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Devi (hotot) & Koudelka (culpeo) and characters mentioned (c) gothbunnyboy and Ketzio11
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In three days, the weather of Trouville had shifted. On Friday it was rainy and cold, on Saturday it became cloudy and windy, and, suddenly, on Sunday, it was very warm. Devi didn't much like how inconsistent it was compared to her old home where it was always overcast.
Devi's window was open and her fan hummed its solemn song into the air which caused her curtains to wave and cascade dreamily. She had been preparing for her study session with Koudelka as their class required they have two 4-hour sessions a week; logging the time spent. So, Sunday had been the most convenient time for the prissy culpeo to attend.
Devi ran a brush through her shaggy mop of hair; looking at her reflection. A lean short rabbit girl stared back. She wore a slightly oversized T-shirt that made it look like she had some suggestion of breasts and a tight pair of jeans that made the curve of her hips look wide and lovely (But not really). Along her right arm were laced wristbands and bracelets that jangled with each movement and she curled her toes in her fluffy halloween socks; delighted by her own appearance.
On Devi's futon lied Aria, stomach down, kicking her long legs in the breeze. The golden retriever thumbed through a few magazines that Devi had around from lifetimes passed: horror magazines from years ago, bought whole-sale, and a few empowerment ones as well (contemporary lesbian cliches). Luckily, she hadn't noticed the more inappropriate magazines that were stashed under the futon.
Aria looked to Devi who had been brushing her hair for what felt like ages.
"Seriously, why? Why in the hell would you primp for Koudelka?" She groaned with contempt and flashed a stern glare. "You haven't even told me what you're planning on pulling either!"
"I'm... not pulling anything." Devi said in dry defense; her voice a monotone rasp.
"Ugh, you're so lame. The biggest shit-lord is coming over here and you're not going to prank her at all?! C'mon, your dads have to have... some Ex Lax or something. It would be fucking hilarious!" Aria rolled onto her back and sighed. "At least tell me you've got something humiliating up your sleeve. That ass-cunt has a real fuckerooni coming her way and I would be so.... so...." She trailed off as a look of abject terror loomed across Aria's face. "Oh my God. Devi! NO!"
"What?" Devi lifted her ears in curiosity as she was applying her eyeliner.
"No! No! NO, please don't tell me...!" Aria covered her face and made a long groan.
"Tell you what?" Devi blinked.
"You fucking like her, don't you?" Aria stared at Devi through her little makeup mirror. "QUIT GETTING PREPPED FOR HER! That's so fucking disgusting! Seriously what the fuck?! I would lose all respect for you forever!"
"Good. I don't need your respect... but... no... I just.... I dunno, I want to look nice is all," Devi mumbled; feeling ashamed and exposed. She folded her arms tightly while covering the shirt that lied about her breasts. "Can't I just... look nice?"
"I'VE SEEN YOU NOT GIVE A FUCK WHEN I WALKED INTO YOUR ROOM AND YOU STILL HAD SNOT IN YOUR NOSE!" Aria roared as she hopped up to her knees. "You wanna LICK HER CUNT, DON'T YOU?!"
"Thanks for saying it like a true Trouvillian." Devi remarked about their city. "So what if I do?"
"Dude, if you kiss her mouth -- that is literally like kissing a snake. A literal fucking snake. That is like sucking a feral's cock... that would be like kissing every cock she's sucked! Do you want to smooch like a hundred gross veiny cocks? Huh? Dev? 100 cocks, huh??" Aria jumped up to a proper sit, and used her hands intently why she spoke; gesturing widely.
"I don't think she's like that, I mean, like... Kody seems kinda--"
"Kody?! Holy Baloney that is the grossest name, did you call 'it' Kody?!" Aria gritted her teeth.
"You called her that first, darling." Devi sarcastically responded.
"Well, 'darling', you can nickname the zit if it has a stupidly long and dumb name! Either way, you SHOULDN'T nickname a zit because you SHOULD be too busy killing it with fire, and... ugh..." Aria slapped her palm on her forehead. "She has to be the biggest whore! Look at her boyfriend for pickle-fucking sake!" Aria undulated her fist into the air and brought it down with such force the floor under the futon thudded. "Look. At. Her. Boyfriend! THE GUY IS A WALKING STEROID!"
"That Austin guy? Like, I don't get it, she's never with him at school, they don't even eat lunch together." Devi tapped her chin and looked in the mirror. She felt foolish and considered maybe Aria could be right. She thought about it for a little bit... then -- Eureka! She found a defense. "You also mentioned that he cheated on her once!"
"Like 12 times! You know, Zach, that uh.. uh...." Aria snapped her fingers as she stuttered. "Bull-looking guy in our Home Ec class?"
"The one that smells like brine and fucking belches all the time?" Devi sighed. "Yeaaah...?"
"Yeah! His parents left town and he had a party, and Koud--KODY'S boyfriend made out with one girl, and fingerbanged like 2 others!" Aria stood up as her gestures became more and more elaborate and vulgar. "He also jerked off in that Rodriguez girl's mouth once! SHE'S A FUCKING RHINO! LIKE, HE FUCKED A RHINO INSTEAD OF FUCKING KOUDELKA! And worse yet! He got caught fucking a ten year old or some shit!"
"A... ten year old...?" Devi shuttered, trying to prevent the visualization with Aria now pelvic thrusting with the intensity of a hyper 6 year old.
"Yeah, one of those cookie girls? Girl scout... cookie girls? Whatever?" Aria's conviction seemed to dim around this part. "He pulled a real pervo move and had her come in to his house and just kinda fucked her instead... really gross shit, but from what I heard it wasn't rape or anything so that's a plus... if you consider anything about that a plus."
"Is that true?" Devi skeptically inquired.
"...I dunno. It's a thing I heard but it wouldn't surprise me." Aria waved her hand dismissively. "BUT STILL!"
"Well, what about Koudelka then? Was she at that party? Like what about all that makes her slutty?" Devi asked defensively.
"Oh, well no, I've never seen her go to any party come to think of it." Aria put a finger to her lips. "Though, she's the kind of cunt who's too good for a party. She probably goes to high school parties and gets wet on older dude-bros. My point being, you shouldn't kiss those lips or anything. Literal. Snake!"
"Ugh, I really don't think that's her, it's insane, but I think she might be kind of... sort of... sweet." Devi divulged her thoughts; looking away from Aria's nuclear glare. "Last friday we sat together for like an hour after school, just talking about nothing, and well, she's cute when she blushes."
"Dev, babe, I told you if you want to get laid, just-- let's go down to Ligea's Cafe," Aria rolled her eyes. "That's where all the goth-os hung out about ten years ago and now the dykes from the college go there, it's like a 40 minute bus ride down to south Trouville, we can ditch Kooooody and grab some pretzels and get you some gross women crotch!"
"Ugh, you're so fucking... ugh... I hate you, but seriously, I'm... really not looking for just sex." Devi froze and looked square at the floor; hiding her face from Aria. "I... I'm lonely as fuck and I want a--"
"Don't say it... don't say the G-word! Not about Cunt-delka! I would literally throw up on everything right now! How the fuck could you even slightly like that train-wreck wrapped in an ugly--"
"She's not ugly!" Devi snarled; clenching her fist. "Look, I can't explain, I just... need it, please. I mean, it's not like you're going to be my girlfriend or anything."
Suddenly she was crying, how the fuck did she end up crying? Her shoulders quaked and she almost collapsed.
"Whoooa, cool it decaf, it's okay." Aria said quietly and walked over to hug her friend. "I don't get it, but if you want to try to climb mount bitchmore, I'll.. throw up at my house then. I'm sure that if you like her, there is probably something... somewhere inside that creature that's kind of okay. But you are completely right about one thing."
Devi sniffed. "W-what's that?"
"I ain't gonna be your girlfriend cuz," Aria threw her hands up. "I ain't no dyyyyyke, wooo!"
"Kill yourself." Devi groaned and tried to hide her quivering lips from curling into a smile.
"So just... stop crying, okay?" Aria patted Devi's back. "I'll try to refrain from roundhouse kicking Cuntdelka in the face when I see her."
"I'm not crying." Devi mumbled keeping her face low and unable to hug back, her arms swung like two heavy hams at the end of thin rubber bands.
"Yes you are, idiot, but it's okay because I'm not gonna tell." Aria snickered and rubbed her friend's back.
"You're the idiot." Devi mumbled and sniffled, smiling slightly. "Ms. Can't-Get-Anything-Over-A-C-in-Anything-That-Isn't-P.E."
"Yeah, but at least I'm sane, and look, I'll be your wing-dogger if you need." Aria snickered at herself and Devi groaned. "If this shit with Koudelka blows over, and spoiler, don't get your hopes up... I'll let you diddle me a little bit."
"R-really...?" Devi lit up.
"Nnnnope. But I'll go with you to Ligea's so you can get diddled."
"Okay... that's good enough..." Devi shivered. "How do you even know about a place like Ligea's anyways?"
"Psssh, I know this town like the back of my hand. 'Sides, there was a huge protest to have it shut down when they found out lots of young dykos and fagaroos hung out there. There were rumors they would fuck in the back room and junk."
"I wish you liked girls," Devi sighed and finally hugged back. "You're really pretty, you know."
"Way to make the hug super awkward, fagaroo." Aria laughed and let the hug last a little longer.
~~
Meanwhile, across town, Koudelka was pulling up to Scolaris with her father.
Scolaris was an upscale market, essentially a smaller and far pricier variant of a rite aid, and even in her limited sphere of world knowledge Koudelka absolutely knew it was a rip off. Everything was organic or artisan and always bore some odd anti-gmo 100% something-free label that assured every price was thrice the typical trade.
The culpeo was exhausted as she exited the pristine and massive car and walked aimlessly into the store. She hadn't slept at all the previous night and was still quite shaken that she would go directly to Devi's house for their study session: Their study session alone.
It didn't help that her father was absolutely livid about the forced study session from the school. During the entire drive, she had been lectured about safety protocols and, as always, the lecturing had become beratement as he became increasingly beligerant.
The more he talked about the dangers of strangers, the more Koudelka was prepared to jump head-first out of the vehicle. If it wasn't for the prospect of having a night being a normal girl and just getting a chance to hang out with somebody she kind of probably super liked a lot, Koudelka would definitely just be a smear on the side of the road by now.
That, and she had spent an inordinate amount of time on her hair and makeup so she wouldn't want that to go to waste.
Walking into the market, Koudelka was hit by the overwhelming scent of the produce aisle immediately. Her dad had the intention to pick up a couple of things for himself so Koudelka decided to take this chance, with her own allowance, to maybe buy something nice for Devi... for their study session, of course. It would be under the blanket of 'this is being formal and nice' to her father.
"Father?" Koudelka sheepishly started; avoiding eye-contact. "May I have a look around the store?"
"Do what you will." he muttered as something seemed to have caught his ire. That familiar glare crossed his face and he rushed off in a direction without her.
Koudelka watched for a moment; worried that any minute he would turn around and swoop her out of the store for some ungodly reason but he never did. Instead, his fist clutched a magazine at one of the many checkout lines and he slammed it on the counter in front of a worker. She stood there long enough to hear the words "What is this filth?!" and "Do you know who I am?!" before she decided to wander off in the opposite direction.
She weaved through the aisles without clear purpose; indiscriminately looking at things and silently judging them as not good enough for Devi. Then again, what was good enough for Devi? She literally knew nothing about the rabbit girl other than the fact that she was a rabbit... and she dressed weird, likes horror movies and is gay. That's not much of anything to go on.
More importantly, she was also unsure as to why she was doing this. Something in the back of her head told her that she wanted something unrealistic like Devi looking upon her gift, announcing her overwhelming gratitude and them kissing for a long period of time. It was a pipedream at best, but Koudelka's stomach turned regardless as she had been thinking more and more about kissing Devi in later days.
It still felt weird. She had no attachment to her 'boyfriend' and yet, here she was with butterflies in her tummy at the concept of even getting to see Devi's home... and getting to talk with her some more and possibly getting lost in her eyes while sitting on her couch or... maybe getting to go into her bedroom or--
"I DON'T CARE IF YOU'RE THE MANAGER," Koudelka heard her father raging from across the store. "YOU JUST DON'T DO THIS!"
Abruptly her prerogative shifted as she just wanted to get as far away from him as possible; going into the soda aisle being the only other direction she could go.
To her surprise, the soda aisle shared residence with an employee who seemed to be rubbernecking in the direction of her dad. Koudelka quickly shifted to move out of the way but the employee called to her; causing her to freeze immediately.
"Hey, is that your dad?" the man, a cheetah, asked.
"...y-yes." Koudelka shamefully admitted. "I apologize for his behavior. He's... just stressed." she had used the 'stressed' line so many times before that it had lost all meaning to her.
"Dude's like crazy aggro." the cheetah kept his eyes fixed in the direction of the show at the front desk. "You look like you're actually shopping as opposed to him though. Can I help you with anything?"
"Well uh... no... uh..." Koudelka looked around; searching for the words to say. "...err... maybe? I don't know. I suppose?"
"Well, sweet, how can Keith help you." he looked to the side. "By the way, I'm Keith. Hehe."
"My name is Koudelka, sir, it's nice to meet you." she formally curtsied at him without a skirt.
"Whoooa, fancy. That's the first time somebody called me 'sir' that wasn't an officer," he chuckled. "So, anyways, what do you need? I'm real great at helping with stuff. That's how I got this jooooob. Well that and my girlfriend is the manager but... whatever. Anyways."
"Oh, uhm... very nice."
"Well, not really a manager. She works in floral but she's going to be a manager soon and uh..." Keith snickered some more. "Look at me go on. How can I help you, dude-lady?"
"Well. I'm honestly not sure if I could ask you for help actually," Koudelka muttered; hating how proper she sounded compared to how casual he was being. "I'm trying to look for a gift for my uh... uh..."
"Boyfriend? Yeah, that's cool."
"Well, no..."
"Girlfriend? Bitchin'."
"No! Not at all!" Koudelka knew her face was bright red.
"Hey, don't worry, Keith is excellent at keeping secrets." he folded his arms. "Aaaand, a master of love. Remember. Girlfriend. Floral department."
"Yes, you mentioned that." Koudelka awkwardly stood as stiff as a board. "Well. Would there be anything you could recommend to me? I wish to uh..."
"Is it the first date? Second date? Anniversary? Getting married?" he squinted his eyes. "You look too young for that but I wouldn't know, maybe I just complimented a 24 year old or something, right? Keith is pretty good at compliments."
"First... time... uh... not really a date but it could maybe be?"
"Maybe be? Huh. Interesante."
"Well," Koudelka sighed. "I'd like it to be a first date."
"Ahhh, gotcha. Well, you're gonna need the holy trinity!" Keith roared and Koudelka nearly lunged forward to silence him; considering her father had ears like a... fox.
"What's the holy trinity?" Koudelka whispered in a crude hiss.
"Well, young lady, that would be the Three Cs!" he put his hand out and made a 3 with his fingers. "Chocolate... uuuh... forget the Cs. Chocolate, flowers and a doll. Like a teddy bear or something like that."
"I don't think I could get all of that passed my dad, though." Koudelka woefully sighed.
"Ladydude, that stuff's a cinch!" he nodded his head. "Firstly, I don't think you could expect this by looking at him, but Keith is pretty broke! That's why I only give my girl one flower at a time. Well that and she works in floral so it's like giving a butcher some meat. Hehe. But you know what I mean!"
"Well... I could probably get one flower passed my dad. And I have my backpack with me so... I suppose I could put those in there?"
"Your backpack huh?" Keith asked. "Weird to bring on a date but sure! That'd work for ya. Look, I'ma be real cool about this but you pick out what you want, you give me the money for it, and I'll buy it for you and bring it to you. Alright?"
"Well... that seems like a goo--"
"And! If there's change, could I hold onto it?" Keith nodded furiously. "As you may not have guessed, Keith is pretty broke!" he repeated.
"Of course. Though, are you sure this would work?" Koudelka asked anxiously. "I mean... are you sure sh-- HE... would like it?"
"It's the simplest gesture of love there is, dude-lady." Keith gave her a thumbs up. "Guaranteed, Keith seal of approval, you will get the goods! Whatever the goods are to you, I guess."
Koudelka laughed a little bit and sighed once more. "If you say so, Mr. Keith."
~~
After Aria had left, and Devi had calmed down, she laid on her couch contemplating. Devi worried: what if she was wrong? What if Koudelka wasn't showing up? She could feel her anxieties ball up inside her as she filled with tension.
She rolled side to side on the couch nervously. She was about to entirely give up and go walk back to Aria's place when a sudden knock alerted her.
Devi leapt and flew to the door. "Don't get your hopes up, it's probably the postman or something." she muttered and pulled the door open.
When she opened the door, Koudelka stood with a huge backpack on her back. She clutched a note in her hand but Devi wasn't focusing on that anymore because Koudelka looked stunning. Her hair was perfection and her clothes were twice as radiant than her typical schoolwear.
"Oh, that was fast." Koudelka looked away awkwardly. "This is for your parents if--"
She held out the note and Devi snatched it up; instantly opening it.
"Dear Mr. and Mrs. Randelle," Devi giggled to herself at the assumption that she had a mother and father team with her. "I am trusting you with the safety and welfare of my child. I have provided her with medical supplies and money to pay for a nutritious meal in case one is not provided, she also had...blah blah blah blah." Devi read aloud and raised an eyebrow. "Seriously?"
"Hey, that's meant for them... w-where are they?" Koudelka snatched the paper back furiously.
"Oh, they took off for the day, I told them I wanted the house." Devi sneered.
"...you can do that?" Koudelka leaned in and looked around the dining room and the living room. "They're just... gone because you asked them to be?"
"Yup. Why not?"
"...huh." Koudelka awkwardly stayed on the welcome mat; opening her mouth to continue her thoughts 4 times before actually going for it. "So this is your house... it's so small." Koudelka stated. Although her tone wasn't meant to sound rude, she came off as condescending.
"Yuuuup." Devi looked around, "My old place in Seapoint City was much bigger, but I dunno, I'm not that bothered by small hous--"
Koudelka held out her backpack almost defensively. She wiggled it which caused Devi to pause.
"This is for you, it's why I'm late." Koudelka said; avoiding looking in Devi's direction. She looked adorably awkward and timid.
Slowly, Devi took the backpack and unzipped it as her eyes growing as wide as saucers. There was a single flower, a small pink bear, and a box of chocolates. It was like something someone would bring a date in the 40s. Devi looked at each thing as if it where a foreign object and she was trying to identify it, her expression was devoid of character. She turned them around and around in her grip.
"Did you... get me this for our study--" Devi said in confusion, completely lost on words.
"Yes." Koudelka muttered. "And that's the only reason, you jerk, so like... don't... think about it too much." She flushed with color.
"You are so awkward, I love it." Devi said quietly; feeling her cheeks start to burn. She was blushing hard and, after a minute, her blush led to laughter.
"Don't laugh at me! I was being a polite study partner, you-- you thoughtless oaf!" Koudelka slammed her foot down. Her face was positively glowing with rage.
"This is..." Devi gasped for air. "The cutest thing anyone has ever done for me." she held her sides and brushed a joyful tear away. "I'm sorry, I just didn't know how to... react."
"A 'thank you' is preferred!" Koudelka huffed and folded her arms.
Devi instead took a step forward and Koudelka took a small step back. Devi took another step and Koudelka's foot trembled and stayed. Devi leaned in; smelling that warm lavender scented fur wash on Koudelka, and attempted to plant a kiss on her cheek.
"HEY!" Koudelka leaned her upper body back to avoid the smooch. "What do you think you're doing?!" Koudelka froze like a statue, almost as if Devi had pulled a knife or gun out.
"Just wanted to thank you, Kody." Devi retracted her kiss with a goofy smile and put her hands behind her back. "Seriously, thank you. I fucking love it. Like no one has ever just been like.... like... that?!" Devi giggled again. "It's so traditionalist 40s, it's adorable."
"No, I mean..." Koudelka jerked her neck a little in an odd gesture.
"Wha...?"
"Behind me!" the fox groaned as Devi tiptoed a bit to see.
There was a really fancy car just sort of sitting there... a bit menacingly. Devi couldn't identify the type because it was stupidly expensive. She awkwardly waved at the vehicle and gestured for Koudelka to come inside.
When the fox did, with the door closing behind them, she nearly exploded with her held air. "I can't believe you just--" Koudelka started to respond but, as she looked up, she was ambushed by another attempt at a peck on the cheek which hit its mark this time.
"There you go!" Devi snickered. Somewhere, far away, Devi liked to imagine that Aria sensed the kiss and collapsed in a puddle of homophobic vomit. "That wasn't so bad, was it?"
"Th-that was my first kiss." Koudelka said; sounding either mortified or amazed.
"Huh, no it wasn't. I pecked you on the cheek." Devi grinned.
"But you kissed me." Koudelka murmured and looked blankly at Devi. "I didn't think you'd actu-- I mean... you kissed me!"
"Not really but um... would you like me to? Cuz you bought me the sweetest shit and I would really like to!" Devi smiled and put her arms behind her back.
"I... don't think that's right for two girls to do that?" Koudelka said in a questioning tone; sounding stupid. Being the person who brought chocolate, a bear and flowers, she didn't really know what her plan was.
"Ahhh, and as much of a stick-in-the-mud as a 40s traditionalist too, I see~" Devi grinned. "This is just so fucking cool though, a flower, chocolate, a teddy bear!" she took the bear and hugged it. "Seriously, it's so up my alley."
"Yeah... well..." Koudelka gulped. She felt really good but she didn't want to show it. "Don't get used to it, Devi."
"But I wannaaaaa." Devi whined cutely and, suddenly, her originally raspy voice had a singsong quality that made Koudelka smile a bit.
"Ooh my god, you're smiling!" Devi hopped a bit like a rabbit always should. "I'm winning!"
"No, I'm not!" Koudelka huffed. "You're being stupid and you're lying and I'm trying to be an adult over here! We need to study!"
Devi stopped her teasing and folded her arms with a long sigh. "Okaaaay. Okay. Boring schoolwork, right." she turned and gestured for Koudelka to follow her to her bedroom.
"Where are you... going?" the fox asked.
"To... my room? Where else?" Devi was shrouded by the darkness of her unlit hallway as she turned around.
"Oh uh... we're just..." Koudelka looked around again. "Are you sure your parents would be okay with that?"
"They're not here, so it doesn't matter either way." Devi groaned. "My parents don't caaaaare."
"S-should we call them or something just to make sure?" Koudelka shuddered a bit. "I mean, I don't want to ju--"
"Hey priss!" Devi raised her voice a bit. "Come ooooooon. My room, my rules."
Koudelka gulped and followed her.
~~
Much to Koudelka's relief, they had actually committed to studying for a couple of hours; taking breaks to chat here and there and Devi gushing about where she should put the doll in her room. Koudelka silently thanked the mighty gods for the creation of Keith in her life.
Weirdly though, they had actually gotten their work much faster than they anticipated. Koudelka was surprised as Devi was much smarter than she had anticipated. She was expecting a long night of explaining what everything meant.
During a lull of silence, Koudelka cleared her throat. "So uh... your parents have been gone for a long time."
"Yup, cashed in some goodwill points with them so they'll probably be gone until uhhh." Devi looked at her clock. "I dunno, 12 or something."
"At night?!" Koudelka nearly choked on nothing.
"Well.. duh." Devi raised an eyebrow. "Don't your parents ever stay up late?"
"Actually no. They uh... tend to come back home at 6pm and that's it." Koudelka felt really weird by saying that and could see that Devi was eyeing her suspiciously. "Sometimes my dad stays up late in his study and drinks and stuff like that. But... I dunno."
Koudelka noticed Devi slightly scooching towards her a bit. It was odd but she didn't mention it.
"So your parents just go to bed real early like a couple of snobs, eh?" Devi snickered a bit.
"I guess?" Koudelka muttered. "They sometimes fight real late at night though. Stuff like that."
"Ahhhh, no worries." Devi nodded. "My dads do that too. I hear them wrestling all the time too. Shit's creepy and gross. Comes with having a small house though."
"I don't think wrestling is very productive though." Koudelka earnestly stated. "That's the kind of roughhousing you wouldn't get with a man and woman married couple I'd imagine."
Devi couldn't help but hold in her laughter. The joke completely flew over Koudelka's head.
"So... besides your cell phone, what would you do if you needed an adult?" Koudelka awkwardly asked.
"Say wha? I dunno just..." Devi pointed out her window. "...shit-for-dog-brain lives across the way so I'd just go there I guess."
"Who...?"
"You know her, you love her." Devi snickered. "It's Aria, you silly shit."
"Uuugh, I really don't like her." Koudelka muttered; feeling incredibly jealous. "You two are good friends, huh? I'm surprised she isn't here right now to make everything more difficult."
"Ahhh, she's not bad." Devi responded. "She's just set in her own ways and is a huuuuge spaz. Besides, I think she's out with some guy tonight because I told her you were coming over and she didn't want to puke or something."
"Excuse me?"
"Oh nothing." Devi paused for a moment. "Wait a minute. You said 'more' difficult. Are you having a difficult time, Kody?"
Being called by her nickname made Koudelka blush a bit. "No, no! I'm having a really great time. I'm just... I dunno."
"What is it? I could get you something to eat, you know." Devi pulled up an imaginary version of Koudelka's father's note. "You do need a nutritious meal, you see!"
"Shush! Ugh! I hate him so much!" Koudelka groaned; covering her face.
"What, your dad?" Devi scooched a little bit closer while Koudelka wasn't looking. "I'm sure he's not that bad. I hate my dad too because he's a huge dork but I dunno... I'm sure he's just overprotective or something, right?"
"My dad's a psychopath." Koudelka blatantly muttered. "Devi, look, we used to have a gardener a while ago who would watch me swim because I like to swim."
"Oooh, in shape huh?" Devi raised both eyebrows.
"Uh huh," Koudelka didn't notice the flirtatious vibe. "When I told my dad about it, he uhmm..."
"What, did he fire the guy? Was it a guy?" Devi asked.
"Yes, it was a man, uhm... he did get fired but," Koudelka groaned. "After being thrown through the greenhouse. He broke a man's arm because I was asking why the gardener was watching me swim. The gardener said he was just making sure I didn't drown but I completely believed him!"
"Well then. That's a bit sociopathic." Devi nonchalantly stated. "Was uh... was that him in the car behind you?"
"Yes."
"Doubly creepy."
"Devi, I'm property to him." Koudelka could feel herself tearing up which was strange because she thought she simply wasn't capable of doing that anymore. "It's just infuriating how much he tries to control my life."
"Is uh... is my house being spy-tapped right now?" Devi asked in humor.
Koudelka didn't respond but just sniffled. She suddenly felt vulnerable and it didn't help that Devi got up and left her side. Within a moment, all of Koudelka's lovely feelings went away; feeling abandoned and especially alone even within someone else's home.
Devi plopped back down besides her which caused Koudelka to look up in surprise. "I know what'll make you feel better!" Devi smiled; holding up the bear that Koudelka bought. "Wanna kiss Mr. Bear?"
Koudelka sniffled some more and stayed silent for a few moments before quietly replying. "The store tag said his name was Jerry or something."
"Really? Well I'm calling him Mr. Bear." Devi laughed. "Kiss him!"
Devi started to shove the bear in Koudelka's face playfully; pushing it around as Koudelka tried to cover herself and hiding her laughter.
"Fine!" Devi plopped the bear on her lap. "If you don't wanna kiss Mr. Bear, then kiss me instead. I'm pretty fucking fluffy too, you know."
Koudelka could feel her body tense up in that moment as she looked back at Devi who was, in that moment, removing her beanie. "Lookit this fluff!" the rabbit shook her head and her hair became a mess of tangles and poof.
"W-why do you want me to kiss you?" Koudelka stupidly asked.
"I... uh... I dunno." Devi bluntly replied. "I guess I didn't want you to feel bad? Plus I kinda want to as well so I guess I'm just being selfish."
"You... kind of want to?" Koudelka sounded genuinely curious.
"Okay, I totally want to." Devi answered loudly. "And! And you're kind of stupidly out of my league so maybe I'm shooting too high but uh... I dunno. I feel like if I ever went to a casino, I'd immediately get a gambling addiction because I'm addicted to what 'could have been' so uh... yes! You're out of my league but I'm trying anyways!"
"O-oh." Koudelka started before Devi continued.
"Like I have some sort of stupid crush on you which is dumb because I don't really have crushes or uhh... well I guess I do but they're not like this but I don't really know how to classify whatever this is." Devi's verbal gesturing was going wild. "I'm an idiot for saying this but I like you even if we sorta don't talk at school that much and we're kinda mean to each other a bit... well not as bad as you and Aria but still! Call me shallow I guess? But I'm not! I uh... I dunno."
"Well," Koudelka started; sitting up.
"I mean, you're hot but I like you for more than that but you're also really really hot but you're also really smart and I like your snarkiness but I also like how proper you are because I'll never be like that and I sometimes wish I could be but I also really don't wish that because I'm such a slob and uh... yeah." Devi trailed off; leaving an ocean of silence between the two.
Being the overly emotional creature she was, Devi began to sniffle as well.
"Can we..." Koudelka started again.
"Nobody has ever bought me flowers and chocolates and--and--and a gay little bear named Jeff or whatever his name was! Not even my ex and wowee this took me by surprise and I just don't really know what to say!" Devi exploded into her rant again; fully crying at this point. "I think I did a pretty good job holding back my emotions this entire time but wow is it hard to do that when you're so overwhelmed! Ahh! Then we had to do homework and fuck that was some boring shit but it was completely tolerable because I was doing it with you and you made it fun somehow just by being here and I..."
"I'd like to kiss you, Devi." Koudelka interjected.
"YES, PLEASE!" Devi wagged her little bunny tail.
~~
Devi's room was very quiet as the two of them gently kissed and caressed each other. With Koudelka's inexperience, it was kind of fun for Devi to break their kisses and give little, condescending kissing tips to the fox just to see her break out in bright red.
There was something reassuring for Devi that Koudelka had never kissed before. All that stuff that Aria said about Koudelka being a whore seemed to be null and void at this point. Devi was also comforted because, whenever she thought the kiss would naturally end, Koudelka would pull her in for another one. She was obviously deprived and Devi didn't mind being a conduit for it.
It was shocking and unbelievable that whenever Devi looked up at her clock, 20 minutes would pass. At some point, she forgot when they started kissing.
At some point, Devi was emboldened by how long their kiss had lasted. Perhaps Koudelka was waiting for her to do something? Devi decided to test it out and shuffled her body a bit; her fingers searching for the button on Koudelka's jeans. To her relief, she seemed to have been granted acces to unzip the front part of her jeans. However, as Devi decided to continue a bit further and slowly begin to slide her hand south; Koudelka cried out in protest and curled up.
"Whoa, I'm sorry!" Devi gasped.
"We uh...!" Koudelka shivered; out of breath. "I don't think... that's a good idea."
Devi remained silent for a bit, trying to think of something to say in response to that. The only thing that came out of her mouth was a whiney "Awww... really?"
Though, she did genuinely feel bad for Koudelka.
"Well, what can I do then?" Devi smiled. "I'm comfortable with whatever you're comfortable with. Besides, you're clearly super turned on so... you know."
"I... don't know." Koudelka shuddered; still very anxious. "Devi... I really like you too an--"
"I know, we're past that part. Lemme do stuff to you!" Devi playfully interjected.
"What else is there to do but kiss and... that?" Koudelka's curled up posture loosened up a bit finally.
Devi thought about it for all of 2 seconds. "Can I lick you down there?"
"Absolutely not!" Koudelka squealed and, from her squeal, it humorously sounded as if she just orgasmed.
"Uuhm... so no fingers... no licking..." Devi thought. "Could I at least see it?"
"Absolutely noooot!" Koudelka shook her head furiously.
"Okay, okay, little miss prude." Devi teased but she did think it was an adorable quality. "Can I touch your boobies then?"
"..." Koudelka was silent.
"You gotta say yes or no, Kody." Devi nodded as if trying to sway the answer.
"...I suppose so." Koudelka muttered. "BUT! My... breasts... are very sensitive."
"That makes it more fun, babe." Devi playfully tackled the fox.
"Wait, wait!" Koudelka almost curled up again with Devi on top of her.
"Whaaaaat?" Devi whimpered.
"You're not allowed to see them though!" Koudelka said. "You can only touch them!"
Devi snickered to herself. "You are so weird, I love it."