Just try to understand this, it's not that I'm trying to outshine

The remainder of the date at the Amusement Park continued in much the same manner, with Nick relieved and yet secretly concerned by the behavior he witnessed from the two girls. Like on the roller-coaster, they were both heavily in competition to spend as much time with him as possible, no matter the ride.

It was a little nice to have both Dawns fighting over him, given how distant and cold she had once been. But there was such a concept as “too much of a good thing” too. And as much as he liked spending time with both girls… he was very glad they were only competing with each other, and not with someone else.

If it had been another girl in his harem on the date instead of one of the Dawns, he might be worried about a blood feud happening.

Their hands were everywhere! No matter what ride they went on, both cat girls looked for any excuse they could find to grab him and caress him and grope him, not to mention rubbing their cheeks up against him and squeezing in tight and close.

It was flattering, if not a little bothersome. Nick didn’t mind at all, though. It wasn’t like he was being taken advantage of, he knew that this was one of their temporary transformations kicking in.

Sadly though, the date couldn’t last forever.

“Whoooo! That was so much fun!” Bianca staggered off the Tilt-a-Girl ride, which was styled like a woman riding a stripper pole. She was having trouble walking straight, even with her feline balance and natural grace as a gymnast. “I’m so glad I came today…”

“Me too,” Auburn nodded, following after her. She was just as shaky as her other self, but she was more reserved about expressing it.

“I’m glad that you’re both having fun,” Nick said, sitting down to take a breather. “That was the point of the date, after all,” he noted with a laugh.

The two girls looked at him and shared a laugh of their own.

“So what now?” Bianca asked, looking up at the sky. “It’s getting late. Will we have time to ride the Ferris Wheel?”

She almost sounded afraid. Which Nick supposed made sense. After all, the situation was a shaky one, and she clearly cared a lot about going on that ride. Auburn didn’t express herself in so many words, but he could see the desperation in her eyes as well.

“Of course we will,” he said firmly, standing up. “Come on! This date has been going great so far, we have to end it on a high note! We’ll make it even if we have to run!”

“That’s a nice sentiment,” Auburn said with a nod. She cleared her throat. “…But I don’t think that will be necessary.”

She pointed behind them. Once again, the park had shifted, and now the Ferris Wheel was right there, ready to go.

Another nice gesture from Dakota. Nick would be sure to thank her.

“Yes!” Bianca punched the air. She didn’t hesitate to run over to the ride, practically bouncing with impatience as she waited for the other two to catch up.

Nick and Auburn followed after her, Nick suppressing his amused smile.

“You’ve got a playful side to you that I didn’t expect,” he mentioned to Auburn as they walked over, not in as much of a hurry now that the ride was right there in front of them.

“It’s complicated,” Auburn replied. She knew that Nick was talking to her like that because her mature, reserved nature was a lot more like the Dawn he knew. She could see it in his eyes. “Do you… like me better that way?” She kept her voice low, in a whisper, so Bianca couldn’t hear.

Nick looked at her in alarm.

“Huh?”

Auburn stopped. “Bianca… she’s my- I mean, Dawn’s… she’s the fun, playful side of our personality that Dawn hardly ever indulges.” She placed her hand over her pounding heart. “And a big part of that… is because of me.”

Nick didn’t know what to say to that.

“Auburn…”

“I know neither of us is the ‘real’ Dawn, because we both are,” Auburn said, shaking her head. “But she’s so different… it’s almost like she’s rubbing it in my face.”

Nick wasn’t sure how to respond to that. He looked at the sad expression on the other girl’s face and approached her.

“Auburn… do you think that I like Bianca more than you?”

She looked at him like he was an idiot. Of course she was afraid of that… that’s why she asked the question!

“You’re both Dawn,” Nick said. “You’ve got her best qualities split between you.”

“I-I know…” Auburn adjusted her glasses, feeling little from Nick’s hollow platitudes. She looked over at her other self. “But… I’ve always wondered what it would be like… if I could be free. If I didn’t have to worry about all this stuff, if I… if I could just do what I want to do.”

“I think if anybody only ever did what they wanted to do without tempering it with reason, that would be a problem,” Nick replied. “That isn’t a bad thing. It’s like I said before, moderation. You and Bianca need to strike a balance for Dawn, don’t you think?”

Auburn considered that. “…I guess… I just wish… I don’t know what I wish,” she admitted, shaking her head. Dawn was always used to simple, correct answers. But in the present situation, there really weren’t any, were there?

She could understand that, unfortunately.

Nick looked at her, and wondered what he should say. What would she even hear from him, if he spoke to her?

He couldn’t be sure.

“Hey!” Bianca called over to them, stomping her foot. “Are you guys coming!? Hurry it up! Auburn, no hogging Nick! It’s not fair!”

Nick turned back to the ponytailed Dawn beside him. Bianca was right about one thing. “Auburn, I think we should save this conversation for the Ferris Wheel,” he informed her.

Auburn looked at him, her eyes wide with surprise and fear. “Wh-what?” She stammered, shaking her head quickly. “But-”

“This is a conversation for both halves of you,” he said, taking her hand. “So come on, let’s have it already.”

Auburn wanted to protest, but also, she was holding Nick’s hand.

So she couldn’t really say anything in response as he led her over to the Ferris Wheel, and they all got on together.

As expected, Nick ended up sandwiched in the middle. He was growing quite comfortable with that arrangement.

Bianca was rocking in her seat, squeezed up next to him and purring with excitement. She could enjoy herself fully while Auburn remained locked in place with anxiety.

That wasn’t fair, so Nick felt the need to say something.

“You two… I think we should talk about what’s going on,” he said, draping an arm over each of them. “And this rivalry between the two of you.”

Auburn winced, while Bianca stiffened. She looked up at Nick, surprised.

“Really?” She asked, her ears twitching. “What about it?”

Nick looked at Auburn. “Bianca, your other self told me that she’s bothered by the fact that she has to be the responsible one. That you get to do whatever you want, but she can’t do the same. What do you think about that?”

Auburn winced.

Bianca’s eyes widened and she shook her head. “That’s not at all how it is!” Bianca replied. “I’m just trying to do what I want! And she can do what she wants, too!”

“No, I can’t!” Auburn protested. “I have to be mature! Or else…”

“Or else what?” Bianca asked bluntly.

Auburn winced. “…Or else we might get hurt.”

“How?”

“…What do you mean?” Auburn clearly wasn’t prepared for that question.

“How will we get hurt?” Bianca repeated herself clearer.

Auburn looked over at Nick, who wasn’t sure what to say. He shrugged.

“Well-”

“Because we will,” Auburn replied. “Like at lunch! You ate that deep-fried twinkie and then went on the roller-coaster, and then you threw up!”

Bianca winced. “Okay… yeah, you’re right,” she admitted. “But that twinkie was delicious! I didn’t regret it at all!”

“But… but what if you did?” Auburn pointed out. “You could have… I don’t know…”

She was losing ground, and she didn’t exactly know how to recover it.

Bianca sensed weakness in her other self’s argument, and pushed forward with her own point.

“That’s the thing, you don’t get it, do you?” She replied, crossing her arms over her chest. “You’re paranoid and overprotective! You keep thinking of ways things can go wrong, and if you were in charge of Dawn, we’d never get to do anything fun, would we?”

Auburn winced. “I… I just want us to be safe… and do the right thing.”

Nick stepped in before Bianca could say anything. “I think Bianca knows that,” he said, “but sometimes the right thing isn’t just the thing that’s responsible. Sometimes it’s just what makes you happiest. Cutting loose, so you don’t have to deal with any pressure, you know?”

“Exactly!” Bianca nodded in agreement. “I couldn’t have said it better myself!”

Auburn winced again. “Okay… maybe… maybe you’re right,” she relented. “I did have fun in the candy shop… and going on the roller-coaster…”

She’d had a lot of fun on this date. Even with Bianca pushing boundaries the whole time. And yes, there was a part of her that wondered just how good that deep-fried twinkie had tasted, because Bianca made it look delicious.

But it wasn’t that simple.

“It’s like I said before,” Nick gently explained to the girls. “You two need to strike a balance together. Otherwise, you’re just going to end up burning each other out. Auburn, the mature side of Dawn has been in control for so long… wouldn’t it be okay to let up the slack a little? And let Dawn enjoy herself doing what she wants, even if it might be immature, or even a little risky?”

Auburn looked at Bianca, who seemed to be pleading with her.

What could she even say to that? After all, whether she wanted to do that or not…

“…That’s not up to me,” Auburn pointed out, shaking her head. She looked back and forth between the two of them. “It’s just not, and you both know it.”

Bianca sighed and nodded. “…You’re right,” she agreed. “It’s up to Dawn in the end.”

“But… aren’t you both Dawn?” Nick was still confused.

The two girls shared a look as the Ferris Wheel got closer to the top.

“We are,” Auburn said.

“…But that doesn’t mean we make decisions in committee,” Bianca added.

They shook their heads.

“I can be a little wild because I know she’s there,” Bianca said, nodding to Auburn, “to be the mature one.”

Auburn nodded. “But when we recombine, who knows what’s going to happen then? The Dawn that results from that will still be herself. Will she even remember being the two of us? And if she is, who knows, maybe she would still want to keep doing what she always does and prioritize doing the ‘right thing’ over having a good time.”

Without Auburn there to bear that weight, there was no telling what Dawn would do when she got control back.

Nick could see the issue. But still…

“…Then it’s up to Dawn in the end,” he said. “Whatever she decides on, that’s how it’s gonna be, right? Because you two are both a part of her.”

Bianca and Auburn looked at each other.

“…He’s right, I guess,” Bianca nodded.

Auburn nodded right back. “We’re just two parts… Dawn will do what Dawn will do.”

Neither one of them really knew what that would be. But they hoped that their united self would make the right decision for all three of them.

In the meantime… what could they do together, on the Ferris Wheel? Now that it had slowed to a stop at the top?

Both Dawns looked at each other, and sly grins crossed their faces. They could come up with a few ideas for right now.

“You know, Nick, I’ve been thinking,” Bianca said, slowly spider-crawling her fingers up Nick’s shirt collar.

“Oh? Really?” Nick raised his eyebrow, curious about where this was going. “Thinking about what?”

Auburn played with her ponytail, her cat ears twitching. “Probably the same thing I’ve been thinking about, frankly,” she replied, batting her eyelashes his way.

He turned his attention to her next. “And what would that be?” He asked.

“This conversation,” Bianca continued, leaning in and breathing hotly on his collar, “it’s got a lot of thoughts spinning in my head, you know?”

Nick looked at her, surprised.

“We’ve been thinking of each other as parts of Dawn,” Auburn pointed out. She trailed her fingers down his arm and wrapped her hands around his. She scooted up close to him and rubbed her body against his, batting her eyelashes his way. “And when you think about it like that…”

“…All this competition between us? Kind of silly, don’t you think?” Bianca pointed out. She shook her head. “No, no, no, this simply won’t do!” She clicked her tongue.

Auburn took over, pressing him closer into Bianca as she practically climbed on top of him, moving as close as she could in the car. “…If we’re both Dawn, then really…”

“…We should be working together to please you, don’t you think?” Bianca finished, leaning in as close to him as Auburn was.

Nick was suddenly squeezed between two very energized cat girls determined to rub themselves up against him, both breathing hotly against his cheeks.

They were determined to make this work, that was for sure.

And honestly?

Part of him was determined to make this work as well, considering how much fun he was having between the two of them.

Both cat girls leaned up and planted a simultaneous kiss on each cheek, before pulling back with matching mischievous smiles.

“I know we’ve been a little naughty today…”

“Always getting into arguments with each other…”

“But we’re prepared to be good now!”

“So, so good.”

“Good to you, mainly.”

“Ooh, yes, definitely good to you!”

What was happening right now? They had both seemed so much like Dawn, but he never knew Dawn to have a playful side this… playful.

Nick decided to lean into it, just as much as they were leaning into him. “Well, if that’s what you want, who am I to debate?” He asked, running his hand down their backs and caressing their bottoms playfully. Both girls squirmed in his hand. “So what were you thinking?”

The two cat girls shared a look.

“Well, it’s already pretty cramped here,” Auburn pointed out, being the voice of reason as always.

“But that doesn’t mean that we can’t still have a bit of fun,” Bianca added, dedicated to enjoying herself no matter what.

The two girls were both Dawn, and both thought the same way Dawn thought. Hence why they were able to coordinate so well together.

And of course, that means they both came up with the exact same idea.

“How about…”

“…A three-way kiss?”

Nick blinked. “So… kissing both of you at once, huh?” It was a novel idea that got his heart racing. Both Dawns wore matching smirks.

“We’re equipped for it, better than most,” Auburn pointed out.

“Definitely equipped for it,” Bianca echoed.

And to prove their point, both Dawns opened their mouths, and let their long tongues droop out, licking excitedly against the air.

Nick’s heart skipped a beat.

“Well, what are we waiting for, then?” He asked with a grin.

Both girls leaned in close, aligning their faces together in a way that only a girl who was split between two bodies could do properly. They both moved up to his mouth, and their tongues extended, nearly wrapping around each other as they tried to kiss Nick at the same time.

It was a rough and sloppy kiss, and on some level Nick figured that was part of the point. He felt two long tongues run against his as two pairs of lips struggled against his, and two pairs of hands clutched at his face and hair.

The ceasefire could only last so long, in the end. But the kiss blew him away. The two Dawns struggled to keep him entranced with them, and at times he couldn’t tell if he was kissing one of them or kissing both. He would feel one head pull him in for a liplock, only to let him go so another set of lips could suck on his face instead. And all the while, those tongues kept lashing about, swirling around inside and outside of his mouth as the three of them made out together.

They didn’t even notice that the Ferris Wheel had started moving again, they were too busy focused on the kiss. And while the two girls clung to Nick’s head like they’d fall off if they let go, that gave his hands more than enough time to start exploring.

He traced his fingers across slender bodies and soft flesh, and felt the fur of their tails as well. That, combined with the way the two of them yelped and stiffened, clued him in as to just where he had landed.

With one hand each he began to caress their round little butts again, tightened and toned from years of gymnastics, and worked his fingers up under their skirts.

Nick cupped his hands over the pussy’s pussies, and felt the heat coming off of them. The two girls were ready to go, and the yelping mewls into his mouth only cemented that fact for him. And when he pushed his fingers up into their depths and began to dig around, not going too deep in order to tease, the way they squirmed in his hands was just delightful.

They were so caught up in the heat of the moment, giving and taking pleasure together as a trio that they the rest of the world didn’t even matter to them, they were too busy having the time of their lives right there on the ride.

The only sounds were their cries. The only movement was the movement of their bodies. And the only thing they saw was each other.

The Ferris Wheel reached the bottom, but nobody noticed. Nola certainly didn’t. Nope, nope, she conveniently looked the other way, leaning back in her seat and pressing the button to start the ride up again.

Accidentally, of course. Because she would never do something like that on purpose!