Stuck in the middle with you

Rose hummed to herself as she walked down the hall. She was feeling pretty good, even though she had to constantly stop to readjust her shirt, since it kept slipping. While that was inconvenient, she didn’t mind too much. Nick was going to be gone for the entire day, so it was just the girls, and she had exposed herself enough around most of them that she’d become numb to it at this point.

Kind of like how Kim had gotten used to just walking around in her underwear.

On that note, Rose was surprised when she saw Kim approaching her wearing actual clothes. For once, the skimpy schoolgirl outfit she had on wasn’t the most revealing garment in the room.

“Oh hey, Kim, what’s up?” Rose waved at the asian girl. “Come to sell me something?” She cocked her hip to the side and framed her cheek, striking a pose that emphasized her enhanced assets. “Or maybe you’re looking for me to be a model? I’d be happy to help, but anything more than underwear might be a problem for today…”

“No, I’m already off work,” Kim said, shaking her head. “But I’m glad to hear you’re interested in doing favors.”

“Hmm?” Rose perked up. “Always willing to do a favor if you need something. How may I help?” She batted her eyelashes.

Kim sighed and scratched her cheek. “Well… okay, you promise not to laugh?”

“Mm… no.”

“Okay, that’s- Wait, what?!” Kim’s jaw hit the ground. “Why not?!”

Rose shrugged. “I don’t make promises I can’t keep,” she plainly responded. “You might say something really funny, and I would start laughing, and that would make me a liar, so sorry, no, I can’t promise that.”

Kim sighed. Rose could be really difficult sometimes. “…Whatever. Look. Your date with Nick is tomorrow, right?”

Rose’s lips curled up into an amused smile. She wasn’t sure where the other woman was going with this, but she could play along. “That’s right,” she said, twirling a lock of her hair. “Why do you ask?”

“Because I got this,” Kim said, handing over the crumpled flyer to Rose. “You know, as part of my boon I got first dibs on bounties, and this was the one I picked out.”

Rose read over the sheet and whistled.

ENGAGE IN A THREESOME WITH THE MASTER AND ANOTHER CONTESTANT

REWARD: FREE NIGHT IN THE PROXIMITY PALACE

“Well, that’s something,” she said, giving Kim the flyer back. “A threesome, huh?”

“Eeyup,” Kim nodded. “A threesome.”

The blank expression on Rose’s face ticked her off a little, but she maintained a pleasant smile.

“…Rose?”

“Sorry, I’m not sure what this has to do with me,” Rose bluntly responded. She shrugged. “Congratulations, I guess?”

“Huh!? I mean… …Oh. You want me to come right out and say it.” Kim fought back her irritation at the other woman’s games.

“Oui, very much so.” Rose was really enjoying this.

“…Rose, would you please join me in a threesome?” Kim asked as dryly and indifferently as possible.

Rose opened her mouth into an “O”, like she was shocked Kim would ask her something like that. She placed her hand over her exposed breast as if she’d been struck by surprise. “What? Moi? You’re asking me for a threesome?”

Kim’s eye twitched. “…Yes. Tomorrow is your night with Nick. I’ve already claimed the bounty, so I’d like to finish it as fast as possible,” she explained.

“So you’re just using me because it’s convenient for you?” Rose wiped a fake tear from her eye. “I’m wounded, Kim… and here I thought we were friends…”

Kim let out a sigh, exasperated by Rose’s melodrama. “…Whatever. If you’re not gonna do it, I’ll find someone else.” She turned to leave but Rose caught her by the wrist.

“Oh, come on! I’m just playing around!” Rose chortled. “I’m surprised though. To think you would ask me… is there something I don’t know? Should I be blushing right now?” She batted her eyelashes playfully.

Kim rolled her eyes. Then her face softened. “Look, um… there were other people I thought of…”

“Like your little assassin friend?” Rose interjected.

“…Yes, she was… a candidate,” Kim admitted. “But she’s, uh…”

Augmented Synthetic Humanoid Assassin had been very eager. And while Kim liked the mute girl okay, she also had a lot of evidence that the other woman was very forward and aggressive. Engaging in a threesome with her at this point in their relationship… it might be more intense than she was ready for right now.

“…I also thought about Dani,” Kim changed the subject. “Since she’s coming up really soon too.”

“Right before you, in fact,” Rose reminded her.

“…Right. And Dani, well… she definitely has experience with girls…”

“More than I do, certainly,” Rose sniffed, crossing her arms over her chest. She couldn’t help but feel a little proud that she was Kim’s first choice before even their resident lesbian. “Let me guess, you didn’t want to make Carly jealous?”

“Huh? No, I don’t care about that,” Kim shook her head. “Carly’s not the jealous type.”

“True.”

“I just thought it would be better with you, you know, because of your transformation,” Kim reminded her. “The one that makes things better if you’re involved in a threesome?” Her cheeks reddened. “I’ve never, um… with a girl before, so…”

Having never slept with a woman (or anyone besides Nick, for that matter) Kim could use all the help she could get. And if Rose’s transformation made it easier to act through, that would be the best thing for all parties.

“I’m curious though, Kim, I wouldn’t have expected you to take a bounty like that,” Rose said, glancing at the flyer. After all, there wasn’t even a BP reward. Not that Kim really needed it at this point. “You’ve only started having sex with Nick recently, after all.”

Kim blushed. Rose wasn’t wrong. She’d really only had one sexual encounter with her… boyfriend? Lover? …Whatever she and Nick were. Even if there had been multiple “encounters” that one time.

“…The other option would have **** me to sexually please at least five women, maybe more,” Kim explained.

That was enough for Rose. She nodded and dropped the topic.

“So, will you help me?” Kim asked.

Rose stroked her chin thoughtfully. “Okay… well first off, I just want to say, I’m very happy you came to me with this,” she said, beaming at the other girl. “Very much appreciated. On the other hand, though, I’m hearing a lot of this,” she flapped her hand open and closed like a mouth, “…but I’m not hearing a lot of this.” She pinched her thumb and her index finger together and began to rub.

Kim stared at her.

“…Huh?” She tilted her head to the side.

Rose sighed in exasperation.

“What’s in it for me?” She bluntly asked. “You’re asking me to share my night with you, well, what’s in it for me, then?”

Kim’s smile finally failed her. Yeah, I should have expected that. This is Rose I’m dealing with, after all.

“Look, Kim, I understand where you’re coming from, really, I do,” Rose said, shrugging. “You want to clear your bounty as fast as possible. And since Nick is gone all day today, your earliest opportunity is going to be my date with him tomorrow. That will free you up to take advantage of your boon and get more early bounties, since you can’t claim any more until you clear this one. Which you would definitely be able to do on your night with Nick in three days, but you’d rather not wait that long, so you came to me first. And if that doesn’t work out, you’re going to go to Dani, since her day is right after mine and before yours, and she’s got that new transformation that makes her want to lure people into bed with him. Sound right?”

Kim grimaced. Rose may screw things up regularly, but when it came to stuff like this she was annoyingly perceptive and actually very intelligent.

“…Yeah,” she admitted with a **** nod. “You’re right. That was essentially what I was hoping to do, Rose.”

Rose smiled proudly, glad she had figured that out. There was only one thing though.

“…But it won’t work,” she pointed out. “Because my plan is to invite Nick to a date in Dream Alley. I’ve got all this money for a reason, you know, and the more personal time I spend with my guy, the better. And since I can’t invite other girls with me… sorry, Kim. I don’t think I can help you.”

She shrugged. “But it’s only one day,” Rose added, trying to make it sound better. “You skip tomorrow, focus on a plan of attack to appeal to Dani, and I’m sure you can work out a deal with her!”

Rose did want Kim to succeed in this, even if they weren’t really that close. She just wasn’t going to give up her day with Nick to make it happen.

Kim didn’t like having to wait. But she could understand Rose’s perspective.

“This is an interesting conversation. Do you mind if I join in?”

Rose and Kim turned to see Dawn walking down the hall, her tail flicking behind her back. She wore a determined expression behind her glasses.

“Well, we were just finishing up, actually,” Kim said.

“No, please, what were you saying?” Rose was curious what Dawn wanted.

Dawn looked past Kim and focused her attention on Rose.

“Did I hear you two right?” She asked. “You guys were talking about having a threesome with Nick tomorrow?”

“Eavesdropping isn’t nice,” Kim teased. “Even if you have the extra ears to do it with.”

Rose giggled at the joke while Dawn’s ears twitched. She wasn’t amused.

“It’s alright,” Rose said, waving her hand. “But no, Dawn, we were actually talking about just the opposite,” she said. “I was telling Kim that I’m not interested in having a threesome with her tomorrow, since I want to go to Dream Alley.”

Dawn blinked. “…Really?”

“Of course,” Rose said, not seeing why Dawn would be confused. It only made sense to go to Dream Alley on her date.

Dawn adjusted her glasses thoughtfully. “Well, if you say so. Personally though, I’m not sure Nick would be too receptive to that. He is coming off a Dream Alley date with Vivian, you know.”

Rose twitched flinched slightly when she heard that and adjusted her posture.

“Oh yeah, that’s true,” Kim nodded. “That’d be, what, two back to back days in Dream Alley for the guy?”

“I get your point,” Rose said, twirling a lock of hair thoughtfully. “It could be overwhelming. Still… I think I can make him forget all about his date with her,” she said playfully.

Kim shrugged. “Look, Rose, you already made it clear that you weren’t going to take me on your date, so don’t think this is me trying to manipulate you or anything. But I think you might be setting yourself up for a nasty surprise if you try and follow Vivian’s date with a Dream Alley date of your own.”

“Oh?” Rose studied Kim suspiciously for a few seconds, until she was sure that the other girl wasn’t messing with her. “Why’s that?”

“Because last week, Vivian was consulting with me about her plans for a Dream Alley date,” Kim explained, making a foul expression at just the thought of it. “And she had a lot of fancy and glamorous stuff planned. I know I wouldn’t be thrilled to be following whatever crazy rich person ideas she had. I’d aim for something more personal and intimate, myself.”

“Right.” Rose crossed her arms over her chest and raised her eyebrows. “Like a threesome.”

Kim rolled her eyes. “I already told you, I’m not trying to manipulate you into inviting me for a threesome,” she scoffed.

“I am,” Dawn said bluntly, surprising both girls.

“Huh?” Rose swung her head around to the cat girl in surprise.

“You are?” Kim asked, her eyes widening.

Dawn nodded. “Well, not manipulate you, but I’m asking you straight-out,” she clarified. “I want you to invite me on your date tomorrow for a threesome.”

That definitely hadn’t been what Rose expected. Once her initial shock wore off, she curled up her lips into a smirk. “Oh, Dawny… I just knew it! All these weeks later and you still can’t forget that first night we shared together with Nick, can you, my adorable little kitty cat?”

Dawn’s cheeks reddened. “That… has nothing to do with it,” she replied, remembering the steamy night of passion she and Rose had with Nick. Even though neither of them actually had sex with him, it was still pretty intense.

In spite of her attempt to remain stoic, though, her tail was flicking excitedly behind her back. Rose observed that with an amused expression.

“…Look, I already did some stuff with, um, Mary. And Holly, too. With Nick, I mean,” Dawn said, playing with a fringe of her hair. Usually she was better at expressing herself than this, much to her frustration. “And it was a good time, okay? I’m not gonna deny that! But, uh… the reason why…”

“Because of your transformation, right?” Rose interrupted her. She knew exactly what Dawn was dealing with.

• The New Thing All the Kids Are Into: At the beginning of each round, Dawn will have a vision of a specific sexual act. (Blowjob, handjob, etc.) She will feel more strongly compelled to do that act than any other form of sex, and urge other girls to do the same, aspiring to show that she can do it better than they can. Each time Dawn “wins” against another girl in this competition, as determined honestly by Nick, she will receive a small sum of VP as a prize. (Competitive)

“…Yes,” Dawn said, her face getting hot as she was reminded of her transformation. “Because of my transformation. I have to, um… hotdog him. Compete at it, anyway. And I did really good last time, but… there are other people I can compete with, so…”

“Like me, you mean,” Rose interrupted her.

“…Yes,” Dawn reluctantly confirmed again. “I was thinking you and I would be able to compete in a hotdogging competition. Tomorrow. With Nick.”

“Well, wait!” Kim blurted out, not sure she liked the direction this conversation was going. “Rose, if you’re actually considering a threesome, then I want to get in on this!”

Rose blinked. She looked at Kim, then slowly turned her gaze onto Dawn. Then back to Kim. Then to Dawn again. Both girls could see the gears in the blonde’s head turning.

Then her lips curled up in a smirk so loaded with crap that they both knew nothing good could come from it.

“So what you’re saying…” Rose preened, puffing out her expanded chest. This had the effect of causing her shirt to slip and reveal more of her bra, but she didn’t even care. “…Is that my popular phase has come, then.”

Kim and Dawn shared a look. Oh yeah, they’d messed up bad, stroking Rose’s ego like this.

Both girls silently agreed to turn and walk away.

“Never mind.”

“Forget it.”

“Wait, wait, wait, come on!” Rose groaned, yanking them both back. “Don’t be like that!”

“Nah, sorry, I’d like the help, but not if it involves stroking your ego like this,” Kim said.

“Same here. I don’t need the competition that badly,” Dawn agreed, shaking her head.

Rose rolled her eyes. “Look, guys, I get what you were saying before about Dream Alley; maybe it’s better if I leave that alone for this round, at least, and focus on something intimate here at home.” Rose had run through several fun dates in Dream Alley already; she wanted to keep things fresh, after all. “…But that doesn’t mean it’s to my benefit to invite either of you, right?”

She crossed her arms over her chest. “So let’s negotiate?”

Kim and Dawn looked at each other again. While neither girl wanted to prostrate themselves for Rose’s favor, they both saw the personal advantages here.

Dawn stepped forward first. “I think it is in your favor, actually,” she asserted, adjusting her glasses.

Rose was willing to hear her out. “How so?” She asked.

“Kim and I, we can help you with your bounties if you help us,” Dawn pointed out.

Rose blinked. “…Intriguing. Go on?”

“You showed us your bounty sheet before, remember?” Kim reminded the other girl. “Dawn and I. If I recall, there were some bounties on there that required other people in them.” That had been another reason Kim had reached out to Rose, thinking she could negotiate on that front. But Rose had been so adamant about rejecting the idea that she hadn’t even brought it up.

“That’s true, there might be one or two,” Rose said, summoning up her sheet and presenting it to the girls. “Care to have a look?”

This Round’s Bounties:

Bring Holly to Orgasm in Front of the Master – 100 BP

Perform a Dual Strip Tease with another Contestant for the Master – 100 BP

Accept a Random Temporary Clothing Transformation (24 consecutive hours) – 300 BP

Bring the Master to Orgasm with Your Feet – 300 BP

Use Method Acting to Copy a Sexual Transformation on your Night with the Master – 500 BP

Spend One Full Day (24 consecutive hours) Wearing the Style of another Contestant (chosen at random) – 500 BP

Provide another Contestant Oral Sex – 500 BP

Have Sex with the Master in front of other Contestants – x300 BP per Contestant

Prepare a Dish for another Contestant with the Master’s Cum as a Key Ingredient – 1500 BP (must be fully consumed to get the reward)

Get Pregnant – 5000 BP

“See?” Dawn pointed out several options on the list. “Perform a strip tease with another contestant, and have sex with Nick in front of other contestants. Those are options where it would benefit you to share your night with one of us.”

“Or both of us,” Kim chimed in, sensing an opportunity here.

“There’s also the one where I prepare a dish for another contestant with Nick’s cum as a key ingredient,” Rose pointed out. “Are you volunteering to take that one?”

Dawn blanched. She was hoping Rose would over look that.

Kim didn’t seem thrilled about taking that one up herself.

“Now, I’m not thrilled about giving up my premium quality alone time with Nick, but you two are definitely making a compelling argument,” Rose said, tapping her chin thoughtfully and gazing upwards in contemplation. “Tell you what… I’ll give it some serious thought.”

She turned her gaze to the other girls and a smirk crossed her lips. “So… with that in mind, shall we begin negotiations?”

Neither the cat girl nor the schoolgirl was thrilled by the expression she was wearing.