room, with its couch and table, as well as a small TV someone she knew had gotten for a birthday present some time ago. Her bathroom was in a separated room between her bedroom and the kitchen, someplace easily accessible.

"Thanks, sorry there is only the one bed though - you're going to have to sleep on the couch," Delta points out awkwardly, rubbing the back of her head with some level of embarrassment. She swore she could see a mischevious glint in her eye before Pomella shrugs, smiling a bit. "It's fine, I'm sure I'll be comfortable!"

"Mhmm... well I'm off to bed, not sure about you, but I'm tuckered out," I comment tiredly behind her, taking a second to stretch my back.

Pomella nods, smiling a bit before walking over and plopping into the couch, looking over at me. "Goodnight Delta! Sleep well!"

"G'night Pom, sleep well," Delta responds before heading to her bed, slipping off her binding and letting her chest breathe a bit. Then, without a sound, she slipped into her bed, tail curled up next to her, pulled the covers over her body and fell asleep, just like that.

Present...

"Weeelll... I did say to make sure I'd be comfortable," she teased softly, pressing against her ever so slightly. She was... warm, the feathers of her neck tickling Delta's back as she moved, her arms around her stomach as she felt her bare chest press lightly against her. Delta's face turned a deep shade of purple as she turned slightly to see that, for the most part, Pomella was nude, the covers low enough for her to see her collarbone...

"W-why are you naked?!" Delta yelled with equal parts shock and embarrassment, quickly pulling away... only to fall out of the bed and onto her face. Her chest absorbed most of the impact - the only advantage they really gave - but the end of her tail ended up under her, pain shooting up along the scaly limb. "Gah!"

"Are you alright!?" Pomella called above her, Delta turning her head to see the bird-girl looking down at her with some amount of worry.

"Y-yeah fine, why are you in my bed and naked!?"

"Oh well, I sleep in the nude and I kept hearing noises from you constantly turning and twisting in your bed, so I figured you might be cold..."

"Pomella... tell me honestly, how much of that was preplanned compared to situational?"

"... fifty-fifty?"

"Uh-huh... well thanks I guess, I've always been a bit... mobile, while asleep,"

"I could tell... your tail was shaking as if you were part rattlesnake,"

"Hehe, yeah... could you, er, hand me one of my bindings please?"

"Mmm, sure... by the way, you have a very beautiful body..."

"...thanks, that's... it's nice to hear from a friend," I murmur softly, taking the offered binding before sitting up to set it in place.

"Now uh, I only have one question..."

"Yes Pom?"

"Can you cook? I'm hungry," she remarked, Delta looking up to see her rubbing her stomach - doing her best to keep her eyes only where indicated - and chuckled.

"Yeah... Yeah, I can cook, but go put some clothes on first ya miscreant!"

Selena

Slowly coming to consciousness, the first thing that hit her was a splitting headache, causing a soft groan to escape her lips as she pressed closer to the warm thing in front of her, slipping her head into a soft crook of the thing. Next was the foggy haze over the events of last night, the last clear event being that first shot the town had offered her...

"Mmm... warm..." the thing she was currently snuggled up against mumbled, Selena's eyes opening wide as one hazy memory came to the forefront of her mind. The feeling of lips pressed against her own, warm bodies pressing against each other... specifically, Biovera's warm body.

Her eyes only widened in shock as she took in what she was currently doing, headache forgotten as she heard Bio's soft breathing... the rise and fall of her chest... her steady heartbeat...

"Ohmygoshohmygoshohmygosh!" she squealed as quietly as she could manage, tightening the arms she hadn't realized were around Bio until now. "I admitted to Biovera!"

"Yep, ya got so drunk ya convinced an also drunk Biovera to sleep with you, then made out with her," a teasing voice called from behind her, Selena going rigid as she felt Gemini's eyes on the both of them... she could practically feel her smirk pressing into her back. "I won't ask you to say anything, in all honesty even as a spirit of... basically insanity, this is too adorable of a scene to break up... that and I'm excited to watch Bio's reaction when she wakes up... so enjoy yourself - and make sure to 'actually' make out with her next time, I felt like I got gipped!"

The eyes on her back seemed to vanish, but Selena still found herself blushing, face heating up as she buried it into the crook of Bio's neck. Making out with Selena... doing... 'that' with her... the more she thought about it, the more it felt like her face was just going to burst into flames. The headache wasn't really helping either, but she was too distracted to notice the pounding in her head.

So, deciding it would be better to simply go back to sleep - she was still feeling pretty tired for some reason - she closed her eyes, and simply listened to the rhythmic beating of Biovera's heart.

Thump thump... thump thump... thump... t h u m p... and just like that, she was asleep.

Author's Note

Foobuuuss, why didn't you get me any popcorn!? - Gemini
Hey you're late to the show, it's not my fault you didn't ask darling! - Fobus
It's not my fault, she was too drunk for me to be there now come on get me some popcorn! - Gemini

How are you... whatever, hope you enjoyed the chapter. I'm going to take a small break to plan a few future events... hehehehe...

Our little guy over here has a few ideas for how things are going to actually become horrifying... anyhoo, any reviews, criticism, or suggestions are appreciated! - Fobus