Head and Breakfast (Lay the Very Best - Chapter 401)

Brandy woke up warm. Her Steam Engine was humming happily in her chest, but it went deeper than that. She felt satisfied, that kind of glow you get after a delicious meal or lying in the sun on a breezy day. It was so nice, Brandy really didn't want to get out of bed.

Dani was curled up against her chest, little happy snores puffing against Brandy's collarbone, her arms wrapped around Brandy like she was a big soft plushie. She hadn't meant to fall asleep together like this. She'd wanted to get Rhona and Sparky, but the pair of them had kept urging Brandy and Dani on more and more. She remembered Dani's sleepy smile as she tapped out of energy. The weight of her head against Brandy's breast, her final sigh, and then they'd all agreed Brandy couldn't move. That would mean waking Dani back up, and it had been too perfect an ending to ruin by doing that.

Brandy brushed Dani's pigtails back and got a squeeze of that lovely, plush Magikarp butt. Her skin wasn't wet this time; they still hadn't worked out what let her do that, but they could rule out getting horny because Dani had pretty much peaked last night.

With a smile, Brandy softly patted Dani's cheeks. The orgasms really had been incredible. Dani had a lot of practice ahead of her, but her enthusiasm went a long way, and with Sparky and Rhona's help, Brandy had been nicely fucked. She liked the weight of a lover on her to cool off from it. The clingy, unconscious affection of her newest partner and the sensation of Dani's soft scales on her body, pressing into Brandy's skin, cool and a little slippery, yet becoming comfortingly familiar. Dani murmured something in her sleep that sounded suspiciously like "I'm a champion," and Brandy almost snorted.

Arceus, she was adorable.

The door creaked.

Brandy opened one eye.

Rhona stepped in, holding a tray. She wore loose joggers, a black cropped hoodie, and the smug smirk of someone with a fun secret they were going to dangle over everyone. The tray had a pile of toast, sliced Oran berry, and three steaming mugs of something that smelled like cinnamon and chocolate.

"Breakfast in bed?" Brandy said hopefully. "You spoiling us?"

"I thought you two deserved it," Rhona said, setting it down on the desk with care. "I had fun last night."

"I didn't even get to do anything with you."

"I was always here for Reena, maybe someday we'll do that dance."

Dani stirred, stretching slightly, her face still pressed against Brandy's chest.

"Mmm. Toast?"

Brandy chuckled. "She's awake."

"No, I'm not," Dani grumbled, flopping an arm over her eyes. "I'm just dreaming of toast. Manifested it with my mind."

"Powerful," Brandy said, "That's a new Move?"

"Yes, but it only works on toast."

Can't argue with that. Brandy gave Dani a little peck of a kiss when she looked up and felt the bed sag. Rhona had sat on the edge, her knee brushing Brandy's as she took a piece of toast and fed it to Dani in small bites.

"I should be doing that."

"I'm feeding you next," Rhona grinned. "So no, you sit and behave. Sparky's still next door if you're wondering. Getting absolutely destroyed by Lilith, last I heard of it. I figured I'd give them space, though I'm curious, have you ever heard someone scream the word 'deeper' and giggle at the same time?"

"Oh dear," Brandy said, sipping from a mug. "Lilith's got her work cut out."

"Mmm." Rhona sipped her own drink. "She's got stamina like a Rapidash on heat."

"I actually know a Rapidash," Brandy said, stuffing her face in Dani's hair and taking a deep breath. Mmm. Lady smell. That could go well with toast. "She's not that big a deal, if you treat her right."

Dani swallowed a bite of toast and broke a bit off, holding it up for Brandy to nibble. "I hope Lilith is enjoying it; she works so hard."

"She is dedicated," Rhona nodded. "And she does love a challenge. I think Sparky's providing her one."

"I like Lilith", Dani said, shivering as Brandy sucked the toast crumbs off her fingers, her hair a messy halo around her sleepy face. "She called me a good girl."

"Well, you are." Brandy said, "After last night? Very good girl."

They ate in comfortable silence for a while, only broken by the occasional creak of the headboard from next door. Eventually, Sparky loudly yelled, "Holy fuck! Breath, you'll choke on it!"

Dani giggled with crumbs in her mouth. "I bet she won't."

"Not a chance." Rhona said, "She's Reena's partner; she could take on anything."

A tiny, little jealous part of Brandy wondered if she could do that. Maybe she should. Sparky deserved some time with her, and it would be interesting to see just how good her throat had gotten.

Not this morning, though; this morning was for cuddling the Magikarp and enjoying the food. After a while of quietly eating and listening to Sparky fight for her life through the walls, Rhona leaned back on the bed, flopping over Brandy's thighs, her eyes on the ceiling.

"I like this," she said quietly. "The mornings. The mess. Luxuriating."

"You helped make it happen," Brandy said, trying to feed Dani a piece of Oran Berry and mostly just smearing it on her lips. "Don't think I didn't notice you and Sparky scheming. This was always the plan".

Rhona gave a wry smile. "She treated my girls right, I owed her."

Dani blushed. "I was happy to do that! They were so lovely."

Rhona was quiet for a beat. Then sighed, putting her arm over her head.

"I'm just so lacking the energy lately, I get stuck in my work. Eira and Isolde deserve better."

Brandy gave Rhona a kick from under the blankets, getting a well-deserved yelp out of the fashion designer.

"You went to all this trouble for Dani, but you expect me to believe you don't look after your own partners? Come on."

Rhona flopped back harder, pinning Brandy's legs. "Annoyingly perceptive! Okay, yes, I do look after them, but I feel I've changed so much lately, and they haven't. I worry about that."

"Because you used to be a goth?" Brandy said, "Why does that matter?"

"It's what they fell in love with! Like this city, it used to be all dark corners and tall, busty ladies who'd press you up to a wall and bite your neck. Now it's this loud, energetic, bratty fun. Like the fights you went to. It's good, I like it, but it's so different."

"It's hard to see you as a goth." Brandy reached out and tried to pat Rhona's hair, but got her hand slapped away and moved to squeeze a boob instead. Rhona was still somewhat of a mystery.

"Once," Rhona said with a bark of a laugh. "I used to wear lace gloves and those stupid striped stockings."

"No." Brandy gasped because it felt like the right thing to do.

"Oh yeah." Rhona's grin turned nostalgic. "With big heels."

"Shocking."

Rhona gave Brandy a side eye from where she lay, then took Brandy's hand away from her breast. "You don't know anything about fashion, do you?"

"I know a bit about chests, and yours is fun to squeeze?"

"For the uneducated," Rhona snorted, letting Brandy get back to the chest fondling. "I was a full-on goth mess. Used to sit on the edge of Spikemuth's piers and write poetry about decay and urban rot."

"That's so cool," Dani said, eyes sparkling. "Can we hear some?"

"Absolutely not." Rhona snorted. "It was awful. But it was who I was, and there have been a lot of changes. Now I wear patches, and tease lovely goth ladies and their Pokémon into railing me stupid."

"This does not sound like a bad change," Brandy said. "I could go for that."

"It's great for me, but my Frosslass fell in love with a tall goth lady who wrote bad poetry and threw her heart into everything. Now I'm all ... responsible and well dressed."

"I'm pretty sure they adore you," Dani said and nuzzled back into Brandy, eyes warm. "Humans inherit and change constantly. But we still love them."

Rhona smiled. "You're a good one, Dani. I knew you deserved to be spoiled."

Brandy rubbed Rhona's knee gently. "You're good too, and you made Dani that lovely maid dress. Goth and Punk, with all those cute ribbons."

"What the city should be, better merged together. The two styles bleeding into each other." Rhona nodded. "You're a little famous after that Tournament, so that's what I'd like you to do for me, help spread the idea around a bit."

"Of course," Brandy nodded, "We're here to investigate the city anyway, and find a lady named Shay."

"Not heard of her."

"Shoot, well, I'm going to check in with Maple, maybe she knows more."

"Good, the city's felt a bit rotten lately. I'd really like to help try to breathe some life back into it."

Curious. Digging more into this could turn up something, but it was something Brandy could tell Professor Joan at the next Tournament round. It wasn't yet linked to Poppy and her suddenly broken bond. Still, it was strong enough to give Rhona unfounded doubts about her relationship with her Froslass.

Could a city changing break a bond? Something to dig into.

The headboard next door hit the wall with a bang, followed by a long, theatrical moan.

"Fuuuuuuck meeeeeeeeee-"

Dani clapped her hands and yelled back, "Don't give up, Sparky! Make her work for it."

"Yeah! Go on, Sparky," Rhona yelled. "She's sensitive on the tummy, get a bite in."

Well, if everyone else was yelling, it'd be rude for Brandy to not join in.

"Sparky! Use Bug Bite!"

There was a split-second of silence from the other room.

Then a strangled, helpless sound that shuddered through the wall, followed by the rhythmic thud of the bedframe slamming into it once more.

"Yes! Fuck! You little shit!"

Another cry, louder, broken at the edges, and unmistakably Lilith. Her voice rose in pitch like a jet taking off and then cracked mid-scream, dissolving into a feral, drawn-out growling. Brandy was pretty sure the whole cafe had heard that. Possibly the entire city.

For a long beat, all three girls on the bed just stared at the wall.

Dani blinked. "Did she… break?"

"Maybe she passed out," Brandy whispered.

"I'm going to get all of you for this!" Lilith's voice bellowed, still breathless but burning with vengeance. "You think you're safe in there, I'm going to break this bug and then you're all next."

The bug cackling was soon muffled, and the wall started to shake from how hard the bedboard was slamming the wall.

"Oh," Rhona grinned, already reaching for more toast. "Once she's done, you're all so fucked."

"But I have a busy day planned", Brandy said.

"I'd eat that toast and get ready really quickly, then. You should go collect your team, I'll try Sparky out from between Lilith's thighs."

Brandy was sure Rhona just wanted to be bullied by a hot goth girl and, honestly, fair. But she did eat the toast quicker, trying to ignore the voice in her head complaining that they were running away from being savaged by a hot goth lady. She had to ignore that voice sometimes, or Brandy really would get nothing done.