(they're humans btw)
"Look, Espresso, Almond is over soooo Im gonna need you to find some other place to crash, alright?" Her brother cooed peeking out from behind the door. "Latte this is my house." She mumbled. "Be a doll and take one for the team, okay?" He said, squeezing her cheek then disappearing and slamming the door. She silently cursed to herself.
The sun was setting and most of the others were returning home.
She could only think of one person to go to, and was honestly trying to talk herself out of sleeping on a bench rather then going to that person.
...
Madeleine opened the door and smiled. "Ah, hello Espresso, what can I do for you today?"
She sighed and crossed her arms. "Do you mind if I stayed here tonight?" She said. "Latte kicked me out of my house."
Madeleine gave her a funny look then shrugged. "Of course friend, come inside, make yourself comfortable." She stepped sideways, making room for Espresso to walk through. Espresso set her bag down on a coffee table and looked around.
"So, do you have anywhere to sleep?" She said, already annoyed.
Madeleine motioned to her bedroom. Espresso looked to her then to the room and back to her. "Alright, I'll take the couch." She mumbled.
"Nonsense, surely my bed is big enough for the both of us!" Madeleine said, trying to be nice. Espresso pinched the bridge of her nose, but to be honest, she was too tired to argue. "Alright fine."
...
Espresso lie on her back staring at the ceiling, fixing the neckline of a baggy shirt Madeleine had lent her. The neckline was so low that if she simply let it hang, you'd surely be able to see her signature black lace bra. She closed her eyes.
The soft sound of water coming from Madeleine's shower was the only sound to be heard throughout the small house. The water came to an abrupt stop and she heard the dissatisfying screech of the hooks on the shower curtain suddenly being pulled down the metal beam to the right.
Soon after the door creaked open. Espresso looked over, her cheeks flushing. Madeleine had stepped out only wearing a nude lace bra and old blue plaid pajama pants with her hair tied up in a blue ribbon.
As if she had read Espresso's mind she smiled reassuringly. "I always sleep like this."
She sat on the side opposite of Espresso and reached to turn off a lamp before swinging her legs over and getting under the covers. "Goodnight." She said. No response. She assumed maybe Espresso had already went to sleep so she closed her eyes as well.
Espresso, however, was staring at her back, and the many scars that decorated it, most likely from bounty missions and quests. Without thinking, she reached forward and traced one with her pointer finger, all the way down to the waistline of Madeleine's pants.
Madeleine was slightly surprised, but she refrained from saying anything. Instead she stirred slightly and stared at the wall.
Once Espresso had finished tracing all the scars on Madeleine's back, she cleared her throat. "Turn around." She said softly. Without question, Madeleine cookie flipped so that she was facing Espresso.
Espresso traced scares on her stomach then breast, finally staring at her. She pointed to a rather large one that wrapped around her stomach. It didn't look like a cut, more like a burn.
"How'd this one happen..?" She muttered. "Ginkgonlin, one wrapped a whip that was on fire around my stomach."
"...hm." Was all Espresso said.
Suddenly she turned her back to Madeleine. "Goodnight." She said.
"...goodnight." Madeleine answered finally.
part two ?? 🤞😍
