There's got to be a morning after, if we can hold on through the night

While Gina was getting all the loving sex she didn’t know she wanted, Rose was in the middle of negotiations with her roommate.

“Well, what did you think?” Rose leaned back on the bed and tented her hands behind her head. “Was my help worth a mere 500 BP?”

“Yes,” Dawn nodded begrudgingly as she used her tablet to transfer 500 BP to Rose as they had agreed.

Dawn: 2400 BP – 500 BP = 1900 BP

Rose: 0 BP + 500 BP = 500 BP

“Excellent!” Rose chirped as she looked at her new budget. She had everything she needed now. “Pleasure doing business with you.”

Dawn nodded. She still felt a little numb from last night. She’d experienced so many things she never thought possible before, and had enjoyed herself more than she ever could have imagined. It was her first real experience with anything sexual, and it still left her with a buzz of pleasure.

Had she really been blind to this all along?

“…U-Um…”

“Yes?” Rose looked up from her tablet with an innocent expression, hiding the smirk on her face. Dawn’s flushed features and inability to look her in the eye clued Rose into what the other woman was going to ask. For someone so smart, Dawn was distressingly predictable.

Unfortunately, being called out like that had caused Dawn to fall silent, so Rose had to wait. She wanted Dawn to say for herself what she wanted, so there would be no misunderstandings.

It took a few minutes of silence, but finally Dawn was able to spit it out.

“…Thank you. For helping me. I don’t think… no, there’s no way I would have been able to do all that stuff on my own.” For all her pride, Dawn had no qualms with acknowledging the accomplishments of others. No, her hesitation was due to something else entirely.

“Can I… ask you another favor?” Dawn mumbled.

Rose leaned in, intrigued. She knew what Dawn was going to ask her already, but she wanted to hear the other girl say it first.

“Go on.”

“Can you… that is, can we…” Dawn took a deep breath and tried again, her tail twitching behind her. “Could I ask for your assistance again? Showing me what to do, I mean?”

Perfect. Rose used all her skills as an actress to keep an evil smile from curling up her lips.

“I’d be happy to help you, Dawn,” Rose replied. “But that’s not up to me.”

Dawn frowned. “What do you mean? Why not?”

“Well, because I might be leaving at the end of this round,” Rose reminded her. “If I don’t become someone’s buddy then I won’t be able to keep helping you out, after all, I’ll be assigned whatever elimination transformation I get.”

Dawn scowled. She’d forgotten that little detail in the heat of all the things they’d done together. She’d been planning on having Rose around for a lot longer. It wouldn’t do if she were to get eliminated before Dawn could pick up all her techniques.

Then an idea crossed her mind. Exactly the idea that Rose had been leading her to realize.

“What if… what if I made you my buddy?” Dawn asked.

Rose raised her eyebrow, pretending to seem intrigued. “Really?” She asked. “You’d do that for me?”

“Absolutely!” Dawn said. “There’s no way I’m going to buddy up with Gina, after all. One more week of that annoying music she listens to all day and I’ll rip these ears right off of my head!” Her ears flattened as she shouted.

“…Well, Dawn, that really means a lot to me,” Rose said. “I honestly didn’t expect that.”

Dawn knew she was probably lying, but she didn’t care. At this point, the only thing that mattered was advancing her own position in the competition. She had 14 Victory Points. That wasn’t a lot, but it wasn’t a little, either. It put her firmly in the middle of the pack. If she wanted to keep getting more Victory Points, she could use Rose’s help. The instruction manual said there were points to be had for things involving multiple girls. If she couldn’t get Nick’s first time, perhaps she could angle for his first three-way.

And there was another reason to eliminate Gina as well.

“You know, she’s probably having sex with the master right now,” Rose mused.

Dawn scowled. She didn’t need to hear that. She knew it was the case.

“I know.”

“That’ll put her at the top of the leaderboard, I imagine.”

“I know,” Dawn repeated.

If Gina was in the lead, all the more reason to kick her out.

Rose smiled. This was just what she’d hoped for. Finally, an ally she could really count on to choose her if it came down to it. There was just one thing to worry about.

“You’re sure you’ll be able to win, right?” Rose asked, frowning. “I know you’re going to try harder next time, but there’s still a chance that Gina might beat you. If that happens, not only will you not be able to keep your deal, but there’s a fairly big chance one of us will be eliminated.”

Neither one of them had made that many friends outside of each other among the other contestants. Rose couldn’t get immunity because she was the Auditionee, but if Dawn couldn’t get it either, there was a pretty big chance that one of them would be kicked out.

“It’ll be fine,” Dawn assured her with a smug grin. “After all, I’ve got a secret weapon.”

“Oh?” Rose perked up at that. “What do you mean?”

“I bought the perk that gives me a dream about the next challenge,” Dawn explained. “So I’ve got a few ideas of what to do.”

“Really, so you know what’s up?” Rose asked. “What’s it going to be about?”

Dawn was about to respond when she froze and shut her mouth, staring suspiciously at the innocent-looking Rose.

…Wait. I still don’t know what happens if I break the rule about not telling anybody. Dawn took a few seconds to flash back through the rulebook she’d memorized. It just said “Violators will be penalized (except the sexual kind of violations of course, those will judged on a case by case basis determined by where they fall on the Hot vs. Traumatizing scale)” which wasn’t exactly helpful.

Dawn narrowed her eyes suspiciously, studying Rose’s innocent smile.

Could she be playing me that far ahead? Dawn wondered. In the last round, her punishment had cost them the game. Dakota had taken advantage of her lack of experience with her sensitive tail and had sent her into a flurry of orgasms that set her so far back that she’d been unable to catch up.

What if Rose is aiming to do the same? Hell, she might even have an agreement with Gina. In exchange for ensuring Gina would get Nick’s first time and that I would get such a severe second punishment that I'm definitely going to lose the challenge, Gina will nominate Rose as her new buddy, while I'm eliminated. It made sense. Dawn had memorized the rules and was popular with the fans. Gina probably couldn’t memorize a “Berenstain Bears” book and was absolutely dead last in the polls.

This would have been the exact move Dawn would have made if she didn’t have any scruples, which clearly was the case for both blondes.

All these thoughts occurred in roughly the span of a couple seconds and when Dawn opened her mouth to call out Rose’s plot, the other girl cut her off.

“Wait, wait, don’t tell me. I forgot, you’re not allowed to,” Rose groaned. “It’s fine. I’ll work with it anyway. Besides, it’s not like it matters if I win or lose, right?” She laughed.

Dawn blinked, feeling a little sheepish. For the first time in her life she wondered if she may have been overthinking things.

Dawn awoke feeling rested and relaxed for the first time since the game began. She’d been beleaguered with fatigue on the night of Gina’s last date, from a combination of staying up the night before to memorize the rulebook and a second all-nighter trying to figure out where to go on her own date. And every night since then had been plagued with Gina snoring and reenacting “Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon” in her sleep.

Not to mention her tail. She’d finally started learning how to sleep without rolling herself into an orgasm, which was nice.

But she’d finally had a night free of wuxia beat-downs, embarrassment, and exhaustion (sexual and otherwise) so she slept like a baby.

Another thing that was new, was that her bed was already empty. Dawn almost never woke up first; Gina usually slept like a log. Then she spotted a note on the door telling her that everyone would be meeting in the banquet hall for breakfast.

She had a sinking suspicion she knew why.

After taking a shower and getting changed, she headed down to the banquet hall. She was the last one there; even Gina had made it before her, probably because she had been with Nick. Dawn studied her roommate closely as she walked past. Gina seemed to be on edge, and glanced periodically at Nick, but no one else.

The atmosphere in the room was tense, because of that, and because of a certain other person.

Dawn didn’t spare more than a glance Dakota’s way, and immediately she wished she hadn’t. The girl’s face was an icy mask and her golden eyes looked dead and hollow as they drilled holes into Gina. And if Dakota looked enraged, Mary looked despondent.

Everyone knew. It was obvious. And even the perpetually-smiling Kim and Carly couldn’t fix the mood; everyone ate their meals in silence.

Dawn didn’t have much of an appetite to do the same.

The second she sat down, the door to the banquet hall opened and Sylvia strolled in with a fanfare behind her. Confetti flew around her as she flounced through the room. She held a party blower up to her lips and blew loudly, making a “FLBLOOOOPH” sound as it unraveled.

“Congratulations, everyone!” Sylvia applauded. “We’ve passed the first major leg of our journey together!”

Her eyes teared up and she exaggeratedly dabbed at them with an embroidered handkerchief.

“I called you all here today because we have a cause for celebration!” Sylvia walked over to the head of the table where Nick was sitting with an uncomfortable expression on his face. Smiling proudly, she placed her hands on his shoulders.

“Our beloved master… has finally lost his virginity!”

She blew the noisemaker again.

Dawn felt the temperature of the room drop about ten degrees and she shivered.

“I don’t believe this…” Dakota hissed. Her voice was so menacing Dawn couldn’t help look, and again, she really wished she hadn’t. Dakota’s pallid complexion was finally showing a bit of color- and that color was the burning red of fury.

Gina turned pale, sinking down a little in her seat as she wilted under Dakota’s glare. For a moment, Dawn felt a swell of pity for her annoying roommate; as big of a hassle as Gina was, she didn’t deserve Dakota’s ire.

She was just playing the game.

“Believe it, sister,” Sylvia sneered at the black-haired girl. “Our lovely Regina DeAmico was gracious enough to take the master’s virginity, and they shared a night neither one of them will ever forget! …Until happy hour, anyway,” she said, giving Gina an exaggerated wink that brought a scowl to the blonde's face.

Dakota let out a guttural roar and slammed her hands down on the table. There were a hundred things she wanted to say, but to say them in Nick’s presence would only make her situation worse. So she stormed out of the banquet room, her frustrated screams echoing down the hall.

“…I think she took that very well,” Sylvia said, turning back to the other girls. “Now, as I was saying, the master has officially had sex. So if any of you are feeling up to it, go right on ahead! No one’s gonna protest.”

“Congratulations, dude!” Carly cheered, utterly failing to read the room. But Nick appreciated the support regardless, smiling shakily back at her.

Mary trembled. She looked like she was going to cry. But unlike Dakota, she didn’t storm out of the room. She was lucky. Holly sat on her left while Kim sat on her right. Both girls held one of her hands in solidarity and support.

A stab of jealousy pierced Dawn’s chest. She didn’t have anybody like that.

“In light of this wonderful news,” Sylvia declared, “I believe that a check of the scoreboard is in order! There have been a lot of changes in Victory Points since the second round began! So just to see where everyone is currently…"

A screen appeared beside her, displaying their point totals.

1st: Gina – 33 VP

2nd: Carly – 26 VP

2nd: Dani – 26 VP

3rd: Dakota – 19 VP

4th: Rose – 17 VP

5th: Dawn – 15 VP

6th: Holly – 8 VP

7th: Kim – 6 VP

7th: Mary – 6 VP

“Well, we can see there have been some changes here and there,” Sylvia smirked. “Starting with the small changes, I see Dani got an extra Victory Point, pushing her up to a tie with Carly. Shared a kiss with the master, did you? That must have been nice. Have you been sleeping well, my girl?”

Dani glared at Sylvia but kept her mouth shut.

“It did keep you in a first place tie for a few days, but, well, Gina happened to score into a whopping 20 Victory Points for 'scoring' with the master first, plus a few errant points for some other things, meaning she’s got a commanding lead of 33 VP right now.”

Gina didn't seem all that happy, to Dawn's surprise. But that didn't change things. She needed to go down. Dawn glanced at Rose, who nodded back with a smile.

Sylvia smirked. “At least, she's got a commanding lead as long as you ladies insist on keeping your legs closed. Remember, sex with the master is a free 10 Victory Points on the table! Take it or leave it.”

Carly glanced at Nick and licked her lips. In her Jessica Rabbit dress with her long, flowing red hair, her sexy figure stood out even more. It was pretty damn clear what she was after.

But her night with the master wasn’t until tomorrow.

“In the meantime, I think the biggest surprise of the day is you, my girl!” Sylvia said, turning to the Dawn. Dawn winced, not appreciating being put on the spot like this.

“W-Well, I-”

“Oh, don’t be modest!” Sylvia cooed. “You got 13 points in one night! That’s almost as good as Gina, and she had actual sex! I’m sure you and Nick were getting up to a lot of fun things in the bedroom. And Rose too, by the looks of her own score. Nearly doubling her points, that’s a girl who knows what she’s after!”

Sylvia’s words served a twofold purpose. One, they tormented Dawn by bringing her lascivious acts to everyone's attention. But there was another meaning that would be obvious to anyone with a heart. Every word she said seemed to crush Mary’s spirit just a little more, and the buxom redhead sank further and further down into her chair.

“And finally, we come to the chastity trio,” Sylvia said, shaking her head as she turned to Holly, Kim, and Mary. “Girls, you really need to step up your game! A few points here and there for kisses and hugs aren’t going to account for much! You can’t rely on riding Kim’s popularity forever my girls, you need to step in and get things done!”

Holly opened her mouth, about to stand up for her friends, when she felt a twinge between her legs. She was growing wet! What the hell?! Did she really feel turned on getting talked to like that by Sylvia?

She blushed and clenched her legs together. What was the matter with her? Why did she feel like this? Her libido had never gotten this out of control this early in the day.

If Sylvia picked up on that, she didn’t say anything.

“Well, I was going to wish Dakota good luck for her night together with the master,” she sighed. “But that girl just had to storm off… nothing we can do about it, I suppose. But Nick? Your night with her is tonight. She’s been waiting for this for longer than you can imagine. And now that you have some experience with Gina, you can really give her the night she’s always wanted!” Sylvia’s eyes flashed with excitement and Nick winced.

"It's a good thing you got so much practice with her."

Gina’s face sank.

“I didn’t… I…” Nick tried to defend himself, but it was Dani of all people that stood up for him.

“Just cut it out already!” She snapped. “Nick’s not the kind of guy who would use a girl for ‘experience’ and we all know it! Stop trying to make him out to be a creep, alright?! I’m sure whatever he shared with Gina was special!”

“That’s right!”

The most unlikely of sources spoke out in Nick’s defense. Everyone turned incredulously to see Mary, hands balled up into fists at her sides as she stood up in defiance of Sylvia.

“Nick… is a good person!” She asserted. “He wouldn’t do something like that.”

All the horrible things he’d done to her, and she was still defending him. Nick felt honestly touched, and more than a little sad.

Sylvia shook her head. “I’m sorry, it appears I misspoke. I in no way meant to imply that Gina was some practice run. I know that his feelings for his friend are genuine”

Nobody believed that for a second. But Gina still wore a shaky smile.

“In fact, if anyone would like to view the footage,” she said, staring at Holly specifically, “we have a Skinimax theater somewhere around here that will be showing it at regular intervals. Do feel free to 'cum' by!”

A tremor shook through Holly as she nearly came on the spot. Just at the idea of watching Nick lose his virginity.

“A-Are we done?” She managed to stutter out, completely baffled by her current situation.

Sylvia smirked. “Of course! Feel free to finish up your meals and head on out. The rest of the day is yours to do with as you please.”

Nick got up from his table and immediately went to go talk to Holly and Mary. But Holly got to him before he could reach the redhead.

“What is it?” She asked.

Nick winced. “I-I wanted to talk,” he said. “About Dakota-”

“We can’t,” Holly cut him off. “We have… stuff. I’m sorry!”

With that, she rushed out of the room, practically dragging Mary and Kim behind her.

Dawn watched them leave and sighed. Her appetite was finally starting to return. But there was something she wanted to check first. She walked over to Rose.

“Hey, can I ask you something?”

Rose was intrigued. She looked up from her croissant. “So soon? I thought we had quite a lengthy conversation last night.”

“This is unrelated,” Dawn said. “I was checking the point totals this morning, and I noticed you already bought something with those Bonus Points I gave you.”

They said “curiosity killed the cat” and apparently Dawn was taking it to heart.

“What did you get?”

Rose stood up and flashed Dawn a knowing smile. “Just something that will help my strategy to stay in the game,” she said, patting her on the head. The sensation shot through her ears and into her skull, causing her legs to shake.

“Don’t worry your pretty little head about it.”

Rose: 500 BP – 500 BP = 0 BP

Holly stumbled back to her room, red-faced and panting for breath. She clutched the key to her lockbox so tightly her fingers were turning white. It had been a very long and agonizing day.

She and Kim had spent today much like they’d spent yesterday, trying to console a desolate Mary. Nick had wanted to cheer her up too, bless his heart, but it was better for all of them if he stayed away from her for now.

That especially applied for Holly. All morning she’d been reliving her dream from last night, fantasizing about Nick having sex with Rose. Rose, of all people. And she was good. The best Holly had ever seen. All she wanted to do was worship the buxom blonde. Maybe that was why she felt so horny. Maybe that’s why she kept wondering if it would be possible to slip off to that Skinimax while the other girls weren’t looking. She'd been trying to be a friend to Mary, but her mind had been occupied all day long with thoughts of getting off.

What’s going on? Why am I feeling so horny today? She wondered as the insistent heat between her legs screamed at her to hurry up. She hoped that Dakota had already left for the Master’s Suite. She’d have the room to herself, then.

And that means Dakota will be having sex, the voice in her head reminded her. While you're playing with your worthless gash, a real woman will be with the man you love, banging his brains out. Having angry, sweaty, passionate hatesex where she takes all her frustrations out at him for not being chosen. I’m sure you can understand what that feels like.

A moan escaped Holly’s lips and she collapsed in the elevator leading up to her room. Almost there now. She was minutes away. And with each of those minutes, her panties were getting progressively more soaked as she frantically bucked her hips against the air. A stain spread along the front of her dress. These clothes were absolutely ruined but she couldn’t give a damn about that right now, like how she couldn’t give a damn about anyone else. She’d left Kim and Mary at dinner practically the second the clock struck six.

Because now she could finally achieve the delicious release she’d been holding herself back from all morning.

Holly broke into her room, relieved to see Dakota was gone, and that she hadn’t trashed the place in anger. She stumbled over to the closet and practically tore the door off its hinges getting to her box. She jammed the key at the hole several times before finally managing to get it in, twisting it open to uncover her treasures. She grabbed Nick’s boxers and clutched them to her face, taking a deep sniff of the familiar odor.

She came on the spot, flooding the floor in her juices as she moaned into the underwear.

“Well now. That’s quite a sight to walk in on.”

Holly froze, her blood running cold. There in the doorway stood one of the last people she wanted to see.

Sylvia had warned her. She’d reminded them all that the Auditionee would be staying in each of their rooms, and tonight it was Holly’s turn. She’d known that. But she’d been so horny she couldn’t even think straight.

“Naughty, naughty girl,” Rose clicked her tongue, stalking towards Holly with a sadistic gleam in her blue eyes. “What’s Nick going to do when he finds out how you like to spend your free time?”

Holly opened her mouth to explain herself, but the only thing that escaped her lips was a moan. She came all over the floor again.