A wicked grin stretched across Suki's face as her arms wrapped around Zoey's panting, naked body. "Mmh, so you want more, senpai?"
"Mff, mmph!" With her face enveloped in a black, rubber mask, Zoey's pleas escaped as muffled grunts.
"Ufufufu! Seems I can't hear you, senpai. Looks like I'll have to use my magic powers to read your body."
Suki leaned in, trailing her nose across glistening, ebony skin until her nostrils twitched. "Oro, so that's where you want it?"
"Mmmf! MMMF!"
"Yosh! Then here I come!"
Suki plunged in, sponging Zoey's armpits with soapy water until a white lather dripped down the witch's entire side. She shook her head.
"Wow, your armpits sure were stinky, senpai! Hey, you should try some of my imported Final Fantasy XV deodorants! I have Ignis Ice and Prompto Peppermint! 'You too can smell like a Choco-Bro!'"
"Mmmph -" Zoey gave up and popped the snorkel from her mouth. "I am grateful for the offer, but I must decline. Deodorizer sticks were invented by the fashion industry to shame females for our natural musk, thus creating an artificial demand for scented products."
"Whoa, really? So you're saying I should throw out all my deodorants?"
Zoey shifted slightly. "About that…"
"Oh, wait! Throwing them out would be bad for the environment! Okay then, I'll keep using them!"
Crisis averted, Zoey popped her snorkel back in and settled onto Suki's chest. Despite the water lapping at her neck, she rested at peace while the gyaru continued her lathering.
"This scuba mask is a remarkable asset for bathing. Even submerged in water, I'm able to maintain my aura's calm."
"Aww, I'm glad you like it, senpai! I had to buy you something with all my extra cash!"
"So you're continuing to receive commissions?"
"Mm-hmm! Ever since Miss Jessie told her stream how I made her avatar, everyone's been messaging me non-stop! All these big booby porno ladies want me to draw their very own avatars! I'm making sooo much money!"
Zoey had seen Suki's e-mails (or rather, the mail screen had been shoved in her face). Messages from cosplayers, Internet models, online influencers and indie musicians - all of them clamouring for avatars, banner art or profile pictures from the artist who had put Misty Peaks back on the top hit of every search algorithm. Zoey had observed proudly how Suki threw herself into the commission work with a zeal she reserved for gushing about her favorite anime.
"Your energy, it's changed." Zoey shifted to get a better look at Suki's pink and orange tendrils waving gently from her body like silk ribbons on a dancer. "Your colours have blossomed: brighter, more confident. It's fascinating to observe."
"I do feel kinda better," Suki admitted. "All these people are messaging me online, asking me for drawings or telling me how cute my art is! It's like I have a million friends who all need my help! Only thing is -"
"You miss her."
Suki nodded.
"I know it has to be this way. Miss Jessie really wants to fix things with her daughter, and if that meanie Tiffany sees us together -"
Suki shook her head. The consequences were too terrible to imagine.
"Miss Jessie has to do her own things, and same goes for me. We can't ever see each other again."
Both girls breathed a deep sigh. Desperate for relief, Suki reached for her plastic-wrapped cell phone.
=Cera_Bella=
Hiiii, mommy!
Missing you lots!
I hope you're having a super-duper day!
=MommyMisty=
Aww, thank you sweetie!
Kitten kisses~!
"Phew, I needed that. Good thing social media doesn't count as visiting."
Zoey's scuba mask bobbed in agreement. "The technology to send mail, electronically, to anyone in the world, instantly. It's truly remarkable."
Then the bathroom door swung into the wall. "Like, will you two hurry it up already? Misty's show's about to start!"
"Nani? Oh no, I lost track of time! Zoey, let's go, let's go!"
Freshly towelled, blow-dried and dressed, Suki surveyed the living room's party decor. Salty chips for Lillian, choco-bites for senpai, and a heaping bowl of Godzilla gummy candies for the cutest anime-lover ever! She'd plugged her laptop into the big screen so they could all watch together on the couch.
=Cera_Bella=
Ohayo, mina-san!
Are you all joining the stream too?
=Takahishi_101=
Wouldn't miss it for za warudo, Cera-chan!
=Megane34=
S0 pumped!1!
Th1nk Misty'll d0 a k1tty quiz 2night?
=KaiserNyaako=
\-(^ o ^)-/
"Omigod, like sit your butt down, Suki! She's starting!"
The website's countdown timer rolled over to 3… 2… 1. An animated curtain pulled back for the intro text: Put your paws together for the All-New Misty Katz!
A sensual 'annnh' rolled out from the TV speakers as the lights went up on the heart-themed bedroom. A digital, 3D cat-woman stretched her arms, yawning as though waking from a delicious cat nap. She blinked and brushed her hair back, then she smiled with pleasant surprise.
"Oh my! I didn't realize I'd have so many visitors today. How are all my little kittens tonight? Aww, mommy's missed you!"
The chat went wild.
=Abia9817253=
MOMMY MISTY! MOMMY MISTY!
AAAAH, I'M SO LUCKY!
=Hi_I'm_Candy!=
Yaay!
Misty time!
=Studly_Dudley=
Crush me with your cougar paws!
=Morgan_Le_Gay OnlyFans=
Ayyo welcome to the rabbit hole, Mist.
#OneOfUs
=YesTheHatIsReal=
Darlin, don'tchu look cuter than a baby lamp kissin a duckling!
=JollyGiant=
You're as lovely as ever Ms Ma-
Misty.
=Neil_Armstrong1969=
Misty, I wanna thank you,
just for being one of the little things that make life worth living.
"Aww, you're too kind, all of you!"
The digital cat-woman clapped her hands, and an off-screen key toggle triggered hearts to spring from her head. Emojis and token donations rolled in like a slot machine jackpot.
Miss Jessie had transitioned so smoothly to her new online format. Already, she'd set up a schedule of special weekly events: on Social Sundays she'd browse through QuickiePic for cute cat photos. On Mondays, chat members were chosen to join Misty for online party games. Funtime Fridays were for ASMR stories, and there was a growing list of influencers and streamers lining up to join Misty on Split-Screen Saturdays.
Suki's friends had designed her model to swap outfits, and there would be steamy, late night chats where Misty bared more and more digital skin as the tokens rolled in. Most of the time though, it was just chatting - reading messages from her followers, answering questions about her time in the porn industry, or dispensing personal sex advice for questions too awkward to ask in real life.
"So, most important thing, darling: if you're willing to try it, then use plenty of lube. Test a few on your arm first to make sure you don't have a reaction, and take it slow. Biologically, that's usually an out hole, so it can take some getting used to."
=OralExpress=
Thanks a lot, gal!
Miss Jessie's eyes flitted across the chat for the next question, lighting up at one particular name.
"Aw, everybody - I want to give a big hello to a very special lady in the chat. Miss Cera Bella. She's the darling who designed my lovely new look. I'll post her social media links. Be sure to check her out if you wanna commission some pics of me. She does naughty stuff too, rawr!"
=Abia9817253=
A-A-ARTWORK?
SOMEONE WOULD ACCEPT MONEY TO DRAW MISTY KATZ
STEPPING ON MY WORTHLESS, UNDESERVING BODY?
=Cera_Bella=
Um…
Sure! :D
=Abia9817253=
Dsfjf;fljk;fdsf;ljdsafk;
AMERICA TRULY IS THE LAND OF FREEDOM!
ALLAH BLESS YOU, CERA!
"Cera, honey?" Misty purred. "I'm looking forward to that new outfit we've been planning. I bet everyone's super excited to see my new blue bikini~."
=Studly_Dudley=
Misty Katz in a bikini?
HNNNNNG!
=Hi_I'm_Candy!=
Yaay! Ah'll wear mah swimsuit an' floaties too!
We can have ourselves a beach day!
=Ama-Bama-Slamazon=
Rawr! People forget that a cougar is still a very deadly wildcat. ;)
The comments kept rolling in! Suki checked the viewer count, and it was another five-digit record!
"Whaaa! So many viewers! Zoey-senpai, is that lewd tree back again?"
"Yeah, Zoe. Can you see the pussy tree?"
Zoey's eyebrow twitched but she obliged them by looking out the apartment window. "The … tree has indeed returned."
A towering, golden monolith rising from the suburbs - visible only in Zoey's second sight, of course. Shimmering baubles of red, orange and gold manifested at its highest tips, and love fairies buzzed about like diligent honeybees, plucking these dewdrop fruits and spiriting them away through dimensional portals.
Zoey took for granted that the phenomenon was a mighty tree, two broad branches spreading from its shimmering trunk, but when Suki sketched out her descriptions, she'd been startled by the interpretation of a woman's upside down torso and pelvis, her legs spread in a Y-shape.
"Dude," Lillian had laughed, "it's a pussy tree!" and much to Zoey's chagrin, the uncouth name stuck. Every time Misty Katz streamed, Lillian and Suki would cheer when she announced that once again the - ugh - 'pussy tree' stretched skyward from the VTuber's house.
Well, Zoey conceded, there was that navel-like indent where the 'stomach' would be… and that bushy patch of moss growing where the branches split from the trunk was rather suspect…
"The pussy tree is back," Suki cheered. "That means Miss Jessie's making lots of people happy!"
"Ugh, no fair! This giant, pervy bush springs up way close to my parents' house and I can't even see it! Zoe, are the love fairies still grabbing some puss?"
"They - ahem - do indeed appear to be harvesting its fruits." Her occult journals were filled with notes detailing the fae's appearances and mannerisms. "It is a wondrous sight."
"Whaa, I bet it's so pretty!"
"It's a disaster!" The trio jumped as Trixie exited another fairy portal, sulking and texting on her HunieBee.
"Sky Garden is supposed to be going through a hunie shortage! The twelve races are supposed to be up in arms, ready to revolt against the Goddess! And now some washed up porn star makes a comeback and nuts are popping like New Year's champagne bottles! You people are supposed to be screaming at each other through social media! Not spreading joy! Furthermore -"
Trixie glanced between the three blinking girls and the television screen. "Ugh, of course you're watching her stream…"
"Godzilla gummy?" Suki offered.
"Lady Beatrix, welcome," Zoey began.
"Like, you can see the pussy tree too?"
"Of course I can. And it's an edyn baum. I haven't witnessed one of those since that Monroe woman stood atop that sewer grate in the white dress..."
"This appears to be an exceedingly rare phenomenon," Zoey noted.
"Nowadays, yes." Trixie sighed. "An edyn baum only manifests at the focal point of intense carnal desire. Back when you humans organized yourself around monarchies and religions, these trees would sprout from the palace of every empress and the temple of every high priestess. Lady Venus could sprout an entire orchid just by walking down your city streets."
Trixie stared hard at the cat-lady bobbing on screen, attempting to dissect her secrets, but she could only shake her head in disbelief. "This Misty woman - what makes her so special to you wingless monkeys?"
Suki laughed at the obvious question.
"Trixie-sama, Miss Jessie's a mommy, and that makes her the most important person in the whole world!"
Trixie opened her mouth, but couldn't come up with any good retort. "We do cling so desperately to our mothers, don't we?"
Zoey observed the fairy take out Hecate's silver chain again, stroking it affectionately. Before she could inquire further, the chill of a fell wind interrupted. Whipping to the window, she gasped. The edyn baum!
In a heartbeat, the golden bark had rotted black and foul, its leaves flaking like ash. The fairy harvesters recoiled from the poisonous purple fruits now dripping from the branches like baubles of slime. But what could have -?
"Shit, take a look at this, Zoe: some troll just raided the chat."
Zoey hurried over to the TV and her stomach dropped. No… it can't be!
=WarChief_Zeke=
SUP, BITCHES!
Kek kek kek!
"Like, what the hell? Trixie, I thought you totally got rid of that neckbeard."
"I didn't kill him, if that's what you're implying," the fairy scoffed. "For one thing, far too much paperwork."
=WarChief_Zeke=
WTF is this shit?
Woman - hurry up and get your tits out!
You people seriously pay her to bobble around and talk at you?
GET REKT, SON!
=Abia9817253=
EXCUSE ME?
HOW DARE YOU!
=Bundl_O_Seggs=
way 2 whip your tiny dihck out for everyone to see, bish
Outside, chunks of the edyn baum were collapsing and dissolving. Is this the power of a black list client? Zoey wondered. Zeke Bleue was killing the mood faster than parents barging in on a teenager's bedroom, a clam-jammer of cosmic proportions!
And his hateful vibes were infections. Even the more mild-mannered chat members were beginning to lose their cool.
=CreamFilledTwinkie=
Oh go and fuck yourself.
Better yet, come and fuck me!
If she's not good enough for you, then maybe you need some man in your life.
=WarChief_Zeke=
I seek only fellow alpha males,
Not disgraced soyboys with vegetables up their ass.
FeelsBadMan
=Hi_I'm_Candy!=
Why are y'all bein' so mean?
There just ain't no reason fer it!
X(
=WarChief_Zeke=
Why y'all bein' so dumb?
Ain't no reason fer it.
Kek kek kek!
=Neil_Armstrong1969=
I will find you and kill you.
This is not a joke.
I've been working in a cubicle for six years, so I lost my soul long ago.
Neither prison nor death scares me.
=WarChief_Zeke=
BAH! You're all a bunch of beta males!
No.
You're lower-order scum!
ALL OF YOU:
CRETIN SIGMA MALES!
KYS!
KYS!
KYS!
=DontTellTheMissus=
You sound just like my wife…
"Whoa, now." Miss Jessie was scrambling to keep up with the chat. "Let's all take a breather and -"
=Studly_Dudley=
Wait.
Are you Zeke Bleue?
From Glenberry?
Suki blinked in surprise. Wesley? Manager-san?
=WarChief_Zeke=
Ah, my reputation precedes me!
=Studly_Dudley=
Dude, you've got no place kinkshaming us.
Not with the filth you're into.
I SAW YOU at the supermarket pharmacy.
=WarChief_Zeke=
…
What?
=Hi_I'm_Candy!=
Huh?
What's that mean?
=WarChief_Zeke=
Nothing! Nothing!
=Studly_Dudley=
Nothing my ass!
This chucklehead was loading up his cart with adult diapers!
=Hi_I'm_Candy!=
Aww, icky!
Y'all are one of them sillies who thinks he's a baby!
Ain't no way yer comin in mah club with yer dirty nappies!
:(
=Abia9817253=
… I don't say this lightly but…
SERIOUSLY?
THERE'S A FETISH FOR THAT?
=WarChief_Zeke=
shut your whore mouths!
I do not have a baby fetish!
Everything I purchased at that store was medicinal!
=Takahishi_101=
Holy crap!
=Megane34=
S0me1 scr33ncap th1s
=KaiserNyaako=
XD
XD
XD
=Studly_Dudley=
ATTENTION EVERYONE:
THE WAR CHIEF SHITS THE BED!
=Hi_I'm_Candy!=
XP
=Abia9817253=
:(
=Q-T-3.14=
ROFLMAO11!
=WarChief_Zeke=
STOP IT!
STOP LAUGHING!
IT'S NOT A FETISH, I -
I HAVE A MEDICAL CONDITION!
I -
=Studly_Dudley=
I what, asshat?
=Abia9817253=
Hello?
…
=KaiserNyaako=
…(o . 0)
=Megane34=
H3y nekbeerd
U AFK?
=Takahishi_101=
LOL
The baka's changing his pants!
=WarChief_Zeke=
SHUT UP!
IT'S ALL THAT STUPID LOVE FAIRY'S FAULT!
EVER SINCE SHE SPRAYED ME I CAN'T CONTROL MY-
=Q-T-3.14=
Dude, you believe in fairies? Craaazy!
=LalaMoonbean_notaFairy=
You're right, fellow human whom I've never met before offline!
Everyone knows fairies are just make-believe!
Yup, yup, yup!
=WarChief_Zeke=
YOU AGAIN?
WHY ARE YOU STILL FOLLOWING ME?
BEGONE, THOT!
EVERYONE - THEY'RE HERE! THEY'RE THE CRAZIES, NOT ME!
THE FAIRIES ARE -
"Okay, this is getting out of hand."
=MommyMisty= has switched chat to slow mode.
The entire chat froze. Miss Jessie's cat-girl avatar stood firm and unimpressed, arms folded and cartoony steam wafting from her head.
"Zeke, sweetie? If it makes you feel like less of a limp-dicked loser, go ahead and yell at me. I've taken a lot of shit in my life and I could care less if one sad, lonely boy in his momma's basement doesn't like me. But let's get one thing straight…"
The camera zoomed in on Jessie's avatar.
"Nobody - and I mean nobody - badmouths Misty Katz's kittens. Honey, I'm handing down a perma-ban."
=WarChief_Zeke=
Ban?
NOOOOOOOO!1!
PLEASE! ALL THE OTHER STRIPPERS KICKED ME OUT OF THEIR CHATS!
YOU'RE THE LAST ONE I COULD FIND!
I CAN'T FAP ON MY OWN!
I NEED THIS!
I NEED THIS!
PLEASE DON'T
=MommyMisty= has banned =WarChief_Zeke= for 999 months.
"Phew." Miss Jessie zoomed out and an embarrassed sweatdrop popped onto her cartoon face. "Sorry you had to see mama so upset, everyone. How're we all doing?"
The chat burst into song and jubilation.
=HibiscusTea06=
Oh my, Ms. Katz! You're doing lovely! (3
=Abia9817253=
YES!
NOBODY INSULTS OUR MISTY!
=Ama-Bama-Slamazon=
Take care o' business, Misty!
=Abia9817253=
(um, unless you're into that sort of thing…)
=RezzingSun=
You sound just as hot as you did 10 years ago!
=Abia9817253=
…
(are you?)
"Wooow," Suki exclaimed. "That Zeke guy was super-annoying! If I had to spend even five minutes with him, I'd go nuts!"
"You have no idea," Zoey murmured. Outside, golden light was already returning to the edyn baum, the love fairies resuming their fervent harvest. All was right with the world.
"Well, on that note," Trixie sighed, "I'd better get back to harvesting…"
The fairy was about to sulk through another portal when -
"Lady Beatrix?" Zoey's call made the fairy pause. "You seem to hold some seniority over the other love fairies." Back at the casino, Lala Moonbeam's deference to Trixie couldn't have been simple admiration.
"I didn't make Employee of the Century by being a slouch, why?"
"Did you encourage your juniors to focus only on black list clients?"
The fairy portal swirled. Trixie's eyes drilled holes in the cyberwitch.
"You've spoken frequently about your homeworld's energy crisis. Energy you obtain from human sexual relations. Could this scarcity be due to the fairy harvesters focusing their time on dead-end, involuntary celibates like Zeke?"
Trixie-sama's scowl was horrible to behold. Suki braced herself for a blast of light. Life as a newt, maybe it won't be so bad… but when she opened her eyes, Trixie seemed more impressed than angry.
"You see so much. I knew I was right to choose you, Zoey Greene."
Zoey's cheeks reddened.
"As to your question, you carry the Eye of Hecate, my dear. Anything you wish to know is but a touch away."
She extended Zoey a hand for scrying. Lillian and Suki trained their eyes on Zoey's green fingernails as they stretched… and then fell away.
"Perhaps another time."
"As you wish. We'll continue your training later this week, my lady."
Trixie slipped through her portal and vanished. The coven sisters exhaled, and Lillian finally spoke the thought on all their minds.
"Like, is she a fairyland terrorist?"
"She is a disrupter," Zoey cut in. "A kindred soul out to resist and overturn an unjust order. On this mission, she and our coven are aligned."
And before Lillian could say more, Suki squealed and tugged everyone to the TV. "Mina-san look! Misty's picking followers to play a game!"
Suki and Zoey whipped out their phones and began spamming emotes to catch the VTuber's attention. Lillian tried typing on her oversized tablet, but -
"Fuck, why're these keys so friggin' far apart?"
Oh, that's right! Suki toddled off to her room. Miss Jessie's career was re-started, Zoey's casino mess was untangled, and that Zeke guy was off pooping his pants, but there was still one last problem that needed solving.
"Here you go, Kuroko-chan!"
Lillian startled at the small box shoved into her face, half expecting a glitter bomb beneath the Pretty Cure wrapping paper. Her purple fingernails peeled back a corner for a peek, and -
"Shut up! You bought me a phone?"
"Hai! And I know you're gonna luv-luv it! I picked it out just for you!"
Lillian morphed into a piranha, shredding the wrapping paper and ripping the box to shreds. When she raised the new phone to the light, Zoey sucked in her breath. Oh no… Suki, you didn't!
For their morose, gothic coven sister, Suki had chosen a bubblegum pink smartphone. Cloying, sickeningly peppy and bubbly. And stamped on the back of the case, permanently fixed in plastic, sparkly sequins -
"Huh? Is this like -"
"It's a butterfly!" Suki beamed. Zoey cringed and lowered her goggles, bracing for the explosion of negative energy.
She wasn't prepared for Lillian's outburst of pure gold.
"Shut the front door! Zoe, my phone has a tramp stamp! And it's a butterfly! Omigod, omigod, omigod - it's like, sooo cute!"
Zoey blinked and stared as Lillian, squeeing like a little girl on Christmas, glommed Suki in a mad bear hug. "You're the best, you're the best, you're the best!"
"Aww, I love you too, Kuroko-chan!" Suki puckered her lips, ready to receive her kiss.
Lillian grimaced - but like, whatever - and settled for a peck on the cheek. The salty sweat left her gagging but for Suki, it meant the world.
Zoey blinked. Clearly, clairvoyance had its limits.
Misty's stream continued into the evening, a pleasant background noise to the coven's activities. Zoey sat at the window, writing notes about the edyn baum. Lillian had flipped her SIM card into her new phone and was pouring over weeks of missed social media. Suki began a new commission sketch, pausing every once in a while to read the chat.
=CreamFilledTwinkie=
How's canning work? I've been thinking about starting a little something on the side.
=LaPollaGrande=
How'd you do it? I'm looking to get away from some of the stuff I did when I was younger too. Any advice?
=JollyGiant=
Well Ms. Misty, there's this girl I really like. Do you have any advice on asking her out? She's really sweet and gentle, and so energetic.
"Aw, sweetie. I know a girl just like her."
Her friends were so immersed in their devices, only Suki noticed the apartment buzzer signalling a guest calling from the front lobby. "Ooh, that must be our pizza! I'll ring them up."
Two minutes later, Suki jogged to meet a harsh rap on their apartment door. "Hai-hai! You've got our- ?"
Whack! The sucker punch threw Sarah off her feet and sent her sliding across the foyer.
"Baaah! Mih node!"
No relief. Elegant black shoes strode up to her; pink-painted fingernails seized her dress, and Suki was forced to meet a menacing tartan skirt and angry white blouse. Eyes of blue steel flashed Suki a death glare.
"You did this!"
Tiffany Maye thrust her cell phone into Suki's face, the screen queued to the new Misty Katz homepage. "My mom won't tell me anything but it has to be you! You convinced her to start up this make-believe porn star crap again, didn't you? What were you thinking?"
"I jush - I jush -"
"My mom was finally smartening up! Finally acting her age! She was studying, she was staying sober! She was just about to get her life back on track, and then you showed up to drag her back into the muck!"
Tiffany released her, and Suki's head clunked on the floorboards. Brimming with pent-up rage, the cheerleader started pacing up and down the foyer.
"This close! I was this close to having a normal mom! But then you had to come into our lives and ruin everything! You stupid, stupid …" she wracked her brain, "stupid moo-cow!"
Hearing the commotion, Zoey and Lillian dashed to the foyer.
"Suki?"
"Whoa, what the hell?"
Both girls rushed to their coven sister's side. All three stared at Tiffany's abyssal energy.
"Zoey Greene? Ugh, I should've known you'd be mixed up with this… this weirdness! Audrey's right, you are nothing but trouble!"
"Tiffany Maye, please leave this place. Your energy is not welcome here."
"Yeah, like get the fuck back to Malibu, Barbie!"
"Daijobu, mina-san." Suki wiped her bloody nose and grunted to her feet. "I can handle this."
The chubby girl limped towards the preppy cheerleader, bruised but undaunted. Suki's eyes scowled with firm resolve. Zoey startled, seeing Suki's energy so calm and still.
Suki took a deep breath.
"Back in high school, I thought you were the nicest girl ever. I thought I'd be so, so lucky if I could be your friend, even just for a day."
"Friend? You were stalking -"
"But you're mean, Tiff-Tiff! Everyone's just a doll to you, and if you can't dress them up nice 'n proper, you throw them out! Even your own mom!"
"Dress up? My mother is an alcoholic! The doctor diagnosed her with emphy-"
"I don't have to listen to a mean girl like you!"
"Don't you see? You're not helping my mom! You're enabling -"
"Just leave me alone! Go away, Tiff-Tiff!"
"Call me that again, Sarah-Sucks-a-Lot, and I will -"
"That's not my name!"
Zoey drew back. The force of the scream likely startled the entire apartment complex. It froze Tiffany Maye in her tracks, eyes wide and unsure what to expect. The huffing, puffing gyaru scrunched her fists as she caught her breath and laid down the law.
"That's not my name! I'm Sarah Stevens, the bishoujo manga-ka! I'm an artist, I have two awesome best friends who love me and all sorts of people who love my drawings! I don't care what you think at all! The last thing I want is to hurt your mom. All I want is for Miss Jessie to feel as special and happy as she made me feel, and I'm gonna help her in any way I can. If you don't like that … too bad for you!"
Tiffany breathed heavily, a dragon gathering fire and brimstone for a final blast. But there were three of them standing together, and Sarah's eyes glared so very firmly…
She retreated over the doorway with a warning.
"I swear, if I so much as see any of you you near my mother again, I'll bring my girlfriend here and she will burn down your stupid clubhouse for weirdos!"
The door slammed shut. An unsteady calm returned to the loft.
"Suki -"
"I'm okay," she said, wiping her eyes. "Gosh, look at me - I squeezed my face so hard, my eyes are watering."
"Like, Suki you -"
"Sarah," she repeated. "You guys can call me Sarah, okay? I'm not afraid of that name any more."
Zoey nodded. "Then, My dear Sarah, shall we return and finish the livestream?"
"Hai! Let's do it, Denise!"
The witch flinched.
"I mean, let's do it, Zoey." Maybe one day…
"Um, for the record? I'm still Lillian. No 'Lily', no 'Lily-Pie', m'kay?"
"You got it, Kuroko-chan!"
The goth smirked. "Hey, Sarah? Putting that preppy bitch in her place? You totally kicked ass."
"Arigato!"
The three friends sat side by side on the couch, where Lillian decided it was high time to test out her new phone's camera. One selfie snapped off after another until they had the perfect shot to upload to their online accounts: Lillian baring her tongue and flashing a middle finger, Zoey smiling serenely at the center, and Sarah hugging them both while flashing a peace sign. Lillian's caption said it all:
We're the Dark Coven, bitches and we're gonna raise hell for all you normies! Watch out - this party's just getting started!
Fin